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Latest Articles: Health
HIV vaccine effective in monkeys
Post Date: 2011-05-12 06:17:29 by Tatarewicz
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A new vaccine can protect macaques against the monkey equivalent of HIV and could provide a fresh approach to an HIV vaccine, a study suggests. US researchers say the vaccine offered protection to 13 of 24 rhesus macaques treated in the experiment. In 12 of the monkeys, the vaccine was still effective 12 months later. They claim the work, published in the journal Nature, could "significantly contribute" to the development of an effective HIV/Aids vaccine. The researchers gave 24 healthy rhesus macaques a vaccine containing a genetically modified form of the virus, rhesus cytomegalovirus (CMV). The vaccine was engineered to produce antigens to attack simian immunodeficiency ...
Bedbugs carrying drug-resistant bacteria
Post Date: 2011-05-12 05:59:20 by Tatarewicz
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As if bedbugs aren't icky enough in their own right, researchers now wonder if the pesky little critters might also be a means of spreading so-called superbug infections. Researchers at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver discovered that a sample of the blood-sucking insects taken from three patients who live in the city's gritty Downtown Eastside were carrying two types of drug-resistant bacteria. Co-investigator Dr. Marc Romney, a medical microbiologist at St. Paul's, said five bedbugs plucked from the patients or their belongings were carrying MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) or VRE (vancomycin-resistant enterococci). Dubbed superbugs, the bacteria are ...
Adult stem cells used to repair (mouse) liver
Post Date: 2011-05-12 05:10:52 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Johns Hopkins University researchers have demonstrated that human liver cells derived from adult cells coaxed into an embryonic state can engraft and begin regenerating liver tissue in mice with chronic liver damage. The work, published Wednesday in the journal Science Translational Medicine, suggests that liver cells derived from so- called "induced-pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)" could one day be used as an alternative to liver transplant in patients with serious liver diseases, bypassing long waiting lists for organs and concerns about immune system rejection of donated tissue. "Our findings provide a foundation for producing functional ...
kenyankare sucks - insurance industry
Post Date: 2011-05-11 17:17:15 by Lod
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Why 'intolerance' to dairy foods may be all in the mind
Post Date: 2011-05-11 05:51:24 by Tatarewicz
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Commercial testing for food intolerances is ‘feeding on fear’ and could endanger health, a major inquiry by Which? found in 2008. It found ‘highly inconsistent’ results from tests costing up to £275 that experts condemned as having no diagnostic value. Which? researchers went undercover and paid for four kinds of tests claimed to diagnose food intolerances. The study throws the spotlight on a multi-million-pound industry that is poorly regulated. These were blood samples tested for certain types of antibodies, tests on strands of hair, changes in a person’s electromagnetic field and kinesiology, which involves resistance to pressure applied to legs or ...
Meditation Use to Reduce Stress Response and Improve Cognitive Functioning in Older Family Dementia Caregivers
Post Date: 2011-05-10 19:23:06 by PSUSA
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Preliminary Results from an Ongoing StudyAt least 5 million Americans provide care for someone with Alzheimer's disease (AD), often at great personal cost. The majority of AD caregivers are over 65 and are twice as likely to report strain and high levels of emotional distress due to caregiving responsibilities. Dementia caregivers have mortality risks 63% higher than non-caregiving controls and are at higher risk for depression. Sign Up for Forget-Me-Not,the ARPF Newsletter First Name Last Name Email Address In collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation is in the process of conducting an ...
Some Top-Selling Drugs Cause More Harm than Good
Post Date: 2011-05-10 08:23:07 by Tatarewicz
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I don't even need to say the word Vioxx to explain how some drugs do more harm than good. From anti-psychotics to pain-killers, cancer drugs and statins, many top-selling drugs are nothing more than ways to make drug companies and drug prescribers simply richer. As an example, I'm offering this short list of drugs that, like Vioxx, have shown they can cause harm. But be aware: This is just a sampling. The list of all the drugs that belong in this category is so long it's not possible to include them all here: * Avandia, the diabetes drug for which its maker, GlaxoSmithKline, has agreed to pay $250 million to settle 5,500 claims, can cause heart attacks and kill users. GSK ...
