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Latest Articles: Health
A study for the first time has revealed a possible association between migraines and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), with migraines more than twice as prevalent in patients with CTS as in those without.
Post Date: 2015-05-19 23:32:05 by Tatarewicz
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"The association of these two distinct disease processes is a fascinating connection that needs to be explored further," study investigator Douglas M. Sammer, MD, chief of the Hand and Upper Extremities Division, Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, said in a statement. "This association suggests the possibility, although not demonstrated in this study, of a common systemic or neurologic risk factor," the authors write. In addition, migraine headache may be an early warning sign of increased risk for future CTS, they say. The study was published online in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. In a cross-sectional ...
Adding nuts and olive oil to a Mediterranean diet could protect cognitive function in older adults
Post Date: 2015-05-19 23:27:13 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 11, 2015. Abstract Adding nuts and olive oil to a Mediterranean diet could protect cognitive function in older adults, new research suggests. The study showed that adding nuts to the Mediterranean diet boosted measures of memory, while supplementing the diet with extra-virgin olive oil improved global and frontal cognition. The results suggest that nutritional interventions to protect brain function should be started "at the preclinical stage, before any impairment," even in older adults, said study author Emilio Ros, MD, PhD, consultant, Endocrinology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain. Dr Emilio Ros "Our ...
Abmublance Drones - Amazing
Post Date: 2015-05-19 21:34:56 by Lod
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Scientists have identified a drug that rejuvenates ageing muscle and brain tissue
Post Date: 2015-05-19 07:36:51 by Tatarewicz
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scienceAlert... Scientists have identified a drug that simultaneously makes ageing muscle and brain tissue in mice act young again. The research is in its very early stages, but this could represent the first step towards a treatment that restores youth to multiple parts of the body at once. As we get older, part of the reason our bodies start failing is because adult stem cells stop replacing our damaged cells. But scientists have found that a drug known as Alk5 kinase inhibitor can perk up old stem cells in various tissue types around the body, restoring their ability to keep it young. “We established that you can use a single small molecule to rescue essential function in not ...
Anti-Consumer DARK Act Legislation
Post Date: 2015-05-17 10:12:12 by Stephen Lendman
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Congressional Anti-Consumer DARK Act Legislation by Stephen Lendman On March 25, House Rep. Mike Pompeo (R. KS) introduced HR 1599: Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015. It seeks "(t)o amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to food produced from, containing, or consisting of a bioengineered organism, the labeling of natural foods, and for other purposes." Critics call the measure the Denying Americans the Right to Know (DARK) Act. It blocks state and local efforts to require GMO labeling. Current Vermont, Connecticut and Maine laws requiring labels on GMO foods and ingredients would be null and void. The FDA would be prevented from establishing a ...
WARNING: GMOs are changing their tactics...
Post Date: 2015-05-17 06:02:52 by Tatarewicz
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Advanced Natural Medicine Big GMO is making our food prettier, but is it really healthy? Purple tomatoes and pink pineapples Don't buy in to the human experiment To date, our biggest worries about consuming GMO foods have come in the form of packaged foods and animal products. Foods that come in packages routinely contain genetically modified ingredients. You'll find them in the form of corn and soy byproducts, sugars and oils. Even boxed and packaged foods that sound healthy can contain these ingredients. Our meat supply is tainted by them, too. That's because commercial farm animals regularly eat glyphosate-laden GMO corn and soy. Now, there's a new crisis ...
Green tea, red wine reduce cold, cough risk: NZ study
Post Date: 2015-05-17 04:39:23 by Tatarewicz
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WELLINGTON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The study from the University of Auckland showed Friday that eating flavonoids, found in green tea, apple, blueberries, cocoa, red wine and onions can significantly reduce the risk of catching colds and coughs. The study showed adults could be 33 percent more protected against the common cold, or upper respiratory tract infections, if they eat flavonoids or take flavonoid supplements, compared with those who don't. People who eat flavonoids also took fewer sick days off work, nutrition researcher Andrea Braakhuis said in a statement. "These findings show that if you're generally healthy, eating flavonoids found in lots of fruits and ...
