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Goodbye Paddles
Post Date: 2011-09-20 20:01:40 by octavia
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My beloved Neal, aka Paddlefeet died this morning on our farm after a sudden brain hemorrhage from his cancer. We found his cancer too late to do anything about it. He died with great dignity despite his brain being relentlessly destroyed by cancer. He did not whine, he tried to stay and care for me as long as possible, but it was not possible. I made them take him off life support and give him back to me yesterday, so he could pass over on his own farm. He was larger than life, a pirate, a rogue, a lover of life and all animals. We never had a disagreement in 11 years of marriage. He is also the brother of WBales. Tip a glass to him if you wish tonight and celebrate his life. I am having a ...
Natural News Insider Alert
Post Date: 2011-09-19 12:28:08 by James Deffenbach
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Dear NaturalNews readers, Water fluoridation is one of the greatest cons ever perpetrated against society (it's actually not natural fluoride they use but a toxic waste byproduct of the phosphate mining industry). But victories are being achieved almost every week as town after town announces the halting of water fluoridation. Now, a civil rights group has announced it openly opposes artificial water fluoridation: www.naturalnews.com/03360...s_water_fluoridation.html Also, if you haven't yet seen this animation about fluoridation, view it now: The Fluoride Deception naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=42...35A1B1BAAAE1F340B54694975 Emails have emerged linking the White House to the failed solar ...
More die from medical drugs than traffic accidents
Post Date: 2011-09-19 05:23:59 by Tatarewicz
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Fueling the surge are prescription pain and anxiety drugs that are potent, highly addictive and especially dangerous when combined with one another or with other drugs or alcohol. A toxic combination Lori Smith of Aliso Viejo with photographs of her son Nolan, who died of a drug overdose in January 2009, six months shy of his 16th birthday. A toxicology test turned up Zoloft, which had been prescribed for anxiety, and a host of other drugs that had not been prescribed, including two additional anti-anxiety drugs, as well as morphine and marijuana. Propelled by an increase in prescription narcotic overdoses, drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United States, a Times ...
Inverse effect of power of suggestion on heart arteries
Post Date: 2011-09-19 00:37:59 by Tatarewicz
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Simply suggesting that a treatment will ease chest pain may not only dampen the pain, but directly alter heart arteries, a small study concludes. Among 30 patients having a procedure to evaluate their chest pain, researchers found that those who were told they were being given an infusion of a pain-relieving drug did, on average, report a decrease in pain. But the participants also showed a measurable change in their heart arteries: a slight but distinct narrowing of the vessels. Exactly what the findings mean, and whether they have implications for heart disease patients, is not clear. None of the chest-pain patients actually had heart disease; they were ...
Eyelid marks warn of heart attack
Post Date: 2011-09-18 06:31:20 by Tatarewicz
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Yellow markings on the eyelids are a sign of increased risk of heart attack and other illnesses, say researchers in Denmark. A study published on the BMJ website showed patients with xanthelasmata were 48% more likely to have a heart attack. Xanthelasmata, which are mostly made up of cholesterol, could be a sign of other fatty build-ups in the body. Cardiologists said the findings could be used by doctors to help diagnose at-risk patients. The research team at the Herlev Hospital in Denmark started following 12,745 people in the 1970s. At the start of the study, 4.4% of patients had xanthelasmata. Yellow alert Thirty three years later, 1,872 had had a heart attack, 3,699 had ...
84% of Imported Food Failed Compliance Test
Post Date: 2011-09-18 01:52:42 by Tatarewicz
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Food safety Canadian Food Inspection Agency reveals most imported food contains inaccurate or missing nutritional information. So apparently, only 16% of food imported to Canada between 2010 and 2011 passed the nutritional compliance test. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said the rest failed to provide accurate labeling by making non-compliant nutritional claims, misleading health claims, lying in their Nutrition Facts tables, failing to provide required information, including banned ingredients, or otherwise being nutritionally sketchy. This is a pretty significant downgrade from 2009-2010, the golden year when about 26% of food was found to be up to par. In their study, they also ...
