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Monsanto: Destroying the brains and health of everyone

Dr. Matthew Buckley
Waking Times
Fri, 06 Mar 2015 20:50 UTC
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One of my most recent blog entries(1) summarized roughly 10 years of research related to the consequences of inflammatory processes in the periphery of the body, such as the gut, and how this was driving brain degenerative inflammatory processes within the brain.

One of the key findings from that research was how pathogenic bacterial waste products known as "lipopolysaccharides", (LPS) would trigger an immune response, and this immune response would then trigger the brains immune cells, the microglia, to become overly active and degrade brain cells. (LPS is basically small parts of the cell wall of the bad bacteria.) This response is called "microglial activation". You'll be hearing a lot more about it over the next 10 -20 years, because stopping this overactivation is central to correcting all degenerative neurological conditions, including Alzheimers, Autism, Anxiety, ALS, Insomnia, non-situational Depression, MS, and many endocrine system disorders including the unbiquitous adrenal and thyroid disorders that so many people are struggling with right now.
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McDonald's sales rapidly decline as Americans reject fake food


The Mind Unleashed
Fri, 20 Feb 2015 06:58 UTC
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With 70% of the United States now overweight, it seems the public is finally beginning to wake up and make healthy living its priority. Because modern-day diseases of affluence have shown no decrease (quite the opposite, actually) in recent years, it seems more and more people are abstaining from fast food joints like McDonald's, and to the extent that the double-arch company is taking it hard.

As McDonald's once-stable stock position plummets down into financial demise, more and more families are boycotting the franken-food fast food chain.

Such a shift has even caused the CEO of McDonald's to step down as news was released of continued decline in the company's most recent briefing.

Comment: Looks like America is catching on to the 'Fast food rejection'

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Changes in older brains due to vascular changes, rather than neuronal activity


Science Daily
Thu, 05 Mar 2015 00:00 UTC
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Older brains may be more similar to younger brains than previously thought.

In a new paper published in Human Brain Mapping, BBSRC-funded researchers at the University of Cambridge and Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit demonstrate that previously reported changes in the aging brain using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) may be due to vascular (or blood vessels) changes, rather than changes in neuronal activity itself.

Given the large number of fMRI studies used to assess the aging brain, this has important consequences for understanding how the brain changes with age and challenges current theories of aging.

Comment: Vascular dementias, the second leading cause of dementia, are a diverse group of brain disorders caused by a range of blood vessel problems. Brains from Alzheimer's patients often show evidence of vascular disease, including ischemic stroke, small hemorrhages, and diffuse white matter disease, plus a buildup of beta-amyloid protein in vessel walls.

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Study: Green household products have hidden toxic hazards

Anthony Watts
WattsUpWithThat
Thu, 05 Mar 2015 19:27 UTC
Hidden hazards found in green products

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Dr. Anne Steinemann, Professor of Civil Engineering, and the Chair of Sustainable Cities, from the Department of Infrastructure Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, is a world expert on environmental pollutants, air quality, and health effects.

Professor Steinemann investigated and compared volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from 37 different products, such as air fresheners, cleaning products, laundry supplies, and personal care products, including those with certifications and claims of 'green' and 'organic'. Both fragranced and fragrance-free products were tested.

The study, published in the journal Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health found 156 different VOCs emitted from the 37 products, with an average of 15 VOCs per product. Of these 156 VOCs, 42 are classified as toxic or hazardous under US federal laws, and each product emitted at least one of these chemicals.

Findings revealed that emissions of carcinogenic hazardous air pollutants from 'green' fragranced products were not significantly different from regular fragranced products.

In total, over 550 volatile ingredients were emitted from these products, but fewer than three percent were disclosed on any product label or material safety data sheet (MSDS).
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Why parents are choosing not to vaccinate their kids

Arjun Walia
collective-evolution.com
Sun, 15 Feb 2015 17:53 UTC
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More and more parents around the globe are choosing to opt out of vaccinating themselves and their children. As a result of this trend that's been gaining more and more momentum, a harsh response has come from the "pro-vaccine" community -criticizing parents for their decision to not vaccinate. At the end of the day it's not really about "pro-vaccination" or "anti-vaccination," it's not one "against" the other or about pointing fingers and judgement, it's simply about looking at all of the information from a neutral standpoint. It's about asking questions and communicating so people can make the best possible decisions for themselves and their children. Parents love their kids and the vaccine "controversy" has made it difficult for many parents to know what to do.

