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PON1 Genetics: Cardiovascular Disease & Detoxification Mechanisms
Author: Michael McEvoy The PON1 genotype Q192R, risk allele ‘C’ is now considered a ‘high impact’ genotype that significantly increases cardiovascular disease risk. This article is an attempt to underscore the importance of PON1 and its associated antioxidant functions in the prevention of heart disease.
Parasites Lost: Helminths, Pleiotropy, and The Prevention of Dementia
Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are the net result of multiple causal factors, including specific genes such as ApoE4. However, the influence of genes like ApoE may depend on specific environmental conditions. In regions where parasites are common, ApoE carriers are less likely to develop dementia in advanced age.
Michael McEvoy: B.C. needs to strengthen its privacy laws to improve public trust
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s company is facing criticism over the social-network giant's mishandling of users' personal information. Studies show that British Columbians are very concerned about their online privacy. AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File B.C. has fallen behind other jurisdictions when it comes to protecting privacy rights. Our citizens deserve better. We must take action to get privacy right.
OIPC Blog
May 8, 2018 by Michael McEvoy - Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC This year, as the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) mark Privacy Awareness Week, there couldn’t be a more important time to talk about the need to protect personal information. I spoke about this very topic last week to a gathering of small business owners, communications professionals, and government employees.
Who are the foreign fighters taking on the Islamic State?
As the first Briton is killed fighting for the Kurds, Mike McEvoy travels to Syria to meet the eclectic bunch of foreign fighters who are united only in their hatred of IS's horrors Commander Soran observes one of the British volunteers under his command cleaning his weapon after a firefight (MEE/Michael McEvoy) AL-HASAKEH – “So long as heval Obama does what he’s supposed to, tomorrow we’ll march to victory.” Speaking about the coalition airstrikes he hopes will hit nearby Islamic State (IS)...
‘An Army for Afghanistan’
The Afghan Army is now charged with leading an unfinished war against an ongoing insurgency. But how much do we know about the Afghan soldiers themselves? To get a sense of the war through their eyes, we spent a year with one of them, a captain named Jalaluddin. He heads a front-line company of Afghan soldiers in Helmand, the country’s most dangerous province.
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