Do 'environmentally friendly' LED lights cause BLINDNESS?
posted 05/16/2013, 1:47 AM (The Daily Mail) [Category: Health] Eco-friendly LED lights may damage your eyes, according to new research.
A study has discovered that exposure to LED lights can cause irreparable harm to the retina of the human eye.... (more) One free software I'd highly recommend is called "Flux", it turns down blues when the sun goes down to help prevent eye strain, it helps a ton if you're on the computer a lot. - Chris |
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Thursday January 31st, 2013
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Windsor, Canada: Fluoridation to end after 51 years
posted 01/31/2013, 4:39 AM (Windsor Star) [Category: Health] Windsor on Monday joined the growing number of municipalities which have voted to end the decades-old practice of adding fluoride to the water supply in the fight against tooth decay.
"A lot has changed in the last 60 years ... fluoride is not the be-all and end-all to prevent tooth decay," said Mayor Eddie Francis, who voted with the majority.
The motion to end fluoridation passed 8-3.... (more) |
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Monday December 31st, 2012
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How Government Makes Us Fatter
posted 12/31/2012, 12:03 AM (The Freeman) [Category: Health] The government, with its accomplices in the food lobby, has helped to make and keep us fat. Through subsidies and misguided food suggestions, Congress, the FDA, and the USDA have made it more difficult for Americans to make smarter dietary decisions.
It’s not as if we don’t care. Americans spend $33 billion annually on weight loss products and services. At any given time, 45 percent of women and 30 percent of men in the United States are trying to lose weight. And yet Americans a... (more) |
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Monday December 10th, 2012
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Wednesday November 28th, 2012
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7-Yr-Old Girl Takes Medical Marijuana To Help With Leukemia Treatment
posted 11/28/2012, 2:04 AM (Oregon Live) [Category: Health]
Mykayla Comstock's family says marijuana helps her fight an especially aggressive form of leukemia, keeps infection at bay and lifts her weary spirit. Twice a day she swallows a potent capsule form of the drug. Some days, when she can't sleep or eat, she snacks on a gingersnap or brownie baked with marijuana-laced butter.
Mykayla is one of 2,201 cancer patients authorized by the state of Oregon to use medical marijuana.
She is 7.
[...] "It helps me... (more) |
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Thursday October 11th, 2012
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Wednesday October 3rd, 2012
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Friday September 28th, 2012
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Thursday September 20th, 2012
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Tuesday September 4th, 2012
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Coconut oil can combat tooth decay, study suggests
posted 09/04/2012, 1:13 AM (CBC News) [Category: Health]
Researchers at the Athlone Institute of Technology in Ireland have found that digested coconut oil inhibits the growth of common bacteria that cause tooth decay and could be an effective alternative to chemical additives in dental hygiene products.
The researchers tested the effect of coconut oil on several common strains of streptococcus bacteria found inside the mouth.
They tested the effect of the oil in both its natural and digested form.
To mimic... (more) |
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Thursday August 23rd, 2012
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Saturday August 11th, 2012
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How the Government Makes You Fat: Gary Taubes on Obesity, Carbs, and Bad Science
posted 07/19/2012, 10:48 PM (YouTube) [Category: Health]
"The government can come along and, with all the best intentions, cause enormous problems" says Gary Taubes, a science writer and author most recently of Why We Get Fat And What To Do About It .
Reason.tv's Zach Weissmueller talked with Taubes about his controversial work in the world of nutrition and epidemiology, including Taubes' hypothesis that carbohydrates, not dietary fat, overeat... (more) |
Special K for Depression Renews Hope in Hallucinogens
posted 07/09/2012, 8:04 AM (Bloomberg) [Category: Health] Donald says he thought he’d died minutes after ketamine, a popular club drug known as Special K, was infused into his vein at a Sydney hospital in March.
“I couldn’t see anything except pure white,” recalled the 63-year-old depression sufferer, who declined to be identified by his last name. “I thought, ‘oh well, I must have died.’”
His vision normalized within a couple of hours, he said. So did his mood, giving Donald respite from the debilitating depression that ... (more) |
Gary Taubes in NYTimes: 'What Really Makes Us Fat'
posted 07/03/2012, 5:42 AM (New York Times) [Category: Health] A CALORIE is a calorie. This truism has been the foundation of nutritional wisdom and our beliefs about obesity since the 1960s.
