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Latest Articles: Health
Study finds "Unnecessary" drugs in nursing homes
Post Date: 2011-05-23 22:54:26 by Tatarewicz
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NEW YORK - Anyone who's ever been through it will tell you that putting a loved one in a nursing home is one of the toughest decisions you'll ever have to make. You hope and pray your relative will be well-cared for. But a troubling new report from the government finds that, all too often, nursing homes are giving antipsychotic drugs to patients who should not be getting them. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports Debra Burchard moved her ailing father William Killingsworth into a Northern California nursing home in September 2005. Within days - she says- he had completely changed. Dementia Patients: Enough with the Doping? "Eyes glassed over ...
Meet some of the bacteria that make up 90 per cent of the living cells in your body
Post Date: 2011-05-23 05:09:59 by Tatarewicz
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Computer artwork of bacteria (blue and green) on human skin. Many types of bacteria are found on human skin, especially associated with sweat glands and hair follicles. They usually cause no problems, although some can cause acne. Bacteria usually only become a problem if they penetrate the skin, for example through a wound or cut. Meet some of the bacteria that make up 90 per cent of the living cells in your body. The human body is home to trillions of lifeforms, from rod-shaped E.coli that use their three tails to swim vigorously up and down our guts, to salmonella which are famous for food poisoning scares but can happily live on our skin with no ill effects to us. Click for ...
Happiness shortens lifespan
Post Date: 2011-05-23 04:59:12 by Tatarewicz
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Researchers found that children who are rated "highly cheerful" at school went onto die younger than their more reserved class mates. This is because they are likely to lead more carefree lives full of danger and unhealthy lifestyle choices, it is believed. They may also be more likely to suffer from mental problems such as bipolar depression which sees moods swing from extreme happiness to debilitating sadness. Being too cheerful – especially at inappropriate times – can also rouse anger in others, increasing the risk of a person coming to harm. The study by a variety of universities analysed the details of children from the 1920s to old age. They found people ...
Avoid low-fat milk, cheese
Post Date: 2011-05-23 03:45:24 by Tatarewicz
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Just about every piece of dietary advice you can find recommends low-fat or non-fat dairy. But a growing number of experts are arguing that it's healthier to eat and drink dairy products with all the fat left in. The fat in dairy foods is roughly 50 to 60 percent saturated fat, but the idea that this is bad for your heart may be nothing more than a mistaken interpretation of the science. In a 2010 analysis, scientists said: "...There is no significant evidence for concluding that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of [coronary heart disease or cardiovascular disease]." What's more, according to dLife: "If only half of dairy fat is the ...
Chinese police crack thousand food safety cases
Post Date: 2011-05-20 03:33:49 by Tatarewicz
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BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese police nationwide have solved more than 1,000 cases that "severely" jeopardized food safety so far this year in the latest efforts to clean up the scandal-prone food industry. In a special crackdown on the use of clenbuterol, a fat-burning drug used by violators to feed pigs to prevent them from accumulating fat, police seized 135 suspects and destroyed eight workshops that illegally produced the chemical, according to a statement released Thursday by the Ministry of Public Security. Police also destroyed four stockhouses and confiscated some 2,000 kilograms of clenbuterol along with a large number of manufacturing equipment, the statement ...
Simple cancer test could save lives
Post Date: 2011-05-20 02:04:18 by Tatarewicz
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A simple at-home cancer screening test could save thousands of lives but too many people aren't even aware of it, the Canadian Cancer Society says. An at-home stool test, available at doctors' offices and some pharmacies, can detect signs of colorectal cancer and is strongly encouraged for people over 50 or those considered at high risk of developing the disease. But only 32 per cent of Canadians in that age group have been screened --and that needs to change, experts say. In the latest annual report on cancer trends across the country released Wednesday, the Canadian Cancer Society puts a spotlight on colorectal cancer and the simple way it can be caught early, ensuring more ...