A kilogram of sand a day keeps doctor away?
Post Date: 2015-05-17 04:29:44 by Tatarewicz
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Xinhuanet...A 92-year-old Indian woman who admitted she eats a kilogram of sand every day has amazed doctors with her perfect health. Sudama Devi first ate sand for a bet with friends when she was aged just ten. But the mother-of-four, from Kajri Noorpur, became addicted to the grit and now eats four plates of it every day. (Photo source:cri.cn)
New map shows most distinct causes of death by state
Post Date: 2015-05-16 21:22:04 by Tatarewicz
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ATLANTA, May 16 (UPI) -- The CDC has published a color-coded map outlining the most "distinctive" causes of death for each of the 50 U.S. states. While the most common killers nationally are heart disease and cancer, the map shows what study authors call a "more nuanced view of mortality variation" within the United States. The research team started with 113 causes of death and then used a ratio to divide the mortality rates in each state by those of the whole country. The map is "a somewhat of a colorful and provocative way of starting some conversations and highlighting some unusual things that are going on," study co-author Francis Boscoe from the New ...
Botox may eliminate erratic heart rhythms after surgery
Post Date: 2015-05-16 20:31:17 by Tatarewicz
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UPI... "What we have now is a preliminary proof of concept that we can use Botox as a way to prevent the opportunity for any atrial fibrillation after surgery," said Dr. Evgeny Pokushalov during a presentation of the study's results. BOSTON, May 15 (UPI) -- Botox is the go-to solution for millions of people to eliminate facial wrinkles, but has recently been found to prevent heart rhythm problems after major surgeries. Open heart surgery patients did not develop atrial fibrillation following the procedure after doctors injected botulinum toxin into the fat pads surrounding their hearts. Sixty patients who underwent surgery were included in the study, said Dr. Evgeny ...
Nova-X Report’s “How To Live Forever”
Post Date: 2015-05-16 07:33:09 by Tatarewicz
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What's the "Immortality Gene" stock being teased by MIchael Robinson? Welcome! If you are new to Stock Gumshoe, grab a free membership here and join us to get our free newsletter alerts with new teaser answers and debunkings. Thanks! We’ll start off the week with immortality, a common-enough teaser topic in this era of biotech miracles — the pitch is from Michael Robinson for his Nova-X Report, and it’s all about the tremendous advancements that will erase the “expiration date” from our bodies. Sounds appealing, yes? Particularly for those who happen to be in their 50s, 60s and 70s, with a comfortable amount of money in the bank? Probably it’s ...
Cleveland Clinic Partners With Venter's Firm for Sequencing Study
Post Date: 2015-05-16 03:43:05 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... CHICAGO (Reuters) - Genome pioneer J. Craig Venter's company has signed a broad collaboration agreement with the Cleveland Clinic to sequence and analyze de-identified blood samples from the health system's patients, the two parties said on Thursday. The two organizations will apply whole genome, cancer and microbiome sequencing with the goal of discovering new disease genes and disease pathways associated with heart disease. No financial terms were disclosed. The deal is the latest in a string for Venter's La Jolla, California-based Human Longevity Inc (HLI), a start-up formed in March 2014 with the goal of sequencing 1 million genomes by 2020. In January, ...
Australia-Chinese research makes breakthrough on flu
Post Date: 2015-05-16 02:37:08 by Tatarewicz
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Want... A one shot flu jab which might work for life may be on the way after a scientific breakthrough made by an Australian and Chinese led research team, it was revealed on Thursday. A team of medical experts have discovered how what they call flu-killing CD8+T-cells memorize strains of influenza and destroy them. The teams from Australia's University of Melbourne and Shanghai's Fudan University worked together during the first outbreak of avian flu in China in 2013. University of Melbourne's associate professor Katherine Kedzierska said on Thursday that 99% of people with the H7N9 virus were hospitalized, while 30% died. "After collecting samples from infected ...
