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Latest Articles: Health
Foods that may increase risk of cancer
Post Date: 2012-02-07 04:28:19 by Tatarewicz
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1. Overheated foods 2. alcohol 3. roasted foods 4. coffee 5. Excessively salty foods 6. Mildewed foods
See the Dentist By Age 1?
Post Date: 2012-02-07 03:10:22 by Tatarewicz
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Read Medscape's article on school performance and oral health. After reading this, I wondered if pediatricians who are doing oral exams and fluoride varnishes is a good idea. In 2000, the Surgeon General's report, Oral Health in America, cited historical data that over 51 million school hours were lost each year due to dental problems. it is probably more know and here's why. More recently, data from CDC's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey reported the growing epidemic of caries among young children, aged 2-5, especially minority children. Perhaps the answer for a cavity-free generation is for more dentists to see children at a young age. The nation's ...
You're All Nuts (One in five American adults mentally ill in past year)
Post Date: 2012-02-06 17:05:31 by Original_Intent
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(Reuters) - One in five adults in the United States, or nearly 50 million people, suffered mental illnesses in 2010, with women and young adults suffering disproportionately, a government report released on Thursday found. The survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found women were more likely than men (23 percent versus 16.8 percent) to have experienced a mental illness, while the rate of mental illness among people aged 18 to 25 was twice that of those aged 50 and older.The administration defined mental illness among adults as diagnosable mental, behavioral or emotional disorders, excluding developmental disorders and substance use.The survey found that 5 ...
'Symbiotic' Dietary Supplements Ease Chronic Constipation in Women
Post Date: 2012-02-05 04:04:38 by Tatarewicz
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Feb 02 - "Symbiotic" dietary supplements can improve chronic constipation in women, a new study has found. The supplements combine probiotic bacteria with fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) in a "symbiotic" treatment that can change the composition of gut flora, researchers said last week in Orlando, Florida at the annual meeting of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN). The number of evacuations improved significantly in the symbiotic group, Dr. Dan Waitzberg, who led the study at Hospital Santa Catarina in São Paulo, Brazil, told Reuters Health by email. At baseline, the 100 chronically constipated women in ...
CDC Now Pushes Gardasil HPV Shot on All Boys 11 to 12
Post Date: 2012-02-04 15:48:31 by Original_Intent
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Anthony GucciardiActivist Post Will hundreds of more websites soon be popping up telling the tragic tales of young men whose lives were riddled with adverse effects after receiving the Gardasil vaccine? Based on the devastating history of the HPV shot Gardasil, the answer is most likely an unfortunate ‘yes’. Following the advice of an advisory panel who failed to examine the high number of adverse reactions and deaths associated with Gardasil use, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is now recommending that all boys between the ages of 11 and 12-years-old receive the Gardasil shot. The advisory panel and the CDC both fail to mention that Gardasil was linked to 3,589 ...
.Silver bullet for cancer: Metal can kill some tumours better than chemotherapy with fewer side effects
Post Date: 2012-02-04 14:10:23 by freepatriot32
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Silver can kill some cancers as effectively as chemotherapy and with potentially fewer side effects, new research claims. Scientists say that old wives tales about the precious metal being a ‘silver bullet’ to beat the Big C could be true. The metal already has a wide range of medicinal uses and is a common antiseptic, antibiotic and means of purifying water in the third world. Good news: Silver can kill some cancers as effectively as chemotherapy and with potentially fewer side effects, new research has claimed And British researchers now say that silver compounds are as effective at killing certain cancer cells as a leading chemotherapy drug, but with potentially far fewer ...
How America made its children crazy
Post Date: 2012-02-04 13:52:21 by bluegrass
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Now we know that computers don't help children learn and that drugs don't help them concentrate, because the establishment mandarins who sold us the computers and drugs have conceded failure. In the January 29 New York Times, [1] a prominent professor of child development shows that attention-deficit-disorder drugs only harm the three million children who take them. One out of 10 American children have been diagnosed with so-called Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and most of them have been medicated. [2] Some months ago, the Times reported that test scores lagged in school districts that invested massively in digital education. [3] It does not seem to have occurred to the ...