What it means is that a calorie of protein will generate the same energy when metabolized in a living organism as a calorie of fat or carbohydrate. When talking about obesity or why we get fat, evoking the phrase “a calorie is a calorie” is almost invariably used to imply that what we eat is relatively unimportant. We get fat because we take in more cal... (more) |
Spanking Linked to Mental Illness, Says Study
posted 07/03/2012, 5:42 AM (Yahoo News) [Category: Health] Although the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) strongly discourages spanking, at least half of parents admit to physically punishing their children. Some research suggests that as many as 70-90 percent of mothers have resorted to spanking at one time or another. A new study published in the journal Pediatrics may cause parents to think more carefully before laying a hand on their little ones.
Researchers examined data from more than 34,000 adults and found that being spanked s... (more) See: A Lesson They Will Never Forget [Video] |
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Wednesday June 27th, 2012
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Low-carb diet burns the most calories in small study
posted 06/27/2012, 11:23 PM (USA Today) [Category: Health] Findings, published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association: Participants burned about 300 calories more a day on a low-carb diet than they did on a low-fat diet. "That's the amount you'd burn off in an hour of moderate intensity physical activity without lifting a finger," says senior author David Ludwig, director of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center at Boston Children's Hospital.... (more) |
Prostate cases treble in 20 years: But as more are diagnosed with cancer, fewer men die
posted 05/08/2012, 2:50 PM (The Daily Mail) [Category: Health] [...]Some two-thirds of men with raised PSA levels do not have prostate cancer. They are forced to undergo further unpleasant examinations to determine whether or not they have the illness.
And even these checks will not necessarily determine whether or not the cancer is aggressive and life-threatening.
It means that thousands of men will undergo surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy – which have debilitating side-effects – for cancers which may never have caused a ... (more) |
Why the Campaign to Stop America's Obesity Crisis Keeps Failing
posted 05/07/2012, 2:53 PM (Gary Taubes) [Category: Health]
The nation's most powerful anti-obesity groups are teaming up for a new HBO documentary--but it pushes the same tired advice. Gary Taubes on the research they're ignoring.
Most of my favorite factoids about obesity are historical ones, and they don't make it into the new, four-part HBO documentary on the subject, The Weight of the Nation. Absent, for instance, is the fact that the very first childhood-obesity clinic in the United States was founded in the late 1930s... (more) I can't recommend Gary Taubes' book highly enough. I've been on the paleo diet for perhaps two months now and I'm leaner than ever. Trying to control your weight through portion control is a fool's game. The weight just melts off you when you're not choking down grains.
I must say I find it hilarious eating basically the opposite of what the government recommends is actually the healthiest thing you can do.
The state says eat a high carb, low fat diet, and as Taubes shows that horrible advice created the obesity epidemic. In reality, you should be eating a high fat, low carb diet. It's hilarious how all the "help" the state gives us always has the opposite effect.
Thank goodness we have the internet now and can circumvent such state propaganda!
- Chris
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Amish farm kids remarkably immune to allergies: study
posted 05/06/2012, 5:04 PM (Reuters) [Category: Health] NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Amish children raised on rural farms in northern Indiana suffer from asthma and allergies less often even than Swiss farm kids, a group known to be relatively free from allergies, according to a new study.
"The rates are very, very low," said Dr. Mark Holbreich, the study's lead author. "So there's something that we feel is even more protective in the Amish" than in European farming communities.
[...] The study did not determ... (more) I'd guess this is due mainly to raw milk consumption, of course for us plebs it's illegal to consume such a superfood (at least in some states). Secondarily, they tend to avoid vaccines. - Chris |
Amazing Photos Show What the World Really Eats
posted 05/01/2012, 4:52 AM (Natural Society) [Category: Health] What do you and your family eat each week? You may be shocked to see the significant variation even between relatively ‘similar’ nations when it comes to diet. While many families within the United States and Mexico include fast food and soda into the core of their nutritional program, families from nations like Bhutan survive off of traditional base food items like vegetables and grains. It is easy to see why disease rates are skyrocketing in many developed countries, where nutrition is not hel... (more) These days my picture would be around 33% meat, 33% veggies, 33% eggs/butter/cheese & all spring water/sparkling water to drink! - Chris |
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Thursday March 15th, 2012
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Junk Science: "Red meat is blamed for one in 10 early deaths"
posted 03/13/2012, 9:56 PM (The Telegraph) [Category: Health] Small quantities of processed meat such as bacon, sausages or salami can increase the likelihood of dying early by a fifth, researchers from Harvard School of Medicine found. Eating steak increases the risk of early death by 12%.