Alberta city stops adding fluoride to water supply
Post Date: 2011-05-20 01:30:33 by Tatarewicz
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The city of Calgary is shutting off the equipment that pumps fluoride into the supply of drinking water for Calgarians. The move was made on a direction from council and the official receipt of Alberta Environment's authorization. Water Services say that it will take approximately one week for fluoride concentrations to return to natural levels. Fluoride occurs naturally in the drinking water supplies from the Bow and Elbow Rivers, in concentrations that vary throughout the year. Fluoridation of water is known to prevent tooth decay but opponents claim that it can cause greater health problems, is not effective enough based on costs, and has a dosage that cannot be precisely ...
Coffee lowers prostate cancer risk
Post Date: 2011-05-18 01:44:17 by Tatarewicz
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Coffee has been linked to a reduced risk of dying from prostate cancer in a study of nearly 50,000 US men. Those who drank six or more cups a day were found to be 20% less likely to develop any form of the disease - which is the most common cancer in men. They were also 60% less likely to develop an aggressive form which can spread to other parts of the body. But charities say the evidence, reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, is still unclear. They do not recommend that men take up coffee drinking in the hope of preventing prostate cancer. Unknown compounds The study looked at about 48,000 men in the US who work as health professionals. Every four years between ...
Scientists Cast Doubt on TSA Tests of Full-Body Scanners
Post Date: 2011-05-17 06:24:37 by Kamala
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Scientists Cast Doubt on TSA Tests of Full-Body Scanners by Michael Grabell ProPublica, May 16, 2011, 2:11 p.m. 61 Comments Republish E-mail Print A sign at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint instructs passengers about the use of the full-body scanner at O'Hare International Airport on March 15, 2010 in Chicago, Ill. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) The Transportation Security Administration says its full-body X-ray scanners are safe and that radiation from a scan is equivalent to what's received in about two minutes of flying. The company that makes them says it's safer than eating a banana. But some scientists with expertise in imaging ...
Hendra horse vaccine could be ready in 2012
Post Date: 2011-05-17 00:25:54 by Tatarewicz
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CANBERRA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- A vaccine to protect horses from the deadly Hendra virus could be available next year, Australian scientists said on Tuesday. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) has announced that it has made "successful progress" in developing the experimental vaccine to combat the Hendra virus. "Our trials so far have shown that the vaccine prevents the infection of horses with Hendra virus," Dr Deborah Middleton of the CSIRO's Animal Health Laboratory said in a statement released on Tuesday. "A horse vaccine is crucial to breaking the cycle of Hendra virus transmission from flying foxes to horses and then ...
The Google Pharm Case
Post Date: 2011-05-16 06:40:38 by Ada
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The American pharmaceutical system is a highly controlled apparatus for restricting access to much-needed drugs and violating the rights of those who want to purchase them. This has long been true. Vast amounts of drugs that people should be permitted to purchase of their own free will are withheld from the market (of course, many others are outlawed). Instead, people who know what they need are forced first to fork over their money to a physician – who then gets overpaid by insurance – then part of the buck is passed to the over-trained checkout clerks at the pharmacy. We are all treated like babies in order to sustain and fund an industry filled with bamboozlers in white coats. ...
How malaria patients become deficient in iron
Post Date: 2011-05-16 05:18:08 by Tatarewicz
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The malaria parasite can ensure it keeps a host body all to itself by preventing further malarial infections, according to international researchers. The parasite initially reproduces in the liver and moves into the blood. A study on mice, published in Nature Medicine, showed the parasite can trigger iron deficiency in the liver and therefore prevent more infections. An expert said the research was "very cool and very interesting", and improved understanding of infection. The researchers were looking at super-infections, when a patient already infected with malaria is infected with another batch of malaria parasites. People in high-risk areas can be bitten by up to 700 ...
Toxin from GM crops found in human blood
Post Date: 2011-05-15 02:17:59 by Tatarewicz
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Fresh doubts have arisen about the safety of genetically modified crops, with a new study reporting presence of Bt toxin, used widely in GM crops, in human blood for the first time. Genetically modified crops include genes extracted from bacteria to make them resistant to pest attacks. These genes make crops toxic to pests but are claimed to pose no danger to the environment and human health. Genetically modified brinjal, whose commercial release was stopped a year ago, has a toxin derived from a soil bacterium called Bacillus thuringiensis ( Bt). Till now, scientists and multinational corporations promoting GM crops have maintained that Bt toxin poses no danger to human health as the ...
