The Signal in Your Hair:

New Data Links mRNA Vaccines to Autoimmune Dysregulation

October 17, 2025

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A Message from Dr. McMillan

Mounting evidence from multiple research groups now suggests that population immunity may have undergone lasting changes in the last five years. One of the challenges with attempting to direct or reprogram the immune system is that once it’s altered, there’s no simple way to restore its natural balance. Understanding these changes - and their long-term implications - may be one of the most important public health priorities of our time.

Dr. Philip McMillan

In this week's October 17th, 2025 update:

  • Covid-19: mRNA vaccines linked to autoimmune dysregulation

  • Vejon: This week’s featured Vejon video

  • Immune: Double-edged Treg cells

  • Infographic: The signal in your hair

  • News: Medical news in brief

  • Education: McMillan ROOT spike detox protocol

    Read time: 6 minutes

FEATURE ARTICLE

COVID-19

  • A Korean study found alopecia cases tripled in vaccinated individuals, suggesting breakdown of immune-privileged sites protected by regulatory T cells.

  • Taiwanese research showed lymph node swelling persisted for weeks to months post-mRNA vaccination, far longer than typical vaccine reactions.

  • An Italian study revealed a 23% increased cancer hospitalization risk, with patients presenting advanced-stage disease rather than earlier-stage diagnoses.

  • mRNA vaccines may suppress interferon function, potentially weakening regulatory T cells and immune surveillance during critical periods.

Why this is important: Emerging patterns suggest mRNA vaccines may temporarily disrupt the body's immune regulation system, potentially accelerating pre-existing autoimmune conditions and weakening cancer surveillance. If confirmed, this means millions received interventions without understanding how these treatments may affect the specialized cells that prevent the immune system from attacking itself.

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IMMUNE SYSTEM

Double-Edged Treg Cells: What Nobel Prize-Winning Research Reveals About Your Health
Author: Prakash Nagarkatti & Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina

  • Treg cells regulate immune balance; deficiencies cause autoimmune diseases while excess increases susceptibility to cancer and infections.

  • Environmental pollutants like dioxins activate Treg cells, potentially promoting cancer by suppressing anti-cancer immune responses.

  • Cruciferous vegetables, citrus fruits, and green tea contain compounds that activate Treg cells and reduce inflammation.

  • Fiber-rich diets support beneficial gut bacteria that produce fatty acids, enhancing Treg function and maintaining gut health.

Why this is important: Understanding how everyday factors - from the vegetables you eat to the air you breathe - directly influence immune cells could revolutionize disease prevention. This research reveals why some people develop autoimmune disorders, allergies, or cancer, and suggests we might control these outcomes through diet and environmental changes rather than solely relying on medication.

INFOGRAPHIC

EDUCATION

McMillan ROOT Spike Detox Protocol

You don’t have to settle for feeling anything less than your best. The McMillan ROOT Spike Detox Protocol is designed to give you a clear roadmap to better health and lasting results. Complete our survey, get the link on submission to book a Check-In meeting with Dr McMillan and start your journey back to health. Note that all meetings are scheduled in UK time.

MEDICAL NEWS IN BRIEF

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

🚥 Quitting Smoking, Even Late in Life, Linked to Slower Cognitive Decline: Older smokers often believe quitting won't make much difference, but evidence shows otherwise. Those who stop smoking in midlife or later experience significantly slower cognitive decline - memory loss slows by 20%, the decline in verbal skills slows by 50% - offering powerful motivation for the aging population most resistant to quitting. [SOURCE]

🚥 Can You Really Be Addicted to Food? Recognizing certain foods as genuinely addictive validates countless struggles with cravings and could revolutionize treatment for obesity and eating disorders. Official diagnostic recognition would unlock research funding, enable insurance coverage for specialized treatment, and help providers develop therapies that offer hope to those who've felt powerless against their relationship with food.

🚥 Can Friendship Keep You Young? Loneliness may literally age you faster. By linking social connections to biological markers like DNA changes and inflammation, these findings reveal that relationships aren't just emotionally valuable - they're physically protective. This opens doors for both public health interventions and personal choices that could extend our healthy years.

🚥 Should You Be Concerned About ‘Overspending’ Your Daily Heart Beats? Your fitness tracker counts individual heartbeats, but totaling them daily could transform a basic metric into an early warning system for overtraining, chronic stress, or burnout. Though the science needs validation, this reframing might help people understand when their cardiovascular system is quietly overstretched.

🚥 Tweeting at Night Linked to Worse Mental Well-being: Late-night social media posting damages mental health as much as binge drinking, revealing that when we use these platforms matters as much as how often. This insight could reshape app design and public health guidance, moving beyond blanket warnings to target specific harmful behaviors. [SOURCE]

🚥 More Than Half of Long COVID Patients Still Showing Symptoms After Six Months: More than half of long COVID patients show no symptom improvement at six months, while their ability to work continues declining - a third can't fully return to employment or study. Without adequate primary care resources and supportive workplace policies, economies face mounting losses from an increasingly disabled workforce. [SOURCE]

BOOK NOOK

Set within a child’s nose, ‘Humming Heroes’ features a family of Lymphocytes led by a wise Mother, brave Father, determined Brother, and heroic Baby, confronting invading microorganisms. The story takes an imaginative turn, when a humming melody combines with the Lymphocytes’ song to repel the invaders and restore inner harmony.

"Disease X: Are You Prepared?" is your comprehensive guide to navigating the uncertain future of global health. Drawing from experience and the latest scientific insights, this book offers:

  • Practical strategies for personal and community preparedness.

  • Lessons learned from COVID-19 and other outbreaks.

  • Actionable steps to boost resilience against emerging health threats.

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