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Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Thoughts Found in Former Finasteride Users
Post Date: 2012-08-09 05:55:04 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (Aug. 7, 2012) — New research, to be published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, finds that men who developed persistent sexual side effects while on finasteride (Propecia), a drug commonly used for male pattern hair loss, have a high prevalence of depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts. The study, titled "Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Thoughts Among Former Users of Finasteride With Persistent Sexual Side Effects," was authored by Michael S. Irwig, M.D., an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. For the study, Dr. Irwig administered standardized ...
Leveraging Bacteria in Drinking Water to Benefit Consumers
Post Date: 2012-08-09 05:34:19 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (Aug. 8, 2012) — Contrary to popular belief, purified drinking water from home faucets contains millions to hundreds of millions of widely differing bacteria per gallon, and scientists have discovered a plausible way to manipulate those populations of mostly beneficial microbes to potentially benefit consumers. Their study appears in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology. Lutgarde Raskin and colleagues Ameet Pinto and Chuanwu Xi explain that municipal water treatment plants typically try to minimize the growth of microbes in the huge filters that remove small particles and substances that can serve as nutrients for bacterial growth. These facilities ...
Dual-virus linked to prostate cancer
Post Date: 2012-08-08 04:28:37 by Tatarewicz
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Two common viruses known to be associated with human cancers are both present – and may even be collaborating with each other - in most male prostate cancers, a new study suggests. The research has revealed that both the human papilloma virus (HPV) and Epstein Barr virus (EBV) are present in more than half of malignant prostate cancers found in Australian men, as well as in a high proportion of benign and normal prostate samples. Details of the study, led by Associate Professor Noel Whitaker and Professor James Lawson, of the UNSW School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, are published in the journal The Prostate. The research team included other UNSW researchers and ...
Children's Healthy Diets Linked to Higher IQ
Post Date: 2012-08-08 03:52:39 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (Aug. 7, 2012) — Children fed healthy diets in early age may have a slightly higher IQ, while those on heavier junk food diets may have a slightly reduced IQ, according to new research from the University of Adelaide. The study -- led by University of Adelaide Public Health researcher Dr Lisa Smithers -- looked at the link between the eating habits of children at six months, 15 months and two years, and their IQ at eight years of age. The study of more than 7,000 children compared a range of dietary patterns, including traditional and contemporary home-prepared food, ready-prepared baby foods, breastfeeding, and 'discretionary' or junk foods. "Diet ...
Fast food and mental health
Post Date: 2012-08-07 03:51:17 by Tatarewicz
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I am always telling you how important it is to eat less animal protein, no sugar or synthetic sweeteners, no white flour. Instead what you should eat is lots of freshly made food based on whole grains, organic vegetables and fruit and nuts and seeds. It has always been very clear to me that if you eat my kind of diet, that your physical health and mental alertness will improve. But it seems, according to recent research, that if you do not eat a healthy diet you are more likely to get mental disease as well. A study published in the Public Health Nutrition Journal found that people who regularly eat fast foods such as hamburgers, hotdogs, factory produced white breads, cakes and pizzas ...
Fainting: All in the Family?
Post Date: 2012-08-07 02:31:57 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (Aug. 6, 2012) — Fainting has a strong genetic predisposition, according to new research published in the August 7, 2012, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Fainting, also called vasovagal syncope, is a brief loss of consciousness when your body reacts to certain triggers, such as emotional distress or the sight of blood. "The question of whether fainting is caused by genetic factors, environmental factors or a mixture of both has been the subject of debate," said study author Samuel F. Berkovic, MD, FRS, with the University of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, and a member of the American Academy of ...
Heart Muscle Cell Grafts Suppress Arrhythmias After Heart Attacks in Animal Study
Post Date: 2012-08-07 02:13:02 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (Aug. 5, 2012) — Researchers have made a major advance in efforts to regenerate damaged hearts. Grafts of human cardiac muscle cells, grown from embryonic stem cells, coupled electrically and contracted synchronously with host muscle following transplantation in guinea pig hearts. S The grafts also reduced the incidence of arrhythmias (irregular heart rhythms) in a guinea pig model of myocardial infarction (commonly known as a heart attack). This finding from University of Washington-led research is reported in the Aug. 5 issue of Nature. The paper's senior author, Dr. Michael Laflamme, said, "These results provide strong evidence that human cardiac muscle ...
Chemotherapy can backfire and boost cancer growth: study
Post Date: 2012-08-07 01:45:35 by Tatarewicz
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Cancer-busting chemotherapy can cause damage to healthy cells which triggers them to secrete a protein that sustains tumour growth and resistance to further treatment, a study said Sunday. Researchers in the United States made the "completely unexpected" finding while seeking to explain why cancer cells are so resilient inside the human body when they are easy to kill in the lab. They tested the effects of a type of chemotherapy on tissue collected from men with prostate cancer, and found "evidence of DNA damage" in healthy cells after treatment, the scientists wrote in Nature Medicine. Chemotherapy works by inhibiting reproduction of fast-dividing cells such as ...
