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High Fructose Corn Syrup - The Poison that Promotes Obesity and Liver Damage

David Gutierrez
Natural News
Sat, 07 Aug 2010 21:08 UTC
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Two new studies have added more reason for concern that high-fructose corn syrup causes significantly more harm to the body than its mere sugar content would suggest.

High-fructose corn syrup contains 55 percent fructose and 45 percent glucose. In contrast, table sugar (also known as sucrose) contains a 50-50 split.

In the first study, published in the journal Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, researchers from Princeton University found that rats consuming high fructose corn syrup gained more weight and developed more cardiovascular risk factors than rats consuming equivalent amounts of sucrose.

"Some people have claimed that high-fructose corn syrup is no different than other sweeteners when it comes to weight gain and obesity, but our results make it clear that this just isn't true," researcher Bart Hoebel said.
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Research Fraud: Dr. Reuben Now Claims He Had "Bipolar Disorder" Which Caused Him to Fake Clinical Trials

David Gutierrez
NaturalNews
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00 UTC
Defense attorneys for the perpetrator of one of the largest research frauds in history have claimed that their client, Scott S. Reuben, MD, suffered from "serious, but undiagnosed" bipolar disorder that led him to fabricate data and otherwise falsify his research.

Reuben graduated from medical school in 1985, and soon became a widely published and cited pain researcher. By 2009, he had published at least 72 research studies, and his work had led to a major change in the way pain is treated.

But a routine audit in 2008 at Baystate Medical Center, where Reuben had worked since 1991, uncovered discrepancies in Reuben's research. This led to allegations that Reuben had not actually conducted many (or even any) of the studies that his supposedly groundbreaking findings had been based on.

More than 20 of Reuben's papers have since been retracted. He has pleaded guilty to fabricating data and patients, and has also been accused of adding the names of uninvolved co-authors without their permission. He has agreed to repay $361,932 in research funding to several pharmaceutical companies, and $50,000 in penalties to the U.S. government.
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Are Household Cleaners Linked to Breast Cancer?


Dr. Mercola
Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:52 UTC
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A study has found a potential link between the use of household cleaners and air fresheners and breast cancer.

But when about 800 women (400 with breast cancer and an equal number without) were asked about cleaning products, researchers found a potential connection.

Breast-cancer risk was highest among women who reported the most use of cleaning products and air fresheners - it was twice the risk of those who reported low use of the products.

According to The Columbus Dispatch:
"The connection was drawn mostly between mold and mildew cleaners and air fresheners. Surface and oven cleaners were not associated with increased risk. Chemicals of concern include synthetic musks, phthalates, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, terpenes, benzene and styrene and some antimicrobial agents."
Sources:

The Columbus Dispatch July 20, 2010

Environmental Health July 20, 2010; 9(1):40
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'Cloned Beef' On Store Shelves Causes Stir In Britain

Vicki Barker
NPR.org
Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:39 UTC
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Cloned cows on a farm outside Austin, Texas, in 2005. British food safety officials are trying to determine how a bull from the embryo of a cloned U.S. cow came to be slaughtered and eaten in Britain.
Britain is in the middle of a new media storm over the safety of beef - but this time it is not about mad cows, but cloned ones.

Earlier this week a Scottish farmer admitted that he had raised cows derived from an American clone. Meat from at least one of the animals was sold to wholesalers and probably ended up in stores.

British government experts say there's no danger. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration says it is legal and safe for meat from the offspring of cloned animals to enter the supply chain, though in reality a relatively small amount has made it to store shelves.

But previous food scandals have left the British public suspicious.

Comment: For more information regarding products from cloned animals, read this Sott link:
Illegal Cloned Cow's Milk On Sale In UK

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Tattooing Linked to Higher Risk of Hepatitis C, Study Finds


ScienceDaily
Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:00 UTC
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Youth, prison inmates and individuals with multiple tattoos that cover large parts of their bodies are at higher risk of contracting hepatitis C and other blood-borne diseases, according to a University of British Columbia study.

The researchers reviewed and analyzed 124 studies from 30 countries, including Canada, Iran, Italy, Brazil and the United States, and found the incidence of hepatitis C after tattooing is directly linked with the number of tattoos an individual receives. The findings are published in the current issue of the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Tattoos have become increasingly popular in recent years. In the U.S., an estimated 36 per cent of people under 30 have tattoos. In Canada, approximately eight per cent of high school students have at least one tattoo and 21 per cent of those who don't have one want one. During tattooing, the skin is punctured 80 to 150 times a second in order to inject color pigments.

