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U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate Is Twice That of Canada -U.N.
Post Date: 2015-11-14 01:17:23 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... GENEVA (Reuters) - Women are twice as likely to die from causes related to pregnancy or childbirth in the United States than in Canada, a new global survey of maternal mortality published by the United Nations and the World Bank showed on Thursday. The United States was also one of only 13 countries to have worse rates of maternal mortality in 2015 than in 1990 - a group that also includes North Korea, Zimbabwe and Venezuela. The survey, led by the World Health Organization, aims to track progress against the U.N. Millennium Development Goals. It estimated there would be 303,000 maternal deaths globally this year, down from 532,000 in 1990. The U.N. target is to get the ...
Experimental Alzheimer’s drug shows anti-ageing effects, surprising researchers
Post Date: 2015-11-14 00:32:06 by Tatarewicz
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We know that Alzheimer’s disease is linked to ageing, in that the elderly are most susceptible to experiencing the disorder, but just how deep are the ties? A new study by researchers in the US explains more about the relationship between ageing and Alzheimer’s, with continued testing of an experimental drug candidate called J147 revealing unforeseen benefits in the latest research. In testing on rodents, the drug surprised researchers by showing unexpected anti-ageing effects on mice. When the animals were treated with J147 they showed better memory and cognition, healthier blood vessels in the brain, and other improved physiological features. “Initially, the impetus was ...
Emergency Surgery: 5% of Patients Readmitted
Post Date: 2015-11-13 03:08:22 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... About 1 in 20 patients who undergo emergency general surgery (EGS) find themselves back in a hospital within 30 days, according to a study published online November 11 in JAMA Surgery. In addition, patients with high comorbidity scores were 2.26 times more likely to be readmitted than those with low scores, and one in five readmitted patients went to a different hospital for readmission. "Higher readmission rates were seen in patients 65 years and older (10.59%), black patients (11.01%), and patients with high Charlson Comorbidity Index scores (17.11%) compared with other patients," write Joaquim M. Havens, MD, from the Division of Trauma, Burn, and Surgical ...
European scientists say weedkiller glyphosate unlikely to cause cancer
Post Date: 2015-11-13 01:50:59 by Tatarewicz
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Yahoo...BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer in humans, according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which nevertheless proposed limits on Thursday on the amount of residue of the weedkiller widely used by farmers deemed safe to consume. The EFSA advises EU policymakers and its conclusion could lead the 28-member European Union to renew approval for glyphosate, which was brought into use by Monsanto in the 1970s and is used in its top selling product Roundup as well as in many other herbicides around the world. Environmental groups have been calling for a ban after the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health ...
BREAKING: Entire charade of supposed 'racism' at MIZZOU revealed as elaborate HOAX perpetrated by the student body
Post Date: 2015-11-12 21:25:01 by BTP Holdings
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BREAKING: Entire charade of supposed 'racism' at MIZZOU revealed as elaborate HOAX perpetrated by the student body Thursday, November 12, 2015 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger (NaturalNews) Now we're finally getting down to the bottom of the delusional University of Missouri "racism" charade and the entire clusterfrack of events that followed it. It now appears that the entire thing was an elaborate HOAX dreamed up by the students themselves! Evidence of the hoax nature of these events is now emerging from investigations performed across the independent media (while the mainstream media snoozes), including Breitbart.com and TheFederalist.com. It turns out that ...
Algae has been engineered to kill cancer cells and leave healthy cells unharmed
Post Date: 2015-11-12 03:34:19 by Tatarewicz
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SienceAlert... Scientists have genetically engineered tiny algae to kill up to 90 percent of cancer cells in the lab, while leaving healthy ones unharmed, and the treatment has also been shown to effectively treat tumours in mice without doing damage to the rest of the body. Developing medicine that only attacks tumour cells and leaves the rest of the body alone is one of the biggest challenges in cancer drug therapy. Such targeted chemotherapy helps to avoid some of the devastating side-effects associated with typical chemo treatment, when all fast-dividing cells in the body are bombarded with toxic drugs – including hair follicles, nails, and bone marrow. That's why ...
