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Attention

The CDC claims to be 'astonished' by lab breaches of anthrax, smallpox and bird flu

Lily Dane
The Daily Sheeple
Sat, 12 Jul 2014 14:58 UTC
A few days ago, word got out that 6 vials of variola, the virus that causes smallpox, were found in a cold storage room that is owned by the Food and Drug Administration on the NIH's Bethesda campus.

That research building was not equipped or approved for storage of deadly pathogens, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

In addition to the 6 vials that were labeled variola, ten unmarked vials were found...and so far, no one has addressed what those vials may contain, or if they are even being tested.

Yesterday, the CDC announced that at least two of the vials contain viable samples of the deadly smallpox virus.

Comment: We should all feel safer knowing that the Keystone Cops of lab workers are bungling handling some of the most dangerous pathogens known to man.

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Alarm Clock

Precursor? Rare and deadly form of plague contracted by Denver man

Sonali Basak and Jennifer Oldham
Bloomberg
Sat, 12 Jul 2014 00:00 UTC
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© UnknownYersinia pestis bacteria
A Colorado man is infected with the rarest and most fatal form of plague, an airborne version that can be spread through coughing and sneezing.

It is the first case of pneumonic plague seen in the state since 2004, said Jennifer House, a spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The man, who hasn't been identified, may have been exposed in Adams County near Denver, health officials said in a statement. While House said the man has been hospitalized and treated, she wouldn't release other details about his situation.

"He's on treatment long enough to not be transmissible," House said in a telephone interview. He may have contracted the illness from his dog, she said, which died suddenly and has also been found to carry the disease.

Comment: What we are being told is that this is an occurrence of a highly rare pneumonic plague that was probably transmitted to the victim by his dog, who died from the infection. Precious little other information is given about the case. Could there be misdirection in what we are being told about it? Keep this in mind when you read:

New Light on the Black Death: The Viral and Cosmic Connection

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Smoking

Let's All Light Up: Coffee and cigarettes may protect against rare liver disease


Medical Xpress
Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:49 UTC
Liver Transplant
© Ram Gupta, Oslo University Hospital. Liver transplantation. PSC is the main cause for liver transplantations in Scandinavia.
Coffee and cigarette smoking may protect against the rare liver disease Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), a recent study shows.

In a new study from Norway published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, both coffee consumption and cigarette smoking are shown to potentially protect against primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). This is a chronic liver disease caused by chronic inflammation of the bile ducts.

Great interest
The findings are of great interest against a backdrop of increasing knowledge on coffee as a possible protective agent in other liver diseases.
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Attention

Ebola deaths surge in Sierra Leone and Liberia; 44 new cases, 21 deaths

Stephanie Nebehay
Reuters.com
Fri, 11 Jul 2014 04:26 UTC
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© Reuters/Misha HussainA scientist separates blood cells from plasma cells to isolate any Ebola RNA in order to test for the virus at the European Mobile Laboratory in Gueckedou.
Ebola continues to spread in Sierra Leone, Liberia and to a lesser extent in Guinea, with a combined 44 new cases and 21 deaths between July 6-8, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

This brought the total in West Africa's first outbreak of the deadly viral disease to 888 cases including 539 deaths since February, the United Nations agency said.

"The epidemic trend in Liberia and Sierra Leone remains precarious with high numbers of new cases and deaths being reported," the WHO said.

Just one confirmed new case had been reported during the past week in Guinea, where the WHO said it was closely monitoring the situation. There has been resistance among some communities to measures recommended to control the outbreak, such as precautions during traditional burial ceremonies.

Comment:
New Light on the Black Death: The Viral and Cosmic Connection
Black Death found to be Ebola-like virus

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Wine n Glass

New research proves it's not the alcohol that provides heart health benefits

Karen Foster
Prevent Disease.com
Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:27 UTC
Wine
© Prevent Disease.com
Scientists have known for a long time why higher consumption of wine has led to lower rates of heart disease and cancer. It has nothing do with the alcohol and everything to do with the grapes. However, that's not how the alcohol industry has portrayed the health benefits of wine. New research that reviewed evidence from more than 50 studies that linked drinking habits and cardiovascular health, calls into question previous studies suggesting one drink per day to be healthy for the heart.

The alcohol industry and the media have portrayed one glass, even two glasses, of wine or beer as not only safe, but possibly healthy. They tell the public that there is only danger when the use of alcohol is excessive or abusive.

Alcohol, regardless of its type (i.e. beer, wine, liquor, etc) is a class A1 carcinogen which are confirmed human carcinogens. Alcohol consumption has been causally related with breast cancer for some time. Increasing evidence indicates a stronger association with neoplasms, though the risk is elevated for other types of breast cancers too.

In a previous study posted in the journal Neuroscience, lead author Megan Anderson, reported that even moderate drinking -- drinking less during the week and more on the weekends -- significantly reduces the structural integrity of the adult brain.

