Parasite 'turns women into sex kittens'
posted 12/27/2006, 3:03 AM (news.com.au)
[Category: Health]
A COMMON parasite can increase a women's attractiveness to the opposite sex but also make men more stupid, an Australian researcher says.
About 40 per cent of the world's population is infected with Toxoplasma gondii, including about eight million Australians.
Human infection generally occurs when people eat raw or undercooked meat that has cysts containing the parasite, or accidentally ingest some of the parasite's eggs excreted by an infected cat.
T... (more) |
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Sunday December 24th, 2006
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Water bottles leak chemical
posted 12/24/2006, 1:47 AM (Canadian Press)
[Category: Health]
OTTAWA–A study of bottled water has found concentrations of potentially harmful antimony increase the longer water is stored in a certain plastic.
A Canadian scientist now working in Germany tested 132 brands of bottled water from 28 countries in containers made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). About 20 came from Canada.
William Shotyk of the University of Heidelberg found that concentration of chemicals such as antimony increases the longer the water sits in PE... (more) |
SKorea says traces of toxic chemical found in US beef
posted 12/24/2006, 1:47 AM (AFP)
[Category: Health]
SEOUL (XFN-ASIA) - South Korean officials, who have blocked three US beef shipments since officially lifting a ban on imports, said they found traces of dioxin in one of the shipments.
The chemical, that may harm human immune systems and cause cancer, was found in a package among a 10.2-tonne shipment that arrived early this year, a spokesman for the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service said.
The government agency said the dioxin level stood at 6.26 p... (more) |
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Friday December 15th, 2006
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U.S. Breast Cancer Rates Fall
posted 12/15/2006, 12:49 AM (Associated Press)
[Category: Health]
In a startling turnaround, breast cancer rates in the United States dropped dramatically in 2003, and experts said they believe it is because many women stopped taking hormone pills.
The 7.2 percent decline came a year after a big federal study linked menopause hormones to a higher risk of breast cancer, heart disease and other problems. Within months, millions of women stopped taking the pills.
A new analysis of federal cancer statistics, presented Thursday at a br... (more) |
High IQ link to being vegetarian
posted 12/15/2006, 12:47 AM (BBC)
[Category: Health]
Intelligent children are more likely to become vegetarians later in life, a study says.
A Southampton University team found those who were vegetarian by 30 had recorded five IQ points more on average at the age of 10.
Researchers said it could explain why people with higher IQ were healthier as a vegetarian diet was linked to lower heart disease and obesity rates.
The study of 8,179 was reported in the British Medical Journal.
Twenty ye... (more) |
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Tuesday December 12th, 2006
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Vegetables nearly as dangerous as under-cooked meat, study says
posted 12/12/2006, 10:39 PM (Scripps Howard News Service)
[Category: Health]
Fresh raw vegetables like lettuce, spinach, tomatoes and green onions were responsible for the illness or deaths of nearly 19,000 people nationwide over a five-year period.
Vegetables are nearly as dangerous as under-cooked meat when it comes to transmitting deadly food illnesses like E. coli, salmonella and hepatitis, according to a study of federal outbreak records by Scripps.
Beef, chicken, pork and their byproducts were responsible for nearly 22,600 deaths o... (more) This is a smokescreen to highly regulate veggies |
Call for worldwide use of cervical cancer vaccines
posted 12/12/2006, 10:38 PM (Reuters)
[Category: Health]
LONDON (Reuters) - International health experts called on Tuesday for rapid worldwide access to promising but expensive cervical cancer vaccines that have the potential to save a quarter of a million lives a year.
Merck & Co. Inc.'s recently launched Gardasil and GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Cervarix, which is expected to be approved next year, protect women against human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that causes most cases of the disease.
They are likely to be embraced ... (more) Related: Vaccination: The Hidden Truth |
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Monday December 11th, 2006
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CSPI threatens lawsuit against Coca-Cola for "fraudulent" weight loss claims over Enviga beverage
posted 12/11/2006, 10:23 PM (NewsTarget)
[Category: Health]
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has decided to serve notice on Coca-Cola and Nestlé -- the companies behind the beverage Enviga -- stating that both companies are marketing the drink using calorie-burning and weight loss claims that are fraudulent.
