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Your incredible shrinking body: From your brain to your heart - almost everything gets smaller as you age
Post Date: 2011-10-03 02:32:47 by christine
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As we get older, we get shorter. But what many people won’t realise is that height is just one thing that shrinks with age: our hearts, facial bones and sex organs all shrink, too. Such changes often go hand in hand with health problems. Last week, a U.S. study found the more height you lose, the greater your risk of suffering a fractured hip — and one in three people who suffer a hip fracture die within a year. Here, LOUISE ATKINSON investigates age-related shrinkages — and how you can protect your body. SPINE Most of us lose at least one-third of an inch (141;cm) in height every decade after the age of 40. By 80, most men will be 241;in (541;cm) shorter than they were ...
Lung Function Increases With Resveratrol, White Wine Intake
Post Date: 2011-10-02 07:32:19 by Tatarewicz
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Sep 29 - Consumption of resveratrol and white wine is associated with higher levels of lung function, researchers from The Netherlands report online August 28 in the European Respiratory Journal Express. Dr. H. M. Boezen from University of Groningen expressed surprise at "the fact that corrected for potential confounders like SES (socioeconomic status) we still saw an effect of resveratrol and white wine on lung function, even at low doses." In their population-based study, Dr. Boezen and colleagues analyzed the effects of red and white wine and resveratrol on FEV1, FVC, and FEV1/FVC in 3,224 individuals and assessed the association of SIRT1 single ...
Denmark implements fat tax to curb consumption of fatty foods
Post Date: 2011-10-02 01:45:01 by Tatarewicz
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COPENHAGEN, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Denmark implemented a tax on foods high in saturated fat from Saturday, the first of its kind in the world, which will affect products containing more than 2.3 percent saturated fat. Butter, cream, cheese, meat, cooking oil and processed foods like pizza and dark chocolate are among thousands of products affected. The so-called fat tax is pegged at 16 Danish kroner (2.87 U.S. dollars) per kilo of saturated fat. Thus, a 250-gram packet of butter, which previously cost 15.5 Danish kroner (2.78 dollars), will now cost 18.10 Danish kroner (3.25 dollars). And the cost of a liter of olive oil has risen from 38.95 Danish kroner (7 dollars) to 41.60 Danish kroner ...
Winter brings more yawns than summer, study claims
Post Date: 2011-10-01 05:29:42 by Tatarewicz
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A yawn could be more than a sign of sleepiness or a show of boredom. A new study suggests it could be a way for your brain to cool off. According to this brain-cooling theory, yawning pays off because it helps control the temperature of your brain so you think more clearly. Researchers also noticed seasonal variations in the frequency of yawning. People appear to yawn more frequently in the winter after spending long periods of time outside in colder weather than they do in the summer heat. "People are less likely to yawn when the surrounding air temperatures exceeds body temperature because taking a deep inhalation of air warmer than your own body would not result in cooling," ...
U.S. manufacturers conceal radiation's existence in tobacco: study
Post Date: 2011-10-01 04:31:14 by Tatarewicz
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BEIJING, Sept. 30 (Xinhuanet) -- Tobacco companies concealed the knowledge of radioactive substance in cigarettes from public for over four decades, a new study revealed. The revelation was made by a research team from the University of California, Los Angeles, published on Thursday in the online edition of the U.S. medical journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research. The researchers analyzed 27 timeworn documents and discovered that tobacco companies had knew the existence of polonium-210, a hazardous radioactive substance, in the tobacco since 1959. The companies studied polonium-210 throughout the 1960s, and concealed their findings about the carcinogenic potential of the radioactive ...
Avoiding dry skin problems
Post Date: 2011-09-30 22:46:24 by Tatarewicz
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What to do about dry skin in winter Dry skin occurs when skin doesn't retain sufficient moisture - for example, because of frequent bathing, use of harsh soaps, aging, or certain medical conditions. Wintertime poses a special problem because humidity is low both outdoors and indoors, and the water content of the epidermis (the outermost layer of skin) tends to reflect the level of humidity around it. Fortunately, there are many simple and inexpensive things you can do to relieve winter dry skin, also known as winter itch or winter xerosis. Keeping moisture in the skin Think of the epidermal skin cells as an arrangement of roof shingles held together by a lipid-rich ...