The Beneficial Broth
Post Date: 2012-02-04 04:03:56 by Tatarewicz
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Broth is the touchstone of all traditional, gourmet cookery. “Without broth, one can do nothing,” claimed Auguste Escoffier, the grandfather of French cookery. But it wasn’t just the French who understood the health benefits of slow cooking and about the “secrets in the sauce”. Broth is more than just a food; it has had its uses as folk medicine around the world. For centuries, chicken soup has been given to those who are suffering the symptoms of colds and the flu. And there is an old proverb used in South America that, “Fish broth will cure anything”. So, does stock made from the simple application of boiling bones and cartilage deserve its reputation ...
It is possible to prevent certain cancers: doctor
Post Date: 2012-02-04 03:23:33 by Tatarewicz
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SINGAPORE, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The incidence of cancer is indeed rising globally, but it is possible to prevent certain types of cancer by avoiding some of the known risk factors, like smoking, and get vaccinations for certain viruses, a doctor said on Friday. Lee Soo Chin, senior consultant at the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore, said smoking is one of the most preventable lifestyle risk factors for cancer. "If people stop smoking, it will significantly reduce the risks of lung cancer, throat cancer and a lot of other smoking-related cancers," she said in a recent interview with Xinhua ahead of the World Cancer Day on Feb. 4. There are other cancers that are ...
Why Morning Routines Are Creativity Killers
Post Date: 2012-02-03 05:15:33 by Tatarewicz
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Paul's latest book is Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives. Brrriiinnng. The alarm clock buzzes in another hectic weekday morning. You leap out of bed, rush into the shower, into your clothes and out the door with barely a moment to think. A stressful commute gets your blood pressure climbing. Once at the office, you glance through the newspaper, its array of stories ranging from discouraging to depressing to tragic. With a sigh, you pour yourself a cup of coffee and get down to work, ready to do some creative, original problem solving. Good luck with that. (MORE: Paul: The Myth of ‘Practice Makes Perfect’) As several recent studies ...
Minds can affect illness: study
Post Date: 2012-02-03 00:12:53 by Tatarewicz
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What you think about your illness matters just as much, if not more, in determining your health according to a new report by researchers from The University of Auckland and King’s College London. The paper “Patients’ perceptions of their illness: The dynamo of volition in health care” which reviews many studies examining the impact of perception on health was published in the Association in Psychological Science journal Current Directions in Psychological Science this week. Findings show that people’s perceptions about their illness bear a direct relationship to several important health outcomes, including how well they are able to function, their use of health ...
Removing heavy metals with chlorella and cilanthro
Post Date: 2012-02-02 07:25:16 by Tatarewicz
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Chemical and heavy metal dangers seem to be lurking everywhere you turn in the 21st century! Pesticides coat much of our fresh food supply, chemical by-products from manufacturing are routinely dumped into our air and water, and mercury amalgam fillings in your teeth may be releasing mercury into your body with every bite of food you take! The seafood in our oceans are laden with heavy metals and mercury and pass these poisons up the food chain until potentially massive doses of both wind up on your dinner plate disguised as a healthy meal. Underground water supplies have been tainted by chemical and pesticide run off from farms, factories and high technology industries. In fact, ...
Prostate screening protects the doctor more than the patient
Post Date: 2012-02-02 05:48:07 by Tatarewicz
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In the February edition of Scientific American, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center prostate expert Marc B. Garnick, MD, states the current system that relies on prostate-specific antigens levels in the blood is “deeply flawed,” and physicians must take into account the fact “the PSA test does not tell you if a man has cancer, just that he might have it.” “Most people outside the medical community do not realize how flimsy evidence has been in favor of the PSA screening data,” says Garnick, who is also an editor-in-chief of Harvard Medical School’s Annual Report on Prostate Diseases and associated website. In a perfect world, a non-invasive screening ...