"Miricale" plant boosting health in Sierra Leone
Post Date: 2011-09-18 01:05:17 by Tatarewicz
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A tropical plant said to be nutritional dynamite is being plugged by Sierra Leone's government as a natural cure-all in the country, which has some of the worst health indicators in the world. The Moringa plant, native to northern India, has been called the "tree of life" and its use is spreading in Africa, advocates say, where it can prevent diseases and malnutrition and even boost development by creating job opportunities. In Sierra Leone, President Ernest Koroma himself regularly takes Moringa oil, one form of the plant, boasts Jonas Coleman of the country's Moringa Association. In a recent interview with AFP, Agriculture Minister Sam Sesay described Moringa as ...
Fear and its Consequences: Why States Should Get Tough with Vaccinations
Post Date: 2011-09-17 16:55:14 by christine
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This winter in the San Francisco Bay Area, many children will sit in classrooms and play on the jungle gyms at recess and then go home to attentive parents who work hard to give them every advantage in life. Parents in this part of the country are better educated and wealthier than the average American and can give their children more opportunity. But the Bay Area is also a hotbed of the growing movement to abstain from vaccinations for fear that the shots cause autism and other disorders. Although these parents may have the best of intentions—to protect their kids—they are dangerously misguided. California is now in the middle of the worst outbreak of pertussis in half a ...
Active legs at night linked to heart problems
Post Date: 2011-09-16 23:32:04 by Tatarewicz
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who jerked and flexed their legs involuntarily at night were more likely to develop cardiovascular disease in a new study of sleep and chronic disease in the 65-and-up crowd. During a one-night sleep assessment, more than two-thirds of men had the involuntary movements, which usually occur in the foot or at the ankle or hip joint, and most of them woke up during the night because of it. Those men had a higher risk of a combination of heart and blood vessel conditions, including heart attack, stroke and blocked or ruptured arteries. Although those events happened over a few years after researchers measured nighttime leg movements, the study isn't proof ...
UK says metal hip replacements more troublesome
Post Date: 2011-09-16 23:04:51 by Tatarewicz
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LONDON (AP) — People who get metal hip replacements are more likely to need a replacement compared to those who get a traditional plastic one, according to a new report from a large British registry. The report Thursday from the National Joint Registry of England and Wales could lead to more caution among doctors when performing hip replacements. Earlier studies already led to a drop in the use of metal joints. The report says almost 14 percent of patients who got an all-metal replacement needed the joint removed or replaced after seven years. That compares with just 3 percent of patients who got a joint made of plastic and needed a replacement within the same time. Traditional ...
Something Everyone Should Know…
Post Date: 2011-09-16 18:03:06 by christine
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I hope I never need to use this, but if the situation ever arose, I would never forgive myself if I didn’t know what to do. Continuous Chest Compression CPR – this is a simple technique that is easier to learn, easier to perform and more effective than traditional CPR. It does not involve mouth-to-mouth and does not require certification. Click on the link to learn Sarver Heart Center’s Continuous Chest Compression CPR or watch the video below. It’s a short 6 minute video that could save a life. Click for Full Text!
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Answers to Cancer - C2C Monday night
Post Date: 2011-09-16 06:07:18 by Tatarewicz
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Answers to Cancer Date: 09-19-11 Host: George Noory Guests: Dr. Leonard Coldwell One of the leading authorities of self-help education for cancer patients and considered by many authorities to be the world's leading expert on cancer, Dr. Leonard Coldwell, will discuss the latest discoveries about the nature of the disease and why he believes chemotherapy, radiation, and mammograms cause cancer. Website(s): drleonardcoldwell.com instinctbasedmedicine.com Book(s): The Only Answer to Cancer The Only Answer to Stress, Anxiety and Depression
Can humans live without meat?
