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Somewhat sheepishly, Exxon makes $11 billion
Post Date: 2011-04-28 19:03:47 by Esso
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Somewhat sheepishly, Exxon makes $11 billion By CHRIS KAHN AP Energy Writer (AP:NEW YORK) Exxon made almost $11 billion and practically apologized for it. Sensing public outrage over gasoline prices that have topped $4 in some states, the company struck a defensive posture Thursday after posting some of its best quarterly financial results ever. Exxon said it had no control over high oil prices. It said it's one of the biggest taxpayers in the United States. It cast federal subsidies as "legitimate tax provisions" that keep jobs at home, and cast itself as a victim of Washington scapegoating. "They feel they have to demonize our industry," said Ken Cohen, ...
Study: Gitmo Doctors Ignored Signs of Torture
Post Date: 2011-04-27 06:11:28 by Ada
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Officials Shrugged Off Data Suggesting Beatings by Jason Ditz A newly released study details a number of cases in which government doctors at Guantanamo Bay ignored strong evidence of torture and other signs of detainee abuse. The study cited nine cases in particular where the “enhanced interrogation” was in line with torture, all of which doctors explained away as “personality disorders.” That was every day life in Guantanamo Bay, it seems, where doctors shrugged off broken bones, didn’t ask about lacerations and nerve damage, or other signs of savage beatings. Even hallucinations were “routine” and the doctors just assumed they were ...
Vitamin D popularity brings rush to patent analogues
Post Date: 2011-04-27 04:43:36 by Tatarewicz
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NaturalNews) Dr. Anne Looker and colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently made vitamin D legend, Professor Hector DeLuca of University of Wisconsin (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector...), and certain folks at big pharma very happy with her widely-reported analysis of the vitamin D status of Americans. Using definitions of deficiency straight from the November 2010 Food and Nutrition Board (FNB) Vitamin D Report - definitions that no vitamin D scientist I know agrees with, except perhaps Professor DeLuca - Dr. Looker reassured Americans their vitamin D levels were sufficient. Instead of a lower limit of 40, 30, or even 20 ng/ml, Dr. Looker and her CDC colleagues actually said ...
Diet 'can reverse kidney failure' in mice with diabetes
Post Date: 2011-04-26 05:06:23 by Tatarewicz
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A controlled diet high in fat and low in carbohydrate can repair kidney damage in diabetic mice, according to US scientists. The study, published in journal PLoS ONE, showed a "ketogenic diet" could reverse damage caused to tubes in the kidneys by too much sugar in the blood. In the UK around a third of the 2.8m people with either type 1 or 2 diabetes go on to develop kidney damage. Diabetes UK said it was "questionable" whether humans could sustain the diet. Damage reversed The researchers at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York used mice with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Once kidney damage had developed, half the mice were put onto the ketogenic ...
Tai chi improves life quality in chronic heart patients
Post Date: 2011-04-26 00:58:32 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Tai chi exercise appears to be associated with improved quality of life, mood and exercise self-efficacy in patients with chronic heart failure, according to a report published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine. "Historically, patients with chronic systolic heart failure were considered too frail to exercise and, through the late 1980s, avoidance of physical activity was a standard recommendation," the authors write as background information in the study. "Preliminary evidence suggests that meditative exercise may have benefits for patients with chronic systolic heart failure; this has not been rigorously tested in a large ...
Heirloom seeds - where to buy?
Post Date: 2011-04-25 17:28:16 by Lod
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Poster Comment:I would welcome you guys input on this one...it's all over the board out there. Any and all recommendations will be much appreciated, thank you.
