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Michigan to become first US state to ban flavored e-cigarettes


WNEM
Wed, 04 Sep 2019 00:00 UTC
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Michigan is set to become the first US state to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, according to an announcement Wednesday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

The ban gives sellers 30 days to comply and lasts six months -- though the governor can decide to renew it. This includes sales in brick-and-mortar stores, as well as online sales.

Citing these products' appeal to kids, Whitmer also ordered the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to "ban misleading marketing of vaping products, including the use of terms like 'clean,' 'safe,' and 'healthy' that perpetuate beliefs that these products are harmless," the announcement said.

"As governor, my number one priority is keeping our kids safe," Whitmer said in the statement. "And right now, companies selling vaping products are using candy flavors to hook children on nicotine and misleading claims to promote the belief that these products are safe. That ends today."

Comment: Judging from the recent studies done on e-cigs and their propensity to explode, smoking pure tobacco is a much better alternative because it actually has beneficial effects: Contrast that with the risks of vaping:

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Study shows vegans and vegetarians may have higher risk of stroke than meat eaters

Jack Beresford
The Irish Post
Thu, 05 Sep 2019 00:00 UTC
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A VEGAN or vegetarian diet could leave you at greater risk of having a stroke, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal.

Research conducted by the University of Oxford found vegans and vegetarians are less likely to suffer from coronary heart disease than meat-eater but are at greater risk of having a stroke.

Data from more than 48,000 adults with no history of heart disease or stroke, all of whom signed up to a wider study running from 1993 and 2001, were analysed.

Quizzed on various aspects of their lifestyle and medical history, participants were asked to classify themselves as either meat-eaters (24,428 people), vegetarians and vegans (16,254 people) or pescatarians (7,506 people).

They were then asked some of the questions again in 2010, including whether they had switched diets.

Throughout the study the health of the participants was monitored through medical records up until March 2016. During that period there were 2,820 reported cases of coronary heart disease and 1,072 cases of stroke.
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Glyphosate worse than we could imagine...It's Everywhere

F. William Engdahl
Global Research
Sat, 27 Apr 2019 18:54 UTC
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Glyphosate residues have been found in tap water, orange juice, children's urine, breast milk, chips, snacks, beer, wine, cereals, eggs, oatmeal, wheat products, and most conventional foods tested. It's everywhere, in brief.

As new studies continue to point to a direct link between the widely-used glyphosate herbicide and various forms of cancer, the agribusiness lobby fights ferociously to ignore or discredit evidence of human and other damage. A second US court jury case just ruled that Monsanto, now a part of the German Bayer AG, must pay $ 81 million in damages to plaintiff Edwin Hardeman who contracted non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cancer. The ruling and a line-up of another 11,000 pending cases in US courts going after the effects of glyphosate, have hit Bayer AG hard with the company announcing several thousand layoffs as its stock price plunges.

In a trial in San Francisco the jury was unanimous in their verdict that Monsanto Roundup weed-killer, based on glyphosate, had been responsible for Hardeman's cancer. His attorneys stated,
"It is clear from Monsanto's actions that it does not care whether Roundup causes cancer, focusing instead on manipulating public opinion and undermining anyone who raises genuine and legitimate concerns about Roundup."
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Dormant and deadly: Drugs given to breast cancer patients create deadly 'sleeper cells' that could cause incurable tumors for up to 20 years

Shaun Wooller
The Sun
Tue, 03 Sep 2019 02:30 UTC
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Researchers now believe that drugs given to thousands of breast cancer patients could be creating 'sleeper cells' that later cause incurable tumours
Drugs taken by thousands of breast cancer patients create deadly "sleeper cells" that may cause incurable tumours years later.

Researchers say the hormone therapies kill most of the cancer cells but put some into a dormant state and help them to spread.

These can reawaken up to 20 years later, causing tumours elsewhere in the body that are resistant to treatment.

Scientists from Imperial College London made the discovery while studying 50,000 human breast cancer cells in a lab.

They believe they can use their findings to develop treatments that keep the cells asleep for longer or awaken them so they can be killed.

Hormone therapies are used to treat a type of breast cancer called oestrogen-receptor positive.

They account for 70 per cent of the 55,000 cases of breast cancer in the UK each year and are fuelled by the hormone oestrogen.

Comment: It has certainly become clear that the standard allopathic approach to to cancer seems, by design, to fail - or if nothing else - ineffectively treat the underlying causes of the disease.

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Dr. Aseem Malhotra: We need a Parliamentary inquiry to push for the raw data on statins and their effects

Dr. Aseem Malhotra
iNews
Mon, 02 Sep 2019 06:32 UTC
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Transparency and raw data is needed to show us who really benefits from taking statins, and what side effects they can have.

