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Thursday November 19th, 2009
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Mammograms cause breast cancer (and other cancer facts you probably never knew)
posted 11/19/2009, 6:16 AM (Natural News) [Category: Health] Breast cancer is the leading cause of death among American women between the ages of 44 and 55. Dr. Gofinan, in his book, Preventing Breast Cancer, cites this startling statistic along with an in-depth look at mammographic screening, an early-detection practice that agencies like the American Cancer Society recommend to women of all age groups. According to most health experts, catching a tumor in its early stages increases a woman's chances of survival by at least 17 percent.
The most common method for early detection is mammography. A mammogram is an X-ray picture of your breast that can reveal tumor growths otherwise undetectable in a physical exam. Like all x-rays, mammograms use doses of ionizing radiation to create this image. Radiologists then analyze the image for any abnormal growths. Despite continuous improvements and innovations, mammography has garnered a sizable opposition in the medical community because of an error rate that is still high and the amount of harmful radiation used in the procedure.
Effectiveness of Mammography
Is mammography an effective tool for detecting tumors? Some critics say no. In a Swedish study of 60,000 women, 70 percent of the mammographically detected tumors weren't tumors at all. These "false positives" aren't just financial and emotional strains, they may also lead to many unnecessary and invasive biopsies. In fact, 70 to 80 percent of all positive mammograms do not, upon biopsy, show any presence of cancer.
At the same time, mammograms also have a high rate of missed tumors, or "false negatives." Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, in his book, The Politics Of Cancer, claims that in women ages 40 to 49, one in four instances of cancer is missed at each mammography. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) puts the false negative rate even higher at 40 percent among women ages 40-49. National Institutes of Health spokespeople also admit that mammograms miss 10 percen... (more)This is practically the only thing they talk about on TV, what they leave out is the mammograms cause cancer and this is just a subtle admission women should not be dousing themselves in radiation every year. - Chris |
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Friday November 6th, 2009
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Wednesday November 4th, 2009
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Tuesday November 3rd, 2009
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Sunday November 1st, 2009
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Backscatter x-ray machines "tear apart DNA"
posted 11/01/2009, 6:16 PM (Yahoo Tech) [Category: Health]
The latest airport security trend is the backscatter x-ray machine, touted as a powerful way to virtually frisk a traveler for contraband without the embarassment of a strip search.
Though touted as completely safe because the level of radiation is so low, travelers have been nervous about the devices -- and not just because it shows off a nice outline of their privates to the people manning the machines -- but because they remain scared of the health problems they might propose.<... (more) |
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Friday October 30th, 2009
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Monday October 26th, 2009
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Mobile use is linked to brain tumours
posted 10/26/2009, 6:46 PM (Daily Express) [Category: Health] LONG-term mobile phone users could face a higher risk of developing cancer in later life, according to a decade-long study.
The report, to be published later this year, has reportedly found that heavy mobile use is linked to brain tumours.
The survey of 12,800 people in 13 countries has been overseen by the World Health Organisation.
Preliminary results of the inquiry, which is looking at whether mobile phone exposure is linked to three types of brain... (more) |
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Sunday October 25th, 2009
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Long-term use of mobile phones ‘may be linked to cancer’
posted 10/25/2009, 2:32 PM (The Telegraph) [Category: Health] Long-term use of mobile phones may be linked to some cancers, a landmark international study will conclude later this year.
A Ł20million, decade-long investigation overseen by the World Health Organisation (WHO) will publish evidence that heavy users face a higher risk of developing brain tumours later in life, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
The conclusion, while not definitive, will undermine assurances from the government that the devices are safe and is expect... (more) |
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Thursday October 22nd, 2009
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Limit exposure to mobile phones: French experts
posted 10/22/2009, 8:14 PM (AFP) [Category: Health] French health watchdogs, in a precautionary move, recommended on Thursday reducing exposure to mobile phones and other portable wireless devices.
The guidelines are an interim step pending the outcome of wider research into any impacts from health from radio frequency fields.
"The time for inaction has passed," Martin Guespereau, director of the French Health and Security Agency (Afsset), said at a press conference.
"Let's not wait until the indicat... (more) |
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Thursday October 15th, 2009
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FDA warns P&G for adding vitamin C to Nyquil
posted 10/15/2009, 9:12 AM (Associated Press) [Category: Health] WASHINGTON – Federal drug regulators are scolding Procter & Gamble for adding Vitamin C to its Vicks cold formulas, a combination not allowed by federal regulations.
