LOS ANGELES – With some genetic sleuthing, scientists have fingered a likely culprit in the spread of leprosy in the southern United States: the nine-banded armadillo. DNA tests show a match in the leprosy strain between some patients and these prehistoric-looking critters — a connection scientists had suspected but until now couldn’t pin down. ”Now we have the link,” said James Krahenbuhl, who heads a government leprosy program that led the new study. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110428/ap_on_he_me/us_med_leprosy_armadillos Only about 150 leprosy cases occur each year i ...
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With friends like these Dear Reader, As Will Rogers once said, ”I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.” And if those facts weren’t so infuriating, maybe they would be funny. Consider the latest bad joke our own FDA is playing on us. They now consider a fruit eaten for millennia -- cherries (yes, that’s cherries) -- an ”unapproved drug!” Haven’t heard about the FDA’s courageous stand against the cherry, yet? Well, wait ’til you get a load of this one. In 1999, a report in the Journal of Natural Products (published by the American Chemical ...
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To fully understand the dental effects of xylitol, it is important to refer to the structural differences between various dietary polyols (3). Sorbitol is another sugar alcohol, a hexitol type of polyol, owing to its 6-carbon structure. Because of this, sorbitol can support the growth of cariogenic mutans streptococci and other oral bacteria which are not normally able to utilize xylitol for growth. Because of evolutionary expediency, cariogenic organisms prefer 6-carbon (”hexose-based”) structures, such as D-glocose, as an energy source. Therefore, it is important to akcnowledge the inevi ...
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most of the stuff listed as bad for dogs is stuff people eat and love and mostly good for us,but as u may know an animal has a different digestive system,they say dark chocolate is healthy for humans but very toxic to animals,so stuff they test on animals does not necessarily mean it will have the same results in humans.i am not defending xylitol one way or the other yet,i like to experiment for myself and not trust the white coats who will mislead the many sheep of this world to do as they say,i trust my results but will listen and learn from you and every one i can learn from,i have an o ...
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http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1788176 would like you guys thoughts on this,smarter minds than me lol, it says it helps increase calcium absorption and increase ph balance,i have been experimenting with it a little and will give results later,but i have to say they r positive so far.   [End]
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http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v18je16.htm http://xylitol.org/resources-articles-about-xylitol/10 The adaptation to 20% dietary xylitol increased the ability of caecal flora preparations to utilize xylitol in vitro as the sole carbon source; this was principally seen among anaerobic bacteria. Aerobic incubations with xylitol as the sole carbon source did not appear to promote acid production whereas aerobic incubations of these preparations with glucose resulted in rapid acid production (Salminen,1982). to me this says just plain xylitol without glucose added ...
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unsulfered black strap molasses has lots of good stuff in it Nutrients in Blackstrap Molasses Blackstrap molasses is a fat-free food which gives you about 48 calories per tablespoon. Here are some of the nutrients you’ll get in one tablespoon: 4.5 mg of useable iron - You’ll get more iron per serving than red meat! And, there’s no need to worry about fat or cholesterol. That makes molasses an excellent addition to your diet if you’re vegan, vegetarian, pregnant, or suffering from anemia. It is also great for children and adolescents who need more iron. Calcium - About the ...
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yes it is safe,i still have a few amalgams in my mouth also and have been drinking it for years,the iodine will help a lot in clearing things up,helping remove crap from ur system,remember to just remove a few at a time,just the removal of them poisons ur system for a while,so go slow   [End]
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just do some research,don’t blindly trust everything you read or every one on here,study and learn,it is you and your body,so as i always say,trust but verify,it will take a lot of studying but as you learn to heal yourself,you can as i have help others,a gift you receive is always better when shared with others!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_hydroxide   [End]
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thnx moderator,but i would think this would be a bsa, Up to 8,000 IUs needed daily ”We found that daily intakes of vitamin D by adults in the range of 4,000 to 8,000 IU [international units] are needed to maintain blood levels of vitamin D metabolites in the range needed to reduce by about half the risk of several diseases -- Breast Cancer , colon cancer, multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes,” said Dr. Cedric Garland. (http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2011/02...) wow,from 800 to 8000,what did the government do have a typo many years ago and not fix it,to cut the risk of major diseases ...
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http://www.naturalinteractive.com/morelessPHhealthprotocol_v2.0.pdf http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1474191 maybe this will help also,i drink that drink everyday and have for many yrs   [End]
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i remember watching videos on iodine curing diabetics and other health issues,try studying the iodine forums on here and read the bsa,rrr,rn and important post,u will learn a lot,iodine helps remove a lot of bad stuff from ur body,read first tho.   [End]
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this is about the d3,maybe it can help some,maybe add some iodine,hope this helps. http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1779188   [End]
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8000 IUs of vitamin D daily necessary to raise blood levels of ”miracle” anti-cancer nutrient, declares groundbreaking new research by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor (NaturalNews) The reign of censorship and suppression against vitamin D is now coming to an end. Even though the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and many institutions leading the cancer industry (including the ACS) have intentionally tried to downplay the ability of vitamin D to prevent cancer, a new study appearing in the journal Anticancer Research lays out the simple, powerful truth about vitamin D that w ...
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While use of lithium (alone or with valproate) was statistically superior to valproate alone, this study did not find that combination therapy was significantly better than lithium alone. http://www.clinicaladvisor.com/lithium-appears-more-effective-than-valproate-for-relapse-prevention-in-bipolar-disorder/article/166474/   [End]
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Herpes zoster vaccine lowered shingles incidence among the elderly, regardless of age, race or the presence of chronic disease, results of a retrospective cohort study revealed. Although results from clinical trials indicated that the herpes zoster vaccine (Zostavax; Merck) reduced herpes zoster (50%; P erpes zoster vaccine lowered shingles incidence among the elderly, regardless of age, race or the presence of chronic disease, results of a retrospective cohort study revealed. Although results from clinical trials indicated that the herpes zoster vaccine (Zostavax; Merck) reduced her ...
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Tue Feb 22, 5:42 pm ET PARIS (AFP) – The ingredient that gives cannabis its ”high” and famously whets the appetite can help cancer patients recover lost pleasure in food, according to a study published on Wednesday. Researchers in Canada enrolled 21 patients who had been treated with chemotherapy for advanced cancer, and gave them either capsules containing THC -- delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive chemical in cannabis -- or dummy lookalike pills. The volunteers took the tablets for 18 days, and were asked to fill in questionnaires. Seventy-three percent of those wh ...
