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Hydraulic fracking linked to hospitalizations in Pennsylvania
Post Date: 2015-07-18 04:28:05 by Tatarewicz
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PHILADELPHIA, July 17 (UPI) -- A study by the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University has linked hydraulic fracking to hospitalizations for heart conditions, neurological illness and other conditions. The new study came out barely a month after the Environmental Protection Agency released its five-year study, which found fracking has not had widespread impact on drinking water. EPA researchers, though, said the report was not a statement on fracking overall and only considered the oil drilling technique's potential effect on water sources. Unlike traditional oil drilling, fracking involves pumping chemicals into the ground at high pressures in order to jar loose oil ...
Many Americans Do Not Get Recommended Preventive Services
Post Date: 2015-07-18 04:14:19 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... Many Americans did not receive some recommended preventive health services in 2011 to 2012, according to a report published in the July 17 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The report suggests the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may improve uptake of these services. "Rates of receipt of some clinical preventive services by adults are higher for persons with insurance coverage or higher incomes," write Jared B. Fox, PhD, and Frederic E. Shaw, MD, JD, from the Office of Health System Collaboration and Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia. "The [ACA]'s expansions of health insurance access and ...
Why More Men Are Sitting Down to Pee
Post Date: 2015-07-17 03:31:28 by Tatarewicz
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Vice... This January, a court in Düsseldorf, Germany ruled that men have the right to pee standing up. The relevant case was a minor property dispute about whether a landlord should be able to keep his renter's security deposit over piss stains on his marble bathroom floor. But the fact that the landlord appeared to view his tenant's standing urination as a barbaric habit, and the fact that the judge referred to the now-protected position as a formerly dominant custom was telling. Over the past decade, Germany and a number of other countries have increasingly moved towards a culture of reclining relief. Debates have raged over the merits of the practice, with arguments made on ...
Study: Cannabis helps to heal bone fractures
Post Date: 2015-07-17 01:29:03 by Tatarewicz
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TEL AVIV, Israel, July 16 (UPI) -- A non-psychotropic component of marijuana, cannabinoid cannabidiol, or CBD, can help heal bone fractures and speed up the process, a study on rats with mid-femoral fractures indicates. Researchers at Tel Aviv University had previously discovered cannabinoid receptors within human bodies stimulated bone formation and inhibited bone loss. This led them to investigate whether cannabis, or the compounds found within it, could help bones to heal. "We found that CBD alone makes bones stronger during healing, enhancing the maturation of the collagenous matrix, which provides the basis for new mineralization of bone tissue," Dr. Yankel Gabet, of the ...
Eating Foraged Mushrooms Not Worth Losing a Liver
Post Date: 2015-07-17 01:02:59 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... (Reuters Health) - Eating the wrong wild mushroom can be a grave mistake, leading to death or, as in the case of one 52-year old woman in Ontario, to the need for a liver transplant. "Thus far, I have only seen one case of mushroom poisoning during my residency," said Dr. Corey M. Stein, lead author of a case report about the woman online July 13 in CMAJ. "I imagine that (foraging) is relatively common but most people are not picking poisonous mushrooms so we don't hear about it as physicians." Stein, of the University of Toronto, and his coauthors describe the condition of the woman, an immigrant of Asian descent who had been foraging in a local park ...
Monsanto Says Panel to Review WHO Finding on Cancer Link to Herbicide
Post Date: 2015-07-16 06:49:15 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... (Reuters) - Monsanto Co, whose Roundup product is one of the world's most widely used herbicides, said on Tuesday it has arranged for an outside scientific review of a World Health Organization finding that the weed killer's key ingredient probably causes cancer. The WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said in March that it had concluded that the ingredient, called glyphosate, was probably carcinogenic after reviewing a range of scientific literature. Monsanto reacted to the finding by demanding a retraction, labeling the findings by a team of international cancer scientists as "junk science." On Tuesday, Monsanto said it had hired ...
