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Latest Articles: Health
Staph germs harder than ever to treat, studies say
Post Date: 2008-10-30 19:42:33 by scrapper2
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WASHINGTON – Drug-resistant staph bacteria picked up in ordinary community settings are increasingly acquiring "superbug" powers and causing far more serious illnesses than they have in the past, doctors reported Monday. These widespread germs used to be easier to treat than the dangerous forms of staph found in hospitals and nursing homes. "Until recently we rarely thought of it as a problem among healthy people in the community," said Dr. Rachel Gorwitz of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now, the germs causing outbreaks in schools, on sports teams and in other social situations are posing a growing threat. A CDC study found that at least ...
radiation treatment for breast cancer
Post Date: 2008-10-30 19:36:42 by richard9151
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I know four women who have received radiation treatment for breast cancer. Unfortunately, I expect you can probably make a similar claim. That's why the news of a new breast cancer study is so disturbing on two counts: 1) each one of us is likely to have more friends treated with radiation for breast cancer in the future, and 2) each of these friends will likely be at higher risk of developing cancer in the opposite breast. Handle with care Radiation is lethal. In fact, Marie Curie – the scientist who discovered radium and directed the first studies in which radiation was used to treat cancer – died from radiation exposure. In the seven decades since Curie's death, ...
Obesity blamed for doubling rate of diabetes cases
Post Date: 2008-10-30 19:30:59 by richard9151
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Right, like no one can explain why this is happening. Or why obesity is increasing. Or why heart disease is killing more people. Or why cancer is worse. Can anyone say..... FDA? By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer – 52 mins ago ATLANTA – The nation's obesity epidemic is exacting a heavy toll: The rate of new diabetes cases nearly doubled in the United States in the past 10 years, the government said Thursday. The highest rates were in the South, according to the first state-by-state review of new diagnoses. The worst was in West Virginia, where about 13 in 1,000 adults were diagnosed with the disease in 2005-07. The lowest was in Minnesota, where the rate was 5 in 1,000. ...
Copper fittings 'all but eliminate superbugs'
Post Date: 2008-10-30 13:44:29 by gengis gandhi
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Copper fittings 'all but eliminate superbugs' Hospitals could be fitted with copper fixtures after research found it significantly reduced the presence of superbugs in wards. By Chris Irvine Last Updated: 7:56AM GMT 29 Oct 2008 The study, funded by the copper industry, found copper fittings rapidly killed bugs such as MRSA and C difficile - bugs which claim thousands of lives a year. Trials at Selly Oak hospital, in Birmingham, found copper taps and toilet seats helped significantly reduce the presence of the bug. Copper is a common constituent in medicines including antiseptic and antifungal creams. Although it is widely believed copper provides relief to many, including ...
The Guess Who - These Eyes
Post Date: 2008-10-29 03:59:48 by wudidiz
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The Guess Who - These Eyes [I] (1969 clip)
It's not a trick, and it's far from a treat - Halloween candy for sale in the U.S. may be tainted with melamine.
Post Date: 2008-10-28 15:56:05 by richard9151
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It's not a trick, and it's far from a treat - Halloween candy for sale in the U.S. may be tainted with melamine. About a month ago, samples of Cadbury chocolate produced in China were found to contain melamine - an industrial chemical that can be used to mask protein deficiency. Now we have evidence that milk powder, produced in China, may have been used to produce Halloween candy that's currently on store shelves all across the country. Below I've provided some links to YouTube clips with more information. If you've already purchased any candy thought to be tainted, please throw it out immediately. And PLEASE share this urgent message with your family and friends to ...
Medical Debt Sending Many Over Financial Brink
Post Date: 2008-10-28 12:11:27 by richard9151
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HealthDay Reporter by Amanda Gardner – 6 mins ago TUESDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) --Since 1999, Keith and Deborah Krinsky of Magalia, Calif., have seen their health insurance deductible soar from $1,000 to $10,000. And their health-care costs have put them in a financial hole. A combination of Keith's chronic asthma and potential heart problems, Deborah's connective tissue disorder and fallen arches, and their kids' various scrapes and stumbles led them to amass a pile of credit card debt and forced them to refinance the mortgage on their house -- which they now are having trouble paying. Keith, once a plant manager for a trucking company in Chico, took a $30,000 ...
