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Brain Diseases Affecting More People and Starting Earlier Than Ever Before
Post Date: 2013-05-11 00:39:47 by Tatarewicz
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Science Daily: May 10, 2013 — Professor Colin Pritchard's latest research published in journal Public Health has found that the sharp rise of dementia and other neurological deaths in people under 74 cannot be put down to the fact that we are living longer. The rise is because a higher proportion of old people are being affected by such conditions -- and what is really alarming, it is starting earlier and affecting people under 55 years. Of the 10 biggest Western countries the USA had the worst increase in all neurological deaths, men up 66% and women 92% between 1979-2010. The UK was 4th highest, men up 32% and women 48%. In terms of numbers of deaths, in the UK, it was 4,500 ...
Cause of Death: 50% of Medical Residents Fib
Post Date: 2013-05-10 23:06:34 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape: Medical Certification of Death Some 48.6% to 58.4% of residents from more than half of the residency programs in New York City have knowingly entered the incorrect cause of death on death certificates — errors that have implications for epidemiology, public health research, and disease surveillance — according to result from a recent study. Barbara A. Wexelman, MD, MBA, from St. Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, and coauthors report their findings in an article published in the May 9 issue of Preventing Chronic Disease, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As ...
Black bean broth: Treatment for arthritis, gout and joint pain
Post Date: 2013-05-10 18:12:44 by christine
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(NaturalNews) Treatments for arthritis and gout, such as home remedies like black bean broth, offer antioxidant protection, lower uric acid levels, reduce pain and inflammation, and should be made part of your home remedy arsenal. Anecdotal evidence shows that the broth of cooked black beans is a curative arthritis treatment, possessing high amounts of anthocyanins, the same nutrients found in tart cherry juice, pomegranates, and red wine. Anthocyanins give certain fruits, vegetables and legumes their dark reddish-purple color, and are a good way of identifying foods that fight inflammation. Black beans are replete with anti-inflammatory properties which help eliminate the tearing pains of ...
Is The Bubonic Plague Back?
Post Date: 2013-05-10 00:10:04 by Tatarewicz
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Every year the cockles and cackles of my heart are warmed by that sensitive and touching film classic, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. My sniffling and sobbing are replaced by shock, however, when the movie is marred by a savage demonstration of gratuitous violence. From deep within the welcoming branches of a Christmas tree an evil menace lurks. As an unsuspecting Chevy Chase separates the tree boughs, a feisty squirrel leaps from its hideout and bounds about the house as the terrified Griswolds and guests all but destroy the holiday home in an attempt to avoid this reckless rogue of a rodent. Mothers faint, men scream, the fear is palpable. Finally, Snot the dog chases the ...
Vitamin D Levels Linked to Respiratory Disease
Post Date: 2013-05-09 06:04:32 by Tatarewicz
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Low Vitamin D Linked to TB Susceptibility Vitamin D Supplementation Cuts Respiratory Infections Vitamin D Levels May Be Linked With Recent Upper Respiratory Infection Having severe vitamin D deficiency may put people aged 65 years and older at more than twice the risk of having self-reported respiratory disease, according to an article published online May 6 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. However, the question remains as to whether respiratory disease is a cause rather than a consequence of low vitamin D concentrations. Vasant Hirani, PhD, from the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, United Kingdom, analyzed ...
Tomato-soy diet may help reduce prostate cancer risk
Post Date: 2013-05-09 04:15:52 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Tomatoes and soy foods may be more effective in preventing prostate cancer when they are eaten together than when either is eaten alone, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday. "Eating tomato, soy, and the combination all significantly reduced prostate cancer incidence," said John Erdman, a professor of food science and nutrition at the University of Illinois. "But the combination gave us the best results." In their study, the researchers used mice that were genetically engineered to develop an aggressive form of prostate cancer. They found that only 45 percent of mice fed both foods developed the disease at study's end compared to 61 ...
