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Latest Articles: Health
Brain-eating amoeba causes closure of N. Carolina waterpark, after 18-yo girl dies
Post Date: 2016-06-26 06:48:08 by Tatarewicz
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RT... A North Carolina waterpark has closed after a teen girl was killed by a brain-eating amoeba. The 18-year-old got the death disease while taking part in a whitewater rafting. Authorities said Lauren Seitz was exposed to the amoeba at the US National Whitewater Center (USNWC) when she was riding a raft that overturned. “Initial test results found naegleria fowleri DNA was present in the whitewater system,” the USNWC said in a statement. The majority of 11 water samples turned out to have the amoeba in them, Mecklenburg County health director Marcus Plescia added at a press conference. In another statement, the USNWC chief executive Jeffrey Wise expressed the company’s ...
Scientists are applying naked mole-rats' cancer resistance to humans
Post Date: 2016-06-25 04:13:11 by Tatarewicz
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FUTURISM/ScienceAlert... Recently, we reported that scientists have found that the same gene responsible for multicellular life is also the gene responsible for suppressing various genes in humans, and it is this gene that is found to be defective in cancer patients. Now, researchers are looking to the naked mole-rat (NMR) for another cancer-suppressing gene. Among rodent species, mole-rats live the longest - up to 30 years, which is 10 times the lifespan of mice. And remarkably, cancer has almost never been detected in captured colonies. A collaboration between Hokkaido University and Keio University in Japan is investigating how these animals are keeping cancer at bay in order to ...
NIH panel approves CRISPR gene editing test in humans with cancer
Post Date: 2016-06-24 09:28:40 by Tatarewicz
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The two-year trial will enroll 18 patients with one of three types of cancer who have not responded to standard therapy. Researchers at three universities received their first approval to start a two-year trial to supercharge immune cells using gene editing to make them more effective at fighting cancer. WASHINGTON, June 23 (UPI) -- An advisory committee at the National Institutes of Health approved the first human trial to use gene editing as a method for fighting cancer by altering a patients' immune cells to more effectively battle tumor cells. Researchers at three university medical centers plan to enroll and treat 18 patients using CRISPR/Cas9 technology for treatment of three ...
Here are the 10 most popular websites that consistently LIE about important health topics
Post Date: 2016-06-23 15:21:38 by Horse
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#1. WebMD: Ready to choose between poisons for your health ills? That’s WebMD. Want to find out which chemicals will cover up your symptoms of chronic pain from eating the wrong foods? That’s WebMD. Want to buy a dangerous stomach pump device for weight loss that doesn’t work? Go to WebMD. Looking for depression or anxiety medication that makes you want to commit suicide? Check WebMD. Like being lied to about hoax viruses like Zika and Swine? Peruse WebMD. #2. Wikipedia: Want research written by Pharma hacks on a website founded and funded by porn-industry money from a porno-king named Jimmy Wales? That’s Wikipedia. Like being coerced into quack therapies for ...
A promising anti-ageing drug is about to undergo human trials for the first time
Post Date: 2016-06-23 09:14:19 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Can we really hope to slow down the ageing process? The compound nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) has shown plenty of promise at increasing the lifespans of mice, and is about to be put to the test in human clinical trials for the first time. Next month, 10 healthy volunteers will be given NMN to see if it can slow down ageing without any harmful side-effects. If the results are positive and the drug is given the all-clear for public use, it'll be the first genuine anti-ageing product on the market. As George Dvorsky reports at Gizmodo, NMN stimulates the production of a class of proteins called sirtuins, which usually grow weaker as we get older. When tested on ...
Ohio Teen Dies from Brain-Eating Amoeba After Visiting North Carolina Water Park with Church Group
Post Date: 2016-06-22 21:33:49 by Dakmar
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Authorities are investigating the death of an Ohio teen who may have contracted a brain-eating amoeba during a visit to a popular North Carolina water park. Lauren Seitz, 18, was visiting the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte during a trip with her church youth group on June 8. Jim Wilson, senior pastor at Church of the Messiah United Methodist Church in Westerville, Ohio, told WCMH-TV that Lauren was among 32 students who went to North Carolina to sing at churches and nursing homes and visited the water park for fun. The youth group returned home to Ohio on June 11, and Lauren died on June 19. "She was an incredible person, so full of life," Wilson said Click for Full ...
