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Is too much artificial light at night making us sick?
Post Date: 2015-03-21 04:08:31 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily: UConn Health cancer epidemiologist Richard Stevens continues to advance research connecting artificial light at night to physiological changes in the human body. Modern life, with its preponderance of inadequate exposure to natural light during the day and overexposure to artificial light at night, is not conducive to the body's natural sleep/wake cycle. It's an emerging topic in health, one that UConn Health (University of Connecticut, Farmington, Conn.) cancer epidemiologist Richard Stevens has been studying for three decades. "It's become clear that typical lighting is affecting our physiology," Stevens says. "But lighting can be improved. ...
Adding the 'investigational biologic' evolocumab to statin therapy works better, study says
Post Date: 2015-03-21 02:25:50 by Tatarewicz
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SUNDAY, March 15, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Adding an experimental new biologic drug to conventional cholesterol-lowering drugs may result in better cholesterol control and reduced risks of heart attack and stroke, according to a new study. Compared to patients on conventional therapy alone, those who also got the experimental drug evolocumab were half as likely to die, suffer a heart attack or a stroke or be in the hospital to have a procedure to open blocked arteries during the one-year follow-up, said lead researcher Dr. Marc Sabatine. The combined therapy ''basically halves the rate of cardiovascular events," said Sabatine, a senior physician in cardiovascular medicine at ...
Physical Activity May Reduce Cataract Risk
Post Date: 2015-03-21 01:32:54 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape...High levels of total and long-term physical activity, as well as specific types of physical activity, may decrease the risk for age-related cataract later in life, researchers report in an article published in the February issue of Ophthalmology. Of 52,660 men and women 45 to 83 years of age who completed questionnaires to assess physical activity as part of two large population-based cohorts, 11,580 developed age-related cataract during a 12-year follow-up period, write Jinjin Zheng Selin, MSc, from the Division of Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and colleagues. Participants with the highest quartile of ...
Cataracts From Statins? More Signals Emerge in Analyses
Post Date: 2015-03-21 01:28:11 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... 34 comments VANCOUVER, BC — Statin therapy significantly elevates the risk of developing cataracts severe enough to warrant surgery, suggests analyses of two distinct cohorts, one from Canada and another from the US, that add to a hazy landscape of prior studies variously concluding for or against such a risk for the widely used drugs[1]. For now, the possibility of such a risk from statins and its potential mechanisms should be explored in prospective trials, "especially in light of increased statin use for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and the importance of acceptable vision in old age, when cardiovascular disease is common," according to the ...
Monsanto Pesticides Cause Cancer, United Nations Claims
Post Date: 2015-03-21 00:50:20 by Tatarewicz
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Sputnik... Monsanto's cash cow weedkiller Roundup probably causes cancer, according to a new report from the United Nation's cancer research organization. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), published a report in the journal Lancet Oncology on Friday with findings on three pesticides, including Monsanto's best-selling brand. The report found that the herbicide glyphosate — the active chemical ingredient in Roundup — and two insecticides, malathion and diazinon, were "probably carcinogenic." The conclusion was based on "limited evidence" of cancer among humans. With grain prices falling - and farm profits along with them - some ...
Do Not Try This at Home (video)
Post Date: 2015-03-20 06:53:09 by noone222
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Poster Comment:OK, go ahead and try it !
Why Dietary Cholesterol Is No Longer Enemy Number One
Post Date: 2015-03-20 04:51:01 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape Today I would like to talk about a small revolution that's brewing in the dietary recommendations for the American population. An expert panel has released its new recommendations to the US Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture, which will draft the final US dietary guidelines later this fall.[1] Those guidelines, which are updated every 5 years, will likely no longer set an upper limit for cholesterol intake for people with hypercholesterolemia. Is saying that dietary cholesterol is not enemy number one for human health really something new? Not at all. To explain this, I would first like to go over three distinct concepts that need to be kept in mind ...
Here's EXACTLY what whole wheat bread, sugar, and vegetable oil does to the cells of your body (STOP eating these)
Post Date: 2015-03-19 17:34:22 by BTP Holdings
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Here's EXACTLY what whole wheat bread, sugar, and vegetable oil does to the cells of your body (STOP eating these) These foods are silently KILLING you and your family, causing Diabetes, Heart Disease, Cancer & excess body fat... I'll also show you why you should eat MORE foods such as delicious butter, cream, cheese, coconut fat, avocados and juicy steaks. If this sounds odd to you, I'll explain more in the article below... by Mike Geary, aka 'The Nutrition Watchdog' Certified Nutrition Specialist, Best-Selling Author Mar 19, 2015 You often hear vague claims in the news that "sugar is bad for you" or that "wheat and gluten are bad for ...
