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Don't Want Alzheimer's? Drink More Coffee...
Post Date: 2012-10-27 07:12:28 by Tatarewicz
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Researchers have known for quite some time that the caffeine intake from a daily cup of coffee shows signs of preventing the onset of Alzheimer's disease. But now, they actually understand why. Last week, we told you that your diet may be literally killing your brain and subjecting your mind and body to a myriad of other health problem. But now, we're here to tell you that there is one type of fast-food chain you're more than welcome to frequent without sacrificing your health and well-being. Java huts and coffee houses. According to Medical Daily, researchers and scientists already knew that caffeine had the unique ability of suppressing the rise of amyloid plaques – ...
Kill Cavities with Coconut Oil
Post Date: 2012-10-27 07:00:15 by Tatarewicz
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Tooth decay, also known as dental cavities, can be a major problem, especially if left untreated. Tooth decay occurs when bacteria in your mouth produce acids that eat away at the tooth, causing pain and infection. Treatment for tooth decay can be very expensive and can sometimes require removing the tooth altogether. But there is good news for those worried about tooth decay; a new study presented at the Society for General Microbiology's autumn conference at the University of Warwick shows that coconut oil can help fight against tooth decay. Coconut oil has already been shown to be rich in enzymes and useful as an antibiotic. In order to test the effectiveness of its antibacterial ...
Exercising in 70s may lower risk of dementia
Post Date: 2012-10-27 03:14:08 by Tatarewicz
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A new study suggests that regular exercising into one's 70s may prevent the brain from shrinking and showing signs of ageing linked to dementia. According to the study published on Medical News Today, brain scans of 638 people aged 70 to 80 showed those who had more physical activity had less brain shrinkage over a three-year period. The study conducted by the University Of Edinburgh in Scotland revealed that elderly people who were more physically active had fewer damaged spots in the brain's white matter, or the wiring that transmits messages around the brain. The research also found that adults who reported higher levels of physical activity, had an increase in the ...
Researchers Suggest That Testosterone Promotes Honesty in Men
Post Date: 2012-10-27 02:21:31 by farmfriend
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Researchers Suggest That Testosterone Promotes Honesty in Men The results of a new study show that testosterone stimulates positive social behavior through the increase of honesty in male subjects. The hormone has already been associated with higher levels of aggression and criminality. According to a research team from Germany, testosterone could influence positive social behavior, in addition to its already known influences on muscle and libido. The study was recently published in the online journal PLOS ONE. The lead author of the study, Dr Matthias Wibral, notes that “The disadvantage of many studies is, however, that they only correlate their subjects’ testosterone level ...
Getting Fit By the Age of 50 Helps Prevent Disease in Your 'Golden Years'
Post Date: 2012-10-26 20:12:22 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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Story at-a-glance - Research shows the lifestyle choices you make in middle age have a direct impact on how you’ll spend your Golden Years. If you’re fit at 50, you’re much more likely to be healthy into your 70s and 80s - Exercise reduces inflammation, which is a driving force behind most chronic conditions; exercise also improves your strength and protects your brain as you age - The older you get, the harder it is to get fit, especially after 40, and this is particularly true for women. Once you enter middle age, biological processes like hormone changes, decreased muscle mass, and AMPK decline make it extra challenging to become fit - Research continues to prove that ...
Guide to Veterinary Drugs for Human Consumption, Post-SHTF
Post Date: 2012-10-24 21:51:35 by Esso
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[...] Penicillin Penicillin is an antibiotic in the penicillin group of drugs. It fights bacteria in your body. Penicillin is used to treat many different types of infections caused by bacteria, such as ear infections, urinary tract infections, septicemia, meningitis, intra-abdominal infection, gonorrhea, syphilis, pneumonia, respiratory infections, ear, nose and throat infections, skin and soft tissue infections. More information can be found here, including side effects, allergic reactions, etc. Veterinarian Equivalent: 250mg Fish Pen and 500mg Fish Pen Forte Amoxicillin A penicillin antibiotic. It fights bacteria in your body. Amoxicillin is used to treat many different types of ...