Breast cancer growth is halted by osteoporosis drug, study finds
Post Date: 2016-06-22 02:46:21 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlet.. An existing osteoporosis drug has been found to halt the growth of breast cancer cells, and researchers are now investigating its potential as a new treatment for high-risk women. The drug, called denosumab, could one day be prescribed as a preventative breast cancer treatment for women with mutations in the BRCA1 gene - which famously gave Angelina Jolie an estimated 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer. In a healthy state, the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 produce tumour suppressor proteins that help repair damaged DNA, and ensure the stability of the cell’s genetic material. But if these genes are mutated and not functioning properly - ...
Small trial shows memory loss from Alzheimer's disease can be reversed
Post Date: 2016-06-21 07:45:42 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... A small clinical trial of 10 patients with early Alzheimer’s disease has shown that the memory loss and cognitive impairment can be reversed. Not only were improvements sustained, but some patients returned to work, regained their ability to speak different languages, and showed an increase in brain matter volume after just a few months. "All of these patients had either well-defined mild cognitive impairment, subjective cognitive impairment, or had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease before beginning the program," says one of the team, Dale Bredesen, University of California, Los Angeles. "Follow up testing showed some of the patients going ...
Scientific Breakthrough Relieves Tingling, Numbness and Nerve Pain – Safely and Naturally
Post Date: 2016-06-20 09:13:24 by Tatarewicz
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Print conversation Print Open conversation in new window New window Scientific Breakthrough Relieves Tingling, Numbness and Nerve Pain - Safely and Naturally Inbox Add star Dr. Janet Zand Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 9:40 AM Reply-To: DrJanetZand@ab.advancedbionutritionals.com To: tatarewicz@gmail.com Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original External images are not displayed. Display images below - Always display images from DrJanetZand@ab.advancedbionutritionals.com Maybe it started as a seemingly innocent tingle in your fingers and toes – like that "pins and needles" feeling you get when your leg falls asleep. Or perhaps, you're experiencing ...
The Parasite Underground
Post Date: 2016-06-19 09:42:28 by Ada
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A shadow network of patients are trying to treat their own debilitating diseases — by infecting themselves with gastrointestinal worms. Click for Full Text!
Combining Multiple Childhood Vaccines Not Safe Says Article In Journal Of American Physicians And Surgeons
Post Date: 2016-06-18 19:27:02 by Horse
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June 14, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Multiple childhood vaccines are often given at one visit, but contrary to the claims of public health officials there is evidence that this practice is unsafe, writes medical research journalist Neil Z. Miller in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Miller used data in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly operated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which was established in 1990. This contains about 500,000 reports of adverse events that occurred in association with, but not necessarily caused by vaccines. Miller acknowledges ...
Humans used to sleep in two shifts, and maybe we should do it again
Post Date: 2016-06-18 08:23:07 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Around a third of the population have trouble sleeping, including difficulties maintaining sleep throughout the night. While nighttime awakenings are distressing for most sufferers, there is some evidence from our recent past that suggests this period of wakefulness occurring between two separate sleep periods was the norm. Throughout history, there have been numerous accounts of segmented sleep, from medical texts, to court records and diaries, and even in African and South American tribes, with a common reference to "first" and "second" sleep. In Charles Dickens' Barnaby Rudge (1840), he writes: "He knew this, even in the horror with which ...
WARNING:Texas Authorities Threaten Food Liberties
Post Date: 2016-06-17 22:05:38 by BTP Holdings
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Personal food choices are an intimate and important part of life. The foods you decide to put in your body greatly affect your health and often the health of those you love. And that’s why it’s so vital to protect your right to eat as you wish. Unfortunately, some government agencies don’t think personal food liberties are important — or, in some cases, relevant. Furthermore, they don’t see the value in supporting local food networks, build community bonds, and — perhaps most importantly — sustaining the economy for small family farms. That’s why we have invited Judith McGeary to join us today. She will explain more about the current assault on ...