Things you shouldn't do before sleep
Post Date: 2012-08-07 00:02:26 by Tatarewicz
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1. Exercise No, you don’t get to ditch your yoga mat or running shoes all together. Exercise is a vital activity for your health, and can actually contribute to getting better-quality sleep. The problem, though, is that exercising within three hours of bedtime can raise your body temperature, and make dozing off more difficult. Breaking a sweat, then, is best left for earlier in the day! 2.Take a Hot Shower/Bath Like exercise, hot showers and baths can actually help you fall asleep. The problem, however, comes out of taking one too close to the time you plan on hitting the sack. Being overheated can bring same affects just like late exercises. 3.Read Engrossing Stories Many of us ...
Mental Illness & Spirituality:-C2C July 31
Post Date: 2012-08-06 04:05:44 by Tatarewicz
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During the middle two hours of Monday's show, dissident psychologist and co-founder of the Network Against Coercive Psychiatry, Dr. Seth Farber, discussed how the Mad Pride movement developed in the last ten years as the successor to mental patients' liberation movement, and teaches that many forms of "mental illness" are actually spiritual experiences. Paul Levy, who had a spiritual awakening that was labeled mental illness, also joined the conversation. Farber labeled the Mental Health System, the "Mental Death System," as he believes it does more to harm people than help them. Early on in his career, he encouraged a young schizophrenic to get off the ...
Disease & Prevention: - C2C recap
Post Date: 2012-08-06 03:28:45 by Tatarewicz
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In the first half of Tuesday's show, Dr. Charles Simone discussed various medical problems and diseases and the preventative measures people can take to stay healthy. He touched on the recent Ebola outbreak in Africa. The initial symptoms of Ebola are common ailments such as sore throats, coughs, muscle & joint pain, and headaches, but then can progress to bleeding from orifices, cardiovascular problems, and death, with necrosis of the skin, he detailed. Cases pop up in areas with poor hygiene or "in hospital settings that have poor recognition of proper isolation techniques," he continued. Dr. Simone talked about incidents of the flesh-eating bacteria, and suggested ...
Using the Prostate Reduces Cancer
Post Date: 2012-08-06 02:45:25 by Tatarewicz
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Using the Prostate Reduces Cancer Home » Did You Know? » Using the Prostate Reduces Cancer By wisequack at July 29, 2012 | 1:35 pm | Print Did you know that having sex can reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer (at least in men)? According to a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association titled ‘Ejaculation Frequency and Prostate Cancer’, researchers found that males who emptied their gland more often, especially at a younger age, were less likely to develop prostate cancer later on in life. The theory is that frequent ejaculation serves to flush out certain carcinogens from the prostate such as cigarette smoke (don’t ask me how ...
Top 5 anti-cancer fruits
Post Date: 2012-08-05 01:53:20 by Tatarewicz
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Chinese food wisdom: top anti-cancer fruits: 1. pears 2. kiwi 3. apple? 4. banana 5. mandarin orange
Iced Tea Can Contribute to Painful Kidney Stones
Post Date: 2012-08-04 04:59:03 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (Aug. 2, 2012) — This is the peak season for drinking iced tea, but a Loyola University Medical Center urologist is warning the popular drink can contribute to painful kidney stones. Iced tea contains high concentrations of oxalate, one of the key chemicals that lead to the formation of kidney stones, a common disorder of the urinary tract that affects about 10 percent of the population in the United States. "For people who have a tendency to form the most common type of kidney stones, iced tea is one of the worst things to drink," said Dr. John Milner, assistant professor, Department of Urology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. The ...
Research May Lead to New Approach to Detect Prostate Cancer
Post Date: 2012-08-04 04:45:53 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (Aug. 3, 2012) — An undergraduate student's technique for detecting certain metabolites in urine samples could lead to a simpler and more accurate way to test for prostate cancer. Developed by Casey Burton of Lake Ozark, Mo., a senior chemistry major at Missouri University of Science and Technology, the technique also could prove to be less expensive than conventional prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for prostate cancer. That is because Burton's technique does not require the use of high-tech instrumentation often used to detect metabolites. Instead, his technique relies on a simple chemical reaction as well as diagnostic equipment that is available in ...
People With Allergies May Have Lower Risk of Brain Tumors
Post Date: 2012-08-04 04:31:47 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (Aug. 3, 2012) — New research adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting that there’s a link between allergies and reduced risk of a serious type of cancer that starts in the brain. This study suggests the reduced risk is stronger among women than men, although men with certain allergy profiles also have a lower tumor risk. The study also strengthens scientists’ belief that something about having allergies or a related factor lowers the risk for this cancer. Because these tumors, called glioma, have the potential to suppress the immune system to allow them to grow, researchers have never been sure whether allergies reduce cancer risk or if, before ...
British study finds genetic clue for why women live longer than men
Post Date: 2012-08-04 03:55:13 by Tatarewicz
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LONDON, August 3 (Xinhua) -- A British study said on Friday that researchers have found a genetic clue of why women generally outlive men through studying fruit flies. The research, published in the journal Current Biology and conducted by Lancaster University in Britain reported that a set of DNA inherited only from the mother can be harmful to males and speed up male aging. After carrying experiments with fruit flies, researchers said the results point to numerous mutations within mitochondrial DNA that affect how long males live, and the speed at which they age. Mitochondrial DNA, which is found in many species including human, is inherited through the mother only. So there is no ...