The CSPI group -- based in Washington in the U.S. -- is watchdog group that has taken legal action against companies such as KFC and PepsiCo over labeling and health issues in the past. This new lawsuit with Coca-Co... (more) |
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Sunday December 10th, 2006
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Bill would ban 'mercury vaccine'
posted 12/10/2006, 11:45 PM (Lawrence Journal-World)
[Category: Health]
The first bill in the legislative hopper for the 2007 session is one near and dear to Lawrence's Linda Weinmaster and a number of parents across the state.
Senate Bill 1 would ban the use of mercury-based thimerosal in childhood vaccines.
"I'm somewhat optimistic that it will pass this session," Weinmaster said. "We're going to give it our best try."
Weinmaster and many others claim that thimerosal, which is used as a preservative in some vaccines, ha... (more) |
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Friday December 8th, 2006
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EPA May Drop Lead Air Pollution Limits
posted 12/08/2006, 11:14 PM (Associated Press)
[Category: Health]
The Bush administration is considering doing away with health standards that cut lead from gasoline, widely regarded as one of the nation's biggest clean-air accomplishments. Battery makers, lead smelters, refiners all have lobbied the administration to do away with the Clean Air Act limits.
A preliminary staff review released by the Environmental Protection Agency this week acknowledged the possibility of dropping the health standards for lead air pollution. The agency says revok... (more) |
Plastics 'poisoning world's seas'
posted 12/08/2006, 11:01 PM (BBC)
[Category: Health]
Microscopic particles of plastic could be poisoning the oceans, according to a British team of researchers.
They report that small plastic pellets called "mermaids' tears", which are the result of industry and domestic waste, have spread across the world's seas.
The scientists had previously found the debris on UK beaches and in European waters; now they have replicated the finding on four continents.
Scientists are worried that these fragments can ge... (more) |
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Sunday December 3rd, 2006
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Saturday December 2nd, 2006
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Negative results of drug trials routinely suppressed
posted 12/02/2006, 3:42 AM (NewsTarget)
[Category: Health]
Researchers rarely publish negative research results in mainstream medical journals, and even purposely suppress results that fail to prove links between diseases and drugs or genes, according to the Wall Street Journal's Sharon Begley.
To combat scientists' reluctance to publish negative results, new medical journals that are solely dedicated to the publication of negative study results are gaining popularity, with more like-minded journals constantly joining the ranks.
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Onions, garlic linked to lower cancer risks
posted 12/02/2006, 3:34 AM (Reuters Health)
[Category: Health]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who flavor their diets with plenty of onions and garlic might have lower odds of several types of cancer, a new study suggests.
In an analysis of eight studies from Italy and Switzerland, researchers found that older adults with the highest onion and garlic intakes had the lowest risks of a number of cancers -- including colon, ovarian and throat cancers.
The findings, which appear in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, are... (more) |
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Friday December 1st, 2006
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Thursday November 30th, 2006
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USDA Approves Genetically Engineered Rice Contaminating Food Supply
posted 11/30/2006, 3:05 AM (Center for Food Safety)
[Category: Health]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today granted marketing approval of a genetically-engineered (GE) rice variety following its illegal contamination of the food supply and rice exports, first announced three months ago. The controversial decision was taken despite the insistence of its developer, Bayer CropScience, that it dropped plans to commercialize the variety, known as LibertyLink601 (LL601), five years ago.
"With this decision, USDA is telling agricultural biotechno... (more) |
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Tuesday November 28th, 2006
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Laser eye ops could ruin sight
posted 11/28/2006, 4:12 AM (New Zealand Herald)
[Category: Health]
Concern has been raised about the long-term effects of laser eye surgery after a new study has shown that tens of thousands of Kiwis are likely to suffer defective vision from the surgery in their later years.
Studies from Otago and Oxford Universities have shown that laser surgery for short-sightedness could cause haze, glare and blurred vision as people reach their 60s and 70s.
Given that around 25,000 New Zealanders have had the surgery, Otago University head ... (more) |
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Sunday November 26th, 2006
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Sunday November 19th, 2006
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We're Drinking What?
posted 11/19/2006, 7:43 PM (Counter Punch)
[Category: Health]
Look at photos of the gigantic udders on rBST treated dairy cows and it's not hard to imagine the artificial hormone's role in increasing U.S. rates of breast and prostate cancer, precocious puberty and obesity.