The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to the consumer products company, saying medications like Vicks Nyquil and Dayquil have not been approved to contain vitamin C.
According to the agency, a panel of experts found "no study which demonstrated that vitamin C is unequivocally effective for t... (more) Hilarious, they go after these people for putting vitamin C in their cold medicines but when the toxic poison melamine is found to be in 90%+ of infants baby formula they simply declare it to be safe and redefine it as a "protein" which is good for babies! - IL |
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Tuesday September 8th, 2009
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Higher Cancer Rates In Under-18 Cell Phone Users
posted 09/08/2009, 12:12 AM (The Philadelphia Bulletin) [Category: Health]
The great cell phone cover-up may be coming to an end. A new report may finally wake the public up to the brain-cancer risks of cell phones and force necessary preventive measures.
A new report, endorsed by a prestigious group of international scientists, finds that there is a risk of brain tumors from cell phone use, that industry studies underestimate this risk, and that children have much greater risks than adults. The report, therefore, sends a message to four billion users wo... (more) |
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Wednesday September 2nd, 2009
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Fluoride Linked to Arthritis, Study Shows
posted 09/02/2009, 1:21 AM (Voxy.co.nz) [Category: Health] A 52-year-old American (New York) man’s arthritic-like joint pain and immobility went away after he stopped brushing his teeth with fluoridated toothpaste, according to a study in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (1).
There’s no scientific dispute that large fluoride doses cause crippling skeletal fluorosis over time. (See. http://www.nalgonda.org/fluorosis/victims.htm) But, “less well-known causes of chronic fluoride toxicity include fluoride supplements, certain teas ... (more) |
'Tamiflu turned my children into hallucinating, sobbing wrecks'
posted 08/16/2009, 1:13 PM (Mail Online) [Category: Health] This week, it was with no small measure of satisfaction that I watched Andy Burnham, our implausibly youthful Health Secretary, squirm on the GMTV sofa.
Andrew Castle, it must be said, is no Jeremy Paxman. So when Mr Burnham agreed to take part in the show to discuss the alleged merits of Tamiflu (how it sticks in my craw even to write those words) he was doubtless looking forward to putting across the Government's point of view in the gentlest of surroundings.
What... (more) |
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Tuesday August 11th, 2009
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Study: Tanning beds as deadly as arsenic
posted 08/11/2009, 10:27 PM (Associated Press) [Category: Health] LONDON — International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming them as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas. For years, scientists have described tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation as "probable carcinogens."
A new analysis of about 20 studies concludes the risk of skin cancer jumps by 75 percent when people start using tanning beds before age 30. Experts also found that all types of ultraviolet r... (more) |
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Saturday August 1st, 2009
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'Half of children suffer swine flu drug side-effects'
posted 08/01/2009, 4:48 AM (London Evening Standard) [Category: Health] More than half of children taking Tamiflu suffer side-effects such as nausea, insomnia and nightmares, researchers said.
Two studies from experts at the Health Protection Agency (HPA) showed a "high proportion" of British schoolchildren reporting problems after taking the anti-viral drug.
Data was gathered from children at three schools in London and one in the South West who were given Tamiflu earlier this year after classmates became infected.
The r... (more) |
A cancerous conspiracy to poison your faith in organic food
posted 08/01/2009, 4:46 AM (Mail Online) [Category: Health] Despite its obvious benefits for our health and for the environment, organic food continues to be denigrated by the political and corporate establishment in Britain.
The food industry, in alliance with pharmaceutical and big biotechnology companies, has waged a long, often cynical campaign to convince the public that mass-produced, chemically-assisted and intensively-farmed products are just as good as organic foods, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.
The la... (more) |
5 Freedoms You'd Lose in Health Care Reform
posted 07/31/2009, 12:21 AM (Fortune Magazine) [Category: Health] If you read the fine print in the Congressional plans, you'll find that a lot of cherished aspects of the current system would disappear.
In promoting his health-care agenda, President Obama has repeatedly reassured Americans that they can keep their existing health plans -- and that the benefits and access they prize will be enhanced through reform.
A close reading of the two main bills, one backed by Democrats in the House and the other is... (more) |
Artificial sweeteners can make you sick and fat
posted 07/07/2009, 4:43 PM (The Examiner) [Category: Health] For several years there have been frightening stories circulating about the dangers of Aspartame. Well, it turns out, this is not just another urban legend.
