Health & Wellness

Antimicrobial resistance - The looming medical apocalypse

Tom Rothsey
Green Med Info
Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:04 UTC

Perhaps the most pressing crisis facing humanity is the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. It is estimated that by 2050, 10 million people will die every year from resistant bacterial infections. Bacteria have been developing antimicrobial resistance for over 2 billion years, we have known of the problem of resistant bacteria since the 1980s, yet it is only now that we are taking concerted action to address the problem. The question is: are we too late?

Toward a post-antibiotic era?

"A post-antibiotic era means, in effect, an end to modern medicine as we know it." - Margaret Chan, Director General, World Health Organization

The 'post-antibiotic era' is defined as that time when the majority of bacteria have developed resistance to all known antibiotics in our medicinal arsenal, and so something as simple as a childhood graze could once more carry the risk of death, and routine and safe surgical interventions likewise become routinely life-threatening. According to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections affect at least 2 million people annually in the US, resulting in at least 23,000 deaths. These are conservative estimates, based on 2011 data. Globally, it is estimated that 700,000 people die each year from antimicrobial resistant bacterial infections, and modelling commissioned by the UK government in 2016 estimates 10 million deaths annually and a cumulative cost to society of 100 trillion US dollars by the year 2050.

Magnesium: Fresh hope for tinnitus sufferers

Martine Hamann
The Conversation
Wed, 08 Mar 2017 18:22 UTC

You may be familiar with the experience of a ringing sensation in your ears after a night out enjoying some good music. Perhaps you've never given it a second thought as the sound normally disappears on its own.

But what if you were to wake up in the morning and still have the ringing in your ears? And what if the ringing never stopped?

This is tinnitus- better described as the phantom perception of sound. Tinnitus affects 10 to 15% of the adult population worldwide and there are currently no drug therapies available on the market. The reason for this is a limited understanding of how tinnitus sets in and what prevents it from going away.

My work at the University of Leicester is focused on filling in the current knowledge gaps - and Dr Thomas Tagoe, one of my former PhD students, funded by Action on Hearing Loss, made some exciting discoveries which were recently published in The Journal of Experimental Neurology. The discovery is not a magic pill against tinnitus, but reveals some of the mechanisms underlying its development and provides avenues for possible treatment.

Comment: Why search for drugs that mimic magnesium? How about just using magnesium?
Magnesium: It Might Just be Nature's Best "Chill Pill."

Toxic world: WHO reports pollution responsible for a quarter of deaths among young children

Sputnik
Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:12 UTC

Pollution is the cause of one in four deaths among all children under five the world over, with toxic air, unsafe water, and lack of sanitation the leading causes, the World Health Organization (WHO) has found.

A pair of reports simultaneously issued by the WHO found polluted environments cause the deaths of 1.7 million children annually, and many of the deaths could be prevented by interventions already known to work, such as providing cleaner cooking fuels to stop indoor air pollution.

"A polluted environment is a deadly one, particularly for young children. Their developing organs and immune systems — and smaller bodies and airways — make them especially vulnerable to dirty air and water," said Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General of the WHO.

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Doctor - 'pharma drug caused transgender'

Paul Webber
New American News
Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:42 UTC

DES (diethylstilbestrol) is a synthetic version of estrogen that was given to pregnant women from 1940 to the 1970's. It was marketed by pharma as a medication which would alleviated morning sickness and prevent miscarriages. It was a load of 50,000 times the normal amounts of estrogen. Women were told they were taking "super vitamins."

Decades later, it was shown that DES was a contributing cause to cancer in the women who took the synthetic estrogen and the children who were in utero at the time. A new movie in development called Wonder Drug is documenting the horrific circumstances surrounding DES.

The currently proven effects of exposure include a rare vaginal cancer in DES Daughters; greater risk for breast cancer in DES Mothers; possible risk for testicular cancer in DES Sons; abnormal reproductive organs; infertility; high-risk pregnancies; and an increased risk for breast cancer in DES Daughters after age 40. There are a number of other suspected effects, including auto-immune disorders, but many of these effects are still awaiting further research.

Pesticide exposure linked to damage of the oral microbiome

Brandon Turbeville
Natural Blaze
Tue, 07 Mar 2017 21:11 UTC

A new study published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology has demonstrated a disturbing link between pesticide exposure and the destruction of healthy bacteria of the mouth.

The study involved an examination of "oral buccal microbiota" in an agriculutural community involving 65 farm workers and 52 non-farm workers. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether or not pesticide exposure caused any changes in the mouth bacteria.

Of course, not all bacteria is bad including streptococcus which is actually one of the most common bacteria found in the mouth.

What was found was that not only did farm workers have a higher blood level of pesticides, they also had greater changes in mouth bacteria in individuals who did not work on farms.