But U.S. milk producers and agricultural officials continue to say Monsanto's Posilac, which has been used unlabeled in much of the U.S. public milk supply since 1994, is safe. [1]
Even as they jump all over each other to ban it.
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Hospital Infections Kill More Than Cars, AIDS, Breast Cancer
posted 11/19/2006, 7:40 PM (ABC News Medical Unit)
[Category: Health]
A hospital visit may be more dangerous to your health than you realize. Just ask Ingrid Kwiatek, who came home from the hospital with a serious staph infection.
Kwiatek's husband said what started as a routine hospital visit turned into an 110-day nightmare of pain and suffering in three different Pennsylvania hospitals.
"I would never wish this experience on anyone," he said. "Especially distressing was the closed-ranks attitude at all three hospitals in discussi... (more) |
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Tuesday November 14th, 2006
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No Fluoride for Infants, Say Dentists
posted 11/14/2006, 12:23 AM (PRNewswire)
[Category: Health]
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- To prevent tooth damage, the American Dental Association (ADA) warned its members that fluoridated water should not be mixed into concentrated formula or foods intended for babies one year and younger, in a November 9th ADA e-mail alert.(1)
"But who will alert parents," asks lawyer Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF).
Two-thirds of U.S. public water suppliers add fluoride chemicals, base... (more) |
Red meat may raise breast cancer risk
posted 11/14/2006, 12:19 AM (Associated Press)
[Category: Health]
Eating red meat may raise a woman's risk of a common type of breast cancer, and vitamin supplements will do little if anything to protect her heart, two new studies suggest.
Women who ate more than 1 1/2 servings of red meat per day were almost twice as likely to develop hormone-related breast cancer as those who ate fewer than three portions per week, one study found.
The other — one of the longest and largest tests of whether supplements of various vitamins can pr... (more) |
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Friday November 10th, 2006
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Sleep Deprivation Creating 'Nation of Walking Zombies'
posted 11/10/2006, 2:09 AM (ABC News)
[Category: Health]
Would it scare you to learn that the surgeon who was about to carve into your body had just had a few drinks?
How about if the doc just needed a nap?
Same difference, according to a host of new studies.
We've heard enough about the dire consequences of sleep deprivation in recent weeks to keep us awake at night, but a few institutions are trying to do something about it.
They are mostly in the medical field, where long hours without a... (more) |
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Wednesday November 1st, 2006
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Birth control pill linked to breast cancer risk
posted 11/01/2006, 5:15 PM (News Target)
[Category: Health]
Young women who take oral contraceptive pills before they become pregnant with their first child run a significantly higher risk of developing pre-menopausal breast cancer, according to new international research.
Researchers from Altoona Hospital in Pennsylvania examined the results of 34 studies from around the world of young women who took oral contraceptives prior to becoming pregnant with their first child.
The researchers, led by Dr. Chris Kahlenborn, found th... (more) |
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Wednesday October 25th, 2006
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Drug firms and media outlets push vaccine safety myth for infants and expectant mothers
posted 10/25/2006, 11:21 PM (News Target)
[Category: Health]
A new, short-term study published in today's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association found that flu vaccine shots are safe for toddlers and infants, but critics say the short length of the study failed to examine possible long-term health implications.
The study -- the largest ever to examine the side effects of flu shots in young children -- included 45,000 American kids who were given flu shots and examined for side effects over a period of six weeks. The 19 res... (more) |
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Tuesday October 24th, 2006
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Men who use mobile phones face increased risk of infertility
posted 10/24/2006, 6:20 AM (The Daily Mail)
[Category: Health]
Men who use mobile phones could be risking their fertility, warn researchers.
A new study shows a worrying link between poor sperm and the number of hours a day that a man uses his mobile phone.
Those who made calls on a mobile phone for more than four hours a day had the worst sperm counts and the poorest quality sperm, according to results released yest at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine annual meeting in New Orleans.
