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Latest Articles: Health
Government Seeking Inclusion of ‘Social and Behavioral’ Data in Health Records
Post Date: 2013-09-14 20:57:43 by X-15
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) wants to require health care providers to include “social and behavioral” data in Electronic Health Records (EHR) and to link patient’s records to public health departments, it was announced last week. Health care experts say the proposal raises additional privacy concerns over Americans’ personal health information, on top of worries that the Obamacare “data hub” could lead to abuse by bureaucrats and identify theft. The CMS currently covers 100 million people through Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Hospital Insurance Program and is tasked with running Obamacare. According to a solicitation ...
High Rate of ER Visits After Surgery; Variation Among Hospitals
Post Date: 2013-09-14 06:01:46 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily: Sep. 9, 2013 — Nearly one in five older adults who have common operations will end up in the emergency department within a month of their hospital stay, a new study finds -- a surprisingly high number found in the first national look at the issue. What's even more surprising? The wide variation between hospitals, in keeping their older surgery patients from needing emergency care after surgery on their hearts, hips, backs, colons and major blood vessels. Some hospitals had four times the rate of post-surgery emergency care for their patients, compared with others. In fact, the University of Michigan Medical School team that performed the research with funding from ...
Bacteria Responsible for Gum Disease Facilitates Rheumatoid Arthritis
Post Date: 2013-09-14 05:33:19 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily: Sep. 12, 2013 — Does gum disease indicate future joint problems? Although researchers and clinicians have long known about an association between two prevalent chronic inflammatory diseases -- periodontal disease and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) -- the microbiological mechanisms have remained unclear. In an article published today in PLoS Pathogens, University of Louisville School of Dentistry Oral Health and Systemic Diseases group researcher Jan Potempa, PhD, DSc, and an international team of scientists from the European Union's Gums and Joints project have uncovered how the bacterium responsible for periodontal disease, Porphyromonas gingivalisworsens RA by leading ...
Dealing with memory loss - Doctor'x Office
Post Date: 2013-09-14 04:17:03 by Tatarewicz
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“Frank has Alzheimer’s, doctor.” “No I don’t!” “He can’t remember anything these days.” “I remember just fine, Sylvia. Don’t listen to her.” “Sylvia is our Shih-tsu.” “Had one this morning. Just like clockwork, doctor. Every Monday when the bran kicks –” “It’s Thursday Frank.” “No thanks. Prostate is acting up and I pee too much. Gotta go again, in fact. So where’s your — actually, um, don’t worry about it.” “Nurse! Sham Wow to Room 3 please!” And so on, et cetera… Typical discussion in a doctor’s office, addressing one of the greatest ...
Ouch ... bee cancer & MS therapy causes a real buzz
Post Date: 2013-09-14 02:04:41 by Tatarewicz
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BEIJING, Sept. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- It may be among China's most controversial therapies, but Liu Yu insists she is able to walk again thanks to the power of bee stings. The 26-year-old, who has multiple sclerosis, has been receiving bee acupuncture in Beijing for more than two years. "My treatment is painful," she said. "But I'm sticking to it because my disease is much worse than any bee sting." Liu is treated at a traditional Chinese medicine clinic run by 73-year-old Wang Menglin in the capital's northeastern Shunyi district. Wang said his team has used bee acupuncture to treat more than 3,0 ...
White Lines (Music)
Post Date: 2013-09-13 19:46:15 by noone222
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Poster Comment:Remember when we used to have some fun !!!!
Eat more yogurt! Low levels of healthy gut bacteria could be the cause of mental health issues such as 'anxiety and schizophrenia'
Post Date: 2013-09-13 13:24:24 by Horse
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The average adult carries up to five pounds of bacteria Healthy bacteria are known as probiotics, commonly found in yogurt, soy yogurt or as dietary supplements Probiotics are also delivered in fecal transplants, in which stool from a healthy donor is delivered like a suppository to an infected patient Strep bacterium is linked to OCD Gut bacteria regulate dopamine levels A build-up of dopamine causes agitation and stress on the body Gut bacteria ‘talk to the brain' through the immune system or parts of the nervous system Good bacteria: Gut microbes are being linked to mental health issues People suffering from anxiety, might just need to eat more 'healthy' ...
Nearly all conventional chicken meat is intentionally contaminated with arsenic
Post Date: 2013-09-13 13:05:04 by Horse
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(NaturalNews) Following the release of a groundbreaking U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report back in 2011 indicting roxarsone, the infamous Pfizer-produced arsenical drug, as a high-level contaminant in conventional chicken meat, the drug's manufacturer voluntarily agreed to pull it off the market, leading many health-conscious individuals to breathe a collective sigh of relief. But a new study recently published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) reveals that inorganic arsenic is still prevalent in virtually all conventional chicken meat, as an arsenical drug similar in composition to roxarsone is still being widely used and fed to conventional chickens. ...