It's been almost 35 years since scientists Michael S. Brown and Joseph L. Goldstein won the Nobel Prize for discovering how blood cholesterol played a central role in the development of heart disease. It was their work that led to the pharmaceutical industry developing statins.

Statins are drugs that lower cholesterol, and they both reduced heart attacks, and extended lifespan, within a few years of prescription. In 1996, Goldstein and Brown confidently predicted the end of heart disease as a major public health problem before the beginning of the 21st century.

Comment: Surely no one would object to an analysis of the raw data on statins. If the statin-pushers have nothing to hide, they should welcome this analysis - more data is never a bad thing. We'll see if this ends up being the case, however.

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Gel that makes teeth repair themselves could spell the end of fillings

Alice Klein
New Scientist
Fri, 30 Aug 2019 00:01 UTC
tooth repairing gel dentist
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A new way to treat tooth decay is on the way.
Tooth enamel can now be made to repair itself by applying a special gel. The product could save people from developing cavities that require dental fillings.

Enamel is the hard, protective layer on the outside of teeth. It can be worn down by mouth acid and repeated chewing, leading to cavities that have to be plugged with fillings to prevent further decay.

Because fillings are made from foreign materials like metal, porcelain and resin, they don't bind seamlessly to the tooth surface and often become loose.
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Teenager went blind after only eating fries, chips, white bread, sausages and ham since elementary school

Kashmira Gander
Newsweek
Mon, 02 Sep 2019 17:00 UTC
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© Getty
A stock image of french fries - among the only foods the patient would eat.
A teenager who only ate five different foods went blind despite having no visible signs he was malnourished, according to his doctor.

The unnamed boy visited his family doctor complaining he was tired, according to a case study published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. The doctor learned the boy was a "fussy eater," but he looked well. Tests revealed he was anemic and had low levels of vitamin B12.

By the age of 15, his hearing and vision started to fade. An MRI scan revealed he had no structural problems with his ears, while an eye test similarly failed to reveal any structural cause.
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Teenager left in coma after vaping every day led to deadly disease

Dave Burke
The Mirror
Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:43 UTC
Maddie Nelson
© Facebook
Maddie Nelson says three years of vaping caused deadly damage to her lungs
A teenager claims she was left in a coma after years of vaping left her seriously ill.

Maddie Nelson, 18, was placed in a medically-induced coma earlier this month because she was suffering from chest pains and nausea.

Medics found her lungs were severely inflamed, and said her vaping habit was to blame.

The youngster, from Utah, said she picked up the habit three years ago, believing it was safe.

She had felt unwell for several weeks before she was hospitalised with a fever.

Comment: Better to stick with natural tobacco than risk your health by using vapes:

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The truth hurts: MPs aghast over tobacco researcher Marewa Glover's claim 'bodies heal' from secondhand smoke

Zane Small
Newshub
Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:01 UTC
Marewa Glovera
© Newshub
Dr Marewa Glovera, an Auckland-based tobacco researcher.
A tobacco researcher's claim that bodies will heal from exposure to secondhand smoke left MPs aghast during submissions on a proposed law to ban smoking in cars.

Dr Marewa Glover, an Auckland-based tobacco researcher, said the proposed law was unnecessary, because exposure to secondhand smoke is "far greater in the home".

"There is more time spent there, and it's more consistent over many more years," she said, adding that time spent in cars is "fleeting".

Comment: The brainwashing with regards to smoking has truly reached a fever pitch. When the mere suggestion that second-hand smoke is not a bad as its made out to be is met with such outrage and furor, you know the programming is complete.

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Vegan and plant-based diets worsen brain health due to insufficient choline


Neuroscience News
Sun, 01 Sep 2019 00:01 UTC
vegan
© public domain
The primary sources of dietary choline are found in beef, eggs, dairy products, fish, and chicken, with much lower levels found in nuts, beans, and cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli.
The momentum behind a move to plant-based and vegan diets for the good of the planet is commendable, but risks worsening an already low intake of an essential nutrient involved in brain health, warns a nutritionist in the online journal BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health.

To make matters worse, the UK government has failed to recommend or monitor dietary levels of this nutrient — choline — found predominantly in animal foods, says Dr. Emma Derbyshire, of Nutritional Insight, a consultancy specializing in nutrition and biomedical science.

Choline is an essential dietary nutrient, but the amount produced by the liver is not enough to meet the requirements of the human body.

Comment: While it is essential for brain health, choline is also vital for the liver. A lack of choline in the diet will lead to a health disaster eventually. You could supplement, by why not go to the source for whole food nutrients - meat.

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