Mandatory Vaccines for Adults? Leave It To California
Post Date: 2015-07-15 09:17:29 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Mandatory Vaccines for Adults? Leave It To CaliforniaBy Joshua Krause After the California State Legislature passed SB277, which forces all children attending school or daycare to be vaccinated, it was clear that this state was on the road to medical tyranny. Unfortunately, it’s hard to say where that road ends. Like all freedom-killing mandates, they never draw a clear line. Each one begets another until all freedoms are lost. That seems to be the case with SB277, which has spawned SB792. If kids can’t attend school without vaccines, why should adults be exempt? Vaccineimpact.com reports:SB792 - The first US adult vaccine mandate with NO personal exemptions (only medical ...
AF and HF Together: A Vicious Electromechanical Cycle
Post Date: 2015-07-15 05:56:05 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure: What's the Connection? LaPrincess Brewer, MD: I am Dr LaPrincess Brewer, an advanced cardiology fellow here at Mayo Clinic. During today's Mayo Clinic Talk, we will be discussing atrial fibrillation and heart failure, both of which have emerged as cardiovascular epidemics over the past decade. I am joined by Dr Bernard Gersh, professor of medicine, who specializes in clinical electrophysiology. Atrial fibrillation and heart failure share common risk factors and frequently coexist. What is the pathophysiology behind atrial fibrillation and heart failure? Bernard J Gersh, MD: It is a question of cause, consequence, or both. There ...
Cardiac Critical Care: Limiting Unnecessary Treatment
Post Date: 2015-07-15 05:25:33 by Tatarewicz
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Sunil V. Mankad, MD: Greetings. I'm Sunil Mankad, associate professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic. During today's commentary, we'll be discussing Choosing Wisely®.[1] I'm joined by my colleague, Dr Greg Barsness, who is director of our cardiac intensive care unit here at Mayo Clinic. Greg, tell us a little bit about the Choosing Wisely campaign. What exactly is it and why is it important? Gregory W. Barsness, MD: The Choosing Wisely campaign is something that was envisioned in 2010 and started up as a real campaign in 2012. It involves a variety of professional societies who have gotten together to distribute lists of five things that are less meaningful or less ...
Exercises could reverse bone loss in middle-aged men
Post Date: 2015-07-15 03:53:03 by Tatarewicz
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COLUMBIA, Mo., July 14 (UPI) -- If healthy, middle-aged men do certain types of weight-lifting and jumping exercises, for at least 6 months, they can reverse age-related bone loss. Researchers said that targeted exercises for 90 to 120 minutes per day were enough to facilitate bone growth. "Our study is the first to show that exercise-based interventions work to increase bone density in middle-aged men with low bone mass who are otherwise health," said Pam Hinton, an associate professor in the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology at the University of Missouri, in a press release. These exercises could be prescribed to reverse bone loss associated with aging." ...
Escaped Drug Kingpin 'El Chapo' Targets Trump in Twitter Rant
Post Date: 2015-07-14 17:07:08 by BTP Holdings
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Escaped Drug Kingpin 'El Chapo' Targets Trump in Twitter Rant Image: Escaped Drug Kingpin 'El Chapo' Targets Trump in Twitter Rant (Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images; Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images) By Jim Meyers | Monday, 13 Jul 2015 09:34 PM Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has called on the FBI to investigate threats against him on Twitter by Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who escaped from prison over the weekend. On the Twitter account administered by Guzman's son Ivan, the escapee wrote in Spanish: "Keep f… around and I'm gonna make you swallow your b…ch words you f… whitey milk-s…." The ...
Scientists find protein that helps create immunity
Post Date: 2015-07-14 07:34:53 by Tatarewicz
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VICTORIA, Australia, July 13 (UPI) -- Scientists have discovered the protein that allows plasma cells exposed to a pathogen in the body help create future immunity, which they hope will help them create ways to promote greater immunity to diseases. The protein, Myb, allows plasma cells to move into bone marrow, where they produce the antibodies that allow for long-term immunity to infections those infections. "We found that if a plasma cell produced Myb at some stage during an immune response, then those plasma cells had the ability to migrate into the bone marrow," said Dr. Kim Good-Jacobson, of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, in a press release. "If we can ...
Formaldehyde Exposure Linked to ALS
Post Date: 2015-07-14 03:44:51 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... Men with a high probability of exposure to formaldehyde, such as funeral directors, have an almost 3-fold greater rate of death related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) than those with no exposure to the chemical, new research shows. "The study is important because, unfortunately, we know almost nothing about what causes ALS, which is 100% fatal within a very short time period," study author Andrea Roberts, research associate, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, told Medscape Medical News. Although some genes have been implicated in ALS, they are responsible for a very small number of ...
