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New research has revealed that exposure while in the womb to DDT, a pesticide banned in 1972 after close to 30 years of use, increases women's risk of high blood pressure decades later.
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New research has revealed that exposure while in the womb to DDT, a pesticide banned in 1972 after close to 30 years of use, increases women's risk of high blood pressure decades later.
There is a substantial amount of science devoted to characterizing the gliadin protein in wheat. There are thousands of versions of this molecule, varying in amino acid sequence. But there are sequences shared by most forms of gliadin proteins. (These sequences can also be found in the gluten and glutenin proteins of wheat, as well.) Gliadin has been the recipient of many of the changes in modern high-yield, semi-dwarf wheat.
What is fascinating is that many of the adverse effects of gliadin consumption in humans have been drilled down to their structural basis:
Note the following on the gliadin "map":
Red = direct cytotoxic segment (intestinal cell-destroying)
Light green = immune-stimulating segment (responsible for celiac disease)
Blue = bowel permeability segment (via zonulin activation)
Dark green = inflammatory interleukin release
What is fascinating is that many of the adverse effects of gliadin consumption in humans have been drilled down to their structural basis:
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Red = direct cytotoxic segment (intestinal cell-destroying)
Light green = immune-stimulating segment (responsible for celiac disease)
Blue = bowel permeability segment (via zonulin activation)
Dark green = inflammatory interleukin release
Comment: For more information see The Dark Side of Wheat - New Perspectives on Celiac Disease and Wheat Intolerance and
Opening Pandora's Bread Box: The Critical Role of Wheat Lectin in Human Disease.
A lack of social interaction harms health whether or not a person feels lonely.
The scientists analysed data from 6,500 people aged 52 and older enrolled in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, which monitors the health, social well-being and longevity of people living in England. The researchers evaluated social isolation on the basis of the amount of contact participants reported having with family, friends and civic organizations, and they assessed loneliness using a questionnaire. They tracked sickness and mortality in study participants from 2004 to 2012.
The researchers found that social isolation was correlated with higher mortality - even after adjusting for pre-existing health conditions and socioeconomic factors - but loneliness was not.
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Logo of the Umbrella Corporation: Bioengineering company that released a deadly virus in the Resident Evil film series
Logo of the Umbrella Corporation: Bioengineering company that released a deadly virus in the Resident Evil film series
The missing vial, which contains less than a quarter of a teaspoon of an infectious disease, had been stored in a locked freezer designed to handle biological material safely in the Galveston National Laboratory on UTMB's campus, officials said.
During a routine internal inspection last week, UTMB officials realized one vial of a virus called Guanarito was not accounted for at the facility.
Scott Weaver, the laboratory's scientific director, said Guanarito is an emerging disease that has caused deadly outbreaks in Venezuela.
The federal government prioritizes it for research because it has the potential to be used a weapon by terrorists.
On Tuesday, an investigator discovered that only four out of five vials were stored of the virus in the grid system. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was notified immediately.
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Stem cells form the origin of all the cells in the body and can divide an unlimited number of times. When stem cells divide, one cell remains a stem cell and the other matures into the type of cell needed by the body, for example a blood cell.*
"Our ageing process is a consequence of changes in our stem cells over time", explained Martin Wahlestedt, a doctoral student in stem cell biology at the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University, and principal author of the article.
"Some of the changes are irreversible, for example damage to the stem cells' DNA, and some could be gradual changes, known as epigenetic changes, that are not necessarily irreversible, even if they are maintained through multiple cell divisions. When the stem cells are re-programmed, as we have done, the epigenetic changes are cancelled."**
The discovery that forms the basis for the research group's method was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine last year.
The composition of blood is one example of how it ages; blood from a young person contains a certain mix of B- and T-lymphocytes and myeloid cells.***
"In older people, the number of B- and T-lymphocytes falls, while the number of myeloid cells increases", said Martin Wahlestedt.
In double-blind, placebo-controlled scientific study, they looked at 273 patients who were admitted to the hospital for a heart attack. The study published in one of the most prestigious medical journals revealed that after 4 weeks, the people who received the magnesium, only 7% died versus 19% who did not get the magnesium. That means magnesium cut the death rate a walloping 63%.