European Commission to criminalize nearly all seeds and plants not registered with government
Post Date: 2013-05-07 22:51:41 by SilverStorm
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BREAKING: European Commission to criminalize nearly all seeds and plants not registered with government Monday, May 06, 2013 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com (NaturalNews) A new law proposed by the European Commission would make it illegal to "grow, reproduce or trade" any vegetable seeds that have not been "tested, approved and accepted" by a new EU bureaucracy named the "EU Plant Variety Agency." It's called the Plant Reproductive Material Law, and it attempts to put the government in charge of virtually all plants and seeds. Home gardeners who grow their own plants from non-regulated seeds would be considered criminals ...
6 Alzheimer's Prevention Tips
Post Date: 2013-05-07 22:40:53 by Tatarewicz
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Here's a fact that will stop baby boomers in their tracks... According the Alzheimer's Association, 33% (1 in 3) of seniors will die with Alzheimer's or another form of dementia. As medical advances extend the life of the average person, fewer people are succumbing to things like cancer and heart attacks, and they're living to the age (about 65 to 85 years) when Alzheimer's starts to rear its ugly head. However, research suggests there may be several things you can do to reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer's and dementia... "Although Alzheimer's disease currently has no cure, recent research results point toward a day when it might be possible to ...
New Study Proves Bt Toxins in GMOs Toxic to Mammalian Blood
Post Date: 2013-05-07 18:52:38 by Original_Intent
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New Study Proves Bt Toxins in GMOs Toxic to Mammalian Blood By Fritz Kreiss Dr. Mezzomo and his team from the Department of Genetics and Morphology at the Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasilia recently performed and published a study done involving testing Bacillus thuringensis toxin (Bt toxin) on swiss albino mice. This toxin is the same one built into Monsanto’s GMO Bt crops such as corn and soy as a pesticide. While Bt toxin has been used quite safely in conventional and organic farming as an occasional spray used when dealing with a pest problem, now it has been engineered to be produced by and present throughout the inside of ...
Study Links Monsanto’s Roundup to Autism, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s
Post Date: 2013-05-07 14:27:42 by Original_Intent
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Study Links Monsanto’s Roundup to Autism, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s By Genna Reed A new review of hundreds of scientific studies surrounding glyphosate—the major component of Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide—sheds light on its effects within the human body. The paper describes how all of these effects could work together, and with other variables, trigger health problems in humans, including debilitating diseases like gastrointestinal disorders, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.Glyphosate impairs the cytochrome P450 (CYP) gene pathway, which creates enzymes that help to form and also break down ...
Yu Are What (and Where) You Eat: Mercury Pollution Threatens Arctic Foxes
Post Date: 2013-05-07 04:51:09 by Tatarewicz
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ou Are What (and Where) You Eat: Mercury Pollution Threatens Arctic Foxes May 6, 2013 — New scientific results show that arctic foxes accumulate dangerous levels of mercury if they live in coastal habitats and feed on prey which lives in the ocean. Researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Moscow State University and the University of Iceland just published their discovery in the science online journal PLOS ONE. S Mercury is usually transferred across the food chain, so the researchers checked which items were the main source of food and measured mercury levels in the main prey of Arctic foxes. The scientists compared three fox populations in different ...
Dual parenting results in more brain cells in children
Post Date: 2013-05-07 02:36:01 by Tatarewicz
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VANCOUVER, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Dual parenting may be more beneficial than single parenting as it would lead to enhanced brain cells production in the later stage of life, according to a latest Canadian research. In the study, researchers from the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute studied mouse pups that were raised by either dual or single parents. Differences in cell production in the brain of these two groups of pups were found when they grew up. Specifically, female pups raised by two parents had enhanced white matter production as adults, increasing motor coordination and sociability. Male pups raised by dual parents displayed more grey matter production as an adult, ...
The NIMH Withdraws Support for DSM-5 (Yaaay Team!)
Post Date: 2013-05-06 18:16:56 by Original_Intent
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The NIMH Withdraws Support for DSM-5 Posted on May 6, 2013 by chris Psychology Today – by Christopher Lane, Ph.D. Just two weeks before DSM-5 is due to appear, the National Institute of Mental Health, the world’s largest mental health research institute, has announced that it is withdrawing support for the manual. In a humiliating blow to the American Psychiatric Association, Thomas R. Insel, M.D., Director of the NIMH, made clear the agency would no longer fund research projects that rely exclusively on DSM criteria. Henceforth, the NIMH, which had thrown its weight and funding behind earlier editions of the manual, would be ...
