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Reaching More People,
Answering More Questions
Hello and welcome to our forum / blog. Due to the steady increase in our audience,
we have decided to build this informative
forum / blog website to reach more
members of our audience. The increase in our viewership and listeners has
also brought us an overwhelming amount of e-mail communication and correspondence,
making it nearly impossible for my colleagues and I to answer all of your requests
and questions.
However, we are hoping that through the use of our newly designed forum
/ blog website, we may establish an open dialogue, answering all of the
questions we receive daily, and making the answers available to
everyone. Consequently, others who may have the same problem, or
question, can also benefit from the answers on the site.
I encourage all of you to spread the above message and make it your daily habit to stop by our
forum / blog website
and to take a look around. You are more than welcome to join the
conversation in progress and post your comments, or questions. - All
you need is a screen name of your choosing and an e-mail address to
register, with desire to connect and communicate.
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Gary Null, Ph.D.
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and shall not be tolerated. The violators will be deleted and banned from
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- 'Cancer link' to heavy mobile use
Heavy mobile phone use may be linked to an increased risk of cancer of the salivary gland, a study suggests. - Researchers looked at 500 Israelis who had developed the condition and compared their mobile phone usage with 1,300 healthy controls. - Those who had used the phone against one side of the head for several hours a day were 50% more likely to have developed a salivary gland tumour. - The research appeared in The American Journal of Epidemiology. - Numerous studies have focused on the risk of tumours among those who use mobile phones, and overwhelmingly found no increased cancer risk. - But researchers at Tel Aviv University say these have tended to focus on brain tumours, and often did not include long-term users. - Cancer of the salivary gland is a very rare condition. Of the 230,000 cases of cancer diagnosed in the UK for instance annually, only 550 relate to this area.
- Sperm damage 'passed to children'
perm defects caused by exposure to environmental toxins can be passed down the generations, research suggests. - Scientists say fathers who smoke and drink should be aware they are potentially not just damaging themselves, but also their heirs. - Tests on rats showed sperm damage caused by exposure to garden chemicals remained up to four generations later. - The US study was presented to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
- Tracking global E.coli 'crucial'
A system must be set up to monitor the global spread of a drug-resistant form of E.coli which can cause fatal blood poisoning, Canadian scientists urge. - A string of countries, including the UK, have all in recent years reported cases in the community of ESBL E.coli which are resistant to antibiotics. - Its effects range from cystitis to deadly septicaemia. - Calgary researchers, writing in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, said it was vital to start tracking the strains. - This way, argued the team from the University of Calgary, it could be established which strains were responsible for which infections, and whether there were antibiotics more effective at treating them. - So far, it appears that the elderly are most at risk - particularly those resident in nursing homes.
- US orders massive recall of beef
he US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has ordered the recall of 143m lb (64.9m kg) of beef - the largest meat recall in the country's history. - It comes from a company in California, which officials said allowed meat from cattle unable to stand at the time of slaughter to enter the food chain. - But the USDA said the health hazard was minimal. Much of the meat was purchased for federal nutrition programmes. - The meat-packing plant is also being investigated for animal cruelty. - The USDA had suspended operations there earlier this month after an undercover video came to light showing crippled and sick animals being mistreated.
- Handshake diagnosed brain tumour
A GP diagnosed a rare brain tumour just by shaking a man's hand. - Mark Gurrieri, 36, from Loughton, Essex, was working in a restaurant when a friend introduced him to his dining partner, Dr Chris Britt. - The GP said he knew something was wrong when he shook Mr Gurrieri's large, spongy feeling hand. - Mr Gurrieri underwent tests and was found to have acromegaly - caused by a tumour in the pituitary gland which leads to excess growth hormone. - The condition is seen in just three people per million, and can have serious effects if left undiagnosed.
- Bending, Posing and Teaching Beyond the Mat
LIVING in a spartan cottage for eight days during a boot camp for aspiring yoga teachers in Hawaii, Sue Jones practiced from 7 a.m. to midnight, silently watched the rhythms of the Pacific Ocean from a bluff and, she said, gained the confidence to return to Boston and mend her marriage. - But Ms. Jones made another discovery that gnawed at her. - "Everyone had enough money to pay $4,000 to get to Hawaii," she said, "and I thought, ‘Oh, my God, there are 100 people here and thousands of trainings every year, and I don’t hear anyone talking about teaching yoga to people who can’t afford it.""
- Could This Be the Missing Link Between Belly Fat and Heart Disease?
It is well established that overweight people have a higher risk of suffering heart attacks, strokes and other problems as a result of clogged, hardened arteries, especially those with extra belly fat. But the reasons behind this connection have so far eluded scientists. - A new study in mice gives the first direct evidence of a possible reason this link exists. Scientists showed a connection between inflammation around the cells of visceral fat deposits and the artery-hardening process of atherosclerosis. The body’s own immune cells, responding to that inflammation, may provoke atherosclerosis. - Reducing that inflammation could protect against further artery damage.