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AP By The Associated Press The Associated Press – Wed Feb 23, 5:35 pm ET Scientists have discovered proteins in spinal fluid that can distinguish people with two mysterious illnesses that mimic each other — chronic fatigue syndrome and a kind of chronic Lyme disease. Wednesday’s study is small and needs verification. But specialists called it a promising start at clearing some of the confusion surrounding two illnesses with similar symptoms and no good means of diagnosis. ”It’s a very important first step,” said Dr. Suzanne Vernon of the Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction ...
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read my post,get a neti pot,i had the same problems and it helps alot.   [End]
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hey friends,i have not posted in a while and thought i would let u know what is helping,i told u guys that i believe infected teethe r causing the floaters,i had them removed which kept my floaters from getting worse,what i found out later was the infection moved to my nasal passage,so i started useing a neti pot with a saline solution and warm water,a great reliefe,better vision and smell and works for allergies,give it a try,u will love the results,i bought mine at wal-mart for 15$ and worth every penny.   [End]
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http://curezone.com/forums/f.asp?f=740 http://curezone.com/forums/f.asp?f=815 yea these sights are old, my floaters and vision are much better, what i learned was i had a tooth infection for years without any real pain, it was just a low grade infection that festered in my upper teeth causing many of my problems, so by removing the infected tooth, alkalizing with the moreless drink and adding Lugols Iodine and large amounts of vitamin c, which are all anti bacterial and beneficial to the body, my condition began to improve slowly but surely, if you have root canals or ...
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Vitamin C fights cancer, but not the way we thought WASHINGTON (AFP) - Vitamin C can help to prevent cancer, but not the way that scientists thought, according to a study published Monday in the United States. Scientists have long thought that vitamin C and other antioxidants help to fight cancer growth by grabbing volatile oxygen free radical molecules and preventing them doing damage to DNA. But researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found that antioxidants play a different role in the fight: they destabilize a tumorÂ’s ability to grow under oxygen-starved con ...
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that’s pretty cool grz, i bet you stuck your chest out and strutted around all day, you keep this up and they will card you at places they sell liquor, good for you, keep up the good work.   [End]
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i would tend to think that the drop apples would be vine ripened and at least better than the ones picked to early, i think drop apples would be a good thing if collected early enough before they start to rot, but who knows how each business works, and when it comes to money gained by using bad products or money lost by not using them, i bet they would make the money.   [End]
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Stress A lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked ”How heavy is this glass of water?” Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, ”The absolute weight doesn’t matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it. If I hold it for a minute, that’s not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you’ll have to call an ambulance. In each case, it’s the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.” He continued, ”And that’s the ...
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very well said di, keep on shouting, someone will eventually hear you, then they can shout, pretty soon there is a quire preaching and spreading the word one soul at a time we will give the doctors a pay cut!   [End]
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You are right it is time for Confession ! The Secret Bank account for folks to send Money to is in Switzerland , I think ? And the account # is xxxxxxxx and the routing # is Smile Tis your choice. i knew it! for some reason i can’t get it to go thru, but i will keep trying.   [End]
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thanks, laughter is good, a smile is like a yawn, it’s contagious!   [End]
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you mean to tell me that you are not pushing and selling a bunch of products to fatten your wallet, how dare you try and help people with free information, there is no way it can work or help anyone, it is free info, it does not come in a bottle prescribed by a doctor with many years of experience. how dare you brain wash all these people into thinking they are getting better, surely it could not be so, must be a placebo affect, no one is so kind to give out free info which actually helps people cure their body with very little cost. you must be a snake oil salesman or a hypnotists and a v ...
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very good post moreless, thanks.   [End]
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The Guys’ Rules­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down Finally , the guys’ side of the story. (I must admit, it’s pretty good.) We always hear ’ the rules’ From the female side. Now here are the rules from the male side. These are our rules! Please note... these are all numbered ’1’ ON PURPOSE! 1 Men are NOT mind readers. 1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You’re a big girl. If it’s up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don’t hear us complaining about you leaving it down. 1. Sunday sports. It’s like the full moon or th ...
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Virgin olive oil may help keep blood clot-free NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating foods prepared with olive oils that are rich in phenols, substances though to have beneficial effects on the heart, may help ward off harmful blood clots in people with high cholesterol, Spanish researchers report. ”Our findings provide new evidence of the healthy effects of virgin olive oil,” Dr. Francisco Perez-Jimenez of Reina Sofia University Hospital in Cordoba and colleagues conclude. In the early stages of atherosclerosis, the balance between clot-promoting and clot-dissolving factors in the b ...
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thanks, i have been real busy with work, i still try to read all the post here, just have not had time to respond, but i will still be around, i have gotten 4 new recruites on the drink and they are hooked big time, one just had knee surgery and going thru therapy with very little results until he started the drink, which he states almost immediately loosened up his knee so he had alot more range of motion, and another guy says he had hemeroid problems for 12 yrs or more, which dissapeared the first week on the drink, they all have other bennefits as well from the drink and i ask them to k ...
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Amen!   [End]
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One dose of vitamin D boosts TB immunity NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In healthy people who have been exposed to tuberculosis, a single oral dose of vitamin D enhances their immunity against this bacterial infection. ”Vitamin D was used to treat tuberculosis in the pre-antibiotic era,” Dr. Adrian R. Martineau, of Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, and colleagues note. Studies that have evaluated the effects of vitamin D supplements on tuberculosis immunity have not been performed, they point out in their report, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and ...
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great to hear your success sparkling, this is the best and only program me and my family and friends choose to use, the program is so good and cost effective that millions will be using it if they wish to improve their lives as it has for many that i know, and moreless thanks for standing tall through all the beating and bashing from the haters, well done even though we have never met, you are a true friend.   [End]
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Man Regains Speech After Brain Stimulation By BENEDICT CAREY A 38-year-old man who spent more than five years in a mute, barely conscious state as a result of a severe head injury is now communicating regularly with family members and recovering his ability to move after having his brain stimulated with pulses of electric current, neuroscientists are reporting. Cleveland Clinic Surgeons implanted electrodes deep into the brain of a gravely injured patient in an effort to stimulate new brain activity. The mother of the patient describes her son’s six-year ordeal in this edited re ...
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Hyaluronic acid speeds ankle sprain healing By Anne Harding NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two injections with hyaluronic acid, a natural substance that helps cushion and lubricate the joints, can ease the pain and accelerate recovery after an ankle sprain, Canadian researchers report. Competitive athletes given the shots after spraining their ankles were able to return to their sport in 11 days, on average, compared with 17 days for those who received sham injections. They also reported less pain with weight bearing and walking, and were more satisfied with the treatment. Spraine ...