How to Report Health Care Coverage on Your 2014 Tax Return
Post Date: 2015-03-19 17:27:16 by BTP Holdings
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How to Report Health Care Coverage on Your 2014 Tax Return by Mark Kohler If tax returns weren’t complicated enough, we will now have the first-time appearance of the individual shared responsibility (ISR) provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This boils down to taxpayers reporting if they got a credit and how much — and if not, did they pay for their insurance and did they avoid the “penalty” for not carrying insurance under the ACA. Don’t hold your breath either. Although Congress is threatening to repeal portions of the ACA (aka “Obamacare”), it certainly won’t happen before you and I need to report and file our 2014 tax returns. ...
6 Foods You Should Always Buy Organic
Post Date: 2015-03-18 18:27:27 by BTP Holdings
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6 Foods You Should Always Buy Organic Tuesday, 17 Mar 2015 04:48 PM By Sylvia Booth Hubbard You should never buy apples that aren't organic. For the fifth year in a row, apples topped the Environmental Working Group's "Dirty Dozen" list as the fruit with the highest levels of pesticides. Peaches, nectarines, and grapes took second, third, and fourth place. But the EWG found that two types of produce, green leafy greens and hot peppers, were so contaminated with pesticides that they deserved a category of their own, the "Dirty Dozen Plus." One of the main reasons people eat organic is to avoid pesticides, which are used liberally in growing many foods. A ...
Former CIA Officer Breaks His Silence And Reveals The Secret To Becoming A Deadly Accurate Shooter
Post Date: 2015-03-18 17:45:18 by BTP Holdings
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“Here’s how to get the confidence to shoot with absolute accuracy when your life depends on it!” Dear Friend, Twice in my life I’ve had to draw my gun… My heart was pounding… I got tunnel vision… It felt like my entire body was trembling… Just describing it now, I feel my heart rate increasing. There’s something about those two instances that I’ve never told anyone before…Except my wife. Even though adrenaline was shooting through my body and I was shaking… I Wasn’t Very Afraid Believe me, I know that sounds strange, but here’s what I remember I remember focusing hard on my front sight and feeling ...
MAGNA: Fish-Oil Supplementation May Lower Thrombosis Risk
Post Date: 2015-03-18 03:59:35 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape SAN DIEGO, CA — Although lively debate has raged about whether fish-oil supplementation (FOS) really is beneficial for preventing cardiovascular events, new research suggests that it may reduce the "overall atherothrombotic risk profile" in patients with suspected CAD[1]. Results from the Multi-Analyte, Thrombogenic, and Genetic Markers of Atherosclerosis (MAGMA) study, presented in a poster here at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2015 Scientific Sessions, showed a significant association between FOS and decreased inflammation, thrombogenicity, and lipid markers. The effect was especially strong for those who were not taking lipid-lowering medications ...
Direct evidence of gadolinium deposition in brain tissues following contrast-enhanced MRI exams
Post Date: 2015-03-18 03:22:45 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily Mayo Clinic research finds direct evidence of gadolinium deposition in neuronal tissues following intravenous administration of gadolinium-based contrast agents used in MRI exams. The findings were recently published online in the journal Radiology. In this study, Mayo Clinic identified patients who donated their body to medical research and had undergone multiple gadolinium contrast-enhanced MRI exams during their lifetime. Brain tissue samples from these patients were then compared to donors who had never received a gadolinium contrast agent. The patients exposed to the gadolinium contrast had measurable quantities of gadolinium deposited in their brain tissue, whereas ...
New compound prevents type 1 diabetes in animal models, before it begins
Post Date: 2015-03-18 03:13:22 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have successfully tested a potent synthetic compound that prevents type 1 diabetes in animal models of the disease. "The animals in our study never developed high blood sugar indicative of diabetes, and beta cell damage was significantly reduced compared to animals that hadn't been treated with our compound," said Laura Solt, PhD, a TSRI biologist who was the lead author of the study. Type 1 diabetes is a consequence of the autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. While standard treatment for the disease aims to replace lost insulin, the new study ...
High dose zinc acetate lozenges may help shorten symptoms associated with the common cold
Post Date: 2015-03-17 05:07:29 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... A newly published meta-analysis finds that zinc acetate lozenges can help cut the discomfort of the common cold. According to a meta-analysis published in BMC Family Practice, high dose zinc acetate lozenges shortened the duration of common-cold associated nasal discharge by 34%, nasal congestion by 37%, scratchy throat by 33%, and cough by 46%. The common cold is an infection caused by over a hundred viruses, and it is a major cause of days off school or work and visits to a doctor. A previous meta-analysis of three randomized trials found that high dose zinc acetate lozenges shorten the duration of colds by 42%. Since all of the three studies reported the duration of ...
Clearing up the confusion of U.S. sugar guidelines
Post Date: 2015-03-17 04:50:13 by Tatarewicz
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Advanced Natural Medicine When you were younger, you probably didn't pay much attention to what you ate, just as long as it tasted good. And the more sugar it contained, the yummier it was, right? Well, things change. These days, you're probably paying a lot of attention to the amount of sugar you consume, and trying to ditch it wherever you can. But it's not just the sugars you add to your own foods that you need to watch out for. There are also "added” sugars in a lot of the foods you buy. These are the sugars the food manufacturers intentionally put into their products. Now it's true that junk food and soft drinks are key culprits when it comes to getting ...
