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Latest Articles: Health
Hospital tells grandfather, 71, that he's pregnant
Post Date: 2008-09-27 19:03:03 by richard9151
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news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080...HPH.r4LataeSjzQJrMlcuQE4F Fri Sep 26, 8:24 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. - A patient treated for agonizing abdominal pain received this surprising news in the hospital's paperwork: "Based on your visit today, we know you are pregnant." Surprising indeed for 71-year-old John Grady Pippen. The staff at Curry General Hospital in Gold Beach gave the retired mechanic and logger the ridiculously happy news this month, along with some pain pills. Hospital administrator William McMillan says an errant keystroke caused the hospital's computer to spit out the wrong discharge instructions for the grandfather. Click for Full Text!
Some Farmers Now Protected Against Monsanto Lawsuits
Post Date: 2008-09-27 17:43:04 by richard9151
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articles.mercola.com/site...o-lawsuits.aspx?source=nl Farmers with crops that become contaminated by patented genetically engineered (GE) seeds or pollen have been the target of harassing lawsuits brought by biotech patent holders, especially Monsanto. But a landmark piece of legislation protecting California's farmers from crippling lawsuits has passed through both legislative houses. AB 541 enacts protections against lawsuits brought against California farmers who have not been able to prevent the inevitable drift of GE pollen or seed onto their land. The bill also establishes a mandatory crop sampling protocol to prevent biotech companies investigating alleged violations from ...
Worst fears come true with Neb. safe haven law
Post Date: 2008-09-27 12:10:28 by Artisan
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OMAHA, Neb. - When Nebraska lawmakers passed a unique “safe-haven” law that allowed parents to abandon children as old as 19, they never seriously thought such dropoffs would become common. But their worst fears have come true: At least 16 children, some of them teenagers, have been abandoned since the law took effect in July. Now elected officials are considering revising the law, and at least one anguished parent said he only surrendered his kids because he felt he had no choice. “If we see another family being left off, then we’re going to have to do something immediately,” said state Sen. Arnie Stuthman, who introduced legislation that was the basis for the ...
vitamin C has actually been shown to successfully treat basal cell skin cancer
Post Date: 2008-09-26 13:01:45 by richard9151
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In yesterday's e-Alert, "Law & Disorder" (9/25/08), I told you how vitamin C has actually been shown to successfully treat basal cell skin cancer. Here's what a few HSI members have to say about this remarkably easy, effective, and inexpensive treatment for the most common form of cancer. 1280donna: "I read it so I tried it...mix a pinch (a little bity pinch!) of vitamin C powder (you can smash a vit C pill) with a drop of water in a spoon, making a paste, then spread it on your face...the bad spots (basal cell carcinoma?) will burn, but as soon as it dries it quits burning, I rewet them, to let them burn again. In just three days (application once a day) the ...
Scientists warn US Congress of cancer risk for cell phone use
Post Date: 2008-09-25 20:53:55 by Ada
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Scientists on Thursday warned US legislators of the risks of brain cancer from cell phone use, highlighting the potential risk for children who use mobile phones. "We urgently need more research," said David Carpenter, director of the Institute of Health and Environment at the University of Albany, in testimony before the House Subcommittee on Domestic Policy. "We must not repeat the situation we had with the relationship between smoking and lung cancer," Carpenter said. Ronald Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, said that most studies "claiming that there is no link between cell phones and brain tumors are outdated, had ...
Man Dies After Waiting 34 Hours in ER(universal healthcare at its finest)
Post Date: 2008-09-25 15:15:09 by freepatriot32
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Sept. 25) -- Canadian officials want to know why a wheelchair-bound man waited for 34 hours in a Winnipeg hospital's emergency waiting room before dying from a bladder infection, according to CBC News and CTV News. Staffers at Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba found Brian Sinclair, 45, dead after midnight Sunday, but officials said he apparently died some time before then. Sinclair had not been able to urinate for 24 hours due to a block in his catheter, leading to his death, said Dr. Thambirajah Balachandra, the province's chief medical examiner. Balachandra has called for an inquest into Sinclair's death. Sinclair's family has reacted with ...