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Zebrafish study may point way to blindness cure By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - The ability of zebrafish to regenerate damaged retinas has given scientists a clue about restoring human vision and could lead to an experimental treatment for blindness within five years. British researchers said on Wednesday they had successfully grown in the laboratory a type of adult stem cell found in the eyes of both fish and mammals that develops into neurons in the retina. In future, these cells could be injected into the eye as a treatment for diseases such as macular degeneration, glaucom ...
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(could it not be the statin drugs causing the increase in cancer? but that would be bad for the drug maker.) Study links low cholesterol levels and cancer LONDON (Reuters) - The heart benefits of taking so-called statin drugs to reduce cholesterol might be offset by a slightly increased risk of cancer, although the evidence is by no means clear, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday. A new pooled, or meta, analysis of past studies involving 41,000 patients on statins found one additional incident of cancer per 1,000 patients with low levels of LDL, or ”bad” cholesterol, compared to th ...
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Echinacea Helps Colds, Major Review Shows By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Published: July 24, 2007 Echinacea helps banish colds. Echinacea has no effect on colds. The verdict seems to shift with each new scientific study of the herbal remedy. Evaluation of Echinacea for the Prevention and Treatment of the Common Cold: A Meta-Analysis (The Lancet: Infectious Diseases)In the latest twist, a review of more than 700 studies has concluded that echinacea has a substantial effect in preventing colds and in limiting their duration. The paper, published in the July issue of The Lancet Infectious Dis ...
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Antioxidants may protect against knee arthritis NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have diets with plenty of foods containing antioxidants may be protecting themselves from bone changes associated with knee arthritis, according to a new study. Australian researchers found that middle-aged adults with higher dietary levels of vitamin C were less likely to develop certain bone abnormalities that contribute to knee arthritis. The findings ”highlight the potential of diet to modify the risk of osteoarthritis,” they report in the online journal Arthritis Research & Therapy. Dr. Yua ...
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Top Ten Reasons Eve Was Created 10. God was worried that Adam would frequently become lost in the garden because he would not ask for directions. 9. God knew that one day Adam would require someone to locate and hand him the remote. 8. God knew Adam would never go out and buy himself a new fig leaf when his wore out and would therefore need Eve to buy one for him. 7. God knew Adam would never be able to make a doctor’s, dentist, or haircut appointment for himself. 6. God knew Adam would never remember which night to put he garbage on the curb. 5. God knew if the world was t ...
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good article celcius, thanks.   [End]
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very good message moreless, i have several friends who are border line diabetics, i may have convinced them to come on bourd with the alkalizing protocol and these type of messages help, thanks.   [End]
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Herb may aid diabetes control NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An herb long-used in traditional Indian medicine may help people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar, a new study suggests. Researchers found that the herb, called Salacia oblonga, reduced post-meal blood sugar surges in 66 men and women with type 2 diabetes. Also known as Saptrangi and Ponkoranti, S. oblonga is from a native shrub plant found in the forests of India and Sri Lanka. The roots and stems of the herb are used in Ayurvedic and traditional Indian medicine to treat obesity and diabetes. The findings, ...
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Study: Organic Farming More Efficient By Sara Goudarzi Organic farming is often regarded as inefficient. But according to a new study, it could yield up to three times as much food as other methods that have come to be considered conventional. “If farming were to switch to organic agriculture on the current amount of land that is being used for farming and livestock production, then that system could produce enough calories to feed the world without requiring people to change their dietary habits,” said study team member Catherine Badgley, a research scientist at the Museum of Paleo ...
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Heart X-ray raises cancer risk for young, women By Maggie Fox WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A special type of X-ray used to diagnose heart disease may cause cancer in women and young adults and should be used with caution, U.S. doctors reported on Tuesday. The procedure, called a computed tomography (CT) coronary angiography, is meant to reduce complications because it can see inside the heart and its arteries without invading the body. But it gives a high dose of radiation, enough to cause cancer in vulnerable people, the researchers reported in the Journal of the American Medical Assoc ...
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Lawmakers decry FDA plans to close labs By ANDREW BRIDGES WASHINGTON - Importers have learned to evade close federal scrutiny of the food they ship into the United States, putting consumers at increasing risk, congressional investigators said Tuesday. Lawmakers also criticized the Food and Drug Administration’s plan to close half of its laboratories. They called that idea misguided and questioned whether it would save money and enhance the agency’s ability to target unsafe food, as FDA commissioner Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach said it would. ”FDA’s ill-conceived decision to close sev ...
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even better, give it to you and save these poor people a lot of suffering, just think how much kelp, acv, bsm, and calcium hydroxide you could buy with 35 million, you could put all the doctors out of business, you have been putting quite a few out of business already with this forum and very little to no budget, again congratulations and thanks for all the great work you do.   [End]
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(what was the brix readings, were they in season, what kind of chemicals were they grown with, were they vine ripened? i bet you most of the fruits and veggies they ate were cancer causing because of poor quality.) Fruits, veggies don’t stop cancer return By CARLA K. JOHNSON CHICAGO - Hopes that a diet low in fat and chock-full of fruits and vegetables could prevent the return of breast cancer were dashed Tuesday by a large, seven-year experiment in more than 3,000 women. The government study found no benefit from a mega-veggies-and-fruit diet over the U.S. recommended servings of ...
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Curry ingredient may fight Alzheimer’s WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An ingredient in curry may help stimulate immune system cells that gobble up the brain-clogging proteins that mark Alzheimer’s disease, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They said they isolated a compound in turmeric, a yellow spice that gives Indian curry powder its distinctive color, that appears to stimulate a specific response against Alzheimer’s symptoms. It may be possible to infuse this compound into patients and treat the incurable and fatal brain condition, Dr. Milan Fiala of the University of California Los Ang ...
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Dairy lovers show lower metabolic syndrome risk By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who regularly consume milk, cheese and yogurt may be less likely to develop a cluster of risk factors for diabetes and heart disease, a study suggests. Researchers found that among nearly 2,400 middle-aged British men, those who drank at least a pint of milk per day were 62 percent less likely than men who rarely drank milk to have metabolic syndrome. A similar pattern emerged when the researchers looked at overall intake of milk, cheese and yogurt. Metabolic syndrome refers to a group of ...
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Food safety a big problem worldwide: WHO officials By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - China should not be singled out for particular concern over food safety, a big problem that rich and poor countries alike must tackle through better regulation, top World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Tuesday. Margaret Chan, WHO director-general, said the United Nations agency receives about 200 reports of tainted food products each month in its 193 member states. But many food-borne diseases go unreported and outbreaks of salmonella or E. coli bacteria can take on massive prop ...
