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New study: Long-term marijuana use linked to decline in verbal memory

Kathryn Doyle
Reuters
Tue, 02 Feb 2016 18:00 UTC
marijuana
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As marijuana becomes more accessible to young and old alike in the U.S., researchers warn that long-term use of the drug may cause lasting harm to at least one type of brain function.

A new study based on following thousands of young adults into middle age finds that long-term marijuana use is linked to poorer performance on verbal memory tests, but other areas of brain function do not appear to be affected.

"We did not expect to find such a consistent association with verbal memory for chronic exposure to marijuana," especially since the link held even when other factors like cigarette smoking, alcohol use and other behavioral factors associated with marijuana use were accounted for, said lead author Dr. Reto Auer of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Auer and colleagues analyzed data from a 25-year U.S. study of young adults, which included repeated measures of marijuana exposure over time and a standardized test of verbal memory, processing speed and executive function in year 25. Almost 3,500 participants completed the standardized tests.

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Public Broadcasting System: A front for Big Pharma?


Alliance for Natural Health
Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:09 UTC
supplements
A PBS Frontline documentary argues that supplements are useless—relying on "expert testimony" from paid Pharma representatives.

Last week, PBS's Frontline aired an hour-long program titled "Supplements and Safety." Jointly produced by Frontline, the New York Times, and the Canadian Broadcasting Commission, the program was clearly intended to leave viewers with the one-sided impression that dietary supplements are unregulated, unsafe—and that ultimately you, the consumer, should not have the right to stay healthy in a manner of your choosing.

There is too much to comment on in this corrupt documentary. But we'll address a few key points.

Comment: The PBS Frontline documentary arguing that supplements are useless, unregulated and unsafe - relying on "expert testimony" from paid Pharma representatives - is ridiculous! Consider the following: Flawed Pharma studies demonizing vitamins and minerals was Debunked! And... in the last 27 Years: there has been No Deaths from Vitamins yet 3 Million deaths from Prescription Drugs! Big Pharma is the real killer and not dietary supplements! Obviously the corrupt documentary is a meager attempt to sway viewers away from the truth!
Over the past 27 years the complete time frame that the data has been available there have been 0 deaths as a result of vitamins and over 3 million deaths related to prescription drug use.


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Syringe

105 cases of Zika virus infection confirmed in Guatemala


Sputnik
Tue, 02 Feb 2016 00:48 UTC
Guatemala Zika virus
© REUTERS/ Jose Cabezas
At least 105 cases of infection with the Zika virus have been confirmed in Guatemala amid an outbreak in both Americas, an official from the Health Ministry told local media Saturday.

A total of 200 suspected cases of Zika were registered in this Central American country, including over 60 cases in 2015, epidemiologist Judith Garcia told the national newspaper Prensa Libre.

The Zika outbreak started in Brazil in spring 2015. It has since spread across Latin America, causing several deaths, as well as brain damage in newborns, known as microcephaly.

Comment: Further reading: WHO declares 'global emergency' over Zika virus causing brain damaged babies

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Tainted Vaccines: 36 children die in war-torn Syria from UN Measles vaccines

J. D. Heyes
Natural News
Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:20 UTC
Syria vaccine deaths
It isn't as if the current civil war in Syria has not already taken a ravenous toll on the Middle Eastern country's children, but so, too, has a recently administered measles vaccine that the Assad government claims was sabotaged.

According to a mid-September report by Britain's Telegraph newspaper, at least 36 children were recently reported to have died "excruciating deaths" after being given what Damascus says were "tainted" vaccines via a United Nations-sponsored program in the rebel-held northern part of the country.
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WHO declares 'global emergency' over Zika virus causing brain damaged babies

Michelle Roberts
BBC
Mon, 01 Feb 2016 19:15 UTC
Zika, zika virus, brain damage
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A child born with brain damage caused by the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne virus which happened in originate in the same place a bunch of genetically modified mosquitoes were released in 2015.
A cluster of microcephaly linked to the Zika virus in Latin America poses a global public health emergency requiring a united response, says the World Health Organization. Experts are worried that the virus is spreading far and fast, with devastating consequences. The infection has been linked to thousands of babies being born with underdeveloped brains.

The WHO alert puts Zika in the same category of concern as Ebola. It means research and aid will be fast-tracked to tackle the infection. WHO director general, Margaret Chan called Zika an "extraordinary event" that needed a coordinated response.

