Why You Should Avoid Statins
At my anti-aging clinic, I continue to wage war against what I call the “medical-industrial complex.” And I do it for one reason only – I care more about my patients than I do about profits. Big Pharma clearly takes the opposite view. And now it seems these pharmaceutical behemoths won’t be happy until every man, woman and child is popping anti-cholesterol pills. Researchers at Duke University recently issued a report recommending that even children and people as young as 30 should be on statins, if they have just slightly elevated cholesterol levels.1 And why wouldn’t researchers at Duke recommen...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - February 3, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Dr. Al Sears Tags: Heart Health Source Type: news

7 Tips to Nourish Your Body During Chemo
Good nutrition is important, especially if you have cancer. The challenge for many is that chemotherapy can wreak havoc on your ability to eat. Common side effects of chemo include mouth sores, nausea and loss of appetite. Chemo can also temporarily damage taste buds causing foods to taste metallic or cardboard-like. The inability to eat, for whatever reason, can lead to malnutrition. When cancer patients become malnourished, they can feel weak or tired and may be unable to receive the treatments they need to get better. Follow these tips to give your body the nutrition it needs to stay strong and fight the cancer...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 18, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Soda’s Secret Cell Sabotage
Drink just 12 ounces of soda a day and it will shorten your telomeres. 20 ounces a day is even worse … it shortens your telomeres as fast as smoking. Those who drink 20 ounces a day – the “normal” size bottle you can get at any convenience store – have cells that aged 4.6 years faster.1 I discovered these incredible facts researching telomeres and nutrition for my upcoming presentations at two American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) conferences. It comes from a new study done by Elizabeth Blackburn, who won the Nobel Prize for her work on telomeres in 2009. Blackburn and her colleagues looked at 5309 Americ...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - November 18, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Dr. Al Sears Tags: Featured Newsletter Nutrition Telomeres/Telomerase nutrients Source Type: news

Big Soda Challenged on World Diabetes Day
A soda-lemonade stand with soda bottles topped with lemons, in Rishikesh, India. Credit: Surya Prakash / CC-BY-SA-3.0By Lyndal RowlandsUNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 2014 (IPS)Corporations marketing unhealthy foods to poorer consumers are being challenged for their role in the growing global burden of diseases like diabetes.Over 340 million people are living with diabetes, and the World Health Organization predicts the number of people who die from diabetes each year will double between 2005 and 2030.  Nov. 14 is World Diabetes Day."Being poor also puts you at risk in countries like Indonesia where soda companies actually purpose...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 12, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Lyndal Rowlands Tags: Active Citizens Civil Society Featured Food & Agriculture Global Headlines Health Poverty & MDGs TerraViva United Nations diabetes fast food obesity Source Type: news

Open thread: What are the best herbal remedies for colds?
Have your say: Can herbal remedies help beat cold and flu symptoms? Does lemon and honey really work? (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - August 5, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: colds and flu coughs colds and flu summer colds colds and flu when pregnant colds and flu symptoms colds and flu cures colds and flu in babies colds and flu lemons colds and flu constant colds and flu ibuprofen Source Type: news

Open thread: What are the best herbal remedies for colds?
Have your say: Can herbal remedies help beat cold and flu symptoms? Does lemon and honey really work? (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - August 5, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: colds and flu coughs colds and flu summer colds colds and flu when pregnant colds and flu symptoms colds and flu cures colds and flu in babies colds and flu lemons colds and flu constant colds and flu ibuprofen Source Type: news

Tweet of the Week: The Dozen Lemons Lesson
(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to another edition of the MedPage Today Tweet of the Week! Every Friday, the editorial team highlights its favorite 140-character contribution from the healthcare twittersphere. (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - July 3, 2014 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Contest winner Mandla Maseko set to become first black African in space
DJ from Mabopane township near Pretoria will be blasted 62 miles into orbit in 2015 after winning space academy competitionBorn and raised in a township, Mandla Maseko has spent his life at the mercy of the heavens. "Once it rains, the lights go out," the 25-year-old said. "I do know the life of a candle."But from this humblest of launchpads, Maseko is poised to defy the laws of physical and political gravity by becoming the first black African in space.The DJ is among 23 young people who saw off 1 million other entrants from around the world to emerge victorious in the Lynx Apollo Space Academy competition. Their prize is...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 23, 2013 Category: Science Authors: David Smith Tags: theguardian.com World news South Africa Science Space Source Type: news

One-Time Procedure Could Prevent Acid Reflux
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: deanreddington Tags: Health Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Watch Listen Acid Reflux antacids esophagus LYNX Paula Ebben stomach Source Type: news

Setting Muddled Thinking Straight
Realigning the tumblers when the mind serves lemons. Some minds work more like slot machines than others. Pull the lever of conjecture and the tumblers start turning. When they stop, who wins the jackpot – and who ends up falling just short?read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 28, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Seth Slater, M.F.A. Tags: Animal Behavior Anxiety Cognition Intelligence anthropomorphize marine mammal cloudy thinking conclusion confirmation bias conjecture disclosure dolphin hearing hearing range hope intellect jackpot john lilly justify le Source Type: news

Kenya: What Those Lemons Can Do for You...
[Capital FM]Ancient Egyptians believed that the lemon was an effective protection against poisons. Lemons have quite a number of uses in the home but aside from that they have quite a number of properties that offer relief. A lemon could be more useful than those over the counter meds and here are some of the reasons why lemons should feature prominently in your groceries shopping basket. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Reinstatement Of Benefits Moots Lawsuit Challenging Termination, 3rd Circuit Rules
PHILADELPHIA - A claimant's lawsuit alleging that his disability benefits were terminated in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act was rendered moot by the plan's reinstatement of his benefits, the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 8 in an unpublished opinion (Jeffrey Lemons v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, et al., No. 12-4001, 3rd Cir.; 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 16409). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News - September 12, 2013 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Food addiction: does it really exist?
Research suggests that sugar and fat may be addictive – but the findings are controversial. Which foods do you find hardest to resist, and have you experienced withdrawal symptoms?In pictures: super unhealthy fast foodWe seem to be addicted to everything these days: phones, sex, shopping … and junk food. There is, of course, a vast difference between serious clinical addiction and figure-of-speech addiction ("I'm totally addicted to sherbet lemons at the moment"). Of course we need food to live, but can we become dependent on certain unhealthy foods in the same way that we can on drugs?Rats can't resist junk foodAbout ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 20, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Amy Fleming Tags: Nutrition theguardian.com Blogposts Health & wellbeing Food drink Features Life and style Science Source Type: news

Lemonade from lemons: The taphonomic effect of lawn mowers on skeletal remains - Martin D, Dabbs GR, Roberts LG.
This study provides a descriptive analysis of the taphonomic changes produced by passing over skeletonized remains (n = 4, Sus scrofa) with three common lawn mowers. Two skeletons were mowed over with a riding lawn mower set at multiple blade heights (10... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - July 9, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

9 simple steps to happiness
Turns out, money can buy happiness -- if you spend wisely. We asked experts to explain this and other glee strategies, none of which require rose-colored glasses or doing anything with life's lemons. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - June 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news