Aspartame is the chemical name for the brand names NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, and Equal-Measure. Aspartame was approved for dry goods in 1981 and for carbonated beverages in 1983. It was originally approved for dry goods on July 26, 1974, but objections filed by neuroscience researcher Dr John W. Olney and Consumer attorne... (more) "Stevioside “seems to affect the male reproductive organ system,” European scientists concluded last year. When male rats were fed high doses of stevioside for 22 months, sperm production was reduced, the weight of seminal vesicles (which produce seminal fluid) declined, and there was an increase in cell proliferation in their testicles, which could cause infertility or other problems.1 And when female hamsters were fed large amounts of a derivative of stevioside called steviol, they had fewer and smaller offspring.2 Would small amounts of stevia also cause reproductive problems? No one knows." |
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Saturday February 21st, 2009
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Report: Fetal stem cells trigger tumors in ill boy
posted 02/21/2009, 10:15 AM (Associated Press) [Category: Health] WASHINGTON – A family desperate to save a child from a lethal brain disease sought highly experimental injections of fetal stem cells — injections that triggered tumors in the boy's brain and spinal cord, Israeli scientists reported Tuesday.
Scientists are furiously trying to harness different types of stem cells — the building blocks for other cells in the body — to regrow damaged tissues and thus treat devastating diseases. But for all the promise, researchers have long warned t... (more) |
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Saturday February 7th, 2009
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Melamine in milk linked to kidney disease in children
posted 02/07/2009, 10:08 PM (Reuters) [Category: Health] NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study of kidney disease risk in Chinese children who were exposed to milk contaminated with melamine is being published in The New England Journal of Medicine. It shows that exposure to melamine-contaminated powdered formula increased the risk of urinary stones by up to sevenfold, but the clinical relevance of these stones, which often produce no symptoms or laboratory abnormalities, is unclear.
Melamine is a colorless, crystalline organic compound th... (more) |
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Saturday January 3rd, 2009
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Additives used in bacon, ham and chicken 'could make cancers grow'
posted 01/03/2009, 2:47 AM (The Daily Mail) [Category: Health]
A common additive used in bacon and ham could fuel the growth of cancers, research suggests. High doses of inorganic phosphate salts – which are used to enhance the texture and flavour of processed meats – increased the size of tumours in mice.
The chemicals are also added to bread, cakes and cheeses. The research will increase concerns that additives used to boost food industry profits could be contributing to cancer rates.
Eating large amounts of processed meats h... (more) |
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Saturday December 6th, 2008
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Report: Toxins Found In One-Third Of Toys Tested
posted 12/06/2008, 5:15 AM (NPR.org) [Category: Health] December 3, 2008 · One in three toys tested by a Michigan nonprofit group contained medium or high levels of toxic chemicals, according to a report released Wednesday. And U.S.-made children's toys didn't necessarily contain fewer toxins than their imported counterparts.
The Ecology Center tested 1,500 stuffed animals, books, games, action figures and other products. Jeff Gearhart, who led the Healthy Toys study, said one-third of the toys — about 500 — contained significant lev... (more) |
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Tuesday December 2nd, 2008
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Pregnant women warned off make-up
posted 12/02/2008, 6:22 AM (The Independent) [Category: Health] Spare a thought for the mum-to-be: no booze; no fags; no pâté; no fancy cheese; no eggs; and, probably, a wild craving for coal. Now pregnant woman have been told they have to make do without beauty products.
Growing concerns over the exposure of pregnant women to chemicals that may lead to birth defects have prompted calls for a new EU-wide cosmetics labelling system which would mark out some products as off-limits to mothers-to-be.
The move follows the publication... (more) |
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Saturday November 29th, 2008
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Study Suggests Some Cancers May Go Away
posted 11/29/2008, 1:17 AM (New York Times) [Category: Health]
Cancer researchers have known for years that it was possible in rare cases for some cancers to go away on their own. There were occasional instances of melanomas and kidney cancers that just vanished. And neuroblastoma, a very rare childhood tumor, can go away without treatment.
But these were mostly seen as oddities — an unusual pediatric cancer that might not bear on common cancers of adults, a smattering of case reports of spontaneous cures. And since almost every cancer that i... (more) |
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Tuesday November 11th, 2008
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A Rise in Kidney Stones Is Seen in U.S. Children
posted 11/11/2008, 4:35 AM (New York Times) [Category: Health]
YOUNG VICTIM Tessa Cesario, 11, developed a kidney stone in February. She has since cut back on salt and is drinking more water.
To the great surprise of parents, kidney stones, once considered a disorder of middle age, are now showing up in children as young as 5 or 6.
