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Data Science for Natural Medicines and Epigenetics

Dr. Brand NiemannDirector and Senior Data Scientist/Data Journalist

Semantic Communityhttp://semanticommunity.info/

http://www.meetup.com/Virginia-Big-Data-Meetup/ http://www.meetup.com/Federal-Big-Data-Working-Group/

http://www.meetup.com/Northern-Virginia-Semantic-Web-Meetup/ http://semanticommunity.info/Data_Science/Federal_Big_Data_Working_Group_Meetup

May 4, 2015

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2015 Wharton DC innovation Summit, Federal Big Data Working Group Workshop, April 29, 1 p.m.

• Brief Presentations and Discussion:– Katherine Goodier, Moderator– Dan Castro, Center for Data Innovation– Brand Niemann, Data Science for Big Data– Mary Anne Sterling, Innovation

, Big Data, and the Family Caregiver– RK Paleru, Right Brain Business Analytics

• Results:– Session Well-Received and Individual Followups

http://www.meetup.com/Federal-Big-Data-Working-Group/events/222105461/

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MRP Science & Information Forum: May 5-7, USGS Reston, VA

MRP Science & Information Forum

Wednesday, May 6, 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm, Plenary Session 4: Open Innovation: Engaging Citizens to Enhance Science in the Networked World, Sophia LiuThursday, May 7, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm, Breakout Session 10: Integrating Crowdsourcing, Citizen Science, and Civic Hacking to Enhance MRP SciencePoster: Adaptation of the Crisis Crowdsourcing Framework: Strategically Designing an Integrated Crowdsourcing System for the Mineral Resources Domain, Sophia Liu

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EarthCube All Hands Meeting:May 27-29, Arlington, VA

• Data Science Publication for USGS Minerals Big Data:– Purpose: This session will update EarthCube members and meeting

attendees on the activities of the EarthCube Data Science Publications Special Interest Group, provide an example of a Data Science Publication including a demo, and provide an opportunity to help them produce Data Science Data Publications of their work.

– Agenda:• Brief Welcome and Introduction by Dr. Joan Aron• Brief Summary of Making the Story Behind USGS EM-EH Data Come Alive

by Dr. Sophia Liu, Mendenhall Postdoc Fellow at the U.S. Geological Survey

• Brief Summary of Data Science Publication for USGS Minerals Big Data by Dr. Brand Niemann

• Open Discussion Lead by Dr. Joan Aronhttp://earthcube.org/forum/earthcube-data-science-publications/data-science-publication-usgs-minerals-big-data

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Data Science for USGS Minerals Big Data: June 15, Tysons Corner, VA

http://www.meetup.com/Federal-Big-Data-Working-Group/events/221810524/

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Government Leadership in the Data Age: May 12, Washington, DC

• The White House has charged government agencies to leverage data to enable transparency, provide security, and foster innovation for the benefit of the American people.

• You and your colleagues are invited to a free 2-hour breakfast (8-10 am) briefing to explore steps agencies are taking to push the frontiers of data science and assume a leadership role in the Data Age.

• Speakers:– Linda F. Powell, Chief Data Officer, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau– Dave Dutton, Chief Data Officer, U.S. Department of Energy– Joah Iannotta, Assistant Director, Government Accountability Office– Niall Brennan, Chief Data Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services– Chris Wilkinson, Senior Director, Market Development, immixGroup

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/government-leadership-in-the-data-age-registration-15983382728?aff=JangoB

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President's Chief Data Scientist and EPA Big Data Analytics: April 20th

• David Portnoy, HHS IDEA Lab External Entrepreneur: Demand-Driven Open Data (DDOD):– I would like to submit my Natural Medicine for Disease and Wellness Use

Case as our contribution to your DDOD and the new Precision Medicine Initiative. I will work on this for our May 4th Meetup and send it to you for comment.

• Brand Niemann, EPA’s First Data Scientist: Data Science for EPA Big Data Analytics:– EPA EnviroAtlas– EPA Fracturing Data– Oregon Data (Dr. Joan Aron)– Etc. (Eventually another MOOC)

• Katherine Goodier:– Recording

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First White House Data Chief Discusses His Top Priorities

• At the top of my list right now is the Precision Medicine Initiative. Science has enabled us to unlock the human genome. Now we want to combine that with the power of data science, which uses new techniques like machine learning as well as the explosion of data now available about individual patients, whether through their phones or other sensors in their environment. The challenge is putting this together to come up with new ways to think about health care and medical treatments.– Semantic Medline and Natural Medicine for Disease and Wellness Meetup

• My second priority is opening up more data and making it available for people [both the government and general public] to build an ecosystem of research, mobile apps and visualizations on top of that information.– Semantic Community and Federal Big Data Working Group Meetup

