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Latest Articles: Health
How I Healed My Child’s Cavity
Post Date: 2011-10-13 14:22:22 by gengis gandhi
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How I Healed My Child’s Cavity by SARAH, THE HEALTHY HOME ECONOMIST on MAY 12, 2011 in HEALTHY LIVING Share 2637 If you ask most people whether or not a cavity can heal, the answer you would get 99% of the time is that it is impossible. Even conventional dentists would agree with this assessment. Ask a typical dentist at a routine cleaning whether you can heal a cavity on your own and he/she is likely to look at you like you’re crazy (I know this from experience). In stark contrast to this current conventional “wisdom”, Dr. Weston A. Price DDS wrote of numerous situations in his dental practice back in the 192082;s and 193082;s where cavities healed with no need for ...
Vitamin E pills linked with prostate cancer risk
Post Date: 2011-10-13 03:12:59 by Tatarewicz
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In this Monday, Oct. 10, 2011 photo, Joe Latina, right, 71, walks with his wife, … In this Monday, Oct. 10, 2011 photo, Joe Latina, 71, is shown on his porch at his home in Ashtabula, Ohio. Latina participated in a study involving vitamin E pills. Vitamin E pills are linked with an increased risk for prostate cancer, according to follow-up data from a study aiming to see if the supplements could prevent the disease but halted when there were signs of possible harm. Men who had been randomly assigned to take vitamin E were 17 percent more likely to get prostate cancer than those given dummy pills, the follow-up report found. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) CHICAGO (AP) — There is more ...
Study Shows Healthy Diet May Offset Bad Genes for Heart Disease
Post Date: 2011-10-12 22:18:39 by Tatarewicz
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Oct. 11, 2011 -- We know that eating a very healthy diet appears to make heart disease less likely, but now that even goes for people whose genes put them at a higher than normal risk of heart trouble. "A diet high in fruits and vegetables appears to mitigate the genetic risk of a heart attack," says researcher Sonia S. Anand, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and epidemiology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The finding, if it bears out, could affect many people at risk for heart disease because of a genetic variant that researchers have only recently linked with heart attack. It could also call into question the suggestion that you can't help your genes. ...
Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet Found to be Successful for Weight Loss
Post Date: 2011-10-12 16:24:10 by christine
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Why we get fat and what to do about it is an ongoing topic on Uprising Radio in interviews with researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and its Heart and Vascular Institute. In their latest studies, researchers looked at science and decades of obesity rates, and found that some old paradigms on the cause of weight gain could be off-track. They also learned that people wanting to lose weight may have more choices in how to go about it, than they thought. "Overweight and obese people appear to really have options when choosing a weight-loss program, including a low-carb diet, even if it means eating more fat," says the studies' lead investigator, a professor ...
Potato in meal OK in terms of Glycemic Index
Post Date: 2011-10-12 06:19:49 by Tatarewicz
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It is difficult to predict the actual Glycemic Index (GI) values of mixed meals for individuals eating them. Potatoes and other reportedly high-GI foods might not be the dietary villains that recent publicity, books and health-based programmes would claim them to be, a new University of Otago study suggests. The study, of 30 healthy adults aged from 18 to 50, by Hayley Dodd, Dr Bernard Venn and colleagues from Otago’s Department of Human Nutrition, found that it was difficult to predict the actual Glycemic Index (GI) values of mixed meals for individuals eating them, even if the GI values of the individual parts of the meal were known. The Glycemic Index is a measure of the ...
Beijing residents face rising cancer threat
Post Date: 2011-10-12 05:23:59 by Tatarewicz
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BEIJING - About 105 people were diagnosed with cancer every day in the capital last year, with the disease responsible for one in four deaths, a recent study shows. The figures were released by the Beijing Institute for Cancer Research on Tuesday during a news conference to mark the 35th anniversary of the Peking University Cancer Hospital, a partner organization. Lung and breast cancer are the major threats, said Li Pingping, co-author of the report, which was based on Beijing Health Bureau data collected between 1995 and 2010. Research found that, between 2000 and 2009, instances of lung cancer rose 56 percent, while breast cancer cases went up 127 percent. Less common cancers such ...