Successful nutritional cancer treatment shut down by conventional quacks
Post Date: 2011-04-24 06:37:50 by Tatarewicz
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Dr. Nick Gonzalez is a physician focused on alternative cancer treatment using a three-pronged nutritional approach. Located in New York City, he’s had remarkable success treating patients with some of the most lethal forms of cancer that conventional medicine cannot effectively address. Sources: Video Transcript Dr. Mercola's Comments: Alternative cancer treatments are a kind of "forbidden area" in medicine, but Dr. Gonzalez chose to go that route anyway, and has some remarkable success stories to show for his pioneering work. He didn't set out to treat cancer at first however, let alone treat patients. His originalal plan was to be a basic science researcher at ...
Avoiding MSG is trickier than you think
Post Date: 2011-04-23 20:24:48 by Original_Intent
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Avoiding MSG is trickier than you think Editor's Note: Even if you are not 'allergic' to MSG, removing this excito-toxin from your diet has profound impacts on health. Coping with MSG blog Names and addresses of ingredients that contain processed free glutamic acid (MSG) The first essential to coping with MSG is understanding where MSG is hidden -- just in case you would like to avoid it, or would like to begin to understand how much MSG you are able to tolerate without having an obvious adverse reaction. Everyone knows that some people have reactions after eating the food ingredient monosodium glutamate -- reactions that include migraine headaches, upset stomach, fuzzy ...
New birth-control pills can triple the risk of blood clots
Post Date: 2011-04-23 05:42:46 by Tatarewicz
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Women who take a new generation of birth control pills, such as Yaz and Yasmin, are two to three times more likely to develop blood clots than those who use older products like Alesse and Aviane, new research shows. Oral contraceptives all contain a synthetic form of estrogen (ethinyl estradiol) and a synthetic form of progesterone called progestin; the latter comes in various forms that distinguishes products. More related to this story * New birth control pills increase gallbladder disease risk only slightly, study finds * Using the Pill for years may have pitfalls, study says * The Pill turns 50 Poll Would you ever rely on withdrawal as a method of birth control? * Yes * No Results ...
Main gut bacteria Divide People Into 3 Groups
Post Date: 2011-04-23 04:07:36 by Tatarewicz
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Bacterial Ecosystems Divide People Into 3 Groups, Scientists Say In the early 1900s, scientists discovered that each person belonged to one of four blood types. Now they have discovered a new way to classify humanity: by bacteria. Each human being is host to thousands of different species of microbes. Yet a group of scientists now report just three distinct ecosystems in the guts of people they have studied. “It’s an important advance,” said Rob Knight, a biologist at the University of Colorado, who was not involved in the research. “It’s the first indication that human gut ecosystems may fall into distinct types.” The researchers, led by Peer Bork of the ...
Poisoning Mother Earth: Fukushima and America's Gulf
Post Date: 2011-04-22 04:56:07 by Stephen Lendman
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Poisoning Mother Earth: America's Gulf and Fukushima - by Stephen Lendman As best we know it, the shocking truth is that preventable disasters keep proliferating life destroying contamination globally. Yet news about them is suppressed, so few people everywhere are unaware how calamitously they're being harmed. As a result, distinguished environmental researcher, Dr. Ilya Perlingieri, now warns to stay out of rain because it's likely radioactive. So is drinking water, food and air with unknown levels because governments like America and Japan won't say. However, Norwegian Institute for Air Research static and dynamic maps show radiation contamination across the Northern ...
How To Get A Guy To Notice You While You're Having Sex With Him
Post Date: 2011-04-22 00:02:53 by wudidiz
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Understanding Becquerels, Sieverts, Roentgens, Etc
Post Date: 2011-04-21 20:21:36 by Original_Intent
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Understanding Becquerels, Sieverts, Roentgens, EtcBy Ace Hoffman 4-21-11 What are Curies, Becquerels, Rems, Rads, Grays, Sieverts, Roentgens, Q, RBE etc.? Here are some answers (quotes are taken from my book, The Code Killers (URL for free download: www.acehoffman.org ). Let's start with a Curie: "An amount of radioactivity defined as 3.7 *10^18 decays per second... about equal to the radioactivity of one gram of pure radium. Replaced by the Becquerel (Bq)." Becquerel: "Exactly one radioactive decay per second. Abbreviated Bq." So those are just different measurements for the same thing: Radioactive decays ...
