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2008
Weight loss program or exercise, which is best?
A University of Missouri researcher examined the real-life experiences of participants to determine which program helps people lose pounds, reduce body fat and gain health benefits. The answer is that both have pros and cons and that a combination of the two produces the best results.
Genetic link between Crohn’s and asthma discovered
Research into the genetic causes of Crohn’s disease has revealed that the gene ORMDL3, known to be a risk factor for childhood asthma, is also associated with Crohn’s disease, and in the process links between the condition and other diseases have been found.
Brain food - what we eat affects our intelligence
“I hope human brains will, like those of experimental animals, respond to this kind of treatment by making more brain synapses and thus restoring cognitive abilities,” said Richard Wurtman, MD, senior researcher on the project.
Body’s own ‘marijuana’ is good for the skin
“This research shows that we may have something in common with the marijuana plant,” said Gerald Weissmann, MD. “Just as THC is believed to protect the marijuana plants from pathogens, our own cannabinoids may be necessary for us to maintain healthy skin and to protect us from pathogens .”
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Caffeine could help prevent multiple sclerosis
The researchers made this discovery in a study with mice bred to develop an MS-like condition, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, or EAE.
Those who were fed the equivalent of six to eight cups of coffee a day, did not develop EAE.
Avoid cancer by eating a Mediterranean diet
Scientists conducting a study of 26,000 Greek people say a Mediterranean diet ‘cuts cancer’ and by just adopting a few elements of the diet people can reduce the risk of cancer by 12% - just using more olive oil cuts the risk by 9%.
Healing touch therapy
Healing Touch is a series of techniques that balance energy for wholeness within a person’s body, mind and soul. It is an energy therapy that can be used in conjunction with other traditional medical treatments.
Nathan Schmulewitz, MD, the lead author of this investigator-initiated study and assistant professor of digestive diseases, says people undergoing procedures often have problems falling asleep because of anxiety.
Effects of magic mushrooms long-lasting
Sacred mushrooms, also known as psychedelic or magic mushrooms, contain psilocybin, a plant alkaloid, which affects parts of the brain which respond to the neurotransmitter serotonin.
Psilocybin mushrooms are non-toxic and non-addictive and when eaten can cause nausea, dizziness and sometimes vomiting.
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2008
Low levels of good cholesterol could signal dementia
The Anglo-French team made the discovery following a study of 3,673 British civil servants working in London, they were part of a larger study of over 10,000 people taking part in a long term health investigation, which commenced in 1985.
You are not what you eat…..you are what your mother ate!
The researchers say women who ‘pig’ out on junk food while pregnant may be condemning their offspring to a plethora of health problems later in life.
Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College in London carried out a study involving rats and found that those that ate a diet rich in fat, sugar and salt while pregnant were more likely to give birth to offspring that liked to over-eat and loved junk food when compared to the offspring of rats given regular feed.
People With Low Vitamin D Live Shorter Lives
Researchers in Austria and Germany found that people who have low levels of vitamin D are more likely to have a shorter life span than people who do not. Further trials would be needed to find out if insufficient vitamin D actually causes early death, said the researchers, since their study was not designed to establish cause, but they were cautiously optimistic about a causal link.
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2008
In this weeks show we spoke with Helen wingstedt “The Horse Whisperer” who showed us how to communicate with horses & how much we can learn about ourselves from them. Helens Equamigo Centre offers a place for both Humans & horses, therapy, Healing & enlightenment. Elizabeth Bice gave us her interpretation of the weekends events.
Julia Armstrong answered the 9 words that women use. An humourous look at how Men and Women interpret words differently.
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July
2008
Low childhood IQ linked to dementia risk later in life
The researchers from Edinburgh University compared the records of 173 people who took part in the Scottish Mental Survey of 1932, a mental ability test taken by almost every child aged 11 in Scotland, they found that lower childhood IQ increased the risk of vascular dementia.
Almonds may improve digestive health
Our digestive system maintains large population of bacteria that live in the colon. Prebiotics are non-digestible parts of foods that these bacteria can use to fuel their growth and activity. These ‘good’ bacteria form part of our body’s defence against harmful bacteria and play a role in the development of body’s immune system. The prebiotics work by stimulating the growth of these bacteria. However, in order to get to where they are needed prebiotics must be able to get through the upper part of the intestine without being digested or absorbed by the body.