"I am now declaring that the recent cluster of microcephaly and other neurological abnormalities reported in Latin America following a similar cluster in French Polynesia in 2014 constitutes a public health emergency of international concern."

She said the priorities were to protect pregnant women and their babies from harm and to control the mosquitoes that are spreading the virus.

Comment: Like the swine flu in 2009, Ebola last year, now ZIKA is the new monster du jour. There's vaccine's in development, testing by the end of this year! But the real question is does this virus have anything to do with the GM mosquitoes that were released into Brazil in 2012?

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Microcephaly: Is it the Zika 'Virus' or pesticides & birth defects?

Cal Crilly
mitrinchera.obolog.es
Mon, 01 Feb 2016 17:50 UTC
pesticides
© The guardian
"Although a causal link between Zika infection in pregnancy and microcephaly has not, and I must emphasize, has not been established, the circumstantial evidence is suggestive and extremely worrisome," WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said, reported by Reuters. "An increased occurrence of neurological symptoms, noted in some countries coincident with arrival of the virus, adds to the concern."

Pesticides in Brazil and Pernambuco state are more likely to be the cause of microcephaly and birth defects than Zika virus and the links below speak for themselves.

Comment: The Zika freakout: Is there more to this virus scare than meets the eye?

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Life Preserver

What modern 'healthcare' has forgotten: Be your own medicine

Charles Hugh Smith
Oftwominds
Fri, 29 Jan 2016 00:00 UTC
holistic health
Treatment of atomized individuals in a setting of atomized symptoms and treatments is by any measure the opposite of a system that encourages and enables everyone to be their own medicine.

I recently saw a slogan that encapsulated what's wrong with the U.S. healthcare system: Be Your Own Medicine. To Be Your Own Medicine is the essence of prevention, and a way of taking full ownership of one's health, body, mind, diet, fitness and daily habits.

Alas, being your own medicine strips the $3.5 trillion healthcare system of profit, power and control, so the last thing the healthcare cartels want is for us to be our own medicine, as that would reduce our reliance on highly profitable pharmaceuticals, tests, procedures and high-cost facilities.

Note the slogan isn't "take your own medicine" or "make your own medicine"--it's be your own medicine, which suggests that health is a way of being, not just a way of consuming, though what we consume is integral to being your own medicine.

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Pills

Anatomy of addiction: How opioids & heroin hijack the brain

Jack Rodolico
NPR.org
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:40 UTC
addiction
© Greta Rybus for NPR
Jack O'Connor became addicted to opioids when he was a teenager.
When Jack O'Connor was 19, he was so desperate to beat his addictions to alcohol and opioids that he took a really rash step. He joined the Marines.

"This will fix me," O'Connor thought as he went to boot camp. "It better fix me or I'm screwed."

After 13 weeks of sobriety and exercise and discipline, O'Connor completed basic training, but he started using again immediately.

"Same thing," he says. "Percocet, like, off the street. Pills."

Comment: An informative video that questions everything we think we know about addiction:



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Water

Mild dehydration can negatively affect mood, attention, memory and motor coordination

Toby Mündel
The Conversation
Mon, 01 Feb 2016 00:27 UTC
drinking water, dehydration
Water is essential for human life. It accounts for for 50-70% of our body weight and is crucial for most bodily functions.

Any deficit in normal body water - through dehydration, sickness, exercise or heat stress - can make us feel rotten. First we feel thirsty and fatigued, and may develop a mild headache. This eventually gives way to grumpiness, and mental and physical decline.

We continually lose water via our breath, urine, faeces and skin. Most healthy people regulate their body's water level remarkably well via eating and drinking, and are guided by appetite and thirst. But this is more difficult for infants, the sick, the elderly, athletes, and those with strenuous physical occupations, especially in the heat.

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Why the high fat, low carb diet may be ideal for most people

Dr. Mercola
Mercola.com
Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:41 UTC
low carb
© amazon.com
Jeff Volek, Ph.D., and registered dietitian and professor in the Human Science Department at Ohio State University, has done enormous work in the field of high-fat, low-carbohydrate diets, investigating how it affects human health and athletic performance.

Volek has published many scientific articles as well as several books, including The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living and The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance.

Both of these books were co-authored with Dr. Stephen Phinney, a physician and true pioneer in this field, who has studied low-carb diets even longer than Volek.

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