Post Date: 2011-09-16 04:31:37 by Tatarewicz
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There are contradictory opinions on vegetarianism. This has to do with the lack of accurate knowledge about this unusual diet. However, vegetarianism is more than just a diet and is rather a lifestyle and a certain philosophy. Scientists have their own opinion about this. Below are the latest scientific arguments and views of European and American nutritionists about vegetarianism. Types of vegetarianism: Flexitarianism - a soft version of a vegetarian diet that allows meat and seafood, but only once a month. According to leading experts, this is the best diet at the moment. There is also pescetarianism that allows fish. Lacto-vegetarianism is the standard type that involves consumption ...
Exclusive: NaturalNews obtains documents proving FDA abducted an American citizen in illegal war against herbal cancer cures (updated)
Post Date: 2011-09-15 20:07:54 by James Deffenbach
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(NaturalNews) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration masterminded an illegal international abduction of an American citizen as part of its illegal war against natural cancer treatment products, NaturalNews can now reveal. (This is an exclusive NaturalNews story, so please credit NaturalNews as the source.) Gregory Caton, an herbal product formulator living in Ecuador, was kidnapped at gunpoint in 2009, forced onto an American Airlines commercial jet in Guayaquil, and flown to Miami as part of an "extraordinary rendition" operation which involved U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials knowingly providing false information to Interpol (among other crimes) and recruiting what ...
Study of love and sex now part of required psychology courses in China
Post Date: 2011-09-15 02:36:25 by Tatarewicz
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Psychology of love and sex is now a required course for college students in China, according to the basic requirements for mental health courses for college students released by the Ministry of Education, Beijing Times reported on Wednesday. The psychology courses for Chinese college students generally include basic knowledge, self-understanding, self-development and psychological adjustment and improvement. For the psychological adjustment area, seven psychological problems are listed that students are likely to face during their college life: study and career planning, skills development, psychology of learning, emotional management, interpersonal relationships, psychology of love and ...
Primary Component in Curry Spice Kicks Off Cancer-Killing Mechanisms in Human Saliva
Post Date: 2011-09-14 07:21:21 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (Sep. 12, 2011) — Curcumin, the main component in the spice turmeric used in curry, suppresses a cell signaling pathway that drives the growth of head and neck cancer, according to a pilot study using human saliva by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. The inhibition of the cell signaling pathway also correlated with reduced expression of a number of pro-inflammatory cytokines, or signaling molecules, in the saliva that promote cancer growth, said Dr. Marilene Wang, a professor of head and neck surgery, senior author of the study and a Jonsson Cancer Center researcher. "This study shows that curcumin can work in the mouths of patients ...
Cantaloupe warning issued after Listeria outbreak
Post Date: 2011-09-14 01:37:33 by Tatarewicz
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DENVER (AP) — Health officials have issued a warning for cantaloupes from a revered melon-producing area of the U.S. state of Colorado amid a bacteria outbreak blamed for four deaths in the state and New Mexico, troubling farmers who depend on sales of the fruit. The warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came after numerous cases of a strain of Listeria were reported in six states, including at least 11 from Colorado, 10 from New Mexico, two from Texas, and one each from Indiana, Nebraska and Oklahoma. The agency said it was the first Listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupe in the United States. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration said it had not recalled ...
A story I can tell you
Post Date: 2011-09-13 15:24:44 by wudidiz
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Talking about "alternative medicine" on another thread. I had a plantar wart. On the bottom of my foot. Front right. For about 5 years. It just wouldn't go away. They don't go away. It hurt. Every year or so I'd get the fingernail cutters out and pick away at it so it didn't hurt so much when I walked with no shoes on. I don't like going to doctors. I don't trust them. So I said to hell with this. It's long past the time I did something about it myself. So I went on the internet. I googled "How to get rid of a plantar wart". As you can imagine, there's no shortage of stuff on the internet re: how to get rid of a plantar wart. There ...