While there are no reliable data on the number of cases, pediatric urologists and nephrologists across the country say they are seeing a steep rise in young patients. Some hospitals have opene... (more) |
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Saturday November 1st, 2008
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FDA ignored evidence when calling BPA safe
posted 11/01/2008, 3:36 PM (USA Today) [Category: Health] The Food and Drug Administration ignored evidence when concluding that a chemical in plastic baby bottles is safe, according an expert panel asked to review the agency's handling of the controversial substance.
The Food and Drug Administration ignored evidence about the danger posed by a chemical in plastic baby bottles, according a report released Wednesday.
The excluded studies suggest bisphenol A, or BPA, could pose harm to children at levels at least 10 times lo... (more) |
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Wednesday October 15th, 2008
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Your 'pure' bottled water has contaminants, too
posted 10/15/2008, 11:42 PM (Associated Press) [Category: Health] Tests on leading brands of bottled water turned up a variety of contaminants, including cancer-linked chemicals three times higher than California's health standard, according to a study released Wednesday by an environmental advocacy group.
The findings challenge the popular impression — and marketing pitch — that bottled water is purer than tap water, the researchers say.
However, all the brands met federal health standards for drinking water. And most of the dete... (more) |
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Sunday September 28th, 2008
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One baby in 30 left alive after medical termination
posted 09/28/2008, 11:37 PM (Daily Mail) [Category: Health]
One in 30 babies aborted for medical reasons is born alive, a study has found.
They lived for an average of 80 minutes - although in some cases foetuses survived for over six hours.
Most of the babies were born between 20 and 24 weeks of pregnancy, but some had been in the womb for as little as 17 weeks.
The figures, based on a study of West Midlands hospitals, has reignited the abortion debate, with pro-life campaigners demanding the time limit for t... (more) |
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Saturday September 13th, 2008
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Vitamin 'may prevent memory loss'
posted 09/13/2008, 9:55 AM (BBC News) [Category: Health] A vitamin found in meat, fish and milk may help stave off memory loss in old age, a study has suggested.
Older people with lower than average vitamin B12 levels were more than six times more likely to experience brain shrinkage, researchers concluded.
The University of Oxford study, published in the journal Neurology, tested the 107 apparently healthy volunteers over a five-year period.
Some studies suggest two out of five people are deficient in the ... (more) |
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Saturday September 6th, 2008
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Cell Phones and Brain Tumours: The Silent Killer
posted 09/06/2008, 2:31 AM (NineMSN) [Category: Health] Dr Charlie Teo -- a pre-eminent neurosurgeon is at the cutting edge -- literally -- of a 21 per cent increase in children's brain tumours. He's curious about the effect mobile phones and Electro Magnetic Radiation [EMR] may be having on these statistics, and has issued a warning to parents to be aware...
So cautious is Dr Teo, the subject of his 12-year-old daughter having a mobile phone in their family, he confesses, is a sore point.
"The argument for her having a ... (more) |
Clones' offspring may be in food supply: FDA
posted 09/06/2008, 2:15 AM (Reuters) [Category: Health] WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Food and milk from the offspring of cloned animals may have entered the U.S. food supply, the U.S. government said on Tuesday, but it would be impossible to know because there is no difference between cloned and conventional products.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in January meat and milk from cloned cattle, swine and goats and their offspring were as safe as products from traditional animals. Before then, farmers and ranchers had followed a vol... (more) |
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Thursday August 28th, 2008
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Bayer on defensive in bee deaths
posted 08/28/2008, 2:43 AM (News Observer) [Category: Health] Bayer CropScience is facing scrutiny because of the effect one of its best-selling pesticides has had on honeybees.
A German prosecutor is investigating Werner Wenning, Bayer's chairman, and Friedrich Berschauer, the head of Bayer CropScience, after critics alleged that they knowingly polluted the environment.
The investigation was triggered by an Aug. 13 complaint filed by German beekeepers and consumer protection advocates, a Coalition against Bayer Dangers spokes... (more) |
Radioactive Waste From Iraq Wars Dumped in U.S.
posted 07/24/2008, 2:33 AM (Doug Rokke, Ph.D.) [Category: Health] During the summer of 1991, the United States military had collected artillery, tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, conventional and unconventional munitions, trucks, etc at Camp Doha in Kuwait.
As result of carelessness, this weapons depot caught fire with consequent catastrophic explosions resulting in death, injury, illness and extensive environmental contamination from depleted uranium and conventional explosives.
