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		<title>By: wl</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/18314/comment-page-1#comment-96980</link>
		<dc:creator>wl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Serendipity is the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something else entirely.

While reading this article I learned about Methemoglobinemia, which I had never heard of before, so I read a bit more about that in the Serendipity is the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something else entirely.

While reading this article I learned about Methemoglobinemia, which I had never heard of before, so I read a bit more about that at the healthatoz site cited in your info:

And I discovered this factoid:

&quot;Treatment
For acquired methemoglobinemia the typical treatment is with methylene blue.
This is administered with an IV over a five-minute period and results are
typically seen within 20 minutes. Methylene blue reduces methemoglobin back to
hemoglobin.&quot;

In other words, methylene blue is able to donate some electrons to the
mis-folded hemoglobin cells which allows the hemoglobin to resume the proper
form that allows them to carry the oxygen molecule.

And this reminded me of a news item that I had seen some time ago:

&quot;Potential Alzheimer&#039;s, Parkinson&#039;s Cure Found In Century-old Drug&quot; 

published online at the Science Daily website regarding &quot;Methylene blue&quot;.


So maybe the reason Methlene Blue help&#039;s to prevent the degenerative diseases of Alzheimer&#039;s and Parkinson&#039;s diseases is that it corrects mis-conformed hemoglobin cells and allows hemoglobin to better carry oxygen to the cells and carry carbon dioxide and other waste products away from the brain cells, thus allowing the brain cells to be healthier???  Just wondering...:</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Serendipity is the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something else entirely.</p>
<p>While reading this article I learned about Methemoglobinemia, which I had never heard of before, so I read a bit more about that in the Serendipity is the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something else entirely.</p>
<p>While reading this article I learned about Methemoglobinemia, which I had never heard of before, so I read a bit more about that at the healthatoz site cited in your info:</p>
<p>And I discovered this factoid:</p>
<p>&#8220;Treatment<br />
For acquired methemoglobinemia the typical treatment is with methylene blue.<br />
This is administered with an IV over a five-minute period and results are<br />
typically seen within 20 minutes. Methylene blue reduces methemoglobin back to<br />
hemoglobin.&#8221;</p>
<p>In other words, methylene blue is able to donate some electrons to the<br />
mis-folded hemoglobin cells which allows the hemoglobin to resume the proper<br />
form that allows them to carry the oxygen molecule.</p>
<p>And this reminded me of a news item that I had seen some time ago:</p>
<p>&#8220;Potential Alzheimer&#8217;s, Parkinson&#8217;s Cure Found In Century-old Drug&#8221; </p>
<p>published online at the Science Daily website regarding &#8220;Methylene blue&#8221;.</p>
<p>So maybe the reason Methlene Blue help&#8217;s to prevent the degenerative diseases of Alzheimer&#8217;s and Parkinson&#8217;s diseases is that it corrects mis-conformed hemoglobin cells and allows hemoglobin to better carry oxygen to the cells and carry carbon dioxide and other waste products away from the brain cells, thus allowing the brain cells to be healthier???  Just wondering&#8230;:</p>
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		<title>By: Miss Cellania</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/18314/comment-page-1#comment-96779</link>
		<dc:creator>Miss Cellania</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What&#039;s to respond to? I linked to information found on the web. I doubt the FDA has lost any money over sales of colloidal silver.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s to respond to? I linked to information found on the web. I doubt the FDA has lost any money over sales of colloidal silver.</p>
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		<title>By: William Barnsdall</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/18314/comment-page-1#comment-96773</link>
		<dc:creator>William Barnsdall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I know that this probably not be posted or believed, but I for one am proof that colloidal silver isn&#039;t harmful and DOES work when USED CORRECTLY!  The key here is the same as a lot of things we consume or use, MODERATION.  
      I once had been in contact with Rosemary Jacobs, and in her case, it was a doctor that overprescribed silver didn&#039;t use his head.  She blames the silver, I blame the idiot doctor, as I have a problem with my wife&#039;s doctor that kept overusing prednisone for her lung infections (when there are antibotics that helped it and did, including a little silver along with it).  As a result, she now has congestive heart from water building up around her heart form him prescribing too much Prednisone. A lot of doctors that know how dangerous it is won&#039;t prescribe it or limit it&#039;s use to severe cases. 
      I have been using colloidal silver for several years not and I&#039;m not blue, or even got a hint of blue.  I maintain a dose of a half of a dropper (40PPM) under my tongue about once a week, sometimes longer when I forget.  If I start sniffling or feel an infection coming on, I increase to every other day for a few days and my nose or system goes back to normal.  I also put some on a band-aid and make sores heal much faster.  (Something that Curad finally figured out) I can show you papers where the Federal Government admits that silver kills bacteria.  Water purficatin filters for use in the remote wilderness have silver incorporated in them.  Silver is used in the filters in the Space Shuttle.They sell socks that have silver particles weaved into them somehow to kill smelly foot problems, and the local sewer processing plants are saying that they are worried that those particles that get washed out of those socks may start killing the bacteria they use for processing waste sent there. This was on the news.   
