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Sitting Too Much: How Bad Is It?
Post Date: 2017-01-19 08:47:24 by Tatarewicz
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WebMD... April 7, 2014 -- The studies just keep coming. Sitting our life away, it seems, may be very bad for our health and even our life expectancy. Just since January, researchers have reported that sitting for long hours is linked to: Worse mental health A higher risk of death from heart disease and other causes A higher risk of being disabled The new studies add even more weight to earlier research suggesting that too much sitting is bad -- even if you get regular exercise. Experts say they still don't know for sure which comes first. Does too much sitting trigger poor health, or is it the other way around? They also say we may need to think about sitting and exercise as two ...
Will Eggplant Lower Blood Pressure?
Post Date: 2017-01-18 07:27:53 by Tatarewicz
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People's Pharmacy... Q. I have heard that if you place pieces of eggplant in water for a couple of hours and then drink the water it helps reduce cholesterol levels and blood pressure. Is this correct or do I have to put the eggplant in the fridge for four days and drink a small amount daily? A. Several years ago a reader sent in the following remedy: “Wash but don’t peel a medium eggplant. Dice it into 1-inch cubes. “Place the cubes in a glass gallon jug and cover the eggplant with distilled water. “Put the jug in the fridge for four days. Drink one ounce of the water per day, taking your blood pressure daily. “After a week or so, the eggplant will begin ...
Aust'n researchers discover key to prolonging life of cancer-fighting cells
Post Date: 2017-01-17 07:08:03 by Tatarewicz
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Australian researchers have discovered how to prolong the life of the human body's disease-fighting cells, buying more time for cancer patients. Researchers from Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) working with a team from France's Centre of Immunology discovered that the BCL-2 protein was particularly important in controlling the reservoir of natural killer (NK) cells in the body. Nick Huntington, the lead researcher from WEHI, said the team discovered the importance of BCL-2 by investigating factors that control NK cell function. "We have been very interested in understanding which factors control the lifespan of NK cells," ...
Painkiller breakthrough: Drug as strong as MORPHINE but without side-effects discovered
Post Date: 2017-01-16 18:08:12 by Horse
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A PAINKILLER opiorphin, that treats pain as effectively as morphine without the serious side-effects, has been discovered by experts and is set to be tested on humans. Painkiller breakthrough: Experts said they have found a painkiller as strong as morphine but without the side effects Morphine and morphine-like drugs - such as oxycodone, fentanyl and buprenorphine - are the strongest painkillers there are. Some come as a patch, but they all work in similar ways and experts warn they should only be used for severe pain. They will only be prescribed after consultation with your GP or a pain specialist. However, Catherine Rougeot, Director of Research at Institut Pasteur, looked into the ...
‘WE’RE GOING TO HAVE INSURANCE FOR EVERYBODY’
Post Date: 2017-01-16 12:26:42 by Ada
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Trump heralds GOP's Obamacare alternative as Rand Paul reveals it will focus on low-cost policies President-elect Donald Trump has revealed the GOP’s plan to repeal and replace Obamacare will provide ‘insurance for everybody.’ Trump said the nearly-finished bill would include ‘lower numbers’ and ‘much lower deductibles’ but declined to reveal any specific details on Sunday, the Washington Post reports. His comments come just days Republicans announced that they had taken the first steps in repealing the Affordable Care Act, which caused contention and concerns on whether repealing it would leave more than 11 million Americans uninsured. Trump did ...
Rand Paul: Obamacare replacement will 'legalize sale of inexpensive insurance'
Post Date: 2017-01-16 05:21:37 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul on Sunday said the GOP replacement for the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is aimed to "give access to the most amount of people, at the least amount of cost." Paul made the comment during an interview on CNN's State of the Union. "One of the key reforms that we will do is, we're going to legalize the sale of inexpensive insurance," Paul said. "That means getting rid of the Obamacare mandates on what you can buy. We are going to help people save through health savings accounts, as well as a tax credit." Paul said young people are not purchasing insurance through the ACA because ...
Trumpcare Nears Completion
Post Date: 2017-01-16 05:08:46 by Stephen Lendman
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Trumpcare Nears Completion by Stephen Lendman In a Saturday Washington Post interview, Trump said Obamacare will be replaced by “insurance for everybody,” without explaining specifics of his plan, while vowing to negotiate a better deal on drug prices for Medicare and Medicaid. Big Pharma is “politically protected, but not anymore,” he said. Market-based medicine works for business at the expense of affordable patient care. It leaves millions of Americans uninsured, most others underinsured. Obamacare works this way, Trumpcare when revealed likely worse. A previous article discussed his earlier seven-point industry-enriching plan. It’s long on cost reduction, ...
Experts just released another report urging all young women to take this daily supplement
Post Date: 2017-01-16 04:38:35 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Whether it’s antioxidants, multivitamins, probiotics, or good old Vitamin C, the sad truth is that most supplements and vitamins you see on your supermarket shelves are useless - and could even be dangerous for your health. But there’s one big exception when it comes to women who are thinking about getting pregnant at some stage in their lives - folic acid, which is one of the rare supplements that actually has some really strong scientific backing. According to a new report from the US Preventive Services Task Force - an independent, volunteer-driven panel of health experts - anyone who is capable of getting pregnant should be taking folic acid supplements ...
