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Proposed US Legislation Mandating Child Vaccinations
Post Date: 2015-07-26 12:35:17 by Stephen Lendman
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Proposed US Legislation Mandating Child Vaccinations by Stephen Lendman Vaccines work as intended for drug company profits - at the expense of human health. They’re inherently unsafe. More on this below. Others will have to decide if Rep. Frederica Wilson (D. FL) means well or not. She calls herself “a voice for the voiceless.” She was a teacher, a local school board member and elementary school principal “st(anding) up for the health of her students by opposing the construction of an environmentally dangerous waste facility” close to her school. So why as Florida’s 24th district representative did she introduce HR 2232: Vaccinate All Children Act of 2015? ...
Study: Placebos can work even when patients know they're placebos
Post Date: 2015-07-26 07:57:27 by Tatarewicz
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BOULDER, Colo., July 24 (UPI) -- Patients continued to report that placebo drugs were working after being told they were not taking medications -- but only if they had believed for long enough the placebo was working prior to being told, according to a new study. Researchers said the new understanding of the placebo effect could lead to better ways to ease addiction and aid in pain management when dealing with stronger, more addictive drugs. "We're still learning a lot about the critical ingredients of placebo effects," said Tor Wager, an associate professor who runs the Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab at the University of Colorado, in a press release. "What ...
New Alzheimer's drug shows 4 times more effective than current pill: Australian researchers
Post Date: 2015-07-26 04:36:11 by Tatarewicz
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MELBOURNE, July 24 (Xinhua) -- A promising new form of medication aimed at treating the degenerative brain disease Alzheimer's has showed early signs that it may be four times more effective than the current pill, donepezil, in preventing the onset and progression of the disease, Australian researchers said. Preliminary results regarding the new wonder drug, known as Anavex 2-73 -- presented by Australian researchers at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) in the U.S overnight -- showed that out of the 12 patients in the Alfred Health trial, 10 recorded improved cognitive function. Residents of the Australian state of Victoria will have first access to the ...
Gott im Himmel! That's Good Sauerkraut!
Post Date: 2015-07-25 12:16:12 by BTP Holdings
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Gott im Himmel! That's Good Sauerkraut! Five years ago, Andrew Weil, MD, invited me into the kitchen of his Tucson kitchen, spoke these fateful words, and gave me a conspiratorial wink. I was at his home to discuss a writing project. But aside from being America’s best-known authority on natural health and healing, Weil was -- and is -- a brilliant and dedicated gastronome: •Exhibit one: He has his own chain of hugely successful True Food Kitchen restaurants •Exhibit two: His kitchen has a walk-in refrigerator. So the implied question -- should we keep grinding on the literary front or stuff our pie holes? -- was a no-brainer. “Bring it,” I said. ...
Bodycam Footage Shows Cop Shooting Man, It’s What Happened Before That’s Earning Him Praise
Post Date: 2015-07-25 11:46:32 by BTP Holdings
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Bodycam Footage Shows Cop Shooting Man, It’s What Happened Before That’s Earning Him Praise No one can argue differently, the police in America have an incredibly tough job. Everyday they put their lives on the line never knowing if their next patrol is going to be their last. Part of the reason the recent spate of “police shootings” that make it onto the news are so disturbing is because we’re seeing police shoot first and ask questions later. it’s something we’re not accustomed to seeing and it makes us nervous. Well consider how fast a situation can go from seemingly non-threatening to the red zone. It takes only moments. As this footage from an ...
DO GUNS KILL? NO, ANTIDEPRESSANTS DO.
Post Date: 2015-07-25 07:52:59 by Ada
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Public is being fooled into believing that it is guns that kill The average citizen is told that when a person is depressed the best thing to do is talk to your doctor and get a prescription for an antidepressant. This is to make you feel better and better able to function in this society. It is also told to us that antidepressants are good for managing ADHD, ADD and a myriad of behavior problems in children and adults. What I want to do first is show you what the medical professionals have to say about antidepressants. The consensus is that the benefits outweigh the side- effects. They could be right. You have to make the decision. Here is an excerpt from a Reuter’s article. ...
