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Studies show how fruits and veggies reduce cancer


Reuters
Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:31 UTC
Just three servings a month of raw broccoli or cabbage can reduce the risk of bladder cancer by as much as 40 percent, researchers reported this week.

©REUTERS/Mike Blake
Savoy cabbage is seen at a roadside stand at Chino's farm in Ranch Santa Fe, California October 5, 2007.
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Syringe

New Jersey Parents Try to Block Vaccine Mandate

Linda A. Johnson
Associated Press
Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:03 UTC
TRENTON, N.J. - Parents concerned about possible vaccine dangers and government intrusion are trying to block New Jersey from becoming the first state to require flu shots for preschoolers.
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Red Flag

Doctors study nerve symptoms of U.S. pork workers

Julie Steenhuysen
Reuters
Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:17 UTC
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Eleven workers who removed brains from slaughtered pigs at a plant in Minnesota have come down with a mysterious neurological condition, company and U.S. health officials said on Friday.

Comment: Don't you feel good that "We've got the best people in the world working on this."?

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Red Flag

Malaria Climbs Into Warmer Highlands

Charles J. Hanley
Associated Press
Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:30 UTC
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - In one New Guinea hilltop village the message was rooted deep in lore: If you hunt in the valley below and sleep there overnight, evil spirits will possess you, you'll become sick, and you'll die.
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Attention

Health Hazard Alert! Fluoridated water for Queensland, Australia


Research Australia
Sat, 08 Dec 2007 10:10 UTC
Griffith University's School of Dentistry and Oral Health welcomes the Queensland Government's decision to introduce fluoride into the public drinking water - a measure endorsed by all major international and Australian health bodies as the best way to prevent dental decay.

The decision will ensure that 80 per cent of Queenslanders will be drinking fluoridated water within two years, and more than 90 per cent of the state's population by 2012.

Associate Professor Jeroen Kroon, an expert in Public Health, Community and Preventative Dentistry, said the decision was long overdue given that other areas of Australia have benefited from fluoridated water for more than 40 years.

"The absence of this essential community-based preventive measure against dental decay has resulted in the oral health status of Queenslanders being much worse than residents in other States and Territories."

Comment: This article is a clear example of a dangerous propaganda. Citizens of Queensland should be aware that by making a decision to introduce fluoride into drinking water, their Government approved mass poisoning of the population.

Read the following articles to understand what kind of effect fluoride have on a human mind.

Small Amounts Fluoride Destroy The Will To Resist

High fluoride in drinking water is associated with poor performance on intelligence tests

Fluoride Accumulates in Pineal Gland

Fluoridation Doing More Harm Than Good, Studies Show - New York State Coalition Opposed To Fluoridation, Inc

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Eye 1

Ears Too Big? It's All in Your Head

Constance Holden
ScienceNOW
Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:12 UTC
People with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) hate the way they look. Even though they are as normal in appearance as anyone else, they are obsessed with features such as their skin, their noses, and their hair, which--to them--never look right. Now, the first brain-imaging study of BDD patients shows that the condition is not just an emotional problem. Rather, their brains are presenting them with skewed images of themselves.

©James Feusner
Here's looking at you.
Normal (top), blurry (lower right), and high-spatial-resolution faces.
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Passport

How Scientific Is Modern Medicine?

Dana Ullman
AlterNet
Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:10 UTC


©Dana Ullman

A new book on homeopathy challenges conventional medicine, which touts itself as scientific even though it is largely run by businessmen, not doctors.

(The following is an excerpt from The Homeopathic Revolution: Why Famous People and Cultural Heroes Choose Homeopathy, by Dana Ullman.)
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Evil Rays

Israeli study says regular mobile use increases tumour risk


Agence France-Presse
Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:51 UTC
Regular use of mobile telephones increases the risk of developing tumours, a new scientific study by Israeli researchers and published in the American Journal of Epidemiology revealed on Friday.

An extract of the report seen by Israel's Yedoit Aharonot newspaper put the risk of developing a parotid gland tumour nearly 50 percent higher for frequent mobile phone users -- more than 22 hours a month.

Comment: The public is not being told of the risks of cell phones and cell phone towers by the manufacturers of these products nor the various officials whose job it is to investigate and inform the public of these risks.

For more information of the dangers of cell phones there is:

The Hidden Danger of Cell Phone Radiation

The Hidden Health Risk of Cell Phones

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Syringe

Encephalitis Strain Kills 484 India Kids

Biswajeet Banerjee
Associated Press
Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:36 UTC
An outbreak of a mystery strain of encephalitis has killed nearly 500 children in northern India this year and seems to be getting worse, doctors said Thursday.
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Health

Man Jailed for Not Taking TB Medication


Associated Press
Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:01 UTC
TUCSON, Ariz. - A man was jailed for failing to take his tuberculosis medication after officials said he was a serious health risk.

James Roman Pearson, 49, remained at the Pima County jail Thursday on a tuberculosis violation, more than two weeks after the county health department petitioned to have him taken into custody.
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