Doctors believe ... (more) |
Three people die after receiving flu vaccinations
posted 10/24/2006, 6:06 AM (Haaretz)
[Category: Health]
Three people have died in the past week after receiving flu vaccines, it was revealed Sunday.
The Health Ministry has instructed health facilities to immediately stop providing the vaccinations.
Army Radio reported that the victims were insured by the Kupat Holim Leumi health maintenance organization, and all three were vaccinated last week at the same branch in Kiryat Gat. The injections were all performed from the same vaccine pool.
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Wednesday October 18th, 2006
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Preschool Puberty, and a Search for the Causes
posted 10/18/2006, 11:14 PM (New York Times)
[Category: Health]
 Parents often think their children grow up too quickly, but few are prepared for the problem that Dr. Michael Dedekian and his colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Medical School reported recently.
At the annual Pediatric Academic Society meeting in May in San Francisco, they presented a report that described how a preschool-age girl, and then her kindergarten-age brother, mysteriously began growing pubic hair. These cases were not isolated; in 2004, pediatric endocrinolo... (more) Who controls the food controls the people.
This is a fact well known by the minions within the United Nations, as Catherine Bertini, Director of the UN World Food Program boldly announced at the Beijing Woman's Conference (September, 1995):
"Food is power. We use it to change behavior. Some may call that bribery. We do not apologize".
Bertini's credentials precede her UN position, as a former Confidential Assistant to New York State Governor Nelson Rockefeller. In The Next Million Years, (1952) by Charles Galton Darwin, grandson of evolutionist Charles R. Darwin, the objective is made quite clear:
"It is in the biological sciences that the most exciting possibilities suggest themselves... I will only speculate on a few among these possibilities which might have great effects on human life.
"I have already referred to the possibility of quite new sources of food and I need not enlarge on that further.
". . . hormones, those internal chemical secretions which so largely regulate the operations of the human body. The artificial use of hormones has already been shown to have profound effects on the behaviour of animals. . . might have similar effects on man. . .
". . . might be a drug, which... removed the urgency of sexual desire, and so reproduced in humanity the status of workers in a beehive.
"To produce effects of these kinds there must be a master and the master must be above and not subject to the procedure he is enforcing on his subjects."
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Tuesday October 17th, 2006
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FDA Is Set To Approve Milk, Meat From Clones
posted 10/17/2006, 10:34 PM (Washington Post)
[Category: Health]
Three years after the Food and Drug Administration first hinted that it might permit the sale of milk and meat from cloned animals, prompting public reactions that ranged from curiosity to disgust, the agency is poised to endorse marketing of the mass-produced animals for public consumption.
The decision, expected by the end of this year, is based largely on new data indicating that milk and meat from cloned livestock and their offspring pose no unique risks to consumers.
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Monday October 16th, 2006
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Diet products "boost appetite"
posted 10/16/2006, 11:04 PM (Herald Sun)
[Category: Health]
DIET products make people eat more, says nutritional toxicologist Peter Dingle.
He said some sweeteners in diet products were linked with stimulating appetite.
"Aspartame, commonly known as the sweetener NutraSweet, is a neuro-stimulant linked with stimulating appetite, so it can make you hungry," Prof Dingle, associate professor in health and the environment at Murdoch University, said.
"Diet stuff doesn't satisfy hunger like conventional food, because hung... (more) |
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Friday October 13th, 2006
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Harvard Study: Strong Link Between Fluoridated Water and Bone Cancer in Boys
posted 10/13/2006, 11:07 PM (Environmental Working Group)
[Category: Health]
(WASHINGTON, April 5) — Boys who drink water with levels of fluoride considered safe by federal guidelines are five times more likely to have a rare bone cancer than boys who drink unfluoridated water, according to a study by Harvard University scientists published in a peer-reviewed journal.
The study, led by Dr. Elise Bassin and published online today in Cancer Causes and Control, the official journal of the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention, found a strong link between fluor... (more) |
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Thursday October 12th, 2006
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Nanotechnology Risks Unknown: Insufficient Attention Paid to Potential Dangers, Report Says
posted 10/12/2006, 11:04 PM (Washington Post)
[Category: Health]
The United States is the world leader in nanotechnology -- the newly blossoming science of making incredibly small materials and devices -- but is not paying enough attention to the environmental, health and safety risks posed by nanoscale products, says a report released yesterday by the independent National Research Council.