"Honey as a Topical Treatment for Wounds"
Post Date: 2008-10-28 11:47:39 by richard9151
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It sounds like a scene from Indiana Jones… In 1862, Egyptologist Edwin Smith purchased an ancient scroll from a couple of vandals in Luxor, Egypt. About 70 years later, a University of Chicago scholar translated the text, which turned out to contain 48 medical case histories, recorded around 3000 B.C. Case number three described treatment for an acute head wound. After stitching the wound shut, oil and honey were applied to prevent infection. 5,000 years later, that might still be the best treatment. Rapid healing In the introduction to a new study titled "Honey as a Topical Treatment for Wounds," University of Auckland (New Zealand) researchers write, "Honey has ...
The medical mainstream wants to keep you in the dark.
Post Date: 2008-10-28 11:06:18 by richard9151
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The medical mainstream wants to keep you in the dark. In fact, your own doctor might lose his license just for telling you about certain medical breakthroughs that are legally considered "strictly off limits." I know this first-hand, because that's exactly what happened to my personal physician, Dr. Benjamin Ross. Yesterday I sent you a special notice to tell you about Dr. Ross' work, and I'm telling you about it again today because I don't want you to miss out on an extraordinary one-time-only free offer. Despite the fact that Dr. Ross is the most gifted healer I've ever known, the Maryland medical board stripped him of his license – and his livelihood ...
"Pentagon Researches Alternative Treatments."
Post Date: 2008-10-28 11:02:49 by richard9151
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One of the drug industry's biggest customers is the U.S. Department of Defense. So it was not just surprising, it was downright staggering to come across this headline in USA Today: "Pentagon Researches Alternative Treatments." According to the article, Pentagon officials have started examining acupuncture, yoga, meditation, and other alternative therapies to help deal with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression among troops called on to serve multiple tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Pentagon" and "acupuncture" in the same sentence? I believe a pig wearing a jetpack just flew by my window. This isn't a whim spearheaded by some ...
Restaurant closed after dead deer found in kitchen
Post Date: 2008-10-28 06:30:18 by noone222
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HAMBURG, N.Y. (AP) - Health officials shut down a suburban Buffalo restaurant after an inspector found employees butchering a dead deer inside the business. Erie County Health Department officials said they got a tip Friday about a dead deer in the China King restaurant in the town of Hamburg, just south of Buffalo. An inspector soon arrived and saw the deer being butchered in the kitchen. State health laws prohibit butchering an animal inside a restaurant. Officials don't know whether the deer had been killed by a hunter or a vehicle. They said there was no indication the deer meat was served to any customers. The message on the restaurant's answering machine Monday says it was ...
Why are medical costs so high?
Post Date: 2008-10-28 06:25:10 by Ada
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You’re a doctor. You need to bring in $3,000 apiece for your most common procedure. But Medicare and Medicaid – which pay for about half your patients – have just told you they’re only going to pay you one-third of what they’re billed. What do you do? You don’t need to be a CPA to know the answer is to start billing everyone $4,500 for your procedure. The half of your patients who pay full price thus pay $1,500 extra, covering the $1,500 shortfall for each Medicare/Medicaid-covered procedure. Now the tricky question: If someone who’s NOT on Medicaid or Medicare visits your medical office to have this procedure done, and promptly pays his or her $4,500 in ...
vitamin C therapy might turn out to be a very effective way to fight cancer
Post Date: 2008-10-27 14:33:47 by richard9151
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You know what the good folks of the mainstream medical community really hate? They hate the idea that vitamin C therapy might turn out to be a very effective way to fight cancer. Can you blame them? When you've devoted your career to the idea that expensive chemicals are the only valid treatment for disease, you sure don't want to see some "natural" therapy come along and eek out a thin sliver of the cancer business. That's why we'll continue to see research devoted to throwing a wet blanket on all this talk about cancer-fighting benefits of vitamin C. But let's not ignore this research, because it only helps illustrate how weak the negative arguments really ...
