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Gout, more commonly known as the "disease of kings," is a type of arthritis where crystals of sodium urate form inside and around joints. Hospital admissions for the painful and potentially disabling medical condition have increased by 61 percent in five years, according to the Health and Social Care Information Center.
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© WCN 24/7 via Flickr (CC BY-NC)For a problem-free pregnancy, don't live near here. Marcellus Shale rig and gas well operation on Ridge Road in Jackson Township, PA, operated by Rex Energy.
Expectant mothers who live near natural gas fracking wells are 40% more likley to give birth prematurely and a 30% increased incidence of 'high-risk' pregnancies.
The finding comes in a new study by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health published in the journal Epidemiology which examines the health of Pennsylvania residents both near to and far from gas fracking operations.
Meanwhile, in France, the diagnosis rate is only .5%. So what explains such a wide disparity?
Well, first and foremost, one must recognize that ADHD is an extremely questionable "disorder". A few decades ago, ADHD would have just been called "boredom".
In fact, even Dr. Edward C. Hamlyn of the Royal College of General Practitioners stated, "ADHD is fraud intended to justify starting children on a life of drug addiction."
Comment: To learn more about the over-prescribing of Big Pharma drugs to children read the following articles:
- More Children on Drugs Than Ever: Chronic Prescriptions Increase Dramatically
- What is Happening in Our Society That We Need to Drug Five-Year-Old Children?
- ADHD drugs prescribed to 'all academically struggling' children
- Is your child mentally ill? "Yes," according to Big Pharma-funded doctors (ka-ching!)
- Medicating our kids: A new perspective on ADHD
- Use of hyperactivity drugs soars
- Ritalin Gone Wrong
Prepare to share this news with all of your friends and family, because, after reading this, you really wouldn't want your loved ones to have this vaccine, which is scheduled to be rolled out for the 2015/2016 flu season.
Officials from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have decided to accelerate the license of a flu vaccine geared for use in seniors over the age of 65, and also one that has been linked to at least 13 deaths last year, prompting several countries to temporarily suspend vaccine lots containing the drug.
Even though there is a distinct difference between the two, their names are often used interchangeably.
In fact, there is a lot of confusion regarding folic acid and folate, even among professionals.
Being aware of their differences is important, because they do not have the same effects on your health.
This article explains the difference between folic acid and folate.
Vitamin B9
Vitamin B9 is an essential nutrient that naturally occurs as folate.
Folate serves many important functions in the body. For example, it plays a crucial role in cell growth and the formation of DNA.
Having low levels of folate is associated with an increased risk of several health conditions.
These include:
- Elevated homocysteine: High homocysteine levels have been associated with an increased risk of heart disease and stroke (1, 2).
- Birth defects: Low folate levels in pregnant women have been linked to birth abnormalities, such as neural tube defects (3).
- Cancer risk: Poor levels of folate are also linked to increased cancer risk (4, 5).
Egg consumption statistics are mind-boggling. Every year, more than 6.6 billion dozen eggs (more than 79 billion in total) are produced in the United States, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts that each American eats about 255 eggs per year - which is actually down from the 1950s, when annual egg consumption was around 400 per person. There are about 280 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S., and egg farms even have their own advocacy groups, among them the Iowa Egg Council, the Virginia Egg Council, and the New England Brown Egg Council.
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Following the WHO's classification, the European Food and Safety Authority (EFSA) has been conducting an evaluation of glyphosate and will send its final conclusions to the European Commission (EC) for consideration within the next few days. The EC will then decide whether this herbicide should be included in the EU's list of approved active substances.
The original sanctioning and testing of glyphosate for commercial use was seriously flawed: for example, see this, this, this, and this which highlight the non-transparent, secretive and seriously compromised processes that smack of regulatory delinquency at best and outright fraud at worst in order to protect and benefit the interests of rich agribusiness.
Comment: New Study Finds: Fracking literally makes people sick: