Health & Wellness

Syrian children get Polio from oral Polio vaccine

The Vaccine Reaction
Sun, 18 Jun 2017 13:20 UTC

Syrian authorities conducted polio vaccination campaigns in Deir-Ez-Zor in March and April 2017 using “bivalent oral polio vaccine.”

Three children in the Deir-Ez-Zor eastern region of Syria have contracted polio during the past three months. The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on June 8, 2017 that a polio virus strain designated as vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) was found in a healthy Syrian child and two other children diagnosed with Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP)—an acute form of paralysis. The children with AFP experienced the onset of paralysis on March 5 and May 6.^{1, 2}

The cVDPV2 strain is a "mutated version of the [polio]virus in some vaccines rather than a wild polio strain." This vaccine-derived poliovirus is caused by the oral polio vaccine (OPV), which uses an attenuated (weakened but still alive) form of the poliovirus.²

AFP, also known as Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) or non-polio AFP (NPAFP), has been reported by the media since 2014 as a "mysterious polio-like illness"³ and some researchers believe it is caused by enterovirus-68 (EV68)^3,4 A recent animal study found that the EV-D68 strain associated with a nationwide outbreak of enterovirus respiratory disease in 2014 can cause paralysis in mice.⁵

Comment: Are Polio Vaccines Increasing The Rate of Polio Paralysis?

Polio underscores the need for a change in the way we look at so-called "vaccine preventable" diseases as a whole. In most people with a healthy immune system, a poliovirus infection does not even generate symptoms. Only rarely does the infection produce minor symptoms, e.g. sore throat, fever, gastrointestinal disturbances, and influenza-like illness. In only 3% of infections does virus gain entry to the central nervous system, and then, in only 1-5 in 1000 cases does the infection progress to paralytic disease.

Due to the fact that polio spreads through the fecal-oral route (i.e. the virus is transmitted from the stool of an infected person to the mouth of another person through a contaminated object, e.g. utensil) focusing on hygiene, sanitation and proper nutrition (to support innate immunity) is a logical way to prevent transmission in the first place, as well as reducing morbidity associated with an infection when it does occur.

Instead, a large portion of the world's vaccines are given to the third world as "charity," when the underlying conditions of economic impoverishment, poor nutrition, chemical exposures, and socio-political unrest are never addressed. You simply can't vaccinate people out of these conditions, and as India's new epidemic of vaccine-induced polio cases clearly demonstrates, the "cure" may be far worse than the disease itself.

The parallels between synthetic opiates and high fructose corn syrup

Kristen McGuiness
The Fix
Mon, 12 Jun 2017 13:27 UTC

High Fructose Corn Syrup and synthetic opiates have many similarities in metabolism, marketing, and impact on the epidemics of obesity and addiction.

Like corn syrup, is the structure of synthetic opioids as much to blame for their consequences as the large-scale promotions behind them?

Over the last three decades, two health crises have simultaneously overwhelmed modern America: obesity and addiction. The rise of both and a driving factor of each - opioids for addiction, and sugar for obesity - can be traced to two similar inventions, the creation and proliferation of synthetic opiates, and the promulgation of high fructose corn syrup. However, these two products are not only similar in how they have been marketed to consumers, but in how their chemical architecture metabolizes in the human body.

Additionally, much of modern medicine is saying the same thing about both, but the message is a bit misleading. Many experts now argue that there are no health differences between corn syrup and table sugar. Similarly, most addiction researchers also claim that there are no health differences between natural and synthetic opiates. The one truth all agree on are that sugar and opium can be dangerous for your health, no matter whether they are found in nature or manufactured in a lab. However, the synthetic substances were both developed to decrease costs and to increase customer satisfaction. The only flaw in both of these goals was that they simply work too well.

Cannabinoids can kill leukemia cells, says new research

Brandon Turbeville
Natural Blaze
Sat, 17 Jun 2017 16:09 UTC

Leukemia cells

A new study has confirmed yet another positive use for cannabis. A new study has revealed that cannabinoids can successfully kill leukemia cells.

Cannabis has long been known as having the ability to kill cancer, but the new revelation regarding leukemia is important because the disease is a cancer of bone marrow and other blood forming organs.

