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AstraZeneca: Pinkwashing the causes of breast cancer since 1985

Sayer Ji
Green Med Info
Fri, 02 Oct 2015 15:02 UTC
breast cancer awareness
Did you know that AstraZeneca, manufacturer of two blockbuster breast cancer drugs (one of which is classified as a known human carcinogen), is behind Breast Cancer Awareness Month?

Why is it, do you think, that during Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) you never hear the word "carcinogen" mentioned, but are barraged a million times over by the word "cure"?

Truth be told, BCAM should be renamed Breast Cancer Un-Awareness Month, as it has nothing to do with generating awareness about the true causes and solutions for the breast cancer epidemic and everything to do with making the public focus on a presumably not-yet-existent "cure" to be produced through the pharmaceutical pipeline somewhere off in the future only after enough money is raised.

Comment: Don't give your time, energy and money to a lie. Breast cancer awareness month is a mammography recruitment tool. Seeing RED over PINK: The Dark Side of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Among the 2,500 screened at least 1,000 will have a false alarm, 500 would undergo an unnecessary biopsy and 5 or more would become treated for abnormal finds that would never become fatal, i.e. their lives will be shortened due to medication/surgical/stress-induced adverse effects.


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Lack of sleep leaves us with a short emotional fuse


New Scientist
Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:00 UTC
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Dark puffy eyes, a feeling of deep exhaustion, and a foul mood to match - we've all experienced the side effects of a lack of sleep. It's no wonder that sleep-deprivation has been used as a method of torture.

Our brains seem to lose the ability to distinguish between the innocuous and emotional in such circumstances, turning us into overreacting, exhausted wrecks.

We all know that a good night's sleep is vital for a day of clear thinking, but exactly why sleep is so important remains a mystery. Talma Hendler of Tel Aviv University in Israel is particularly interested in how lack of sleep leaves us with a short emotional fuse. "We know that sleep affects our emotional behaviour, but we don't know how," she says.

To investigate further, Hendler and her colleagues kept 18 adults awake all night. "It took a great effort," she says. "During the night, we repeatedly measured their sleepiness, and unsurprisingly they got more and more tired."

Comment: Lack of sleep has untold consequences for our physical and mental well-being, yet most people rarely get enough. Fortunately there are techniques that can help you improve your sleeping habits:

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Syringe

Vaccination: How the West invades the world

Jon Rappoport
No More Fake News
Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:26 UTC
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The first great wave of missionaries brings a fairy tale of a religion to 'the less fortunate primitive people'. The second great wave of missionaries are the priests in white coats. They too bring a fairy tale: medical treatments for problems they can't possibly solve. The self-generated delusions of these doctors about their 'success' are equal to, or even surpass the religious delusions." (The Underground, Jon Rappoport)
In the past, I've laid to rest the illusion that vaccines are safe and effective. I've also exploded the ridiculous myth of herd immunity.

This article is about something else. It's about the invasion staged by Western medicine against areas of the globe where older forms of healing have long prevailed.
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Apple Red

Diet high in fructose impairs recovery from traumatic brain injury

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences
Science Daily
Fri, 02 Oct 2015 08:47 UTC
Soda art
A diet high in processed fructose sabotages rat brains' ability to heal after head trauma, neuroscientists report. Revealing a link between nutrition and brain health, the finding offers implications for the 5.3 million Americans living with a traumatic brain injury, or TBI.

A diet high in processed fructose sabotages rat brains' ability to heal after head trauma, UCLA neuroscientists report.

Revealing a link between nutrition and brain health, the finding offers implications for the 5.3 million Americans living with a traumatic brain injury, or TBI. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 1.7 million people suffer a TBI each year, resulting in 52,000 annual deaths

"Americans consume most of their fructose from processed foods sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup," said Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, a professor of neurosurgery and integrative biology and physiology at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine. "We found that processed fructose inflicts surprisingly harmful effects on the brain's ability to repair itself after a head trauma."