What Causes Cancer?
Post Date: 2011-10-11 23:39:05 by Tatarewicz
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You have probably been taught over and over again that it is DNA damage that causes cancer. This is scientifically absurd. For example, smoking is not going to create the same highly precise genetic damage in all smokers who develop lung cancer. Whether this claim is what some people actually believe or whether it is nothing but a scam to convince the general public that cancer cannot be cured, I do not know. The truth is that once a person understands what really causes cancer they will understand why it can be so easy to cure a newly diagnosed cancer patient of cancer. But even very advanced cancer patients can benefit from a clear understanding of what causes cancer. When talking about ...
Conclusive link now admitted: swine flu vaccine causes chronic nervous system disorders
Post Date: 2011-10-11 10:25:00 by freepatriot32
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NaturalNews) The nation of Finland has now openly admitted that the swine flu vaccine "conclusively" causes narcolepsy, a chronic nervous system disorder that makes people uncontrollably fall asleep. The Finnish government, in acknowledging this link, says it will pay for "lifetime medical care" for 79 children who have been irreparably damaged by the swine flu vaccine. (http://news.yahoo.com/finland-vows-...)Narcolepsy isn't the only side effect now admitted to be caused by swine flu vaccines: 76 of the 79 children also suffered hallucinations and "paralyzing physical collapses," say Finnish researchers.Remarkably, even though the link between swine flu ...
Vitamins - little effect on older women's longevity
Post Date: 2011-10-11 05:33:10 by Tatarewicz
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Popping vitamins may do more harm than good, according to a new study that adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting some supplements may have health risks. Researchers from the University of Minnesota examined data from more than 38,000 women taking part in the Iowa Women's Health Study, an ongoing study with women who were around age 62 at its start in 1986. The researchers collected data on the women's supplement use in 1986, 1997 and 2004. Women who took supplements had, on average, a 2.4 percent increased risk of dying over the course of the 19-year study, compared with women who didn't take supplements, after the researchers adjusted for factors including the ...
Today's unhealthy bread
Post Date: 2011-10-11 02:42:01 by Tatarewicz
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William Davis, a preventive cardiologist who practises in Milwaukee, Wis., argues in his new book Wheat Belly that wheat is bad for your health—so bad that it should carry a surgeon general’s warning. Q: You say the crux of the problem with wheat is that the stuff we eat today has been genetically altered. How is it different than the wheat our grandparents ate? A: First of all, it looks different. If you held up a conventional wheat plant from 50 years ago against a modern, high-yield dwarf wheat plant, you would see that today’s plant is about 2½ feet shorter. It’s stockier, so it can support a much heavier seedbed, and it grows much faster. The great irony ...
Ornish diet alters genes in prostate cancer patients
Post Date: 2011-10-10 07:57:47 by Tatarewicz
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CTV News Video A new study suggests a low fat diet and exercise can change you genes so they can turn away some of the most lethal diseases in North America. Prostate cancer patients who followed an extremely low fat diet and an exercise and stress management regimen turned on cancer preventing genes and turned off genes linked to triggering the disease. A new study from the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, Calif., found that men who had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and had refused conventional treatment altered more than 500 genes when following a strict diet and exercise plan. Lead study author Dr. Dean Ornish said the study offers hope to people who fear ...
Chemical makers say BPA no longer used in baby bottles
Post Date: 2011-10-10 02:02:25 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Makers of the controversial chemical bisphenol-A have asked federal regulators to phase out rules that allow its use in baby bottles and sippy cups, saying those products haven't contained the plastic-hardening ingredient for two years. The unusual request from the American Chemistry Council may help quash years of negative publicity from consumer groups and head off tougher laws that would ban the chemical from other types of packaging because of health worries. For now, the industry says concerns over bottles and spill-proof cups are unnecessary. "All the evidence we have is that those products have been off the market for several years," said ...
