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Latest Articles: Health
Chinese diners eat live fish in YouTube video
Post Date: 2009-11-18 23:39:57 by TwentyTwelve
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Chinese diners eat live fish in YouTube video Animal rights campaigners have criticised the Chinese over their extreme eating habits after a video of diners eating a live fish became a hit on the internet. By Ben Leach Published: 9:39AM GMT 18 Nov 2009 Comments 154 | Comment on this article The film, in which a part-fried fish is shown breathing and wriggling on a plate as it is being slowly eaten alive in a restaurant, has been posted on the video-sharing website YouTube. In order to keep the carp alive chefs cook its body but wrap its head in a wet cloth to keep it breathing, before covering it in sauce and serving in on a plate. The YouTube video shows diners, who are ...
Universal Single-Payer Healthcare Coverage: An Economic Stimulus Plan
Post Date: 2009-11-18 05:57:25 by Stephen Lendman
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Universal Single Payer Health Care Coverage: An Economic Stimulus Plan - by Stephen Lendman The Institute for Health & Socio-Economic Policy (IHSP) is "non-profit policy and research group and is the exclusive research arm of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, (focusing on) current political/economic policy analysis in health care and other Industries....to enhance, promote and defend the quality of life for all." In January, it released a "First-of-Its Kind Study" titled, "Single Payer/Medicare for All: An Economic Stimulus Plan for the Nation" to reform the system by providing universal care, adding productive new ...
10 year old uses marijuana for autism, with positive results
Post Date: 2009-11-17 23:47:07 by Artisan
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10 year old uses marijuana for autism, with positive results KTLA 5 news Los Angeles has reported on a family in southern California who, after a series of worsening autism symptoms exhibited by their son, resorted to medical marijuana. The results have been wonderful, according to the boy's parents. Ten-year -old Sam's father told reporter Cher Calvin that his son had been hurting other children at school, pulling the television down, destroying furniture, etc .He would have to put the boy in a hold for an hour, while he had spasms, until he eventually calmed down. The parents had consulted the conventional 'experts'; doctors who put Sam on prescription drugs, which ...
Eggplant Cures Skin Cancer
Post Date: 2009-11-17 18:12:08 by Horse
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(NaturalNews) An ingredient in common eggplant has been shown to cure cancer. The eggplant extract is a phytochemical called solasodine glycoside, or BEC5. Dr. Bill E. Cham discovered it, after hearing of a folk medicine cure from Australian farmers. They told him of eye cancers cured in cattle after application of a poultice made from the fruit of a weed called Devil's Apple, known in Latin as Solanum linnaeanum. This plant is part of the Solanacea family, which includes other common vegetables such as tomato and eggplant. BEC5 works by bonding to a receptor on the surface of the cancer cell. After the cell digests the eggplant extract, it causes the cell to rupture. The cancer cell ...
A Key for Unlocking Memories
Post Date: 2009-11-17 12:07:38 by Prefrontal Vortex
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A Key for Unlocking Memories Music Therapy Opens a Path to the Past for Alzheimer's Patients; Creating a Personal Playlist One of the raps on iPods is that users tend to close themselves off from other people and retreat into their own private world. But with stroke and dementia patients, iPods and other MP3 players are having just the opposite effect. Listening to rap and reggae on a borrowed iPod every day has helped Everett Dixon, a 28-year-old stroke victim at Beth Abraham Health Services in Bronx, N.Y., learn to walk and use his hands again. Trevor Gibbons, 52, who fell out of a fourth-floor construction site and suffered a crushed larynx, has become so entranced with music ...
CHINA QUESTIONS COSTS of U.S. HEALTHCARE REFORM (Ya gotta be shittin me).
Post Date: 2009-11-17 09:46:19 by noone222
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November 16th, 2009 China questions costs of U.S. healthcare reform Post a comment (111)Posted by: James Pethokoukis Tags: Uncategorized, budget deficit, China, healthcare reform, national debt Guess what? It turns out the Chinese are kind of curious about how President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform plans would impact America’s huge fiscal deficit. Government officials are using his Asian trip as an opportunity to ask the White House questions. Detailed questions. Boilerplate assurances that America won’t default on its debt or inflate the shortfall away are apparently not cutting it. Nor should they, when one owns nearly $2 trillion in assets denominated in the currency ...