• The third main priority is inserting more data capacity into agencies throughout the government. We’re seeing a rise of data scientists and chief data officers at the National Institutes of Health as well as within [the Department of] Health and Human Services. The Commerce Department announced its first chief data officer [Ian Kalin] last week. We have to decide how to use the best of what we see in data science and statistics groups throughout the government to develop new services.– Federal Big Data Working Group Meetup and Eastern Foundry

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/first-white-house-data-chief-discusses-his-top-priorities/

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Precision Medicine and Natural Medicine

• “Tonight, I'm launching a new Precision Medicine Initiative to bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes — and to give all of us access to the personalized information we need to keep ourselves and our families healthier.”

• — President Barack Obama, State of the Union Address, January 20, 2015

“On May 4th, I’m launching the Natural Medicine for Disease and Wellness Meetup,” Brand Niemann, Data Scientist/Data Journalist.

In early 2013, our Semantic Medline Data Science Team found that cancer immunotherapy was becoming more successful than cancer chemotherapy. Also that certain enzymes have been successful in schizophrenia and lithium, an element, in manic-depression (bipolar disorder).

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On the Case at Mount Sinai, It’s Dr. Data 1

• Jeffrey Hammerbacher is a number cruncher — a Harvard math major who went from a job as a Wall Street quant to a key role at Facebook to a founder of asuccessful data start-up.

• But five years ago, he was given a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, a crisis that fueled in him a fierce curiosity in medicine — about how the body and brain work andwhy they sometimes fail. The more he read and talked to experts, the more he became convinced that medicine needed people like him: skilled practitioners of data science who could guide scientific discovery and decision-making.

http://nyti.ms/1Frc9B6

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On the Case at Mount Sinai, It’s Dr. Data 2

• Now Mr. Hammerbacher, 32, is on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, despite the fact that he has no academic training in medicine or biology. He is there because the school has begun an ambitious, well-funded initiative to apply data science to medicine.

• His group’s objective is to alter how doctors treat patients someday. For example, Mount Sinai medical researchers have done promising work on personalized cancer treatments. It involves the genetic sequencing of a patient’s healthy cells and cancer tumor. Once the misbehaving gene cluster is identified and analyzed, it is targeted with tailored therapies, drugs or vaccines that stimulate the body’s defenses.

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Data Science for Natural Medicines and Epigenetics

http://www.meetup.com/Federal-Big-Data-Working-Group/events/221457330/

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Natural Medicine for Disease and Wellness Meetup

http://www.meetup.com/Natural-Medicine-for-Disease-and-Wellness-Meetup/

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My Journey Into the Data Science for Natural Medicine and Wellness

• Like Mary Anne Sterling, Family Caregiver, I was looking for something more to help my wife than our Kaiser Health Insurance, which has been excellent.

• I was introduced to Youngevity by a close friend, Lara MacDonald, who had studied health and wellness research, companies, and products for many years.

• Lara MacDonald introduced me to Sheryl Morley, one of the most successful women in this field and her husband, Jonathan Emord, an extraordinary lawyer in this field, who have allowed me to do my data science research for almost 8 months now.

• My data science research is summarized in the MindTouch pages shown next which provide the basis for this Meetup.

• It goes without saying that I have been skeptical about this field most of my life, but I cannot deny that it has helped me, my wife and many people that I have interviewed in the process of my research.

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Sacred Fire of Liberty Gala Awards: September 5-6, Cambridge, MD

• Excellence in Nutrition Science Award: 16• Excellence in Integrative Medicine Award: 38• Excellence in Medical Research Award: 13• Freedom of Informed Choice Award: 17• Excellence in Health Product Innovation

Award: 14• Excellence in Health Journalism Award: 24

Data Science for Natural Medicines: Sacred Fire of Liberty

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Sheryl Morley Youngevity Nutrition Business: September 2014-June 2015

HealthyFamilyLifestyles: Sheryl Morley Youngevity Nutrition Business

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Data Science for Natural Medicines

Data Science for Natural Medicines

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Dead Doctors Don't Lie Radio

Data Science for Natural Medicines: Dead Doctors Don't Lie Radio

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Epigenetics

Data Science for Natural Medicines: Epigenetics

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My Dilemma• A dilemma is a problem offering two possibilities, neither of which is

practically acceptable.• So Who Should I Invite to Speak at This Meetup?