What was interesting is the fact that the study indicated that the people in the study were give far less than the 2 cc of magnesium recommended above.
Furthermore, the injection of magnesium decreased arrhythmias by 55%. Remember having a heart arrhythmia is one issue doctors are seriously concerned about following a heart attack.
In another study in the same medical journal approximately ten years later revealed that magnesium produced a 24% reduction in the number of deaths in one month after the heart attack.
Besides the proven benefits for victims of a heart attack, another study showed people who were given IV magnesium had a 76% reduction in death from a fatal blood clot. And by the way this same study showed that aspirin made no difference.
Our air, food, and water appear to be tainted with poisons putting public health at risk. But, this is getting creepier every minute. Today with the accelerating exponential growth in technology, so called experts, are experimenting with Frankenstein-like potions to be sold to an uninformed public. New vaccines combining technology with genetic engineering are being designed and approved today, for quicker-greater yield. Such is the case with the soon to be flu shots, for example.
In a new research(1) published in the highly ranked scientific journal Toxicology, Robin Mesnage, Benoit Bernay and Professor Gilles-Eric Seralini, from the University of Caen, France, have proven (from a study of nine Roundup-like herbicides) that the most toxic compound is not glyphosate, which is the substance the most assessed by regulatory authorities, but a compound that is not always listed on the label, called POE-15. Modern methods were applied at the cellular level (on three human cell lines), and mass spectrometry (studies on the nature of molecules). This allowed the researchers to identify and analyse the effects of these compounds.
Comment: Read the following articles to learn more about Roundup's "Cocktail effect"
Research: Roundup Diluted by 450-Fold is Still Toxic to DNA
Death by Multiple Poisoning, Glyphosate and Roundup
Monsanto's Roundup is Causing DNA and Cellular Damage
Scientists Reveal Negative Impact of Roundup Ready GM Crops
Scientist Finding Many Negative Impacts of Roundup Ready GM Crops
Monsanto™ Roundup Ready Crops Leading to Mental Illness, Obesity
Roundup weed killer kills human cells. Study intensifies debate over 'inert' ingredients
Roundup Birth Defects: Regulators Knew World's Best-Selling Herbicide Caused Problems, New Report Finds
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A fireball blazed across the horizon, leaving a long white trail in its wake which could be seen as far as 200km away in Yekaterinburg, about two weeks ago.
A fireball blazed across the horizon, leaving a long white trail in its wake which could be seen as far as 200km away in Yekaterinburg, about two weeks ago.
In a decree posted on the administration's website, Ivan Feklin, the deputy governor of the region and head of the emergency response team for coordinating preventative measures for rabies, is tasked with confirming a complex set of measures to stabilize the region's rabies outbreak for the duration of the emergency regime.
The regional budget has allocated 2.44 million rubles ($78,000) for the purpose.
According to the regional administration of the Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Monitoring Service, the region has been hit by a complicated epizootic situation with rabies in animals, Interfax reported.
Currently, there have been 106 instances of rabies recorded in 93 towns and villages throughout 17 municipal districts and in 9 cities of the Chelyabinsk region, including 4 in the city of Chelyabinsk.
Comment: Could this outbreak be a direct result of the recent fireball in Chelyabinsk? Fireball explodes over Russian city: Widespread panic and structural damage, Thousand people injured
Update: We since found an article in Russian dated 18th of January, 2013, that mentions 18 confirmed cases in the region since the beginning of the year. The Chelyabinsk meteorite event happened on 15th of February. It is possible the event contributed in some way to the spread of the disease or perhaps it could just be coincidental?
Comment: A 'smorgasbord' of toxic chemicals affecting children:
Toxic Chemicals Finding their Way into the Womb
Common chemicals pose danger for fetuses, scientists warn
Toxic Pesticides from GM Food Crops Found in Unborn Babies
We Interact with 100,000 + Chemicals, and the Dangers Are Barely Understood
Research Links Phthalates in Plastics with Inflammation in At-Risk Babies
Born to be Big: Early exposure to common chemicals may be programming kids to be fat