If federal officials, business leaders and others do not devise a plan to fill the gaps in their knowledge of nanotech safety, the report warns, the field's... (more) |
U.S. FDA Told to Watch Nanotech Products for Risks
posted 10/12/2006, 11:04 PM (Reuters)
[Category: Health]
BETHESDA, Md. -- The growing number of cosmetics, drugs other products made using nanotechnology need more attention from U.S. regulators to make sure they are safe for humans and the planet, consumer and environmental groups told a government hearing Tuesday.
Nanotechnology is the design and use of particles as small as one-billionth of a meter. A human hair, by contrast, is about 80,000 nanometers across.
Materials at nano-size can have completely different proper... (more) |
Drugs Slip Past FDA, Sell Unapproved by the Millions
posted 10/12/2006, 11:01 PM (Bloomberg)
[Category: Health]
Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Ballay Pharmaceuticals Inc. had a choice nine years ago: seek U.S. approval to sell a prescription decongestant or slip the drug on the market and hope regulators wouldn't order it off.
The company chose to market the medicine, Balamine DM, to doctors and pharmacies without the consent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the agency didn't stop Wimberley, Texas-based Ballay.
Almost 2 percent of U.S.... (more) |
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Wednesday October 11th, 2006
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Lawmakers Express Distrust of CDC on Vaccine Studies
posted 10/11/2006, 11:17 PM (Fox News)
[Category: Health]
WASHINGTON — For years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has maintained that no direct link exists between early vaccinations and developmental disorders in children, but not everyone wants to give the last word on the subject to the government public health agency.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill — responding to a growing clamor from parents and advocacy groups who argue the rise in the number of autistic children is linked to childhood vaccines — say they want the CDC o... (more) |
The Cancer Research Money Machines
posted 10/11/2006, 11:04 PM (NewsWithViews)
[Category: Health]
How many times do you see commercials on the boob tube that say cancer has become "a way of life," or "one in X number of Americans will develop cancer"? The drum beat is never ending for one cancer research center after another wanting your insurance company's bucks for treatment. A thousand special interest groups, including hundreds of hospitals and universities continue demanding more and more money from the people's treasury for cancer "research." We can find a cure, we just need more billi... (more) |
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Tuesday October 10th, 2006
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Walnuts 'combat unhealthy fats'
posted 10/10/2006, 11:04 PM (BBC)
[Category: Health]
Eating walnuts at the end of a meal may help cut the damage that fatty food can do to the arteries, research suggests.
It is thought that the nuts are rich in compounds that reduce hardening of the arteries, and keep them flexible.
A team from Barcelona's Hospital Clinico recommend eating an ounce (28g) of walnuts a day.
The study, which appears in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, also showed walnuts had more health benefits than oli... (more) |
FDA not ‘nano-ready’, says report
posted 10/08/2006, 6:12 PM (Cosmetics Design)
[Category: Health]
A former FDA deputy commissioner for policy has denounced the agency's capacity to properly regulate nanotechnology products including supplements, a criticism that could inflame debate leading up to the agency’s first major public meeting on the atomic technology.
In a report commissioned by the Woodrow Wilson Center's project on emerging nanotechnologies, University of Maryland School of Medicine professor Michael Taylor concluded the US Food & Drug Administration's resource bas... (more) |
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Thursday October 5th, 2006
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Chemo 'brain fog' can refuse to lift
posted 10/05/2006, 7:19 PM (USA Today)
[Category: Health]
Chemotherapy might change the way the brain works, triggering mild forgetfulness in some cancer survivors, says a small study out today.
The study of breast cancer survivors suggests the mental fog known as chemobrain might last longer than once thought and shows women treated with chemotherapy a decade ago still experience subtle memory problems.
The new findings may have implications not just for breast cancer patients but for other cancer survivors, says Ellen Co... (more) |
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Friday September 29th, 2006
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Federal trans-fat plan best: Officials
posted 09/29/2006, 10:43 AM (Toronto Star)
[Category: Health]
Health departments in New York city and Chicago are considering a total ban on restaurant foods that contain harmful trans-fatty acids, but health officials in Toronto say they favour federal legislation and regulations to deal with the issue nation-wide.
