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Electricity isn't good for your sleep habits
Post Date: 2015-06-21 08:04:08 by Tatarewicz
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SEATTLE, June 19 (UPI) -- Recent research has shown that glowing screens are a plague on healthy sleep patterns, but a new study shows the problem is much broader -- electricity is the enemy of a good night's rest. The circadian rhythms of modern humans are constantly disrupted by things with plugs -- lights, computers, TVs, phones. In a new study, researchers argue the reason people get less sleep than their ancestors did is the uptick in artificial light -- artificial light made possible by electricity. To test their general theory, researchers set to find out how the introduction of electricity might affect the sleep habits of two similar communities. Two indigenous communities ...
People with social phobia have too much serotonin
Post Date: 2015-06-21 07:52:00 by Tatarewicz
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A new study reverses the long-held belief that social phobia patients had too little serotonin in their brains. Social phobia patients have too much serotonin in their brains, not too little, a new study shows. Photo by PathDoc/Shutterstock UPPSALA, Sweden, June 19 (UPI) -- The brains of people with social phobias and social anxiety disorders are receiving too much serotonin, according to a new study, reversing the previous assumption that they were receiving too little of the neurotransmitter. The new findings explain that a rush of serotonin contributes to the higher nerve activity in the amygdalas of people with anxiety disorders and helps to understand how drugs used to treat them ...
New Discovery Rocks the Whole Foundation of Science & Medicine
Post Date: 2015-06-21 05:57:16 by Tatarewicz
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Book promotion... Could the problem behind all medical conditions really lie in your intestines? Imagine a huge upheaval in medicine that alters the whole way we look at disease, how our bodies work, the role of genes and the process of aging. It would be BIG, wouldn't it? Yet such a huge earthquake has pounded the foundations of medical science in just the last few years and not many people, as yet, have realized the full extent of what is going on. Not even doctors! "Fire in the Belly” Shifts Medical Opinion This discovery reveals and proves beyond doubt that inflammation affects our bodies defenses and speeds up aging. It's this inflammation or "fire in the ...
Marijuana: New Studies Reveal New Benefits and Side Effects
Post Date: 2015-06-20 06:21:25 by Tatarewicz
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Pravda... As most of you already know, marijuana is a recreational drug made from parts of the cannabis plant - usually the hemp plant known as Cannabis sativa - which contains the mind-altering chemical THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol.) Some of the most common nicknames include pot, weed, and many others. Many people have a positive view of marijuana, considering it in some ways safer than nicotine or alcohol, as using it does not lead to liver or lung disease - and it is clearly safer and less addictive than hard drugs like heroin and cocaine. But this positive bias may be based on old information. According to a report by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, the potency of THC ...
Watching cat videos lowers stress and makes you happy, study suggests
Post Date: 2015-06-20 03:44:06 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Watching cute cat videos and looking at their online pictures may not be a waste of time. A new study has found doing so could boost energy levels and increase feelings of happiness. Published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior, the study even suggests that watching internet cats could be used as a form of digital pet therapy or stress relief. Internet data shows two million cat videos were posted on YouTube as of 2014, totalling nearly 26 billion views. Celebrity cats - such as Grumpy Cat and and Lil BUB - have also sprung up on social media, garnering mass followings. This pop culture phenomenon "compelled" Assistant Professor Jessica Gall Myrick from ...
Morgellons: Real Disease or Imaginary Malady?
Post Date: 2015-06-20 01:44:04 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... In late March, the singer Joni Mitchell was found unconscious at home and rushed to a Los Angeles hospital. In celebrity-obsessed Tinseltown, this was front-page news. Fortunately, Mitchell recovered quite rapidly, but her hospitalization brought to mainstream attention a hitherto obscure ailment that has been dubbed "Morgellons disease." Sufferers report intense itching, a sensation that something is crawling under their skin, and lesions that will not heal, and that fibers extrude from their sores. Often, these mysterious chronic symptoms are accompanied by listlessness, chronic fatigue, and problems with memory and concentration. Middle-aged white women seem ...