Parents who are choosing not to vaccinate their children are not just doing it based on belief, they are doing it based on science and information, some of which will be presented in this article. This science and information is nowhere near emphasized to the point where the science and information on the other side of the coin is ("pro vaccine"). Parents who choose not to vaccinate themselves or their children are clearly intelligent, and they should not be made to look like fools. On the other hand, parents who are choosing to vaccinate their children are also intelligent. Those who choose to vaccinate should not be made out to be the ones who have made the "right" decision when there is evidence on both sides of the coin that clearly shows parents who are not vaccinating their children could also be making the "right" decision.


Comment: Read more about this topic: Pro-Vaxxers are the new pro-lifers: Religious hysteria trumps rational discussion in the vaccine debate

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Long term effects of Ebola?

Rachel Rettner
Live Science
Thu, 05 Mar 2015 07:33 UTC
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© abcnews.go.comEbola survivor Nina Pham
Texas nurse Nina Pham, who was infected with Ebola, says she has had ongoing health problems since being cured of the disease, and experts say this is not uncommon for Ebola survivors.

Pham said this week that she has experienced hair loss, body aches and insomnia in the months following her Ebola infection last fall, according to The Dallas Morning News. She was diagnosed with the disease in mid-October, after treating a patient from Liberia who had Ebola. Pham was declared Ebola-free a few weeks later.


Comment: Pham was released after she proved five consecutive negative tests. It was unknown how she contracted the disease, having followed perhaps flawed CDC protocols. According to the CDC, guidelines have since been updated.


The long-term effects of Ebola have not been well studied, and doctors will likely learn a lot more about the disease's aftermath from the most recent outbreak in West Africa, the largest in history, said Dr. Jesse Goodman, an infectious-disease expert and a professor of medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

But it is clear that Ebola survivors can experience health problems that remain with them temporarily as a result of their battle with the disease, Goodman said. "These effects — which include body and joint aches, and fatigue — are "the kind of side effects you might expect from any very serious infection."

These symptoms may result, in part, from the body's release of certain immune-system chemicals called cytokines. These chemicals fight the disease but make people feel sick. Dehydration, low blood pressure and nutrition problems that people experience during an Ebola infection can also injure a person's muscles or other tissues, Goodman said.

Muscles and nerves also could be directly injured by the virus and take time to recover, Goodman said. Ebola survivor Nancy Writebol has said that she experienced nerve pain after her infection.

Comment: Studies have stated that it is likely Ebola survivors are immune, having developed antibodies that can neutralize the virus. However, no one has tested what really happens if a survivor is exposed to the virus for a second time, nor how long the immunity lasts. There are five known species of Ebola virus. The current outbreaks are caused by Zaire Ebola virus, the deadliest type.

WHO statistics claim 47 percent of infected people have survived, dependent upon early treatment efforts. Another possibility is some people have a genetic mutation or biological marker that may be entirely resistant to Ebola infection. Experimental drugs are still considered "unknown factors." It seems to come down to how successful is the body's initial fight via the immune system and how depleted the immune cells become. A compromised immune system releases a storm of inflammatory molecules which cause blood vessels to burst, a drop in blood pressure, multi-organ failure and eventual death. Persons with a certain version of the gene B*07 and B*14 were more likely to survive. B*67 and B*15 gene holders were more likely to die. Mutated gene NPC1 shows Ebola resistance.

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New study shows salt boosts immune response

Heather Callaghan
NaturalBlaze.com
Tue, 03 Mar 2015 03:11 UTC
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The dietary tides are once again turning for salt.

You may remember a landmark JAMA study in 2011 that showed that contrary to what the medical community espoused for years - salt actually lengthens your life; it doesn't cut your life or raise the risk of hypertension. That study found that people actually lived longer if they consumed salt. Notably, they were not studying pink Himalayan salt, but regular old, processed table salt.

Additionally, a Cochrane study confirmed that salt did not cause heart or blood pressure problems and that reducing the substance offered no reduction of heart risks.

Some people are consuming salt in their water to help with adrenal function and hydrate better in the summer heat.

Now researchers, in a study published by Cell Press March 3rd in Cell Metabolism reveals that dietary salt could have a biological advantage: defending the body against invading microbes.