AtheroNova and its Subsidiary File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Post Date: 2015-05-15 20:03:48 by Tatarewicz
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NYT... IRVINE, Calif., March 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AtheroNova Inc. (OTCQB: AHRO) today announced that the Company and its subsidiary, AtheroNova Operations, Inc., filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, Santa Ana division (the "Bankruptcy Court") on March 2, 2015. The Company's Chapter 11 cases are expected to be jointly administered. The Company will evaluate all options, including a Bankruptcy Court supervised asset sale process, for all or substantially all of its assets to a party who could potentially be interested in continuing the Company's clinical programs. During the ...
What Is the Latest on Treatment for Hiccups?
Post Date: 2015-05-15 04:17:36 by Tatarewicz
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What is the latest on treatment for hiccups? Response from Jenny A. Van Amburgh, PharmD, BCACP, CDE Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs; Clinical Professor, School of Pharmacy, Northeastern University; Director, Clinical Pharmacy Services & Residency Program, Harbor Health Services, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts Affecting nearly everyone at least once in their life, a hiccup, or singultus, is a spontaneous, spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm and intercostal muscles, which is immediately followed by closure of the glottis. Air meeting the closed glottis produces the classic "hic" sound. Classification and determination of treatment is based on the duration and cause of ...
Advil vs Tylenol: Which One Is Better?
Post Date: 2015-05-14 16:44:08 by BTP Holdings
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Advil vs Tylenol: Which One Is Better? Tuesday, 12 May 2015 01:24 PM When it comes to treating pain, which is better: Advil or Tylenol? Although many Americans may believe there is little difference between the over-the-counter analgesics, that is not the case, the Wall Street Journal reports. The medications work best when taken for certain ailments, in part because they work differently in the body and can have different side effects. For instance, Tylenol, or its generic version acetaminophen, might be your best bet for treating a headache, since it comes with fewer side effects. But if you have a painful knee or elbow joint, you might want to reach for Advil — active ...
Introducing EnChroma for the Color Blind
Post Date: 2015-05-14 09:22:11 by christine
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Introducing EnChroma EnChroma lenses look like ordinary tinted lenses, but when you look through them something amazing happens: your experience of color vision is fundamentally transformed. Colors appear more vibrant, saturated, full, and yet without compromising the accuracy or color balance of the scene. Colorful objects, such as flowers, colorful paint and fabrics, food, and traffic signs suddenly “pop” with a heightened purity and intensity. Experiences like a rainbow or a sunset, seen for the first time with EnChroma, are magically transformed beyond any rational description. Of course, there is nothing actually magic in this — it’s all based on science and ...
Psychiatric Drugs Kill 500k+ Western Adults Annually, Few Positive Benefits
Post Date: 2015-05-14 08:14:45 by Ada
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Psychiatric drugs lead to the deaths of over 500,000 people aged 65 and over annually in the West, a Danish scientist says. He warns the benefits of these drugs are “minimal,” and have been vastly overstated. Research director at Denmark’s Nordic Cochrane Centre, Professor Peter Gøtzsche, says the use of most antidepressants and dementia drugs could be halted without inflicting harm on patients. The Danish scientist’s views were published in the British Medical Journal on Tuesday. His scathing analysis will likely prove controversial among traditional medics. However, concern is mounting among doctors and scientists worldwide that psychiatric medication is ...
Experts urge cautious use of wireless devices as health effects reassessed
Post Date: 2015-05-14 05:05:47 by Tatarewicz
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Wireless devices such as smartphones and tablets have certainly made staying in touch and plugging into the digital world easier and more convenient. But the increasingly ubiquitous nature of the technology is also raising concerns about possible adverse health effects from exposure to the electromagnetic radio-frequency waves that these devices emit. Worries about exposure to EM-RF fields were recently raised before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health, which heard three days of submissions from international medical experts, advocacy groups and industry players. The all-party committee will now prepare a report on those submissions, which will be tabled in the House of ...
