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They Were Labeled Witches. They Just Had Dementia
- williesleg 5y agoNow just call them BLM Roeshia.
- The_rationalist 5y agoI recently looked at what the state of the art is in dementia prevention/cure and mitochondrial targeted antioxidants are among the most effective drugs. I advise anyone to consider doing research and eventually self-conclude to take SkQ1 daily in order to significantly slow the ageing program.
- lifty 5y agoHow do you source that? It seems to be fairly esoteric.
- agumonkey 5y agoFunny how even trying to monitor mitochondrial aids I never ever saw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkQ Thanks somehow
- tobesure 5y agoThat page, along with the linked page to Vladimir Skulachev, who allegedly developed SkQ, gives me astroturf vibes. The hype seems too good to be true, and anything being used in the cosmetic/beauty industry is probably a scam.
- abz10 5y agoI’ve been looking for ways to better treat hEDS. I’ve started researching how to fix mitochondrial damage. I’ll look into this. Thanks.
- Dudeman112 5y agoFor the people down voting this: why? Honestly curious since the comment doesn't seem to be made in bad faith, nor seems to be breaking any guidelines. Could be that I'm wrong, of course
- duskwuff 5y agoNot one of the downvoters, but: this comment misses the point of the article pretty thoroughly. The article is about cultural issues surrounding dementia in Africa, not its prevention.
- ProjectArcturis 5y agoHe's shilling a totally unproven nutritional supplement. And the comment is only marginally related to the article.
- Dudeman112 5y agoFair point
- treeman79 5y agoWas getting dementia, quite bad in 30s. Turned out it was a micro clotting problem. Oddly similar to what covid does. Fixed as soon as I started blood thinners. Only took 3 years and hundreds of thousands to figure out.
- episode0x01 5y agoNot related to dementia, but "Poverty and Witch Killing" [0] does a great job of using extreme weather (rainfall or drought) to estimate the effect of income shocks on violence in Tanzania. Roughly: negative income shocks translated into older women being accused of witchcraft and killed (one less mouth to feed). [0](http://emiguel.econ.berkeley.edu/assets/assets/miguel_research/44/_Paper__Poverty_and_Witch_Killing.pdf http://emiguel.econ.berkeley.edu/assets/assets/miguel_resear...)
- gentleman11 5y agoI recommend actually reading this, it was amazing and surreal
- Akinato 5y agoWow this is a brilliant article. I highly recommend it if you're sitting on the fence -- it's very captivating.
- rsj_hn 5y agoWhat do you mean by “if you’re sitting on the fence?” — really thinking they were actual witches?
- perl4ever 5y agoIf you're sitting on the fence with regard to whether it's worth reading. By extension if you're uncertain what narratively.com is and if it's worthwhile. An interesting passage is: "what kept nagging him was how everyone called her mad. “That’s exactly what people say about persons with dementia — ‘they speak nonsense, they’re mad" They're human beings, not schizophrenics, is what this is saying. It reminded me of a famous Joe Biden gaffe: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/biden-racialized-poverty-gaffe/595855/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/biden-raci...