Recently the emirate of Kuwait required the U.S. De... (more) |
US issues health warning over mercury fillings
posted 06/30/2008, 11:11 PM (The Independent) [Category: Health] Amalgam dental fillings – which contain the highly toxic metal mercury – pose a health risk, the world's top medical regulatory agency has conceded.
After years of insisting the fillings are safe, the US government's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a health warning about them. It represents a landmark victory for campaigners, who say the fillings are responsible for a range of ailments, including heart conditions and Alzheimer's disease.
Earlier this m... (more) |
Lawsuits threatened over forced fluoride
posted 06/21/2008, 7:44 AM (World Net Daily) [Category: Health]
Concerns about fluoridation are quickly surfacing as the National Kidney Foundation withdrew its support of the chemical additive at the same time the largest association of water professionals in the world was warned not to destroy evidence that may be required in legal actions filed by individuals harmed by drinking fluoridated water.
Following reports of the NKF's acknowledgement that patients with kidney disease "should be notified of the potential risk" to their health fr... (more) |
Generation X-Ray
posted 06/21/2008, 7:42 AM (Idaho Observer) [Category: Health] The obsessive-compulsive effect of cell phones on teens and tweens clearly demonstrates that wireless devices are both physically and emotionally enslaving. Capitalizing on the addictive nature of wireless technology, the communications industry is "hooking" our kids on wireless devices at a fevered pitch. (0 Comments) |
Babies exposed to chlorinated water at risk of heart problems
posted 06/06/2008, 5:43 AM (The Telegraph) [Category: Health] Babies born in areas where drinking water is heavily disinfected with chlorine are at double the risk of heart problems, cleft palate or major brain defects, according to a new study.
Expectant mothers can expose themselves to the higher risk by drinking the water, swimming in chlorinated water, taking a bath or shower, or even by standing close to a boiling kettle, say researchers.
The finding, based on an analysis of nearly 400,000 infants, is the firs... (more) |
GM Foods the Problem, Not the Solution
posted 05/30/2008, 12:10 AM (IPS News) [Category: Health] BONN, May 23 (IPS) - The food crisis has prompted some looks towards genetically modified food production as a solution. That in turn has led to stronger warnings over the consequences of such food for health and the environment.
These concerns have been raised in Bonn again as more than 3,000 delegates from 147 countries met for the UN conference on biosafety. The conference has sought to ensure safe use of modern biotechnology.
Feeding the debate, scientists, farm... (more) |
Frightening food for thought
posted 05/30/2008, 12:10 AM (The Gazette) [Category: Health] But did you know the 100-year-old company is a major player in the GMO revolution? Under the plausible guise of eradicating world hunger with genetically modified seeds resistant to Round-Up, a best-selling herbicide it also developed, Monsanto has launched an insidious campaign to achieve worldwide market supremacy, regardless of the social cost to small farmers and rural economies.
It's all laid out in previously classified documents, and confirmed by scientists, politicians and... (more) |
How safe are nanoparticles?
posted 05/22/2008, 3:16 AM (Christian Science Monitor) [Category: Health] Small is beautiful when it leads to new products that do great things, like speed up computers or cleanse the environment. But the nanoscale-sized particles (a nanometer is one-billionth of a meter) behind some of these advances are also raising questions about their safety, questions that are not yet thoroughly understood or researched.
In a study published May 20 in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, researchers found that one form of carbon nanotubes – long, thin multiwalled on... (more) |
Fat people blamed for global warming
posted 05/22/2008, 3:02 AM (The Telegraph) [Category: Health] As if they didn’t already have enough problems on their hands fat people are now being blamed for global warming.
British scientists say they use up more fuel to transport them around and the amount of food they eat requires more energy to produce than that consumed by those on smaller diets.
According to a team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine this adds to food shortages and higher energy prices.
Researchers Phil Edwards said: “We ... (more) |
Merck wrote drug studies for doctors
posted 04/21/2008, 11:12 PM (International Herald Tribune) [Category: Health] The drug maker Merck drafted dozens of research studies for a best-selling drug, then lined up prestigious doctors to put their names on the reports before publication, according to an article to be published Wednesday in a leading medical journal.
The article, based on documents unearthed in lawsuits over the pain drug Vioxx, provides a rare, detailed look in the industry practice of ghostwriting medical research studies that are then published in academic journals.
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Suicide and Cymbalta
posted 04/15/2008, 7:02 AM (Martha Rosenberg) [Category: Health] Ask about published reports of 470 completed suicides of people on antidepressants since Prozac debuted in 1988 and the drug industry will say that's depression for you. Without our drugs, it would be worse.