World's first guided anti-cancer 'missile' created by scientists
Post Date: 2011-04-20 07:41:22 by Tatarewicz
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A new breakthrough discovery has inched closer towards creating a cancer [abnormal cells that divide without control, which can invade nearby tissues or spread through the bloodstream and lymphatic system to other parts of the body. ] -destroying antibody that may help scientists in eradicating the indestructible cancer cells from body. Indian and Oz researchers have recently identified a ‘RNA aptamer’ antibody that acts as an anti-cancer [abnormal cells that divide without control, which can invade nearby tissues or spread through the bloodstream and lymphatic system to other parts of the body. ] missile. A team of researchers headed by Wei Duan from the Deakin Medical ...
Simple injection reduces tissue damage from heart attack, stroke
Post Date: 2011-04-20 07:29:24 by Tatarewicz
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In a ground breaking research that heralds hope for patients with cardiovascular diseases, scientists have discovered a simple shot can alleviate the negative consequences from a heart attack or stroke. A team of international researchers developed an injectable drug that cuts the potential damage to the heart and brain tissues after an attack by a staggering 60 percent. Lead author of the study, Professor Wilhelm Schwaeble, of Leicester University's department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation stated, "This is a fascinating new achievement in the search for novel treatments to significantly reduce the tissue damage and impaired organ function that occur following ...
Desk job workers face twice the risk of colon cancer
Post Date: 2011-04-20 07:14:09 by Tatarewicz
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People who believe they are comfortable with their desk jobs may have a reason to worry as findings by Australian researchers suggest long-term sedentary work may lead to an increased risk of chronic diseases. Terry Boyle, a Ph.D. aspirant, and his colleague from the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, observed a link between desk jobs and colorectal cancer [abnormal cells that divide without control, which can invade nearby tissues or spread through the bloodstream and lymphatic system to other parts of the body. ] , and found it to be independent of any recreational activity. The two-year long study involving men and women aged 40-79 ...
Swearing can help relieve pain, study claims
Post Date: 2011-04-20 07:01:44 by Tatarewicz
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Scientists from Keele University found that letting forth a volley of foul language can have a powerful painkilling effect, especially for people who do not normally use expletives. To test the theory, student volunteers placed their hands in a bucket of ice cold water while swearing repeatedly. They then repeated the exercise but, instead of swearing, used a harmless phrase instead. Researchers found that the students were able to keep their hands submerged in the icy water for longer when repeating the swear word - establishing a link between swearing and an increase in pain tolerance. They also found that the pain-numbing effect was four times more likely to work in the volunteers ...
All Levels of Radiation Confirmed to Cause Cancer
Post Date: 2011-04-18 14:44:44 by X-15
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Washington, DC July 30, 2005 The National Academies of Science released an over 700-page report yesterday on the risks from ionizing radiation. The BEIR VII or seventh Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation report on "Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation" reconfirmed the previous knowledge that there is no safe level of exposure to radiation—that even very low doses can cause cancer. Risks from low dose radiation are equal or greater than previously thought. The committee reviewed some additional ways that radiation causes damage to cells. Among the reports conclusions are: There is no safe level or threshold of ionizing radiation exposure. Even ...
Food coloring alert
Post Date: 2011-04-18 07:18:51 by Tatarewicz
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The bright colors of grocery store foods are often the result of artificial food dyes, which are now being applied not just to candies and snack foods, but also to products such as pickles, salad dressing and even oranges. But according to scientific studies, these dyes are causing behavioral problems and disrupting children's attention. Some have even been found to pose cancer risks. The FDA has made an about-face on their previous denials that dyes can influence children's behavior, and has stated that synthetic food colorings do affect some children. According to the Washington Post: "Beyond the behavioral problems and cancer risks, the greatest hazard that dyes pose for ...