Fructose also occurs naturally in fruit, which contains antioxidants, fiber and other nutrients that prevent the same damage.

Comment: As opposed to a diet high in fructose (and other sugars and carbohydrates), the Ketogenic Diet (KD) has been shown time and again to be neuroprotective for a broad range of neurodegenerative and neurotraumatic states.

For further information, see:
Ketogenic Diet (high-fat, low-carb) Has Neuroprotective and Disease-modifying Effects

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Hemochromatosis iron burden effectively measured by MRI


Medical Xpress
Sat, 03 Oct 2015 19:30 UTC
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MRI scan room at the S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an accurate and safe tool for the detection of low levels of iron overload in patients with hereditary hemochromatosis, according to a letter to the editor published online Sept. 11 in the American Journal of Hematology.

Comment: More articles on hemochromatosis:

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Heart

Statins kill, cholesterol does not - The real effects of statin drugs

Dr. Eldon Dahl
Prevent Disease
Fri, 02 Oct 2015 19:11 UTC
Statin Drugs
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The truth about statin drugs is finally getting attention in scientific journals, and it's the same truth we've been telling customers for years: statins are cellular poison. They accelerate aging and cause diabetes, heart attacks, muscle fatigue and memory loss.

The findings were published in the American Journal of Physiology. Lead author and stem cell biologist Professor Reza Izadpanah stated, "People who use statins as a preventative medicine for health should think again as our research shows they may have general unwanted effects on the body which could include muscle pain, nerve problems and joint problems." In fact, after only a few weeks of use, the study revealed that statins "prevented stem cells from performing their main functions, to reproduce and replicate other cells in the body to carry out repairs...[statins also] prevented stem cells from generating new bone and cartilage...[and] increased ageing."

Recently, a customer who had been on statin drugs and Metformin for several years reported having all of these symptoms: he recently had a heart attack, he has diabetes sores on his toes, loss of memory, and muscle pain.

Though these findings are getting public attention, they are hardly the first. Even in a 2003 article published in the journal Pharmacotherapy,researchers noted that cognitive impairment and dementia were associated with statin therapy.

Natural alternatives have shown they can fill the role of statins without side effects. In fact, a study in BioFactors found that when usage is discontinued, CoQ10 can reverse statin damage. Another natural remedy is Nattokinase, a natural enzyme that breaks down blood clots and acts as a blood thinner. However, it and others are now removed as being NHP by Health Canada.

Life Choice products can be beneficial, too. Consider products like Neurotransmitter Support, SAM-e, L-Arginine, and L-Taurine. It is important that people know there are natural alternatives to statins, but they must be sought out. I would encourage those on statins to re-evaluate if they are truly needed, and under the care of their health care provider, get off statin drugs and on to natural remedies.
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Bulb

Exercise can regenerate muscle tissue even at an advanced age

Dr. Mercola
Mercola.com
Fri, 02 Oct 2015 00:00 UTC
muscle mass, elder exercise, resistance training
Chronological aging begins at birth, and you can't stop the clock from ticking. However, there's also biological aging, and evidence suggests the aging of your cells can indeed be slowed, and in some cases even reversed.

This is particularly true of muscle tissue, which can be regenerated even at an advanced age with the appropriate diet and exercise.

It may come as a surprise that muscle aging may start at a relatively young age. By the time you enter your third decade of life, age-related muscle decline may already have begun if you've neglected to take proactive steps to prevent it.

Without intervention, you can lose an average of nearly seven pounds (three kilos) of muscle per decade.1

It's important to realize that your daily activities play a key role in this process. What you eat, when you eat, and how you exercise all translate into gene activities that dictate the speed at which your body ages.

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People

Bodybuilders shown to have weaker muscles than wimps


The Telegraph
Tue, 29 Sep 2015 15:07 UTC
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Wimps might have the last laugh on gym-obsessed hunks - gram-for-gram, bodybuilders' muscles are weaker than those of people who never touch weights, research has shown.