Awake and Joosed
Post Date: 2009-11-17 06:07:11 by Ada
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The world has an impression of the United States as a free-wheeling, hard-drinking country where few things are regulated. The world should wake up to the reality that the US is governed by a totalitarian bureaucracy that claims to manage every aspect of our lives, which means of course managing the economy with massive regulatory intervention, of which the following is but a tiny example. The Food and Drug Administration has decided that Americans are entirely too fond of the dangerous mix of alcohol and caffeine. The proof is the popularity of all kinds of new drinks hitting the market. An example is Tilt, an energy drink sold as a premium malt beverage. There are many other similar ...
Drug Makers Raise Prices in Face of Health Care Reform
Post Date: 2009-11-17 04:48:09 by Kamala
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November 16, 2009 Drug Makers Raise Prices in Face of Health Care Reform By DUFF WILSON Even as drug makers promise to support Washington’s health care overhaul by shaving $8 billion a year off the nation’s drug costs after the legislation takes effect, the industry has been raising its prices at the fastest rate in years. In the last year, the industry has raised the wholesale prices of brand-name prescription drugs by about 9 percent, according to industry analysts. That will add more than $10 billion to the nation’s drug bill, which is on track to exceed $300 billion this year. By at least one analysis, it is the highest annual rate of inflation for drug prices since ...
Fluoridation Increases Infant Death Rates
Post Date: 2009-11-16 19:44:30 by Horse
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Fluoridation causes more premature births, one of the top causes of infant death in the USA. It poses the greatest risk to poor non-white mothers and babies. This is the finding State University of New York researchers from data spanning 1993 to 2002. Research in Chile in the 1970s also showed fluoridation caused an increase in infant death rates. Chile stopped fluoridation as a result. A baby born at least 3 weeks early is classified as premature - accounting for about 12 percent of US births. To ensure fluoridation was the culprit, and not some other factor, the researchers recorded fluoridation residence status (under or over 1 ppm) and adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, neighborhood ...
Senate won't rush health bill: top Republican
Post Date: 2009-11-16 09:57:48 by christine
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will not rush consideration of healthcare reform legislation sought by President Barack Obama, and lawmakers can expect a number of amendments, the chamber's top Republican said on Sunday.
"This will be on the floor for quite a long time," Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell told "Fox News Sunday" ahead of possible action this week on a procedural vote to bring the legislation up for debate on the Senate floor.
McConnell would not elaborate on a time frame for consideration or say whether the measure to reform the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system could clear the chamber by the end of the year as President Barack Obama has said he ...
Fallujah’s infants suffer from sharp rise in birth defects
Post Date: 2009-11-15 19:50:24 by Ada
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Fallujahs infants suffer from sharp rise in birth defectsDoctors and officials in Fallujah are appealing to the international community for an investigation into the unnatural increase in birth defects, 5 years after two major battles between the U.S. military and Sunni militia groups took place there. The war-ravaged population center has seen an increase of up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants since pre-war levels, according to a report by the UK's Guardian. Documented statistics for birth defects in Fallujah have only emerged in recent months, but the rate of abormalities, including early-life cancers, is high enough to cause alarm at Fallujah's General ...
The Relentless War on Drug Users Is Escalating Violence in the US: It's Time for Harm Reduction
Post Date: 2009-11-15 05:03:13 by Kamala
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The Relentless War on Drug Users Is Escalating Violence in the US: It's Time for Harm Reduction By Don Hazen, AlterNet Posted on November 14, 2009, Printed on November 15, 2009 www.alternet.org/story/143955/ Ethan Nadelmann is one of a handful of marvelously charismatic and motivating speakers within the liberal and progressive universe. He talks creatively and emphatically about race, class, gender, corruption, power, human rights, immigration and the devastating impact of prison-industrial complex on all aspects of society, all progressive touchstones. Yet relatively few people know who he is, or follow his efforts. Why? Because he has devoted his life to transforming ...
Alexander S. Jones answers a listener email regarding use of Vitamins C, D3, E, nebulizing silver and N-A-C
Post Date: 2009-11-13 17:27:17 by Horse
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[again important to stress these are vitamins and supplements and not Rx drugs, and anyone taking them should always follow the suggestions provided on the labeling. that being said... -ed] Vitamin C and Vitamin E together reduce flu mortality in mice. The doses in mice were vitamin E (60 mg/kg b.w.) and vitamin C (80 mg/kg b.w.). This would be equivalent to approx 6g / day Vitamin E and 8g / day Vitamin C. 30 IU vitamin E = 20mg, so I’d say the adult dose of vitamin E during a pandemic is at least 3000 IU (2g/day). I think these doses would only be necessary if there was already a lung infection. Prior to lung infection, the doses could be much smaller. Also Vitamin E is ...