Drug-resistant TB could infect 2 million by 2015
Post Date: 2011-04-18 05:54:38 by Tatarewicz
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GENEVA — Over two million people will contract a form of tuberculosis by 2015 that is difficult to treat, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. Hundreds of thousands worldwide will die from multi-drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis during that period unless greater efforts are made to properly diagnose all patients and provide them with correct medication, said Mario Raviglione, the director of WHO's Stop TB department The warning came as an alliance of international health groups laid out their multi-billion-dollar plan to contain the spread of tuberculosis, a bacterial disease that usually affects the lungs. "Overall progress is being made, but the ...
Almost half of meat in stores may have drug-resistant bacteria
Post Date: 2011-04-18 04:45:43 by Tatarewicz
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Meat in the U.S. may be widely contaminated with strains of drug-resistant bacteria, researchers reported Friday after testing 136 samples of beef, chicken, pork and turkey purchased at grocery stores. Nearly half of the samples — 47% — contained strains of Staphylococcus aureus, the type of bacteria that most commonly causes staph infections. Of those bacteria, 52% were resistant to at least three classes of antibiotics, according to a study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. DNA testing suggested the animals were the source of contamination. Environmental health scientist Lance Price, the study's leader, said the animals most likely harbored these ...
Alarming New Fukushima Reports
Post Date: 2011-04-18 04:39:00 by Stephen Lendman
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Alarming New Fukushima Reports - by Stephen Lendman Five weeks after Japan's disaster, reports suggest worse, not improved conditions. It portends serious regional and global trouble ahead, besides what's already happened. On April 16, AP headlined, "Radioactivity Rises in Sea Off Japan Nuclear Plant," saying: "Levels of radioactivity have risen sharply in seawater near (Fukushima), signaling the possibility of new leaks at the facility, the government said Saturday." The announcement followed a 5.9 level aftershock rocking the country early Saturday. So far, no additional damage reports were issued. However, seawater radioactive Iodine-131 spiked to 6,500 ...
Britain changing "Best before" labelling
Post Date: 2011-04-18 00:25:16 by Tatarewicz
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Best before" date labels could be scrapped in an attempt to cut the £680 worth of food thrown away by the average UK household each year. New government guidance to shops aims to put more focus on "use by" dates on items such as prawns and yoghurt which have a definite shelf life. The initiative follows consultation with manufacturers and retailers. It will also target "sell by" and "display until" labels which it is thought add to consumers' confusion. These labels are generally used by shops for stock control. The changes will be brought in over the next month and will not involve new legislation. According to the advisory body Waste and ...
The Compounds Plants Use to Protect Themselves from Damage Also Help to Protect People From Damage
Post Date: 2011-04-17 23:53:00 by Horse
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As I noted Thursday: Fruits and vegetables ... contain a lot of beneficial substances in addition to antioxidants (and see this and this). The links point to the cell-protecting action of the pigments in brightly-colored fruits and veggies such as beta carotenoids (orange and yellow pigments), lycopene carotenoids (a red pigment) and anthocyanins (blue and purple pigments). And see this and this. Interestingly, plants produce these compounds to protect themselves from damage. As Kim D. Coder, Professor at the Warnell School of Forest Resources at The University of Georgia notes: Carotenoids help protect the light gathering system of trees from overexposure to light, from damaging ...
Big money in big Pharma's prostate cancer drugs
Post Date: 2011-04-17 04:09:25 by Tatarewicz
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Even though the American Society of Clinical Oncology's (ASCO) super-influential conference may not kick off for another two months, it's best to start backing up the truck now... You see, this very conference is where biotech companies announce some of their clinical research data. Historically, we've see biotech stocks run up going into the conference. What's even nicer for these biotech stocks is that abstracts will be released on ASCO.org on May 18th after the closing bell, followed by this year's ASCO event, which will be held June 3-7 in Chicago. Some of you may remember we said the same thing almost a year ago, buying: * Provectus (PVCT.OB) for 36% gains * ...
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