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Latest Articles: Health
We have two choices.
Post Date: 2013-07-23 19:16:02 by Southern Style
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Follow OCA: Twitter | Facebook | Pinterest OCA Homepage We have two choices. We sometimes forget. Coca-Cola, General Mills, and a host of other food giants know how to make their products without using genetically engineered ingredients. They do it all the time. For consumers in other countries. It’s only here, in the U.S., where the food and biotech lobbyists have Congress in their back pockets, that more than 80 percent of processed foods contain genetically engineered ingredients. Those GMO ingredients are making Monsanto and Big Food rich. They’re making us sick. And the tons of herbicides and pesticides used to grow them are poisoning ...
Whole-Genome Diagnostic Approach: Partial Success Realized
Post Date: 2013-07-23 03:41:04 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape: Editors' Recommendations Whole-Genome Sequencing: Clinical Guidelines for Europe Cutting-Edge DNA Sequencing Used to Diagnose Unknown Disease Integrative Personal 'Omics' Profile: Medicine's Future? Drug & Reference Information Genetics of Neurofibromatosis Genetics of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Genetics of LDL Cholesterol Despite achieving a definitive diagnosis for only a minority of patients, researchers see value in taking a whole-genome sequencing (WGS) approach to diagnosis in a series of children and adults. Howard J. Jacob, PhD, from the Human and Molecular Genetic Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, and colleagues ...
Skipping breakfast may increase heart disease risk: study
Post Date: 2013-07-23 02:53:35 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Men who reported that they regularly skipped breakfast had a higher risk of a heart attack or fatal coronary heart disease, a U.S. study said Monday. The study, published in the U.S. journal Circulation, analyzed food frequency questionnaire data and tracked health outcomes of over 26,000 men between the ages of 45 and 82, for 16 years, during which time nearly 1,600 had first-time cardiac events. It found those who regularly skipped breakfast had a 27 percent higher risk of heart attack or death from coronary heart disease compared with those who reported they didn't. Breakfast skippers tended to be younger and were more likely to be smokers, ...
The 10 GMO Myths That Monsanto Wants You to Believe
Post Date: 2013-07-20 15:07:33 by Original_Intent
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Monsanto and their biotech buddies would have you believe that they are super-heroes, set on saving hungry children from starvation wearing a dazzling fake-green cape. In fact, in a recent attack on activists, Monsanto’s CEO Hugh Grant said that because critics “can afford” organic food, we don’t care about the plight of those who can’t afford it. “There is this strange kind of reverse elitism: If I’m going to do this, then everything else shouldn’t exist,” said Grant. “There is space in the supermarket shelf for all of us.” Even Monsanto’s website is on the defense, with page after page attempting to justify what the ...
CDC Admits 98 Million Americans Received Polio Vaccine Contaminated With Cancer Virus
Post Date: 2013-07-17 14:06:38 by freepatriot32
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The CDC has quickly removed a page from their website, which is now cached here, admitting that more than 98 million Americans received one or more doses of polio vaccine within an 8-year span when a proportion of the vaccine was contaminated with a cancer causing polyomavirus called SV40. It has been estimated that 10-30 million Americans could have received an SV40 contaminated dose of the vaccine. V40 is an abbreviation for Simian vacuolating virus 40 or Simian virus 40, a polyomavirus that is found in both monkeys and humans. Like other polyomaviruses, SV40 is a DNA virus that has been found to cause tumors and cancer. SV40 is believed to suppress the transcriptional properties of the ...
Florida man, 61, wakes with amnesia speaking only Swedish
Post Date: 2013-07-16 19:16:12 by PSUSA2
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July 16, 2013 by CBNews.com PALM SPRINGS, Calif.Since February, doctors have been following the case of Michael Boatwright, a Florida man who awoke with amnesia after being found unconscious in a Southern California motel. Boatwright, 61, was found unconscious Feb. 28 in a Motel 6 room in Palm Springs, Calif., and after police arrived, he was transported to the Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs. When he awoke, the man was only speaking Swedish, calling himself Johan Ek, The Desert Sun reported. Hospital officials said Boatwright may have been in town for a tennis tournament in the Coachella Valley. He was found with a duffel bag of exercise clothes, a backpack and tennis ...