- Seawater Spray Cures Kids' Colds
A nasal spray made from Atlantic Ocean seawater has been shown to ease wintertime cold symptoms among children aged 6 to 10. - The salt water may simply clear mucus away, or trace elements in the water could be playing some unknown role, but the exact reason why such a solution works is not known. - The study was published just days after the U.S. FDA said that nonprescription cough and cold medicines are too dangerous for children under 2. Seawater sprays could offer a safe alternative in some cases.
- Cigarette toxins wipe out anti-aging gene: U.S. study
If you need another reason to keep that New Year's resolution to quit smoking, here it is: a U.S. researcher says he has discovered smoking can disable a gene that protects against premature aging. - The gene, SIRT1 is one of a group that regulates chronic inflammation, cancer and aging. When it is highly active, or over-expressed in mice, worms and fruit flies, their lifespans are greatly increased. - Recent studies also show that SIRT1 helps ease the negative effects of stress, cell death and other processes involved in premature aging. - According to University of Rochester associate professor of Environmental Medicine, Irfan Rahman, the toxins in cigarette smoke can decrease production of SIRT1 in the lungs.
- Infections after breast surgery found to be costly
CHICAGO (Reuters) - More than one in 20 patients undergoing breast surgery later developed infections at incision sites, according to a study released on Monday, a complication that was more common than thought. - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates the infection rate following breast removal surgery at 2 percent, although earlier surveys put it at anywhere between 1 percent and 28 percent. - In the two-year study published in this month's issue of the Archives of Surgery, 5.3 percent, or 50, of nearly 950 patients developed infections within a year of their procedures, either inside and outside of the hospital. The average time between surgery and infection was 47 days.
- "Ugly duckling" sign spots most malignant melanomas
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Identifying pigmented moles that look different from a person's other moles -- the "ugly duckling sign" -- is a practical way to spot malignant melanoma skin cancer, doctors say. - The ugly duckling model is based on the observation that moles, or "nevi," in the same individual tend to resemble one another and that malignant melanoma often deviates from the individual's mole pattern, "even in those with multiple atypical nevi, Dr. Ashfaq A. Marghoob, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, and associates explain in the Archives of Dermatology this month. - Marghoob's group studied the ability of 34 adults with varying levels of expertise to identify ugly duckling moles in patients with several atypical moles. The participants were 8 pigmented mole experts, 13 general dermatologists, 5 dermatology nurses, and 8 non-MD medical staff members.
- Caffeine doubles risk of miscarriage: U.S. researchers
Pregnant women who drink two cups or more of coffee a day are at an increased risk of miscarriage, suggests a new U.S. study. - Researchers found women who drank 200 mg or more of caffeine — whether from coffee, tea, caffeinated pop or hot chocolate — had twice the risk of miscarrying compared to the study subjects who consumed no caffeine. - Two or more cups of regular coffee or five 355 ml cans of caffeinated soda are equivalent to 200 mg or more of caffeine. - While other studies have suggested a link between caffeine and miscarriage, the researchers say theirs is the first to control for other potential risk factors — including age, race, education, household income, marital status, smoking and alcohol consumption.
- Food poisoning can be long-term problem
WASHINGTON - It's a dirty little secret of food poisoning: E. coli and certain other foodborne illnesses can sometimes trigger serious health problems months or years after patients survived that initial bout. - cientists only now are unraveling a legacy that has largely gone unnoticed. - What they've spotted so far is troubling. In interviews with The Associated Press, they described high blood pressure, kidney damage, even full kidney failure striking 10 to 20 years later in people who survived severe E. coli infection as children, arthritis after a bout of salmonella or shigella, and a mysterious paralysis that can attack people who just had mild symptoms of campylobacter.
- FDA issues MedWatch alert on pain risks of bisphosphonates
Physicians are urged to consider whether the drugs might be responsible for severe musculoskeletal pain and perhaps to discontinue use among patients with that symptom. - Washington -- Physicians were warned by the Food and Drug Administration to be alert for severe and sometimes incapacitating bone, joint and/or muscle pain among patients taking bisphosphonates, the popular osteoporosis treatment. - The agency issued the alarm in a Jan. 7 MedWatch alert. - Warnings for severe musculoskeletal pain already are included in label information for all bisphosphonates, but the association may be overlooked by physicians, the FDA said. Pain may begin days, months or even years after starting the drug. Bisphosphonates, which slow bone loss, have been in use for about a decade.
- Dentists Drilling for Dollars?
Some patients may expect their dentists to check for cavities during their visit, but instead, they find the dentist drilling for dollars inside their mouths. Insurance companies pay out millions annually in unnecessary dental claims. - Former patients of one dentist claim that is what happened to them when they visited Alireza Asgari. They say that not only were the procedures unneeded, but they also had long-lasting effects, and sometimes difficult infections.
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