Boomers Should Add Muscle Before It's Too Late
Post Date: 2008-09-25 12:11:45 by christine
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Resitance training in 60s, 70s wards off loss that weakens posture, balance, study says (HealthDay News) -- Strength training can help people build muscle mass to assist in the fight against the debilitating effects of old age until they reach 80, a new study says. After that, not so much, according to the authors. The Ball State University study, sponsored by a grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, found that while six men in their 80s did get somewhat stronger, their whole muscle size and fiber size did not grow during a 12-week training regime. "We know that there is accelerated muscle loss as we get older," Scott Trappe, director of Ball State's Human ...
gout
Post Date: 2008-09-24 17:07:30 by richard9151
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All gout patients and their doctors need to be aware of a surprising study from the University of Pittsburgh. Researchers followed more than 9,000 healthy, middle-aged men for 16 years. At the outset of the study, none of the subjects had heart disease. Results showed that subjects with gout were significantly more likely to die from a heart attack compared to those without gout. The study was led by Dr. Eswar Krishnan, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, who told Reuters Health: "Our approach to patients with gout should be similar to our approach to diabetics." This study didn't include women, so the effect of gout on heart health in women ...
What the heck is choline?
Post Date: 2008-09-24 17:03:48 by richard9151
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What the heck is choline? My friend Ella put that question to me after she saw a TV report about the best foods to feed kids for breakfast to help them stay alert in school. But it doesn't matter if you're school age or an age where you drive your grandkids to school, foods that contain choline are an important choice for breakfast or any meal. Count the ways The news feature Ella asked about actually had good nutrition recommendations from Baylor University. You can't go wrong with foods that contain omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, protein, whole grains (provided they're genuine whole grains, of course), and choline. Choline (pronounced "ko-leen") is ...
Magnesium-The fountain of youth and health
Post Date: 2008-09-24 15:54:08 by Ninpo
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Magnesium - The Fountain Of Youth & Health By Dr. Luise Light and Mary Sparrowdancer © 2008 - All Rights Reserved 9-24-8 While the USDA, the FDA, news media and nearly all of "modern medicine" promote vaccines, chemicals, surgery and radiation as the "accepted" way of dealing with the growing number of illnesses and symptoms prevalent in the US, it now appears that magnesium may be the miraculous, essential mineral that has been kept hidden from us for about 100 years. Needed by every cell in the body, a magnesium deficiency can be catastrophic and has now been associated with heart attacks, arrhythmias, cancers, diabetes, asthma, Crohn's disease, ...
History Proves Many Doctors' Recommendations are Disasters
Post Date: 2008-09-24 11:00:05 by richard9151
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This has a video. See it here; articles.mercola.com/site...-disasters.aspx?source=nl By Dr. Mercola A pill for this ... an operation for that. There is no end to the ways that modern medicine can make you bigger, better, stronger, sexier, healthier ... right? After all, a prescription drug is the panacea for just about anything that makes your body less than perfect, isn’t it? And you can always count on your doctor to give you accurate, reliable information ... wouldn’t you agree? A closer look might suggest otherwise. Most of you know that the U.S. spends far more on health care in actual dollars and as a percentage of GDP than does any other country. Much of it is due to ...
Dramatic Example of How the Food Industry Lies to You About Corn
Post Date: 2008-09-23 23:48:02 by richard9151
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SweetSurprise.com offers a number of surprising facts about high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). For example, the site tells you that, “Research confirms that high fructose corn syrup is safe and no different from other common sweeteners like table sugar and honey. All three sweeteners are nutritionally the same.” They also claim that “Though the individual sugars are metabolized by different pathways, this is of little consequence since the body sees the same mix of sugars from caloric (nutritive) sweeteners, regardless of source. Of course, SweetSurprise.com is a site run by the Corn Refiners Association ... so I suspect there’s a chance they may be biased. There are ...