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Study Finds Dietary Link to Risk of Eye Disorder By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Certain kinds of carbohydrates may play a role in the development of age-related macular degeneration, an incurable degenerative eye disease that is a leading cause of blindness in older adults. A new study has found that eating carbohydrate-rich food with a high glycemic index — a measure of a food’s potential to raise blood glucose levels — is associated with the development of the disorder. Association Between Dietary Glycemic Index and Age-related Macular Degeneration in Nondiabetic Participants in the Age-Relat ...
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Patch Helps Heart Grow New Cells By Steven Reinberg MONDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- A special patch placed on a damaged area of the heart regenerates cardiac cells after heart attack and improves heart function, a new study finds. Success with the patch in rats may lead the way to new methods of repairing damaged human hearts and possibly spare some patients the need for a heart transplant, according to researchers reporting in the July 15 online edition of Nature Medicine. ”Normally, adult human hearts do not regenerate because the heart doesn’t make more cardiomyocytes (he ...
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Genetic Screening May Endanger Fetuses Screening Meant to Increase Chance of Pregnancy Actually Lowers It, Study Finds New research suggests a common genetic test to detect defective embryos may actually lower the chances that a healthy pregnancy occurs. By KAMAL MENGHRAJANI Screening unborn children for genetic defects appears to reduce the chances of a healthy pregnancy and live birth, new research suggests. The findings, published in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, suggest that checking embryos before using them in in vitro fertilization, and implanting ...
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Mom’s meat-rich diet affects kids’ stress response By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adults whose mothers ate an unbalanced, meat-heavy diet during pregnancy may tend to have an exaggerated hormonal response to stress, a study suggests. The findings are in line with previous research linking such prenatal diets to higher adulthood blood pressure. They also underscore the importance of pregnant women getting a balanced diet, which includes important carbohydrates like fruits and vegetables, according to the study authors. They report the findings in the Journal of Cli ...
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High cola consumption linked to kidney disease By Anne Harding NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who overindulge in cola may be putting their kidneys at risk, a new study suggests. Drinking more than two servings of cola a day more than doubled the likelihood of having chronic kidney disease, Dr. Dale P. Sandler and colleagues from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina found. But no increased risk was seen with other carbonated beverages. ”Our study suggests that there’s something about drinking cola beverages that is ...
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94 die in Panama from tainted medicine By KATHIA MARTINEZ PANAMA CITY - A top Panamanian prosecutor said tests show at least 94 people have died from taking medicine contaminated with diethylene glycol since July 2006 and that 293 more deaths are under investigation. Prosecutor Dimas Guevara told The Associated Press on Wednesday that people have continued to die this year even though the tainted medicine was pulled from shelves in October. Previously Panamanian authorities had confirmed only 51 deaths from the medicine. A chemical commonly found in antifreeze and brake fluid, ...
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Study: Chocolate reduces blood pressure By LINDSEY TANNER CHICAGO - Here’s some good and bad news for chocoholics: Dark chocolate seems to lower blood pressure, but it requires an amount less than two Hershey’s Kisses to do it, a small study suggests. The new research from Germany adds to mounting evidence linking dark chocolate with health benefits, but it’s the first to suggest that just a tiny amount may suffice. Volunteers for the study ate just over 6 grams of dark chocolate daily for almost five months — one square from a German chocolate bar called Ritter Sport, equal to ab ...
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The Value of Water Water is important to our overall health!. Since our bodies are 60% to 70% water, it’s considered by many to be life’s most essential nutrient. In fact, an individual can last quite a while without food, but only on week without water. Soft drinks won’t do it. Fruit juices won’t do it. Even milk won’t do it. In fact nothing hydrates your body like water and hydration is one of the keys to good health and fitness. The world-renowed May Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota suggest dividing your weigh in half and using this number as the ounces of water you shou ...
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THE POWER OF FRIENDLY BACTERIA by Ron Harder Please feel free to use this article for any of your publications. If you use this article, please send a brief message to let me know where it appeared. Send to: ronharder@telus.net Kindly print this article in its entirety, and include Authors Resource Box at end of article. Thank you. Word wrapped to 60 characters per line. Word count 954 words. This article is also available at http://www.shift.to/health/ ------------------------------------------------------- THE POWER OF FRIENDLY BACTERIA ----------------- ...
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Antibiotics Kill Your Body’s Good Bacteria, Too, Leading to Serious Health Risks [Dr. Mercola’s Comment: The information that follows is a two-part article taken directly from Doug Kaufmann and Dave Holland, MD’s new book, ”The Fungus Link, Volume 2.” Inside this follow-up to the Fungus Link, published in 2000, you’ll not only learn about the dangers of antibiotics. You’ll also learn about the ins and outs of natural and prescriptive antifungals. Additionally, Doug and Dave share with you the role fungi and their mycotoxins play in what are unfortunately everyday diseases such a ...
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with merk’s history, they will not let people know about the dangers until thousands are dead, keep up the good work grz.   [End]
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One-third of Americans abuse alcohol: CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nearly one in three Americans abuse or become dependent on alcohol over the course of their lives, and most never seek treatment, according to a study published on Monday. It found that 17.8 percent said they had abused alcohol at some point over the course of their lives and another 12.5 percent said they were dependent on it at some point, for a total of 30.3 percent. At the time of the survey 4.7 percent said they had abused alcohol in the past year and 3.8 percent said they were alcohol-dependent in the previous 12 mont ...
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that’s the one, who with the help from our lovely government may get it done.   [End]
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man that sucks, you just killed half my menu.   [End]
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Human Antibodies that Block Human and Animal SARS Viruses Identified An international team of investigators has identified the first human antibodies that can neutralize different strains of the virus responsible for outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The researchers used a mouse model and in vitro assays (lab tests) to test the neutralizing activity of the antibodies. The research team was led by scientists from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), both parts of the National Institutes of Health, ...
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Ovarian Cancer Has Early Symptoms First National Consensus on Common Warning Signs Historically, ovarian cancer has been called the ”silent killer” because symptoms often became apparent so late in the process that chances of a cure were poor. A catchy phrase, but it is wrong, according to a consensus statement released Tuesday by the American Cancer Society, the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, and the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists. In fact, these experts say, recent medical studies show identifiable symptoms often do exist for ovarian cancer, even in the early stages. The most ...
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Kids’ snacks in China fail standards By ANITA CHANG BEIJING - Chinese inspectors found dozens of children’s snacks that failed food standards and seized hundreds of bottles of fake human blood protein from hospitals, officials said Tuesday. China’s dismal health and safety record — both within and outside its borders — has increasingly come under the spotlight as its goods make their way to global markets. Major buyers like the United States, Japan, and the European Union have pushed Beijing to improve inspections. Inspectors in southwest China’s Guangxi region found excessive add ...