The Hospital Gestapo: You May Never See Home Again
Post Date: 2011-09-13 14:59:00 by christine
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American hospitals have devised a scheme to guarantee they never get stuck with an unpaid bill. It’s called guardianship. Thinking of checking into a hospital? Think again. You may never see home again. Ginger Franklin, Hendersonville, Tennessee, fell down the stairs in her condo and suffered a bump on her head. She was declared “temporarily mentally incapacitated” and a guardian was appointed through the courts. Within six weeks, the guardian had soldFranklin’s home, car, furniture, and drained her bank account. Today,Franklin has her freedom back, but she is having to start all over. Michael Kidd, 72, of Richardson, Texas, fell in his yard and broke a hip. Now, he ...
Alzheimers linked to high cholesterol
Post Date: 2011-09-13 06:55:41 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- People with high cholesterol may have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, according to a study to be published Tuesday in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. "We found that high cholesterol levels were significantly related to brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease," said study author Kensuke Sasaki, of Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, in a press release. For the study, the cholesterol levels were tested on 2,587 people grouping 40 to 79 in age who had no signs of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers also examined 147 autopsied people who died after a long observation period (10 ...
Government to ban six types of E coli from ground beef: groups
Post Date: 2011-09-13 03:24:21 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will ban the sale of ground beef contaminated with six types of the E coli bacteria that can cause serious cases of food-borne illness, a food-safety watchdog group and a U.S. meat industry group said on Monday. The Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention (CFI) had campaigned for the ban and said it would be "a huge preventative step" to keep pathogens out of the food supply. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was expected to announce the step on Tuesday. So far, one type of E. coli, 0157:H7, is banned as an adulterant, the result of an outbreak of illness in 1944 from undercooked hamburgers. The other types of E. coli, 0 ...
Coils almost halve risk of cervical cancer: study
Post Date: 2011-09-13 03:15:40 by Tatarewicz
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LONDON (Reuters) - Contrary to popular belief, coil contraceptive devices might actually protect women against developing cervical cancer even though they don't stop the infection that commonly leads to the disease, according to the results of an international study. While coils are unlikely to be recommended as way of preventing cervical cancer -- the second most common form of cancer in women worldwide -- the research should reassure women and their doctors that using them carries no added risk of the disease. Spanish researchers who studied 20,000 women found that those with a history of using coils, or intrauterine devices (IUDs), were no less likely than women who don't to ...
Fish oil may hinder chemotherapy: study
Post Date: 2011-09-13 03:04:48 by Tatarewicz
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Fatty acids found in fish oil supplements may block chemotherapy from attacking tumors and patients should stop taking them, said a study by Dutch researchers on Monday. Fish oil supplements of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are sold worldwide, and are touted by manufacturers as a way to boost heart and brain health. However, researchers at The Netherlands' University Medical Center Utrecht report in the journal Cancer Cell that two types of fatty acids, known as platinum-induced fatty acids or PIFAs, were shown to block one type of chemotherapy from working in animal tests. "Whilst waiting for the results of further research, we currently recommend that these products should ...
U.S. proposes direct patient access to lab tests
Post Date: 2011-09-13 02:54:57 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. medical patients would be able to get their laboratory test results directly from the labs rather than wait for a copy from their doctors under a new rule proposed by federal health officials. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Monday proposed new rules giving patients more rights to access their health information. Speaking at a meeting on consumer health information technology, Sebelius recounted her own frustrations with a lack of communication between doctors that led to extra testing or having to refile the same forms over and over again. The proposed rule would amend the Clinical Laboratory Improvement ...
Wish Us Well [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-09-12 22:07:44 by octavia
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Wish us well. My beloved Paddlefeet is entering the fight of his life. After about a month of subtle neurologic signs on August 27, Paddles had an episode of confusion trying to run a computer spredsheet program, and he went to the ER the next day. I watched his head CT as it scaned a brain full of cancer. I left work that night, and haven't gone back. MRIs and oodles of tests were done over the next 6 days and a brain biopsy on the 31st. Results finally back today as Grade 3 papillary astrocytoma. I've had him at home past 10 days, and its been both grand and sad. He is having increasing confusion, and gets very frustrated. He is not a good patient. He is a pirate, a rogue, and a ...
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