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Canada: suspected Ebola in returning traveler

Mouctar Bah
Agence France Press
Tue, 25 Mar 2014 06:19 UTC
Health officials in Guinea battled to contain west Africa's first outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus as neighbouring Liberia reported its first suspected victims and a traveller returning to Canada was hospitalised with suspicious symptoms.
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An electron micrograph image of an Ebola virus virion obtained March 24, 2014 from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia
At least 59 people are known to have died in Guinea's southern forests and there are six suspected cases in Liberia which, if confirmed, would mark the first spread of the highly contagious pathogen into another country.

And there are fears the virus may have crossed continents, with a man returning to Canada from Liberia seriously ill in hospital after experiencing symptoms consistent with the virus, health officials said.

"As of this morning six cases have been reported of which five have already died -- four female adults and one male child. One of the suspected cases, a female child, is under treatment," Liberian Health Minister Walter Gwenigale said in a statement.
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Guinea Ebola outbreak thought to have spread to Liberia

Mouctar Bah
Agence France Press
Tue, 25 Mar 2014 06:12 UTC
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Map locating towns hit by Guinea's Ebola outbreak
Aid workers and health officials in Guinea battled Monday to contain west Africa's first outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus as neighbouring Liberia reported its first suspected victims.

At least 59 people are known to have died in Guinea's southern forests but the Liberian cases, if confirmed, would mark the first spread of the highly contagious pathogen into another country.

"As of this morning six cases have been reported of which five have already died -- four female adults and one male child. One of the suspected cases, a female child, is under treatment," Liberian Health Minister Walter Gwenigale said in a statement.

"The team is already investigating the situation, tracing contacts, collecting blood samples and sensitising local health authorities on the disease," he added.

Gwenigale did not specify the victims' nationalities, but Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said they were Liberian residents who had attended funerals in the Ebola-hit area of Guinea, which has strong "family ties" with northern Liberia.

"People come to attend funerals on one side and unfortunately they unwittingly get infected and then return home," Brussels-based MSF emergency coordinator Marie-Christine Ferir told AFP.
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Rashes from wipes, liquid soaps on the rise

HealthDay News
my foxny.com
Sun, 23 Mar 2014 14:13 UTC
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Allergic skin reactions to a preservative used in pre-moistened wipes and liquid soaps are on the increase, a doctor says.

"In the last two or three years, we've suddenly seen a big increase in people with this type of allergy," Dr. Matthew Zirwas, director of the contact dermatitis center at Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center, said in a center news release. "For some patients, their rash has been unexplained and going on for years."

The chemical preservative, methylisothiazolinone, is found in many water-based products, including pre-moistened wipes, cosmetics, liquid soaps, hair products, sunscreen, and laundry and cleaning products.
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Vascular surgeon: Why I've ditched statins for good

Haroun Gajraj
The Telegraph
Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:15 UTC
As experts clash over proposals that millions more of us take statins to prevent heart disease and stroke, a vascular surgeon explains why he feels better without them.
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Dr Haroun Gajraj: 'After looking more closely at the research, I’d concluded that statins were not going to save me from a heart attack and that my cholesterol levels were all but irrelevant.
When I had a routine health check-up eight years ago, my cholesterol was so high that the laboratory thought there had been a mistake. I had 9.3 millimoles of cholesterol in every litre of blood - almost twice the recommended maximum.

It was quite a shock. The GP instantly prescribed statins, the cholesterol-lowering drugs that are supposed to prevent heart disease and strokes. For eight years, I faithfully popped my 20mg atorvastatin pills, without side effects. Then, one day last May, I stopped. It wasn't a snap decision; after looking more closely at the research, I'd concluded that statins were not going to save me from a heart attack and that my cholesterol levels were all but irrelevant.

Comment: Vascular surgeons write a damning report about lowering cholesterol drugs:

The statin industry is the utmost medical tragedy of all times.

See also:

- No reason at all to limit saturated fat in the diet according to the largest most comprehensive review
- From the Heart: Saturated fat is not the major issue
- Consequences of replacing saturated fats with carbohydrates or Ω-6 polyunsaturated fats: The dietary guidelines have it wrong

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Young mother in coma after routine dental surgery

Aileen Graef
United Press International, Inc
Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:46 UTC
Kristen
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A young mother is comatose after a routine dental procedure.

Kristen Tavares, 23, was put on life support after going into cardiac arrest during a wisdom teeth removal Monday. The reason for her reaction is unknown.

She was flown to a hospital in Maui where her family members say she is unresponsive and her heart rate too faint for any kind of procedure.

Tavares has a 4-year-old son and gave birth to her second child 3 months ago.

The dentist, Dr. John Stover, has had 4 formal complaints filed against him. Two have been resolved and two are still pending.