Red Wine Ingredient Resveratrol Stops Breast Cancer Growth, Study Suggests
Post Date: 2011-09-30 05:40:26 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (Sep. 29, 2011) — A new research report appearing in the October 2011 issue of The FASEB Journal shows that resveratrol, the "healthy" ingredient in red wine, stops breast cancer cells from growing by blocking the growth effects of estrogen. This discovery, made by a team of American and Italian scientists, suggests for the first time that resveratrol is able to counteract the malignant progression since it inhibits the proliferation of hormone resistant breast cancer cells. This has important implications for the treatment of women with breast cancer whose tumors eventually develop resistance to hormonal therapy. "Resveratrol is a potential pharmacological ...
China bans production, sale of clenbuterol to improve food safety
Post Date: 2011-09-30 04:26:18 by Tatarewicz
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BEIJING, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- China has banned the production, sale and use of clenbuterol tablets, a medicine used to treat bronchial asthma that has also been illegally used by farmers to make their pigs leaner. The decision was made after an overall consideration of the risks of drug abuse and the drug's clinical value and safety risks, the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) said on Friday. Existing clenbuterol tablets will be destroyed under the supervision of local food and drug authorities. Clenbuterol tablets can have serious negative effects on cardiopulmonary functions if abused for a lengthy period, the SFDA said, citing the results of a review program that has ...
Exercising stress away
Post Date: 2011-09-29 23:33:05 by Tatarewicz
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Rest and relaxation. It's such a common expression that it has become a cliché. And although rest really can be relaxing, the pat phrase causes many to overlook the fact that exercise can also be relaxing. It's true for most forms of physical activity as well as for specific relaxation exercises. Exercise is a form of physical stress. Can physical stress relieve mental stress? Alexander Pope thought so: "Strength of mind is exercise, not rest." Plato agreed: "Exercise would cure a guilty conscience." You'll think so, too - if you learn to apply the physical stress of exercise in a controlled, graded fashion. Aerobic and endurance exercise Aerobic ...
'Magic Mushrooms' May Permanently Alter Personality
Post Date: 2011-09-29 14:04:01 by Ada
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Just one strong dose of hallucinogenic mushrooms can alter a person's personality for more than a year and perhaps permanently, a new study finds. People given psilocybin, the compound in "magic mushrooms" that causes hallucinations and feelings of transcendence, demonstrated a more "open" personality after their experience, an effect that persisted for at least 14 months. Openness is a psychological term referring to an appreciation for new experiences. People who are more open tend to have broad imaginations and value emotion, art and curiosity. This personality warp is unusual, said study researcher Katherine MacLean, because personality rarely changes much ...
Asparagus: A cure for cancer?
Post Date: 2011-09-29 01:35:16 by Tatarewicz
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Although there are no valid scientific studies to back up their claims, there is enough nutritional evidence as to the anti-cancer properties of asparagus that one organization has filed for a grant to begin these studies. And from all I have read with regard to asparagus and cancer, I would encourage you to eat your asparagus if you have cancer or wish to prevent cancer. The following is a copy of the email article. Following that is a biochemist’s explanation of why we should include asparagus as part of our protective arsenal. THE ARTICLE: Several years ago, I had a man seeking asparagus for a friend who had cancer. He gave me a photocopied copy of an article, entitled, Asparagus ...
Old anti-smoking drug passes new test
Post Date: 2011-09-29 00:25:17 by Tatarewicz
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(Reuters Health) - Cytisine, an extract from the seeds of the Golden Rain acacia that was first marketed in Bulgaria in 1964, can give smokers an inexpensive assist in kicking the habit, according to the first large modern study of the drug. In the test on 740 volunteers, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, 8.4 percent of those who were given cytisine for 25 days stayed off cigarettes for one year, compared with 2.4 percent in the placebo group. (www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1102035) That success rate is comparable to treatment with nicotine patches and other anti-smoking drugs like varenicline (Chantix) and bupropion (Zyban), chief author Robert West of the ...