NASA gives thumbs up to use of colloidal silver as antibiotic in space...
Post Date: 2016-06-17 04:04:27 by NeoconsNailed
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Enter the International Space Station (ISS), which for years has housed astronauts from both countries along with life-support systems unique to each country's needs. The two sides have long remained separate from one another until recently. For years, the U.S. side of the ISS utilized iodine as its water cleansing agent of choice, while the Russian side took advantage of antibacterial silver for water purification purposes. Both sides coexisted peacefully in their respective methods, with the U.S. picking up whatever extra water the Russian side had leftover. Russia's water purification process has always been much more efficient than that of the U.S. It seemed that the two ...
The Mineral That Could Save You from Infections
Post Date: 2016-06-16 22:13:21 by BTP Holdings
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The Mineral That Could Save You from Infections Zinc activates the innate immune response to help fight viral and bacterial pathogens June 14, 2016 | By John Phillip, My Optimal Health Resource This article originally appeared on Live in the Now. The essential mineral that can help combat inflammation and lower the risk of infection and chronic disease is a mineral that many experts fear a quarter of the world’s population is deficient in. But how big of a role does this nutrient play? A research team from Ohio State University released the result of a study revealing how zinc helps control infections by gently tapping the brakes on the immune response in a way that prevents ...
Very hot drinks "possibly carcinogenic", says WHO's cancer agency
Post Date: 2016-06-16 08:56:12 by Tatarewicz
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PARIS, June 15 (Xinhua) -- The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) on Wednesday said drinking very hot liquids could cause cancer but added no conclusive evidence showed that coffee is probably carcinogenic. Based on limited data which have shown a positive links between oesophageal cancer and drinking very hot beverages, the World Health Organization agency rated very hot drinks as probably carcinogenic in its group 2A category. "These results suggest that drinking very hot beverages is one probable cause of oesophageal cancer and that it is the temperature, rather than the drinks themselves, that appears to be responsible," said Christopher Wild. IARC's ...
Statins 'may be a waste of time': Controversial report claims there's NO link between 'bad cholesterol' and heart disease
Post Date: 2016-06-13 05:22:54 by Horse
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For decades doctors have prescribed statins to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes caused by ‘bad’ cholesterol in the blood But now a team of scientists say taking the pills may be a waste of time They found no link between high LDL cholesterol and heart disease For years doctors have prescribed statins to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes caused by ‘bad’ cholesterol in the blood. But now a team of scientists say taking the pills may be a waste of time for the over-60s – because they found no link between high levels of LDL cholesterol and heart disease. In fact, this ‘bad’ cholesterol may even have a protective effect by warding ...
An extreme new treatment has cured patients of MS
Post Date: 2016-06-12 05:45:25 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... An extreme new treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) has been shown to stop the disease in its tracks, hinting at the possibility of a cure. In a 24-person clinical trial based in Canada, one person who was previously confined to a wheelchair was able to live a normal life again after receiving the treatment. But there's a catch - the treatment is so severe, it caused one fatality, so the team behind it is now working on refine the drugs and procedures involved to make them safe for all MS sufferers. The new treatment was actually discovered by accident by a team at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in Canada, through their work with patients diagnosed with both ...
Air pollution will cost the world economy over 2.5 trillion dollars per year by 2060.
Post Date: 2016-06-12 05:34:52 by Tatarewicz
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pressTV... A research by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) warns about massive costs of air pollution on the world economy. According to the recently published study by the OECD, air pollution may cost the global economy some 2.6 trillion dollars each year by 2060. It says air pollution could cause between six and nine million premature deaths per year by 2060. This is while in 2010, outdoor air pollution caused more than three million premature deaths. The report noted that air pollution imposes significant costs on annual healthcare, workforce and crop yields among others. OECD Environmental Director Simon Upton has said, "The number of lives cut ...