The study which was led by Dr. Wailiu at St. George's University of London in the UK. The team studied cancer cells and tested a variety of combinations of chemotherapy drugs and cannabinoids in order to find the most effective grouping.

The test was designed to discover not only the effect of cannabinoids on leukemia, but whether or not the order that the chemicals were given would result in any difference of results or success rates.

What they found was that cannabidiol and THC killed leukemia cells when they were used alone. Even more so when used together, their potency was significantly improved.

'Chronic Lyme disease' treatments can be risky, scathing CDC report finds

RT
Sat, 17 Jun 2017 03:47 UTC

Many may recognize the term "chronic Lyme disease," but the treatments may be lesser known and dangerous, according to a new report issued by the CDC.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest Morbidity and Mortality report released Friday describes negative, harmful and even deadly treatments for five patients diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease, according to the report.

A diagnosis for chronic Lyme disease does not require any hard evidence. "Patients and their healthcare providers need to be aware of the risks associated with treatments for chronic Lyme disease," the doctors warned in the report.

The different diagnosis of simply "Lyme disease" is based on hard evidence. It is caused by infection with the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, according to the CDC report. Shockingly, however, doctors sometimes come to the conclusion of chronic Lyme disease without any FDA cleared lab testing, or even a negative test for the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection.

Comment: More information on Lyme disease:

The Health & Wellness Show: A Close Look at Lyme Disease

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NYC: 6 sickened, 1 dead from Legionnaires' disease

Carl Campanile
New York Post
Fri, 16 Jun 2017 14:21 UTC

One person on the Upper East Side died of Legionnaires' disease and six others were sickened by the bacteria-borne illness, officials said Friday.

The Health Department said the person who died was over 90 years old and had "significant underlying health conditions."

Four people were recovering in hospitals and two others were discharged.

"There are no common sources of exposure among these patients other than living in the same area of the city," said Demetre Daskalakis, the Health Department's deputy commissioner for disease control, in an alert to health providers.

All the cases were diagnosed between May 22 and June 8 in Lenox Hill, which covers 60th to 77th Streets between Lexington and Fifth avenues.

Does Parkinson's disease begin in the gut?

Amanda Onion
Live Science
Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:11 UTC

Parkinson's disease, which involves the malfunction and death of nerve cells in the brain, may originate in the gut, new research suggests, adding to a growing body of evidence supporting the idea.

The new study shows that a protein in nerve cells that becomes corrupted and then forms clumps in the brains of people with Parkinson's can also be found in cells that line the small intestine. The research was done in both mice and human cells.

The finding supports the idea that this protein first becomes altered in the gut and then travels to the brain, where it causes the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

Parkinson's disease is a progressive movement disorder, affecting as many as 1 million people in the United States and 7 million to 10 million people worldwide, according to the Parkinson's Disease Foundation.

The protein, called alpha-synuclein, is abundant in the brain. And in healthy nerve cells, it dissolves in the fluid within the cell. But in Parkinson's patients, alpha-synuclein folds abnormally. The misfolded protein can then spread through the nervous system to the brain as a prion, or infectious protein. In the brain, the misfolded protein molecules stick to each other and clump up, damaging neurons.

Comment: A low carb, ketogenic diet has been shown to be effective in decreasing the symptoms of Parkinson's disease:

In a small, uncontrolled study, five out of seven people with Parkinson's disease who completed a four-week ketogenic diet experienced a 43% improvement in self-reported symptoms

Detox your mouth for whole body health

Kalee Brown
Collective Evolution
Tue, 13 Jun 2017 20:59 UTC

So many of us who are interested in health completely disregard our teeth and our mouths. We forget that our bodies are a holistic and interconnected system, one that can only function optimally if everything is running smoothly. If your liver wasn't working properly, it would affect your entire body. Well, the same could be said about your mouth.

Your mouth is the gateway to your body, which you use to either nourish it with healthy foods or destroy it with toxins. Whatever you put in your mouth ends up affecting your entire body drastically. A cleaner mouth isn't just aesthetically pleasing, it's crucial for your overall health, as it can play a key role in disease prevention. Poor oral health has been linked to inflammation, diabetes, heart disease, and even cancer.