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Merck Vioxx heart risks began sooner: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Heart risks associated with Merck & Co.’s painkiller Vioxx began much sooner than the company has claimed, The Wall Street Journal Online reported on Tuesday, citing a new study. Merck withdrew Vioxx from the market in September 2004 after a study showed the one-time $2.5 billion-a-year drug doubled the risk of heart problems after 18 months of use. The company has since argued in trials that there is no evidence that short-term use increased heart risks. But a new study approved for publication in the New England Journal ...
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Inability to recognize familiar smells could signal Alzheimers WASHINGTON (AFP) - People who have difficulty recognizing familiar smells could be experiencing an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published Monday. Scientists already know that the first lesions of the degenerative brain disease tend to show up in an area of the brain that is home to olfactory senses. Doctors at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago tested 589 people aged between 54 to 90, and asked them to identify 12 common odors such as lemon, chocolate, black pepper, banana, and soa ...
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The Claim: Green Potatoes Are Poisonous By ANAHAD O’CONNOR THE FACTS Green Potatoes: The Problem and the Solution (PDF)It sounds like a joke, or perhaps just an urban legend that grew out of Dr. Seuss’s “Green Eggs and Ham.” But food scientists say this one is no myth. The reality is that green potatoes contain high levels of a toxin, solanine, which can cause nausea, headaches and neurological problems. Potatoes naturally produce small amounts of solanine as a defense against insects, but the levels increase with prolonged exposure to light and warm temperatures. The green colo ...
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Learning: In This Class, a Flunked Test Is a Health Wake-Up Call By ERIC NAGOURNEY When 800 students at the University of New Hampshire set out to learn about nutrition, the lessons hit closer to home than many of them expected. To make the classes more engaging, the professors had the students take tests to measure health indicators like cholesterol and blood sugar levels and blood pressure. The students also calculated their body mass indexes. Many learned that the results were in line with what they would have expected for their parents, not for 18- to 24-year-olds who were su ...
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Infertility breakthrough with first birth from lab-matured egg LYON, France (AFP) - The first baby to be created from an egg matured in a laboratory, frozen, thawed and then fertilised, has been born in Canada, researchers told a medical conference on Monday. The baby girl was born to a woman diagnosed with advanced ovarian disease, and three other women in the 20-person trial group are pregnant by the same technique, researchers said. Doctors already collect and store eggs from women who face cancer treatment that could cause sterility. The eggs -- harvested after stimulating ...
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i would think you need more water, magnesium draws water to the digestive system to loosen the stools and create a bowel movement, so one can take a whole bag of epsome salt and it will not do any good unless you take in plenty of fresh water on a daily basis, for it takes the body a little while to get use to receiving more than it’s use to getting, if you are drinking plenty of water then i would think your body is not retaining it in sufficient amounts for one reason or another, just my thoughts of course.   [End]
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very long but good read. http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=910839#i   [End]
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good question, maybe they have a rat whisperer to talk to them, you would think that this type of study would be performed on humans, since it’s non invasive and non medicated, it’s something that is actually good for people, maybe they tried to get some people to do the exercise and couldn’t find any volunteers since the majority of people are out of shape couch potato’s who think exercise consist of getting up out of bed, well enough of that, what did i do with my remote.   [End]
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Exercise Grows New Brain Cells By Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Staff Writer Exercise stimulates the growth of new brain cells, a new study on rats finds. The new cells could be the key to why working out relieves depression. Previous research showed physical exercise can have antidepressant effects, but until now scientists didn’t fully understand how it worked. Astrid Bjornebekk of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and her colleagues studied rats that had been genetically tweaked to show depressive behaviors, plus a second group of control rats. For 30 days, some of the rats had ...
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Mysterious Clouds Creeping Out of the Arctic By Dave Mosher A new NASA satellite has recorded the first detailed images from space of a mysterious type of cloud called “night-shining” or “noctilucent.” The clouds are on the move, brightening and creeping out of polar regions, and researchers don’t know why. ”It is clear that these clouds are changing, a sign that a part of our atmosphere is changing and we do not understand how, why or what it means,” said atmospheric scientists James Russell III of Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. ”These observations suggest a connection ...
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China’s development is costing the Himalayas: activist By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China’s ”irresponsible and reckless” development activities in Tibet have had a devastating impact on the Himalayas -- threatening glaciers, rivers and the lives of millions of people, an activist said on Friday. ”Over the years, China has degraded forests, diverted rivers, built roads and numerous reservoirs and hydropower projects,” Tenzin Tsultrim, head of the environment desk for the Tibetan government-in-exile, told a conference in New Delhi. ”This has led to increased recession of gla ...
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thanks for the clarification, no harm no foul.   [End]
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the scientist will never figure this out, trying to go at it one element at a time, the body needs many different things to function correctly.   [End]
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Adequate sun exposure no guard against low vitamin D By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In many people, vitamin D levels can remain low despite abundant exposure to sunlight, research shows. Inadequate sun exposure is often blamed for the high prevalence of low vitamin D status, the authors explain, but the truth of this has been unclear. Dr. Neil Binkley with the University of Wisconsin Osteoporosis Clinical Research Program, Madison, and colleagues investigated the vitamin D status of people living in sun-drenched Hawaii. The 93 participants in the study spent an a ...
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probably not, they just renamed it and made another pill.   [End]
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a sad day, they are using the slow bleed tactics on the healthfood industry.   [End]
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sounds like your parrots will be staying around for quite some time, there is alot of people here on curezone that could use a parrot or two, the parrot has no shame in repeating what one says in the same tone and manner, sort of like a living recorder, once one hears it repeated the same way one said it, one may not like it very much and start to change for the better, got to go, on my way to get a parrot!   [End]
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it sounds very good, and keep up the good work in helping others help themselves, god knows we all need a helping hand.   [End]
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very good articles and research which may help many, thanks for your hard work.   [End]
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whew! that would be a tough one   [End]
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Brain Scans Reveal Why Meditation Works By Melinda Wenner If you name your emotions, you can tame them, according to new research that suggests why meditation works. Brain scans show that putting negative emotions into words calms the brain’s emotion center. That could explain meditation’s purported emotional benefits, because people who meditate often label their negative emotions in an effort to “let them go.” Psychologists have long believed that people who talk about their feelings have more control over them, but they don’t know why it works. UCLA psychologist Matthew Lie ...
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2007 seen as second warmest year as climate shifts By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - This year is on track to be the second warmest since records began in the 1860s and floods in Pakistan or a heatwave in Greece may herald worse disruptions in store from global warming, experts said on Friday. ”2007 is looking as though it will be the second warmest behind 1998,” said Phil Jones, head of the Climatic Research Unit at Britain’s University of East Anglia, which provides data to the U.N.’s International Meteorological Organization. ”It isn’t far behind ... ...