[...]Scientists added that people who eat a diet high in red meat were also likely to be generally unhealthier because they were more likely to smoke, be overweight and not exercise.
In an accompanying editorial Dr Dean Ornish, of the Unive... (more) This is pure junk science, here is the key line:
"Scientists added that people who eat a diet high in red meat were also likely to be generally unhealthier because they were more likely to smoke, be overweight and not exercise."
All this means is the people who are generally unhealthier also eat red meat, it doesn't mean the red meat is the cause of their unhealthiness, correlation is not causation. They assume that simply because red meat contains saturated fat, it's bad for you, see Gary Taubes' work to counter that argument. Additionally, it says the study was accompanied by an editoral by Dr Dean Ornish (See Gary Taubes debate him here) saying eating less red meat "could also help tackle climate change."
This is junk science, and it's probably politically motivated. - Chris |
CrossFit - Gary Taubes: Why We Get Fat (Condensed)
posted 03/09/2012, 5:11 PM (YouTube) [Category: Health]
Join investigative journalist Gary Taubes, author of Why We Get Fat and Good Calories, Bad Calories, as he addresses CrossFit HQ Seminar Staff at the Trainer Summit held in October in San Diego, Calif. In this condensed version of the presentation, Taubes shares his research on fat accumulation and the risk of disease.
According to Taubes, obesity rates have increased dramatically in the... (more) |
Gary Taubes about why we get fat
posted 03/09/2012, 5:11 PM (YouTube) [Category: Health]
Taubes talks about why "calories in calories out" is a true but useless explanation for weight regulation, and why exercise might not make you thin.
The interview was done during the ASBP conference in Seattle april 2010, where he was one of the speakers.
More for your health:
http://www.DietDoctor.com
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Wednesday February 22nd, 2012
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Tuesday February 21st, 2012
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Saturday January 28th, 2012
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Study of freakish mystery illness finds no cause
posted 01/28/2012, 2:24 AM (Associated Press) [Category: Health] ATLANTA (AP) — Imagine having the feeling that tiny bugs are crawling on your body, that you have oozing sores and mysterious fibers sprouting from your skin. Sound like a horror movie? Well, at one point several years ago, government doctors were getting up to 20 calls a day from people saying they had such symptoms.
Many of these people were in California and one of that state's U.S. senators, Dianne Feinstein, asked for a scientific study. In 2008, federal health officials bega... (more) |
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Thursday December 15th, 2011
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Parents Sue After Teen Dies During Wisdom Tooth Surgery
posted 12/15/2011, 9:40 PM (ABC News) [Category: Health] The parents of a Maryland teen who died earlier this year during wisdom tooth surgery have sued the oral surgeon and the anesthetist for medical malpractice.
[...]Like any surgery, wisdom tooth extraction carries risks. The most common complication -- permanent nerve damage causing numbness of the tongue, lips or cheeks -- affects more than 11,000 people annually, according to a... (more) VERY interesting info on the pointlessness of wisdom teeth extraction. |
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Thursday November 24th, 2011
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Soaring BPA Levels Found in People Who Eat Canned Foods
posted 11/24/2011, 10:02 PM (LiveScience) [Category: Health] Eating canned food every day may raise the levels of the compound bisphenol A (BPA) in a person's urine more than previously suspected, a new study suggests.
People who ate a serving of canned soup every day for five days had BPA levels of 20.8 micrograms per liter of urine, whereas people who instead ate fresh soup had levels of 1.1 micrograms per liter, according to the study. BPA is found in many canned foods — it is a byproduct of the chemicals used to prevent corrosion. ... (more) |
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Tuesday November 15th, 2011
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High IQ linked to drug use
posted 11/15/2011, 12:22 PM (CNN) [Category: Health] The "Just Say No" generation was often told by parents and teachers that intelligent people didn't use drugs. Turns out, the adults may have been wrong.
A new British study finds children with high IQs are more likely to use drugs as adults than people who score low on IQ tests as children. The data come from the 1970 British Cohort Study, which has been following thousands of people over decades. The kids' IQs were tested at the ages of 5, 10 and 16. The study also asked abo... (more) |
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Saturday November 12th, 2011
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Graham Lord's hospital horror after being misdiagnosed with aggressive stomach cancer
posted 11/12/2011, 8:08 PM (News.com.au) [Category: Health] GOSFORD dad Graham Lord prepared himself for the worst when he was told he had an aggressive stomach cancer.