Gas stove pollutants can affect infants' neurodevelopment
Post Date: 2012-02-02 02:31:59 by Tatarewicz
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Pregnant women's exposure to pollutants emitted from gas stoves may affect their babies' nervous system development, a Spanish study suggests. Gas stoves normally use natural gas, propane or butane as fuel. Burning can produce a mixture of organic chemicals, including NO2, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide. NO2 is the most studied indoor air pollutant and is found to be 1.5 to 2 times higher in homes with gas appliances. To examine whether exposure to such chemicals would affect neurodevelopment, scientists studied more than 2,000 pregnant women and their babies living across Spain. The studied mothers were asked what type of stove such as gas or electric they were using at ...
Massage May Help Sore Muscles Recover
Post Date: 2012-02-02 01:04:41 by Tatarewicz
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Feb. 1, 2012 -- There may be more to love about massage than just the "ahhhhh." A new study shows that kneading muscles after hard exercise decreases inflammation and helps your muscles recover. The study hints that massage after exercise may help relieve soreness, and may also help muscles become fitter faster -- two benefits that have thus far been mutually exclusive in the “no pain, no gain” world of athletics. For the study, researchers put 11 men through a hard bout of exercise. It was the kind of session that was tough to finish and would normally have made an athlete stiff and sore for a few days afterward. Following their workouts, each man got a 10-minute, ...
UCSF scientists declare war on sugar in food
Post Date: 2012-02-02 00:48:21 by Tatarewicz
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Like alcohol and tobacco, sugar is a toxic, addictive substance that should be highly regulated with taxes, laws on where and to whom it can be advertised, and even age-restricted sales, says a team of UCSF scientists. In a paper published in Nature today, they argue that increased global consumption of sugar is primarily responsible for a whole host of chronic diseases that are reaching epidemic levels around the world. Sugar is so heavily entrenched in the food culture in the United States and other countries that getting people to kick the habit will to require much more than simple education and awareness campaigns, said the UCSF scientists. It's going to require public policy ...
37 Reasons to Avoid Genetically Modified Foods
Post Date: 2012-02-01 13:27:20 by Original_Intent
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37 Reasons to Avoid Genetically Modified Foods February 1, 2012 Print Version By Kevin HaydenTruthisTreason The adulteration and modification of some of the planet’s most widely used crops has changed our food landscape. Chemicals, preservatives, genetic modification and low-cost substitutions and fillers have wrecked meals that were once healthy for us. Stepping inside of a grocery store nowadays, we find ourselves in a dangerous and toxic new world. The introduction of genetically modified organisms into the food supply in the 1990′s, coupled with rampant use of carcinogens such as aspartame, and substitutions like high fructose corn ...
Banned in Germany, But You're Probably Still Eating It
Post Date: 2012-02-01 01:57:53 by Original_Intent
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Monsanto, the world leader in genetically modified (GM) crops and seeds, has been named the worst company of 2011 by Natural Society -- for "threatening both human health and the environment." I couldn't agree more. I have long designated Monsanto the most dangerous corporation on the planet, and clearly this is a growing sentiment … According to Forbes: "Monsanto is so despised by environmentalists that Google's first suggested search term for the St. Louis company is 'Monsanto evil.' Readers... voted Monsanto the world's most evil corporation in a January poll, giving the corporation a whopping 51 percent of the vote." What's Wrong With ...
Ketamine: Quick Fix for Severe Depression?
Post Date: 2012-01-31 02:11:36 by Tatarewicz
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Ketamine, a prescription drug that has been used as an anesthetic for decades and gained popularity on the street as “Special K,” is being tested in Houston as a quick fix to severe depression. Researchers at the Neuro Psychiatric Center next to Ben Taub General Hospital are testing one infusion of ketamine for its short-term effects in treating depression. If the study’s results are successful, a second study will administer ketamine three times a week to patients to test the drug’s long-term effects. “This is supposed to help for a couple months. The study is still under way, so it’s hard for us to know now how long the effects will last. Will it cure ...