But how does Eli Lilly and Co. explain the mounting suicides of people given Cymbalta (duloxetine) for urinary incontinence or peripheral neuropathy?
The planned debut of C... (more) |
Mobile phones 'more dangerous than smoking'
posted 04/03/2008, 3:39 AM (The Independent) [Category: Health] Mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos, a study by an award-winning cancer expert has concluded. He says people should avoid using them wherever possible and that governments and the mobile phone industry must take "immediate steps" to reduce exposure to their radiation.
The study, by Dr Vini Khurana, is the most devastating indictment yet published of the health risks.
It draws on growing evidence – exclusively reported in the IoS in Octo... (more) |
Nanotech Exposed in Grocery Store Aisles
posted 03/14/2008, 12:51 AM (Friends of the Earth) [Category: Health] WASHINGTON, D.C.—Untested nanotechnology is being used in more than 100 food products, food packaging and contact materials currently on the shelf, without warning or new FDA testing, according to a report released today by Friends of the Earth.
The report, Out of the Laboratory and onto Our Plates: Nanotechnology in Food and Agriculture, found nanomaterials in popular products and packaging including Miller Light beer, Cadbury Chocolate packaging and ToddlerHealth, a nutri... (more) |
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Wednesday January 23rd, 2008
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Is plastic making us fat?
posted 01/23/2008, 1:16 AM (Boston Globe) [Category: Health] Being fat has long been seen as a personal problem, fixed only by struggling against the proliferation of fast food restaurants, unlucky genes, and a sedentary life.
But could something in the environment also be making Americans fat in epidemic numbers?
Animal studies in recent years raise the possibility that prenatal exposure to minuscule amounts of common chemicals - found in everything from baby bottles to toys - could predispose a body to a life of weight gain... (more) |
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Sunday December 16th, 2007
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Los Angeles to Drain Two Reservoirs Due to Cancer Risk
posted 12/16/2007, 9:55 PM (Fox News) [Category: Health] Two reservoirs which supply drinking water to parts of eastern and central Los Angeles were shut down after officials found them contaminated with high levels of a chemical that can cause cancer, according to a report on MyFOXLA.com.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power intend to drain 600 million gallons of water from Elysian and Silver Lake reservoirs early next year, a process that will leave them out of action for three to four months amid drought conditions, the depa... (more) |
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Monday December 10th, 2007
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Israeli study says regular mobile use increases tumour risk
posted 12/10/2007, 3:46 PM (AFP) [Category: Health] Regular use of mobile telephones increases the risk of developing tumours, a new scientific study by Israeli researchers and published in the American Journal of Epidemiology revealed on Friday.
An extract of the report seen by Israel's Yedoit Aharonot newspaper put the risk of developing a parotid gland tumour nearly 50 percent higher for frequent mobile phone users -- more than 22 hours a month.
The risk was still higher if users clamped the phone to the same ear,... (more) |
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Wednesday November 21st, 2007
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U.N. to Cut Estimate Of AIDS Epidemic
posted 11/21/2007, 11:07 PM (Washington Post) [Category: Health] JOHANNESBURG -- The United Nations' top AIDS scientists plan to acknowledge this week that they have long overestimated both the size and the course of the epidemic, which they now believe has been slowing for nearly a decade, according to U.N. documents prepared for the announcement.
AIDS remains a devastating public health crisis in the most heavily affected areas of sub-Saharan Africa. But the far-reaching revisions amount to at least a partial acknowledgment of criticisms long... (more) |
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Sunday November 18th, 2007
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Consumers unaware of 'eating GM food'
posted 11/18/2007, 4:06 PM (The Scotsman) [Category: Health] GENETICALLY-modified food is entering the UK by stealth via feed given to animals reared for dairy and pork products, a campaign group has warned.
Supermarket chains are widely stocking goods sourced from animals fed GM soya and maize, according to the Soil Association.
GM material could find its way, in small quantities, into the milk and animal tissue of GM-fed livestock, the group said.
The Soil Association, which is pro-organic, said consumers ... (more) |
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Friday November 9th, 2007
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Genetically Modified Foods Unsafe? Evidence that Links GM Foods to Allergic Responses Mounts
posted 11/09/2007, 5:35 AM (Jeffrey M. Smith) [Category: Health] Genetically modified (GM) foods are inherently unsafe, and current safety assessments are not competent to protect us from or even identify most dangers. Overwhelming evidence to support this conclusion is now compiled in the book Genetic Roulette: The documented health risks of genetically engineered foods, which presents an abundance of adverse findings and theoretical risks associated with GM foods.1
The book documents lab animals with damage to virtually every system studied;... (more) |
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Friday November 2nd, 2007
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Is anything safe to eat? Cancer report adds bacon, ham and drink to danger list
posted 11/02/2007, 6:33 AM (The Daily Mail) [Category: Health] A bombshell report yesterday blamed putting on weight, alcohol and a whole range of everyday foods for causing cancer.