Superbug Resistant To Every Antibiotic Available In US Kills Nevada Woman
Post Date: 2017-01-15 12:59:32 by Horse
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A woman in Nevada died when a superbug she picked up in India proved resistant to every antibiotic available in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A woman in Nevada died when a superbug she picked up in India proved resistant to all 26 antibiotics available in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The account of the unnamed woman’s death was made public on Friday in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Public health officials said a 70-year-old resident of Washoe County arrived in the US in August last year after an extensive visit to India. She was admitted to an acute care hospital on August ...
103 year-old Georgia man shares secrets to life
Post Date: 2017-01-15 09:45:40 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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The CDC wishes you weren’t aware of these four polio facts
Post Date: 2017-01-14 15:05:45 by Horse
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If pressed on the matter, the average person would probably insist that vaccines save lives, and that the science is incontrovertible in support of this position. Even many vaccine skeptics who reject some of the more modern vaccines like HPV and the flu shot would be quick to interject that society would still be facing epidemics of polio, for instance, if it were not for the advent of vaccines. Though a commonly held belief, vaccines are not lifesaving medical tools as many people have been falsely led to believe. In fact, evidence compiled over many decades suggests that the exact opposite is true — that not only are vaccines not responsible for eradicating communicable illnesses ...
Doctor warns of toxic levels of copper lurking in kale, avocado and coconut
Post Date: 2017-01-14 00:16:26 by Tatarewicz
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Could YOUR salad be contaminated? Doctor warns of toxic levels of copper lurking in kale, avocado and coconut Copper is an important nutrient that helps with neurodevelopment and growth But too much copper in diets could be making you sick, an expert claims Dr Svetlana Kogan says 'copper toxicity' could be coming from an increase in vegetable based diets The risk from copper water pipes and estrogen pills could also be contributing It is the most popular option for a healthy lunch. But salads - filled with kale, coconut, and avocado - could actually be making us sick. These foods are often loaded with copper, an expert warns Daily Mail Online. An important nutrient, copper ...
TEN LIES Told by Those Who Say “Mercury in Vaccines is Safe”
Post Date: 2017-01-13 13:23:09 by Horse
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Lie # 1 “Thimerosal, 49.55% mercury by weight, is safe when used as a preservative in vaccines and other drugs.” The Facts: The Eli Lilly Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for Thimerosal acknowledges that exposure to Thimerosal in utero and in children can cause “mild to severe mental retardation and mild to severe gross motor impairment.” The Sigma Aldrich MSDS lists abortion and fetal death as possible outcomes of in utero exposure. Nonetheless, most seasonal and H1N1 flu shots for pregnant women and young children contain 25 micrograms of mercury in the form of Thimerosal. For this exposure to be safe, a child would need to weigh more than 550 pounds. Thimerosal is ...
Abolish “Prescription” Drugs
Post Date: 2017-01-13 12:53:30 by Ada
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People are whining about Obamacare being abolished soon. “How will people get their prescription medicines?!” That’s easy enough to solve. Abolish prescription medicines. Yes, you heard me right. We need to abolish the system of prescriptions and sell these medicines over-the-counter where true market competition can take place. As it is now, what we know as a “prescription” is not really that. What it really is, is a “permit to buy/own medicine”. Mandated by, guess who? The government! And, in the case of certain meds, the DEA specifically. Prescriptions were never meant to be medicine permits. They were originally just instructions to the pharmacist on ...
Obamacare's Death Throes
Post Date: 2017-01-12 11:27:44 by Stephen Lendman
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Obamacare’s Death Throes by Stephen Lendman On March 23, 2010, Obama signed the misnamed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law. It’s a healthcare rationing scheme to enrich insurers, drug companies and large hospital chains in lieu of the only equitable system - universal coverage, everyone in, no one left out, no gimmicks and schemes the way Obamacare was crafted. Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) proposes a “Beyond the Affordable Care Act: A Physicians’ Proposal for Single-Payer Care Reform.” It’s a work in progress, to be published when completed. An abstract said the following: “Even after full implementation ...
Trump Taps Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. To Head New Commission On Vaccine Safety And Scientific Integrity
Post Date: 2017-01-12 09:39:20 by Ada
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Kennedy says he will 'make sure we have scientific integrity in the vaccine process for efficacy and safety effects' New York Daily News reported today that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will chair a commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity at the request of President-elect Donald Trump. Kennedy, following a meeting with Trump inside Trump Tower, told reporters that the point of the commission would to be “to make sure we have scientific integrity in the vaccine process for efficacy and safety effects.” Kennedy has recently been in the news for launching the World Mercury Project (WMP), a public health advocacy organization dedicated to ending exposure to ...
