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Tobacco plants contain a molecule that fights off fungi and bacteria and destroys cancer
Post Date: 2014-04-08 07:09:23 by Tatarewicz
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Tobacco plants contain a molecule that fights off fungi and bacteria and destroys cancer, Australian scientists have discovered. The molecule, NaD1, identifies cancer cells before ripping them open using a pincer-like structure that grips a lipid in the cell membrane. Brutal. The researchers who led the study from La Trobe Institute of for Molecular Science in Melbourne, Australia, believe the natural defence mechanism could be harnessed to kill cancer in humans. The irony was not lost on the lead investigator Dr Mark Hulett from La Trobe University, who said in a press release: "There is some irony in the fact that a powerful defence mechanism against cancer is found in the ...
Elevated Serum Pesticide Levels and Risk for Alzheimer Disease
Post Date: 2014-04-08 05:47:00 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... JAMA Neurol. 2014;71:284-290 Study Summary Various genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors may contribute to the etiology of late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD), but these factors have not been completely elucidated. Occupational pesticide exposures may be linked to AD, on the basis of limited epidemiologic evidence. Richardson and colleagues previously described[1] 20 patients with AD and elevated serum levels of dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), the metabolite of the pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). The goal of the current case/control study was to examine the association between serum levels of DDE and AD and to identify any modulating effect on ...
Three Die From Meningitis Outbreak in Los Angeles Area
Post Date: 2014-04-08 05:33:50 by Tatarewicz
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three men in their 20s have died from a meningitis outbreak in the gay community in the Los Angeles area this year, a public health spokesman said on Thursday, a day after officials called on HIV-positive gay men in the region to be vaccinated against the disease. One man died in February and the other two died in late March, said a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The men were all either 27 or 28 years old. They were among eight people who have contracted invasive meningococcal disease in 2014, the Public Health Department said in a statement. That is seen as a high rate of infection for the Los Angeles area, which in recent ...
Nighttime Light May Alter Circadian Rhythm, Lead to Obesity
Post Date: 2014-04-07 05:07:44 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape "Innocuous" exposure to light at night alters circadian rhythms, which may in turn lead to weight gain, a new review suggests. Clues that this might be a problem were first found in mice, which, when exposed to even low levels of light at night, "would shift their timing of food intake, and even though they were not eating any more calories, they were still gaining weight," coauthor Laura Fonken, PhD, from Ohio State University, Columbus, told Medscape Medical News. "We think these results could be important to humans as well, [because] we all use computers late at night. We leave lights on late at night," she continued. "We have streetlights ...
Physical activity may preserve thinking skills
Post Date: 2014-04-07 04:28:45 by Tatarewicz
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Neurology scientists have found that various forms of aerobic exercise training in young adult years can benefit brain at the middle age. The study conducted by the American researchers at the University of Minnesota demonstrates that rigorous physical activity in twenties can preserve brain and protect memory in middle age. They notably suggest any cardio fitness training such as running, swimming and cycling that leads the brain to have better thinking skills and memory in later life, according to the report published in the journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Cardio fitness is a measure of how well the body absorbs oxygen during exercise and transports it to the muscles. ...
Wrong About Alzheimer’s All Along
Post Date: 2014-04-06 05:38:53 by Tatarewicz
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Yahoo... If Claude Wischik is right, almost 20 years of drug development for Alzheimer’s disease have been a costly mistake. Wischik, a chair in mental health at the University of Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland, is a founder of TauRx, a Singapore-based pharmaceutical company. He’s also one of several scientists loudly questioning the focus of most Alzheimer’s research. Dominating the research field is a protein called beta amyloid, identified by Alois Alzheimer in 1906. Most researchers believe Alzheimer’s disease to be the caused by the accumulation of beta amyloid in the brain. Beta amyloid is sticky and forms plaque, which then strangles healthy cells, according to ...
America rejoice! Being fat may actually make you healthier
Post Date: 2014-04-05 21:52:56 by Ada
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Is the science community - or the world for that matter - going to accept recent study findings that being overweight may not actually equal poor health? With swimsuit season right around the corner, a new science-based, anti-diet book offers the most enabling advice we’ve heard this year: Those thunder thighs you hate so much might be key to long life. “The Obesity Paradox” presents compelling evidence that those with excess baggage might be healthier and better able to fight off diseases than normal-weight counterparts. Conversely, the “thin and unfit” waifs have the worst body types for long-term health. Though obesity remains a risk factor of “epidemic ...
Doc on Obamacare - great summary
Post Date: 2014-04-05 15:05:39 by Lod
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Poster Comment:WTF? indeed.