Pennsylvania proposes mandatory vaccine bill

Catherine J. Frompovich
Natural Blaze
Sun, 05 Mar 2017 19:21 UTC

Pennsylvanians are facing a horrendous loss of freedom of healthcare choices together with interference in their constitutional rights relative to valid informed consent and the right to self-determination regarding vaccines/vaccinations, plus the deliberate and mandatory imposition of fraudulent vaccine information regarding pseudoscience in vaccinology from the unfortunate introduction of SB 217 in the current legislative session [2017-18] by four Pennsylvania Senators.

Pennsylvania State Senators Daylin Leach (D-17), Lawrence D Farnese (D-1), Sharif Street (D-3) and Bob Mensch (R-24) introduced into the Harrisburg bill hopper, a draconian bill similar to California's SB 277, which would deny an individual child and parents their rights to refuse neurotoxic vaccines/vaccinations. SB 217 amends P.L.30, No.14 known as the Public School Code of 1949 as follows:

Section 1303. Immunization Required; Penalty. - *

(e) Notwithstanding any rule or regulation to the contrary,

a strong moral or ethical conviction similar to a religious

belief may not qualify as an exemption from the immunization

requirements of this section. [CJF emphasis added]

Once passed, the law would go into effect in 60 days!

The false argument for herd immunity and vaccination vs. naturally-made host resistance and strong immune systems

Jon Rappoport
Waking Times
Mon, 06 Mar 2017 00:00 UTC

Hail to the herd! The herd is all!

The concept of herd immunity (protection for the population) is often used by vaccine addicts as a way to push guilt at people who don't line up their children for shots.

"Your unvaccinated child is a danger to my vaccinated child!"

Excuse me?

Protecting children who are already vaccinated? Really?

Little Jimmy, whose parents have decided not to vaccinate him, will pass diseases on to kids who are already vaccinated? What? Oh, you mean those immunized kids aren't really safe? Then why did you vaccinate them in the first place?

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'Conspiracy theory' confirmed: Documents show government covered up cell phone cancer risks for years

Claire Bernish
Free Thought Project
Mon, 06 Mar 2017 00:00 UTC

After years hidden from the public, California Department of Public Health officials have finally released a draft document outlining health concerns stemming from cellphone radiation — including multiple cancers and infertility.

"We have evidence of brain tumors and other head and neck tumors. We also have evidence of sperm damage in males, infertility in females," explained Joel Moskowitz of U.C. Berkeley's School of Public Health, who sued the state in 2016 under the California Public Records Act to obtain the information.

Although the Department of Public Health ultimately chose not to publish the document — both pages have since been emblazoned with "Draft and Not for Public Release" — its content is of critical import to cellphone users around the planet.

San Francisco affiliate ABC7 reports, "Moskowitz says there's been a lot of pressure from the wireless industry to keep any kind of negative report on cellphones hidden from the public," and, he notes,

"[T]hey've done a very good job at it, essentially following the same playbook that the tobacco industry used."

This aspect of sleep quality has a surprising connection to dementia

PsyBlog
Mon, 06 Mar 2017 20:40 UTC

Changes in sleep quality are linked to dementia.

People who sleep more than 9 hours a night have double the risk of developing dementia, new research reports.

Those sleeping longer also have lower brain volumes.

The exception was well-educated people, Professor Sudha Seshadri, a study author, explained:

"Participants without a high school degree who sleep for more than 9 hours each night had six times the risk of developing dementia in 10 years as compared to participants who slept for less.

These results suggest that being highly educated may protect against dementia in the presence of long sleep duration."

Increasing bird flu incidents so far in 2017

Dennis Normile
Science
Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:49 UTC

© CHINA STRINGER NETWORK/REUTERS/Newscom
A quarantine researcher checks on a chicken at a poultry farm in Hubei province in China earlier this month.

An avian influenza virus that emerged in 2013 is suddenly spreading widely in China, causing a sharp spike in human infections and deaths. Last month alone it sickened 192 people, killing 79, according to an announcement this week by China's National Health and Family Planning Commission in Beijing.

The surge in human cases is cause for alarm, says Guan Yi, an expert in emerging viral diseases at the University of Hong Kong in China. "We are facing the largest pandemic threat in the last 100 years," he says.

As of 16 January, the cumulative toll from H7N9 was 918 laboratory-confirmed human infections and 359 deaths, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Despite its high mortality rate, H7N9 had gotten less attention of late than two other new strains—H5N8 and H5N6—that have spread swiftly, killing or forcing authorities to cull millions of poultry. But so far, H5N8 has apparently not infected people; H5N6 has caused 14 human infections and six deaths.

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Health & Wellness

Antimicrobial resistance - The looming medical apocalypse

Magnesium: Fresh hope for tinnitus sufferers

Toxic world: WHO reports pollution responsible for a quarter of deaths among young children

Doctor - 'pharma drug caused transgender'

Pesticide exposure linked to damage of the oral microbiome

Pennsylvania proposes mandatory vaccine bill

The false argument for herd immunity and vaccination vs. naturally-made host resistance and strong immune systems

'Conspiracy theory' confirmed: Documents show government covered up cell phone cancer risks for years

This aspect of sleep quality has a surprising connection to dementia

Increasing bird flu incidents so far in 2017

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