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Lung cancer rates among non-smokers doubled in the last decade; air pollution blamed

Rory Tingle
Daily Mail
Fri, 11 Aug 2017 13:49 UTC
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The number of lung cancer cases among non-smokers has doubled in the last decade, with experts blaming air pollution on the rise.

If the trend continues, the number of deaths from lung cancer among non-smokers will leapfrog those among nicotine users in a decade.

Previously, nine in ten cases of the disease were linked to cigarette use, but this proportion has decreased as more people shun the habit.

The increase in lung cancer rates among non-smokers was noted by experts at the UK's largest cancer surgery centre, London's Brompton Hospital and Harefield NHS Trust, The Times reported.

National data regarding lung cancer among non-smokers is hard to obtain, so other researchers are yet to notice the trend.

However, a similar trend has been observed in America.

Comment: One obvious question: If pollution can cause lung cancer in never-smokers can't it cause lung cancer in smokers too? And finally...Smoking Does Not Cause Lung Cancer

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From prescription to addiction: Investigation shows Big Pharma bribed 68,000 doctors to push deadly opioids

Claire Bernish
Free Thought Project
Sat, 12 Aug 2017 12:58 UTC
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More than 68,000 doctors received payments in excess of $46 million - in the span of just 29 months - from Goliath pharmaceutical corporations pushing opioid painkillers, researchers in a groundbreaking investigation of Big Pharma's and the epidemic of legal and illicit opiates plaguing the United States.

Money to push opioids found one doctor in 12, and the rampant destruction wrought upon countless American families forced to cope with loved ones dependent on prescription painkillers, or on heroin sought when those ran out, proves circumstantially the dollars did their job.

"The next step is to understand these links between payments, prescribing practices, and overdose deaths," Scott Hadland, a pediatrician and author of the study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, told the Washington Post.

Comment: Trump declares opioid crisis a 'national emergency'
"The opioid crisis is an emergency, and I'm saying officially right now it is an emergency. It's a national emergency," President Trump told reporters before a security briefing on Thursday at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey.

"We're going to spend a lot of time, a lot of effort and a lot of money on the opioid crisis."

Trump told reporters the drug crisis afflicting the US is a "serious problem the likes of which we have never had" and said he's drawing up documents "to so attest."
The question now is will Trump and his 'documents' go after Big Pharma and their role in the opioid epidemic?

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Five people dead after weight-loss balloon insertion, FDA investigates


RT
Fri, 11 Aug 2017 13:49 UTC
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Weight-loss balloons have caught the attention of federal authorities in the US, after five people died within a month of being fitted with the devices.


Comment: Researchers employ swallowable balloons in latest weight loss trick


A report by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released Thursday states that the five people had undergone a procedure to be fitted with the saline-filled balloon since April last year. In each case, the patient died within a month or less. In three cases, the patients died within three days of the procedure.

The cause of the patients' deaths remains unknown, the FDA noted in its report.

"At this time, we do not know the root cause or incidence rate of patient death, nor have we been able to definitively attribute the deaths to the devices or the insertion procedures for these devices," the report says.
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Follow the money! The unknown reasons doctors push vaccines

Catherine Frompovich
Activist Post
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:29 UTC
vaccines
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Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Blue Care Network of Michigan publishes online a shameless and bold report of how much cash they reward physicians for performing certain tests, and which apparently acts as an incentive to over-prescribe, thus inflating the costs of U.S. healthcare, which should be illegal.

Blue Cross/Blue Shield published the 2016 Performance Recognition Program, a 28-page report indicating how medical insurance companies actually increase the costs of healthcare!

Comment: How much money do pediatricians really make from vaccines?
Big Pharma funds medical education programs for physicians and then pitches new drugs to them. Pharma pays doctors for promotional speaking engagements and provides them with free drug samples and free meals, etc.2 To get an idea of the extent of these financial ties, the pharmaceutical industry paid physicians and hospitals at least $3.5 billion during only the last five months of 2013.3
Doctors pushing vaccines receive 'Merck Vaccination Service Awards'
    Where does your doctor's allegiance lie? Does your healthcare professional listen to your needs and wants as a parent or are they nothing more than affiliate distributors for pharmaceutical companies? It was reported by independent journalist recently that some doctors offices are now demanding their patients sign an immunization contract. What's an immunization contract you ask? The contract-created outside of law and denying informed consent-requires prospective patients to agree, by signature, to allow 25 vaccines to be injected into their child over a series of visits. Also uncovered in the same investigation, doctors can receive up to $225 per service achieved in the insurance provider category of "childhood immunization [combo 2]" .


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Health charity says: Official advice on low-fat diet & cholesterol is wrong


The Guardian
Mon, 23 May 2016 14:41 UTC
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The report called for a return to ‘whole foods’ such as meat, dairy and high-fat healthy foods like avocados.
Report accuses UK public health bodies of colluding with food industry and calls for overhaul of dietary guidelines

Urging people to follow low-fat diets and to lower their cholesterol is having "disastrous health consequences", a health charity has warned.

