Health & WellnessS


Cow Skull

Smart chickens not duped by GM feed

Eleanor Momberg
GM Watch
Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:24 UTC
Chickens refusing to eat the maize they had been fed has led to the discovery that their feed had been genetically modified to include a well-known weed and insect killer.

Strilli Oppenheimer was recently approached by Dawid Klopper, the head gardener at the family estate, Brenthurst, informing her that her indigenous African chickens were refusing to eat the mealies in the chicken feed bought from a large supplier. Concerned that the birds may be ingesting genetically modified maize, she instructed Klopper to have the maize tested.

The chickens' diet was immediately changed to include organic vegetables, Oppenheimer stopped consuming the home-grown eggs and the maize was sent to the GMO testing facility at the University of the Free State for analysis.
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Syringe

WHO Admits to Releasing Pandemic Virus into Population via 'Mock-Up' Vaccines

Dr. Mercola
Mercola.com
Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:48 UTC
The document on the WHO website linked below states that it is common procedure to release pandemic viruses into the population in order to get a jump ahead of the real pandemic, so as to fast track the vaccine for when it is needed.

In Europe, some manufacturers have conducted advance studies using a so-called "mock-up" vaccine. Mock-up vaccines contain an active ingredient for an influenza virus that has not circulated recently in human populations and thus mimics the novelty of a pandemic virus.

According to the website, "Such advance studies can greatly expedite regulatory approval."

Sources:

World Health Organization
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Health

The New Back-to-School Ritual: Quarantines

Robbie Brown
The New York Times
Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:00 UTC
David Walter Banks for The New York Times
Sarah Spitz, 18, a freshman from Boston, Mass., is recovering from the swine flu in the common area in the Turman South dorm on the Emory University campus in Atlanta.
Atlanta - It looks like a typical college dormitory: the functional single cots, the students lazing in pajamas and sandals, the laptops and iPhones clicked to Facebook.

But the Turman South dormitory at Emory University in Atlanta is what administrators call a self-isolation facility. Or, as students call it, the Swine Flu Dorm. The Leper Colony. Club Swine.

It is a holding pen for the coughing, wheezing, hand-sanitizing souls whose return to college coincided with their infection by a serious and highly contagious virus. More than 100 strong at Emory, they belong to a growing number of students at colleges across America experiencing a bizarre start to the year: the on-campus quarantine.
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Magnify

Researchers Identify Critical Gene For Brain Development, Mental Retardation


Medical News Today
Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:00 UTC
In laying down the neural circuitry of the developing brain, billions of neurons must first migrate to their correct destinations and then form complex synaptic connections with their new neighbors.

When the process goes awry, neurodevelopmental disorders such as mental retardation, dyslexia or autism may result. Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have now discovered that establishing the neural wiring necessary to function normally depends on the ability of neurons to make finger-like projections of their membrane called filopodia.

The finding, published as the cover story of the Sept. 4 issue of the journal Cell, indicates that the current notion regarding how cells change shape, migrate or differentiate needs to be revisited.
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Sheeple

UK: Contraception myths 'widespread'

Sudeep Chand
BBC News
Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:55 UTC
A UK survey has revealed that myths about contraception may be widespread.

One in five women said they had heard of kitchen items, including bread, cling film and even chicken skin, being used as alternative barrier methods.

Others had heard food items such as kebabs, Coca-cola or crisps could be used as oral contraceptives.
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Arrow Up

Magnesium: The Miracle Mineral

Richard C. Cook
richardccook.com
Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:01 UTC
I have always had a strong interest in nutrition but, like most people, have often been bewildered by the overwhelming amount of information and general lack of focus of what there is to be learned.

I take the GNC supplements for men over 50. It certainly has a lot of stuff in it, but in regard to two key minerals, even the GNC formula is deficient. These minerals are iodine and magnesium.

The American diet is seriously deficient in both these essential minerals. I plan to write about iodine later. For now, I want to focus on magnesium.

The array of bodily functions that can work normally only with sufficient magnesium is staggering. Every system of the body is affected, but most particularly the circulatory system. This is critical because every cell of the body depends on an adequate flow of blood.

Comment: More more research into the many benefits of supplemental forms of magnesium, check out our forum thread.

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Magnify

How broccoli can protect your arteries

Kate Kelland
Reuters
Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:15 UTC
It's long been thought that broccoli is good for your heart, and now British scientists think they know why.

Researchers at Imperial College London have found evidence a chemical in broccoli and other green leafy vegetables could boost a natural defense mechanism that protects arteries from the clogging that can cause heart attacks.

In a study funded by the British Heart Foundation charity and conducted on mice, the researchers found that sulforaphane -- a compound occurring naturally in broccoli and other brassicas -- could "switch on" a protective protein which is inactive in parts of the arteries vulnerable to clogging.
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Health

Mothers With Postpartum Depression With Suicidal Thoughts And Their Infant Interactions


Science Daily
Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:07 UTC
The joys of motherhood for many women can also lead other new moms to experience postpartum depression and even worse - ideas for committing suicide.

For these women contemplating taking their own lives, the mother-infant relationship and development was a negative experience, with greater mood disturbances, cognitive distortions, low maternal self-esteem, negative perceptions of their effectiveness as a new parent and noticeably less responsiveness to their infants' cues.

Those are the findings of a new two-year study by Ruth Paris, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice at Boston University's School of Social Work, Rendelle E. Bolton, a graduate student at the BU School of Social Work and M. Katherine Weinberg, Ph.D., a psychologist and an infant development specialist.
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Ambulance

A Safety Slip: Don't Hold a Child in Your Lap on Playground Slides

Kristina Findlay and Lauren Pearson
Reuters
Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:46 UTC
Parents are unknowingly putting their young children at risk for leg fractures, says new study

A new study published this week in the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics found a relationship between young children going down a slide on the lap of an adult and tibia fractures. The study, conducted at Winthrop University Hospital, reviewed children with tibia fractures over an eleven month period and found 13.8% of the tibia fractures were sustained while sliding down a slide on an adult's lap.
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Attention

Thin Thighs May Signal Heart Disease, Early Death, Study Says

Michelle Fay Cortez
Bloomberg.com
Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:42 UTC
People with naturally thin thighs may be at greater risk for developing heart disease and dying an early death, a Danish study found.

Researchers have been measuring body sizes and shapes for years to look for clues about who is most vulnerable to heart disease, the leading cause of death worldwide. While most of the effort has focused on height, weight and the size of the hips relative to the waist, no one approach stands out, doctors said.

Researchers took detailed measurements and evaluated the body composition of 1,436 men and 1,380 women in Denmark, then tracked their health for more than decade as part of a study conducted on behalf of the World Health Organization. People with the thinnest thighs had a two-fold greater risk of heart disease and death, and the risk rose as thigh size declined.
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