The welfare dependents the government loves? Rich landowners | George Monbiot
Uncapped, almost unconditional, the vast sums of public money we give to farmers buy only destructionJust as mad cow disease exposed us to horrors – feeding cattle on the carcasses of infected cattle – previously hidden in plain sight, so the recent floods have lifted the lid on the equally irrational treatment of the land. Just as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) exposed dangerous levels of collusion between government and industry, so the floods have begun to expose similar cases of complicity and corruption. But we've heard so far just a fraction of the story.I hope in this article to lift the lid a little fur...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 3, 2014 Category: Science Authors: George Monbiot Tags: Comment The Guardian Farming Flooding Rural affairs Politics UK news Soil Pollution Environment Agriculture Comment is free Source Type: news
The welfare dependants the government loves? Rich landowners | George Monbiot
Uncapped, almost unconditional, the vast sums of public money we give to farmers buy only destructionJust as mad cow disease exposed us to horrors – feeding cattle on the carcasses of infected cattle – previously hidden in plain sight, so the recent floods have lifted the lid on the equally irrational treatment of the land. Just as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) exposed dangerous levels of collusion between government and industry, so the floods have begun to expose similar cases of complicity and corruption. But we've heard so far just a fraction of the story.I hope in this article to lift the lid a little fur...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 3, 2014 Category: Science Authors: George Monbiot Tags: Comment The Guardian Farming Flooding Rural affairs Politics UK news Soil Pollution Environment Agriculture Comment is free Source Type: news
Study examines blood test to screen for fatal variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
(The JAMA Network Journals) A blood test accurately screened for infection with the agent responsible for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a fatal neurological disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - March 3, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Striking a Nerve: CSF Tau Test Comes of Age for CJD
(MedPage Today) -- A cerebrospinal fluid test that may improve on current methods for confirming a diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease appears to have passed what could be the most definitive evaluation possible. (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - February 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
A wrong molecular turn leads down the path to type 2 diabetes
Computing resources at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have helped researchers better grasp how proteins misfold to create the tissue-damaging structures that lead to type 2 diabetes. The structures, called amyloid fibrils, are also implicated in neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and in prion diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jacob and mad cow disease.The results pinpoint a critical intermediate step in the chemical pathway that leads to amyloid fibril formation. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 1, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news
The nanomaterial of tomorrow may be found in Alzheimer-substance
It causes brain diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob's disease. It is also hard and rigid as steel. Now research at Chalmers University of Technology shows that the amyloid protein carries unique characteristics that may lead to the development of new composite materials for nano processors and data storage of tomorrow and even make objects invisible. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alzheimer's / Dementia Source Type: news
A wrong molecular turn leads down the path to Type 2 diabetes
(DOE/Argonne National Laboratory) Computing resources at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have helped researchers better grasp how proteins misfold to create the tissue-damaging structures that lead to type 2 diabetes. The structures, called amyloid fibrils, are also implicated in neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and in prion diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jacob and mad cow disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 20, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
How safe is donated blood? Inquiry is launched amid fears of infection from human form of mad cow disease
The Commons Science and Technology Committee has called for an inquiry after studies revealed one in every 2,000 Britons could be carrying vCJD. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
VCJD fears spark blood donor probe
An independent inquiry will be carried out into the safety of blood donations following fears of infection from vCJD, the human form of “mad cow disease”, it has been reported. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - December 3, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Inquiry into donor blood vCJD risk
An independent inquiry is being launched to check the safety of donor blood amid concerns about an infection risk from the human form of "mad cow disease". (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - December 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NHS failed to sterilise surgical instruments contaminated with 'mad cow' disease
The NHS has failed to use an effective method of sterilising surgical instruments contaminated with the human form of “mad cow” disease because it did not fit in with its established washing procedures, a leading specialist in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) claimed yesterday. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - November 27, 2013 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Looks Like CJD But Isn't Always (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Patients suspected to have Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) should be tested for other rare but treatable conditions, said researchers with case reports to back up the recommendation. (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - November 19, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Deadly Brain Illness Discovered in British Family
Condition destroys tissue much like mad cow disease, but is inherited and not infectious (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - November 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Deadly Brain Illness Discovered in British Family
Condition destroys tissue much like mad cow disease, but is inherited and not infectious
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Page: Degenerative Nerve Diseases (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Photo therapy may someday cure brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, together with researchers at the Polish Wroclaw University of Technology, have made a discovery that may lead to the curing of diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (the so called mad cow disease) through photo therapy. The researchers discovered, as they show in the journal Nature Photonics, that it is possible to distinguish aggregations of the proteins, believed to cause the diseases, from the the well-functioning proteins in the body by using multi-photon laser technique... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alzheimer's / Dementia Source Type: news