The "Vietnam War" Called Obamacare Cannot Be Won
Post Date: 2017-01-11 17:57:07 by Ada
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The Vietnam War was started by a Democrat and ended by a Republican. Let’s keep that in mind. Basically, at some point, Republican President Nixon had to finally admit the Vietnam War could not be won and the only sane thing to do was get out of it. But we also must admit ourselves that Nixon must have known the war could not be won for quite some time. And how many more died before the government finally put lives ahead of ego? Oh, of course, the government told us of all kinds of horrible disasters that would occur if the Vietnam War was not won. But those predictions did not come true in the way the government told us. We were lied into that war, lied to about the progress, then ...
Waco the 4 legged wonder and his Pal
Post Date: 2017-01-10 13:16:07 by Fred Mertz
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3 mins 35 secs Poster Comment:Saw this story and it impressed me. For animal lovers only.
Scientists discover how the brain helps the body fight bacteria
Post Date: 2017-01-08 02:16:52 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... The brain may not only control our thoughts and basic physical functions. Recent studies indicate that it also controls the way our body responds to the threat of bacterial infections. It does this by boosting the production of a protective molecule called PCTR1 that helps white blood cells kill the invading bacteria. Our body is in constant contact with bacteria. For the most part these do not pose a threat since we have evolved defence systems to keep these organisms at bay. But in some instances, especially when the body’s defence systems are weakened or fail, bacteria may invade, leading to infection and, in extreme cases, sepsis, which can result in death. In ...
For Elderly, Hour-Long Napping Helps Brain Function, Study Says
Post Date: 2017-01-07 07:08:16 by Tatarewicz
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ACSH... China, with one of the largest – if not the largest – elderly population on Earth, has a strong incentive to learn how to support or improve cognitive function for its older citizens. And as people all around the world live longer, understanding how to slow mental impairment and dementia has become an ever-growing concern. That's in part what has led a multinational research team to look for ways to mitigate cognitive degeneration. And a new, interesting study focusing on post-lunchtime napping for the elderly is helping shed light on this important issue. In their paper published today online in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, this group of Chinese ...
Living close to busy roads may cause dementia – study
Post Date: 2017-01-05 04:29:58 by Tatarewicz
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RT... Living near busy roads with constant noise has more downsides than sleep deprivation. Canadian scientists say that those who live in proximity to heavy traffic have an increased risk of developing dementia. “People who lived within 50 metres of high-traffic roads had a seven per cent higher likelihood of developing dementia compared to those who lived more than 300 meters away from busy roads,” research from Public Health Ontario (PHO) and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) has found. READ MORE: 'Bees with Alzheimer’s?' Aluminium pollution linked to dementia in bees Researchers examined over 6.5 million residents in the Canadian province of ...
Olive Oil for Ear Wax
Post Date: 2017-01-04 06:11:19 by Tatarewicz
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Med-health.net Usually, ear wax comes by itself outside the ear canal slowly and gets removed easily. However, in some individuals excessive ear wax can get accumulated in the ear canal and create problem. A condition known as cerumen impaction occurs when large quantities of accumulated ear wax gets hard and is impacted in the ear canal. This condition can cause ear pain and even infection in the ear. How to Use Olive Oil for Ear Wax An effective home remedy that comes in handy for treating cerumen impaction is olive oil; however, certain safety precautions should be following while using it. 1. Using Olive Oil Drop Olive oil can be used as a drop to soften and remove ear wax. The steps ...
It's official: A brand-new human organ has been classified
Post Date: 2017-01-04 01:20:22 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Researchers have classified a brand-new organ inside our bodies, one that's been hiding in plain sight in our digestive system this whole time. Although we now know about the structure of this new organ, its function is still poorly understood, and studying it could be the key to better understanding and treatment of abdominal and digestive disease. Known as the mesentery, the new organ is found in our digestive systems, and was long thought to be made up of fragmented, separate structures. But recent research has shown that it's actually one, continuous organ. The evidence for the organ's reclassification is now published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & ...
Is it a cold or the flu? Here's how to tell
Post Date: 2017-01-03 08:05:14 by Tatarewicz
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UPI... The most common cold symptoms are mild fatigue, fever, cough, sore throat and head, chest or nasal congestion. Also, a runny nose, sneezing and watery eyes are standard telltale signs The flu typically comes on quick and strong as opposed to a nagging cold. You may be feeling fine during the morning but can feel horrible, with a fever and aches, in the afternoon," Click for Full Text!
10 Health Myths Debunked
Post Date: 2017-01-03 00:26:41 by Tatarewicz
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WebMD...Drink 8 Glasses of Water a Day No need to count cups. Research shows people who gulp a glass of H2O when they’re thirsty get enough to stay healthy and hydrated. Water-rich foods like soup, fruit, and vegetables and drinks like juice, tea, and coffee all help you get your fill. You might need to drink more water if your urine is dark yellow, you don’t go regularly, you're very active, or you live in a hot climate Eggs Are Bad for Your Heart Omelet lovers, rejoice. Eating an egg or two a day doesn’t raise the risk of heart disease in healthy people. Yes, the yolks have cholesterol, but for most of us, the amount found in any one food isn’t as bad for you as ...
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