Reducing the amount of alcoholic beverages consumed, even for light-to-moderate drinkers, may improve cardiovascular health, including a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, lower body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure, according to a new multi-center study published in The BMJ and co-led by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The latest findings call into question previous studies which suggest that consuming light-to-moderate amounts of alcohol (0.6-0.8 fluid ounces/day) may have a protective effect on cardiovascular health.
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Bacon n Eggs

Rethinking fatigue

Nora Gedgaudas
Primal Body Primal Mind
Thu, 10 Jul 2014 00:00 UTC

Adrenal-related issues are seemingly epidemic today - many people complain of some degree of "adrenal fatigue" or "burnout." This is hardly surprising given the incredibly stressful world we live in today. The unfortunate truth is adrenal-related issues are poorly understood today. Also, most health care providers still practice using outdated theoretical models from the 1950s, which fail to hold up in the face of modern stress physiology. In fact, the vast majority of so-called "adrenal issues" have nothing whatsoever to do with the adrenal glands themselves!

Comment: There really is no other way about proper management of your bodys energy, than to get keto adapted by maintaining a proper diet, as well as processing emotions, rethinking the early on constructed ways of coping with stress. As Nora mentions: thinking about regulating your circadian rhythm and its 'light hormones' by being careful of the right kinds of light exposure and sleeping patterns, will help balance energy as well.

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Syringe

Eradicated? Vials of smallpox discovered in unused FDA storage room


Agence France Presse
Tue, 08 Jul 2014 13:57 UTC
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Federal investigators are probing how vials of smallpox made their way into a storage room at a Food and Drug Administration lab near the US capital, health authorities said Tuesday.

Smallpox is a highly contagious and sometimes fatal disease that has been eradicated after a worldwide vaccination program. The last US case was in 1949; the last global case was in 1977 in Somalia.

The vials were labeled "variola," another name for smallpox, and they appear to date from the 1950s, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement.

They were found in an unused portion of a storeroom in an FDA laboratory, located on the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland.

There is no evidence that the vials had been opened, "and onsite biosafety personnel have not identified any infectious exposure risk to lab workers or the public," the CDC said.

The vials have been moved to a high-security lab at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

Comment: According to the WHO, smallpox has been eradicated. Why then is it still necessary to preserve samples in two labs in the US and Russia? The truth is, it hasn't been eradicated, and still infects people today. There is a growing suspicion that smallpox has been labeled "eradicated" to be able to terminate the smallpox vaccination programs, because it became clear that vaccinating against smallpox was not only ineffective, but increased fatality rates compared to the un-vaccinated. Notwithstanding the fact that smallpox is still in the wild - under different names like monkeypox, but indistinguishable from smallpox - WHO declared smallpox eradicated, possibly to escape litigation, while preserving the vaccine paradigm.

The only effect of vaccines that has consistently been shown is immunosuppression.

For more information on this topic, please read:
Smallpox was declared eradicated, yet still infects humans today.

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Magnify

Bill Gates-funded birth control microchip

Aaron Dykes & Melissa Melton
Truthstream Media
Wed, 09 Jul 2014 14:26 UTC
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Here's one more for the coming "Internet of Things" - an implantable birth control microchip could hit the U.S. market by 2018 thanks to funding by globalist billionaire and population control enthusiast Bill Gates.

The new microchip implant reportedly lasts up to 16 years and can be controlled via wireless remote device, but don't worry; researchers are quick to reassure that each microchip comes with "secure encryption" (you know, the kind that's even being hacked and exploited in the new smart light bulbs).
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Donut

Junk food, children's DNA and beyond...

Heather Callaghan
Activist Post
Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:58 UTC
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New study ponders impact of Western food and GMOs on posterity's genes...

Through the emerging information from epigenetics - the study of environmental exposure on genes - it becomes apparent that we are not the body equivalent to Las Vegas. What happens to us doesn't stay with us - it moves on.

It's not so much that disease moves on, but a "poorly trained" immune system does, according to a unique new study in Nutrition Journal.

It starts with inflammation from the Western diet and an infinite domino effect begins....

Comment: Learn more about the microbiome and the role microbes play in protecting and regulating the human immune system:

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Health

Interrupted sleep as bad as just 4 hours


PsyBlog
Thu, 10 Jul 2014 00:00 UTC
Asleep
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A full night's sleep which is interrupted can be as bad as getting only half a night, finds a new study taking a novel approach to sleep problems.

Despite how common it is for parents of young children to be awakened many times during the night, the effects have never been systematically investigated.

Parents are not the only ones who suffer, explains Prof. Avi Sadeh, who led the new research:
"Doctors on call, who may receive several phone calls a night, also experience disruptions.

These night wakings could be relatively short - only five to ten minutes - but they disrupt the natural sleep rhythm.

The impact of such night wakings on an individual's daytime alertness, mood, and cognitive abilities had never been studied.

Our study is the first to demonstrate seriously deleterious cognitive and emotional effects."In their study participants were awakened four times during a normal 8-hour night (Kahn et al., 2014).
Each time they had to complete a computer task that took 10-15 minutes before they went back to bed.
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