Strong Connection Found Between Death of Child and Mortality of Mother
Post Date: 2012-10-21 01:27:47 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (Oct. 19, 2012) — The death of a child is a tragic event for a family, bringing with it feelings of numbness, anger, guilt and denial. And, unfortunately, for many families, the loss becomes too much to bear. Share This: A new study co-conducted by a researcher at Rochester Institute of Technology uncovers the strong connection between the death of a child and the mortality of the mother, regardless of cause of death, gender of the child, marital status, family size, income or education level of the mother. Javier Espinosa, assistant professor in RIT's College of Liberal Arts and an expert in health and labor economics, compiled results from nine years of research ...
In case you trip over your shoelaces…
Post Date: 2012-10-19 08:29:41 by Ada
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Pattaya, Thailand I’m one of those idiots who pays into a health insurance plan month after month, year after year, and never goes to the doctor. In fact, I’ve had my current plan for years without ever filing a claim. The only reason to have it is the unlikely event that I trip over my shoelace while visiting the US and end up with a $200,000 emergency room bill. Everywhere else, insurance isn’t necessary; the price of healthcare in most places is reasonable enough to pay cash. Perhaps nowhere is this more true than in Thailand… home to one of the most advanced, highest quality, and cheapest private healthcare systems on the planet. Every time I’m here, I ...
A macroepigenetic approach to identify factors responsible for the autism epidemic in the United States (high fructose corn syrup)
Post Date: 2012-10-19 00:35:15 by farmfriend
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A macroepigenetic approach to identify factors responsible for the autism epidemic in the United States Renee Dufault1,2*, Walter J Lukiw3, Raquel Crider4, Roseanne Schnoll5, David Wallinga6 and Richard Deth7 Abstract The number of children ages 6 to 21 in the United States receiving special education services under the autism disability category increased 91% between 2005 to 2010 while the number of children receiving special education services overall declined by 5%. The demand for special education services continues to rise in disability categories associated with pervasive developmental disorders. Neurodevelopment can be adversely impacted when gene expression is altered by dietary ...
Early signs of lung cancer could be diagnosed by simple blood test: study
Post Date: 2012-10-18 03:29:52 by Tatarewicz
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LONDON, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Early signs of lung cancer could be diagnosed using a simple blood test, according a new discovery published by British scientists on Tuesday. Early detection of lung cancer has been shown to save lives, but available methods for screening at-risk people are either too costly or involve invasive procedures. Writing in the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at University of York reported that they found an altered form of a protein called Ciz1 was present in lung cancers, even when at a very early stage. "The Ciz1 protein is involved in cell growth. Altered forms of this protein are present in cancer cells, and one ...
Anesthesiologists Address Fungal Meningitis Scare
Post Date: 2012-10-18 02:35:49 by Tatarewicz
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NEW ORLEANS — The fungal meningitis outbreak strikes fear in the hearts of many anesthesiologists, who depend on compounding pharmacies to meet many of their needs, according to a presentation here at Anesthesiology 2012: American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) 2012 Annual Meeting. The current count of cases related to products from the New England Compounding Center stands at 247 cases, with 19 deaths occurring across 15 states. "This is a very scary time. The goal of the panel was to present the facts and clarify any misperceptions concerning the outbreak of fungal meningitis," said ASA Committee on Communications chair John F. Dombrowski, MD, who moderated the ...
Why Hospitals Are Still the Antechamber to the Tomb
Post Date: 2012-10-18 02:19:11 by Tatarewicz
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Hello. I'm Dr. Eric Topol, Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute and Editor-in-Chief of Medscape Genomic Medicine and theHeart.org. In this series, The Creative Destruction of Medicine, named for the book I wrote, I'm trying to zoom in on critical aspects of how the digital world will create better healthcare. George Orwell once said that the hospital is the antechamber to the tomb. That was written decades ago, and unfortunately there's still truth to that today. It's really sad to think that 1 in 4 hospital patients in America have a problem with medical errors, or that they have problems like nosocomial, or hospital-acquired, infections and ...