Medicine as propaganda: Obama pushes doctors to brainwash patients about global warming
Post Date: 2015-07-13 17:06:20 by BTP Holdings
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Medicine as propaganda: Obama pushes doctors to brainwash patients about global warming Sunday, July 12, 2015 by: J. D. Heyes (NaturalNews) With Barack Obama, it is all Left-wing politics, all the time. Never a let-up. No relenting. Push, push, push the agenda 24/7/365. Why else – with all that the president has to concern himself with – would he bother trying to convince your family doctor to teach you about so-called global warming, especially when it's not even an established fact but just a theory which no one seems capable of accurately predicting or proving (that is, not without changing or altering climate data)? "We also need doctors, nurses and citizens, ...
Choose Aspirin for Pain Relief to Avoid Heart Risks: Top Cardiologist
Post Date: 2015-07-13 16:42:17 by BTP Holdings
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Choose Aspirin for Pain Relief to Avoid Heart Risks: Top Cardiologist By Charlotte Libov | Sunday, 12 Jul 2015 04:28 PM Aspirin is the safer choice for the millions of people who take over-the-counter pain relievers like Advil or Aleve to deal with headaches or arthritis, a top cardiologist says. “People who take these drugs to deal with the pain from inflammation need to realize that these medications are not safe for daily use,” Chauncey Crandall, M.D., tells Newsmax Health. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week issued a new warning regarding ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) and naproxen (Aleve), saying that they increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. The ...
Scientists cellular discovery could aid anti-cancer battle
Post Date: 2015-07-13 03:35:43 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... Scientists have accidentally discovered a cell structure which may prove helpful in the understanding of cancer development. A group of researchers from the University of Warwick discovered “the mesh” and recently published their findings on the online journal elife. The discovery alters the scientific understanding of internal scaffolding of a cell, and provides implications for treatment of cancer cells, given the structure partially shares a protein-based form with the disease. "As a cell biologist you dream of finding a new structure in cells but it's so unlikely. Scientists have been looking at cells since the 17th Century and so to find something that ...
DRUG LORD WHO WORKED WITH DEA ESCAPES PRISON
Post Date: 2015-07-12 15:47:52 by Ada
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"El Chapo" struck deal with US government and CIA to flood US with drugs Sinaloa Cartel drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped from the maximum security Altiplano prison in Mexico on Saturday. Guzman, who is considered “the world’s most powerful drug trafficker” by the US government and who is on the Forbes list of billionaires, worked closely with the Drug Enforcement Administration to eliminate his competitors. Following the 2009 arrest Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla, the son of a Sinaloa leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, it was discovered members of the notorious cartel met with DEA officials at least 50 times since 2000. A report ...
Mother Nature's All-In-One, All-Natural, Cure-All, and Multi-Purpose Life Elixir
Post Date: 2015-07-11 11:56:57 by BTP Holdings
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Mother Nature's All-In-One, All-Natural, Cure-All, and Multi-Purpose Life Elixir Backed by Research and Natural Health Enthusiasts since Hippocrates... How would you like to walk into your local grocery store and buy ONE thing off the shelves that could replace: ##Just about every over-the-counter (and probably some your doctor’s prescribed) cream, ointment or tonic in your medicine cabinet! ##Your expensive beautifying skin cleansers and age-spot treatments! The dozen or so chemical-ridden kitchen and bathroom cleaners stashed under your sink! ##The pet products you’re going broke using to keep your pets healthy and pest-free! ##The pricey personal care products your ...
Powerful new heart failure drug fast-tracked by FDA
Post Date: 2015-07-11 05:23:06 by Tatarewicz
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SILVER SPRING, Md., July 10 (UPI) -- A new drug for heart failure, Entresto, was given fast-track approval by the Food and Drug Administration based on a study showing it decreased heart failure-related deaths and trips to the hospital by more than 20 percent when used in place of the condition's current standard treatment. The agency reviewed the drug under its priority review program, which speeds up reviews of drugs to treat serious conditions that show significant improvement over methods already available to doctors. "For those of us who have been practicing in heart failure, we've been waiting for a day like this for 15 years, which was the last time we had a major ...