Alzheimer's may be transmissible, study suggests
Post Date: 2011-10-09 01:58:20 by Tatarewicz
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In some cases, Alzheimer's disease may in fact be the result of an infection, and may even be transmissible, a new study in mice suggests. In the study, mice injected with human brain tissue from Alzheimer's patients developed Alzheimer's disease. The mice developed brain damage characteristic of Alzheimer's disease, and over time, the damage spread throughout their brains, the researchers said. Mice injected with brain tissue from healthy humans showed no signs of the disease. "Our findings open the possibility that some of the sporadic Alzheimer's cases may arise from an infectious process," similar to the way mad cow disease arises from infection with ...
Dementia shop and advice centre comes to Germany's Freiburg
Post Date: 2011-10-08 09:06:24 by Tatarewicz
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A shop and advice centre for people suffering dementia – and those caring for them – is set to open in southern Germany soon – claiming to be the first of its kind in the country, where more than a million people have the condition. Working under the slogan, “The forgetful are not to be forgotten,” the two former professional carers setting up the shop in Freiburg already have a successful operation in Switzerland, which attracts people from across Europe. Helmut Mazander and Beat Wyss – both gerontologists, experts in the social, physiological and biological aspects of aging – aim to break down the taboos surrounding dementia and say the need for ...
Panel advises against prostate cancer screening
Post Date: 2011-10-08 03:58:16 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON (AP) — No major medical group recommends routine PSA blood tests to check men for prostate cancer, and now a government panel is saying they do more harm than good and healthy men should no longer receive the tests as part of routine cancer screening. The panel's guidelines had long advised men over 75 to forgo the tests and the new recommendation extends that do-not-screen advice to healthy men of all ages. The recommendation by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, being made public on Friday, will not come as a surprise to cancer specialists. Yet, most men over 50 have had at least one PSA blood test, the assumption being that finding cancer early is always a ...
Steve Jobs: Fast Times in Computer and Cancer Science
Post Date: 2011-10-08 01:26:30 by Tatarewicz
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Hello everybody. John Marshall for Medscape coming to you from the Cleveland Clinic, one of the meccas of medical care here in Cleveland, Ohio. This place has access to everything, state of the art, and yet even here people die. It reminds me of the story that is going on right now, the story about the death of Steve Jobs. This is a man who has everything, a genius, an inventor, and in 2004 he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and lived until 2011. If your patients are like my patients, they have been saying, "I want what he is getting. How come I can't have a liver transplant for my pancreas cancer? Why is he doing so well when I'm not?" Of course, they believe ...
U.S. FDA, NIH announce joint study on tobacco use, risk perceptions
Post Date: 2011-10-07 04:38:07 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced Thursday a joint, large-scale, national study of tobacco users to monitor and assess the behavioral and health impacts of new government tobacco regulations. The initiative is the first large-scale NIH/FDA collaboration on tobacco regulatory research since the U.S. Congress granted FDA the authority to regulate tobacco products in an act in 2009. Scientists at NIH's National Institute on Drug Abuse and the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products will coordinate the effort. "The launch of this study signals a major milestone in addressing one of the most ...
Ottawa puts a lid on caffeine in energy drinks
Post Date: 2011-10-07 02:13:30 by Tatarewicz
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The federal government is slapping new restrictions on caffeinated energy drinks, but experts say the rules won’t stop the serious problem of young people consuming potentially dangerous amounts of the beverages. In response to growing pressure from the medical community, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced the decision Thursday to place limits on caffeine in energy drinks and include additional warnings and restrictions on the products. Energy drinks will now be regulated as food instead of as a natural health product, allowing officials to adopt a wider range of regulations to help ensure they’re not misused, the minister said. A variety of experts, however, say that ...
Report sets new dietary intake levels for vitamin D and calcium
Post Date: 2011-10-06 22:34:56 by Tatarewicz
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In recent years, many studies have suggested that we take much more vitamin D than we do now - especially those of us living in northern climates who may get too little sunlight to produce adequate amounts in the skin. Many scientists have advocated vitamin D doses of 1,000 to 2,000 international units (IU) a day - much higher than the present recommended dose - to prevent a host of chronic conditions. But the report of an expert panel convened by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concluded in November 2010 that high doses of vitamin D aren't necessary and might even be harmful. Many people - including many clinicians and researchers - were taken by surprise. The IOM panel, which ...