4 Signs Your Heart Is Quietly Failing.
Post Date: 2015-06-19 17:19:41 by BTP Holdings
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Big Pharma responsible for another mass shooting? SC church shooter took psych drugs before attack
Post Date: 2015-06-19 16:46:44 by BTP Holdings
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Big Pharma responsible for another mass shooting? SC church shooter took psych drugs before attack Thursday, June 18, 2015 by: J. D. Heyes (NaturalNews) Mass shootings, sadly, have become a part of the American lexicon, and without question the majority of the American people are not comfortable with this fact. The latest outrage: A young white man who allegedly possessed some racist animosity went into a predominantly black church in Charleston, S.C., and opened fire, telling one victim that blacks "rape our women," "are taking over our country" and "have to go." Predictably, the mainstream and legacy media are using this tragedy as Exhibit A in their ...
BIG LIST OF DRUG-INDUCED KILLERS
Post Date: 2015-06-19 08:43:47 by Ada
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Charleston church shooter may be just the latest As WND has reported, Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof was a known drug user who was caught with the powerful mind-altering narcotic Suboxone when apprehended by police during an incident on Feb. 28. Suboxone is used to treat addiction to opioid drugs such as heroin. It has a host of adverse side effects including irrational, violent behavior. According to a data set of U.S. mass shootings from 1982-2012 prepared by Mother Jones magazine, of 62 mass shootings carried out by 64 shooters, the majority of the shooters (41) were noted to have signs of possible mental illness — the precise kinds of mental illnesses that psychotropic ...
CHARLESTON CHURCH SHOOTING: THE LARGER COVERT OP
Post Date: 2015-06-19 08:17:08 by Ada
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“Long-term covert ops sometimes disguise themselves by claiming that the hidden cause of a problem is the cure. So it is with psychiatric drugs, like SSRI antidepressants, which push people into committing murder. In the aftermath of these killings, leaders call for expanded psychiatric screening—which will result in further prescription of those very same drugs.” (The Underground, Jon Rappoport) Police report the suspect in the Charleston church shooting, Dylann Roof, has been captured. This is the latest in a string of crimes in which black-white conflict has been highlighted, pressed, argued, and used, for the purposes of: fanning flames of racial discord, exercising ...
Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Shows No Long-term Benefit
Post Date: 2015-06-18 04:36:02 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape...The potential harms of arthroscopy to treat pain and poor functioning of a degenerative knee may outweigh the procedure's small pain relief benefits, which last less than 1 to 2 years after surgery, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published online June 16 in the BMJ. "Arthroscopic surgery in the middle aged and older population with knee pain represents most arthroscopies and is routinely performed on the basis of a suspected meniscal tear by clinical examination or as diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging, the reasoning being that the pain is associated with the meniscal tear," write Jonas Bloch Thorlund, PhD, from the Department of Sports ...
Phthalate alternative DINCH may not be as safe as thought
Post Date: 2015-06-18 02:52:28 by Tatarewicz
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MONTREAL, June 17 (UPI) -- An additive in plastics used for medical devices, toys and food packaging may affect how fat is made in the body and potentially interfere with the endocrine system, according to a new study. The plasticizer, called DINCH, has been widely embraced as a safe alternative to phthalates, which have been banned in countries around the world during the course of the last decade. "This is the first study to show a biological disruptive effect of the plasticizer DINCH and its metabolites on the metabolism in mammals," said Dr. Vassilios Papadopoulos, a researcher in the Experimental Therapeutics and Metabolism Program at McGill University Health Center and ...
This Prescription Can Save Your Life -- and It's Free
Post Date: 2015-06-17 06:04:00 by Tatarewicz
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US News "I feel 20 years younger, doctor!" Maria's face lit up with a big smile, and her expressive eyes became shinier. Maria is wearing a bright purple jacket and a matching hat. Her nose and cheeks are red from the cold outside. She stood up and gave me a hug, and I reflected on her journey... Marie had been a teacher for about 20 years. As a single mom, she raised three girls and sent all of them to college. When her daughters got married and moved away, she, too, was looking for a change. Because of her insatiable curiosity (and maybe because she likes the smell of books), she decided to become a librarian. A while later, after a routine mammogram, Maria was ...