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that is the actual article, if you have a problem with the article take it up with that not the poster, weather you agree with it or not, it is news worthy and other people may be interested in reading it. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070628/hl_afp/usgermanyhealth_070628183908;_ylt...   [End]
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lol, that was pretty good.   [End]
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Late-starters can benefit from healthy habits: study By Ishani Ganguli WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even in middle age, adopting a healthy lifestyle can lower the risk for heart disease and premature death within years of changing habits, researchers reported on Thursday. Middle-aged adults who began eating five or more fruits and vegetables every day, exercising for at least 2 1/2 hours a week, keeping weight down and not smoking decreased their risk of heart disease by 35 percent and risk of death by 40 percent in the four years after they started. ”The adopters of a healthy lifestyle ...
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Late-starters can benefit from healthy habits: study By Ishani Ganguli WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even in middle age, adopting a healthy lifestyle can lower the risk for heart disease and premature death within years of changing habits, researchers reported on Thursday. Middle-aged adults who began eating five or more fruits and vegetables every day, exercising for at least 2 1/2 hours a week, keeping weight down and not smoking decreased their risk of heart disease by 35 percent and risk of death by 40 percent in the four years after they started. ”The adopters of a healthy lifestyle ...
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i guess i won’t be needing my prostate checked. need to go do a little prevention, lol.   [End]
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Green Chemistry: New Recipes Really Work By Michael Schirber, Special to LiveScience Chemistry is about mixing ingredients to make a desired product, but there is almost always some bit leftover that has to be carefully disposed of. In the pharmaceutical industry, for instance, each pound of drugs comes with 25 to 100 pounds of waste—some of which poses health hazardous. Other chemical industries are less wasteful than this. But at least 40 million tons of hazardous waste is generated in the United States each year, according to tallies by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) o ...
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Liver donor complications underreported By Karen M. Dente, MD RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters Health) - People who donate a portion of their liver can experience serious complications and even death, but these problems often go unreported, according to findings presented here at the 13th Annual International Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society. Live donation can be risky, said Dr. Timothy Pruett, of the University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville. Rehospitalization occurs in a significant number of people, with about 40 percent of people having some sort ...
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Five percent of U.S. adults report food allergy NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than 5 percent of U.S. adults may have food allergies, and many of them say food labels make it hard to protect themselves, according to a government study. Using data from a national survey from 2001, researchers at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found that 5.3 percent of U.S. adults said a doctor had diagnosed them with a food allergy. Roughly half of these individuals were allergic to one or more of the eight most common food allergens: milk and other dairy foods; fish; eggs; crustaceans li ...
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Beijing bans 10 types of drugs By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press Writer SHANGHAI, China - China’s capital banned ten types of drugs for exaggerated effectiveness, a newspaper reported Friday, amid rising concerns of fake and tainted products in China’s food and drug supply chains. While the drugs were genuine, the results they claimed to produce in fighting high blood pressure, diabetes, and other ailments couldn’t be supported in clinical testing, the Beijing News reported. Stores in the city have been told to stop selling them and media outlets that carried their advertisi ...
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Long haul flights double risk of blood clots GENEVA (AFP) - Taking a long-haul flight doubles the risk of developing blood clots that can lead to potentially fatal deep vein thrombosis (DVT), the World Health Organisation warned on Friday. DVT occurs when a clot forms in leg veins during periods of relative immobility, such as long-haul travel. The clot can then migrate to the lungs in what is called a pulmonary embolism (PE), or the heart or brain, causing a heart attack or stroke. The overall phenomenon is known as venous thromboembolism (VTE), the WHO said in its Research Into ...
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Potential cure for HIV discovered by Mira Oberman CHICAGO (AFP) - In a breakthrough that could potentially lead to a cure for HIV infection, scientists have discovered a way to remove the virus from infected cells, a study released Thursday said. The scientists engineered an enzyme which attacks the DNA of the HIV virus and cuts it out of the infected cell, according to the study published in Science magazine. The enzyme is still far from being ready to use as a treatment, the authors warned, but it offers a glimmer of hope for the more than 40 million people infected worldwide. ...
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Hot dog, it’s time again for the annual ”Stella Awards”! For those unfamiliar with these awards, they are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued the McDonald’s in New Mexico where she purchased the coffee that she spilled in her lap. this one i know is true, i remember it well, the others not so sure, but yes these do happen all the time, like a burglar breaking in your house, tripping on a rug and breaking his leg, then suing you in court for thousands of dollars and winning, where is the sanity?   [End]
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Protein Plays Crucial Role in Repairing Genetic Damage that Can Lead to Lymphomas in Mice Researchers have discovered that a protein called ATM kinase, which plays a crucial role in repairing double-strand breaks in DNA, also helps prevent cells with this type of DNA damage from dividing, thereby blocking the passage of persistent DNA damage on to daughter cells. Persistent DNA damage can lead to the development of cancer. These results, from a study conducted in mice by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and others appeared onlin ...
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Global Warming Will Cause Rise in Death Rates By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Sizzling temperatures brought on by global warming will kill more people in the summer months, a new study suggests, and that toll won’t be offset by fewer deaths during milder winters. ”The results suggest that mortality [from hot temperatures] won’t be compensated by a reduction in mortality in winter,” said study author Mercedes Medina-Ramon, a research fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health’s department of environmental health. According to the stu ...
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Lupus Treatment Linked to Male Fertility Problems THURSDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Sperm abnormalities in men with lupus may be linked to intravenous treatment with the immunosuppressant cyclophosphamide (IV CYC), according to Brazilian researchers. In a new study, published in the July issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, researchers studied 25 men with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and 35 healthy controls. SLE is an autoimmune disease that mainly affects women in their reproductive years but can also affect men. There have been concerns about the future fertility of men ...
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Saving a Knocked-Out Tooth (HealthDay News) -- If your child has a permanent tooth knocked out, it should be considered a dental emergency, the Nemours Foundation advises. The tooth is most likely to survive if it is properly placed back in the socket within 30 minutes of the injury. Here are the foundation’s suggestions for what to do if a child’s permanent tooth is knocked out: Find the tooth, and only handle it by the crown (the part that you’d see in a person’s mouth), never by the root. Immediately rinse the tooth (don’t scrub it) with saline solution or milk. Don’t ...