Many U.S. Veterans May Face Sexual Health Problems
Post Date: 2015-11-12 03:22:59 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many U.S. veterans returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan may encounter sexual health problems, a new study suggests. Almost 18% of veterans screened positive for sexual dysfunction in initial visits at the post-deployment clinic at a veterans affairs medical center in Houston, Texas, researchers say. It's possible the actual prevalence of sexual dysfunction is much higher, because veterans, like many other people, may be reluctant to discuss sex with providers they are seeing for the first time, coauthor Dr. Drew Helmer, director of the War Related Illness and Injury Study Center at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) New Jersey ...
Mystery illness and fainting sweep through a crowd of students in the UK
Post Date: 2015-11-12 02:54:36 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Dozens of English school students have fallen ill in a crowd during a ceremony commemorating Remembrance Day, and authorities are at a loss to explain what caused the incident. As many as 40 children at Outwood Academy in Ripon in North Yorkshire were treated by emergency services after a number of children started fainting during the ceremony, although what brought about the phenomenon remains unclear. In total, four children fainted during the incident, but dozens of others reported feeling unwell, causing considerable concern for their parents in addition to teachers and emergency responders on the scene. “When the first boy was sick, we thought it was a one-off ...
Changes in sense of humor may be early sign of dementia
Post Date: 2015-11-12 02:41:48 by Tatarewicz
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Preferences for slapstick, satirical, absurdist and nonexistent comedy were seen to indicate the development of dementia years before a diagnosis in a new study. Nearly all patients in a study on comedy preferences in dementia patients were not fans of satirical or aburdist comedy such as "Monty Python," the cast of which is seen above in a 2005 curtain call for the Broadway musical "Spamalot." LONDON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Already aware that dementia-related diseases cause changes in sense of humor, researchers at University College London found changes to what people find funny may indicate specific types of dementia years before other symptoms become apparent. ...
The science doesn’t support them, but Japanese anti-vaxxers are winning on HPV
Post Date: 2015-11-11 18:32:38 by Ada
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TOKYO — Vaccines are a highly politicized subject in many countries. Just look at Donald Trump’s repeated claims in the Republican presidential race that childhood vaccinations cause autism. In Japan, a vigorous debate is underway over the safety of vaccinations against HPV, a virus that can lead to cervical cancer. Opponents say the vaccines — which have been given to more than 80 million girls and women around the world in the past nine years — are dangerous and cause mobility problems that can sometimes be severe. Health experts say that the vaccines are safe and effective and that not vaccinating girls puts them at much greater risk of developing cervical cancer ...
If cholesterol isn't the problem, what is?
Post Date: 2015-11-11 03:42:21 by Tatarewicz
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Advanced Natural Medicine... Today, everybody thinks they know what LDL is. I'm sure you've heard that it's the "bad cholesterol." It's what gives you heart attacks. You'll even hear proponents who believe every adult over a certain age should take drugs to lower it. Well, that's all a bunch of baloney...just slick marketing tactics created by big drug companies to sell their products. And now that they've roped the majority of U.S. adults into believing the hype, they're striking while the iron's hot. Extend Your Life and Live It Pain-Free Men who SLEEP SOUNDLY Through the Night have Discovered… THE SWEDISH PROSTATE SECRET! ...
Zimmer Wins First U.S. Trial Over Nexgen Flex Knee Devices
Post Date: 2015-11-11 03:23:28 by Tatarewicz
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Medcape... (Reuters) - Indiana-based medical device manufacturer Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc on Friday was cleared of liability in the first of more than 900 U.S. lawsuits to go to trial over claims that its NexGen Flex knee replacements were prone to painful, motion-impairing loosening. Following a three-week trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, jurors returned a verdict for Zimmer in the lawsuit brought by Kathy Batty, according to Zimmer spokeswoman Monica Kendrick. Batty, who suffers from degenerative joint disease, underwent a total knee replacement on both knees in 2009 using Zimmer's NexGen Flex system. Within a year, she said she began to ...
Alzheimer's: Pay Attention to the Early Warning Signs
Post Date: 2015-11-11 02:16:46 by Tatarewicz
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Local Dear Abby Comics ABC News Katie Couric Trending Photos US News As the holiday season approaches, I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to have a simple conversation around the dinner table with a family member or friend to make sure he or she is OK, and to alert you to any changes in his or her memory. If you think your loved one may be having difficulty with memory, it is prudent to engage that family member and offer support, perhaps accompany him or her to the doctor. Baseline thinking exercises, imaging and blood work can reveal a problem that may be treatable. Memory problems can be isolating, and speaking with your family and primary provider is important. The ...