7 African Herbal Medicines You Should Know
Post Date: 2013-07-15 19:38:18 by Horse
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They are many African herbal remedies that are available commercially which can be found in most reputable and established stores that offers mostly supplements. Once you have found stores that are selling African Herbs, then it’s great. Talk with the knowledgeable store representative about your desired herbs. Be sure you trust the staff of the store to believe about their products. You have to rely on what they say about what the products are and what benefits you may get from them. Here are some of the Best African Herbs in the market. Herb 1: Grains of Paradise This is considered as a good natural herbal remedy as it can be an effective in aiding digestion, fight off nausea, ...
Supreme Court rules Drug Companies exempt from Lawsuits
Post Date: 2013-07-14 12:27:03 by farmfriend
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Supreme Court rules Drug Companies exempt from Lawsuits July 7, 2013 July 7, 2013. Washington. In case readers missed it with all the coverage of the Trayvon Martin murder trial and the Supreme Court’s rulings on gay marriage and the Voting Rights Act, the US Supreme Court also made a ruling on lawsuits against drug companies for fraud, mislabeling, side effects and accidental death. From now on, 80 percent of all drugs are exempt from legal liability. In a 5-4 vote, the US Supreme Court struck down a lower court’s ruling and award for the victim of a pharmaceutical drug’s adverse reaction. According to the victim and the state courts, the drug caused a flesh-eating side ...
What Diseases Can be Determined by Looking in The Eyes?
Post Date: 2013-07-13 21:57:20 by Tatarewicz
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Next time you find yourself perched expectantly on an examining table, take a glance behind you. In addition to the hidden camera you might notice an expensive looking apparatus that resembles an airport security interrogation system. These eye and ear scopes are believed by most kids to be an office entertainment system. Entering the examining room, I often find mini-doctors and doctorettes attempting to either burn a hole in their mother’s cornea or see just how far they can ram this device into a squirming brother’s earwax. Gently I extricate the youngster from the cord that has gradually wrapped itself several times about their scrawny little neck and ask them to surrender ...
Rate of ageing determined in the womb?
Post Date: 2013-07-13 01:19:49 by Tatarewicz
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Scientists have found that key metabolites in blood -- chemical 'fingerprints' left behind as a result of early molecular changes before birth or in infancy -- could provide clues to a person's long-term overall health and rate of aging in later life. Published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology, the international study of twins led by King's College London highlights how a technique called metabolomic profiling has revealed a collection of 22 metabolites linked to aging. One of these, linked to aging traits such as lung function and bone mineral density, is also strongly associated with birthweight -- a well-known developmental determinant of ...
Novel saddle on bike prevents injury
Post Date: 2013-07-13 00:04:43 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily: July 12, 2013 — Researchers at the University of Alicante have developed a novel bicycle saddle that prevents chafing, pain and other damage associated with the genital area as impotence and prostatitis. It is a hinged articulated saddle whose coccyx-support narrow front and wide back have been articulately joined. The front part is mobile while the back is fixed, and both may change their positions at the user's will. This new concept of bicycle saddle is designed and patented by researchers from the University of Alicante's Institute of Physics Applied to Science and Technology and the Department of Physics at the Polytechnic Higher School. The UA ...
A new antibiotic may be on its way
Post Date: 2013-07-12 20:54:07 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert: Researchers have produced a potential new antibiotic which could help in the battle against bacterial resistance to antibiotics. The potential new antibiotic targets a bacterial enzyme critical to metabolic processes. The compound is a protein inhibitor which binds to the enzyme (called biotin protein ligase), stopping its action and interrupting the life cycle of the bacteria. "Existing antibiotics target the bacterial cell membranes but this potential new antibiotic operates in a completely different way," says Professor Andrew Abell, project leader and Acting Head of the University's School of Chemistry and Physics. Professor Abell says the compound, ...
