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Latest Articles: Health
The Very Real Danger of Genetically Modified Foods
Post Date: 2012-01-11 00:28:57 by Tatarewicz
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New research shows that when we eat we're consuming more than just vitamins and protein. Our bodies are absorbing information, or microRNA. Chinese researchers have found small pieces of ribonucleic acid (RNA) in the blood and organs of humans who eat rice. The Nanjing University-based team showed that this genetic material will bind to proteins in human liver cells and influence the uptake of cholesterol from the blood. The type of RNA in question is called microRNA, due to its small size. MicroRNAs have been studied extensively since their discovery ten years ago, and have been linked to human diseases including cancer, Alzheimer's, and diabetes. The Chinese research provides ...
New analysis finds mamograms only occasionally save lives
Post Date: 2012-01-10 08:29:36 by Tatarewicz
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Only about 1 in 8 women whose breast cancer was identified during a routine mammogram actually had their lives “saved” by the screening, a recent analysis estimated – and this does not accurately account for how many women will fall victim to mammogram-induced breast cancer Many of these tumors would have grown very slowly, if at all, and never would have threatened or decreased the quality of the woman's life Many invasive breast cancers “spontaneously regress” when left undiagnosed and untreated, according to new research published in The Lancet Oncology. X-ray mammography uses a uniquely harmful type of ionizing radiation which has been linked to the ...
How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body
Post Date: 2012-01-10 03:54:45 by Tatarewicz
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On a cold Saturday in early 2009, Glenn Black, a yoga teacher of nearly four decades, whose devoted clientele includes a number of celebrities and prominent gurus, was giving a master class at Sankalpah Yoga in Manhattan. Black is, in many ways, a classic yogi: he studied in Pune, India, at the institute founded by the legendary B. K. S. Iyengar, and spent years in solitude and meditation. He now lives in Rhinebeck, N.Y., and often teaches at the nearby Omega Institute, a New Age emporium spread over nearly 200 acres of woods and gardens. He is known for his rigor and his down-to-earth style. But this was not why I sought him out: Black, I’d been told, was the person to speak with if ...
Dancing Makes You Smarter
Post Date: 2012-01-09 20:37:53 by christine
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For centuries, dance manuals and other writings have lauded the health benefits of dancing, usually as physical exercise. More recently we've seen research on further health benefits of dancing, such as stress reduction and increased serotonin level, with its sense of well-being. Then most recently we've heard of another benefit: Frequent dancing apparently makes us smarter. A major study added to the growing evidence that stimulating one's mind can ward off Alzheimer's disease and other dementia, much as physical exercise can keep the body fit. Dancing also increases cognitive acuity at all ages. You may have heard about the New England Journal of Medicine report on the ...
Chiropractors and Naturopaths - Are They Dangerous?
Post Date: 2012-01-09 07:33:44 by Tatarewicz
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217,126 views The medical profession has a long history of opposing alternative healing professions. The rules of engagement have changed; as the AMA is finding new “legal” ways to discredit and limit practitioners of natural medicine Alternative healthcare professionals such as chiropractors, naturopaths, and midwives have been targeted by the American Medical Association (AMA) for nearly a century, in spite of a federal court injunction against the AMA in 1987 for illegally trying to create a monopoly in the healthcare market Other medical associations have joined forces to manipulate the public into believing natural medicine is quackery by spreading propaganda and mistruths ...
The Power of RAW Cannabis
Post Date: 2012-01-09 00:15:49 by christine
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Quarter-Billion Taxpayer Dollars Spent on Penis Pumps
Post Date: 2012-01-08 23:31:35 by farmfriend
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Quarter-Billion Taxpayer Dollars Spent on Penis Pumps Benjamin Domenech According to data collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare has spent more than $240 million of taxpayer money on penis pumps for elderly men over the past decade, and will surpass a quarter of a billion dollars this year for costs since 2001. The cost to taxpayers for the pumps more than quadrupled during that period, from a low of $11 million in 2001 to a high of more than $47 million in 2010. And these represent only the costs for external devices, technically classified as “Male Vacuum Erection Systems,” not implantable devices or oral drugs such as Viagra. Easy to ...