– One of the 122 I Gave Awards to at the Sacred Fire Gala.– Dr. Wallach, Busy Giving Over 300 Lectures a Year and Two Radio Shows a Day.– Dr. Joanne Conaway, Busy Finishing Her ND Degree and Book-Why Is America So

Sick?– Dr. Baruch, Busy with His Large Local ND Practice, Radio Shows, and Three

Vegetarian Restaurants.– Dr. Venus Seleme, Started Her Own Meetup and Tried to Contact Her. Seleme

Health: Holistic & Natural Well-Being Meetup – Richard Renton, Busy with Being “Dr. Dirt” for Youngevity and a Real Data Scientist.

• I Have Videos of All of These, But Dr. Seleme, So You Can Hear Them All and I Can Pick My Favorite, Dr. Dirt.

• I Have Done More Background Research on This Meetup the Past 8 Months Than All the Previous Meetups Because I Knew This Would Be Controversial!

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Agenda

• 6:30 p.m. Welcome and Introduction (New Tutorial and Mentoring) Slides

• 6:45 p.m. Data Science for Natural Medicines• 7:10 p.m. Brief Member Introductions• 7:15 p.m.

Data Science for Dead Doctors Don't Lie Radio• 7:45 p.m. Data Science for Epigenetics• 8:30 p.m. Open Discussion• 8:45 p.m. Networking• 9:00 p.m. Depart

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Richard Renton• Mr. Renton oversees all quality control

issues for Youngevity products. He graduated from Portland State University (PSU) majoring in Sports Medicine, Health, Physical Education and Chemistry. He has served as an Associate Professor at PSU in Health and First Aid. Mr. Renton is a board certified Athletic Trainer with the National Athletic Trainers Association and was an Assistant Athletic Trainer for PSU, the Portland Timbers Soccer team and the Portland Storm Football team. He is also a board member for AL International, Inc.

• Source: http://www.youngevity.com/index.cfm/more/people/scientific-advisory-board/scientific-advisory-board/richard-renton

My Note: The remaining slides are his.

Dr. Joel D. Wallach, BS, DVM, ND1962 BS in Agriculture Univ. of Missouri1964 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Univ. of Missouri1966-68 Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Washington UniversitySt. Louis Zoological GardensShaw’s Botanical Gardens

1982 Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine Portland, OregonResearch in Nutritional Medicine for 40 + yearsAuthor or Co-Author of 10 + BooksAuthor of the Audio Lecture “Dead Doctor’s Don’t Lie”

15 million copies soldSyndicated Talk Radio HostLive Lectures Across America and in 10 other CountriesSuccessfully Petitioned the FDA for Two Health ClaimsCo-Founder of YoungevityHas helped 10,000’s to become Financially Independent

Dr Wallach’s Research shows we need90+ Essential Nutrients

• 16 Vitamins• 12 Amino Acids• 2+ Essential Fatty Acids• Countless

Phytonutrients• 60 Minerals

Raw Mineral Products

Mineral productscome from:

• The Earth– Rock– Humic Shale

• Sea / Ocean• Lake Beds• Plants• Animals

Plant Derived Minerals

• 70+ Trace Minerals

• Plant Derived• Certified Organic

• The only source we have used

• Minerals are not stockpile out in the elements

Water Preparation for Liquid Vitamins & Minerals

• Charcoal Filter• Diatomaceous

Earth• Micro-Screens• UV Exposure

License to Manufacture Pharmaceuticals

Hydro-Stirring Drums

With the minerals wecan add:• Vitamins• Amino Acids• Other Minerals• HerbsDrums specially designed

for consistent mixture

Bottling Line

Bottles are washedFilled with product, Liquid nitrogen is addedThe bottle is sealedLabel, Batch and Dated

Beyond Tangy Tangerine

Contains:VitaminsMineralsPlant MineralsFruits & VegetablesPhytonutrientsStevia and CitriSweetNatural flavors (Orange and Tangerine)

Does not Contain:No Artificial SweetenersNo emulsifiersNo Preservatives

NutraCrystalsBlend all the fruits and Vegetables into a slurry like syrup

Blend all Vitamin / Minerals/ Trace Minerals /Amino Acids and other Phytonutrients

Mix both together to a thick liquid state

Spin Dry the syrup slurry till 97% of the moisture is gone

Anti Oxidants / Free RadicalsNutritional Supplement ORAC per oz (29.57 ml)

Vemma 3400Vibe 3125Zango 530Goji 380Tahitian Noni 165Sea Silver 90

Other ORAC Scores

ORAC scores were found on the internet. None of the above companies post the actual independent lab results. If you are given a higher number ask to see the report.

Beyond Tangy Tangerine scores 5745 per serving

ARE SQUIRRELS SMARTER THAN AMERICANS

Who is Monsanto?