U.S. study finds copper essential for burning fat
Post Date: 2016-06-12 05:22:52 by Tatarewicz
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 11 (Xinhua) -- A group of researchers has discovered that copper plays a critical role in metabolism by helping move fat out of fat cells and into the blood stream for use as energy. Findings about copper and fat cells, called adipocytes, by the group from University of California, Berkeley, appeared online this week in a new study to be published in the July print issue of the journal Nature Chemical Biology. "Unlike other studies that link copper levels both to increased or decreased fat metabolism, our study shows definitively how it works -- it's a signal that turns on fat cells," said Christopher Chang, a professor of chemistry and of molecular and ...
(Hyperbaric oxygen therapy) Why it's done
Post Date: 2016-06-10 18:40:36 by Horse
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By Mayo Clinic Staff Your body's tissues need an adequate supply of oxygen to function. When tissue is injured, it requires even more oxygen to survive. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy increases the amount of oxygen your blood can carry. An increase in blood oxygen temporarily restores normal levels of blood gases and tissue function to promote healing and fight infection. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used to treat several medical conditions. And medical institutions use it in different ways. Your doctor may suggest hyperbaric oxygen therapy if you have one of the following conditions: Anemia, severe Brain abscess Bubbles of air in your blood vessels (arterial gas embolism) Burn ...
How Anger Can Hurt Your Heart
Post Date: 2016-06-10 08:28:13 by Tatarewicz
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WebMD: Everyone gets angry. It’s a normal emotion, and there’s probably a good reason why you feel that way. The way you handle your anger can make a difference to your heart, though. “If you have a destructive reaction to anger, you are more likely to have heart attacks,” says cardiologist Dave Montgomery, MD, of Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. That’s true whether intense anger makes you fiery or quietly fume. If you can tell people in an appropriate way that you’re angry, that’s a good sign, says Laura Kubzansky, PhD, MPH, of Harvard School of Public Health. High levels of anger are the issue, not ordinary anger, says Kubzansky, who has studied how ...
Scientists have developed a blood test that detects early Alzheimer's disease
Post Date: 2016-06-10 02:27:25 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... What makes Alzheimer's disease such a terrifying prospect is the inevitability of it all. We have no vaccines or preventive measures, so you either get Alzheimer’s or you don’t. Once you have it, there’s little hope of recovery, because we have no treatment or cure. But what if we could detect the disease years before its symptoms start to appear, to not only give patients the chance to slow the progression, but also give researchers better insight into how it develops? A 'proof of concept' trial of a new blood test has just been completed, and the team behind has reported "unparalleled accuracy" in detecting the early stages of ...
Monsanto is Suing California for Telling People the Truth About Its Chemicals
Post Date: 2016-06-09 21:50:07 by Tatarewicz
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Monsanto is suing the State of California for its intent to include glyphosate — the main ingredient in its wildly popular herbicide, Roundup — on its Proposition 65 toxic chemicals list. California’s decision came after the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified glyphosate as a “probable carcinogen” in March 2015. Researchers discovered “limited evidence” of a link between the weedkiller and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in humans, as well as “convincing evidence” of its link to other forms of cancer in rodents. Thus, IARC decided unanimously that glyphosate is “probably ...
Daily Ginger Reduces Risk Of Both Hypertension And Heart Disease
Post Date: 2016-06-09 15:53:37 by Horse
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The medicinal components of ginger work primarily in the stomach and intestines. As an established folk remedy to treat motion sickness, nausea and osteoarthritis, daily consumption of ginger also does wonders for reducing the risk of high blood pressure and coronary heart disease. Ginger is known to beat drugs in defeating cancer and many inflammatory processes. The University of Maryland Medical Center cites several preliminary studies that suggest ginger may also lower cholesterol and prevent blood from clotting. Stopping your blood from clotting can help people with heart disease, where blood vessels become clogged and lead to heart attack or stroke. Now, data published in Nutrition ...
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