Confessions of an ObamaCare Backer: A liberal explains the political calculus [ must read!]
Post Date: 2009-11-13 04:38:55 by scrapper2
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The typical argument for ObamaCare is that it will offer better medical care for everyone and cost less to do it, but occasionally a supporter lets the mask slip and reveals the real political motivation. So let's give credit to John Cassidy, part of the left-wing stable at the New Yorker, who wrote last week on its Web site that "it's important to be clear about what the reform amounts to." Mr. Cassidy is more honest than the politicians whose dishonesty he supports. "The U.S. government is making a costly and open-ended commitment," he writes. "Let's not pretend that it isn't a big deal, or that it will be self-financing, or that it will work out ...
Small Business Crunches Numbers on Health Bill
Post Date: 2009-11-12 21:23:14 by scrapper2
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Small business has fought the health-care bill as too costly. That made Saturday's vote bitter to many of the nation's roughly 30 million such entrepreneurs, if welcome to some. "With unemployment at a 26-year high, the punitive employer mandates and atrocious new taxes will force small business owners to eliminate jobs and freeze expansion plans at a time when our nation's economy needs small business to thrive," Susan Eckerly, senior vice president of one of the most powerful small-business lobbying groups, the National Federation of Independent Business, said in a statement Saturday. Added Molly Brogan, spokeswoman for the National Small Business Association: ...
Harry Reid Puts Healthcare Bill On Senate Calendar
Post Date: 2009-11-12 20:15:56 by christine
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) late Tuesday laid the groundwork for the Senate's healthcare reform debate to start next Tuesday. Reid filed a motion to introduce the bill on Monday, Nov. 16. Anticipating a Republican objection, the bill would be pushed onto the Senate calendar. "A motion to proceed to the bill would be in order the next legislative day," said Reid spokesman Jim Manley. In doing so, Reid heeded the advice of former President Bill Clinton, who visited Senate Democrats Tuesday at their weekly caucus lunch and urged them to move quickly to pass health reform. Clinton imparted lessons from his own attempt during his presidency, in 1993, and said ...
Bernie Sanders joins bill to ban chemical BPA from children's food containers after Chinese Study
Post Date: 2009-11-12 20:15:20 by Artisan
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Senator Sanders joins bill to ban chemical BPA from children's food containers after Chinese Study Senator Bernie Sanders has joined a handful of lawmakers in an attempt to ban a controversial chemical from children's food and beverage containers. A study released this week revealing the harmful effects of bisphenol A, or BPA, on Chinese factory workers indicated that the chemical causes sexual problems in men. The study was published in Journal Human Reproduction and funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which is a division of the Centers for Disease Control. A CNN headline read 'Study links BPA in plastics to erectile dysfunction', and ...
Inmates: Man Begged For Care Before Death
Post Date: 2009-11-12 18:51:34 by freepatriot32
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Medical Records Show Man Given Tylenol NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Ebodio Castillo spent his final night gasping for breath, crying in pain and begging for help but was ignored in the jail where he was serving a five-day sentence for a driver's license violation, more than two dozen fellow inmates say. The experience so rattled other inmates at the Warren County Jail that 14 took the unusual step of signing a letter to a local newspaper, and others wrote separate letters and gave interviews to The Associated Press. An autopsy concluded Castillo, 51, died of complications from bronchopneumonia the day before he was to be released. His family says he was a healthy man before he began his short ...
Packaging for pistol sight among items found in Fort Hood shooter's apartment [ pill bottle with AIDS medication, Combivir, prescribed to Hasan in 2001 was also found!]
Post Date: 2009-11-12 13:27:57 by scrapper2
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KILLEEN, Texas – Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's dingy apartment holds the odd remnants of a solitary military life, with hints of secrets and suggestions of terrible plans Investigators surrendered control of the apartment back to its owner Wednesday morning, nearly a week after the U.S. Army psychiatrist left it and drove to Fort Hood to attack his fellow soldiers and civilian employees, killing 13 and wounding 29. A manager at the Casa Del Norte apartments allowed media into Hasan's one-bedroom, upstairs unit shortly after the owner inspected it, taped one closet shut and left, shaking his head. "The owner feels a little guilty," said manager Alice Thompson. Patricia ...