Diabetes drug reduces risk of heart failure and may prevent it, study shows
Post Date: 2015-11-11 01:09:49 by Tatarewicz
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Prescription drugs (stock image). For the first time, research shows that a type 2 diabetes drug significantly reduces hospitalizations and death from heart failure. For the first time, research shows that a type 2 diabetes drug significantly reduces hospitalizations and death from heart failure. The findings, from a large clinical trial known as EMPA-REG OUTCOME, were presented by Yale professor of medicine and clinical chief of endocrinology, Dr. Silvio E. Inzucchi, at the 2015 American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Session in Orlando, Florida on Nov. 9. Many individuals with type 2 diabetes also have heart failure, a condition in which the heart fails to pump blood effectively. ...
Mexican clinic promotes stem cell therapy to treat range of diseases
Post Date: 2015-11-10 22:50:21 by Tatarewicz
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MEXICO CITY, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- A Mexican clinic is promoting a stem cell therapy to treat a range of diseases, from diabetic foot to arthritis and pulmonary fibrosis. Esther Arroyo Conde, who turns 78 in a few weeks, is a case in point. She suffers from arthritis, osteoarthritis, or cartilage wear, in both knees, which make it difficult to walk, and especially climb stairs. After only a couple of sessions of stem cell therapy, also known as regenerative medicine, she is able to walk better and be more independent. "It's my third consultation and I'm feeling quite good," Arroyo told Xinhua as she waited for her appointment at Cambium Therapies, a private clinic in ...
Caramelized Onion & White Bean Flatbread
Post Date: 2015-11-10 20:14:19 by Tatarewicz
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WebMD... WebMD Recipe from EatingWell.com Caramelized Onion & White Bean Flatbread Here we top pizza with herbed mashed beans, sliced plum tomatoes, sweet caramelized onions and some shredded Gouda for a tasty flatbread that will have you rethinking pizza toppings. Ingredients 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 large onion, thinly sliced lengthwise 1/4 teaspoon salt 20 ounces prepared whole-wheat pizza dough, thawed if frozen (see Tip) 2 tablespoons minced fresh oregano, or 2 teaspoons dried 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper 1 15-ounce can white beans, rinsed (see Tip) 3 tablespoons water 2 teaspoons white-wine vinegar 2 plum tomatoes, thinly sliced 1 cup smoked Gouda or ...
Foods to Help Lower LDL (‘Bad’) Cholesterol
Post Date: 2015-11-10 20:04:14 by Tatarewicz
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Curb Cholesterol, Not Flavor It’s no secret that certain foods can help you lower your LDL (“bad”) cholesterol, which causes a buildup of plaque in the arteries that leads to heart disease, heart attacks, and stroke. But what may surprise you is that many of these foods are delicious and easy to incorporate into your everyday meals without sacrificing flavor or fun. Dark chocolate contains flavonoids, antioxidants that help lower LDL levels. Just make sure to eat in moderation, as chocolate is also high in saturated fat and sugar. You can also use dark, unsweetened cocoa powder in your cooking to get similar heart-healthy effects. There’s more to avocados than just ...
How low to go: Details emerge on big blood pressure study
Post Date: 2015-11-10 08:50:09 by Tatarewicz
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Details were revealed Monday from a landmark federal study that challenges decades of thinking on blood pressure, giving a clearer picture of plusses and minuses of more aggressive treatment. The study was stopped in September, nearly two years early, when it became clear that lower pressure for most people over 50 helps prevent heart problems and deaths, but side effects and other key details were not disclosed. Full results came Monday at an American Heart Association conference in Orlando and were published online by the New England Journal of Medicine, along with a dozen commentaries in three science journals. "Overall, we deemed that the benefits far ...
Specific levels of low vitamin D linked to heart troubles
Post Date: 2015-11-10 08:41:03 by Tatarewicz
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Relaxnews/Yahoo... A simple blood test is the best way to determine one's vitamin D level. Low vitamin D levels have long been associated with heart problems, but researchers said Monday they have identified a specific danger level for increased risk of heart attack and stroke. Patients are at the highest risk of cardiac woes if their vitamin D levels dip below 15 nanograms per milliliter, according to researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah. A simple blood test is the best way to determine one's vitamin D level. "Although vitamin D levels above 30 were traditionally considered to be normal, more recently, some researchers ...