FDA Proposes to Limit Arsenic Levels in Apple Juice
Post Date: 2013-07-12 20:31:49 by Tatarewicz
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Editors' Recommendations Arsenic Found in Rice at High Levels Evaluation of the Association Between Arsenic and Diabetes (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed to put a limit on the amount of inorganic arsenic found in apple juice, comparable to the allowed level of arsenic in drinking water. The FDA has proposed a limit of 10 parts per billion (ppb) for inorganic arsenic in apple juice. This is the same level set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for arsenic in drinking water. Inorganic arsenic may be found in foods as it is present in the environment, both as a naturally occurring mineral and due to activities such as the use of ...
Quackity quack: Eight evil genius ways to fake a vitamin study
Post Date: 2013-07-12 08:32:46 by Ada
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…and scare consumers into being afraid of fish oils Quackity quack, the quacks are back, and this time they’re targeting fish oil supplements, claiming that taking fish oils raises your risk of prostate cancer. Hogwash. This is just another case of pure fearmongering quackery by the anti- vitamin crowd. Remember: All these people attacking vitamins are the very same people who are on the take from Big Pharma. Remember, too, that companies like GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have already been convicted of multiple felony crimes by the U.S. Department of Justice. And today in China, GSK was caught yet again engaging in widespread bribery and criminal fraud. See the Natural News story: ...
Engineers Develop Novel Method to Increase Lifespan of Joint Replacements
Post Date: 2013-07-12 02:40:50 by Tatarewicz
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Science Daily: July 11, 2013 — Researchers at the University of Southampton have completed a project that will enable surgeons to fit joint replacements with longer, optimised lifespans. The MXL project uses computational modelling to define the mechanics of an artificial joint -- a complex interaction of individual anatomy, prosthesis design, sizing and placement -- to ensure successful surgery and longer lifespans of the prosthetic joints. Share This: Tweet Professor Markus Heller, leader of the MXL project, says: "Joint replacement surgery substitutes worn-out joint tissues with artificial components. These artificial components will also fail eventually, some after only a ...
Bugs and Cheese
Post Date: 2013-07-12 00:49:54 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape: One of the classes I most enjoyed during my first year of medical school was microbiology. It was the first time I felt like a doctor (well, almost) while sitting in class. We learned each "bug" or groups of bug, the illness and ailments it causes and how to treat it. This was the first class that was completely devoted to understanding a disease and how to treat it. I was told by many students a year ahead of me that this was my first taste of second year. Of course, we were given the most typical clinical vignettes. There will be exceptions to every rule in real life. For some reason, the one I remember most vividly is if you hear "cheese" and "pregnant ...
Team cracks RNA code, finds possible new cause of autism
Post Date: 2013-07-11 15:45:51 by farmfriend
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Team cracks RNA code, finds possible new cause of autism Jim Oldfield An international team led by University of Toronto scientists Timothy Hughes and Quaid Morris has unraveled most of a code that controls how DNA becomes the proteins that make up cells, a process called gene expression and, in the process, uncovered a possible cause of autism. The discovery cracks the “RNA control code,” which dictates how RNA — a family of molecules that mediates DNA expression — moves genetic information from DNA to create proteins. “For the first time, we understand the language of a code that is essential to gene processing,” said Morris, a professor in U of T’s ...
New Urine Tester Can Sniff Bladder Cancer
Post Date: 2013-07-11 05:37:43 by Tatarewicz
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British researchers have created a new urine tester that can sniff bladder cancer. They expect it will eventually replace the use of repeated scoping to check for new cancer cells and could lower the cost of treating the illness. The scientists have named the new device the Odoreader, according to Medical News Today. The research team represents a collaboration between the University of the West of England in Bristol and the University of Liverpool. To test a sample, a technician inserts a bottle with urine into the Odoreader and starts the device, which reads gases that chemicals in the urine sample can emit when heated. After approximately 30 minutes, a computer screen indicates ...