One Weird Trick to Stay Asleep All Night
Post Date: 2013-09-13 04:25:17 by Tatarewicz
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neAw natural sleep aid is helping thousands of Americans sleep better. Claim your sample today » HFM Marketing, LLC sponsors this website, and its parent company distributes Somnapure products. Writers are compensated by HFM Marketing, LLC. SP_300x250_Multibrand_Bottlenight_3H_LM Most Popular (Boston) — Did you know that people who get enough sleep (about 7–9 hours a night) are more likely to have higher productivity, feel more energetic throughout the day, and experience less stress? Sleep is crucial for concentration, memory formation, and repairing and rejuvenating the cells of the body. Both mentally and physically, a good night’s sleep is essential for your ...
Backyard farmers by necessity: self-sufficient & debt-free
Post Date: 2013-09-12 11:36:39 by X-15
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Safety of airport security scanners.
Post Date: 2013-09-11 23:28:10 by Tatarewicz
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. Here is why it matters. Airport security is a must for public safety, but are the methods used to scan safe? Could the radiation emitted hurt us? What about privacy issues? These questions and more were answered in a new report from the AMA Council on Science and Public Health.[1] Exposure to ionizing radiation can damage DNA. Infants are more sensitive to cancer-causing effects of radiation than are adults. For fetuses, radiation exposure in the womb can increase the risk for birth defects. Cancer risk from radiation exposure decreases as we get older, but one should understand that not all scanners are the same. The so-called backscatter models use low levels of ionizing radiation ...
Autoimmune Disease Strategy Emerges from Immune Cell Discovery
Post Date: 2013-09-11 02:26:39 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... Sep. 9, 2013 — Scientists from UC San Francisco have identified a new way to manipulate the immune system that may keep it from attacking the body's own molecules in autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. The researchers, led by immunologist Mark Anderson, MD, PhD, a professor with the UCSF Diabetes Center, have discovered a distinctive type of immune cell called an eTAC, which puts a damper on immune responses. Anderson's research team found that eTACs reside in lymph nodes and spleen in both humans and mice, and determined that they could be manipulated to stop the destruction of the pancreas in a mouse ...
Men With Big Testicles Less Likely To Be Caring Fathers
Post Date: 2013-09-10 11:58:09 by abraxas
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Men With Big Testicles Less Likely To Be Caring Fathers, Study Shows LiveScience | By Tia Ghose Posted: 09/09/2013 4:28 pm EDT Men with larger testicles tend to be less involved fathers than those with smaller testes, a new study suggests. The findings, detailed today (Sept. 9) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, are correlational, so they can't say exactly why the trend exists but only that there is a link. But men who produce more sperm have bigger testes, and sperm production is extremely energy intensive for the body, so it may be that fathers "face a trade-off between investing energy in parenting and investing energy in mating effort," ...
Resurgence of homegrown food seen across the state (Texas)
Post Date: 2013-09-10 11:36:15 by X-15
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Dr. Angela Burkham, AgriLife Extension regional program director for family and consumer sciences in the North Region based in Amarillo, said, “There is a resurgent interest in home-based food production based on the desire for healthier living and playing a more personal role in the food that a family is eating.” The City of Canyon was recently presented two proposed ordinances for consideration by commissioners – one prohibiting chickens in town and the other simply adding regulations specifically to barnyard-type fowl. Dr. Greg Archer, AgriLife Extension poultry specialist in College Station, said many people wanting to raise chickens in the city don’t need a ...
3000 chemicals identfied in human urine
Post Date: 2013-09-10 06:39:08 by Tatarewicz
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ep. 5, 2013 — Researchers at the University of Alberta announced today that they have determined the chemical composition of human urine. The study, which took more than seven years and involved a team of nearly 20 researchers, has revealed that more than 3,000 chemicals or "metabolites" can be detected in urine. The results are expected to have significant implications for medical, nutritional, drug and environmental testing. "Urine is an incredibly complex biofluid. We had no idea there could be so many different compounds going into our toilets," noted David Wishart, the senior scientist on the project. Wishart's research team used state-of-the-art ...
Will a spoonful of cinnamon help diabetes meds go down?
Post Date: 2013-09-10 04:46:19 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape: Editors' Recommendations Potential Benefits of Cinnamon in Type 2 Diabetes Cinnamon for Postprandial Blood Glucose in Adults Cinnamon Dose-Dependently Reduces Insulin Concentration In a new meta-analysis of 10 studies in patients with type 2 diabetes, taking cinnamon supplements improved fasting blood glucose and cholesterol levels, but not glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels. HbA1c likely was not affected because the studies were too short, and they were also very small and diverse, making it difficult to draw any clinical implications, caution Robert W. Allen (then a PharmD student at Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California) and coauthors in their paper ...
Rent the Chicken
Post Date: 2013-09-09 13:23:27 by Lod
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Full details at the URL - what a concept.