"Since tattoo instruments come in contact with blood and bodily fluids, infections may be transmitted if instruments are used on more than one person without being sterilized or without proper hygiene techniques," says lead author Dr. Siavash Jafari, a Community Medicine Resident in the UBC School of Population and Public Health (SPPH).
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Researchers Find "Strong Evidence" of Genetic Link to Contracting Meningitis

Jo Adetunji
The Guardian
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:00 UTC
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The genetic link to meningitis was made after researchers studied the DNA of 6,500 people.
Discovery that gene mutations can determine whether a person develops meningitis could help in the search for a vaccine

Researchers have found "the strongest evidence so far" that genetic factors can increase the risk of a person developing meningitis. The discovery that gene mutations can determine whether a person develops the disease could help in the search for a vaccine for certain strains.

The findings were made after researchers studied the DNA of 1,500 people with the disease, and 5,000 without, to find anomalies between different groups.

Researchers looked at half a million common genetic variants scattered across each person's genome - which holds information on inheritable traits - and found that some people have differences in their natural defenses that make them more vulnerable to contracting the disease.

The results of the study are published in the journal Nature Genetics.
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Better Earth

Dis-Chem pulls MMS off the shelves after FDA health warning

Andrea van Wyk
Eye Witness News
Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:16 UTC
A natural health supplement classified as dangerous by the US Food and Drug Administration is still being sold online, although a major pharmacy group has pulled it from the shelves.

Earlier this week, the FDA issued a warning that Miracle Mineral Solution is unsafe and people who use it should stop doing so immediately.

Dis-Chem has been selling Miracle Mineral Solution but said it will take action immediately.

Comment: You know it's bad when even the FDA issue health warnings...

From the FDA website:
Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS): Product as consumed produces a potent bleach

[07/30/2010]

AUDIENCE: Consumers, Emergency Medicine

ISSUE: FDA warned consumers not to consume or use Miracle Mineral Solution, an oral liquid solution also known as "Miracle Mineral Supplement" or "MMS." The product, when used as directed, produces an industrial bleach that can cause serious harm to health. The product instructs consumers to mix the 28 percent sodium chlorite solution with an acid such as citrus juice. This mixture produces chlorine dioxide, a potent bleach used for stripping textiles and industrial water treatment. High oral doses of this bleach, such as those recommended in the labeling, can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and symptoms of severe dehydration.

BACKGROUND: MMS is distributed on Internet sites and online auctions by multiple independent distributors. MMS claims to treat multiple unrelated diseases, including HIV, hepatitis, the H1N1 flu virus, common colds, acne, cancer, and other conditions. The FDA is not aware of any research that MMS is effective in treating any of these conditions. MMS also poses a significant health risk to consumers who may choose to use this product for self-treatment instead of seeking FDA-approved treatments for these conditions.

RECOMMENDATIONS: Consumers who have MMS should stop using it immediately and throw it away. The FDA advises consumers who have experienced any negative side effects from MMS to consult a health care professional as soon as possible.


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Study: More U.S. Girls Starting Puberty Earlier Than Ever

Amanda Gardner
CNN
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:57 UTC
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A new study finds that girls in the United States are entering puberty at earlier ages than they have in the past.
Girls in the United States are entering puberty at earlier ages than they have in the past, a new study reports.

More than 10 percent of white 7-year-old girls in the study, which was conducted in the mid-2000s, had reached a stage of breast development marking the start of puberty, compared to just 5 percent in a similar study conducted in the early 1990s.

Black and Hispanic girls continue to mature faster than white girls, on average. Nearly one-quarter of black girls and 15 percent of Hispanic girls had entered puberty by age 7, according to the new study, which appears in the journal Pediatrics.

But the trend toward earlier puberty is not as pronounced among blacks as it is among whites, the researchers say. Although the rate of early puberty among black girls in the study (23 percent) was higher than that observed in the early 1990s (15 percent), the increase was not statistically significant.
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The Truth About Fluoride Hits Mainstream Television in Australia


TodayTonight
Sun, 08 Aug 2010 08:37 UTC
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Determining the Dangers of DEET

Tom Meersman
Star Tribune
Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:46 UTC
DEET may be safe to spray on your skin, but not to swallow in drinking water.

To see how safe or unsafe it is, the Minnesota Department of Health has picked the popular insect repellent ingredient as the first of seven "chemicals of emerging concern" to assess during the next year.


Comment: DEET is NOT safe to spray on the skin and is a chemical of concern, according to the following article:

Finally Deet Exposed as a Neurotoxin
New research shows that the insect-repelling chemical deet actually functions in the same way as deadly nerve gases and dangerous pesticides, by attacking the nervous systems of both insects and mammals.

A new study, published in the journal BioMed Central Biology, suggests that deet may function by interfering directly with insects' nervous systems.

"We've found that deet is not simply a behavior-modifying chemical but also inhibits the activity of a key central nervous system enzyme, acetylcholinesterase, in both insects and mammals," the researchers said.

"We shower, it goes down the drain, and it ends up in waste water that goes into rivers," said state toxicologist Helen Goeden.

Like many compounds, there are no state or federal standards for DEET, yet it has been detected in water samples nationwide, including Minnesota.
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