Antidepressants Cause Your Arteries to Thicken 400% More Than Aging
Post Date: 2012-01-08 03:40:09 by Original_Intent
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Depression may be the worst emotional experience there is. The causes are many, and it often drives people to zig-zag past everything that matters and into a pill bottle of pharmaceutical ‘treatments’. But these solutions offered by the pharmaceutical industry are nothing but a sham, and their antidepressant products only make you more depressed and trigger suicidal thoughts. One study has also found that antidepressants cause your arteries to thicken 400% more than aging – a main factor in the thickening of the arteries.Antidepressants Linked to Heart Disease and StrokeA study conducted by the Emory University School of Medicine included over 500 middle-aged male twins, both ...
FDA changing course on antibiotics in livestock
Post Date: 2012-01-07 22:32:06 by Tatarewicz
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Only 20% of the antibiotics sold in the U.S. are given to people who are sick with bacterial infections, such as ear and urinary tract infections and pneumonia. Most of the penicillin, tetracycline and other antibiotic drugs used in this country are given to livestock that are perfectly healthy. Farmers have been putting these medicines in animal feed since the 1950s. They say the drugs help protect herds from infectious diseases and help animals grow faster. But for at least 40 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been concerned that the widespread practice may be fueling the growth of human pathogens that are no longer vulnerable to doctors' front-line drugs. In the ...
Some Vacuum Cleaners Worsen Air Quality
Post Date: 2012-01-07 07:34:26 by Tatarewicz
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January 6, 2012 — You vacuum your house religiously to get rid of all the dust, dirt, and bacteria and make sure your indoor air is up to snuff. But new research suggests that some vacuum cleaners may actually be making things worse, not better. Certain vacuum cleaners spit fine dust and bacteria back into the air, where they can spread infections and trigger allergies. Australian researchers tested 21 vacuum cleaners from 11 manufacturers, including two commercial models. The vacuums were six months to 22 years old, and ranged from less than $100 to almost $800. Brands included Dyson, Electrolux, Hoover, iRobot, and Sanyo. The researchers measured 62 different air emissions. ...
Most Adverse Events in Hospitals Go Unreported
Post Date: 2012-01-07 07:17:38 by Tatarewicz
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January 6, 2012 — Roughly 86% of patient mishaps in hospitals never make it into the databases of incident reporting systems designed to improve the quality of care, according to a study released today by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) in the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). For 62% of adverse and "temporary harm" events not captured by these systems, staff did not believe they were reportable, said hospital administrators interviewed for the study. Unreported incidents — some of which resulted in death — included hospital-acquired infections and 4 cases of excessive bleeding due to the administration of anticoagulants. The OIG study ...
Exercise cuts bowel cancer risk
Post Date: 2012-01-07 05:32:07 by Tatarewicz
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Researchers at the University of Western Australia (UWA) and the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR) have found people who engage in vigorous physical activity may be protected against types of colorectal cancer. The study, published in the Cancer Causes Control journal, used a Western Australian cohort. Researchers examined 870 participants who had bowel cancer and a control group of 996 who did not have the disease. Study participants were asked to answer questions about their recreational physical activity, lifestyle, diet, medication and occupation. UWA PhD student Terry Boyle, also supported by the Lions Cancer Institute, says the study confirms previous ...
Cheeseburger That Stayed Exactly the Same After a Whole Year Raises Alarm (The Cheeseburger That Wouldn't Die)
Post Date: 2012-01-06 20:45:15 by Original_Intent
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What does a fast food cheeseburger look like when it's sat on the shelf for a whole year? Pretty much the same as it did on Day One. Melanie Hesketh, a California nutritionist, bought a McDonald's cheeseburger a year ago as an experiment. And then she let it sit around for a whole year, unwrapped and unrefrigerated, just to see what would happen. And... nothing happened. The bun got a little stale but otherwise it's pretty much the same. No mold, no maggots, it even kind of smells the same. Melanie's take on the experiment is, "Obviously it makes me wonder why we choose to eat food like this when even bacteria won't eat it." But what I'm wondering is, if ...