Relaxation Brownies Banned.
Post Date: 2011-05-14 23:22:31 by Armadillo
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BOSTON (CBS) – If you haven’t heard of Lazy Cakes, authorities in Fall River and New Bedford wish it would stay that way. They want them banned from stores because they could be harmful to children. So what is a Lazy Cake? On the company’s Facebook page, they call it a “Tasty chocolate treat that brings on the ultimate state of relaxation.” “The magic of Lazy Cakes™, the original relaxation brownie, is in its proprietary blend that includes herbal relaxation aids melatonin, Valerian Root Extract, Rose Hips Extract, and Passion Flower,” the company says. ... “These brownies are laced with melatonin,” he said at a news conference Thursday. ...
Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown Confirmed
Post Date: 2011-05-14 04:35:58 by Stephen Lendman
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Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown Confirmed - by Stephen Lendman Visual evidence now confirms what earlier was known: namely, that Tokyo Electric's (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station experienced at least one core nuclear meltdown, perhaps much worse than now admitted. An earlier article explained, accessed through the following link: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/04/fukushima-meltdown-confirmed.html Nuclear expert Karl Grossman calls it the ultimate nuclear nightmare, a real time China Syndrome, portrayed fictionally in the 1979 film by the same name. On May 12, Hiroshima Peace Institute Professor Robert Jacobs told Russia Today TV that plant conditions "are much ...
POM-Pay: FTC and FDA Censor Health Benefits of Pomegranates
Post Date: 2011-05-13 13:36:26 by Original_Intent
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The hearing in the case of the Federal Trade Commission against the Resnicks, manufacturers of the pomegranate juice, POM juice, is only weeks away. The FTC has alleged that the Resnicks made unsubstantiated claims about the health benefits of POM juice and seeks to prevent the Resnicks from touting the health benefits of POM juice unless they receive FDA approval. News flash, people. Fruit is good for you. Pomegranates are good for you. Any doctor will tell you that a healthy diet heavy in fruits and vegetables improves your health. The health benefits claimed by POM juice are in no way novel: improved heart health, lower risk of heart disease, lower blood pressure, decreased arterial ...
More Scientific Studies Indicate That Cell Phones are Killing Bees
Post Date: 2011-05-13 11:29:28 by Original_Intent
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More Scientific Studies Indicate That Cell Phones are Killing Bees by Lori Zimmer, 05/11/11 filed under: environmental destruction, News Scientists may have found the cause of the world’s sudden dwindling population of bees – and cell phones are to blame. Research conducted in Lausanne, Switzerland has shown that the signal from cell phones not only confuses bees, but also leads to their death. Over 83 experiments have yielded the same results. With virtually most of the population of the United States (and the rest of the world) owning cell phones, the impact has been greatly noticeable. Led by researcher Daniel Favre, the alarming study found that bees ...
High levels of chemicals found in some fish in S. California
Post Date: 2011-05-13 03:41:44 by Tatarewicz
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LOS ANGELES, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Based on a decade-long study, California authorities warned Thursday that anglers should not eat some fish because they carry high levels of chemicals. Barracuda, sand bass and other fish along Southern Californian coast have been found to be contaminated with toxic chemicals, according to the state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA). The finding is based on a decade-long study by state and federal agencies of 22 species of fish along 160 kilometers of Southern California coast, the agency said. This is a renewed effort to emphasize that some fish carry high levels of chemical contamination, said the agency, which had previously set ...
Alternative Medicine
Post Date: 2011-05-13 03:11:20 by Tatarewicz
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Host: George Noory Guests: Julia Schopick, Dr. John Neustadt, Dr. Robin Falkov Writer and medical advocate, Julia Schopick began studying alternative medical treatment after her husband developed a cancerous brain tumor. She discussed several promising types of treatments that the medical profession has yet to accept for various life-threatening ailments such as MS, epilepsy, and terminal liver disease. The late Dr. Bernard Bihari originated the idea of low doses of Naltrexone and was able to boost immunity in AIDS patients through this treatment, she detailed, adding that it's also been used successfully against autoimmune diseases like MS. The Ketogenic Diet, which was popular in ...
