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Here are 10 of the most evil experiments ever performed on human beings - black and other people of color, women, prisoners, children and gay people have been the predominant victims.
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Here are 10 of the most evil experiments ever performed on human beings - black and other people of color, women, prisoners, children and gay people have been the predominant victims.
Most graphically represented cross-sections of the brain do not include the all-important Vagus Nerve leading down from it, unfortunately. For more on this read the comment at the end of the article.
Comment: From the author's prior article she states:
Stress affects the size and thickness of a few different regions of your brain - the one we'll focus on here is the amygdala, an almond-shaped structure located deep within your brain. During acute stressors, the amygdala helps orchestrate the brain's rapid fight or flight response (3). This response can be adaptive in some settings, but repeated, excessive, or prolonged stress responses are thought to place people at risk for stress-related diseases (4,5). The amygdala has been shown to be a key player in mental and emotional health, with abnormal amygdala function identified in depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, phobias, and panic disorders (6 - 8). Higher levels of perceived stress in a large sample of community adults have been associated with increased size of the amygdala (9). Moreover, some recent work suggests that reductions in perceived stress are associated with reduced amygdala density (10).
Under stress, specific functional neural changes have been observed in amygdala to prefrontal cortex (a higher order "thinking" area) circuitry, with the amygdala activating stress pathways that result in impaired prefrontal functions such as attention and working memory (3). Essentially, stress is changing how different brain regions "talk" to each other. This occurs even when your brain is at rest - it is reflected in baseline patterns of brain activity, where changes in neural functional connectivity have been shown between the amygdala and frontal brain regions in people with stress-related disorders (11 - 13).
While it's important to know what these changes are, most people are understandably more interested in what they can do to combat some of these negative effects.
There's a two-part answer to this question: you can (a) reduce your stress levels, (b) try to reverse the negative effects of stress, or ideally, (c) - a combination of both. There are a number of stress-reduction techniques that neuroscientists have studied, including guided relaxation and breathing techniques, mindfulness and meditation, biofeedback, and physical activity. I'd like to divide these into two categories: what can be thought of as "direct brain training" (mindfulness, guided imagery, attention training, etc.), and physiological training methods that have downstream effects on your brain (e.g. exercise, biofeedback). Let's start with the former:
Lots of people who swear by homeopathic medicines, but a small group thinks they should be banned. In the book Think Like a Freak, authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner tell us that the three hardest words in the English language are "I don't know." These three words are the reason for arguments against homeopathy.
We know homeopathic medicines work. We don't know why. We don't know how. We often fear what we don't understand. Fear can lead to anger and accusations when we simply don't know. Homeopathy is a bit like acupuncture and prayer. They don't seem logical, but we know they work sometimes. We don't understand.
Comment: The following articles present interesting information about Why Skeptics Love to Hate Homeopathy:
So why do the skeptics love to hate homeopathy? Perhaps because it is one of the most threatening alternative modalities - financially, philosophically, and therapeutically. Actually, homeopathy has been a threat to allopathy ever since the 1800s, when German physician Samuel Hahnemann developed the homeopathic system.
Founder of Homeopathy
Hahnemann, a respected doctor and chemist who helped to pioneer the importance of hygiene as well as homeopathy, was forced to move frequently during his life because the local German apothecaries objected to the fact that he created his own medicines rather than use theirs. A fierce battle was also waged against homeopathy in the United States during the 1800s, where homeopathy had achieved a strong presence by 1840. In fact, in 1847, the American Medical Association (AMA) was formed specifically to fight the battle against homeopathy.
Most homeopaths of the 1800s were former allopaths who had abandoned their brethren because they found Hahnemann's system to be more successful in battling cholera, typhus, yellow fever, diptheria, influenza, and other epidemics of the 1800s. In retaliation, the preamble to the AMA's charter forbade its members to associate with homeopaths or to use their medicines, and many doctors were expelled for failing to comply.
But does homeopathy really pose such a threat to conventional medicine today? To see how the little David of homeopathy could take down the Goliath of Big Pharma, we need to take a closer look at what homeopathy is all about.
- What Science And History May Owe To Homeopathic Medicine
- Homeopathy: Modern Medicine's First Target
- Luc Montagnier, Nobel Prize Winner, Takes Homeopathy Seriously
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As far as I can tell from the various sources on the internet, Brian Hooker, PhD, an engineer, autism dad and board member of an organization called Focus Autism, after years of trying to exercise his Freedom of Information Act rights, managed to obtain the original data set for a study published by the CDC in 2004: Age at first measles-mumps-rubella vaccination in children with autism and school-matched control subjects: a population-based study in metropolitan Atlanta by DeStefano et al, 5 authors including one William Thompson. Apparently, late last year, Thompson contacted Hooker and in a series of conversations confessed privately to fraudulent manipulation of data to cover-up a 340% increase in autism in African American males who were given the MMR vaccine on time compared to those vaccinated later. However, the decision was made to use only children with a valid birth certificate, thus eliminating enough black children to dilute the increase to below statistical significance. Some email by Thompson expressing his concerns at the time have also come to light. All of this is very well covered on the Age Of Autism website.
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a public relations agency promoting the benefits of refined sugar was also doing scientific studies on the effects of sugar...
you'd laugh.
You'd naturally know the studies were worthless. You'd understand the "researchers" were slanting data, cooking data, burying data - whatever was necessary to support their prime directive: hype sugar as a wonderful product.
These "scientists" would never say, "Well, we found that refined sugar is quite unhealthy."