Fish toxin could be effective cancer treatment
Post Date: 2015-07-25 06:33:24 by Tatarewicz
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A toxin that kills fish may be able to prevent the spread of cancer in humans, according to researchers. Photo by Annette Shaff/Shutterstock FREIBURG IM BREISGAU, Germany, July 24 (UPI) -- Based on its ability to block cell division in fish embryos, researchers believe the toxin from a pathogen that causes disease in fish could be used for treating cancer. Researchers at the University of Freiburg identified the toxin used by Yersinia ruckeri, from the same genus of pathogens that causes bubonic plague in humans, to cause redmouth disease in Salmonidae fish such as salmon and trout. The disease costs the commercial fish industry millions of dollars per year. The toxin, Afp18, deactivates ...
Short electric pulses can treat depression with far fewer side effects
Post Date: 2015-07-25 06:30:12 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... As controversial as it may be, electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, has long been one of the most effective treatments for severe depression. Thanks to its portrayal in films such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, it's developed a slightly barbaric reputation, but that doesn't change the fact that, for many patients who don't respond to medication, it's the only thing that alleviates their symptoms. Still, despite its effectiveness, ECT does come with a host of not-so-minimal potential side effects, including memory loss, confusion and heart problems. But now medical researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia have ...
Drug that dramatically lowers cholesterol approved by FDA
Post Date: 2015-07-25 05:52:10 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- The Food and Drug Administration today approved the first of a new class of cholesterol-lowering drugs called proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9, or PCSK9, inhibitors, to treat people who have a genetic, hard-to-treat form of high cholesterol or have specific types of heart disease. The injectible drug, called Praluent, has raised eyebrows because it costs about $14,000 a year per patient, but researchers have called it a breakthrough because of its ability to reduce cholesterol levels. Statin drugs were introduced in the 1990s and are widely used to lower cholesterol, however they're less effective in some patients and others can't take ...
Brain structure reveals ability to regulate emotions
Post Date: 2015-07-25 05:30:59 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... We all vary in how often we become happy, sad or angry, and also in how strongly these emotions are expressed. This variability is a part of our personality and can be seen as a positive aspect that increases diversity in society. However, there are people that find it so difficult to regulate their emotions that it has a serious impact on their work, family and social life. These individuals may be given an emotional instability diagnosis such as borderline personality disorder or antisocial personality disorder. Previous studies have shown that people diagnosed with emotional instability disorders exhibit a decrease in the volume of certain brain areas. The scientists ...
Clear connection between wireless devices and cancer, experts say
Post Date: 2015-07-25 04:54:22 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... Hazardous effects of radiation from wireless devices could be realized through the "classical mechanisms" of oxidative impairments in living cells. Credit: © maron / Fotolia A metabolic imbalance caused by radiation from your wireless devices could be the link to a number of health risks, such as various neurodegenerative diseases and cancer, a recent study suggests. "Oxidative Mechanisms of Biological Activity of Low-intensity Radiofrequency Radiation," a review article published in Electromagnetic Biology & Medicine, explores experimental data on the metabolic effects of low-intensity radiofrequency radiation in living cells. This ...
Smoking a Cause of Psychosis?
Post Date: 2015-07-25 02:44:34 by Tatarewicz
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The prevalence of smoking among people with psychosis is notoriously high, and smoking is often regarded as a form of self-medication, but a new analysis suggests smoking itself may play a causative role in the development of psychotic illness, new research shows. "[Our findings] suggest to clinicians that we should probably be more aggressive in how we manage smoking in people presenting with psychosis, in much the same way as we now consider managing cannabis use in people with psychosis," coauthor Sameer Jauhar, MD, an honorary consultant psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital, King’s College London, United Kingdom, told Medscape Medical News. The study was published ...
Planned Parenthood and a New Dark Age
Post Date: 2015-07-24 08:55:28 by Ada
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“If God does not exist, then everything is permissible.” Ivan Karamazov’s insight came to mind while watching the video of Deborah Nucatola of Planned Parenthood describe, as she sipped wine and tasted a salad, how she harvests the organs of aborted babies for sale to select customers. “Yesterday was the first time … people wanted lungs,” said Nucatola, “Some people want lower extremities, too, which, that’s simple. … I’d say a lot of people want liver. … We’ve been very good at getting heart, lung, liver, because we know that, so I’m not gonna crush that part, I’m gonna basically crush below, I’m gonna crush ...