Exercise Cuts Kidney Stone Risk in Women
Post Date: 2013-05-06 02:09:31 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape: Editors' Recommendations Kidney Stones in Women More Likely to Occur With Infection Kidney Stones Linked to Adverse Renal Outcomes DASH-Style Diet May Help Protect Against Kidney Stones SAN DIEGO, California — Women can reduce their risk for kidney stones by exercising, a new study shows. Participants enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative reduced their risk 16% to 31%, depending on how much they exercised in the course of a week, said Mathew Sorensen, MD, from the University of Washington in Seattle. Even moderate exercise can help, said Dr. Sorenson, who presented the findings here at the American Urological Association (AUA) 2013 Annual Scientific ...
The medical cartel: too big to fail, too evil to expose
Post Date: 2013-05-05 23:18:22 by Original_Intent
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The medical cartel: too big to fail, too evil to exposeJon RappoportActivist Post There are several reasons why the medical cartel is too big to fail: the enormous amount of money at stake; its aim to control populations. In this article, I want to examine a related reason. Suppose it was discovered that thousands of bridges around the US were in imminent danger of collapsing? Not because maintenance and repair were lacking, not because the materials used to build them were cheap and shoddy. But because the original designs were inadequate and broke basic rules of engineering. Suppose five or six major manufacturers built their automobiles so the vast majority of power derived ...
Feds: Hepatitis B no barrier to health practice
Post Date: 2013-05-05 13:20:47 by PSUSA2
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Peter Nguyen was a promising medical student when his school learned that he had tested positive for the hepatitis B virus. He said he was blackballed by school administrators and forced to halt his studies. "I knew the stigma" that came with a hepatitis diagnosis, Nguyen said. But he thought that a medical school, of all places, would understand. "I came there expecting help. Instead, I was greeted with discrimination." Nguyen's prospects of becoming a physician are a lot brighter today. The U.S. Department of Justice recently declared in a legal settlement that hepatitis B patients are protected by federal disability law. And, separately, federal health ...
China: Rat meat sold as lamb, toxic chicken feet, cooking oil from drains resold
Post Date: 2013-05-05 12:44:39 by Big Meanie
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Rat meat sold as lamb, toxic chicken feet, used cooking oil that was dumped in drains and then resold for cooking, milk powder with melamine, and meat, fruits and vegetables loaded with disease, toxins, banned dyes and preservatives are only a few of the food safety hazards that China’s Supreme People’s Court is battling, reported The New York Times on May 3, 2013. On Friday, China’s highest court released guidelines for a stronger punishment of food safety violations. According to the a court statement issued by China’s state-run media, problems like taking “ditch” cooking oil that has been used and dumped in drains and then processed to be resold for ...
Is Organic Food a Scam?
Post Date: 2013-05-05 06:17:32 by Tatarewicz
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Health Wire (hw-eletter@angelnexus.com) Dear Ken, You write a lot about how organic is better for you than regular food, but I remember reading an article on a study that showed that organic produce is no more or less nutritious than regular fruit and veggies. Are the higher costs of organic foods justifiable given this information? Sincerely, Julia C. I know exactly which study you're talking about, Julia. You can read more in this article from U.S. News, but here's a quick summary: Scientists found no consistent differences in vitamin content between organic and conventional foods and few significant differences in health benefits. They did note, however, that organic ...
Chinese scientists' article on H7N9 origins published
Post Date: 2013-05-03 23:49:51 by Tatarewicz
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BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists' findings about the potential origins of H7N9, the novel strain of bird flu that has killed more than 20 people in the country, were published by the online issue of The Lancet on May 1. Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and universities, found that H7N9 was reassorted from influenza viruses of at least four different origins. One of the virus's genes might have originated from avian influenza viruses among ducks in China's Yangtze River Delta region, where the epidemic broke out. Another gene might have evolved from migratory birds passing the country, and ...