DEA Releases New Drug Overdose Death Figures: Guns Safer than Prescription Drugs
Post Date: 2015-11-10 08:22:52 by Ada
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The DEA released new drug overdose data yesterday. According to the DEA press release: DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced results from the 2015 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA), which found that drug overdose deaths are the leading cause of injury death in the United States, ahead of deaths from motor vehicle accidents and firearms. In 2013, more than 46,000 people in the United States died from a drug overdose and more than half of those were caused by prescription painkillers and heroin. These are 2013 numbers, so let’s compare to other causes of death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A drug overdose, with a death rate ...
Alternative Treatments for AFib
Post Date: 2015-11-10 05:18:25 by Tatarewicz
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WebMD... Yoga The combination of gentle exercise, breathing, and meditation does more than improve your happiness. An hour a day, three times a week, can be enough to lower blood pressure, heart rate, and the number of AFib episodes after 3 months. Yoga may even lessen inflammation that could lead to AFib. Acupuncture It's been practiced in other parts of the world for centuries, and it comes with almost no risk. Limited research suggests that targeting a point in the inner wrist could help your AFib. Acupuncture is safe when you go to a trained, certified expert. And some styles use pressure instead of needles Wenxin Keli This herb extract is used widely in China to treat ...
Normal-Weight Central Obesity More Deadly Than Just High BMI
Post Date: 2015-11-09 22:32:56 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... Central obesity in normal-weight people places them at greater risk of death than does overall overweight or obesity in people without the excess abdominal fat, a new study suggests. The startling findings were published online November 9, 2015, in Annals of Internal Medicine by Karine R Sahakyan, MD, PhD, of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and colleagues. Their analysis of an average 14 years' follow-up data from more than 15,000 participants in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988–1994) reveals that people who had normal body mass indexes (BMIs 18.5–24.9 kg/m2) but who had central obesity (defined using World Health ...
Study: 'Portfolio diet' lowers cholesterol, blood pressure
Post Date: 2015-11-09 00:52:46 by Tatarewicz
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The vegetarian "portfolio diet" was designed to lower cholesterol, but covers a second contributing factor of cardiovascular disease by lowering blood pressure significantly. Photo by marilyn barbone/Shutterstock TORONTO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A diet developed to lower cholesterol also lowers blood pressure, and the diet has a greater effect than another commonly recommended for lowering blood pressure, researchers reported in a new study. The "portfolio diet" combines a range of foods previous research has shown lower cholesterol, such as mixed nuts, soy, plant sterols found in vegetable oils and leafy vegetables, and viscous fiber such as oats, barley and eggplant. ...
The TRUTH Abour Eggs!
Post Date: 2015-11-07 19:41:27 by BTP Holdings
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Upon awakening this morning, the obvious answer to the question "what's for breakfast?" was eggs. You see, I like eggs and tend to eat a lot of them. I mean, who doesn't love a good omelet, right? Now, I’m sure you’ve heard a time or two before that you should be mindful of consuming too many eggs as their cholesterol content is rather high. I’ve even heard the recommendation that eggs should only be eaten once per week to avoid cholesterol issues. If that’s the case, I’m probably due to die rather soon. Fortunately, it’s not. You see, for years we have been told that cholesterol intake should be kept to a bare minimum as doing so will ...
Drinking More Than Two Soft Drinks per Day Ups HF Risk in Men, Says Swedish Study
Post Date: 2015-11-07 02:40:07 by Tatarewicz
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Heartwire from Medscape STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — Another study has found an association between sugary drinks and negative coronary outcomes. According to new research from Sweden, men who make a practice of drinking sweetened beverages may be putting themselves at increased risk for heart failure (HF)[1]. The population-based cohort study of more than 42,000 middle-aged and older men showed that those who regularly drank at least two of these beverages a day were 23% more likely to develop HF during 11 years of follow-up vs those who weren't consumers of the sweetened drinks at all (P for trend <0.001). This association held even after excluding those with diabetes (P<0.001). ...
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