Muscle pain is usually listed as a "rare" side effect in statin users
Post Date: 2008-10-24 17:05:11 by richard9151
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Muscle pain is usually listed as a "rare" side effect in statin users. But comments from HSI members seem to indicate that maybe statin drug makers don't actually know what the word "rare" means. Patti3046: "My dad was on statins for years. He developed symptoms of dementia, and became a hoarder. His short term memory became increasingly worse. He developed muscle cramps in odd places, especially the midtrunk area. These cramps were severe, like charley horses. "I read some things on the net alluding to joint pain, muscle cramps and mental deterioration being side effects of statin drugs. I took him off the statin, and off the Aricept which did not seem ...
Thinking Differently About Health Care
Post Date: 2008-10-24 11:00:31 by richard9151
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The American health care system is on life-support. Priced at nearly $8,000 a year per American, and soon to be 20 percent of the GDP, it’s more expensive by 40-60 percent than health care systems in any other industrial country, and totals nearly half the health care budget of the entire world. Yet it leaves 48 million Americans uncovered by health insurance and produces remarkably poor results. According to the fascinating article linked below, it might help to consider American health as a house. Health care is the -- very expensive -- roof, the final protection against illness. In some ways it’s a preventive system, but mostly it’s sickness care. The Health Care ...
The Worst Cereals in the World
Post Date: 2008-10-24 10:43:26 by richard9151
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Some breakfast cereals currently being marketed to U.S. children are more than half sugar by weight, according to Consumer Reports. A single serving of 11 popular cereals, including Kellogg's Honey Smacks, can carry as much sugar as a glazed doughnut. And some brands have even more sugar and sodium when formulated for the U.S. market than the same brands have when sold in other countries. Post's Golden Crisp and Kellogg's Honey Smacks are both more than 50 percent sugar by weight, while nine brands are at least 40 percent sugar. Sources: Consumer Reports October 1, 2008 Dr. Mercola's Comments: Unfortunately breakfast is typically one of the worst meals to eat out. ...
"Flying syringe"mosquitoes, other ideas get Gates funding
Post Date: 2008-10-24 10:12:14 by CadetD
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WASHINGTON (AFP) — The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded 100,000 dollars each on Wednesday to scientists in 22 countries including funding for a Japanese proposal to turn mosquitos into "flying syringes" delivering vaccines. The charitable foundation created by the founder of software giant Microsoft said in a statement that the grants were designed to "explore bold and largely unproven ways to improve global health." The grants were awarded for research into preventing or curing infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis and limiting the emergence of drug resistance. They are the first round of funding for the Gates Foundation's ...
If you lose part of your arm due to a medical error...
Post Date: 2008-10-23 10:56:06 by richard9151
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If you lose part of your arm due to a medical error, and you sue, and you win, and the drug company you've sued appeals and succeeds in taking your case all the way to the Supreme Court, what's the upside? "I have an opportunity to talk to people. Millions are now paying attention to the situation. I'm up on my soapbox and I'm going to create awareness. Hopefully, that'll lead to change." Those are the words of Diana Levine of Plainfield, Vermont. And today the e-Alert is her soapbox. Listen carefully, because any one of us could easily end up standing in her shoes, to find ourselves with absolutely no legal recourse against drug company negligence. ...
Widespread Nutrient Deficiencies Cause "Chromosome-Break Disease"
Post Date: 2008-10-23 00:23:33 by Horse
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Widespread Nutrient Deficiencies Cause "Chromosome-Break Disease" Says University of California Professor of Biochemistry; Fixed by "Dirt Cheap"Multivitamins By Bill Sardi ©2008 Despite the fact humans need 40 different micronutrients (15 vitamins, 15 minerals, 8 essential amino acids and 2 essential fatty acids) to survive, and that most Americans are deficient in these nutrients at one time or another, a noted University of California, Berkeley professor of biochemistry says "nobody gives a damn" because there is no pathology at the estimated average intake level for these nutrients. Bruce Ames PhD, also a member of the board of directors of the ...