Vaccine Exemptions: Time to Tighten the Rules
Post Date: 2015-07-24 07:34:05 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... Emergency Treatment of Rabies The topic: a new policy[1] on nonmedical exemptions to immunization from the American Medical Association (AMA). This segment also includes highlights of a joint report from the AMA Council on Science and Public Health and AMA Council on Ethics and Judicial Affairs, presented to the House of Delegates at its June 2015 meeting. Here's why it matters. Immunizations are life-savers. Because of them, we've eliminated the spread of epidemic diseases like smallpox and polio. When you get vaccinated, you not only protect yourself, you also help prevent spread of disease to others. High vaccination rates promote herd immunity which protects the ...
CT scans cause measurable damage to cells, say researchers
Post Date: 2015-07-24 06:43:12 by Tatarewicz
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STANFORD, Calif., July 23 (UPI) -- Researchers have found links between computed tomography (CT) scanning and cell damage in the body, linking repeated scans to the potential for cancer. While the researchers note the scans haven't been determined to cause cancer, the doses of radiation emitted by CT machines have a detectable effect on patients, according to a new study. CT scans are used in the diagnosis and monitoring of many conditions, including cardiac conditions which can involve tens of scans over the course of treatment. A single scan exposes a person to at least 150 times the amount of radiation from a single chest X-ray. "We now know that even exposure to small ...
Researchers develop method for growing billions of stem cells
Post Date: 2015-07-23 05:42:02 by Tatarewicz
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A substrate created by researchers that allows human stem cells to grow in large numbers could forge the way for "stem cells factories" of the future. Photo by University of Nottingham NOTTINGHAM, England, July 22 (UPI) -- Roughly 5 billion cells die during a heart attack. In order to replace those cells, doctors would need access to billions more stem cells than that. Researchers at the University of Nottingham created a substrate they said can serve as the basis for "stem cell factories," producing billions of stem cells at a time for future "off-the-shelf" products to treat heart, liver and brain conditions. "The possibilities for regenerative ...
Manipulating molecule in brain improves stress response
Post Date: 2015-07-22 04:38:15 by Tatarewicz
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Increasing a molecule in the brain cells of mice positively changed their response to stress. Photo by www.BillionPhotos.com/Shutterstock DALLAS, July 21 (UPI) -- Researchers found that by boosting a molecule in the brain they could positively alter the response to stress in mice. People with major depressive disorder have been shown previously to have depressed levels of the molecule cyclic adenosine monophosphate, or cAMP. Chronic antidepressant treatments can often increase the molecule, however 20 to 40 percent of depression patients are not helped by these treatments. "This is the first step in the development of a treatment for patients with major depressive disorder using ...
Unique Brain Fitness Program Boosts Cognition, Brain Size
Post Date: 2015-07-22 04:05:30 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape WASHINGTON ― Elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) who completed a 12-week multidisciplinary brain fitness program saw marked improvement in cognitive performance and enlargement in hippocampal size. "To my knowledge, it is the first and only program that has been shown to enhance cognitive function and grow the volume of hippocampus," Majid Fotuhi, MD, PhD, chairman, NeuroGrow Brain Fitness Center, McLean, Virginia, and Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, told Medscape Medical News. "One of the key interventions in this program, above and beyond treatment of a patients' medical conditions, providing neurofeedback and ...
Gene variant, brain protein linked to compulsive drinking
Post Date: 2015-07-21 02:58:43 by Tatarewicz
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 20 (UPI) -- Researchers found that a gene variant reducing a protein in mice brains causes them to consume excessive amounts of alcohol, even when that consumption leads to bad consequences. The human version of this gene is linked to psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and depression. "Genetic factors play a role in determining who develops alcohol problems," Dr. George Koob, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, said in a press release. "By understanding the genetic underpinnings of alcohol use disorder, we will be better able to develop targeted treatment and prevention strategies." Researchers created mice ...