Doctors diagnose stroke with iPhone app
Post Date: 2011-05-10 01:02:05 by Tatarewicz
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University of Calgary researchers have developed an iPhone application that allows doctors to diagnose a stroke in a patient thousands of kilometres away. The application will be particularly helpful to doctors in rural areas who need the expertise of a specialist, such as a neurologist or radiologist, who is working in an urban setting, say researchers. The specialist will be able to see diagnostic images from a CT scan on their phone, whether they are at a Calgary hospital or a hockey game. Ross Mitchell, a professor of radiology at U of C, holds an iPad showing a CT scan of the brain. Ross Mitchell, a professor of radiology at U of C, holds an iPad showing a CT scan of the brain. CBC ...
Cancer-causing strawberry pesticide under review
Post Date: 2011-05-08 06:31:55 by Tatarewicz
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(NaturalNews) Decadent and delicious, much-loved strawberries have a dark side. The recently approved strawberry pesticide methyl iodide has been called "one of the most toxic chemicals on earth" by Dr. John Froines, UCLA Professor of Environmental Health and Chair of California's independent scientific committee established to review the chemical. We have a window of opportunity right now to tell the EPA that methyl iodide has no place in the fields. Sign the petition to EPA today (action.panna.org/p/dia/actio...) demanding that they ban methyl iodide! Methyl iodide causes cancer, late-term miscarriages and contaminates groundwater. In fact, it's so reliable at causing ...
White glow' in babies' eyes a possible cancer warning
Post Date: 2011-05-08 06:09:05 by Tatarewicz
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Children's cancer campaigners want a section of the personal child health record - or 'little red book' - rewritten to alert new parents to the dangers of an unusual form of eye cancer. Retinoblastoma, which affects the retina of children aged under five, can result in the eye being removed if there is any delay in treating it. Spotting the presence of a tumour is key - and sometimes all it takes is a photograph. The most common sign of retinoblastoma is a white glow in the pupil of the eye, which can look like a 'cat's eye' in a photograph, especially when there is a 'red eye' look in the other eye. The 'glow' is caused by the light reflecting ...
Vernon’s Dance With Cancer
Post Date: 2011-05-07 22:54:28 by James Deffenbach
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This is just the beginning of this dance. When it is over it is not over. The music still calls me to do more ‘things’ and to continue to right my body to its natural state of Health and Well-Being. “Everybody else has a ‘ battle with cancer’ or at least ‘ a fight’ – you choose to dance with the crab which has a dark yet optimistic elegance.”…Bryan The Dance Begins Dear Son….”I am coming to Hawaii. Shall I bring a tent or buy one there?” Dear Dad…”Don’t bother with a tent. I am caretaking a place and there is a vacant cabin just for you.” Well, I went to Hawaii and had one adventure after another. ...
Low-Salt Diet Ineffective, Study Finds. Disagreement Abounds.
Post Date: 2011-05-07 02:49:28 by Tatarewicz
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A new study found that low-salt diets increase the risk of death from heart attacks and strokes and do not prevent high blood pressure, but the research’s limitations mean the debate over the effects of salt in the diet is far from over. In fact, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention felt so strongly that the study was flawed that they criticized it in an interview, something they normally do not do. Dr. Peter Briss, a medical director at the centers, said that the study was small; that its subjects were relatively young, with an average age of 40 at the start; and that with few cardiovascular events, it was hard to draw conclusions. And the study, Dr. Briss ...
New study: Nations requiring the most vaccines tend to have the worst infant mortality rates
Post Date: 2011-05-06 23:25:28 by Original_Intent
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(NaturalNews) A new study, published in Human and Experimental Toxicology (http://het.sagepub.com/content/earl...), a peer-reviewed journal indexed by the National Library of Medicine, found that nations with higher (worse) infant mortality rates tend to give their infants more vaccine doses. For example, the United States requires infants to receive 26 vaccines -- the most in the world -- yet more than six U.S. infants die per every 1000 live births. In contrast, Sweden and Japan administer 12 vaccines to infants, the least amount, and report less than three deaths per 1000 live births.The authors of the study, Neil Z. Miller and Dr. Gary Goldman, conducted a literature review to determine ...