Brain decline starts in 40s
Post Date: 2012-01-06 02:13:47 by Tatarewicz
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Our brains start to deteriorate from as young as 45 - 15 years earlier than previously thought - according to a study published today (Friday). Memory, reasoning and comprehension skills - collectively known as cognitive function - all tend to get worse as we enter middle-age, found the study of thousands of Whitehall civil servants. While full-blown dementia is usually confined to old age, the study adds weight to a growing body of evidence suggesting the disease can take decades to develop. Writing in the online version of the British Medical Journal (bmj.com), the authors said that before their study there had been "little evidence of cognitive decline before the age of 60 ...
TV bad for the heart
Post Date: 2012-01-05 07:44:54 by Tatarewicz
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A study published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation showed that each extra hour of television watching (the ultimate sitting sedentary activity) per day was associated with an 18% increase in deaths from heart disease and an 11% increase in overall mortality. People who watched TV for at least four hours a day were 80% more likely to die of cardiovascular disease than those who watched two hours or less, and 46% more likely to die of any cause. You are probably wondering whether other factors, not just sitting, affected this outcome?” Yet that doesn’t seem to be the case. There are specific reasons why sitting, in itself, appears to be dangerous. The ...
Risk Factors in Rising Trend of Liver Cancer Identified
Post Date: 2012-01-05 05:02:24 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (Jan. 3, 2012) — Doctors have known for years that the incidence of deadly liver cancer is on the rise, but what is causing that trend has remained a mystery. Two recent Mayo Clinic studies published in the January issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings offer a clearer picture of the rise of hepatocellar carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer, which has tripled in the U.S. in the last three decades and has a 10 to 12 percent five-year survival rate when detected in later stages. S "The studies illuminate the importance of identifying people with risk factors in certain populations to help catch the disease in its early, treatable stages," said W. Ray Kim, M.D., a specialist ...
Leaked: US to Start ‘Trade Wars’ with Nations Opposed to Monsanto, GMO Crops
Post Date: 2012-01-05 02:33:27 by Original_Intent
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Leaked: US to Start ‘Trade Wars’ with Nations Opposed to Monsanto, GMO CropsAnthony GucciardiActivist Post The United States is threatening nations who oppose Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) crops with military-style trade wars, according to information obtained and released by the organization WikiLeaks. Nations like France, which have moved to ban one of Monsanto’s GM corn varieties, were requested to be ‘penalized’ by the United States for opposing Monsanto and genetically modified foods. The information reveals just how deep Monsanto’s roots have penetrated key positions within the United States government, with the cables reporting that many ...
Benefits of Watermelon Rinds
Post Date: 2012-01-05 00:52:03 by Tatarewicz
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Most people discard the hard green rind of the juicy watermelon, but don't be so hasty -- the watermelon rind has many benefits. Whether you eat the rind or use it topically, this often-wasted food can do good things for your body. Finding a use for it also helps cut down on the amount of garbage you produce, so it's good for the environment as well. Nutritional Benefits The rind may not be as juicy as the flesh of a watermelon, but you can eat it. A 1-inch cube of watermelon rind contains 1.8 calories. The majority of the calories come from carbohydrates, with 0.32 g per serving. While you will not derive a tremendous amount of macronutrients from eating watermelon rind, this food ...
Calcium Intake: More Is Not Better
Post Date: 2012-01-04 05:40:16 by Tatarewicz
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Hello, this is Dr. JoAnn Manson, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital. I would like to talk with you today about calcium intake and the increasing evidence that more is not better when it comes to optimal health. Calcium has been in the news a lot lately. You probably have heard about the studies linking calcium supplements to an increased risk for cardiovascular events, vascular calcification, and kidney stones in the Women's Health Initiative Calcium/Vitamin D Supplementation Study.[1] Now a large prospective study from Sweden published in the British Medical Journal [2] indicates that even when it comes to bone health, more is not better ...