Two months ago, 3-year-old Finley Boyle died after a month long coma following a routine dental procedure in Hawaii.
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Scientists reveal how cancer tricks the body


AAP
Sun, 23 Mar 2014 08:00 UTC
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A team of Australian scientists believe they have discovered how cancer cells hoodwink the body's immune system into thinking they are harmless.

"This could lead to new treatments for aggressive advanced cancer and other diseases", says lead investigator Professor Mark Smyth.

The crux of the discovery is an improved understanding of how protective white blood cells, known as natural killer cells, discriminate between harmless cells and disease.

"It tells us something that we did not know before. It also has implications for viruses," says Prof Smyth, of the QIMR Berghofer Research Institute in Queensland.

"Essentially it shows how cancer hijacks the system of immune recognition and activation, allowing the cancer to spread through the body."
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Dr. Suzanne Humphries, practicing nephrologist, on the safety and efficacy of vaccines

Gary Nulll/Suzanne Humphries
You Tube
Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:12 UTC
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Dr Suzanne Humphries, a practicing nephrologist (kidney physician) says the vaccine industry isn't giving people both sides of the story, and parents need to get informed before subjecting their children to vaccines that can potentially cause serious harm or even death.
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Update: Guinea Ebola outbreak reaches 59, disease may have spread to Sierra Leone


Deutsche Welle‎
Sat, 22 Mar 2014 14:44 UTC
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© AFP Photo / Florence Panoussian
Health workers, dressed in head-to-toe "Ebola suits", leaving in a pick-up truck in Uige, about 300km north of the Angolan capital, Luanda, to collect a man dying from haemorrhagic fever.
Local experts had not been able to identify the disease, the symptoms of which are diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding, since they were first identified some six weeks ago. However, lab samples were sent to scientists in the French city of Lyon, who confirmed that it was Ebola.

The Guinean health ministry said 49 cases of the disease had been indentified so far with 34 deaths in four prefectures.

"We are overwhelmed in the field, we are fighting against this epidemic with all the means we have at our disposal with the help of our partners but it is difficult. But we will get there," said the Guinean Health Ministry's chief disease prevention officer, Sakobo Keita.

Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it would send reinforcements to help its teams of 24 doctors, nurses and health experts already in Guinea. The organization has set up isolation units in the southern region of Nzerekore and it is searching for people who may have had contact with infected individuals.

MSF also said it was sending some 33 metric tons of medicines, as well as isolation, sanitation and protective equipment.

Comment: Update: Ebola outbreak confirmed in Guinea, death toll reaches 59

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This is how GMOs damage your brain

Sayer Ji
Green Med Info
Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:20 UTC
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Roundup-induced glutamate excitotoxicity appears to share similar effects to monosodium glutamate (MSG) and aspartame-linked excitotoxicity
A new study reveals a hitherto unknown mechanism behind how the world's most popular GMO herbicide harms the brain.

Remarkably, despite Roundup® herbicide's widespread approval around the world, the most basic mechanisms through which it exerts toxicity towards non-target animal species (including humans) have yet to be adequately characterized.

Concerned about Brazil's status as the largest global consumer of pesticides since 2008, researchers sought to elucidate toxicologic effects of these agrochemicals in humans.

Their new study, published in the journal Toxicology, provides a proposed mechanism for the adverse neurological effects of Roundup® (a glyphosate-based herbicide). It is has been observed that agrochemical exposure can lead to, or accelerate, neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. However, lacking a mechanism of action, such a link can more easily be written off as coincidental; which is largely the position of the medical establishment, agricultural industry, and its would-be regulators. The authors point out that, "neurodegenerative conditions are frequently associated with glutamatergic excitotoxicity and oxidative stress," which is why they decided to investigate the subject further.
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Cancer to the Rescue?

Stephanie Seneff, PhD
Weston A. Price Foundation
Mon, 20 Jan 2014 20:00 UTC
mutaciones que causan cáncer
© Flickr / Science3point0.com
How Tumor Cells Work Overtime to Restore Vascular Health

Young or old, every person with a troubling health condition who has turned to the conventional medical system for answers, braces himself for the moment when the diagnosis might come back with the dreaded "C" word. And we have all been conditioned to believe that, following such a dire diagnosis, not a moment is to be wasted: immediate action is needed to surgically remove the tumor.

Of course the prevailing view says that the operation should be followed with radiation therapy and chemotherapy to assure that every last tumor cell has been destroyed. Then we must patiently wait out the five-year "proving" interval in hopes that the cancer doesn't return, or, worse, metastasize to some other tissue such as the brain or the bone marrow. Following cancer treatment, one is forevermore a "cancer survivor." One is never cured.
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