The Enforcement Arm of the Robber State
Post Date: 2008-10-22 06:40:32 by Ada
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The Enforcement Arm of the Robber State by William Norman Grigg by William Norman Grigg Save a link to this article and return to it at www.savethis.comSave a link to this article and return to it at www.savethis.com Email a link to this articleEmail a link to this article Printer-friendly version of this articlePrinter-friendly version of this article View a list of the most popular articles on our siteView a list of the most popular articles on our site DIGG THIS As the economy collapses, credit lines become constricted, and tax revenues are choked off, we can expect local representatives of the parasite class (commonly called "government") to become perversely creative in ...
Middle-aged women drive rise in U.S. suicides: study
Post Date: 2008-10-21 11:41:14 by richard9151
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It's the economy, stupid. By Maggie Fox, Health And Science Editor – 1 hr 21 mins ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. suicide rates appear to be on the rise, driven mostly by middle-aged white women, researchers reported on Tuesday. They found a disturbing increase in suicides between 1999 and 2005 and said the pattern had changed in an unmistakable way -- although the reasons behind the change are not clear. The overall suicide rate rose 0.7 percent during this time, but the rate for white men aged 40 to 64 rose 2.7 percent and for middle-aged women 3.9 percent, the team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found. "The biggest increase that we have seen between 1999 ...
The ALL NEW polypill really is a miracle -- It'll be a miracle if you survive it.
Post Date: 2008-10-21 11:03:53 by richard9151
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If you don't get it right the first time, then you have a golden opportunity to get it really wrong on the second try. More than five years ago I first told you about the polypill – four-drugs-in-one designed to prevent heart disease. Back in 2003 the polypill only existed as the dream of a miracle drug that mainstream doctors might automatically recommend to everyone who smoked, or was overweight, or was past the age of 55, or was otherwise deemed to be at risk of heart disease. Great idea! Did it have problems? Sure! Tons of 'em! But it was such a fantastic idea that the problems would surely melt away when the rate of heart disease fatalities dropped dramatically. A ...
Coffee and chocolate are the key to long life
Post Date: 2008-10-21 06:34:50 by Ada
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Chocolate, coffee and tea are among the key foods and drinks needed to live a long and healthy life, according to a leading nutritional scientist. Professor Gary Williamson, from the department of food science at Leeds University, has produced a list of 20 "lifespan essential" foodstuffs. All are rich in naturally occurring chemicals, known as polyphenols, which have been linked to a variety of health benefits including protection against heart disease. He said that foodstuffs on the list, which is dominated by fruits and vegetables, can also help to slow down the ageing process by helping to protect cells from the natural damage that occurs over time. He said: ...
Scientists Warn Congress About Cell Phones and Cancer
Post Date: 2008-10-19 17:43:29 by richard9151
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Two scientists told the U.S. House Subcommittee on Domestic Policy that use of cell phones may raise the risk of brain cancer. The concern came from Dr. Ronald Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, and Dr. David Carpenter, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University of Albany. The two scientists cited a major study recently presented by Dr. Lennart Hardell of Örebro University in Sweden, which stated that people using cell phones doubled their risk of developing brain cancer and acoustic neuromas, a tumor that damage the hearing nerve. The study also showed that people who started using cell phone before the age of 20 ...
Doctors Told to Curb Use of Ritalin in Hyperactive Children
Post Date: 2008-10-19 17:39:45 by richard9151
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articles.mercola.com/site...hyperactive-children.aspx According to new British health guidelines, children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) should be treated with drugs such as Ritalin only in severe cases and never when they are younger than 5. There is widespread concern that such medication is used too freely to calm hyperactive children. The new policy is that most children with ADHD should instead be offered psychological therapy to improve their behavior, backed up by training to support their parents and teachers. Up to 3 percent of school-age children in Britain may be affected by ADHD, but only about a third to a quarter of these would qualify as severe ...
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