The Horrible "Immune System Mistake" Millions Will Make This Year
Post Date: 2012-01-03 07:52:53 by Tatarewicz
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New research in the Journal of Virology found that the seasonal flu vaccine may weaken children’s immune systems and potentially increase their chances of catching other influenza viruses Children who did not receive a flu shot naturally built up more antibodies across a wider variety of influenza strains compared to vaccinated children There are many unanswered questions about whether or not the flu shot is safe and effective as more studies are published showing it is neither It is primarily the state of your health and immune system that determines whether or not you will get sick from being exposed to viral or bacterial organisms associated with infectious diseases like the flu. ...
Infectious fungus common in sink drains
Post Date: 2012-01-01 22:11:43 by Tatarewicz
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Scientists say household drains are commonly contaminated with infectious fungus called Fusarium which can kill people with weak immune systems. Fusarium has been known for causing infections in agricultural crops, but some species of the fungus can cause difficult to treat infections which are potentially dangerous and can cause death in humans. In a recent study, researchers at Pennsylvania State University examined about bathroom 500 sink drains in 131 businesses, homes, university dormitories and public facilities across the US. Results revealed that at least one Fusarium isolate was found in 66 percent of the drains and in 82 percent of the buildings. About 70 percent of the ...
Colorblind Ideology is a Form of Racism
Post Date: 2012-01-01 11:57:42 by Dakmar
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What is racial colorblindness? Racial issues are often uncomfortable to discuss and rife with stress and controversy. Many ideas have been advanced to address this sore spot in the American psyche. Currently, the most pervasive approach is known as colorblindness. Colorblindness is the racial ideology that posits the best way to end discrimination is by treating individuals as equally as possible, without regard to race, culture, or ethnicity. At its face value, colorblindness seems like a good thing — really taking MLK seriously on his call to judge people on the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. It focuses on commonalities between people, such as their ...
Surgery worsens patient memory: Swedish study
Post Date: 2012-01-01 05:31:42 by Tatarewicz
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Many routine surgical procedures can result in patients suffering from memory loss and a lack of concentration, a Swedish-American study has shown. A dose of nicotine can be doctor’s orders after a Swedish-American study shows that possible memory loss after surgery can be prevented by using nicotine to reverse symptoms. The study, carried out by researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm and the University of California San Francisco is a breakthrough in understanding post-surgical effects on the brain, the Svenksa Dagbladet (SvD) reports. Between 20 and 25 percent of patients that have undergone surgery have had problems with affected memory and for some people this ...
"WiseQuack" converses with urologist
Post Date: 2012-01-01 01:30:23 by Tatarewicz
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Urologists live in the real life of Urinetown, heck they live in Urineworld, (not unlike Kevin Costners’ Waterworld but with more scopes and nurses, less shooting.) Poor urologists get to address not only urological problems but also must endure questions about strokes and headaches after having been introduced at the golf club social as “a neurologist.” As one urologist extraordinaire, sums it up “Just call us a peeologist and be done with it but quit calling me at 3AM about Mrs. Hornwiggle’s nervous twitch.” I sat down with a urologist to discuss the world of snakes and bladders. Urologist: Let’s talk about incontinence. OAB (Over Active Bladder) is a ...
Walnuts Are Drugs, Says FDA
Post Date: 2011-12-31 16:29:36 by Original_Intent
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Seen any walnuts in your medicine cabinet lately? According to the Food and Drug Administration, that is precisely where you should find them. Because Diamond Foods made truthful claims about the health benefits of consuming walnuts that the FDA didn’t approve, it sent the company a letter declaring, “Your walnut products are drugs” — and “new drugs” at that — and, therefore, “they may not legally be marketed … in the United States without an approved new drug application.” The agency even threatened Diamond with “seizure” if it failed to comply. Diamond’s transgression was to make “financial investments to educate ...
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