Children will be using brain-boosting drugs 'in a generation'
Post Date: 2008-09-23 00:46:23 by Split
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Children could be using brain-boosting "smart drugs" within with a generation, a Government-funded thinktank has predicted. The drugs, known as "cognition enhancers" could improve brain performance in a number of ways, from sharpening short-term memory and increasing speed of thought. The Academy of Medical Sciences has already advised ministers that the use of such drugs - commonly known as "cogs" - would be so widespread that they would need to be regulated. Now Futurelab, an education think-tank, has taken the concept one stage further, warning that schools must be prepared to subsidise poorer children's use of such drugs to ensure they do not fall ...
high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) should not be considered natural?
Post Date: 2008-09-22 16:25:53 by richard9151
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The idea that the FDA might set the bar on what types of food can and cannot be considered "natural," is pretty laughable. Seriously? A roomful of bureaucrats under continuous pressure from special interests – they're going to tell us what's natural? Stop it! You're killing me! Earlier this year the FDA stated that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) should not be considered natural. Then they reversed that ruling – sort of – stating that certain methods of refining HFCS could be considered natural while others could not. This was cause for celebration over at the Corn Refiners Association. They've now got their "natural" claim and you can ...
Top-Selling Prescription Drug Mismarketed to Women
Post Date: 2008-09-21 18:03:12 by farmfriend
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Top-Selling Prescription Drug Mismarketed to Women Ithaca, N.Y. – September 17, 2008 – Lipitor has been the top-selling drug in the world and has accounted for over $12 billion in annual sales. It has been prescribed to both men and women to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with common risk factors for heart disease. However, a new study appearing in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies was unable to find high quality clinical evidence documenting reduced heart attack risk for women in a primary prevention context. Furthermore, advertising omits label information relevant to women. Theodore Eisenberg of Cornell Law School and Martin ...
US requires that immigrants get vaccinated with HPV vaccine
Post Date: 2008-09-21 17:53:06 by Split
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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that people who immigrate to the US to become a permanent resident are required to receive the HPV vaccination. Gardasil the only available HPV vaccine on the current US market is made by Merck and indicated to prevent cervical cancer, an extremely rare disease that kills about 4,000 women each year in the U.S. The new rule documented in the Centers for Disease Control's revised Technical Instruments to Civil Surgeons for Vaccination Requirements requires that girls and young women need to show proof of having been vaccinated with HPV vaccine or no green card would be granted, Naturalnews.com reports. The HPV ...
Salt Raises Blood Pressure, Vitamin C Lowers It
Post Date: 2008-09-21 17:33:50 by Split
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A study presented at the American Heart Association's Fall Conference of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research, in Atlanta shows too much dietary salt can contribute to resistant high blood pressure. Another study also presented at the same conference showed that vitamin C intravenously delivered can lower blood pressure by acting on an overactive central nervous system. Read Vitamin C lowers blood pressure for details. Resistant hypertension refers to a condition where blood pressure remains above the target level even when three medications are used in an effort to lower it. High blood pressure is also called resistant to treatment if the condition can only get controlled by ...
Yukon Pride Adventure Tours
Post Date: 2008-09-21 06:10:44 by yukon
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Happy 113th birthday for world's oldest man
Post Date: 2008-09-18 12:17:13 by richard9151
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Thu Sep 18, 1:09 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - The world's oldest man celebrated his 113th birthday on Thursday, telling reporters at his home in southern Japan about his joyful life and healthy appetite. "I'm happy," said Tomoji Tanabe as the local mayor presented him with flowers and a giant tea cup glazed with his name and date of birth. "I'm well. I eat a lot," he added. Tanabe, recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest living male last year, eats mostly vegetables and believes the key to longevity is not drinking alcohol. The former civil servant lives with his son, drinks milk every day and has no major illnesses, although he now ...