Study author Jonathan Jantsch, a microbiologist at Universitätsklinikum Regensburg and Universität Regensburg said:
Up to now, salt has been regarded as a detrimental dietary factor; it is clearly known to be detrimental for cardiovascular diseases, and recent studies have implicated a role in worsening autoimmune diseases.

Our current study challenges this one-sided view and suggests that increasing salt accumulation at the site of infections might be an ancient strategy to ward off infections, long before antibiotics were invented.
A press release goes on to say:
A high-salt diet increased sodium accumulation in the skin of mice, thereby boosting their immune response to a skin-infecting parasite. The findings suggest that dietary salt could have therapeutic potential to promote host defense against microbial infections.
Senior study author Jens Titze adds:
Despite the overwhelming evidence linking dietary salt to disease in humans, the potential evolutionary advantage of storing so much salt in the body has not been clear.
They first curiously teamed up to study this idea when they noticed that some wounded cage mice had unusually high amounts of salt accumulated at the infected wound sites.

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Petition against mandatory vaccination reaches over 100,000 signatures. Will the White House respond?

Melissa Melton
Truthstream Media
Wed, 04 Mar 2015 02:39 UTC
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The petition up on WhiteHouse.gov against mandatory vaccinations — the one the White House tried to bury — has, at the time of writing this, reached well over the 100,000 signatures needed by March 6th in order to supposedly garner a response from our president's administration.

The petition is short, sweet, and to the point:

No human being should be FORCED to be vaccinated against their will and/or personal/religious beliefs. I petition against making vaccinations of any kind mandatory. This includes forcing children to be vaccinated to attend public schools, activities, and daycare centers. This also includes adults working in the public or private sector.

The fact that this even has to be petitioned in the first place, however — that the people so fear their government would take away their basic sense of medical freedom — is a sure sign of tyranny.

Comment: Will the response be one of force? How else can a tyrannical government respond?

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Non-drug approaches to caring for dementia patients work better, carry far fewer risks


Science Daily
Tue, 03 Mar 2015 00:00 UTC
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Doctors write millions of prescriptions a year for drugs to calm the behavior of people with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. But non-drug approaches actually work better, and carry far fewer risks, experts conclude in a new report.

In fact, non-drug approaches should be the first choice for treating dementia patients' common symptoms such as irritability, agitation, depression, anxiety, sleep problems, aggression, apathy and delusions, say the researchers in a paper just published by the British Medical Journal.

The best evidence among non-drug approaches is for those that focus on training caregivers -- whether they are spouses, adult children or staff in nursing homes and assisted living facilities -- to make behavioral and environmental interventions.

The researchers, from the University of Michigan Medical School and Johns Hopkins University, reviewed two decades' worth of research to reach their conclusions about drugs like antipsychotics and antidepressants, and non-drug approaches that help caregivers address behavioral issues in dementia patients.

Comment: Doctors have been over-prescribing anti-psychotics to the elderly to ease their burden of care, despite the knowledge that they can increase the risk of stroke and death, and that they actually decrease brain tissue. There are numerous other interventions that can help to alleviate the symptoms of dementia, and in some case actually prevent or reverse the symptoms.

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Sleepy Hollow redux: Ninth wave of mysterious sleeping sickness strikes Kazakhstan


RT
Mon, 02 Mar 2015 18:09 UTC
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© RTPeople suffering from the sleeping sickness are diagnosed with various diseases.
New cases of the inexplicable disorder, dubbed "Sleepy Hollow," have appeared in Kalachi, the village in Kazakhstan where every tenth villager, including children, has mysteriously fallen asleep in broad daylight, some unable to wake up for days on end.

"The ninth wave of the disease has started," Amanbek Kalzhanov, head of the administration of Esil district, told Interfax. "Yesterday two people - a man and a woman - became sick. Since the outbreak of the disease 120 people have fallen ill."

According to Kalzhanov, the overall situation in Kalachi, a village in northern Kazakhstan, is under control. The local hospital is fully operational, along with a school, attended by about 40 students.

Meanwhile, most of the inhabitants of the village, which used to be home to over 600 residents, have agreed to move to other areas, local official Sergey Kulagin said.

"Of the 218 families, 124 expressed a desire to relocate. Thirty-four families (95 people), including 27 children, have already left the village," he said.

Comment: Strange.

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