A Message from Dr. McMillan

History repeatedly shows that medicine is at its strongest when it acts preventatively, by identifying patterns early, recognising at-risk cohorts, and intervening before long-term disease becomes established.

If vaccine-related injury or immune dysregulation contributes to persistent health risk in even a subset of the population, failing to investigate and monitor those signals adequately now will only magnify the burden of chronic disease in the decades ahead.

Dr. Philip McMillan

In this week's April 10th, 2026 update:

• Covid-19: US Vice President said we don't talk about this enough

• Vejon: This week’s featured Vejon video

• Health: Never-married adults face dramatically higher cancer risk

• Infographic: Vance's vaccine reaction

• News: Medical news in brief

• Education: Post COVID phenotypes - What makes you unique?

  Read time: 6 minutes

FEATURE ARTICLE

COVID-19

Vance's Vaccine Reaction: The US Vice President Said We Don't Talk About This Enough and The Data Agrees
Authors: Dr. Philip McMillan, John McMillan

• VP Vance reported two days bedridden with a racing heart after his second COVID-19 vaccine dose.

• His symptoms may meet FDA criteria for a grade 2 to 3 adverse event severity classification.

• NHS data from 186 million hospital episodes shows post-pandemic increases in myocarditis and heart failure.

• Efforts to standardize vaccine injury diagnostic codes have stalled in the U.S. and Canada.

Why this is important: When a sitting vice president publicly describes a severe post-vaccine reaction, it raises a legitimate question: are adverse events being captured accurately? NHS hospital data and institutional shifts in both the U.S. and Canada suggest the answer may be no.

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FEATURED VIDEO

JD Vance Vaccine Story: Reactogenicity or Hidden Injury? Full Breakdown

CANCER

Never-Married Adults Face Dramatically Higher Cancer Risk Than Their Married Peers
Author: Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University

• Never-married men had roughly 70% higher cancer risk; never-married women faced about 85% higher risk.

• Never-married men showed five times the anal cancer rate compared to married men.

• Organized cancer screening programs narrowed but did not eliminate disparities linked to marital status.

• Married black men showed lower cancer rates than married white men in this large U.S. study.

Why this is important: Marital status predicts cancer risk more strongly than many clinicians expect. Across 4 million U.S. adults, never-married people faced dramatically elevated rates, particularly for HPV-related cancers, suggesting social support and healthcare access matter as much as biology.

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INFOGRAPHIC

The US Vice President Said We Don't Talk About This Enough and The Data Agrees… Click here to learn more!

EDUCATION

What Changed After the Pandemic? – The Data No One Is Showing You

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MEDICAL NEWS IN BRIEF

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

🚥 Long COVID Significantly Raises Cardiovascular Disease Risk, Especially in Women: Long COVID patients, especially women and younger adults, carry a cardiovascular burden that clinicians may be underestimating. Tracking 9,000 long COVID cases in Sweden, researchers found doubled heart disease risk in women persisting years after initial infection.

🚥 A Centuries-Old Wildflower May Help Defeat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: Antibiotic resistance is dismantling decades of medical progress. A new study finds tormentil, a wildflower long used in folk medicine, can suppress antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including biofilm-protected strains, and enhance the effectiveness of existing last-resort drugs.

🚥 A New Low-Cost Blood Test Detects Multiple Cancers and Liver Diseases From a Single Sample: Current cancer screening tests target one disease at a time. MethylScan reads chemical tags on DNA to simultaneously flag multiple cancers and organ diseases in a single blood draw for under US$ 20, opening a new path to broad early detection. [SOURCE]

🚥 A New Drug Class Controls Autoimmune Inflammation Without Suppressing the Entire Immune System: Autoimmune conditions affect over 15 million Americans, yet existing treatments suppress the entire immune system, leaving patients vulnerable to infection. ENDOtollins selectively block the proteins driving excessive inflammation, reducing disease activity in animal models while keeping antiviral immunity intact.

🚥 Night-to-Night Sleep Apnea Variability Predicts Cardiovascular Risk Independently of Average Severity: Millions with sleep apnea receive reassuring test results because one-night studies only capture average severity. New research shows that people with highly variable nightly breathing patterns carry 30% higher cardiovascular risk, a population that current screening routinely fails to identify. [SOURCE]

🚥 Smoking May Trigger Dementia by Causing Lung Cells to Disrupt Iron Balance in the Brain: Smoking's link to dementia has long been attributed to oxygen deprivation from lung damage. New research reveals a distinct mechanism: nicotine prompts lung cells to release particles that scramble iron regulation in neurons, producing the molecular signatures of neurodegeneration. [SOURCE]

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