In a damning report that accuses major public health bodies of colluding with the food industry, the National Obesity Forum and the Public Health Collaboration call for a "major overhaul" of current dietary guidelines. They say the focus on low-fat diets is failing to address Britain's obesity crisis, while snacking between meals is making people fat.

Comment: While this article is over a year old it is interesting to note that Prof Naveed Sattar states that "eating more fat is highly contentious and could have public health consequences." The opposite is shown to be true! Fat is good for you! Eating a high carb -low fat diet is what is causing adverse public health consequences:

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A balanced diet including meat can help alleviate depression in vegetarians


CBS Philly
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 20:29 UTC
depression, pessimism
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Vegetarians are almost twice as likely to suffer from depression as those who consume a conventional balanced diet, according to a new study.

The new Bristol University study of almost 10,000 from southwestern England found that vegetarians were more likely to develop depression due to vitamin and mineral deficiencies that can negatively impact their mental health.

The 350 committed vegetarians who participated in the study had a higher average depression score when compared to the meat-eaters, according to the study, which was published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.

The vegetarians' diet tended to feature lower vitamin B12 consumption, as well as greater intake of nuts that contain omega-6 fatty acids, which have been linked with an increased risk of mental health problems.

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Is the Hepatitis B vaccine safe for your newborn?

Kelly Brogan, MD
kellybroganmd.com
Wed, 25 Dec 2013 18:40 UTC
vaccines
The day has come and your little bundle is here. The wonder of it is overwhelming: this human grew out of two cells, inside you, and despite those last couple of days feeling like a year each, all of this happened in 9 months, without your doing much but standing by. If you are in a hospital, your baby is likely to be snatched away from you upon entry into the world, and subjected to all manner of empirical interventions aimed at damage control for all of his weaknesses and lurking dysfunctions - antibiotics in his eyes, vitamin K in his blood, a good scrubbing with some 1, 4-dioxane and formaldehyde-containing baby wash, and, since 1991, the Hepatitis B vaccine.
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The Health & Wellness Show: All About Acupuncture with Elizabeth Ross


Sott.net
Fri, 11 Aug 2017 16:00 UTC
acupuncture
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Acupuncture has been used for thousands of years around the world with more than 3 million Americans receiving it each year. While much of acupuncture's effectiveness remains a mystery to mainstream science, stimulating the bioenergetic pathways of the body has been proven to reduce inflammation, improve the flow of energy, relieve pain, reduce high blood pressure and alleviate the symptoms of chronic and serious disease.

Join us for this episode of the Health and Wellness Show where we were joined by Elizabeth Ross, a Registered Acupuncturist and a Nationally Certified Diplomate of Acupuncture. She received her Masters in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (MSOM) from the World Medicine Institute in Honolulu, Hawaii where she studied Taoist and Traditional Chinese styles of acupuncture, as well as Qi Gong and Chinese Herbal medicine. (https://www.facebook.com/pg/lizrosslac/).

Running Time: 01:37:31

Download: MP3



Here's the transcript of the show:
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Stem cells being used for the first time to treat diabetes

Andy Coghlan
New Scientist
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 21:54 UTC
stem cells
Two people with type 1 diabetes have received stem cell-derived implants to treat their condition for the first time.

About 10 per cent of the 422 million people with diabetes worldwide have type 1. This is caused by the immune system destroying the islet cells in the pancreas that make insulin. For more than 15 years, researchers have been trying to find a way to replace these using stem cells.

Now Viacyte, a company in San Diego, California, is about to find out if it has succeeded. The firm's credit card-sized implant contains progenitor cells derived from stem cells. Once inside the body, they mature into islet cells. The implant sits just below the skin, in the forearm, for example, and is intended to compensate for the lost islet cells, releasing insulin when blood sugar levels get too high.
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Research evidence: One of EPA's most successful clean air rules based on fabricated data

Michael Bastasch
The Daily Caller
Mon, 07 Aug 2017 09:06 UTC
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Climate change experts: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, US President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the world climate change conference.
One of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) longest and most successful air pollution standards is based on a taxpayer-funded study plagued by "data fabrication and falsification," according to a veteran toxicologist.

Toxicologist Albert Donnay says he's found evidence a 1989 study commissioned by EPA on the health effects of carbon monoxide, which, if true, could call into question 25 years of regulations and billions of dollars on catalytic converters for automobiles.

"They claimed to find an effect when there wasn't one," Donnay told The Daily Caller News Foundation (TheDCNF). "They even fabricated the methods they used to get their results. They were spinning this to give EPA what they wanted and commissioned," Donnay said. "They reported results that could not have come from human beings."

Comment: Mr. Donnay is experiencing 'kill the message'. If that doesn't work, we can guess stage two. One mustn't rewrite profitable and manipulative history with truths.

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