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Study: With calcium, food trumps pills By CHERYL WITTENAUER ST. LOUIS - Most women know that calcium is critical in preventing osteoporosis, the disease of progressive bone loss and fractures that affects millions of Americans. But which source is better — calcium-rich foods or supplements? A preliminary study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine suggests dietary calcium may be better at protecting bone health. Though not definitive, the study found that women who get most of their daily calcium from food have healthier bones and higher bone density than wome ...
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Tainted toothpaste had wider reach than thought NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chinese-made toothpaste tainted with a potentially poisonous chemical was distributed to more places in the United States than initially thought, the New York Times reported on Thursday. About 900,000 tubes of toothpaste containing diethylene glycol, an ingredient in antifreeze, were distributed to hospitals for the mentally ill, prisons, juvenile detention centers and some hospitals serving the general population, the Times said. Initial reports said the tainted toothpaste was most likely to be found in discount ...
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readers have to hit the alert button on the message for the moderators to see and thanks.   [End]
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REASONS WHY WE ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH OXYGEN MODERN DAY STRESS DEPLETES OUR OXYGEN RESERVES If the body is stressed it will cause an oxygen deficiency, and there are four major types of stress which deplete oxygen: 1: TOXIC STRESS - stress resulting from toxic envi­ronmental chemicals requires the use of extra oxygen; since oxygen is used in all detoxification processes. 2: EMOTIONAL STRESS - stress everyone is familiar with; it brings about the production of adrenaline and adrenal-related hormones which utilize oxygen. 3: PHYSICAL TRAUMA - reduces circulation and the subsequent ox ...
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BREAKING NEWS: Plan to Dump Iron in Ocean Criticized By Andrea Thompson, LiveScience Staff Writer A controversial plan to dump iron dust into the open ocean near the Galapagos Islands to induce the growth of phytoplankton met with opposition from an environmental group today. The plan, from a company called Planktos, Inc., seeks to grow the tiny creatures in an attempt to suck up excess atmospheric carbon dioxide. Iron dust can stimulate the growth of microscopic marine plants that in turn use carbon dioxide taken from the atmosphere to fuel photosynthesis. While phytoplankton ...
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The Moreless Alkalizing Drink Here’s a great alkalizing drink that can help remineralise you quickly and cheaply! This is an amazing power packed, mineral and nutrient dense drink that will not only help to alkalize you, but will give you loads of electrically charged energy! I’ve been drinking this 2-3 times a day and I am a firm believer! Ingredients: 1. 1 tablespoon of blackstrap molasses (it must be Unsulphured and ideally organic) 2. Juice of half a lemon (OR 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar if you can’t take citrus or get hold of lemons) 3. 1 + tablespoon pickling lim ...
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here is the link to the askmoreless web sight from the top of the page, it should answer alot of your questions. http://www.askmoreless.com/   [End]
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http://downloads.truthpublishing.com/LiveWithDrLisaNewman.pdf   [End]
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Scientists Discover Role of Enzyme in DNA Repair Scientists from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Cancer Institute (NCI), and Integrative Bioinformatics Inc. have made an important discovery about the role of an enzyme called ataxia telangiectasia mutated protein (ATM) in the body’s ability to repair damaged DNA. NIAMS and NCI are part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). When DNA within a cell is damaged, the cell’s protective mechanism must do one of two things: repair the defect or “commit suicide,” says Rafael Casell ...
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Scientists eye an enzyme as target in fighting autism CHICAGO (AFP) - US researchers have reversed the symptoms of mental retardation and autism in mice by inhibiting an enzyme that affects the connections between brain cells, researchers said Wednesday. In a series of experiments on mice, the MIT investigators showed that they could undo the brain damage seen in a condition called Fragile X syndrome by inhibiting a key brain chemical called PAK. In humans, Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the leading cause of mental retardation and the most common genetic cause of autism -- the comple ...
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2006 Stella Awards! Hot dog, it’s time again for the annual ”Stella Awards”! For those unfamiliar with these awards, they are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued the McDonald’s in New Mexico where she purchased the coffee that she spilled in her lap. That’s right, these are awards for the most outlandish lawsuits and verdicts that happened in the U.S. during 2006. You know, the kinds of cases that make you scratch your head. So keep your head scratcher handy. Here are the ”Stellas” for the past year: To kick things o ...
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very well spoken, but probably above some folks head.   [End]
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More vitamin D can put more pep in seniors’ steps By Charnicia Huggins NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Declining physical performance among some Dutch seniors may not be a simple consequence of aging, it may actually be due to a vitamin D deficiency, results of a new study suggest. ”Physicians and the general public should be made more aware of the high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency, and more effort should be concentrated on the early detection and treatment of people with suboptimal levels of vitamin D,” study co-author Dr. Paul Lips, of VU University Medical C ...
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White U.S. children have highest rates of diabetes By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Non-Hispanic white children have the highest rates of diabetes in the United States, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday, and the disease appears to be more common than expected. They said type 1 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes in children and teens, but they also noted increases in cases of type 2 diabetes, the kind linked with obesity and lack of exercise. The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found about 15,000 youths are diagnosed with typ ...
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Childhood cancer can lead to chronic health problems later in life CHICAGO (AFP) - Most children who undergo cancer treatment will develop one or more chronic health problems later in life due to the illness and complications from its treatment, a study released Tuesday suggested. Dutch researchers who conducted a long-term study of more than 1,300 childhood cancer survivors found that 75 percent went on to develop one or more chronic health conditions by the time they reached their mid 20s, or early 30s at the latest. Close to 25 percent had multiple health problems by that point ...
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Psychiatrists Top List in Drug Maker Gifts By GARDINER HARRIS Published: June 27, 2007 WASHINGTON, June 26 — As states begin to require that drug companies disclose their payments to doctors for lectures and other services, a pattern has emerged: psychiatrists earn more money from drug makers than doctors in any other specialty. How this money may be influencing psychiatrists and other doctors has become one of the most contentious issues in health care. For instance, the more psychiatrists have earned from drug makers, the more they have prescribed a new class of powerful medicine ...
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Crazy with Confusion A psychiatrist visited a California mental institution and asked a patient, ”How did you get here? What was the nature of your illness?” He got the following reply. ”Well, it all started when I got married and I guess I should never have done it. I married a widow with a grown daughter who then became my stepdaughter. My dad came to visit us, fell in love with my lovely stepdaughter, then married her. And so my step! daughter was now my stepmother. Soon, my wife had a son who was, of course, my daddy’s brother-in-law since he is the half-brother of my step ...
