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Has the Ebola outbreak hit Europe? "Broken through all containment efforts", cases suspected in Pisa, Italy

Mac Siavo
SHTF
Sun, 20 Apr 2014 00:00 UTC
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Though officials at the World Health Organization are feverishly working to stop the spread of the Ebola virus in what is now seven African nations, their efforts may be for naught. In Guinea, a hot spot for the deadly contagion, government health officials have said that the outbreak is nearly under control. Yet, Reuters reports that the government "planned to stop publicly releasing the death toll to avoid causing unnecessary panic."

But panic may be in order.

Despite the best efforts of emergency health workers it appears that virus may have crossed out of Africa into Europe.
The outbreak of Ebola Virus in seven west African countries has broken through all containment efforts and is spreading like wildfire. According to Christian Relief groups working in Guinea and Liberia, the number of confirmed infections jumped 15% in just the last 24 hours. In addition, 40 illegal alien migrant workers from the outbreak area, who came ashore in Pisa, Italy, are showing signs of Ebola infection and are being isolated in Pisa Italy because of fever and "conjunctivitis" (bloody around the eyes). According to the World Health Organization, this strain of Ebola is entirely new and although it is close to the Zaire strain, it is different, thus accounting for false-negative test results . . . . . for weeks!

Those false-negative results meant people who were actually infected with Ebola, were returned to their families and neighborhoods to recover from what they believed was the Flu or a case of food poisoning, only to spread the Ebola further.

The result has been a complete loss of containment of this Ebola outbreak.

With the likely arrival of Ebola in Pisa, Italy, the European continent is now at severe risk.

Comment: Time will tell...

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Virus outbreaks in four Colorado prisons

Kirk Mitchell
Denver Post
Fri, 18 Apr 2014 12:03 UTC
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Four Colorado prisons have canceled or restricted inmate visitation of family and friends in Denver, Cañon City and Pueblo because of virus outbreaks that have sickened 244 inmates, authorities said Friday.

None of the men or women, who are experiencing flulike symptoms including vomiting, diarrhea and nausea, have gotten sick enough to be hospitalized, said Adrienne Jacobson, spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Corrections.

State health workers have been collecting stool samples at the four prisons, but only one inmate at Territorial Correctional Facility has tested positive for norovirus, Jacobson said. Territorial, where 75 inmates have been ill the past week, will have restricted visitation hours through the holiday weekend.
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Composing only 5% of the world population, Americans take 50% of all pharmaceutical drugs

Christina Sarich
Natural Society
Sat, 19 Apr 2014 21:38 UTC
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While Americans comprise only 5 percent of the world population, we consume an incredible 50 percent of Big Pharma's drugs, as explained in Jeff Hays' documentary film, Doctored. Make no mistake. These drugs are meant to keep us imprisoned in poor health, not heal us. It's time to kick the drug habit America.

Tell the drug pushers - Merck, Pfizer, Novartis, Roche, GlaxoSmith Kline, Abbott, Astra-Zeneca, Amgen, Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Sanofi (along with the FDA and CDC) that you are going cold turkey, and learn what true health really means.

Sadly, Americans are more familiar with names like Abilify, Nexium, Humira, Plavix, Crestor, Advair Diskus, Enbrel, and Cymbalta, the top selling drugs of Big Pharma, than names like Aloe barbadensis, Curcuma longa, Allium sativum, Moringa oleifera, Vitis vinifera L, all indigenous plants that have healed millions around the world.

You've likely heard the phrase before - just a dozen huge corporations are keeping Americans popping pills while they rake in billions, but have you really thought of what these numbers translate into, in terms of real health?

Annual sales for just one drug, Humira, was $9.3 billion. That puts Abott squarely at the top of the list as one of the most successful drug companies of all time.
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Deadly MERS virus spikes in Saudi Arabia; 20 new cases reported


RT
Sun, 20 Apr 2014 21:05 UTC
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© Reuters/Faisal Al NasserSaudi Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabia speaks during a news conference in Riyadh, April 20, 2014.
Saudi Arabia confirmed 20 new cases of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus on Saturday and Sunday, meaning that 49 new cases have been registered in the span of only six days. Further cases were announced in the United Arab Emirates.

MERS is a SARS-like disease which kills approximately one-third of people that become infected. There is currently no cure for it. It was first discovered in Saudi Arabia two years ago and has so far infected 244 people. Seventy-six of those have died, according to the country's Health Ministry.

However, Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabia told reporters on Sunday that there has not yet been any scientific justification for further cautionary measures such as the implementation of travel restrictions.
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Got cold hands and feet? Think brain

Anne Angelone
Primal Docs
Sat, 19 Apr 2014 14:13 UTC
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Although they're located at the farthest distance from your brain, the health of your feet can give you clues about the health of your brain, mainly whether your brain is receiving enough oxygen. When circulation to the feet is poor, creating a variety of symptoms discussed below, this is a red flag, circulation to the brain is compromised as well. Just because you can breathe doesn't mean your brain is getting enough oxygen.

If your brain is not getting enough oxygen it won't function well. You may notice brain fog, declining memory, that you tire more easily, and that it is harder to learn new things. Depression is another common symptom. Poor brain oxygen is a serious matter because it accelerates degeneration of your brain - vascular dementia from lack of blood flow to the brain is the second most common type of dementia after Alzheimer's.
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Leave parents free to choose vaccines

Barbara Loe Fisher
USA Today
Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:50 UTC
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The public conversation about vaccine safety and choice began after Congress passed the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, shielding drug companies from product liability and doctors from vaccine-injury lawsuits. Under that law, $3 billion has been paid to the vaccine injured while liability-free drug companies enjoy profits from a multibillion dollar market.