Consumers were told to curb drinking, avoid processed meats - including bacon, ham and sausages - and cut their intake of red meat and salt.
Even supposedly healthy fruit and vegetables were said to offer only "limited" protection against the disease.
Last night, as the public wondered what exactly is safe to eat, there was a growing... (more) Bacon, ham, red meat, etc. have been around for a long time and there was not the high level of cancers there are today.
All this nonsense is a front to hide the real causes of these new cancers: deadly vaccines, genetically engineered foods, synthetic chemicals in our food and water altering our hormones, an organized aerial spraying program spraying who knows what on the populace, and who knows what else. |
Is your make-up killing you?
posted 10/05/2007, 4:17 AM (The Daily Mail) [Category: Health] Women absorb 5lb of chemicals from cosmetics every year - from cancer-causing compounds in face cream to arsenic in eyeshadow. We tested two beauty junkies to reveal the shocking toll on their bodies...
Charlotte Kohl and her sister Emma are attractive young women. Their looks, they admit, are very important to them, which is why, between them, they use more than 70 different beauty and cosmetic products every day.
Take Charlotte, 27, an estate agent from Ea... (more) |
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Monday September 24th, 2007
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Frequent Cell Phone Use May Slow Brain Function
posted 09/24/2007, 12:17 AM (Computerworld) [Category: Health] There have been worries about cell phones causing brain cancer. And certainly everyone worries about driving behind the guy who's holding the steering wheel with his knees while tapping in a message on a wireless e-mail device.
But now hear this: Mobile phone use may cause a slowing of brain activity.
Before anyone panics, the suggestion that frequent mobile phone use makes us behave a little unbalanced is, so far, based on a stu... (more) |
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Saturday September 15th, 2007
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Czech speedway rider knocked out in crash wakes up speaking perfect English
posted 09/15/2007, 6:11 PM (The Daily Mail) [Category: Health]
When Matej Kus's teammates heard him talking after he was knocked out in a speedway accident, they were relieved he was conscious.
But they were also a little surprised.
For although the 18-year- old Czech knew only the most basic English phrases, he was conversing fluently in the language with paramedics.
Peter Waite, the promoter for Kus's team, the Berwick Bandits, said: "I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
"It was in a really cl... (more) The limitless human mind... |
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Friday September 14th, 2007
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Monday September 10th, 2007
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Microchip Implants Cause Tumors
posted 09/10/2007, 6:01 PM (AntiChips.com) [Category: Health] The Associated Press will issue a breaking story this weekend revealing that microchip implants have induced cancer in laboratory animals and dogs, says privacy expert and long-time VeriChip opponent Dr. Katherine Albrecht.
As the AP will report, a series of research articles spanning more than a decade found that mice and rats injected with glass-encapsulated RFID transponders developed malignant, fast-growing, lethal cancers in up to 1% to 10% of cases. The tumors originated in ... (more) |
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Thursday September 6th, 2007
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Experts suggest a link between the use of deodorants and breast cancer
posted 09/06/2007, 3:23 AM (The Scotsman) [Category: Health] NEW research has suggested a potential link between the use of deodorants and breast cancer.
A study at Keele University looked at tumour samples from 17 breast cancer patients, measuring levels of aluminium - which is used as an antiperspirant in most deodorants - in the tissue.
The researchers found the patients had "significantly higher" levels of aluminium in the underarm region of the breast where the products were used than in ot... (more) |
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Wednesday August 8th, 2007
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Monsanto Goes GMO-Free - in its Cafeteria
posted 08/08/2007, 7:22 PM ( Ode Magazine) [Category: Health] UNITED KINGDOM. From now on, staff at the British headquarters of biotech giant Monsanto will be eating only non-genetically modified products on their lunch breaks. Foods containing genetically modified soy and corn are no longer available in the company cafeteria. Granada Food Services, which manages the canteen, is said to be concerned about health risks. Monsanto's press department contends the action was not the result of a boycott initiated by worried employees of theU.S. multinational. |
Orange to remove mobile mast from 'tower of doom', where cancer rate has soared
posted 08/08/2007, 7:20 PM (The Daily Mail) [Category: Health] A mobile phone company is to remove a mast from a block of flats after seven residents were struck down by cancer.