Sex, coffee increase stroke risk
Post Date: 2011-05-06 06:29:28 by Tatarewicz
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A study has found that drinking coffee, have sex, or even blowing your nose, could temporarily raise your risk of rupturing a brain aneurysm and suffering a stroke. Dutch researchers identified eight main triggers that appear to increase the risk of intracranial aneurysm (IA), a weakness in the wall of a brain blood vessel that often causes it to balloon. If it ruptures, it can result in a subarachnoid hemorrhage which is a stroke caused by bleeding at the base of the brain. An estimated 2 per cent of the general population have IAs, but few rupture. Calculating population attributable risk, the fraction of subarachnoid haemorrhages that can be attributed to a particular trigger factor, ...
Scientists invent packaging able to detect bad food
Post Date: 2011-05-05 23:15:41 by Tatarewicz
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German scientists have developed a special plastic film that changes colour in contact with rotting food, possibly soon making bad meat or fish from the supermarket a thing of the past. The researchers at the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Modular Solid State Technologies in Munich have created a “sensor film” that turns from yellow to blue. It can be cheaply added to food packaging so that shoppers can see with their own eyes whether food is still good and avoid potential food poisoning. “There is no guarantee with ‘best before’ dates that the meat is still fresh – for example if you store it improperly,” researcher Anna Hezinger told The Local on ...
Sleep solutions
Post Date: 2011-05-01 04:08:34 by Tatarewicz
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In our 24/7 society, far too many Americans see sleep as a luxury rather than a necessity. We have no problem spending long hours at work and then adding other activities that can turn a busy day into a positively grinding experience. Something's got to give, so we delay our mental and physical recharge and skimp on sleep. When we finally do lie down, our busy minds aren’t always so willing to rest. “Insomnia is a complex condition often caused by a number of factors,” says Qanta Ahmed, MD, a sleep specialist at the Winthrop-University Hospital Sleep Disorders Center in Mineola, N.Y. “Addressing those factors often requires lifestyle and environmental changes.” ...
Add Lemon juice to slow down aging
Post Date: 2011-05-01 03:48:50 by Tatarewicz
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Whatever you put in your pan for dinner tonight, make sure you add a few squeezes of this: lemon juice. A new study shows that marinating meats in lemon juice -- or vinegar -- can help greatly reduce the production of harmful compounds linked to aging and chronic disease. Cooking Compounds All foods -- but especially ones derived from animals -- contain varying levels of compounds called advanced glycation end products (AGEs). These compounds are known to cause inflammation and may open the door to faster aging. Cooking -- especially high-heat methods -- increases formation of AGEs. But now new research suggests that marinating foods in an acidic, low-pH liquid -- like lemon juice or ...
Many OTC herbs no longer available under new EU regs
Post Date: 2011-05-01 03:24:14 by Tatarewicz
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New European Union rules have come into force banning hundreds of traditional herbal remedies. The EU law aims to protect consumers from possible damaging side-effects of over-the-counter herbal medicines. For the first time, new regulations will allow only long-established and quality-controlled medicines to be sold. But both herbal remedy practitioners and manufacturers fear they could be forced out of business. To date, the industry has been covered by the 1968 Medicines Act, drawn up when only a handful of herbal remedies were available and the number of herbal practitioners was very small. But surveys show that about a quarter of all adults in the UK have used a herbal medicine ...
Semen - an antidepresent?
Post Date: 2011-05-01 02:18:31 by Tatarewicz
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Lazar Greenfield, M.D. is no ordinary surgeon. Until last week, he was the president-elect of the American College of Surgeons. The man is the inventor of the Greenfield Filter, a device that has saved countless lives as a means of preventing blood clots during surgery. He's a professor emeritus of surgery at the University of Michigan. He has written more than 360 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, 128 book chapters and two textbooks. He has served on the Editorial Board of 15 scientific journals and was also the lead editor of the Surgery News, the trade publication in which his writing initiated Semengate. In the February issue, he penned some thoughts on Valentine's ...