The "Deadly Duo" That Can Damage Your Prostate and Steal Your Manhood!
Post Date: 2015-07-11 00:26:36 by Tatarewicz
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Infomercial... Frequent nighttime trips to the bathroom? Reduced sex drive and bedroom performance? Here's the little-known reason why...plus what any man over 50 can do to relieve their prostate nightmare. If you are suffering with prostate problems, you're not alone. As many as 1 in 2 American men over 50 suffer some kind of prostate complaint. And, as you get older, prostate problems get progressively worse. Indeed, by age 70, a whopping 9 out of 10 men will suffer severe to very severe prostate issues. Prostate problems can start out as just an annoying inconvenience. At first, you'll find yourself having to go the bathroom more often, and with greater urgency. But it ...
Shocking Police Bodycam Footage Liberals Don’t Want You to See
Post Date: 2015-07-10 17:16:56 by BTP Holdings
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Shocking Police Bodycam Footage Liberals Don’t Want You to See 2015-07-03 at 3.14.21 PM If liberals had there way then police all over the nation would be implanted with tracking chips and would be prevented from doing the basic duties their jobs require. Ever since the shooting of Michael Brown last year liberals have literally been foaming at the mouth anytime a police officer discharges their weapon in the line of duty. It’s as if they want lawless and violent criminals to go about doing their business and only have the police ask nicely for them to stop. What they don’t realize is the police have a very difficult and dangerous job and that’s why people get ...
Phthalates: 'Safer' replacements for harmful chemical in plastics may be as risky to human health
Post Date: 2015-07-09 06:39:22 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... Roll of wrapping plastic stretch film (stock image). Two chemicals increasingly used during manufacturing to strengthen plastic wrap, soap, cosmetics, and processed food containers have been linked to a rise in risk of high blood pressure and diabetes in children and adolescents. Credit: © AlenKadr / Fotolia According to a new series of studies out of NYU Langone Medical Center, two chemicals increasingly used during manufacturing to strengthen plastic wrap, soap, cosmetics, and processed food containers have been linked to a rise in risk of high blood pressure and diabetes in children and adolescents. The compounds, di-isononyl phthalate (DINP) and di-isodecyl ...
New Zealand sponge offers greater hope in cancer treatment
Post Date: 2015-07-09 04:19:18 by Tatarewicz
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WELLINGTON, July 7 (Xinhua) -- A marine sponge found in a small corner of New Zealand could provide a breakthrough in fighting certain types of cancers, New Zealand researchers said Tuesday. A chemical agent found in the sponge Mycale henscheli, found mostly in the Pelorus Sound at the top of the South Island, had shown promising tumor-inhibiting properties compared with existing plant and bacterial-based therapies, said Victoria University's scientists. One preclinical trial on lung cancer cells showed tumor growth inhibition greater than 90 percent with the agent, peloruside A, compared with results of 53 percent and 19 percent for two current anti-cancer drugs, Prof. John Miller ...
Watchdog urges FDA to revoke approval of Genzyme surgical implant
Post Date: 2015-07-09 03:40:25 by Tatarewicz
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Yahoo... (Reuters) - Consumer watchdog Public Citizen said it petitioned U.S. health regulators to withdraw approval of Sanofi SA's Seprafilm and order a recall, saying the surgical implant has been associated with side effects including death. Seprafilm, developed by Genzyme, is used to reduce abnormal internal scarring following surgery, by separating tissues and organs while they heal. The anti-adhesion barrier device was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1996. Sanofi, which bought Genzyme in 2011, was not immediately available for comment. An FDA spokesperson said the petition was still being filed, and that the agency would directly respond to Public Citizen ...
Study offers hope of slowing aging: New Zealand researchers
Post Date: 2015-07-09 03:08:01 by Tatarewicz
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WELLINGTON, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Scientists can now finally answer the question of whether you really are as old as you feel, New Zealand researchers said Tuesday. A new method to determine biological aging could be a breakthrough in therapies that slow aging and help prevent age- related diseases before they occur, said researchers at the University of Otago. The international study tracked more than 1,000 people born in the South Island city of Dunedin in 1972-1973 from birth to the present. A large number of health measures -- including blood pressure, white blood cell count, liver and kidney function -- were taken regularly along with interviews and other assessments. The research ...
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