• Multinational Agricultural Biotech Corp• Control 93% of the Genetically Engineered Seeds• Developed insecticides such as PCB’s (agent

orange)• Developed Herbicides such as Roundup• Developed Bovine Somatotropin (rBST)• Developed Artificial Sweetener Saccharin

44,000 pages of internal memos from the FDA show its own scientists agreed that GMOs could create unpredictable, unsafe, and hard-to-detect allergens, toxins, diseases, and nutritional problems.

And several studies have shown that genetically modified food is triggering that response.

For example, Dr. P. M. Bhargava, one of the world's top biologists, has reviewed 600 scientific journals. He concluded that GM foods in the US are largely responsible for the increase in many serious diseases.

Dr. Robin Bernhoft, a Harvard-trained doctor and director of the Bernhoft Center for Advanced Medicine in Ojai, California, has found that patient health improves when GM foods are removed from their diet.

Dr. Miguel Gonzalez, a physician in California, believes that “genetically modified foods are causing inflammation of the bowel.”

And research from the American Academy of Environmental Medicine states that“several animal studies indicate serious health risks associated with GM food consumption including infertility, immune dysfunction, accelerated aging, dysfunction of cholesterol synthesis, insulin regulation, and protein formation, and changes in the liver, kidney, spleenand gastrointestinal system.”

• Did you Know You Could Get Cancer… Just from Drinking Milk?

• For the past 20 years, much of the nation’s milk has come from cows injected with a genetically engineered growth hormone known as rBST.

• Farmers inject rBST into cows every two weeks to increase hormonal activity, boosting milk production by as much as 25%.

• There’s only one big problem: this hormone has been linked to various types of cancer.

• That probably explains why all 27 countries of the European Union, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada have all banned its use in milk destined for human consumption.

• Sadly, the U.S. is the only developed nation that allows rBST.

rBST in our Milk

• A study done by Susan Hackinson, ScD, of Harvard Medical School, has showed that this hormone increases the risk of developing breast cancer seven-fold in women under 50… and that it increases a man’s risk of developing prostate cancer nine-fold.

• Dairies that use this dangerous hormone don’t even have to disclose that information to consumers.

• In 1994 “The FDA has determined no significant difference has been shown between milk derived from rBST and non rBST treated cows”

Glyphosate (Roundup) Herbicide• In 1974, a new herbicide called Roundup was

released into the marketplace. [1] It promised to be a miracle weed killer that would do its job without harming human health.

• In 1977, a sugar tariff was established, which dramatically raised the cost of white table sugar. This tax on imported sugar propelled high fructose corn syrup into widespread use in processed foods. [2]

• The third event that took place that same year was the adoption of dietary guidelines by the U.S. government. This completely changed longstanding traditional thinking about food and nutrition. [3]

FDA GUIDELINES

• The new dietary guidelines instructed Americans to abandon the traditional balanced diet that contained butter and animal fat, meat and eggs, full fat dairy products, grains, vegetables, and fruits; and to replace this with a new low-fat high-carbohydrate diet.

• Overnight, animal fat, meat, eggs, and butter became dietary archenemies. We were now encouraged to gorge ourselves on bread, pasta, beans, skim milk and low-fat dairy, and to avoid butter, eggs, and all forms of animal fat, and to exercise more.

CELIAC

DEMENTIA

AUTISM

PARKINSON’S

RICHARD’S 10 POINTS TO IMPROVE YOU DIET

• 1) FIX YOUR FATS (NO CORN OR SOY)• 2) NEVER HEAT YOUR OILS (COLD PRESSED)• 3) INCREASE YOUR OMEGA 3s• 4) EAT FEWER CARBOHYDRATES• 5) DRINK MORE WATER• 6) TRY TURMERIC TEA • 7) ENZYMES WITH EACH MEAL

RICHARD’S 10 POINTS TO IMPROVE YOU DIET

• 8) TAKE AND EAT PROBIOTICS• 9) ADD ONE OF THESE FOOD TO YOUR DIET– CACAO, HEMP SEED, GOJI, ALOE VERA, BEE

POLLEN / LOCAL HONEY / ROYAL JELLY, KELP, SPIRULINA, COCONUT, ACAI, TURMERIC, GINGER, CURCUMIN, ROSEMARY, BASIL AND CHERRIES

10) GET HUNGRY NOW AND THEM

FOOD TO STAY AWAY FROM• FARM-RAISED SALMON• GMO PAPAYA FROM HAWAII• MEATS WITH RACTOPAMINE• FLAME-RETARDANT DRINKS• ARTIFICIAL FOOD COLORS• WATCH OUT FOR CHICKEN (FEED HAS EXTRA

ARSENIC)• BREAD WITH POTASSIUM BROMATE