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Electrical Stimulation May Aid Stroke Recovery
Post Date: 2014-12-25 03:57:04 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) appears to enhance motor learning skills after stroke, according to Belgian and Polish researchers. The hope is that "if we combine neuro-rehab based on motor learning principles with non-invasive brain stimulations (NIBS), we could speed up and enhance recovery in stroke patients," Dr. Yves Vandermeeren of Universite catholique de Louvain in Namur, Belgium, told Reuters Health by email. In a paper online December 9 in Brain, Dr. Vandermeeren and colleagues explain that the new work builds on earlier experience. "This translational study establishes a crucial link between a lab ...
Discovery of Bourbon Virus in US Raises Many Questions
Post Date: 2014-12-25 03:52:28 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... The discovery of a new virus implicated in the death of a Kansas farmer this past June raises many questions about its host, prevalence, spectrum of disease, and ultimately its treatment and prevention, according to an infectious disease expert who treated the patient. Yesterday, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced the first known case of the so-called Bourbon virus, named after the Kansas county where the unidentified patient had lived. His symptoms — fever, low red and white blood cell counts, elevated liver enzymes, and loss of appetite — suggested a tick-borne illness such as ehrlichiosis or the Heartland virus, but test results were ...
Just say “no” to GMO
Post Date: 2014-12-25 00:05:13 by Tatarewicz
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Have you seen the latest Monsanto commercial? It's a very compelling marketing ploy that I'm sure a lot of people are buying into. If you didn't know any better, you'd think they're supplying us with some of the healthiest foods in the world. The visuals are reminiscent of Normal Rockwell's "Freedom From Want" painting. GMO - Monsanto The advertisement is squarely centered on family and food. And, as everyone sits down to eat a meal together, the announcer says… "When we sit down together and talk about what's going on around us, more and more of the conversations we're having are about the food itself. Where it comes from. How good ...
Your Patient Wants to Record You; When Should Doctor Refuse?
Post Date: 2014-12-24 03:26:15 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape..."Doctor, would it be okay with you if I tape record our conversation today?" The doctor's first reaction is likely to be negative. He or she may feel a lack of trust or a sense of suspicion. Perhaps the patient wants to create evidence for a lawsuit. Consented-to audiotape evidence, just like your testimony and your medical record, may be admissible in court. And the evidence could be damaging. If you neglect to mention an important factor or misstate a medical recommendation, you won't be able to deny it at trial because the tape will impeach your testimony. If you miss a diagnosis and the tape showed that you failed to ask a relevant question or forgot to ...
Do heart patients fare better when doctors away?
Post Date: 2014-12-23 06:47:25 by Tatarewicz
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CHICAGO (AP) — Doctors joke that if you're going to have a heart attack, the safest place would be at a big national gathering of heart specialists. But a new study suggests some older hospitalized heart patients may fare better when these doctors aren't around. Survival chances were better for cardiac arrest patients and for the sickest heart failure patients if they were treated at teaching hospitals during the two biggest national cardiology meetings, compared with those treated during weeks before and after the meetings. Also, some of the sickest heart attack patients got fewer invasive procedures during meeting days, versus those treated at other times — but that ...
Painkillers Kill More Than Heroin and Cocaine Combined
Post Date: 2014-12-22 21:44:09 by X-15
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Yes, prescription painkillers do in fact take more lives per year than two of the hardest illegal drugs in the nation — surpassing both heroin and cocaine in their total related deaths. It all has to do with how these prescription pharmaceuticals work in the brain, and how many individuals around the country are easily acquiring them to feed their deadly habits. Because after all, who said legal drugs were all that different from illegal drugs in many cases? Prescription painkillers are known to ‘numb’ the pain, which is achieved by their ability to bind to brain receptors and decrease your body’s ability to process pain signals. As a result, it’s easy to enter ...