Sleep helps boost brain cell reproduction: Study
Post Date: 2013-09-08 23:44:10 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... New research has revealed that sleep can boost the reproduction of brain cells particularly those damaged ones that are essential for the brain to function properly. The study conducted by the researchers of the University of Wisconsin shows that sleep has vital role in producing cells that are responsible for insulating material known as ‘myelin’. The finding gives new insight about a popular disease Multiple Sclerosis (MS) which appears when myelin is damaged, according to the study published in the Journal of Neuroscience. In MS, the body's immune system attacks and destroys the myelin coating of nerves in the brain and spinal cord. In the healthy brain, a ...
USDA Allows China to Process U.S. Chicken
Post Date: 2013-09-08 14:29:16 by X-15
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recently gave the green-light to four chicken processing plants in China, allowing chicken raised and slaughtered in the U.S. to be exported to China for processing, and then shipped back to the U.S. and sold on grocery shelves here. The actual arrangement will take some time to set in, however. "All this means is that we've deemed China's poultry processing equivalent to the process in the United States," says Arianne Perkins, USDA public affairs specialist. Individual companies will still have to be certified, something Perkins says has not happened yet. While the logistics are hard to imagine—if we can't safely leave chicken out for the length of a family ...
King Corn—The Subsidized Crop That Drives Our Fast-Food Nation
Post Date: 2013-09-07 10:39:25 by Southern Style
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King Corn—The Subsidized Crop That Drives Our Fast-Food Nation September 07, 2013 By Dr. Mercola The United States is the number one per capita consumer of corn in the world. As expounded in books like The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan, high-fructose corn syrup and other corn-derivatives work their way into nearly every kind of processed food on the market. In the US, corn is one of the top four most heavily subsidized food crops, so farmers have every reason to plant plenty of it. Unfortunately, since corn is a grain, it breaks down to sugar very rapidly and typically increases your insulin resistance if regularly consumed. Elevated insulin levels in turn are linked ...
Health effects of electronic devices on children
Post Date: 2013-09-07 03:37:54 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily:Students overly obsessed with electronic games may suffer from adverse health effects in the long run. If they become accustomed to poor postures such as forward head or "poking-chin" posture, a kyphotic back and rounded shoulders, these may become fixed postural habits that would be difficult to correct when they turn adults. Parents therefore need to pay more attention to their children's postural habits and encourage them to do regular exercise, so as to ensure a healthy development of their bones and joints, as well as maintain a good cardiovascular fitness during their precious growth periods. In addition, studies have shown that in some cases, due to ...
Kidney Transplants Linked to Invasive Skin Cancer
Post Date: 2013-09-06 03:21:40 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape: Patients who receive organ transplants appear to be at increased risk for squamous cell carcinoma. In a brief report published in the September 3 issue of in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Laurence Verneuil, MD, and colleagues from INSERM, University of Caen, France, give an explanation for this increased risk. The report provides "the first evidence for donor contribution to the malignant epithelium of skin squamous cell carcinoma in a kidney transplant recipient," write Cai Bin Cui, MD, and David A. Berber, MD, from the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in an accompanying commentary. Tumor cells with donor genotype have ...
Mediterranean dietary pattern can ward off dementia
Post Date: 2013-09-06 02:07:51 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV: Mediterranean dietary style has been associated with better cognitive function, lower rates of mind decline and a reduced risk of dementia, according to a new research. The recent analysis reveals that a Mediterranean diet not only supports memory and thinking skills in old age, but it protects mind against cognitive problems and age-related disease such as Alzheimer’s. Mediterranean diet is known for higher daily consumption of fruit, vegetables, cereals, olive oil, and fish, and lower intakes of meat and dairy products. The study was conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Exeter Medical School in England and supported by the National Institute for ...
Cleanliness and urbanization up Alzheimer's
Post Date: 2013-09-05 01:26:43 by Tatarewicz
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Science Daily: Better Hygienelthy Nations May Increase Alzheimer's Risk, Study Suggests Sep. 4, 2013 — People living in industrialised countries may be more likely to develop Alzheimer's due to greatly reduced contact with bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms -- which can lead to problems with immune development and increased risk of dementia, suggests a new study. New research has found a "very significant" relationship between a nation's wealth and hygiene and the Alzheimer's "burden" on its population. High-income, highly industrialised countries with large urban areas and better hygiene exhibit much higher rates of Alzheimer's. Using ...
FDA Sharing Patients’ Private Medical Records in Order to Harass Integrative Doctors
Post Date: 2013-09-04 15:08:06 by Original_Intent
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Alliance for Natural Health September 4, 2013 ANH-USA has learned that the FDA is working with state medical boards behind the scenes—sometimes in violation of the law. According to our sources, professional medical boards are launching investigative actions against integrative physicians not because of patient complaints, but because of materials forwarded to them by the FDA before they are made public. These boards are treating the FDA documents as if they were formal complaints. In other words, the US Food and Drug Administration, which is barred from interfering with the practice of medicine, is in fact deliberately but secretly ignoring the rules—something ...
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