Avoid dairy, western soy, for prostate health
Post Date: 2011-10-06 06:06:29 by Tatarewicz
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The most important dietary change you should make in order to improve the health of your prostate is to avoid all dairy products. There are many reasonable substitutes in most supermarkets these days. Soya milk is the most commonly available but you should actually avoid it. The reason for that is that there are a number of negative aspects to the ways Soya products are processed in the West. In Asia, Soya products have been around for thousands of years but they are all made from fermented soya, a process which breaks down the cellular walls. Food made with unfermented Soya can be very hard to digest. There is also some suggestion that it mimics Estrogen and can cause prostate problems ...
Florida's Pinellas County rejects fluoride in drinking water
Post Date: 2011-10-06 05:03:20 by Tatarewicz
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A decision this week by a Florida county commission to stop adding fluoride to its public drinking water has uncorked a decades-old debate on the benefits and potential risks of fluoride despite widespread scientific support of the practice. Fluoride advocates, including the American Dental Association, say adding fluoride to drinking public water reduces cavities. By Jim Bowling, AP Fluoride advocates, including the American Dental Association, say adding fluoride to drinking public water reduces cavities. By Jim Bowling, AP Fluoride advocates, including the American Dental Association, say adding fluoride to drinking public water reduces cavities. Pinellas County commissioners ...
Rare flu-like virus on the rise: US
Post Date: 2011-10-06 01:53:31 by Tatarewicz
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A rare virus has killed three people and sickened nearly 100 in Japan, the Philippines, the United States and the Netherlands over the past two years, US health authorities said Friday. The culprit is human enterovirus 68 (HEV68), and its respiratory symptoms can be particularly dangerous to children, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. In six separate clusters of the virus that showed up worldwide, patients commonly experienced cough, difficulty breathing and wheezing. The highest number of cases were found in Japan, where local public health authorities reported more than 120 cases last year. However, the CDC said it ...
Cellphone usage limits urged by Health Canada
Post Date: 2011-10-05 00:42:08 by Tatarewicz
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Parents should encourage kids under 18 to limit the time they spend talking on cellphones, Health Canada said Tuesday in new advice on mobile phone usage. The guidance is a nuanced change from previous advice, which suggested that people could limit their use of cellphones if they were concerned about an unproven suggestion the devices increase one's risk of developing brain cancer. "Really it's more proactive in encouraging cellphone users to find ways to limit their exposure, and ... to empower parents to make healthy choices to reduce their children's exposure," explained James McNamee, division chief for health effects and assessments in Health Canada's ...
Meat or beans: What will you have?
Post Date: 2011-10-05 00:28:36 by Tatarewicz
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Ask a red-blooded, all-American guy what he wants for dinner, and he's likely to ask for a steak or roast. Ask for a second choice, and it might be a burger or chop. Keep asking, and you may eventually come up with chicken or fish. But despite persistent questioning, our average gent is not likely to request beans. It doesn't have to be that way. Beans were a staple of the Native American diet, and they remain so in much of Latin America and elsewhere in the world. That may be part of the reason they're neglected in the United States. Because beans are inexpensive, they are stigmatized as a poor man's food. In our affluent society, important people debate meaty issues and ...
Beta blockers 'may stop breast cancer spreading'
Post Date: 2011-10-04 05:36:06 by Tatarewicz
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Breast cancer cell Researchers are trying to find ways to stop breast cancer cells spreading Cancer experts are to carry out a major study to see if commonly used blood pressure drugs cut the risk of breast cancer spreading. Data from 800 patients has already shown those previously given beta blockers had half the chance of their cancer spreading as women who had not. So-called secondary cancers have a high death rate. The Cancer Research UK backed study will look at about 30,000 patients, and will report next year. If that too shows benefits from the medication, further research in which breast cancer patients would be treated with beta blockers, would follow. Doctors cannot move ...
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