An Athlete Discusses Sports Nutrition
Post Date: 2014-04-04 11:45:16 by X-15
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I am far from a world-class endurance athlete, but I have been racing in endurance events for more than 30 years. In fact, I just completed the Los Angeles Marathon, my 101st marathon. I’m 53 years old, and I finished the race in 4 hours and 48 minutes. Admittedly, I’m no world-class athlete, but those are few and far between. I have been doing this for a while, so I believe the information I'm going to present will appeal to manufacturers looking for ideas and any athletes hungering for an edge. To last as long as I have in a rigorous sport, I’ve put in a lot of work and preparation. Supplements—big surprise, right?—have helped elevate my performance. I use a ...
Vaccine bombshell: Baby monkeys develop autism symptoms after obtaining doses of popular vaccines
Post Date: 2014-04-04 11:26:33 by Ada
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Following a recent study conducted by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania which revealed that many infant monkeys given standard doses of childhood vaccines as part of the new research,developed autism symptoms, question marks over the ultimate safety of vaccines have come to the fore. The groundbreaking research findings presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) in London, England, have revealed that young macaque monkeys given the typical CDC-recommended vaccination schedule from the 1990s, and in appropriate doses for the monkeys’ sizes and ages, tended to develop autism symptoms. Theirunvaccinated counterparts, on the other hand, ...
Chowing down on watermelon could lower blood pressure, study suggests
Post Date: 2014-04-04 08:23:08 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... Chowing down on watermelon could lower blood pressure, study suggests Summary: Watermelon could significantly reduce blood pressure in overweight individuals both at rest and while under stress. "The pressure on the aorta and on the heart decreased after consuming watermelon extract," the small study concludes. Be sure to pick up a watermelon -- or two -- at your local grocery store. It could save your life. A new study by Florida State University Associate Professor Arturo Figueroa, published in the American Journal of Hypertension, found that watermelon could significantly reduce blood pressure in overweight individuals both at rest and while under stress. ...
Tilapia raised on feces hits US tables
Post Date: 2014-04-03 16:14:54 by X-15
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As fish go, tilapia's lifestyle leaves much to be desired. They're a "garbage fish" in every sense of the word. They can survive in hopelessly polluted environments, they can be bred and raised in garbage cans and, when necessary, can subsist on a diet of other animals' excrement. It makes Tilapia so easily farmed that Americans eat close to 500 million pounds of it a year, according to the Department of Agriculture, or more than four times the amount of Tilapia they ate a decade ago. It also makes it bland and not particularly healthy for you. When its diet consists of manure, however, it's basically like feeding them salmonella and E.coli. Michael Doyle, ...
Study: Vegetarians Less Healthy, Lower Quality Of Life Than Meat-Eaters
Post Date: 2014-04-03 11:39:00 by Ada
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Vegetarians have a lower BMI and drink alcohol sparingly, but vegetarian diets are tied to generally poorer health, poorer quality of life and a higher need for health care than their meat-eating counterparts. ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) – Vegetarians may have a lower BMI and drink alcohol sparingly, but vegetarian diets are tied to generally poorer health, poorer quality of life and a higher need for health care than their meat-eating counterparts. A new study from the Medical University of Graz in Austria finds that vegetarians are more physically active, drink less alcohol and smoke less tobacco than those who consume meat in their diets. Vegetarians also have a higher socioeconomic ...
Diet Supplement Causes Nearly 100 Hepatitis Cases
Post Date: 2014-04-03 03:56:58 by Tatarewicz
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Diet Supplement Causes Nearly 100 Hepatitis Cases LiveScience.com By By Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer 9 hours ago A popular diet supplement has caused an outbreak of severe liver disease, sickening nearly 100 people in 16 states since it was first reported in Hawaii last year, according to a new paper. The publication calls for a better system to remove dangerous supplements from the market. As of February, OxyElite Pro, a dietary supplement manufactured by USPLabs that claims to help people burn fat, has been linked to 97 cases of hepatitis, including 47 people who were hospitalized, three who needed liver transplantations and one person who died, according to the paper, which was ...
Most People Use Antibacterial Soap Incorrectly
Post Date: 2014-04-01 21:46:19 by Tatarewicz
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Despite their widespread use, antibacterial soaps appear to have little or no benefit for average people using them at home, likely because people use them incorrectly, one researcher says. Over the past two decades, the number of products containing the antimicrobial ingredients triclosan and triclocarban has increased rapidly, to more than 2,000 products in 2014, according to a new review paper by Rolf Halden, director of the Center for Environmental Security at Arizona State University. These products include soaps, detergents, clothing, toothpastes and even pacifiers, Halden said. As a consequence, more people are exposed to these chemicals: about three-quarters of Americans have ...
Eating Cruciferous Vegetables May Curb Inflammation
Post Date: 2014-03-31 22:11:37 by Tatarewicz
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study of more than 1,000 Chinese women, those who ate the most cruciferous vegetables had substantially less inflammation than those who ate the fewest. Cruciferous vegetables include cabbage, broccoli, bok choy, Brussels sprouts, kale and cauliflower, and eating them is often encouraged as a way to lower risk for heart disease and cancer. Based on their findings, the study authors say the health benefits of these vegetables may be at least partly a result of their anti-inflammatory effects. "Our group and others have found that consumption of fruits and vegetables, particularly cruciferous vegetables, was associated with lower total mortality and ...