U.S. health officials now recommend 69 doses of 16 vaccines for every child. States mandate up to 15 of them - twice as many as 30 years ago.

With 95% of U.S. kindergarteners fully vaccinated and one child in six learning disabled, one in 10 asthmatic and one in 50 living with autism, educated parents and health care professionals are asking legitimate questions about why so many highly vaccinated children are so sick. They're examining vaccine science shortfalls and wondering why Americans are coerced and punished for declining to use every government-recommended vaccine while citizens in Canada, Japan and the European Union are free to make choices.

Comment: Examples of 'vaccine science shortfalls'

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Psychoneuroimmunology: How inflammation affects your mental health

Dr. Kelly Brogan
Mercola.com
Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:57 UTC
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Psychoneuroimmunology. This is what I aim to practice. Medical terms of this length command our respect for the interconnectedness of different subspecialties, for the futile segmentation and compartmentalization of the body into different organ systems.

As discussed in this previous article I wrote for Dr. Mercola, deconstructing the serotonin model of depression, psychiatry is in a crisis. It can no longer stand on its own, throwing more and more medications at its perceived target.

It seems, therefore, fitting that psychiatry would follow the investigative path of other lifestyle-triggered chronic diseases such as cancer, autoimmunity, and heart disease. There already exists a bidirectional relationship between all of the major chronic diseases and psychiatric diagnoses (patients who struggle with chronic diseases are more likely to be depressed and vice versa).

The role of inflammation, across these disease states, is better elucidated each day. Let's deconstruct what is known as it applies to mental health.
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Study: Vegetarians are less healthy than meat eaters

Tony Isaacs
Natural News
Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:18 UTC
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Vegans take note: A blockbuster new study from Austria which is sure to send shock waves and generate massive denials among vegetarians has concluded that people who eat only vegetables are less healthy in key health categories and have a poorer quality of life than people who include some meat in their diets.

Among the study findings:
  • Vegetarians visit their doctors more often and are more prone to allergies
  • They also have a 50% increased risk of both heart attacks and cancer
  • They are also more likely to develop depression and anxiety disorders
The study did find that vegetarians had some significant health advantages, such as being more physically active, drinking less alcohol and smoking less tobacco; however, vegetarians' health overall was deemed to be unhealthy compared to those who included some meat in their diets.

Comment: Additional articles about how a vegetarian diet can effect overall health:

The Vegetarian Myth
Why Vegetarians Are Eating Meat
Most Vegetarians Return to Eating Meat
How to Eat Meat: Transitioning Away from Vegetarianism
Going Vegetarian Poses Own Set of Potential Health Risks
Cancer, heart attacks, mental instability, and lack of conscience: Vegetarians are 'less healthy' and have a poorer quality of life than meat-eaters
University of Graz study finds vegetarians are unhealthier, more mentally disturbed than meat-lovers

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How inflammation affects the developing brain

David Perlmutter
drperlmutter.com
Sun, 20 Apr 2014 09:31 UTC
I have posted several blogs relating the fundamental role of inflammation to neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Indeed, this is one of the central themes of Grain Brain.
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That said, we've also got to take a look at the role of inflammation in the developing brain because the same damaging effects of the chemical mediators of inflammation in the adult might well lead to issues in the delicate brains of infants and young children.

In a new study just published in the journal BMC Pediatrics, researchers looked at several parameters in infants including the frequency of febrile illnesses, as well as blood markers of increased inflammation including IL-1 beta, IL-6, and IL-4 which is thought to indicate reduction of inflammation.

What the authors discovered was dramatic. There was a significant direct relationship between higher levels of the inflammatory markers and risk for developmental issues. In addition, higher levels of IL-4, associated with lower levels of inflammation, correlated perfectly with reduced risk for developmental problems.

Comment: Spacing immunizations? Nice one, but in practice it is altogether a different thing. For more information, see:

- US Media Blackout: 'MMR Vaccine Caused Autism' Rules Italian Court
- 30 years of secret official transcripts show UK government experts cover up vaccine hazards to sell more vaccines and harm your kids
- Gardasil: Medical torture and child abuse by Big Pharma
- The surprising truth about wheat, carbs, and sugar - Your brain's silent killers

In the end, it is up to the parents, although it shouldn't be that way:

- How a Mother Fought for Vaccine Exemption to Protect Her Kids
- You Want To Vaccinate My Child? No Problem, Just Sign This Form

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Saudi Arabia reports increase in deadly MERS virus cases

Angus McDowall
Huffington Post
Sun, 20 Apr 2014 06:59 UTC
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© FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty ImagesSaudi medical staff leave the emergency department at a hospital in the center of the Saudi capital Riyadh on April 8, 2014. The health ministry reported four more MERS cases in Jeddah, two of them among health workers, prompting authorities to close the emergency department at the city's King Fahd Hospital
Saudi Arabia has confirmed seven new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), adding up to 36 infections in five days, a sudden increase of a disease that kills about a third of the people infected and has no cure.

MERS, a SARS-like novel coronavirus that emerged in Saudi Arabia two years ago, has infected 231 people in the kingdom, of whom 76 have died, the Health Ministry said on its website.

Meanwhile, another cluster of cases has been detected in the United Arab Emirates, and a Malaysian who was recently in the Gulf has been confirmed as infected, his country said.

MERS has no vaccine or anti-viral treatment, but international and Saudi health authorities say the disease, which originated in camels, does not transmit easily between people and may simply die out.
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