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very well said grz.   [End]
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i tend to agree here with you celcius, i would understand 20623 if there were hidden ingredients, but there are none, and if you have a life threatening problem one should be very aware of what one puts in his or her body.   [End]
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hi invincible, you are quite the mad scientist sometimes lol.   [End]
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always know the whole story before you say something you might regret, and love your friends and family to no end, just a heart wrenching story a friend sent me. My mom only had one eye. I hated her... she was such an embarrassment. She cooked for students & teachers to support the family. There was this one day during elementary school where my mom came to say hello to me. I was so embarrassed. How could she do this to me? I ignored her, threw her a hateful look and ran out. The next day at school one of my classmates said, ”EEEE, your mom only has one eye!” I wanted to bury m ...
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Do Antidepressants Mean Bone Loss for Elderly? Some Doctors Say Lifestyle Factors Are More Important While new research suggests that certain depression drugs can weaken bones, doctors say in most cases these drugs’ benefits outweigh their risks. (ABCNEWS) By KATHARINE STOEL GAMMON Elderly people who take certain antidepressants may have something new to worry about: increased bone loss due to their medications. Drugs like Paxil and Prozac, which are known as SSRIs, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, may decrease bone density, according to a study released Monday in the Arch ...
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Nigeria launches seven billion dollar case against Pfizer ABUJA (AFP) - The Nigerian government took a seven billion dollar (5.2 billion euro) negligence suit against the world’s biggest pharmaceutical company Pfizer to court Tuesday, as the US giant demanded the charges be dismissed. But the government’s case suffered an early setback when the court rejected a request to allow it to submit ”additional facts”, before presiding judge Babs Kwewumi adjourned the trial to July 20. Government lawyer Babatunde Irukera had asked to be allowed to introduce additional documents to the cour ...
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Whole grains fight hardening of the arteries By Anne Harding NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating plenty of whole grains can help keep your arteries healthy, potentially warding off heart disease and stroke, a new study shows. In a diverse group of men and women participating in the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study, those with diets containing the largest amounts of whole grains had the thinnest carotid artery walls and showed the slowest progression in artery wall thickness over a five-year period, lead author Dr. Philip B. Mellen of Wake Forest University School of Medicin ...
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Doctors back plan to store medical info under your skin CHICAGO (AFP) - Doctors could soon be storing essential medical information under the skin of their patients, the American Medical Association says. Devices the size of a grain of rice that are implanted with a needle could give emergency room doctors quick access to the records of chronically ill patients, the nation’s largest doctors group said in a report. The association adopted a policy Monday stating that the devices can improve the ”safety and efficiency of patient care” by helping to identify patients and enabling sec ...
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Theory of how HIV attacks is wrong CHICAGO (AFP) - A popular theory on how HIV attacks the body’s immune system is wrong, a new study has found. Scientists have long believed that HIV causes the slow depletion of healthy white blood cells -- the T cells which recognize infections so the body can fight them off -- by causing infected T cells to produce virus particles before dying. This ongoing cycle of infection, HIV production, reinfection and cell destruction has been called the ”runaway” hypothesis. But if this were so, the T cells would be killed off far too quickly, the re ...
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Kidney, heart disease spur each other By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON - Hearts and kidneys: If one’s diseased, better keep a close eye on the other. Surprising new research shows kidney disease somehow speeds up heart disease well before it has ravaged the kidneys. And perhaps not so surprising, doctors have finally proven that heart disease can trigger kidney destruction, too. The work, from two studies involving over 50,000 patients, promises to boost efforts to diagnose simmering kidney disease earlier. All it takes are urine and blood tests that cost less than $ ...
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Foods Carrying USDA ’95% Organic’ Seal Are Now Allowed To Contain Factory Farmed Intestines, PCBs, and Mercury By: Press Release June 25, 2007 Source: http://www.organicconsumers.org Press Release For Immediate Release Organic Consumers Association, 6/22/2007 Straight to the Source CONTACT: Ronnie Cummins 218-226-4164 June 22, 2007 Despite receiving more than ten thousand comments from consumers and family farmers opposing various aspects of a late May 2007 proposal, the USDA has approved a rule that will allow 38 new non-organic ingredients to be allow ...
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INTESTINAL HEALTH: It’s A Matter Of Life Or Death By: Greg Ciola June 25, 2007 “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:” (Deuteronomy 31:19) How often do you consider what you consume and whether it will lead to life or death? I believe the statement Moses made embraced every area of our lives, especially food choices and our health. What we put into our bodies can either harm us or help us. If I were to ask you whether you’re choosing li ...
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INTESTINAL HEALTH: It’s A Matter Of Life Or Death By: Greg Ciola June 25, 2007 “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:” (Deuteronomy 31:19) How often do you consider what you consume and whether it will lead to life or death? I believe the statement Moses made embraced every area of our lives, especially food choices and our health. What we put into our bodies can either harm us or help us. If I were to ask you whether you’re choosing li ...
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i wonder if this is any good and how the concentrate drops compare to a table spoon full of kelp. http://www.herbspro.com/20236/KelpIodineSupplementLiquid.htm   [End]
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Prenatal omega-3 may boost baby’s brainpower By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children whose mothers get enough omega-3 fatty acid during pregnancy may have sharper problem-solving skills in infancy, a small study suggests. Researchers found that 9-month-olds whose mothers had eaten DHA-fortified bars during pregnancy performed better on a test of problem-solving abilities than infants whose mothers had not added DHA to their diets. DHA, or docosahexaenoic acid, is one of the major omega-3 fatty acids found in oily fish like salmon, sardines and tuna. Because of the fa ...
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Blood substitute may harm, not help, athletes By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - ”Doping” with a blood substitute intended for surgery patients may do little to boost athletes’ endurance, and may instead cause dangerous spikes in blood pressure, a new study suggests. The blood substitute in question is called Hemopure, which is approved in certain countries as a treatment for surgical patients who develop anemia from blood loss. Derived from cow blood, the product mimics the job of red blood cells, delivering oxygen to tissues throughout the body. That oxygen-carrying ca ...
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Self-hypnosis helps kids with frequent headaches By Anthony J. Brown, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Self-hypnosis training is an effective treatment for chronic recurrent headaches in children and adolescents, new research suggests. Dr. Daniel P. Kohen, from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and Dr. Robert Zajac, from Glencoe Regional Health Services, also in Minnesota, assessed the outcomes of 178 consecutive young people, average age 11 years, who were taught self-hypnosis to deal with their headaches. The participants were trained in self-hypnosis within three or ...
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Omega-3 Fatty Acids Protect Eyes Against Retinopathy, Study Finds Retinopathies May Be Prevented or Lessened By a Change in Diet Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids protect against the development and progression of retinopathy, a deterioration of the retina, in mice. This is the major finding of a study that appears in the July 2007 issue of the journal Nature Medicine. The study was a collaborative effort by researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston, the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, the Uni ...
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