Typhoid scare forces mass pulling of New Zealand kiwifruit from export
Post Date: 2011-05-13 02:53:45 by Tatarewicz
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WELLINGTON, NZ May 13 (Xinhua) -- More than 100,000 trays of export New Zealand kiwifruit, worth about 800,000 NZ dollars (635, 000 U.S. dollars), have been withdrawn from the market over concerns of typhoid contamination. A statement from kiwifruit marketer Zespri International, which has a monopoly over New Zealand kiwifruit exports, said it had been notified by the Public Health Service and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) that a Bay of Plenty-based kiwifruit picker had contracted the gastrointestinal bacterial disease, typhoid. The picker was being monitored in hospital and was expected to be discharged Friday, said the statement. "The person is an overseas worker, ...
Sunshine could save lives of pneumonia patients
Post Date: 2011-05-13 02:45:53 by Tatarewicz
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WELLINGTON, NZ May 13 (Xinhua) -- While it's long been known that a little sunshine can spread happiness, researchers in New Zealand have found that it can also save the lives of pneumonia patients. Medical scientists have found that vitamin D, which is absorbed through the skin and produced with exposure to sunlight, is a major factor in the survival rate of pneumonia patients. Researchers at Waikato University collaborated with doctors at Waikato Hospital, both Hamilton-based institutions, to study blood samples of 112 patients admitted to the hospital with pneumonia during the winter. They found that those with severe vitamin D deficiency 17 of the patients were more likely to ...
Research still inconclusive about diet or other ways to prevent Alzheimer's
Post Date: 2011-05-13 02:03:15 by Tatarewicz
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Scientists Find No Evidence for Alzheimer’s Diet ModificationsAccording to an article published on May 9 in Archives of Neurology, there is no solid evidence that modifications in the diet or lifestyle of a person can reduce their risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). “We have to continue doing carefully designed studies to establish risk and protective factors”, said study author Dr. Martha L. Daviglus of Northwestern University. She also said, “Until then, any health professional should advise patients to have a physically and mentally active life and carefully assess their physical activity levels, diet, and lifestyle and take care of well-known major ...
The Wealthy Live Without Government
Post Date: 2011-05-12 06:52:12 by Ada
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New Hampshire’s judicial branch recently announced an attempt to recapture business law from private arbitration. It’s quite hopeless; even the one judge assigned to the quixotic charge of this judicial Light Brigade admits that he doesn’t expect many businesses to use his court. And they won’t. Why would anyone leave the relatively rational, honest, quick world of private arbitration for the endless delays and corruption of government courts? They wouldn’t. Even if they disagree with any one decision of a private arbitrator, at least the case will be OVER and they can get on with their business. That doesn’t happen once you sink into the tar pit of the US ...
Selenium 'does not prevent cancer'
Post Date: 2011-05-12 06:51:06 by Tatarewicz
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Taking a daily supplement of selenium will not ward off cancer, say experts who have reviewed the available evidence. The Cochrane group looked at 55 studies that included over a million people. Despite anecdotal reports of selenium's cancer powers, the investigators found no proof of a protective effect against skin cancer or prostate cancer. And taking selenium over a long period of time could have toxic effects, they found. Lead author Dr Gabriele Dennert, of the Institute for Transdisciplinary Health Research in Germany, said: "We could find no evidence to recommend regular intake of selenium supplements for cancer prevention in people whether or not they already have ...
All medicines you need can be found in your stomach
Post Date: 2011-05-12 06:41:37 by Tatarewicz
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All the contrivances of the civilization, mankind is getting sick all the harder and in more complicated ways. There are many things that can be blamed for this: the deteriorating environmental situation, physical inactivity, and never ending stress. The human immune system does not withstand the load. At the same time, many drugs that until recently were considered the supporters and saviors have been declared enemies. Meanwhile, half a billion of microorganisms in our stomachs is a ready cure for all ills. The era of antibiotics (from the Latin "against life") began with the discovery of penicillin by microbiologist Alexander Fleming. It seemed that the universal cure-all was ...
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