Three have died and another four have battled the disease since two masts were erected on the roof of the five-storey block which has become known locally as the Tower of Doom.
The cancer rate on the top floor - where residents of five of the eight flats have been affected and the three who died all lived - is 20 per cent, ten times the national average... (more) |
Hiroshima health effects linger
posted 08/06/2007, 6:06 AM (BBC) [Category: Health] Imagine what it is like to know that as a child you were doused in radioactive fallout.
It fell on your clothes and on your skin. It was in the water you drank, the scraps of food you could find. It entered the fabric of the buildings you were sheltering in.
What hidden damage was done in your earliest days?
For those who were in Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 it is a fear they live with constantly.
This is not history for them. It is an ev... (more) |
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Saturday August 4th, 2007
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Foot and mouth returns
posted 08/04/2007, 2:14 PM (The Guardian) [Category: Health] An immediate national ban on the movement of all cattle, pigs, sheep and goats was imposed last night after foot and mouth disease was confirmed in cattle at a farm near Guildford, Surrey. Gordon Brown cut short his holiday on hearing the news and was involved in a conference call with Cobra, the government's civil emergencies committee.
A cordon was thrown round the farm and vets moved in to slaughter the affected animals. All farmers were urged by the chi... (more) |
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Wednesday August 1st, 2007
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Doctor charged in transplant inquiry
posted 08/01/2007, 7:34 PM (Associated Press) [Category: Health] LOS ANGELES - A surgeon was charged Monday with prescribing excessive drugs to a comatose, disabled patient to hasten his death and harvest his organs for transplantation.
Prosecutors in San Luis Obispo County said Dr. Hootan Roozrokh, 33, of San Francisco, gave a harmful drug and prescribed excessive doses of morphine and a sedative to 26-year-old Ruben Navarro, who died in 2006.
He was taken in a coma to Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center, 150 miles n... (more) |
Killing Organics: What does"organic" really mean?
posted 07/29/2007, 2:14 PM (MSNBC) [Category: Health] You know organic has gone mainstream when Wal-Mart starts selling it. In fact, organic products are the fastest growing segment of the agricultural market. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says organic sales jumped 22 percent last year. A growing number of people are willing to pay a premium price to eat what they consider to be superior products and to support farming techniques that are better for the land.
But what does “organic” really mean? According to USDA regulations, a ... (more) |
Aquafina source is same as for tap
posted 07/29/2007, 2:14 PM (Associated Press) [Category: Health] NEW YORK - So you thought that water in your Aquafina bottle came from some far-away spring bubbling deep in a glen? Try the same place as the water in your tap.
PepsiCo Inc. is the latest company to offer some clarity about the source of its top-selling bottled water as it announced on Friday it would change the label on Aquafina water bottles to spell out that the drink comes from the same source as tap water.
A group called Corporate Accountability Inte... (more) |
Doctor's studies links dairy to cancer risk
posted 07/24/2007, 11:00 PM (The Sun News) [Category: Health] The last thing you want to wear into Dr. Robert Bibb's dermatology office is a dark tan and a milk mustache.
"A tan is the body's response to damage," said Bibb, who suspected that ultraviolet A rays were more than innocent bystanders to sun damage years before it became popular knowledge. Now, dairy products and their link to hormonally sensitive cancers is on his radar. While dermatologists routinely advise patients to get their vitamin D from dietary sources instead of sunlight... (more) |
OxyContin Maker, Execs Fined $634.5M
posted 07/22/2007, 11:17 AM (Associated Press) [Category: Health] ABINGDON, Va. (AP) -- Purdue Pharma L.P., the maker of OxyContin, and three of its executives were ordered Friday to pay a $634.5 million fine for misleading the public about the painkiller's risk of addiction.
U.S. District Judge James Jones levied the fine on Purdue, its top lawyer and former president and former chief medical officer after a hearing that lasted about three-and-a-half hours. The hearing included statements by numerous people who said their lives were changed for... (more) OxyContin is nothing more than government approved heroin. |
New fear over MMR link with rising autism
posted 07/10/2007, 4:44 AM (The Telegraph) [Category: Health]
A new study claims that almost double the number of children could have autism as previously thought.
An unpublished piece of research by Cambridge University's Autism Research Centre (ARC) found that as many as one in 58 children could suffer from the condition, which can affect speech, understanding and communication.
If the figure was accurate it would mean 210,000 children under 16 across Britain could have some form of autism.
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