The Health Benefits of Cigars
Post Date: 2011-09-28 16:17:03 by Turtle
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Is tobacco good for you or bad for you? This is an argument that the tobacco industry has had with the medical profession for years. After the Surgeon General came out with the mandatory posting of statements on all tobacco production this might have ended that argument, in favor of the medical profession --- “smoking MAY be hazardous to your health.” Yes, that is a very true statement, but let's just look at the what that statement is targeted at. What tobacco product has been literally ‘beat up’ in the Press (and I might add with good reason)….. cigarettes. But what about cigars? The Press has had a field day lately, but I believe that cigars have been ...
Toxins in GMO foods
Post Date: 2011-09-28 07:17:30 by Tatarewicz
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Today, upwards of 85 percent of U.S. corn crops contain a special gene added that allows them to produce an insecticide. This way, when bugs attempt to eat the corn they're killed right away (specifically their stomach is split open) because the plant contains an invisible, built-in pesticide shield. The problem is, of course, that when you eat this corn you eat the built-in pesticide as well, and as you might suspect this is proving problematic for human health and the environment. You're Likely Eating Foods That Contain a Built-in Pesticide and Don't Even Know It The particular gene added to most corn crops is a type of Bt-toxin -- produced from Bacillus thuringiensis ...
Taking Resveratrol for Cancer
Post Date: 2011-09-28 04:14:18 by Tatarewicz
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My breast cancer patient who likes taking complementary medicines, including resveratrol, sent me an email. On the internet she had found an article from 1997 which studied resveratrol in a breast cancer cell line (Proc Nat Acad Sci 1997; 94: 14138). After adding resveratrol, cell growth of one line T47D was enhanced, possibly mediated by an estrogen agonist effect. She asked, should she stop resveratrol. Preclinical experimental evidence on resveratrol has exploded in recent years. In recent papers, overwhelmingly growth of breast cancer cell lines and transplanted tumors has been inhibited by addition of resveratrol. In addition to breast cancers, resveratrol appears to have a more ...
Childless men more likely to die of heart disease
Post Date: 2011-09-28 03:59:11 by Tatarewicz
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - A decade-long study of 135,000 men found that those who did not have children had a higher risk of dying from heart disease than those who did, raising new questions over the links between fertility and overall health, U.S. researchers said on Monday. While the findings do not show that not having children causes heart problems in men, they do suggest that infertility may be a potential early warning sign of future heart trouble, the team reported in the journal Human Reproduction. "There is emerging evidence to suggest that infertility may be a window into a man's later health," said Dr. Michael Eisenberg of Stanford University in California. He said ...
Saw Palmetto same as placebo in enlarged prostate
Post Date: 2011-09-28 01:59:44 by Tatarewicz
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An herbal supplement that is widely sold in the United States and Europe to relieve urinary symptoms in men with an enlarged prostate has no benefit over a placebo, a US study said Tuesday. The global market for saw palmetto extract is about $700 million a year, but a randomized trial at 11 sites in North America showed that even triple doses of the over-the-counter drug neither worked nor harmed the patients. "Astonishingly enough, there was not any measurable effect -- either in benefits or in toxicity -- with increasing doses of the supplement in comparison to placebo," said co-author Claus Roehrborn, chairman of urology at University of Texas Southwestern. "These ...
Private Insurance, Better Prostate Surgery Outcome?
Post Date: 2011-09-27 07:12:05 by Tatarewicz
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Sep 23 - U.S. men who have surgery for prostate cancer seem to do better if they have private insurance, a new study finds. Among more than 61,000 men who had their prostates removed to treat cancer, 67% were privately insured, about 31% were on Medicare, and just under 2% were on Medicaid. Men with private insurance had fewer complications from surgery and were less likely to die in the hospital. Also, about 5% of men with private insurance received blood transfusions, compared to nearly 8% of men on Medicare and 11% of men covered by Medicaid The overall risk of surgical complications in government-insured patients was also higher, researchers reported online ...
Low vitamin B12 levels may lead to brain shrinkage, cognitive problems
Post Date: 2011-09-27 05:35:37 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Older people with low blood levels of vitamin B12 markers may be more likely to have lower brain volumes and have problems with their thinking skills, according to researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. The results of the study will be published Tuesday in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Foods that come from animals, including fish, meat, especially liver, milk, eggs and poultry are usual sources of vitamin B12. The study involved 121 older residents of the south side of Chicago over the age of 65. They had blood drawn to measure levels of vitamin B12 and B12-related markers that can indicate a B12 ...
