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Heart

Broken Heart Syndrome More Common In Women Than Men


redOrbit
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:36 UTC
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Researchers have found that women are about seven to nine times more likely to suffer from "broken heart syndrome" during sudden or prolonged stress.

The syndrome is caused during a stressful event like an emotional breakup or death, which then causes overwhelming heart failure or heart attack-like symptoms.

Japanese doctors first recognized the syndrome around 1990 and named it Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

Tests show dramatic changes in rhythm and blood substances typical of a heart attack, but no artery blockages. Most victims can recover within weeks, but in some cases it is fatal.

"I was very curious why only women were having this," Dr. Abhishek Deshmukh of the University of Arkansas, who has treated some of these cases said at an American Heart Association conference in Florida.

He used 6,229 cases in 2007 from a federal database with about 1,000 hospitals. Only 671 of the cases involved men.
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Syringe

Give Ritalin to Four-Year-Olds with ADHD, Say Expert

Stephen Adams
Telegraph UK
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:52 UTC
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One in 12 children now suffers from the condition, say doctors who are advising that preschoolers should be checked for signs of the condition.

The updated guidelines are from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), an influential body whose pronouncements are studied with great interest by child health experts in Britain.

The guidelines were presented yesterday (SUN) at the AAP's annual conference in Boston, by lead author Dr Mark Worlaich, professor of paediatrics at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.

Comment: For more information on the harmful effects of Ritalin on young children read:

Pediatric Ritalin Use May Affect Developing Brain, New Study Suggests

Behaviour drugs given to four-year-olds prompt calls for inquiry

Children 'wrongly given' Ritalin

ADHD Drugs Proven Absolutely Useless for Children - Plus, They Stunt Growth

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Whistle

Medical Mafia Fascism Forces Parents to Hide their Children

PF Louis
Natural News
Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:41 UTC
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From Africa there are stories of mothers being hunted down and forced by gunpoint to have their children receive vaccinations known to produce adverse reactions. This might be expected in third world countries. But the same essential tyranny has also been occurring in America.

Gun point medicine American style

As an adult, you can still manage to avoid toxic cancer treatments and toxic vaccinations. But if you attempt to seek alternative cancer treatments for your child, you risk your freedom and endanger your family.

That's because you'll be charged as a criminal and your child will be abducted by a local Child Protection Services (CPS) agent, and then forced by court order to undergo chemo. Now gun point medicine is spreading to vaccinations.
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Attention

Common Chemical Linked to Parkinson's


CNN Health
Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:21 UTC
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Exposure to a man-made chemical known as trichloroethylene, or TCE, is associated with a sixfold increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a new study published Monday in the Annals of Neurology. TCE is a common organic contaminant that pollutes groundwater, soil, and air.

The study also found that exposure to another man-made chemical similar to TCE, known as perchloroethylene or tetrachloroethylene, or PERC, is associated with a tenfold increased risk of Parkinson's. Both chemicals are found in metal degreasers, metal cleaners, paint, spot removers, and carpet-cleaning fluids.

"The fact that we were able to find a six-to-tenfold increased risk in exposure I think is very meaningful," says Dr. Samuel M. Goldman, an associate professor of clinical research at The Parkinson's Institute and the lead author of the study.

Chemicals and solvents like TCE have been anecdotally linked to Parkinson's disease before but according to Goldman, no epidemiologic study has been done to verify the relationship until now.
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Alarm Clock

American Lifestyle Breeds Depression

Anthony Gucciardi
Natural Society
Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:10 UTC
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Although widely known, new research shows how excessive amounts of television watching combined with a sedentary lifestyle is a sure recipe for depression. Unfortunately, these are the very activities that generally describe the typical American lifestyle, excluding poor nutrition and pharmaceutical dependency. Therefore, is it any surprise that depression and mental illness run rampant in the United States, with half of all Americans to be diagnosed with a mental disorder within their lifetime?