Studies boost hopes for new class of cholesterol medicines
Post Date: 2015-03-16 05:53:04 by Tatarewicz
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Yahoo... SAN DIEGO (AP) — New research boosts hope that a highly anticipated, experimental class of cholesterol drugs can greatly lower the risk for heart attacks, death and other heart-related problems. The government will decide this summer whether to allow two of these drugs on the market. People taking one of these drugs had half the risk of dying or suffering a heart problem compared to others who were given usual care — typically one of the statin drugs such as Lipitor or Zocor, doctors found. Many people cannot tolerate statins or get enough help from them, so new medicines are badly needed. The results are "really impressive and very encouraging" for the new ...
Iran to export cancer, MS drugs to Russia
Post Date: 2015-03-14 23:27:21 by Tatarewicz
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Presstv... Iran says it will star exporting high-value specialty drugs to Russia in Q4 2015. Iran says it will star exporting high-value specialty drugs to Russia in Q4 2015. Iran said on Saturday that it will for the first time start exporting high-value specialty drugs to Russia in the fourth quarter of 2015. Roohollah Hedayati, the trade manager of Iran’s major pharmaceutical production company Tofigh Daru, said the company plans to export drugs with high added value to Russia including those for treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) as well as different forms of cancer. Hedayati said other markets that Tofigh Daru has targeted on this front are Latin America, Turkey and ...
If You are Too Busy to Laugh, You are Too Busy
Post Date: 2015-03-14 13:58:18 by Lod
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Does Drinking Water Cause ADHD? New Study Calls Out Fluoride
Post Date: 2015-03-14 01:49:29 by Tatarewicz
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Sputnik... A new study has found a correlation between the use of fluoride in drinking water across the United States and the rise in Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnoses. Researchers found that states with more prevalent fluoridation practices also had higher rates of ADHD diagnosis and that that trend held out over a six year period, starting with data from 1992. The study — the first to examine a link between ADHD and water fluoridation — was published in the journal Environmental Health and conducted by psychiatrists Christine Till and Ashley Malin at York University in Toronto. Their analysis showed that for every 1% increase in fluoridation ...
Fifty percent of all children to be autistic in ten years - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Post Date: 2015-03-14 00:35:36 by Tatarewicz
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Pravda.Ru Fifty percent of all children to be autistic in ten years - Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Autism in children Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory made a shocking statement. According to them, a half of all children in the world will suffer from autism by 2025. MIT Senior Researcher Stephanie Seneff said that the drastic rise in autism was largely thanks to Monsanto and the use of its own-brand of glyphosate (pesticide) known as Roundup Ready. Monsanto is a world leader in herbal biotechnology. The company produces genetically modified corn seeds, soybeans, cotton, as well as the world's ...
Stellenbosch University doctors perform first successful penile transplant in the world
Post Date: 2015-03-13 16:42:32 by christine
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In a ground-breaking operation, a team of pioneering surgeons from Stellenbosch University (SU) and Tygerberg Hospital performed the first successful penile transplant in the world. The marathon nine-hour operation, led by Prof André van der Merwe, head of SU's Division of Urology, was performed on 11 December 2014 at Tygerberg Hospital in Bellville, Cape Town. This is the second time that this type of procedure was attempted, but the first time in history that a successful long-term result was achieved. "South Africa remains at the forefront of medical progress," says Prof Jimmy Volmink, Dean of SU's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS). "This ...
Mutating H7N9 Bird Flu May Pose Threat, Scientists Warn
Post Date: 2015-03-13 05:24:30 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... LONDON (Reuters) - A wave of H7N9 bird flu in China that has spread into people may have the potential to emerge as a pandemic strain in humans, scientists said on Wednesday. The H7N9 virus, one of several strains of bird flu known to be able to infect humans, has persisted, diversified and spread in chickens across China, the researchers said, fuelling a resurgence of infections in people and posing a wider threat. "The expansion of genetic diversity and geographical spread indicates that, unless effective control measures are in place, H7N9 could be expected to persist and spread beyond the region," they said in a study published in the journal Nature. The H7N9 ...
Alzheimer's Cure?
Post Date: 2015-03-12 11:21:18 by Lod
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Makes complete sense.
Lifestyle Intervention Slows Cognitive Decline in Randomized Trial
Post Date: 2015-03-12 06:23:55 by Tatarewicz
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Targeting multiple lifestyle factors, including physical activity, diet, vascular risk factors, and brain training, slowed cognitive decline among older healthy individuals in the first randomized, controlled trial of its kind. The Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability (FINGER) study, published online in The Lancet on March 12, was led by Professor Miia Kivipelto, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. "This is the first time that it has been shown in a longitudinal study that it is possible to reduce the risk of cognitive decline with lifestyle changes," Professor Kivipelto told Medscape Medical News. "We have seen ...
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