Just Like SugarŪ (in some ways?)
Post Date: 2011-09-27 00:12:14 by Tatarewicz
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Just Like Sugar® is made up of four ingredients. Chicory RootThe first and most important is Chicory (Inulin) Root Dietary Fiber: which is a prebiotic and probiotic food. The best (and some researchers believe the only) example of a prebiotic and probiotic is Chicory Inulin as found in Just Like Sugar®. Chicory Inulin is a "non-digestible oligosaccharide," which simply means that it is a carbohydrate that can not be digested. It can be - and is being - fermented in the lower parts of the intestinal tract. As a result, the friendly intestinal micro flora (bifidobacterium) grows better. The directly registered effects of the prebiotic and probiotic Chicory Inulin are - ...
In China, what you eat tells who you are
Post Date: 2011-09-26 05:38:47 by Tatarewicz
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In a nation reeling from tainted-food scandals, organic products are mostly reserved for the rich and political elite. Chinese government officials have exclusive suppliers, who do not advertise. At a glance, it is clear this is no run-of-the-mill farm: A 6-foot spiked fence hems the meticulously planted vegetables and security guards control a cantilevered gate that glides open only to select cars. "It is for officials only. They produce organic vegetables, peppers, onions, beans, cauliflowers, but they don't sell to the public," said Li Xiuqin, 68, a lifelong Shunyi village resident who lives directly across the street from the farm but has never been inside. ...
Germans developing trousers to stop chainsaws from causing injury
Post Date: 2011-09-24 07:57:01 by Tatarewicz
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Techno trousers get smart enough to switch off chainsaw in emergency German researchers are field-testing smart trousers which they hope can reduce the risk of chainsaw injuries by being able to tell when a saw is getting too close – and switching it off. Michael Dumiak reports. The average cut from a chainsaw is deep, ragged and takes 110 stitches to close: currently the protective trousers to save legs from such injuries are heavy and hot, making tree work uncomfortable and difficult. Researchers at the Hohenstein Institute and the University of Bremen hope hope their solution will be able to tackle both of these problems. They have lined their trousers with sensors which are ...
Alpha radiation treats prostate cancers
Post Date: 2011-09-24 02:38:01 by Tatarewicz
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A trial of a new cancer drug, which accurately targets tumours, has been so successful it has been stopped early. Doctors at London's Royal Marsden Hospital gave prostate cancer patients a powerful alpha radiation drug and found that they lived longer, and experienced less pain and side effects. The medics then stopped the trial of 922 people, saying it was unethical not to offer all of them the treatment. Lead researcher Dr Chris Parker said it was "a significant step forward". Cancer Research UK said it was a very important and promising discovery. Radiation has been used to treat tumours for more than a century. It damages the genetic code inside cancerous cells. ...
From Dr Leonard Coldwell Newsletter
Post Date: 2011-09-24 02:14:15 by Tatarewicz
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Dr. Samuel Epstein has published detailed evidence implicating industrial carcinogens that permeate our environment — in our foods, our air, ourwater, our cosmetics and other consumer products. And he blames the National Cancer Institute(NCI) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) for ignoring these causes and instead spendingbillions on the elusive search for a magic bullet cure for cancer. Epstein maintains that with a comprehensive program of prevention, we can drive cancerrates back down to the relatively low rate of the 1950s. Why are cancer rates increasing? EPSTEIN: Let’s go over the reasons. Is it possible the reason is that people are living longer? No that ...
Diet quality linked to mental health in teenagers: Australian study
Post Date: 2011-09-22 05:36:02 by Tatarewicz
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SYDNEY, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Eating lots of fruit and vegetables could help protect teenagers from mental health problems, according to an Australian study published on Thursday in the scientific journal PLoS One. The study of 3,000 adolescents aged 11 to 18 found that those who had poor diets filled with junk and processed foods were more likely to suffer mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. The new research, carried out by Felic Jack from Deakin University's Barwon Psychiatric Research Unit in Victoria, is the first to demonstrate the link between diet quality and mental health disorder in adolescents. The participants filled in questionnaires about their diets ...
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