Higher Chocolate Intake May Lower Risk for CV Disease, Stroke in Healthy Adults
Post Date: 2015-06-17 04:01:30 by Tatarewicz
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Heartwire from Medscape NEW YORK, NY — Rejoice, chocolate lovers: more findings suggest that regular consumption of the sweet stuff may decrease the risk of CV events and stroke in otherwise-healthy individuals[1]. Analysis of almost 21,000 adults from the UK's EPIC-Norfolk study showed that those who ate the most chocolate had an 11% lower risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD) and a 25% lower risk of CV-related death over 12 years of follow-up when compared with those who ate no chocolate. In addition, the highest-consumption group had a 23% lower risk of stroke. A separate meta-analysis of more than 155,000 participants in studies examining possible links between ...
U.S. Bans Trans Fat
Post Date: 2015-06-16 12:26:59 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Artificial trans fat will be removed from the U.S. food supply over the next three years under a ruling by regulators that the products pose health risks that contribute to heart disease. There’s no longer a scientific consensus that partially hydrogenated oils, the main source of trans fat, are generally recognized as safe, according to a final decision released Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration. The oils are used for frying and in baked goods as well as in confections. Food companies will be able to petition the FDA to gain approval of specific uses of partially hydrogenated oils if they have data proving the use isn’t harmful. Companies will have until June 2018 to ...
Patients alter lifestyle after seeing own calcified arteries
Post Date: 2015-06-16 08:27:00 by Tatarewicz
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DUBROVNIK, Croatia, June 15 (UPI) -- A small study in Denmark found that showing people with coronary artery disease pictures of their arteries during diagnostic consultations influenced them to change their diet and lifestyle habits. The study found the number of people who continued to smoke after a diagnosis was cut in half and the number who chose not to improve their diet was cut by a third. "When patients receive a new diagnosis of non-obstructive coronary artery disease it might be a good time to motivate them to take their lipid-lowering therapy and adopt a healthy lifestyle," said Rikke Elmose Mols, a nurse and PhD student in the Department of Cardiology at Aarhus ...
Surgical anesthesia in young children linked to effects on IQ, brain structure
Post Date: 2015-06-15 07:06:01 by Tatarewicz
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Young children who received general anesthesia for surgery had diminished language comprehension, lower IQ and decreased gray matter density in posterior regions of their brain, according to a new study. Children who received general anesthesia for surgery before age 4 had diminished language comprehension, lower IQ and decreased gray matter density in posterior regions of their brain, according to a new study in the journal Pediatrics. Researchers from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center report their findings in the journal's June 8 online edition. The authors recommend additional studies to determine anesthesia's precise molecular effects on the brain and ...
‘Stop over-the-counter sales of Monsato’s weed killer’ – French minister to garden shops
Post Date: 2015-06-15 02:31:02 by Tatarewicz
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RT... French environment and energy minister Segolene Royal has asked garden centers to stop self-service sales of Monsanto's Roundup weed killer to fight the harmful effects of pesticide. “France must be offensive on stopping pesticides,” Segolene Royal told France 3 television on Sunday. “I have asked garden shops to stop over-the-counter sales of Monsanto's Roundup.” The US agribusiness giant’s weed killer came back under scrutiny in March, after its main active ingredient, glyphosate, was branded “probably carcinogenic to humans” by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organization (WHO). Earlier ...
Study: U.S. kids, teens don't drink enough water
Post Date: 2015-06-13 06:06:48 by Tatarewicz
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BOSTON, June 12 (UPI) -- More than half of all children and teens in the U.S. do not drink enough water, with boys 76 percent more likely than girls to be under-hydrated, according to a new study. While researchers note that American children are not dying for lack of water, mild dehydration can cause problems including headaches, irritability, poorer physical performance, and reduced cognitive functioning. "These findings are significant because they highlight a potential health issue that has not been given a whole lot of attention in the past," said Erica Kenney, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard University's ...