Millions of children drugged for no reason
Post Date: 2013-05-03 11:30:06 by Original_Intent
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Lunatics are drawn to psychiatry careers the way arsonists go into firefighting -- so if you, your kids, or your grandkids have a real problem in the brain, the LAST person you want to see is a shrink. Shrinks play one game and one game only, and that's to get everyone hooked on meds requiring regular return trips to the office for prescription refills. Since children have the potential to make those return trips for decades, they're the golden ticket in this game -- and that's the REAL reason shrinks diagnose every child they meet with the bogus non-condition known as ADHD. This scam has gotten so big now that new CDC numbers reveal 6.4 million U.S. children -- including ...
Regional Anesthesia Technique Significantly Improves Outcomes of Hip and Knee Replacement
Post Date: 2013-05-03 03:57:30 by Tatarewicz
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May 1, 2013 — A highly underutilized anesthesia technique called neuraxial anesthesia, also known as spinal or epidural anesthesia, improves outcomes in patients undergoing hip or knee replacement, according to a new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery. The study, which appears in the May issue of the journal Anesthesiology, found that neuraxial anesthesia, a type of regional anesthesia, reduced morbidity, mortality, length of hospital stay and costs when compared with general anesthesia. Science Daily: "The influence that the type of anesthetic can have on perioperative outcomes has been vastly underestimated. Indeed, our study suggests that the type of ...
'International Clitoris Awareness Week' Takes Place May 6-12
Post Date: 2013-05-02 22:19:18 by X-15
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Mention the word "clitoris" and some people get touchy -- and not in a good way. But that could change quickly because May 6—12 as the first ever "International Clitoris Awareness Week," a seven-day period designed to celebrate the female body part. The organization behind the week is "Clitoraid," a Las Vegas-based group usually devoted to helping victims of female genital mutilation around the world. However, Clitoraid spokeswoman Nadine Gary said the message behind "Clitoris Awareness Week" is more whimsical. "We've noticed that the clitoris has not gotten its spot in the limelight. It makes people feel uncomfortable," she ...
Bombshell New Study Shows That Expanding Medicaid Does Nothing To Improve People's Health
Post Date: 2013-05-02 07:04:07 by Ada
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I’m not sure if this counts as one those healthcare “glitches and bumps,” President Obama talked about the other day. But whatever term you choose, it’s hardly a good harbinger for Obamacare and its dramatic Medicaid expansion. New results from the Oregon Health Study — a “landmark study” in the words of The New York Times – comparing thousands of low-income people in Oregon who received Medicaid access with those who didn’t found that “Medicaid coverage generated no significant improvements in measured physical health outcomes in the first 2 years, but it did increase use of health care services, raise rates of diabetes detection and ...
Hypothalamus: Brain Region May Hold Key to Aging
Post Date: 2013-05-02 03:40:58 by Tatarewicz
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Science Daily: May 1, 2013 — While the search continues for the Fountain of Youth, researchers may have found the body's "fountain of aging": the brain region known as the hypothalamus. For the first time, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University report that the hypothalamus of mice controls aging throughout the body. Their discovery of a specific age-related signaling pathway opens up new strategies for combating diseases of old age and extending lifespan "Scientists have long wondered whether aging occurs independently in the body's various tissues or if it could be actively regulated by an organ in the body," said senior ...
Empty nets in Louisiana three years after the spill
Post Date: 2013-04-30 22:16:48 by Original_Intent
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Yscloskey, Louisiana (CNN) -- On his dock along the banks of Bayou Yscloskey, Darren Stander makes the pelicans dance. More than a dozen of the birds have landed or hopped onto the dock, where Stander takes in crabs and oysters from the fishermen who work the bayou and Lake Borgne at its mouth. The pelicans rock back and forth, beaks rising and falling, as he waves a bait fish over their heads. At least he's got some company. There's not much else going on at his dock these days. There used to be two or three people working with him; now he's alone. The catch that's coming in is light, particularly for crabs. "Guys running five or six hundred traps are coming in with ...
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