      So don&#039;t try to tell me how dangerous silver is when the government uses it, it just the big pharma can&#039;t charge 500% over cost for it because you and me can get a little machine and make it at home that just as pure and SAFER than all the drugs they advertise on TV with all the DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING side effects that go with them.  Let&#039;s see now, how many people that have abused silver have died...so far I count one.  How many have tuned blue that we can verify at the moment?  I count three.  And yes, &quot;Papa Smurf&quot; will leave the world too soon if he doesn&#039;t stop the intake of the amount of silver he is ingesting or just stop it.  Just like people on Oxygen that got there because of smoking and still wont puffing those cancer sticks even on Oxygen.  Oh and yes, even too much oxygen will kill you too, a known fact, maam. My own brother, born at 6 months premature in 1955 was given way too much oxygen, he survived, but his brain stayed at the level of a 6 month old child until he died in 2001.  
    It just rankles me to no end when I see biased idiocy like you just posted here on your site.  Did you not research the subject deep enough or did you just listen to the ones that would lose money if the truth were to be put out to the public? Respond if you have the courage.....   W Barnsdall</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know that this probably not be posted or believed, but I for one am proof that colloidal silver isn&#8217;t harmful and DOES work when USED CORRECTLY!  The key here is the same as a lot of things we consume or use, MODERATION.<br />
      I once had been in contact with Rosemary Jacobs, and in her case, it was a doctor that overprescribed silver didn&#8217;t use his head.  She blames the silver, I blame the idiot doctor, as I have a problem with my wife&#8217;s doctor that kept overusing prednisone for her lung infections (when there are antibotics that helped it and did, including a little silver along with it).  As a result, she now has congestive heart from water building up around her heart form him prescribing too much Prednisone. A lot of doctors that know how dangerous it is won&#8217;t prescribe it or limit it&#8217;s use to severe cases.<br />
      I have been using colloidal silver for several years not and I&#8217;m not blue, or even got a hint of blue.  I maintain a dose of a half of a dropper (40PPM) under my tongue about once a week, sometimes longer when I forget.  If I start sniffling or feel an infection coming on, I increase to every other day for a few days and my nose or system goes back to normal.  I also put some on a band-aid and make sores heal much faster.  (Something that Curad finally figured out) I can show you papers where the Federal Government admits that silver kills bacteria.  Water purficatin filters for use in the remote wilderness have silver incorporated in them.  Silver is used in the filters in the Space Shuttle.They sell socks that have silver particles weaved into them somehow to kill smelly foot problems, and the local sewer processing plants are saying that they are worried that those particles that get washed out of those socks may start killing the bacteria they use for processing waste sent there. This was on the news.<br />
      So don&#8217;t try to tell me how dangerous silver is when the government uses it, it just the big pharma can&#8217;t charge 500% over cost for it because you and me can get a little machine and make it at home that just as pure and SAFER than all the drugs they advertise on TV with all the DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING side effects that go with them.  Let&#8217;s see now, how many people that have abused silver have died&#8230;so far I count one.  How many have tuned blue that we can verify at the moment?  I count three.  And yes, &#8220;Papa Smurf&#8221; will leave the world too soon if he doesn&#8217;t stop the intake of the amount of silver he is ingesting or just stop it.  Just like people on Oxygen that got there because of smoking and still wont puffing those cancer sticks even on Oxygen.  Oh and yes, even too much oxygen will kill you too, a known fact, maam. My own brother, born at 6 months premature in 1955 was given way too much oxygen, he survived, but his brain stayed at the level of a 6 month old child until he died in 2001.<br />
    It just rankles me to no end when I see biased idiocy like you just posted here on your site.  Did you not research the subject deep enough or did you just listen to the ones that would lose money if the truth were to be put out to the public? Respond if you have the courage&#8230;..   W Barnsdall</p>
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		<title>By: GraphicArtist2k5</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/18314/comment-page-1#comment-96649</link>
		<dc:creator>GraphicArtist2k5</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>the guy with the glasses TOTALLY looks like poppa smurf!!  and what&#039;s even funnier is the fact that other people have already called him that!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the guy with the glasses TOTALLY looks like poppa smurf!!  and what&#8217;s even funnier is the fact that other people have already called him that!</p>
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		<title>By: Jip Lewis</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/18314/comment-page-1#comment-96640</link>
		<dc:creator>Jip Lewis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OMG dude what is up with the monkey looking dude? Scary!