Three years after New York banned smoking in restaurants, health officials in the Big Apple are considering regulations that would bar cooks at any of the city's 24,600 food-service establishments from using ingredients that cont... (more) |
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Thursday September 28th, 2006
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Pesticides found in a third of our food
posted 09/28/2006, 11:43 AM (The Daily Mail)
[Category: Health]
Nearly a third of food and drink products available in the UK contained pesticide traces, according to a report.
In 1.7% of cases the chemical residues exceeded maximum legal limits, according to the Pesticide Residue Committee's 2005 annual report.
A further 30.2% of the 3,787 items surveyed during last year had pesticide traces within those limits. In 2004 only 1.09% of samples contained pesticide traces above the s... (more) |
Ill. girl dies after dentist treatment
posted 09/28/2006, 11:33 AM (Associated Press)
[Category: Health]
CHICAGO - A 5-year-old Chicago girl who never awoke from her sedation during a visit to the dentist died Wednesday at Children's Memorial Hospital, a hospital official said.
Kindergartner Diamond Brownridge had been in a coma and on life support since the weekend dentist visit, said Julie Pesch, a spokeswoman for Children's Memorial Hospital.
Family members have said Diamond received a triple dose of sedatives — an oral agent, an intravenous drug and nitrous oxide g... (more) |
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Friday September 22nd, 2006
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Drug-resistant TB on the rise in U.S.
posted 09/22/2006, 11:07 PM (Associated Press)
[Category: Health]
SAN FRANCISCO - The worst forms of the killer tuberculosis bug have been gaining ground in the United States, alarming public health officials over imported drug-resistant strains of a disease that is mostly under control in this country.
Although the number of drug-resistant TB cases in the U.S. is small compared to developing nations, health officials here warn that visitors from other countries who are unaware of their infections are bringing over the deadliest mutations.
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Thursday September 21st, 2006
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U.S. Agency Urges Regular H.I.V. Tests
posted 09/21/2006, 11:14 PM (Associated Press)
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ATLANTA (AP) - All Americans between the ages of 13 and 64 should be routinely tested for HIV to help catch infections earlier and stop the spread of the deadly virus, federal health recommendations announced Thursday say.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said HIV testing should become about as common as a cholesterol check. Nearly half of new HIV infections are discovered when doctors are trying to diagnose a sick patient who has come for care, CDC officials sa... (more) "Under the new guidelines, patients would be tested for HIV as part of a standard battery of tests they receive when they go for urgent or emergency care, or even during a routine physical." |
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Wednesday September 20th, 2006
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Things You Don’t Know, Can’t Know and Don’t Want to Know
posted 09/20/2006, 10:20 PM (New York Times)
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Make That a Skim Mocha
Your morning Starbucks latte may never seem as sweet again.
If you thought you were being nutritionally virtuous by stopping at Starbucks instead of McDonald’s, the Center for Science in the Public Interest says, “Wrong!’’
A venti — or 20-ounce — Caffè Mocha with whipped cream has 490 calories, equivalent to a Quarter Pounder with cheese. And a 24-ounce Java Chip Frappuccino with whipped cream has 650 calories, not to men... (more) |
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Monday September 18th, 2006
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Certain veges hold the key to killing cancer cells
posted 09/18/2006, 11:33 PM (New Zealand Herald)
[Category: Health]
 Broccoli may hold the key to killing cancer cells, New Zealand scientists have discovered.
A team from Otago University's Christchurch school of medicine has found that compounds from cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, brussels sprouts and watercress help kill cancer cells which are resistant to other treatments.
Their research has shown that the naturally occurring chemical compounds known as isothiocyanates cause cell-suicide in cancer cells, including in... (more) |
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Saturday September 16th, 2006
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Sixth grade girls to face mandatory cervical cancer vaccinations under Michigan bill
posted 09/16/2006, 11:44 PM (News Target)
[Category: Health]
Tuesday, a bipartisan group of female lawmakers backed legislation that, if passed, would require all Michigan girls entering sixth grade in the Fall of 2007 to be vaccinated against cervical cancer.