Motown Hit Machine Norm Whitfield Dies
Post Date: 2008-09-18 07:35:53 by freepatriot32
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LOS ANGELES (Sept. 17) - Norman Whitfield, who co-wrote a string of Motown classics including "War" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," has died. He was 67. A spokeswoman at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center says Whitfield died there Tuesday. He suffered from complications of diabetes and had recently emerged from a coma, The Detroit Free Press reported. Whitfield was a longtime Motown producer who during the 1960s and '70s injected rock and psychedelic touches into the label's soul music. Many of his biggest hits were co-written with Barrett Strong, with whom he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004. The two won the Grammy in 1972 for best ...
Those with the highest levels of vitamin D tend to live longer than those with the lowest D levels.
Post Date: 2008-09-17 22:09:37 by richard9151
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Dialysis patients and patients with cancer, hypertension, or diabetes all have been shown to have something in common: Those with the highest levels of vitamin D tend to live longer than those with the lowest D levels. But what about the general population? Does the average Joe, free of serious health challenges, also reduce the risk of early death if vitamin D levels are high? A Johns Hopkins team recently reviewed mortality rates among more than 13,000 adults who were given blood tests in the late 80s and early 90s. Their medical records were followed through 2000. Results: Those with the lowest vitamin D levels had higher rates of all-cause mortality compared to subjects with the ...
Love and infidelity: How our brains keep us from straying
Post Date: 2008-09-17 16:33:32 by Ferret Mike
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In the pursuit of happily-ever-after, the odds seem to be stacked against us. Men and women reap huge benefits when they stick around with a good partner -- staying happier and healthier, living longer and passing along more genes. But the sticking-around part is a challenge. We don't get long-term relationship payoffs right away. And until then -- between the once-upon-a-time and the happily-ever-after -- plenty of temptations can beckon. Not that it's wrong to shop around before settling down. But there always will be enticing alternative mates -- whether heart-grabbing or merely eye-catching. So researchers wonder: With so many attractive alternatives, how do humans manage ...
Woman, 35, Suffers Orgasm-Related Stroke
Post Date: 2008-09-17 15:56:04 by freepatriot32
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Sex triggered a life-threatening stroke in a healthy 35-year-old Illinois woman, her doctors report. In an interview granted to WebMD by Jose Miller, professor and chair of the neurology department at Loyola University, Chicago, the woman's symptoms were typical of an unusual kind of "cryptogenic" stroke. These types of sex-related strokes are rare and occur when several risk factors converge. In this particular case, a small opening in the wall between the two upper chambers of the heart, also known as patent foramen ovale or PFO, was the culprit. Blood flow through a PFO increases when a person strains -- such as during orgasm. The 35-year-old woman's symptoms were ...
States ask MillerCoors to pull energy drink
Post Date: 2008-09-17 15:14:56 by richard9151
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_bi_ge/millercoors_energy_drinks;_ylt=AjgU.GdXgdP6vsDgQB8QzHyb.HQA By EMILY FREDRIX, AP Business Writer 47 minutes ago MILWAUKEE - Twenty-five states asked beverage maker MillerCoors LLC on Wednesday to abandon plans for a new caffeine-infused alcoholic energy drink. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said in a statement that the Sparks Red drink is a "recipe for disaster" because adding caffeine to alcoholic beverages reduces drinkers' sense of intoxication. Blumenthal, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and the other attorneys general say young drinkers are especially vulnerable because of their limited ...
Stunning New Link Between Vaccines and Autism Rates
Post Date: 2008-09-17 12:15:38 by Split
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Editor's note: We received the following information and charts from someone who wishes to maintain a low profile. This very compelling data is well worth looking at and we welcome thoughts about its significance. Below are excerpts from several e-mails she exchanged with us. The charts and notes (HERE) are dy-noh-MITE! As we've said before, smart, concerned and informed citizen-scientist-parents are the CDC's worst nightmare -- and the best hope for getting to the bottom of the epidemic of autism and related disorders. We hope this low-key stay-at-home mom continues to match her very sharp wits against the vaccine apologists. We'll keep you posted. -- Dan Olmsted I used the ...
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