Untreated Tooth Decay Common in US Adults, CDC Says
Post Date: 2015-05-14 04:18:57 by Tatarewicz
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While the oral health of Americans has improved, the vast majority of adults in the United States had cavities in 2011-2012, and more than a quarter had untreated tooth decay, according to a new data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). "Having good oral health is important for healthy aging and poor oral health impacts quality of life by causing pain and limiting food choices," Bruce A. Dye, DDS, MPH, dental epidemiology officer with the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, part of the National Institutes of Health, said during a media briefing today. "Many people also avoid social ...
Using Electricity to Treat Arthritis and Cancer?
Post Date: 2015-05-14 04:14:48 by Tatarewicz
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Editor's Note: As researchers gain a better understanding of the interactions between our nervous and immune systems, bioelectrical medicine is increasingly looking promising in treating numerous conditions, from pain to diabetes to possibly even cancer. Medscape recently spoke with Kevin Tracey, MD, President and CEO, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and Senior Vice President of Research, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, about the potential of electricity-based therapy. Electrical Therapy: Background Medscape: What exactly is bioelectrical medicine? Dr Tracey: Bioelectronic medicine is the concept of beginning with the drug target in mind rather than ...
New Data, New Drugs, and...a Vitamin for MS?
Post Date: 2015-05-14 04:10:44 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... A Promising Phase 3 Bruce Cree, MD, PhD, MCR: Hello. I'm Bruce Cree, associate professor of clinical neurology from the University of California, San Francisco. With me is Stephen Krieger, associate professor of neurology at the Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis at Mount Sinai in New York. Today we will be discussing multiple sclerosis (MS) highlights from the 67th Annual American Academy of Neurology meeting in Washington, DC. What do you find interesting at this meeting? Stephen Krieger, MD: This was a great meeting. We heard a lot of results from research in MS that will be important for us over the coming years. For example, we heard the ...
Bike-Share Programs Extend into Underserved Neighborhoods
Post Date: 2015-05-13 21:36:29 by Dakmar
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Chicago, New York, Boston and D.C. are just a few of more than 50 U.S. municipalities boasting bike-share programs that help citizens and tourists ride around town. These rent-a-bike models encourage planet-friendly travel, increased utilization of existing public transit options and neighborhood exploration, all the while generating additional revenue for cities.When it comes to ensuring that the benefits of bike-share programs extend to populations that would otherwise be underserved or priced out of the opportunity, the PeopleForBikes Foundation is strategically aligning its advocacy work with communities and governments to guide both how and where these programs extend ...
Antibiotic resistant typhoid detected in countries around the world
Post Date: 2015-05-12 05:47:10 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... There is an urgent need to develop global surveillance against the threat to public health caused by antimicrobial resistant pathogens, which can cause serious and untreatable infections in humans. Typhoid is a key example of this, with multidrug resistant strains of the bacterium Salmonella Typhi becoming common in many developing countries. A landmark genomic study, with contributors from over two-dozen countries, shows the current problem of antibiotic resistant typhoid is driven by a single clade, family of typhoid bacteria, called H58 that has now spread globally. "The data was produced by a consortium of 74 collaborators from the leading laboratories working on ...
V8 Juice Is WORSE For Your Heart Than McDonald's French Fries?
Post Date: 2015-05-12 05:22:09 by Tatarewicz
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V8 Juice has always been touted as a drink that's good for your health... Labels on the juice from a few years ago even claimed that the drink was approved as "heart healthy" by the American Heart Association. But when you take a closer look at the V8 nutrition label, it tells a completely different story. Texas Doctor Reveals The Hidden Truth About V8 Juice For example... Did you know a single 8 oz. glass of V8 Juice contains 650 mg of sodium! That means an 8 oz glass of V8 juice contains nearly 300% more sodium than a medium order of McDonald's French Fries. Can you believe that? How on earth can 650 mg of sodium be considered "heart healthy"? After ...
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