Pork that ‘glows,’ beans with cancer chems among China’s latest poison foods
Post Date: 2011-05-01 00:37:18 by Tatarewicz
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BEIJING (AFP) – A wave of tainted-food scares has renewed fears in China over continued product-safety problems despite a government promise to clean up the food industry following a deadly 2008 milk scandal. Tainted pork, toxic milk, dyed buns and other dodgy foods have surfaced in recent weeks, sickening consumers and highlighting the government's apparent inability to oversee China's huge and under-regulated food industry. The litany of stomach-turning headlines has caused officials to scramble to contain the damage and sparked an anguished lament last week from Premier Wen Jiabao about unscrupulous food producers. "These virulent food-safety incidents have revealed ...
Grandma, 91, Sells Suicide Kits To Allow Elderly To ‘Die With Dignity’
Post Date: 2011-04-30 20:05:11 by noone222
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LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Meet Sharlotte. Like a lot of grandmothers, she likes to keep busy. But while some grannies sit and knit scarves and afghans, this 91-year-old has a decidedly different hobby. She makes suicide masks. Sharlotte started making and selling these suicide kits out of her cozy Southern California home after watching her husband die a slow and painful death from colon cancer. She blames doctors for keeping him alive. “It was terrible to treat people that way… To make them suffer to the bitter end,” Sharlotte said. Sharlotte, who sells her controversial kits for $60, demonstrated how they work in front of our cameras. See Video Here: ...
Pot Prohibition Turns 100-Years-Old: A Centennial Anniversary That’s Hardly Worth Celebrating
Post Date: 2011-04-30 16:10:20 by abraxas
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Posted by Paul Armentano at 10:48 am April 29, 2011 Pot Prohibition Turns 100-Years-Old: A Centennial Anniversary That’s Hardly Worth Celebrating Posted by Paul Armentano on @ 10:48 am Marijuana prohibition ‘celebrates’ its centennial anniversary today. That’s right, the government’s war on cannabis consumers is now officially 100-years-old. Self-evidently, cannabis has won. Although many credit the passage of the federal Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 with the initiation of pot prohibition, the reality is that one hundred years ago today, Massachusetts Governor Eugene Foss signed the first statewide anti-pot prohibition into law. Following Massachusetts, over 30 ...
scientists find way to wipe out traumatic memories
Post Date: 2011-04-30 07:43:18 by Tatarewicz
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Painful memories from the past can take a severe toll on a healthy and peaceful life. Although it’s often advised to come out of painful memories and live life with joy, it may not be that simple. But UCLA life scientists have now found a way they claim would help erase past trauma from our minds. Traumatic events such as accidents, war experiences or serious illnesses create a fearful memory that can last a lifetime and have a debilitating effect on a person's life. Now scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, claim to have found a way to erase painful memories and post-traumatic stress. "I think we will be able to alter memories someday to reduce the ...
Thyroid drug 'boosts risk of fractures in the elderly'
Post Date: 2011-04-29 01:37:42 by Tatarewicz
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Many elderly people may be taking "excessive" medication for their thyroid problems, increasing their fracture risk, researchers warn. A synthetic hormone, thyroxine, is given to people who's thyroid glands produce too little naturally. But writing in the British Medical Journal, researchers say having too much boosts fracture risk and doses may need to be reduced as people age. A British expert said there was not enough research into the condition. It has been estimated that 20% of older people are on long-term treatment for an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism). Patients are supposed to be checked regularly to ensure they are on the right dose, but for many it often ...
Geomagetic influence on health - Monday C2C
Post Date: 2011-04-29 01:20:26 by Tatarewicz
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Geomagnetic Fields & Health Date: 05-02-11 Host: George Noory Guests: Rollin McCraty Dr. Rollin McCraty will discuss the interaction between the Earth's geomagnetic fields and the human heart and brain, and how disturbances in these fields deeply impact our health and well-being, and conversely how collective emotions alter Earth energies. Website(s): * heartmath.org * glcoherence.org
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