James Turner, the chairman of the national consumer education group Citizens for Health, has expressed shock and outrage after reading a new report from scientists outlining the dangers of the artificial sweetener Splenda (sucralose).
In animals examined for the study, Splenda reduced the amount of good bacteria in the intestines by 50 percent, increased the pH level in the intestines, contributed to increases in body weight and affected P-glycoprotein (P-gp) levels in such a way that crucial health-related drugs could be rejected.
The P-gp effect could result in medications used in chemotherapy, AIDS treatment and treatments for heart conditions being shunted back into the intestines, rather than being absorbed by the body.
According to Turner, "The report makes it clear that the artificial sweetener Splenda and its key component sucralose pose a threat to the people who consume the product. Hundreds of consumers have complained to us about side effects from using Splenda and this study ... confirms that the chemicals in the little yellow package should carry a big red warning label."
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Globe Newswire September 28, 2008
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An anterior view of the blood vessels of the upper body.
An anterior view of the blood vessels of the upper body.
Designed to make haemoglobin release more of its oxygen than normal, the drug, myo-inositol trispyrophosphate (ITPP) boosted exercise levels in the ailing mice by 35% when given dissolved in water. When given by injection into the abdomen, exercise levels rose a massive 60%.
"ITPP doesn't deliver oxygen itself, but makes haemoglobin able to release a larger amount of oxygen to tissues," explains Jean-Marie Lehn of the University of Strasbourg in France.
Normally, he says, haemoglobin releases only 25% of its oxygen cargo during one circuit of the body. But when ITPP binds to haemoglobin, it releases 35% more than usual, boosting supplies of oxygen to tissues without people having to inhale any extra air.
A Sunday Times investigation has found that altered data was behind the decade-long scare over vaccination.
On a Monday morning in February 1997, a taxi left the Royal Free hospital, in Hampstead, northwest London. It turned out of the car park and headed to the renowned Institute of Cancer Research, six miles southwest in Fulham.
In the back of the cab sat a California businessman, whose commercial interests lay in electroplating, but whose personal crusade was autism. On his lap was a plastic pot, in which snips of human tissue floated in protective formalin.
The snips were biopsies taken from the gut of the man's five-year-old son, then a patient on the hospital's Malcolm ward. The boy, Child Eleven, as he is known to protect his privacy, had been enrolled in a programm to investigate alleged risks of the three-in-one Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine.
On a Monday morning in February 1997, a taxi left the Royal Free hospital, in Hampstead, northwest London. It turned out of the car park and headed to the renowned Institute of Cancer Research, six miles southwest in Fulham.
In the back of the cab sat a California businessman, whose commercial interests lay in electroplating, but whose personal crusade was autism. On his lap was a plastic pot, in which snips of human tissue floated in protective formalin.
The snips were biopsies taken from the gut of the man's five-year-old son, then a patient on the hospital's Malcolm ward. The boy, Child Eleven, as he is known to protect his privacy, had been enrolled in a programm to investigate alleged risks of the three-in-one Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine.
Researchers in the US found that people whose diet is closer to a Mediterranean diet are at lower risk of developing MCI or Mild Cognitive Impairment (a stage between normal aging and dementia) and also have a reduced risk of MCI turning into Alzheimer's disease.
The study was the work of Dr Nikolaos Scarmeas and colleagues at Columbia University Medical Center, New York and is published in the February issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Previous studies have found that sticking to a Mediterranean diet may protect people from Alzheimer's disease, but not much is known about its possible ties with MCI.
The study was the work of Dr Nikolaos Scarmeas and colleagues at Columbia University Medical Center, New York and is published in the February issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Previous studies have found that sticking to a Mediterranean diet may protect people from Alzheimer's disease, but not much is known about its possible ties with MCI.
After he developed an aggressive form of childhood cancer in 2006, Connah Broom's body came under relentless attack from the disease.
Eleven tumours spread from his neck to his knees and his case appeared hopeless.
In 2007, doctors told his family there was nothing more they could do. They said they should take him home to enjoy his final months.
But Connah's family refused to give up hope. His grandparents began treating him with alternative therapies and, remarkably, he survived.
In remission: Scans have shown cancer tumours in Connah Broom, aged seven, have shrunk since his family sought alternative treatments for him
Eleven tumours spread from his neck to his knees and his case appeared hopeless.
In 2007, doctors told his family there was nothing more they could do. They said they should take him home to enjoy his final months.
But Connah's family refused to give up hope. His grandparents began treating him with alternative therapies and, remarkably, he survived.
In remission: Scans have shown cancer tumours in Connah Broom, aged seven, have shrunk since his family sought alternative treatments for him
Spanish health authorities have withdrawn tens of thousands of doses of a vaccine against cervical cancer after two teenagers who received the shots were hospitalised, regional authorities said on Tuesday.
Panasonic Corp. has ordered Japanese employees in some foreign countries to send their families home to Japan in preparation for a possible bird flu pandemic, a spokesman said Tuesday.
Family members of Japanese employees in parts of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Russia, former Soviet states and Latin America will fly back to Japan by the end of September, Panasonic spokesman Akira Kadota said.
Family members of Japanese employees in parts of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Russia, former Soviet states and Latin America will fly back to Japan by the end of September, Panasonic spokesman Akira Kadota said.
A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine claims that multivitamins are useless at preventing cancer and cardiovascular disease in women. The mainstream media has predictably picked up on this story, gleefully running it as "proof" that nutrition is worthless and only pharmaceuticals can enhance your health.
What they're not telling you, though, might shock you. Here's the truth about this so-called "scientific" study on multivitamins:
What they're not telling you, though, might shock you. Here's the truth about this so-called "scientific" study on multivitamins:
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (AP) - The first U.S. case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever has been confirmed in Colorado, and authorities say the patient - who contracted the rare illness while traveling in Uganda - has since recovered.
The disease, caused by a virus indigenous to Africa, spreads through contact with infected animals or the bodily fluids of infected humans. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesman Dave Daigle said no previous cases have been reported in the United States.
The patient had traveled to Uganda, visited a python cave in Maramagambo Forest in Queen Elizabeth Park and encountered fruit bats, which can carry the Marburg virus. The Ugandan government closed the cave after a tourist from the Netherlands died from Marburg in July.
The disease, caused by a virus indigenous to Africa, spreads through contact with infected animals or the bodily fluids of infected humans. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesman Dave Daigle said no previous cases have been reported in the United States.
The patient had traveled to Uganda, visited a python cave in Maramagambo Forest in Queen Elizabeth Park and encountered fruit bats, which can carry the Marburg virus. The Ugandan government closed the cave after a tourist from the Netherlands died from Marburg in July.
The visitor in Barry Willer's office at the University at Buffalo was frustrated and deeply depressed. The man's wife had sustained a relatively mild traumatic brain injury, and he was doing all he could to support her. But despite his best efforts, the man's wife described him to friends as being "indifferent." He was at his wits end.
Willer, UB professor of psychiatry and a specialist in traumatic brain injury (TBI), listened to this scenario with great interest. He was pilot testing a computer-based diagnostic and treatment program he and a graduate student had developed for brain-injured adults to help them regain their emotional lives.
Willer had the man's wife take the test, which requires participants to view photos of faces expressing a variety of emotions and then name each emotion.
Willer, UB professor of psychiatry and a specialist in traumatic brain injury (TBI), listened to this scenario with great interest. He was pilot testing a computer-based diagnostic and treatment program he and a graduate student had developed for brain-injured adults to help them regain their emotional lives.
Willer had the man's wife take the test, which requires participants to view photos of faces expressing a variety of emotions and then name each emotion.
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