The Gunfighter (adult content)
Post Date: 2014-12-21 15:10:12 by Lod
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Ibuprofen use leads to extended lifespan in several species, study shows
Post Date: 2014-12-21 05:51:05 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... A common over-the-counter drug that tackles pain and fever may also hold keys to a longer, healthier life, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist. Regular doses of ibuprofen extended the lifespan of multiple species, according to research published in the journal Public Library of Science, Genetics. "We first used baker's yeast, which is an established aging model, and noticed that the yeast treated with ibuprofen lived longer," said Dr. Michael Polymenis, an AgriLife Research biochemist in College Station. "Then we tried the same process with worms and flies and saw the same extended lifespan. Plus, these organisms not only lived ...
The Strange Superfood Most American Ignore
Post Date: 2014-12-20 11:49:21 by BTP Holdings
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Did you know that even if you eat what is widely considered a "healthy diet" full of fruits and vegetables, lean proteins and healthy fats, chances are you're still not getting the nutrition you need to thrive? THE SAD TRUTH: Food today is significantly lower in nutrients than it was just 50 years ago! Eating healthy is extremely important. But unfortunately, due to the industrialization of our food system, so much nutrition has been over-farmed and processed out of our food that these days, you really need some extra help to stay healthy. If you've got nagging health problems that just don't seem to go away, they could be due to nutritional deficiencies, which, more ...
Five dead, dozens ill from bacteria linked to caramel apples
Post Date: 2014-12-20 07:39:48 by Tatarewicz
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Yahoo... (Reuters) - Five people have died and 21 others have been hospitalized in recent weeks in a listeria outbreak linked to caramel apples, federal health officials said on Friday. A total of 28 people infected with listeria have been reported from 10 states, according to a statement from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. The CDC warned consumers not to eat any pre-packaged, commercially-produced caramel apples, including those with other toppings such as nuts, chocolate or sprinkles, until more information is available. Of the 28 victims, 26 were hospitalized and five of those people died, the CDC said, adding that listeriosis contributed to at least four of the deaths. Nine of ...
Ability to balance on one leg may reflect brain health, stroke risk
Post Date: 2014-12-20 05:03:36 by Tatarewicz
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Struggling to balance on one leg for 20 seconds or longer was linked to an increased risk for small blood vessel damage in the brain and reduced cognitive function in otherwise healthy people with no clinical symptoms, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Stroke. "Our study found that the ability to balance on one leg is an important test for brain health," said Yasuharu Tabara, Ph.D., lead study author and associate professor at the Center for Genomic Medicine at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine in Kyoto, Japan. "Individuals showing poor balance on one leg should receive increased attention, as this may indicate an ...
Tooth loss linked to slowing mind, body
Post Date: 2014-12-20 04:49:15 by Tatarewicz
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The memory and walking speeds of adults who have lost all of their teeth decline more rapidly than in those who still have some of their own teeth, finds new UCL research. The study, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, looked at 3,166 adults aged 60 or over from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) and compared their performance in tests of memory and walking speed. The results showed that the people with none of their own teeth performed approximately 10% worse in both memory and walking speed tests than the people with teeth. The association between total tooth loss and memory was explained after the results were fully adjusted for a wide range of ...
Exercise Tied to Cardiometabolic Markers in Clinic Patients
Post Date: 2014-12-20 04:20:03 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... PASADENA, CA — Healthy, middle-aged outpatients who were physically active for at least 2.5 hours a week had better blood pressure and blood glucose levels than their sedentary peers in a large cross-sectional study in California[1]. The differences were especially notable in women, in this study published online December 18, 2014 in Preventing Chronic Disease. Men and women who were consistently physically active—defined as performing moderate to vigorous activity such as brisk walking for at least 150 minutes a week, as self-reported at all three outpatient visits in a 33-month period—had lower diastolic blood pressure, glucose, and HbA1c levels than patients ...