The study, conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, observed thousands of older women with varying degrees of physical activity and television watching. What the study found is that the women who exercised the most and watched the least television were least likely to be diagnosed as being depression, with physical activity having the largest impact.
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Nuke

The Dangers of Aspartame: How Did This Poison Come On The Market?


Fox News
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:54 UTC
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Cookie

"National Disgrace": House GOP Classifies Pizza As A Vegetable To 'Prevent Overly Burdensome' School Lunch Regulations

Pat Garofalo
thinkprogress.org
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00 UTC
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Earlier this year, the USDA made an attempt to bolster the nutrition guidelines for the federal school lunch program. Under the new guidelines, for instance, school lunches would be limited to one cup of starchy vegetables a week and the ability of schools to count tomato sauce on pizza towards their fruit and vegetables requirement would be scaled back. But House Republicans, in a new spending plan unveiled yesterday, have done away with those changes:
The spending bill also would allow tomato paste on pizzas to be counted as a vegetable, as it is now. The department's proposed guidelines would have attempted to prevent that.

The changes had been requested by food companies that produce frozen pizzas, the salt industry and potato growers. Some conservatives in Congress have called the push for healthier foods an overreach, saying the government shouldn't be telling children what to eat.
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Ambulance

Chemotherapy 'could cause brain damage' in breast cancer patients

Sadie Whitelocks
Mail Online
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00 UTC
  • Study discovers patients who had undergone treatment had significantly less activity in parts of the brain responsible for memory and planning
  • Findings could explain 'chemo brain' - a term used to describe foggy thinking and memory lapses following chemotherapy
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© AamyEvidence suggests that breast cancer patients who have undergone chemotherapy are left with damaged brain function
Chemotherapy could cause brain damage in breast cancer patients scientists have warned.

A groundbreaking study discovered that breast cancer patients who had undergone the treatment - which uses medicine to kill cancerous cells - had significantly less activity in parts of the brain responsible for memory and planning compared to those who were not treated.

Researchers from Stanford University believe the findings could explain the phenomenon 'chemo brain' - a term used to describe foggy thinking and memory lapses following chemotherapy sessions.

Lead author Shelli Kesler said: 'This is a huge validation for these women who are telling their doctors 'something is wrong with me.''
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Attention

Frequent gamers have brain differences, study finds

Eryn Brown
Los Angeles Times
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:58 UTC
Fourteen-year-olds who were frequent video gamers had more gray matter in the rewards center of the brain than peers who didn't play video games as much -- suggesting that gaming may be correlated to changes in the brain much as addictions are.

European scientists reported the discovery Tuesday in the journal Translational Psychiatry. Psychologist Simone Kuhn of Ghent University in Belgium and colleagues recruited 154 healthy 14-year-olds in Berlin and divided them into two groups. Twenty-four girls and 52 boys were frequent gamers who played at least nine hours of video games each week. Fifty-eight girls and 20 boys were infrequent gamers, who played less than nine hours a week.

Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed differences in the test subjects' brains. Frequent gamers had more gray matter in a portion of the brain known as the left ventral striatum, which affects the interplay of emotions and behavior. Previous research identified striatal function as a "core candidate promoting addictive behavior," the authors wrote.
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Dollar

Paying for Health: The Cost of Organic Food Versus Conventional

Mike Barrett
Activist Post
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:00 UTC
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Whenever discussing the importance of buying organic, there is one objection that is stated 100% of the time. That objection is: I can't afford it; I don't have the money.

I'm here to tell you that you can't afford NOT to eat organic.

The specifics will be covered below, but here is why you should absolutely buy organic and ditch what you've probably been eating.

Health is the Most Important Aspect of Life

Some people, for some reason or another, may not feel this way. But when it comes down to it, your health affects every aspect of your life.

It should be your top priority.

In today's society, if you aren't eating organic, you are seriously compromising your health.

Comment: For more information about The Obvious Advantage of Organic Food Over Conventional read the following articles:

The Real Reason to Eat Organic Food
Organic Food Is All That, and More. Just Eat It.
State of Science Review 'New Evidence Confirms the Nutritional Superiority of Plant-Based Organic Foods'

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