Jiff
www.Fireme.To/udi</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OMG dude what is up with the monkey looking dude? Scary!</p>
<p>Jiff<br />
<a href="http://www.Fireme.To/udi" rel="nofollow">http://www.Fireme.To/udi</a></p>
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		<title>By: Cassie</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/18314/comment-page-1#comment-96518</link>
		<dc:creator>Cassie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not that this is really related, but my sisters and I call our dad Papa Smurf. No idea why or how the name stuck, though. His eyes are the only thing that&#039;s blue.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not that this is really related, but my sisters and I call our dad Papa Smurf. No idea why or how the name stuck, though. His eyes are the only thing that&#8217;s blue.</p>
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		<title>By: J. Tithonus Pednaud</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/18314/comment-page-1#comment-96513</link>
		<dc:creator>J. Tithonus Pednaud</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great article Miss Cellania, very well researched. 

Happy House Warming as well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great article Miss Cellania, very well researched. </p>
<p>Happy House Warming as well.</p>
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		<title>By: kat</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/18314/comment-page-1#comment-96461</link>
		<dc:creator>kat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>whenever i paint people i make their skin blue because it&#039;s easier than trying to get perfect skin tone.

to see it click on my name</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>whenever i paint people i make their skin blue because it&#8217;s easier than trying to get perfect skin tone.</p>
<p>to see it click on my name</p>
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		<title>By: karissa</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/18314/comment-page-1#comment-96450</link>
		<dc:creator>karissa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m totally going to buy some today!  And when I start to turn blue, well, I&#039;m just going to keep on takin&#039; it!  I wonder if it will match my blue eyes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m totally going to buy some today!  And when I start to turn blue, well, I&#8217;m just going to keep on takin&#8217; it!  I wonder if it will match my blue eyes.</p>
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		<title>By: Megan</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/18314/comment-page-1#comment-96436</link>
		<dc:creator>Megan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So, I really like that the Google ads under this article are advertising colloidal silver, one of them for medical purposes, because I&#039;m sure that after reading this people are just dying to get their hands on some.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, I really like that the Google ads under this article are advertising colloidal silver, one of them for medical purposes, because I&#8217;m sure that after reading this people are just dying to get their hands on some.</p>
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