Each round of antibiotic treatments increases risk for developing the condition, a new study found.
Post Date: 2015-07-21 02:56:20 by Tatarewicz
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NEWARK, N.J., July 20 (UPI) -- Children who are prescribed antibiotics have twice the risk of developing juvenile arthritis as children who don't take the drugs, and the risk increases with each round of antibiotic treatment they are exposed to, according to researchers. Previous studies have found that about a quarter of antibiotic treatments prescribed to children, and half the ones for acute respiratory infections, are unnecessary for infections that often can get better on their own. About 1 in 1,000 children experience juvenile arthritis, with about a quarter of those having genetic causes. "Our research suggests another possible reason to avoid antibiotic overuse for ...
What's in Your Coffe Pot? (Not This)
Post Date: 2015-07-20 17:10:57 by BTP Holdings
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If you're drinking coffee right now you'll want to stop... No, not because I don't believe in a hot "cuppa Joe" every morning -- I do -- but because you're probably focusing on the wrong part of the coffee plant. That's right... if you're drinking coffee to wake up, or to get through the day, then you're missing out on this absolutely vital anti-aging "secret." It's actually grown right next to your coffee beans, and has been used for years to combat aging. And right now, in this presentation, I reveal exactly what it is and why you're missing out on it. So click here now to find out exactly what this secret is. And hear how you ...
FDA-approved drug turns ordinary people into obedient zombies... saps all free will... allows people to be programmed by the media or government... sold as transdermal patch
Post Date: 2015-07-20 12:43:37 by Horse
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When I lived in Ecuador, I was warned about the pollen from the flower of a beautiful tree. The pollen is called "Devil's Breath," and when a tiny amount is blown into the face of an intended victim, it immediately saps that person's free will, turning them into a compliance zombie who will do anything they're commanded to do: Empty their bank account, engage in sexual acts or even donate a kidney. This isn't some urban legend, either. The Devil's Breath pollen is rich in scopolamine, a potent drug that saps free will and turns people into zombies. Scopolamine can "can wipe the memory of its victims," reports the Daily Mail: Scopolamine can be blown ...
Tourists from China empty Japanese pharmacies
Post Date: 2015-07-20 03:29:45 by Tatarewicz
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Want... "Miracle medicines" made in Japan have been widely discussed on China's internet, with many Chinese visitors emptying out stocks of these items, according to Xinhuanet. There is a shopping list making the rounds online created by Chinese travelers who have visited Japan. On the list, toilet seats and nonprescription medicines are listed with other must buy items. Kobayashi Pharmaceutical said its sales has grown 5-folded compared with last year. Products such as cooling patches for fevers, mosquito bite ointments and other vitamins have all been slod out largely due to Chinese tourists. Xinhua explained that the reasons for such a buying craze may be the yen's ...
Abnormal genetic activity found to be cause of depression
Post Date: 2015-07-19 02:43:14 by Tatarewicz
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Want... Scientists from the US, the UK and China have discovered a possible genetic cause for depression, the Beijing-based Caixin news website reports. On July 16, scientists published an article stating the abnormal behavior of certain human genes was seen to correlate with depression. Jonathan Flint, a geneticist from Oxford University, and Kenneth Kendler, a psychiatrist at Virginia Commonwealth University, along with a group of Chinese scientists carried out a study on 5,303 Chinese women with severe depression. They sequenced the DNA of the women and compared it with a control group of 5,337 Chinese people. The research suggested that an enzyme from a strain of DNA and a gene ...
New pacemaker for the brain is set to change the way we treat mental illness
Post Date: 2015-07-18 08:08:52 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... If you know anything about psychiatry - even if it's just exaggerated scare stories from the world of movies - you'll know that doctors have long been experimenting with the effects of electrical impulses on the brain. While electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) doesn't have the best reputation thanks to films like One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Requiem For A Dream, one of its successors is showing a serious amount of potential for the way mental health problems could be treated in the future: and it's all due to a pacemaker in the brain. The process is called deep brain stimulation or DBS, and it involves two electrodes inserted deep into the brain, ...
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