Fidel's Legacy
Post Date: 2014-12-19 15:50:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Fidel's Legacy by Stephen Lendman At age 88, he's Cuba's elder statesman. A legend in his own time and then some. Defying critics. Outwitting them. Outliving them. This article a snapshot of some of his achievements. Impressive by any standard. On the 50th anniversary of his July 26, 1953 Fort Moncada attack, media scoundrels pronounced his revolution dead. Expected collapse. Predicted free market capitalism's return. The bad old days called good. More on Cuba under Castro below. A previous article discussed America's master plan for world dominance. Key is eliminating all sovereign independent governments. By political, economic or military means. Installing ...
Yoga reduces risk factors of heart disease: Study
Post Date: 2014-12-18 05:46:11 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... A new research suggests that yoga can help individuals reduce risk factors of heart disease, particularly if they cannot do other forms of vigorous exercise. The new study published Wednesday in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology found that yoga had significant benefits, including lowering the risk of obesity, high blood pressure and raised cholesterol. The researchers had analyzed 37 earlier studies involving nearly 3,000 people in the Netherland. Researcher Myriam Hunink, from Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, said “Yoga may provide the same benefits in risk factor reduction as traditional physical activity such as cycling or brisk ...
Pharmacists Charged With Murder in Fungal Meningitis Outbreak
Post Date: 2014-12-18 05:00:56 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape Two pharmacists at the notorious New England Compounding Center have been charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of 25 individuals who received nonsterile steroid pain injections in 2012 and 2013, according to a criminal indictment unsealed today in a federal district court in Boston, Massachusetts. The pain medicine in question — preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate — harbored fungal meningitis. The two pharmacists, New England Compounding Center co-owner Barry Cadden and supervisory pharmacist Glenn Chin, along with 12 others named in the 131-count indictment, "knew they were producing their medications in an unsafe manner and in unsanitary ...
New York Bans Fracking After Health Report
Post Date: 2014-12-18 04:46:12 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... (Reuters) - New York governor Andrew Cuomo's administration said on Wednesday it will ban hydraulic fracturing in the state after a long-awaited report concluded that the oil and gas production process poses health risks. New York Environmental Commissioner Joseph Martens said Wednesday he will issue an order early next year, extending a six-year-old halt to fracking in the state. Martens made his comments after the state's Health Commissioner, Howard Zucker, said there is not enough scientific information to conclude that fracking, which involves pumping water, sand and chemicals into a well to extract oil or gas, is safe. "The potential risks are too great, in ...
Occupational exposure to PAHs leads to throat cancer: Study
Post Date: 2014-12-18 04:32:00 by Tatarewicz
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BERLIN, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- German Federal Agency for Industrial Safety and Occupational (BauA) showed in their latest study on Wednesday that occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) can lead to throat cancer. As the study said, especially the workers in the coking industry and in the manufacture of producer gas or aluminum, as well as road builders, roofers and chimney sweep are exposed to these materials that are produced during incomplete combustion or carbonization processes. Among occupationally exposed groups of persons, the probability of this disease increases by around 40 percent, said the study. Meanwhile, the BauA pointed out, the results of the study ...
Can Your Fish Oil Make You Younger?
Post Date: 2014-12-17 23:26:07 by Tatarewicz
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Infomercial... Your Omega-3s can not only improve your cardiovascular health, mood, cognitive function, but can even make you live longer… Dear Health Conscious Friend: A new study out of Ohio State University suggests fish oil may slow down a critical biological process that dramatically affects the way your body ages. When you were young, you felt invincible. But time plays havoc with the functions of your body. Remember waking up full of energy and vigor? Remembering things was never a problem. You went through the day without a care in the world. We all want to get that feeling back. And now there's a way you can. It turns out the powerful omega-3 fatty acids found in fish ...
What Magnesium are you taking?