At least 4,000 swine flu deaths reported in U.S. (4X initial estimate now)
Post Date: 2009-11-12 12:19:59 by abraxas
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At least 4,000 swine flu deaths reported in U.S. CDC: ‘Many millions’ have been sickened since outbreak began in April updated 5:48 a.m. PT, Thurs., Nov . 12, 2009 ATLANTA - Federal health officials now say that 4,000 or more Americans likely have died from swine flu — about four times the estimate they've been using. The new, higher figure was first reported by The New York Times. It includes deaths caused by complications related to swine flu, including pneumonia and bacterial infections. Until now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had conservatively put the U.S. swine flu death count at more than 1,000. Officials said this week they're working on ...
Why Antidepressants Don't Work
Post Date: 2009-11-12 11:49:38 by Horse
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The majority of people who take antidepressants for depression never get relief. Why? Because the cause of depression has been oversimplified, and drugs designed to treat it aim at the wrong target, according to a new study that appears to topple some strongly held beliefs about depression. One is that stressful life events are a major cause of depression. The other is that an imbalance in neurotransmitters in the brain triggers depressive symptoms. These beliefs were the basis for the drugs currently used to treat depression, and it appears they may both be incorrect. Current antidepressants aim to boost neurotransmitters based on the popular molecular explanation of depression, which ...
Kucinich: Why I Voted No
Post Date: 2009-11-12 06:30:24 by Kamala
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Kucinich: Why I Voted No Posted on Nov 8, 2009 Flickr / SEIU International By Rep. Dennis Kucinich We have been led to believe that we must make our health care choices only within the current structure of a predatory, for-profit insurance system which makes money not providing health care. We cannot fault the insurance companies for being what they are. But we can fault legislation in which the government incentivizes the perpetuation, indeed the strengthening, of the for-profit health insurance industry, the very source of the problem. When health insurance companies deny care or raise premiums, co-pays and deductibles they are simply trying to make a profit. That is our system. ...
Shocking H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine Miscarriage Stories From Pregnant Women – Tell Your Doctors That Vaccines And Pregnancy Do Not Mix!
Post Date: 2009-11-11 17:51:07 by abraxas
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Shocking H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine Miscarriage Stories From Pregnant Women – Tell Your Doctors That Vaccines And Pregnancy Do Not Mix! U.S. health authorities have made pregnant women one of the highest priority groups for getting the H1N1 swine flu vaccine, but is it actually safe for pregnant women and their babies? Well, the truth is that miscarriage reports from pregnant women who have taken the H1N1 swine flu vaccine are starting to pour in from all over the nation. Vaccines and pregnancy simply do not mix safely. In fact, the package inserts for the swine flu vaccines actually say that the safety of these vaccines for pregnant women has not been established. What you are about to ...
That's a Bad Cough, Let's Examine Your Genome
Post Date: 2009-11-11 11:24:16 by Prefrontal Vortex
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That's a Bad Cough, Let's Examine Your Genome In 2003, we mapped the human genome, the 20,000-ish genes we all share. It cost $3 billion. Today, you can literally spit in a cup, place the saliva in the mail and get a peek at your own. Services like 23andMe (proponents of the above-mentioned "spit parties") and Navigenics both examine specific snippets of your genome for known severe genetic conditions like diabetes, bipolar disorder and certain types of cancers (as well as goofier stuff like freckling and "food preference"). Meanwhile, a boutique genome mapping company named Knome maps not just snippets of DNA but your entire genome, using a blood sample. When ...
Desiree Jennings on the Road to Recovery
Post Date: 2009-11-11 10:28:55 by christine
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After having her life turned upside down by a routine influenza shot, and discharged by three major hospitals after four visits - despite worsening symptoms - Desiree Jennings is finally making great strides in her recovery. The vibrant, 25-year-old Washington Redskins Cheerleader Ambassador has a website to tell her story and keep well-wishers from around the world informed of her progress as well as to promote “true informed consent.” Jennings was training for a half marathon in August 2009 when she received her seasonal flu shot, something she had done several years before. This time, however, her reaction was severe and debilitating. Over the course of several weeks she lost ...
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