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According to new research presented last week at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies in Seattle, adequate sleep may underpin our ability to understand complex emotions properly in waking life. "Sleep essentially is resetting the magnetic north of your emotional compass," says Matthew Walker, director of the Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab at the University of California, Berkeley.
A recent study by Walker and his colleagues examined how rest - specifically, rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep - influences our ability to read emotions in other people's faces. In the small analysis of 36 adults, volunteers were asked to interpret the facial expressions of people in photographs, either following a 60- or 90-minute nap during the day or with no nap. Participants who had reached REM sleep (when dreaming most frequently occurs) during their nap were better able to identify expressions of positive emotions such as happiness in other people, compared with participants who did not achieve REM sleep or did not nap at all. Those volunteers were more sensitive to negative expressions, including anger and fear.
I have been corresponding with the Union Health Minister and his department on this subject since 2006. Neither the Minister nor the Ministry have any answer to these points.. Even when Dr Abdul Kalam, then President, raised the subject based on my inputs there was no sincere attempt to clarify the position. I have since then continuously educated the doctors on the subject. I have also written to the current President, Vice President, PM, Sonia, the NHRC, NCPCR, CM's of various states, MP's of various political parties and all the medical institutions I can think of. I have also written to the WHO, GAVI, UNICEF & PATH, premier institutions that promote this highly controversial medical intervention . You will agree that there should be a public debate on vaccines, otherwise the unfortunate children do not stand a chance.
Not everyone who is exposed to an infectious disease, even the widely-feared new "swine" flu (H1N1), gets sick. And many people who do come down with the flu or another illness get over it without much trouble. While a lot of factors can be at work, from good nutrition to physical fitness, a new study suggests an all-too-common toxin in the water you drink could play a role in whether an H1N1 infection makes you seriously ill.
According to scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Dartmouth Medical School, the ability to mount an immune response to H1NI infection, a form of influenza A, can be significantly compromised by even low levels of arsenic exposure that commonly occur through drinking contaminated well water.
Respiratory infections with influenza A virus are a worldwide health problem and kill about 36,000 people each year according to the CDC. The recent outbreak of a type of influenza A known as H1N1, or "swine flu", has killed over 70 Mexicans so far and at least six Americans. The fact that Mexico has large areas of very high arsenic in well water -- and these include the locations where H1N1 first appeared -- intrigued the MBL and Dartmouth research team.
According to scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Dartmouth Medical School, the ability to mount an immune response to H1NI infection, a form of influenza A, can be significantly compromised by even low levels of arsenic exposure that commonly occur through drinking contaminated well water.
Respiratory infections with influenza A virus are a worldwide health problem and kill about 36,000 people each year according to the CDC. The recent outbreak of a type of influenza A known as H1N1, or "swine flu", has killed over 70 Mexicans so far and at least six Americans. The fact that Mexico has large areas of very high arsenic in well water -- and these include the locations where H1N1 first appeared -- intrigued the MBL and Dartmouth research team.
A UNICEF campaign to vaccinate Nigeria's youth against polio may have been a front for sterilizing the nation. Dr. Haruna Kaita, a pharmaceutical scientist and Dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, took samples of the vaccine to labs in India for analysis.
Using WHO-recommended technologies like Gas Chromatography (GC) and Radio-Immuno assay, Dr. Kaita, upon analysis, found evidence of serious contamination. "Some of the things we discovered in the vaccines are harmful, toxic; some have direct effects on the human reproductive system," he said in an interview with Kaduna's Weekly Trust. "I and some other professional colleagues who are Indians who were in the Lab could not believe the discovery," he said.
Using WHO-recommended technologies like Gas Chromatography (GC) and Radio-Immuno assay, Dr. Kaita, upon analysis, found evidence of serious contamination. "Some of the things we discovered in the vaccines are harmful, toxic; some have direct effects on the human reproductive system," he said in an interview with Kaduna's Weekly Trust. "I and some other professional colleagues who are Indians who were in the Lab could not believe the discovery," he said.
Diabetes, a disease caused by failure of the pancreas to generate insulin, is a major health problem in the United States. The number of diabetics, both juvenile-onset (Type I) and adult-onset (Type Il), is increasing every year.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. estimates that diabetics make up 5 percent of the US population, or 13 million persons. Of these 85-90 percent (11,375,000) are adult onset, which is more or less controlled by diet, oral medication, and exercise; the other 1015 percent (1,625,000) require daily injections of insulin.
While the US population has approximately doubled since the 1940s, the number of diabetics has risen more than 20 times since 1946. Diabetics consume about 15 percent of all health care costs, again according to Metropolitan Life. It is the third or fourth leading cause of death (160,000 deaths in 1994), and the disease leads to cardiovascular complications, stroke, gangrene of the extremities requiring amputation, kidney failure, and blindness. It is the leading cause of blindness in adults. Twenty-percent of cases of kidney failure are due to diabetes, and most patients undergoing kidney dialysis are diabetics. Nearly 50 percent of all nontraumatic foot and leg amputations are caused by diabetes. Maternal diabetes is a major cause of birth defects and infant mortality. Diabetics are 2 to 4 times more likely to develop heart disease than non-diabetics. Diabetics spend twice as many days in hospitals as other patients, and it is the fourth leading cause of visits to physicians' offices.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. estimates that diabetics make up 5 percent of the US population, or 13 million persons. Of these 85-90 percent (11,375,000) are adult onset, which is more or less controlled by diet, oral medication, and exercise; the other 1015 percent (1,625,000) require daily injections of insulin.
While the US population has approximately doubled since the 1940s, the number of diabetics has risen more than 20 times since 1946. Diabetics consume about 15 percent of all health care costs, again according to Metropolitan Life. It is the third or fourth leading cause of death (160,000 deaths in 1994), and the disease leads to cardiovascular complications, stroke, gangrene of the extremities requiring amputation, kidney failure, and blindness. It is the leading cause of blindness in adults. Twenty-percent of cases of kidney failure are due to diabetes, and most patients undergoing kidney dialysis are diabetics. Nearly 50 percent of all nontraumatic foot and leg amputations are caused by diabetes. Maternal diabetes is a major cause of birth defects and infant mortality. Diabetics are 2 to 4 times more likely to develop heart disease than non-diabetics. Diabetics spend twice as many days in hospitals as other patients, and it is the fourth leading cause of visits to physicians' offices.
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A Japanese Research team is working on genetically engineering mosquitoes to deliver vaccines. These are the flying vaccines of the future. Far fetched? Bill Gates doesn't think so. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2008 allotted a $100,000 grant to this research team for just that project. This is from the Association of Fund Raising Professionals, Washington Chapter website.
Far more people in China suffer from mental disease than previously suspected, with most going untreated, according to a major study unveiled Friday.
The largest health survey of its kind ever conducted in China estimates that 173 million adults have some type of mental disorder, and that 158 million of them -- 91 percent -- have never received professional help.
In many middle-income countries, including China, neuropsychiatric conditions are the leading cause of ill health in both men and women, easily outstripping infectious and cardiovascular disease, according to the study.
The largest health survey of its kind ever conducted in China estimates that 173 million adults have some type of mental disorder, and that 158 million of them -- 91 percent -- have never received professional help.
In many middle-income countries, including China, neuropsychiatric conditions are the leading cause of ill health in both men and women, easily outstripping infectious and cardiovascular disease, according to the study.
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A prominent researcher on wheatgrass, Dr. Thelma Arthur has done research showing that the consumption of wheatgrass juice can help in detoxifying the blood and strengthening the immune system. Chlorophyll plays a key role in detoxifying the liver which is where the blood is purified.