Post Date: 2014-12-17 17:10:04 by BTP Holdings
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Magnesium is involved in over 325 biochemical reactions in your body. Early symptoms of magnesium deficiency include: •body aches •leg cramps •fatigue or low energy •restless sleep •muscle twitches •occasional constipation •insulin resistance •PMS and more. Left untreated, a magnesium deficiency can lead to more life-threatening conditions. Who's At Risk? Up to 80% of Americans are deficient in magnesium. That's approximately 240,000,000 men, women, and children. Standing shoulder to shoulder, that's enough to stretch from New York to Los Angeles 37 times. In other words, probably you. Jigsaw Magnesium w/SRT® May Help: ...
Age at first period may predict women's heart disease risk
Post Date: 2014-12-17 07:26:17 by Tatarewicz
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Reuters Health - Women who begin menstruating before age 10 or after age 17 may have a higher risk of heart disease, stroke or high blood pressure than those who begin in the intervening years, according to a new study. Menarche tends to occur earlier in obese children, so the link between earlier periods and later heart disease risk was expected, said lead author Dr. Dexter Canoy of the University of Oxford in the U.K. But his team was surprised to find another increase in risk for older age at menarche, he told Reuters Health by email. “Menarche, onset of first full menstrual cycle, is a marker of puberty and the onset of endocrine functions relating to reproduction, but why the ...
Super-bacteria found in Brazil Olympic waters
Post Date: 2014-12-17 06:16:44 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... Brazilian researchers have discovered a drug-resistant “super-bacteria” residing in a polluted bay where the 2016 Olympics sailing events will be held. According to a research by the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, the bacteria was found in three locations of the Carioca River, which after running through the city of Rio, pours into Guanabara Bay. Contact with the bacteria could lead to serious infections that may result in hospitalization, said study leader Ana Paula d'Alincourt. "You could get sick, but no more so than from other microorganisms. The problem is that if someone is infected, it's possible the treatment would require hospitalization and ...
Ebola Cases Up Dramatically in Last 4 Weeks, CDC Reports
Post Date: 2014-12-17 02:38:04 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... Reported Ebola cases continue to climb dramatically in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, according to an update published online December 16 in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Reported cases totalled 4281 for the 4-week period between November 9 and December 6 compared with 2705 for the 3-week period between October 19 and November 8. The cases occurred in widely distributed geographic districts across all three countries. Two prefectures in Guinea, six counties in Liberia, and six districts in Sierra Leone reported the highest cumulative incidence rates, with some as high as more than 300 cases per 100,000 population. Total case counts included suspected, ...
Organic Seven Treasures Mushroom
Post Date: 2014-12-16 16:34:16 by BTP Holdings
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This is one of the most potent nutritional supplements we've ever put together. I've worked very hard in the lab to test and validate all the ingredients. Launching today, our Organic Seven Treasures Mushroom Capsules blend is now available, combining Organic Reishi Powder, Organic Shiitake Powder, Organic Cordyceps Powder, Organic Turkey Tail Powder, Organic Maitake Powder, Organic Chaga Powder and Organic Lion's Mane Powder. * 100% USA grown, laboratory validated ultra-clean mushrooms (no ingredients from China). * This blend has an A+++ rating from LowHeavyMetalsVerified.org. The cleanest mushroom powder available on the planet. * Absolutely NO fillers, NO excipients, ...
Drink This Daily and Clobber Blood Pressure
Post Date: 2014-12-16 16:27:19 by BTP Holdings
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Researchers in Taiwan discovered a 65% lower risk of high blood pressure for men and women who drank at least 20 ounces of green tea daily for at least a year. Even study participants that drank a minimum of 4 ounces of green tea daily for a year showed a 46% lower risk of high blood pressure. This is good news if you struggle with blood pressure problems or have a family history. But what is it about green tea that makes it so beneficial for people with cardiovascular concerns? Two studies showed that it’s the catechins, especially EGCG that acts as a natural ACE inhibitor. ACE is an enzyme that leads to uncontrolled vascular constriction which causes blood pressure to rise. When ...
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