Multivitamins May Lower Cancer Risk in Men
Post Date: 2012-10-18 02:06:32 by Tatarewicz
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The daily use of multivitamins may reduce the risk for cancer in men, according to the results of a very large randomized trial. After about 11 years, multivitamin use resulted in a modest but statistically significant reduction — specifically, an 8% reduction in total cancer incidence. In an analysis that separated prostate cancer from all other cancers, "we did not see an effect for prostate cancer, but there was a 12% reduction in total cancers which was significant," said lead author John Michael Gaziano, MD, MPH. He was speaking at a press briefing ahead of a presentation at the Annual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Frontiers in Cancer Prevention ...
Gold Nanoparticle Prostate Cancer Treatment Found Safe in Dogs, Study Shows
Post Date: 2012-10-17 03:34:06 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (Oct. 15, 2012) — Currently, large doses of chemotherapy are required when treating certain forms of cancer, resulting in toxic side effects. The chemicals enter the body and work to destroy or shrink the tumor, but also harm vital organs and drastically affect bodily functions. Now, scientists at the University of Missouri have demonstrated that a new form of prostate cancer treatment that uses radioactive gold nanoparticles, and was developed at MU, is safe to use in dogs. Sandra Axiak-Bechtel, an assistant professor in oncology at the MU College of Veterinary Medicine, says that this is a big step for gold nanoparticle research. "Proving that gold nanoparticles ...
Shape of Urine Can Indicate Prostate Issues: Characteristic Shape of a Man's Urine Stream Can Help Diagnose Urinary Problems
Post Date: 2012-10-17 03:18:59 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (Oct. 16, 2012) — Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have discovered that the characteristic shape of a man's urine stream could be used to help diagnose urinary problems. The research, published Oct. 16 in PLOS ONE, is the first study to analyse the specific pattern a man's urine makes and whether it could be used to detect prostate problems. Co-author Dr Martin Knight from Queen Mary's School of Engineering and Materials Science explained: "The characteristic shape is due to the surface tension in the urine and the elliptical shape of the urethra. "The computer model matched perfectly to experiments in the laboratory and also with ...
Cranberry Juice Now Unlikely to Prevent Cystitis, Review Finds
Post Date: 2012-10-17 02:59:34 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (Oct. 16, 2012) — Cranberry juice is unlikely to prevent bladder and kidney infections, according to an updated systematic review published in The Cochrane Library. The authors analysed the most up-to-date evidence and concluded that any benefit, if present at all, is likely to be small and only for women with recurrent UTI. Share This: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) affect the bladder, as in cystitis, and sometimes the kidneys. Cranberries and cranberry juice have been used to prevent UTIs for decades, although it is not clear how they might help protect against infection. According to one theory, certain sugars and flavanol compounds in cranberries prevent bacteria ...
Fibre's cancer-fighting role found
Post Date: 2012-10-17 02:43:25 by Tatarewicz
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By safely transporting up to 80% of the antioxidant nutrients from fruit and vegetables to the colon, fibre helps to provide protection against cancers such as colon cancer. Fibre not only works as a 'bowel scourer', but may also help to protect the colon from cancer by transporting antioxidants to the large bowel, new Queensland research has found. The world-first study discovered that fibre binds up to 80% of cancer-inhibiting antioxidant polyphenols in fruit and vegetables, thereby protecting the antioxidants from early digestion in the stomach and small intestine. Dr Anneline Padayachee, who undertook the study through The University of Queensland (UQ) and CSIRO, found that ...
