Recent content by Michael Harrop

RFK Jr.’s MAHA Report Is ‘Rife With Errors’ — Including at Least Seven Fake Sources (May 29, 2025) https://www.mediaite.com/politics/rfk-jr-s-maha-report-is-rife-with-errors-including-at-least-seven-fake-sources/ The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist. The Trump administration’s “Make...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/28/toxic-pesticide-levels-found-in-tampons-40-times-higher-than-legal-limit-for-water https://www.pan-uk.org/period-products/ First heavy metals, now pesticides.

Scammers are not going to take you to court... Police and judges are some of the only people they can't fool. These guys prey on poorly informed people who lack the intelligence to take action after they get scammed. They are still in business because they know how to keep their target...

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-03661-w Given that dysbiosis generally increases with age, to me, it sounds more like the mucosa gets worse at resisting problematic microbes as age increases.

https://newatlas.com/mental-health/oral-microbiome-spouse-anxiety-and-depression/ https://www.xiahepublishing.com/2472-0712/ERHM-2025-00013

Closed access: Evaluation of the effects of different formulations of protectants on the preservation of the microbiota in fecal microbiota transplantation (May 2025) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10123-025-00663-6

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2025.1593854/full

They released their 100-day assessment of the chronic disease crisis today: White House releases RFK Jr.-led report on chronic disease (May 2025) The MAHA Report, Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment It's a good report, but light on the main driver -- the gut microbiome.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/maha/ https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/maha-commission-childhood-chronic-disease-root-causes.html The 70-page report: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/WH-The-MAHA-Report-Assessment.pdf Articles...

An interesting PBS piece on Casey Means, from May 21, 2025: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-background-and-career-of-casey-means-trumps-pick-for-surgeon-general Her nomination is subject to Senate confirmation, which means I could probably spot her and talk to her. I'm not too sure what...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0002916525001261

I attended the MEAction Millions Missing protest outside the Capitol building on May 12, 2025. https://www.meactions.org/millionsmissing25 I contacted the MEAction directors two weeks prior, then spoke to them and the crowd during the protest, and then wrote to them again afterward. I explained...

The limits of the "one-man-army": I talked to a Senator, and he was receptive. He had me talk to his staff about it; one of whom was a doctor. I had sent them the info twice already (via website, then direct email). I sent it to them a 3rd time prior to the meeting. During the meeting, I...

RFK Senate appropriations hearing: https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-review-of-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2026-budget-request-for-the-department-of-health-and-human-services Another RFK hearing where he mentions the microbiome. So he seems to be on board. I've been trying to...

I'm aware. Which is why I said they've been doing a lot of good stuff. That's what I meant. The donors I find have always been available to everyone. And I wasn't speaking about funding, I said "their funders", IE: the patient community. A lot of the most valuable help would be non-monetary...