Singing may be just as healthy as yoga, scientists say
Post Date: 2013-07-11 05:05:07 by Tatarewicz
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Deep, controlled breaths and coming into harmony with those around you. It sounds like a description of some of the basic fundamentals of yoga. But it could also be applied to singing. Does comparing the two sound like a stretch? Not to some scientists who say that singing is just as healthy as yoga. The London Telegraph reports that researchers at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg have found that the heartbeats of choir members begin to synchronise, resulting in a calming effect on the mind and body that has the same health benefits as the ancient practice of yoga. “Song is a form of regular, controlled breathing, since breathing out occurs on the song phrases and inhaling ...
Link Between Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Increased Prostate Cancer Risk Confirmed
Post Date: 2013-07-11 04:35:29 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily: July 10, 2013 — A second large, prospective study by scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has confirmed the link between high blood concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids and an increased risk of prostate cancer. Share This: ? Published July 11 in the online edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the latest findings indicate that high concentrations of EPA, DPA and DHA -- the three anti-inflammatory and metabolically related fatty acids derived from fatty fish and fish-oil supplements -- are associated with a 71 percent increased risk of high-grade prostate cancer. The study also found a 44 percent increase in the risk of low-grade ...
People With Alzheimer's Disease May Have Lower Risk of Cancer and Vice Vers
Post Date: 2013-07-11 04:14:52 by Tatarewicz
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ScieceDaily July 10, 2013 — Older people with Alzheimer's disease are less likely to also have cancer, and older people with cancer are less likely to also have Alzheimer's disease, according to the largest study to date on the topic, which appears in the July 10, 2013, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Share This: "Since the number of cases of both Alzheimer's disease and cancer increase exponentially as people age, understanding the mechanisms behind this relationship may help us better develop new treatments for both diseases," said study author Massimo Musicco, MD, of the National Research Council of ...
New drug treats breast cancer
Post Date: 2013-07-11 03:46:14 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert: Breast cancer researchers Dr Delphine Merino, Dr François Vaillant, Professor Geoff Lindeman, Professor Jane Visvader (from left to right) and colleagues have shown that BH3-mimetic anti-cancer compounds were effective in treating aggressive breast cancers when combined with a conventional chemotherapy drug. Melbourne researchers have discovered that anti-cancer compounds currently in clinical trials for some types of leukaemia could offer hope for treating the most common type of breast cancer. The researchers, from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, found that the compounds, called BH3-mimetics, were effective in treating aggressive oestrogen receptor-positive ...
Ninety-Year-Olds Becoming Mentally Sharper, More Functional
Post Date: 2013-07-11 00:08:43 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape: A study that includes 2 cohorts of nonagenarians born 10 years apart suggests cognitive ability and daily function in the oldest old may be improving. Investigators at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense found that the younger cohort born in 1915 performed better than their older counterparts born in 1905 on tests of cognitive ability and activities of daily living. In addition, those born in 1915 were nearly a third (32%) more likely to reach the age of 95 than those in the 1905 cohort. "The study challenges speculations that the improving longevity is the result of the survival of very frail and disabled elderly people," lead author Kaare Christensen, MD, ...
Smoking/Drinking Combo Accelerates Cognitive Decline
Post Date: 2013-07-10 23:49:29 by Tatarewicz
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The combination of smoking and heavy drinking accelerates cognitive decline more than either habit alone, new research shows. A large, longitudinal study conducted by investigators from University College London in the United Kingdom showed that individuals who smoked and were also heavy drinkers had a 36% faster rate of cognitive decline than nonsmoking moderate drinkers. "Our research shows that cognitive decline was 35% faster in those people who reported both cigarette smoking and drinking alcohol above the recommended limits (14 units per week for women, 21 units per week for men). When we looked at people who were heavy-drinking smokers, we found that for every 10 years that ...
Foods to kill cancer cell - Chinese food wisdom
Post Date: 2013-07-10 22:50:12 by Tatarewicz
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Blueberry,Brazil berry, raspberry, cranberry,green tea, broccoli, tomato, soybean, tumeric.
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