Lead sponsor Sen. Beverly Hammerstrom said the legislation is the first of its kind in the United States, and said the group believes the law could save girls' lives. American Cancer Society numbers estimate that 9,700 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2006 in the United... (more) There is something in this vaccine the powers that be really want you to take. |
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Friday September 15th, 2006
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One fifth of US rice contaminated with illegal GM strain
posted 09/15/2006, 11:48 PM (Greenpeace.org.uk)
[Category: Health]
 'Genetic engineering - hands off', the label says on a plate of rice contaminated with an illegal GM variety
Up to one fifth of rice entering the EU is contaminated with an illegal genetically modified (GM) strain from the US. Those are the findings of the European Commission's own investigation into EU rice imports, following the admission in August by the US government that untested strains of GM rice had entered the food chain.
If that wasn't alarming enou... (more) |
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Wednesday September 13th, 2006
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City removes fluoride from water
posted 09/13/2006, 11:54 PM (Del Rio News-Herald)
[Category: Health]
Fluoride will no longer be added to Del Rio’s drinking water.
The Del Rio City Council made that decision Tuesday night after a presentation by John Morony, a retired college biology professor, who characterized fluoride as a poison and showed the council numerous research references that link fluoride to higher rates of cancer and other health hazards.
Following Morony’s presentation and a brief discussion by the council, Councilman Pat Cole said, “I make the motio... (more) |
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Monday September 11th, 2006
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"Miracle" cancer drug Glivec found to cause heart cell death, heart failure
posted 09/11/2006, 11:07 PM (News Target)
[Category: Health]
A study of targeted cancer therapy Glivec (Imantinib mesylate) found that the treatment could cause heart failure, and moreover, could indicate side effect issues for other targeted therapies.
The FDA approved Glivec in May of 2001 after 11 weeks of consideration -- the fastest review in the administration's history -- setting the stage for its use on patients with advanced stage Philadelphia-chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia. The treatment has been successful enough th... (more) |
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Thursday September 7th, 2006
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Genetically engineered crops contain latent pesticides that are activated when eaten by consumers
posted 09/07/2006, 11:21 PM (NewsTarget)
[Category: Health]
According to a recent article from the Institute for Responsible Technology, certain varieties of herbicides used on genetically modified (GM) crops -- though inactive inside the plants they protect -- can be re-activated after consumption and cause toxic reactions.
Herbicide tolerance (HT) is a common trait in roughly 71 percent of all GM crops, which are mostly comprised of corn, soy, cotton and canola. HT crops tend to make a lot of money for biotech companies, since farmers wh... (more) |
Paralysed author vows to dance all night after work-out wonder cure
posted 09/07/2006, 11:16 PM (The Times)
[Category: Health]
 A BESTSELLING romantic novelist who was paralysed from the waist down for 16 years says that she has learnt to walk again after spending two minutes on a toning table.
Anne Bennett, 57, was resigned to life in a wheelchair after an accident while carrying books in her earlier career as a schoolteacher caused a disc in her back to collapse. Crippled by fibrosis and also suffering from ME, she was forced to give up her job and became largely confined to her home.
Doct... (more) |
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Sunday September 3rd, 2006
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FDA Approves Viral Adulteration of Our Food Supply
posted 09/03/2006, 11:21 PM (News With Views)
[Category: Health]
On Friday, August 18, 2006, the FDA approved a viral cocktail to be sprayed on foods we eat. This is the first time viruses have been approved for use as food additives. The FDA wants you to believe it will be safe to consume these viruses every day for the rest of your life with no adverse health effects. This is a monumental announcement by the FDA, indicating they are throwing all caution to the wind regarding the safety of our food supply.
Are you willing to stand in line for ... (more) |
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Saturday September 2nd, 2006
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Gene trial cures 2 of cancer
posted 09/02/2006, 10:42 PM (Associated Press)
[Category: Health]
WASHINGTON - Government scientists turned regular blood cells into tumor attackers that wiped out all signs of cancer in two men with advanced melanoma. The striking finding, unveiled Thursday, marks an important step in the quest for gene therapy for cancer.
But the genetically altered cells didn't help 15 other melanoma victims. So scientists are trying to strengthen the shots.
Still, the National Cancer Institute called its experiment the first real success in ca... (more) |
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