But the 59-year-old was determined to fight it. He endured seven gruelling sessions of chemotherapy, before undergoing surgery to remove 80 per cent of his gut.
Then he was given the devastating news: he never had cancer in the first place.
An alleged bungle at a pathology lab at Gosford Hospital led to his misdiagnosis and Mr Lord is now suing... (more) Someone I know just found out they were misdiagnosed years ago with having acid reflux, turns out it was an ulcer and now they're being treated. It's essential to go to different doctors and get multiple independent diagnoses, doctors are not infallible and the system we have now seems to be heavily weighted towards "one doctor, one diagnosis." - Chris, InfoLib |
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Tuesday November 1st, 2011
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Need Inexpensive Surgery? Go Free Market
posted 11/01/2011, 10:41 PM (Tom Woods) [Category: Health] Check out the website of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, which defies current practice by actually listing its prices on its website. Their prices are as low as one-fifth those of typical hospitals. Practitioners avoid government involvement in their practice as much as possible. On the welcome page we read:
If you have a high deductible or are part of a self-insured plan at a large company, you owe it to yourself or your busin ... (more) |
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Sunday October 30th, 2011
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New CPR technique revives man after 63 minutes without pulse
posted 10/30/2011, 7:09 PM (Reuters) [Category: Health]
Oct. 27 - The rules of how to treat cardiac arrest are being re-written at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Technology, new drug treatments, conventional CPR and the use of hypothermia are now being coordinated with great affect - in one case reviving a man who'd been clinically dead for more than an hour. Ben Gruber reports. |
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Monday October 17th, 2011
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Media hoax exposed: Recent attack on vitamins a fabricated scare campaign
posted 10/17/2011, 7:48 AM (Natural News) [Category: Health] TIME, USA Today, MSNBC, NPR, CTV, the LA Times and numerous other mainstream media outlets have all been running a juvenile hoax over the last week. Through various misleading headlines, they're all claiming that vitamins might kill you.... There's only one problem with all this: The whole thing is a HOAX! And NaturalNews is stepping forward to expose this hoax using data from the published study itself.... (more) |
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Tuesday October 4th, 2011
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More than 1 in 10 parents skip, delay kids' shots
posted 10/04/2011, 12:50 AM (Associated Press) [Category: Health] CHICAGO (AP) — By age 6, children should have vaccinations against 14 diseases, in at least two dozen separate doses, the U.S. government advises. More than 1 in 10 parents reject that, refusing some shots or delaying others mainly because of safety concerns, a national survey found.
Worries about vaccine safety were common even among parents whose kids were fully vaccinated: 1 in 5 among that group said they think delaying shots is safer than the recommended schedule. The results... (more) |
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Monday September 26th, 2011
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Michael Moore: "Patriotic Americans" Will Wait Longer For Healthcare
posted 09/26/2011, 12:10 AM (RealClearPolitics) [Category: Health]
Michael Moore defends Obamacare and healthcare programs similar to it around the world. Moore says the only "things you maybe have to wait for" are a knee replacement surgery or cataracts.
"Things that are not life-threatening," Moore said on HBO's "Real Time" with host Bill Maher. "The reason why you have to wait sometimes in those countries is they let everybody in the line. We make 50... (more) |
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Tuesday September 20th, 2011
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Absent Government, What Will Keep Our Food Safe?
posted 09/20/2011, 11:12 PM (Stefano R. Mugnaini) [Category: Health] Any conversation about the superfluity of the federal government or her legion of agencies will invariably turn to this question: "Who will keep our food safe?" It is as sure as Godwin's law — except in this case, the fascists have, inexplicably, become the good guys.
Apparently, the FDA and the USDA have a stellar and unblemished track record of keeping the populace safe from tainted food and dangerous medicines. I... (more) |
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Saturday August 27th, 2011
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Wednesday July 13th, 2011
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Do TSA Scanners Cause Cancer?
posted 07/13/2011, 3:07 AM (Mary Theroux) [Category: Health]
As previously posted, scientists from University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)--including a nationally-respected cancer expert and members of the National Academy of Scientists--are seriously concerned that they do, and now TSA union reps in Boston have cited a “cancer cluster” among TSA workers there.
The Electronic ... (more) |
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