Cooking meat with beer can protect you from cancer
Post Date: 2014-03-31 05:16:10 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert Staff If you love grilled meats, you have to read this: Marinating meat in beer before grilling can reduce the release of cancer-causing chemicals. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) form when one cooks meats on a grill at very high temperatures. Previous studies conducted at the Universidade do Porto, in Portugal, shown an association between consumption of grilled meats and a high incidence of colorectal cancer. This doesn't mean that you need to stop eating grilled meat, it just means that you have to be mindful about potential carcinogens when you cook on the barbie. But there are good news. Research published recently in the Journal of Agricultural and Food ...
The Self-Pay Patient
Post Date: 2014-03-30 11:24:46 by Lod
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Much info and resources at URL
Millions could go off blood pressure meds
Post Date: 2014-03-30 04:03:03 by Tatarewicz
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Washington (AFP) - One in four American adults over 60 being treated for high blood pressure could go off their medication under recent guidelines issued in the United States, a study said Saturday. The changes, which stirred controversy in the medical community, could mean nearly six million may no longer need drugs to control their blood pressure, Duke University researchers said in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The findings are the first to analyze the impact of 2014 guidelines that raised blood pressure targets to 150/90, instead of the previous goal of 140/90, in adults age 60 and older. "Raising the target in older adults is controversial, and not all ...
New AF Guideline Includes Four Key Changes
Post Date: 2014-03-29 08:14:21 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape - Heart Wire... WASHINGTON, DC — A new AF guideline by the American Heart Association (AHA), American College of Cardiology (ACC), and Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), in collaboration with the Society of Thoracic Surgery, describes a more precise stroke-risk calculator and when to use aspirin, novel oral anticoagulants, and catheter ablation[1]. Simultaneously published online March 28, 2014 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Circulation, and Heart Rhythm, the guideline supersedes the AF guideline published in 2006[2] and two updates published in 20113,4] and reflects some but not all changes to a 2012 European update[5]. The writing committee's chair, Dr ...
E China province bans kindergartens medicating children
Post Date: 2014-03-29 05:23:53 by Tatarewicz
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HEFEI, March 28 (Xinhua) -- East China's Anhui Province has passed legislation to ban kindergartens medicating kids after recent scandals involving several Chinese kindergartens illegally feeding antiviral drugs to children. Announcing the move at a press conference on Friday, the provincial legislature said this legislation is part of the Provincial Preschool Education Regulation, which was approved at a meeting of the Standing Committee of Anhui Provincial People's Congress. It prohibits kindergartens and working staff from feeding medicines to groups of children without approval. In cases of kindergartens breaking the new regulation, punishments will be given to people in ...
A brief history of Obamacare delays
Post Date: 2014-03-28 12:51:17 by Horse
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Did anyone really doubt that the final Obamacare enrollment deadline would slip, too? It’s not like the Obama administration is setting a new precedent with its latest move — giving customers more time to enroll after next Monday’s deadline if they’re already in line. In reality, the administration is just continuing a long pattern of delays. They’re all designed to show flexibility and help the law work better, but they also fuel a public perception that Obamacare deadlines never really mean anything. (Also on POLITICO: Boehner: Obamacare delay a 'joke') The administration already went through the same exercise in December, cutting people some slack if ...
Affordable Insurance
Post Date: 2014-03-27 12:32:41 by Lod
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One in 25 U.S. patients gets hospital-associated infection: CDC
Post Date: 2014-03-27 01:06:51 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, March 26 (Xinhua) -- About one in 25 U.S. patients has at least one infection contracted during the course of their hospital care, according to a study released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study, an update to a previous CDC estimate of 1.7 million healthcare-associated infections a year, estimated that there were 648,000 patients with 721,800 health care-associated infections in U.S. acute care hospitals in 2011. Meanwhile, about 75,000 patients with healthcare-associated infections died during their hospitalizations, the CDC said. "Although there has been some progress, today and every day, more than 200 Americans with ...
Cuban monoclonal antibody registered in 28 countries
Post Date: 2014-03-26 02:11:48 by Tatarewicz
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HAVANA, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Cuban-made monoclonal antibody Nimotuzumab, widely considered as a "promising" cancer treatment, has been registered in 28 countries, the official daily Granma reported Tuesday. The antibody has proven effective in treating malignant tumors in the head and neck, and is also being applied in cases of colorectal oncogenic disease, liver and lung cancer, brain metastases and other diseases, the daily reported, citing specialists at Cuba's Immunology Molecular Center. Key figures in the field of medical biotechnology research around the globe have validated the treatment, the paper said. To showcase the results of Nimotuzumab efficacy trials and ...
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