Gum disease linked to arthritis
Post Date: 2012-10-17 02:33:39 by Tatarewicz
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Adelaide scientists have found that mice with gum disease develop worse arthritis. The scientists are using this knowledge to investigate whether treating mouth conditions could help relieve arthritis. As part of her PhD studies, Melissa Cantley worked with colleagues at the University of Adelaide to develop a new way to study these two diseases and their relationship. She is presenting her research this week as part of Fresh Science — a national program for early-career scientists. “In this model we can induce gum disease in mice using a type of bacteria associated with human disease,” Melissa said. “We can then induce inflammatory arthritis to better understand ...
Low First-Trimester Vitamin D Predicts Gestational Diabetes
Post Date: 2012-10-17 02:20:28 by Tatarewicz
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October 16, 2012 (Berlin, Germany) — Women with lower serum levels of vitamin D during the first trimester of pregnancy are at greater risk for developing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) later in pregnancy, according to Marilyn Lacroix, a master's degree candidate from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec, Canada. She reported the results here at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 48th Annual Meeting. The association between vitamin D level and GDM risk was independent of age, season of blood sampling, vitamin D supplementation, and adiposity of the mother. The relationship had been shown before, but ...
Sit-Stand Workstations Cut Health Risks of Sedentary Jobs
Post Date: 2012-10-16 05:19:00 by Tatarewicz
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October 15, 2012 — Desks that give workers the option of sitting or standing while performing their jobs may help cut health risks associated with sedentary occupations, according to findings from a new study. In an article published in the October issue of Preventing Chronic Disease, Nicolaas Pronk, PhD, vice president and health science officer, Journey Well, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and colleagues note that numerous studies have found prolonged sitting to be associated with increased risks for mortality, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, metabolic syndrome, and obesity. "In contrast," they write, "breaks in prolonged sitting time have been ...
Drinking mineral water can prevent Alzheimer's
Post Date: 2012-10-16 03:39:39 by Tatarewicz
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Silicon-rich mineral water can prevent cognitive decline in people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, a new study shows. British researchers suggest that drinking silicon-rich mineral water can reduce the levels of neurotoxin aluminum in the body, which is linked to dementia. Study revealed that the majority of patients who consumed at least one liter of mineral water every day for 13 weeks showed no further signs of cognitive decline; improved mental health condition was also noted in some patients. Aluminum levels has long been linked with Alzheimer’s-related mental damage; such a relationship, however, has never been approved scientifically. “When you drink ...
Two Story Outhouse Invented
Post Date: 2012-10-15 15:44:56 by wudidiz
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Genetic Roulette, The Gamble of our Lives
Post Date: 2012-10-15 11:15:41 by CadetD
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This Genetic Roulette movie is viewable for free through Wednesday, October 17th.
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September 13 C2C program recap
Post Date: 2012-10-15 04:00:11 by Tatarewicz
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GMO Health Dangers: On Wednesday's show, Director of the Institute for Responsible Technology, and the leading spokesperson on the health dangers of genetically modified foods, Jeffrey Smith discussed evidence that GMO foods are contributing to health problems in those who consume them. Crops such as corn, soybeans, cotton, and sugar beets are now primarily genetically modified, and a lot of the corn and soybean in particular goes into animal feed. The American Academy of Environmental Medicine reviewed studies of lab animals being fed GM foods and reported that the diet was causing problems with their immune, reproductive, and gastrointestinal systems, contributing to organ damage, ...
Generation of Functional Thyroid Tissue from Stem Cells
Post Date: 2012-10-14 00:38:53 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (Oct. 11, 2012) — The generation of functional thyroid tissue from stem cells could allow the treatment of patients, which suffer from thyroid hormone deficiency due to defective function, or abnormal development of the thyroid gland. The team of Sabine Costagliola at the IRIBHM (Université Libre de Bruxelles) recently developed a protocol that allowed for the first time the efficient generation of functional thyroid tissue from stem cells in mice and published the results of their studies in the scientific journal Nature. Share This: Thyroid hormones are a class of iodide-containing molecules that play a critical role in the regulation of various body function ...
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