Nuts and peanuts -- but not peanut butter -- linked to lower mortality rates, study finds
Post Date: 2015-06-12 06:36:04 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... Peanuts show at least as strong reductions in mortality as tree nuts, but peanut butter is not associated with lower mortality, researchers from Maastricht University found. A paper published in the International Journal of Epidemiology confirms a link between peanut and nut intake and lower mortality rates, but finds no protective effect for peanut butter. Men and women who eat at least 10 grams of nuts or peanuts per day have a lower risk of dying from several major causes of death than people who don't consume nuts or peanuts. The reduction in mortality was strongest for respiratory disease, neurodegenerative disease, and diabetes, followed by cancer and ...
New drug triggers tissue regeneration: Faster regrowth and healing of damaged tissues
Post Date: 2015-06-12 06:09:43 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... The concept sounds like the stuff of science fiction: take a pill, and suddenly new tissues grow to replace damaged ones. Researchers at Case Western Reserve and UT Southwestern Medical Center this week announced that they have taken significant steps toward turning this once-improbable idea into a vivid reality. In a study published in the June 12 edition of Science, they detail how a new drug repaired damage to the colon, liver and bone marrow in animal models -- even going so far as to save the lives of mice who otherwise would have died in a bone marrow transplantation model. "We are very excited," said Sanford Markowitz, MD, PhD, the Ingalls Professor of ...
Milk proteins may protect against cardiovascular disease
Post Date: 2015-06-11 23:39:41 by Tatarewicz
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Products fermented naturally using dairy are a good source of the proteins. PHILADELPHIA, June 11 (UPI) -- Researchers found that milk proteins found in naturally fermented foods can improve people's cardiovascular health, according to a new study. The study, conducted at Korea University and Chonbuk National University in South Korea, was conducted on foods prepared using the Maillard reaction, a chemical reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars produced new chemical compounds that lowered serum total and low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, cholesterol levels and triglycerides in mice Maillard reaction products created in the lab were fermented with lactic acid before being ...
Arthritis Magnifies Effect of Other Chronic Conditions
Post Date: 2015-06-11 23:16:30 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape Medical News The special effect of arthritis on people who have multiple chronic health problems has been underappreciated and should be included in discussions among researchers, healthcare providers, and policy makers, researchers report in an article published in the June 5 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Jin Qin, ScD, and colleagues from the Division of Population Health and Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, analyzed data from the 2013 National Health Interview Survey and found that subjects with one or more chronic conditions also had "significant and progressively higher prevalences of ...
World's Population Is Getting Sicker, Study Shows
Post Date: 2015-06-11 07:17:47 by Tatarewicz
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People lose more 'years of healthy life' to illness now than they did in the 1990s, global survey reports MONDAY, June 8, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A new global tally of health finds that only about 4 percent of people worldwide had no health problems in 2013, while a third -- about 2.3 billion people -- had more than five health problems. And the situation is getting worse, not better: Worldwide, the proportion of years of healthy life people lost because of illness (rather than simply dying earlier) rose from 21 percent in 1990 to 31 percent in 2013, according to the Global Burden of Disease study. The growing number of elderly people also means that the number of people who ...
It’s hot out there, try not to puke too much
Post Date: 2015-06-11 01:16:42 by X-15
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Summer is kicking in the door and bringing heat, humidity, and bugs. Let’s look at the three main types of exertional heat injuries there are and how to treat them. Be aware of the signs and symptoms of each, so if you are out with friends and countrymen on journeys far and wide, and one of them gets goofy, you can figure out what’s going on and get him treated. Factors affecting exertional heat injury Heat injury occurs when the the body’s ability to cool itself and maintain a functional temperature is impaired. The things that affect the probability of heat injury are: You – your levels of fitness, hydration, nutrition, health, and acclimatization are huge factors ...
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