FDA to review Medivation, Astellas' prostate cancer drug in November
Post Date: 2012-08-04 02:28:42 by Tatarewicz
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(Reuters) - Medivation Inc and Japanese partner Astellas Pharma Inc said the U.S. health regulator has set an action date of November 22 to review the companies' marketing application for their experimental prostate cancer drug. Codenamed MDV3100, the drug is designed to treat men with castration-resistant prostate cancer for whom chemotherapy has failed. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last month granted the drug a priority review, a designation given to expedite the review of treatments that aim to cure serious diseases and fill unmet medical needs. Medivation and Astellas will equally share profit and costs of developing and marketing the drug in the United States under a ...
These 4 Things Happen Right Before a Heart Attack
Post Date: 2012-08-03 06:35:12 by Tatarewicz
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Every year, approximately 785,000 Americans suffer a first heart attack. And 470,000 who've already had one or more heart attacks have another one. The scary thing is that 25 percent of ALL heart attacks happen "silently," without clear or obvious symptoms. Even when symptoms occur, they can be so mild or vague, most people don't even realize it's heart-related (unless they are made aware). Four things in particular are the most sinister signs of a silent heart attack. These four things are the focus of a recent video presentation by renowned cardiovascular expert Dr. Chauncey Crandall: Silent Heart Attacks: A Special Newsmax Heart Health Report. According to Dr. ...
One Reason You Shouldn't Eat Chick-A-Fil-A...
Post Date: 2012-08-03 06:27:39 by Tatarewicz
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From Natural News: According to Chick-fil-A's own menu posted on their website, their classic chicken sandwiches are made with all the following chemicals and ingredients: • monosodium glutamate (twice!) • soybean oil • sodium aluminum phosphate • dimethylpolysiloxane (an anti-foaming chemical) • high fructose corn syrup • ammonium sulfate • soy lecithin • sodium benzoate • polysorbate 80 • yellow 5 • blue 1 • potassium sorbate • TBHQ Oh yes, and somewhere in all this, you'll find some chicken, too. Given that MSG is a chemical which promotes neurological damage (source: Dr. Russell Blaylock), you seriously have ...
Advances in Research To Grow a Tooth
Post Date: 2012-08-02 01:07:49 by Tatarewicz
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Implants will remain the best way to replace single missing teeth for now. However, researchers have found an important marker for dental stem cells, which can "grow" a tooth. To build a tooth, a detailed cell "recipe" is necessary to instruct cells to differentiate towards proper lineages and form for tooth replication. Researchers in the group of Professor Irma Thesleff at the Institute of Biotechnology in Helsinki, Finland have now found a marker for dental stem cells, called transcription factor Sox2. Through a clever marking system using cells that were labeled, they showed that the cells differentiate into ameloblasts. Research is now a bit closer to developing a ...
Concussions and Head Impacts May Accelerate Brain Aging
Post Date: 2012-08-01 03:22:22 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (July 31, 2012) — Concussions and even lesser head impacts may speed up the brain's natural aging process by causing signaling pathways in the brain to break down more quickly than they would in someone who has never suffered a brain injury or concussion. Researchers from the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology and the U-M Health System looked at college students with and without a history of concussion and found changes in gait, balance and in the brain's electrical activity, specifically attention and impulse control, said Steven Broglio, assistant professor of kinesiology and director of the Neurotrauma Research Laboratory. The declines were present ...
Was unethical psychiatrist the "Aurora massacre" gunman's mind-control doctor?
Post Date: 2012-07-31 09:24:19 by Ada
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Questions are being raised about what Dr. Lynne Fenton knew about Aurora massacre gunman James Eagan Holmes while he was under her care.
Grin and Bear It: Smiling Facilitates Stress Recovery
Post Date: 2012-07-31 04:36:02 by Tatarewicz
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e ScienceDaily (July 30, 2012) — Just grin and bear it! At some point, we have all probably heard or thought something like this when facing a tough situation. But is there any truth to this piece of advice? Feeling good usually makes us smile, but does it work the other way around? Can smiling actually make us feel better? In a study forthcoming in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, psychological scientists Tara Kraft and Sarah Pressman of the University of Kansas investigate the potential benefits of smiling by looking at how different types of smiling, and the awareness of smiling, affects individuals' ability to recover from ...
Ben Ong launching series on exercise
Post Date: 2012-07-30 05:40:04 by Tatarewicz
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The Earl of Derby famously said “Those who do not find time for exercise will have to find time for illness”. So, the missing word in my title is Exercise. It was interesting when I was going through the results of my survey that of the nine suggested benefits, the least enthusiasm was noted for my provision of information about exercise. I should add that there was still a substantial majority that did want to have information about exercise, it is just that a larger number of people were even more enthusiastic about the other suggested benefits. That kind of confirms what I have known from conversations over the last 10 years. People are more enthusiastic about taking ...
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