FDA staffers sue agency over surveillance of personal e-mail
Post Date: 2012-01-30 15:40:47 by bush_is_a_moonie
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The Food and Drug Administration secretly monitored the personal e-mail of a group of its own scientists and doctors after they warned Congress that the agency was approving medical devices that they believed posed unacceptable risks to patients, government documents show. The surveillance — detailed in e-mails and memos unearthed by six of the scientists and doctors, who filed a lawsuit against the FDA in U.S. District Court in Washington last week — took place over two years as the plaintiffs accessed their personal Gmail accounts from government computers. Information garnered this way eventually contributed to the harassment or dismissal of all six of the FDA employees, the ...
Blood pressure 'should be measured in both arms'
Post Date: 2012-01-30 09:36:02 by Tatarewicz
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Measuring blood pressure in both arms should be routine because the difference between left and right arm could indicate underlying health problems, says a study review. The Lancet research found that a large difference could mean an increased risk of vascular disease and death. Although existing guidelines state that blood pressure should be measured in both arms, it is not often done. But a heart charity said it was too early to judge the findings. The arm with the higher pressure can vary between individuals, but it is the difference between arms that counts, the study suggests. Dr Christopher Clark and colleagues, from the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry at the ...
Turmeric, Curcumin Naturally Block Cancer Cells
Post Date: 2012-01-29 14:35:19 by Original_Intent
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Turmeric, Curcumin Naturally Block Cancer CellsAnthony GucciardiActivist Post Turmeric and curcumin have been highlighted as powerful anti-cancer substances in the past, but research has now shed even more light on the amazing ability of both turmeric and curcumin to actually block cancer growth. This is due to the unique ability of a main component in turmeric that is actually able to block an enzyme that promotes the spread of head and neck cancer. Researchers at UCLA found that curcumin — the primary component in turmeric also responsible for its color — exhibited these cancer-blocking properties during a study involving 21 participants suffering from head and neck cancers. ...
The body's chemical burden
Post Date: 2012-01-29 08:44:42 by Tatarewicz
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Jenkins has written “a Silent Spring for the human body” — Richard Preston, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Hot Zone. In the past few years, scientists have become increasingly worried about the growing presence of synthetic chemicals in our bodies, and in our environment — and the connection these chemicals may have to cancer, hormonal imbalances, and many other diseases. These are not just the toxins leaking out of industrial dumps — they are the chemicals leaking into us from the products we use every day: from cosmetics, cookware, and the fabric in our upholstery; from pharmaceuticals in our drinking water and the pesticides we spray on our lawns. I ...
How to Tell if Your Doctor is on big Pharma's Payroll
Post Date: 2012-01-29 01:47:22 by Tatarewicz
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Story at-a-glance An ongoing investigation by ProPublica revealed 12 drug companies paid more than $761 million to physicians for consulting, speaking, research and other expenses in 2009, 2010 and, for some, the beginning of 2011 The $761 million represents only the disclosed payments. In all actuality, the figure is probably much higher It is entirely legal for drug companies to pay medical professionals to promote their products, but because of the obvious conflict of interest the drug industry often keeps quiet on their actual payments, as do some of the medical professionals involved In March 2013, drug and medical device companies will be required to report and disclose all payments ...
Dr. Oz Proves Apple Juice Can be Toxic
Post Date: 2012-01-29 01:29:03 by Tatarewicz
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Arsenic occurs naturally in the environment, and is a common groundwater contaminant. The US EPA limits trace amounts of arsenic in drinking water to 10 parts per billion. However, arsenic is also showing up in food and drinks, for which no safety limits have been set, raising concerns about overexposure through diet, especially for children and pregnant women. Tests performed by both Consumer Reports and Dr. Oz recently exposed high levels of arsenic in fruit juices, especially apple juice. As a result, Consumer Reports is calling for government standards to limit consumer exposure. Ten percent of 88 juice samples tested by Consumer Reports had arsenic levels exceeding the U.S. federal ...
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