Risks of Poor Dental Health

More than 500 species of bacteria can be found in the oral cavity of a healthy mouth, and they can be beneficial or harmful for the health of your mouth. The "good" bacteria, also referred to as probiotics, can aid in digestion, synthesize vitamins, and protect our mouths from the "bad" bacteria. The bad bacteria is often what causes disease and various mouth-related health problems such as bad breath, gingivitis, periodontitis, cavities, and plaque build-up.

Comment: The Health & Wellness Show: Minding your mouth and natural ways to keep your teeth

What is activated charcoal?

Kristina Martin
Organic Lifestyle Magazine
Fri, 16 Jun 2017 15:55 UTC

Activated charcoal is expanding into a whole new market. It's used in water filtration, as poison control, and in herbal medicine regularly, but it's increasingly showing up in health and beauty care products. So what is activated charcoal, and why are people suddenly rubbing it all over their teeth?

How is Activated Charcoal Different than Actual Charcoal?

Let's get the biggest issue out of the way. Activated charcoal (also known as activated carbon) is almost but not quite the same thing as actual charcoal (the stuff used for summer grilling). The bulk material used to produce activated charcoal is some combination of bone char, coconut shells, peat, petroleum coke, coal, olive pits, and/or sawdust, while actual charcoal can include all of that plus agricultural waste and other dry biomass.

To create activated charcoal, carbon is heated to temperatures of 1,700 to 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit with steam or air in an oxygen-free environment, although wood-based activated charcoals frequently endure a chemical process that includes heat and phosphoric acid as well. The high heat "activates" the charcoal, removing the carbon's volatile compounds and enlarging its internal pores. These enlarged internal pores allow the now activated charcoal to chemically attract and bind contaminants like chlorine, PCBs, industrial solvents, and pesticides, among others.

Comment: Read more about the benefits of activated charcoal:

What drives the vaccine blame game? Illogical fear

Marco Cáceres
The Vaccine Reaction
Sat, 10 Jun 2017 15:46 UTC

The idea that unvaccinated people are to blame for certain infectious disease outbreaks has become a common refrain in the media—mainly due to ignorance and fears fueled by that ignorance. The idea that people who get vaccinated with ineffective or live virus vaccines are playing a role in such outbreaks is much less popular—or well known.

Many of those, who like to point fingers at anyone concerned about the safety of vaccines seem to have this vague notion that, unlike vaccinated people, unvaccinated people carry dangerous hidden microbes that can magically appear at anytime and infect vaccinated people, thus spreading disease. In other words, that unvaccinated people are contaminated, while vaccinated people are not.

Then, there is the obvious fuzzy logic of (supposedly) protected people being infected by unprotected people. That makes no sense. Why should the vaccinated fear the unvaccinated? Otherwise, what's the point of vaccination?

Study: Meditation alters the activity of genes linked to stress and depression

sbs.com.au
Fri, 16 Jun 2017 14:55 UTC

Meditation alters the activity of genes linked to stress and depression, a study has shown.

Researchers examined evidence for mind-body interventions (MBIs) such as meditation, yoga and Tai Chi, affecting DNA.

Data from 18 studies involving 846 participants revealed a pattern of molecular changes in the body that benefit mental and physical health.

The key was nothing to do with unblocking Chakras but a gene-regulating stress molecule called nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB).

Under its influence, certain genes switch on a "fight or flight" response to stress which over time can increase the risk of cancer, accelerated ageing, and mental disorders such as depression.

Comment: Read more about Meditation and Its Benefits:

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Health & Wellness

Syrian children get Polio from oral Polio vaccine

The parallels between synthetic opiates and high fructose corn syrup

Cannabinoids can kill leukemia cells, says new research

'Chronic Lyme disease' treatments can be risky, scathing CDC report finds

NYC: 6 sickened, 1 dead from Legionnaires' disease

Does Parkinson's disease begin in the gut?

Detox your mouth for whole body health

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What drives the vaccine blame game? Illogical fear

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