Scientists found that bodybuilders had extraordinarily large muscle fibres capable of generating forces far greater than normal for an average human.

Yet tests showed that a gram of their muscle was less powerful than the same amount of tissue from someone who did not weight train.

Lead scientist Professor Hans Degens, from Manchester Metropolitan University, said: ''Most of us are impressed by the enormous muscle bulk of bodybuilders and think that these people must be extremely strong, like the 'Incredible Hulk'.

Comment: Proof that there is no need to take weight training overboard. Moderate exercise goes a long way.

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Ambulance

Cost over care? British general practitioners given cash to cut hospital referrals


Russian Times
Fri, 02 Oct 2015 15:05 UTC
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British general practitioners (GPs) are being offered thousands of pounds in cash incentives to reduce the number of patients they refer to hospitals as a way to cut costs for the beleaguered National Health Service (NHS), according to a study.

Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), responsible for planning and organizing healthcare services in local areas, are offering these cash rewards to general practitioners in exchange for cutting specialist consultations, scans and other outpatient referrals including cancer screenings, a freedom of information study by Pulse magazine has found.

NHS guidelines dictate that patients suspected of having cancer must be given 'urgent referrals,' and directed to a specialist for additional screening within two weeks. But a Lambeth CCG, which handles 370,000 patients, has claimed that referrals for non-urgent and urgent cases "cannot be separated."

Comment: Looks like a similar 'trend' was being implemented back in 2008: Don't treat the old and unhealthy, say UK doctors

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Footprints

16 countries move towards national bans as distrust over Europen Union GM crop approvals grow

Franziska Achterberg
Green Peace
Fri, 02 Oct 2015 14:34 UTC
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In the latest blow to the European Commission's laissez-faire approach to GM crops, at least 16 EU countries and four regions (in two other countries) are in the process of banning the cultivation of GM crops on their territories, with more expected to follow by a 3 October deadline for notifications to the EU, said Greenpeace.

On 2 October, eleven EU countries (Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, and Poland) and four regional administrations (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in the UK, and Wallonia in Belgium) had already formally notified the Commission of their intention to ban GM crop cultivation under new EU rules [1]. Statements by the governments of five additional countries inform of more impending notifications (Bulgaria, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg and Slovenia) [2].

Comment: Monsanto's pesticide-producing GM maize, known as MON810, is toxic! No wonder countries are banning these crops as approvals grow: Study: Genetically Engineered Bt Protein Toxic to Human Cells
Insecticidal Bt toxins such as those produced in genetically engineered plants can be detrimental to human cells. This is a result of recent research led by researchers at the University of Caen (France). Their experiments showed that toxins produced in, for example, the genetically engineered maize MON810, can significantly impact the viability of human cells. The effects were observed with relatively high concentrations of the toxins, nevertheless there is cause for concern. For the first time, experiments have now shown that they can have an toxic effect to human cells. According to companies like Monsanto, which produces genetically engineered maize with these toxins, the toxins are supposed to be active only against particular insects and should have no effect on mammals and humans at all. The investigation of effects of Bt toxins on human cells is not a requirement for risk assessment in Europe or in any other region.
Another study finds GMO compounds in 100% of pregnant women and fetuses
What does this all mean and what are the immediate dangers? That's where more research is needed, though research is tightly controlled by the companies with the patents. We know that 3-MPPA is a propionic acid. According to GMI's report, this means it is classified as a Bad Actor Chemical and has warnings of cramping, burning, nausea, shock, vomiting, and sore throat if ingested. As for Cry1Ab, Greenpeace reports that it is an immunogen, meaning it creates an immune system response and could possibly increase the existing problem of antibiotic resistant infections.

All five of these compounds that the researchers looked for in their study subjects are classified as Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS). Yes, these chemicals that carry serious warnings when offered under other circumstances - the same ones that kill pests - our government assures us, are safe.


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