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Vladimir Putin has again been pictured tightly gripping a chair and shuffling his feet amid on-going speculation about the Russian president's health. Footage from Putin's Tuesday meeting with Miguel Díaz-Canel, the president of Cuba and leader of the country's communist party, showed the Russian despot sitting awkwardly in his chair as the pair spoke in front of the cameras. -snip- In the latest example, a puffy-faced Putin is seen smiling gingerly as he speaks with Díaz-Canel infront of a marble fireplace in Moscow. His left hand is seen wrapped tightly around the arm of the white chair he is sitting...

A bloated Vladimir Putin has been seen gripping a table whilst slouching in his chair during a televised meeting with his defence minister amid rumours the Russian strongman is battling cancer. In a rare live appearance, Putin claimed Russia had 'liberated' the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, as he savagely ordered Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to seal off all routes out of the Azovstal steelworks where defiant Ukrainians are holed up 'so that even a fly cannot pass through'. But Putin's poor posture and his apparently bloated face and neck sparked speculation about the Russian leader's health, which has reportedly...

Obese mice that were fed a high-fat diet and that received prednisone one time per week had improved exercise endurance, got stronger, increased their lean body mass and lost weight, reports a new study. The mice also had increased muscle metabolism. The once-weekly prednisone promoted nutrient uptake into the muscles. Investigators also found these mice had increased adiponectin levels, a fat-derived hormone that appears to play an important role in protecting against diabetes and insulin resistance. The scientists also showed mice that were already obese from eating a high-fat diet also had benefit after once-weekly prednisone, experiencing increased strength, running...

The "Tech Executive-1" in John Durham's indictment of a Democratic cybersecurity lawyer testified in a lawsuit that he had invoked his Fifth Amendment rights when asked to testify by the special counsel. Rodney Joffe, former senior vice president at Neustar, coordinated in 2016 with Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, who was indicted last year for allegedly concealing his clients, including Hillary Clinton's campaign and Joffe, from the FBI in September 2016 when he pushed debunked claims of a secret back channel between the Trump Organization and Russia's Alfa Bank. Alfa Bank filed a "John Doe" lawsuit and deposed Joffe in...

Below is a FReeper's experience with Covid using Front Line Covid-19 Critical Care MATH+ protocol. I had not seen comments like his about the important role Prednisone played in his recovery and wanted to share it with the rest of FReeperdom, as it may save another life.Here's the website for FLCC which includes links and information you may find useful. Home - FLCCC | Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (covid19criticalcare.com)In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled I-MASK+ Prevention Protocol - Nigella Sativa, misanthrope wrote:I cought the Rona back at the end of December, unfortunately for me just as...

Joe Rogan and Michael Malice discussed last week why the corporate press continues to dismiss ways doctors can treat Covid-19 aside from vaccination. Rogan said that Dr. Pierre Kory from the Front Line Critical Care Covid group treated him and hundreds of members of Congress with monoclonal antibodies, prednisone, z-pak, NAD, vitamins, and ivermectin. ... 200 Congress people have been treated with Ivermectin for Covid. .. Before there were vaccines, this was a common off-label treatment for Covid. "I do not know the motivation for demonizing this particular medication .. But I would imagine some of it has to do...

Podcast host Joe Rogan — who has openly criticized the need for COVID-19 vaccines — has been diagnosed with the coronavirus. The 54-year-old announcer revealed he contracted the coronavirus in a recent social media post. “I GOT COVID. My apologies, but we have to move the Nashville show to Sunday, October 24. Much love to you all,” he wrote alongside a video of himself explaining his situation. In the clip, Rogan said felt “very weary,” adding, “I had a headache, and I just felt just run down” after several tour dates in Florida. He added that he was quarantined from...

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the lives of several hundred thousand people across the world. In Spain, a brief but intense outbreak took a toll of over 28,000 lives. Hazard ratio with 95% confidence intervals and Cohen’s d for various treatments before and after propensity-score matching, for their effect on composite critical event Many different treatments have been attempted to contain the disease, including steroids and antivirals. However, evidence of their efficacy is lacking, since many therapies have been given together. A new study published in the preprint server medRxiv* in July 2020 reports that, of the 16 drugs currently...