This is precisely the state of affairs at the Centers for Disease Control. The agency is, first and foremost, a PR machine. It promotes products. For example: vaccines.
U.S. Military to be deployed
The US military will join the fight against fast-spreading Ebola in Africa, President Barack Obama said, warning it will be months before the epidemic slows. Mr. Obama said that in its current form, he did not believe Ebola would reach the United States, but warned the virus could mutate and become a much greater threat to those outside Africa.
Comment: It looks like the Black Death has returned:
-Black Death found to be Ebola-like virus
-Finally catching up - Could the Black Death actually have been an Ebola-like virus?
-It finally reaches mainstream: Researchers argue 'Black Death' was due to Ebola, not Bubonic plague
-New Light on the Black Death: The Cosmic Connection
-New Light on the Black Death: The Viral and Cosmic Connection
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In this photo taken on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014, a health worker, left, uses a thermometer to screen a man at a makeshift road block run by Guinean security forces outside the town of Forecariah, Guinea
In this photo taken on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014, a health worker, left, uses a thermometer to screen a man at a makeshift road block run by Guinean security forces outside the town of Forecariah, Guinea
The Macenta region, right on the Liberian border, had been one of the first places where the outbreak surfaced, but they hadn't seen a new case for weeks. So they packed up, leaving a handful of staff on stand-by. The outbreak was showing signs of slowing elsewhere as well.
Instead, new cases appeared across the border in Liberia and then spread across West Africa, carried by the sick and dying. Now, months later, Macenta is once again a hotspot.
The resurgence of the disease in a place where doctors thought they had it beat shows how history's largest Ebola outbreak has spun out of control.
It began with people leaving homes in Liberia to seek better care or reunite with families back in Guinea, a pattern repeating itself all over.
"Currently in Guinea, all the new cases, all the new epidemic, are linked to people that are coming back from Liberia or from Sierra Leone," said Marc Poncin, the emergency coordinator for Doctors Without Borders in Guinea.
The epidemic also has touched Nigeria and Senegal while killing more than 2,000 people across West Africa. Never before has the disease struck such a densely populated region, where so many people are on the move. For four decades, the virus struck in relatively remote areas, where doctors could quickly isolate communities and stop its spread.
Comment: It's certainly looking like Ebola is is going out of control and medical authorities are not going to be able to handle its wrath:
- An unfolding tragedy in West-Africa: World "losing battle" to contain Ebola
- Ebola outbreak shows no sign of slowing
- Ebola "out of control in West Africa" - deaths surge to 467, a 38% increase in one week - WHO
- West Africa Ebola outbreak 'out of control' and 'unprecedented' says Doctors Without Borders
I've omitted the obvious signs that people don't ignore, like blood in the toilet or the sudden inability to bear weight on one leg, to focus on the subtler symptoms that many of us take for granted.
You drag through every day
Maybe it's your job boring you to tears. Maybe it's the long commute robbing you of valuable sleep. Maybe man wasn't meant to sit in a cubicle during the best hours of the day. Maybe you've just had a bad week. Maybe you're still on a high-carb diet, or you're transitioning to a low-carb one. Those are all reasonable reasons to be tired throughout the day, but it could be something else. If you find yourself nodding off on a consistent basis all day, every day, and the aforementioned causes don't apply, consider conditions like hypothyroidism, diabetes, hypothalamic pituitary axis (HPA) insufficiency, or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).
Comment: A high-fat diet free of gluten, dairy and inflammatory foods is your key to optimal health:
Solve Your Health Issues with a Ketogenic Diet
The Ketogenic Diet - An Overview
Ketogenic Diet (high-fat, low-carb) Has Neuroprotective and Disease-modifying Effects
Opening Pandora's Bread Box: The Critical Role of Wheat Lectin in Human Disease
The disease hasn't been officially identified but officials suspect a rare respiratory virus called human enterovirus 68. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the virus is related to the rhinovirus, which causes the common cold.
The disease hasn't been officially identified in every state, but in some states a rare respiratory virus called human enterovirus 68 has been found. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the virus is related to the rhinovirus, which causes the common cold.
According to Mark Pallansch, director of the Division of Viral Diseases at the CDC, similar cases to the ones in Colorado have been cropping up across the U.S. At least 10 states -- Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Iowa, Colorado, Ohio, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Georgia -- have reported suspected outbreaks of human enterovirus 68 and requested CDC support.
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The revelations come after officials from the National Institute of Health (NIH) made a sweep of government owned laboratories in July after they found smallpox. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also admitted it had found vials at a lab at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
Worryingly, inspectors also uncovered toxins and viruses, which had been lying around since 1954, with staff ignorant of the fact. The NIH said the discoveries were made between July 29 and August 27. The information was only made public on Friday.
"These things were stored in locations where they should not have been stored," said Alfred Johnson, director of the NIH's office of research services, which is coordinating the searches at government labs, the Washington Post reported.
Johnson also added that the NIH conducts research "on the most dangerous materials out there. All of these were found in containers that were intact, and there have been no exposures. It reminds us, just like my garage at home that from time to time, we need to check."
Comment: Another way to foster mindfulness and counteract the harmful effects of stress on the brain (and the rest of your body for that matter) is to learn and practice the techniques explained in the Éiriú Eolas Stress Control, Healing and Rejuvenation Program. In particular, one will learn about the tenth cranial nerve or Vagus Nerve and how it's stimulation, through an easy technique called pipe-breathing, can induce the production of pro-social hormones like oxytocin, reduce bodily inflammation, and increase cognitive function.
You can see the video presentation of Éiriú Eolas here.