New UGA invention effectively kills foodborne pathogens in minutes University of Georgia researchers have developed an effective technology for reducing contamination of dangerous bacteria on food. The new antimicrobial wash rapidly kills Salmonella and E. coli O157:H7 on foods ranging from fragile lettuce to tomatoes, fruits, poultry products and meats. It is made from inexpensive and readily available ingredients that are recognized as safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Being Physically Active More Important Than Being Lean, Says Research Researchers followed 2,600 people over the age of 59 for 12 years, monitoring their physical fitness, obesity and mortality. Participants were ranked for fitness based on how long they could walk on a treadmill as the incline increased. Measures of obesity taken included body mass index, waist circumference and body fat percentage
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June
2008
Anti-Cancer Drug Avastin Useless Against Breast Cancer, Declares FDA An FDA advisory panel has said that the drug Avastin should not be used to treat breast cancer, because it fails to provide enough benefit to outweigh the risks. Five-year follow-up data on 1,423 patients hospitalized for an acute episode of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) showed they were more than one-and-a-half times more likely to suffer a stroke than a control group of 5,692 patients who had been hospitalized for an appendectomy.
Treatment for cigarette, alcohol and drug use in pregnancy improves outcomes for mother and baby
The study, which is the largest to date, examined 49,985 women in Kaiser Permanente’s prenatal care program and found that integrating substance abuse screening and treatment into routine prenatal care helped pregnant women achieve similar health outcomes as women who were not using cigarettes, alcohol or other drugs. This is also the largest study to examine multiple substances: cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, methamphetamines, cocaine and heroin.
Exploiting liver cells’ appetite for polystyrene ring “doughnuts”, just a few microns across, might give scientists a new way to deliver drugs selectively, potentially eliminating nasty side effects of life-saving treatments such as chemotherapy.
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June
2008
Traumatic brain injuries often missed or missed diagnosed in seniors. This latest research analysed 2005 data from the National Center for Health Statistics’ National Vital Statistics System and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Nationwide Inpatient Sample
Discovery of toxic key to Alzheimer’s The scientific findings published in the latest edition of Nature Medicine suggest a potential new target for the development of drug therapies to fight the irreversible and degenerative disease which affects some 29.8 million people worldwide. The total worldwide societal cost of dementia was estimated at somewhere in the region of US$315.4 billion in 2005.
Anxiety linked with a higher risk for certain cronic conditions As an everyday emotion, anxiety can be a good thing, prompting us to take extra precautions. But when anxiety persists, it can undermine our physical health. Evidence suggests that people with anxiety disorders are at greater risk for some chronic medical conditions.
Health Freedom Warning: Drug Company Seeks to Outlaw Vitamin B6 to Protect Pharma Profits Big Pharma is constantly finding new ways to destroy the natural supplements market, in much the same way that the American Medical Association once sought to destroy the chiropractic industry (for which it was later found guilty of conspiracy in U.S. courts, by the way). The latest attack against vitamins comes from an FDA petition filed by Medicure Pharma, Inc., which has astonishingly asked the FDA to ban the sale of Vitamin B6!
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June
2008
The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest physician organization, voted today at its Annual Meeting to adopt the following new public health policy…………………………..AMA voted to support efforts to ban the sale of tobacco products and/or byproducts in retail outlets housing store-based health clinics. A new analysis of a subgroup of participants in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) hormone therapy clinical trials suggests that healthy, postmenopausal women whose blood cholesterol levels are normal or lower are not at increased, short-term risk for heart attack when taking hormone therapy.
The researchers from Auckland University in New Zealand, suggest that daughters experience puberty earlier if their mothers have a high fat diet while pregnant.
For people with diabetes, indulging in cocoa could be a way to improve their health naturally — and deliciously. The reason? Flavanols, plant compounds found in cocoa (as well as in tea, red wine, and certain fruits and vegetables), help blood vessels to function better and could help prevent cardiovascular disease, according to new research published in the June 3 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).
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2008
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Cell Phones on a Diet If you’ve ever tried to stick to a strict diet, you know it’s not easy — especially if you have to count calories and measure portions every time you sit down to eat. Now, a new study reveals cell phones could be an important tool to help dieters stay on track.
Eating disorders among teens: We may be bombarded with statistics concerning childhood obesity, but the number of children suffering from eating disorders is also on the rise. According to government figures, the number of cases of children being admitted to hospital with eating disorders such as anorexia has increased by more than a third over the last 10 years, with 562 girls and 111 boys aged under 18 hospitalised in 2005/06
Gay Brains Are Wired Differently Say Scientists Using scanning technology, researchers in Sweden found that the brains of gay men and women were wired differently to the brains of heterosexual people of the same sex, but were similar to the brains of heterosexual people that were of the opposite sex to them. Thus a gay man’s brain was in some ways more like the brain of a heterosexual woman than a heterosexual man, and the brain of a gay or lesbian woman was more like that of a heterosexual man than a heterosexual woman. According to a U.N. report, religious and cultural issues continue to have both negative and positive effects on efforts aimed at preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS worldwide. About 60 nongovernmental organizations at the meeting signed a statement urging governments and the United Nations to deliver on promises to address HIV/AIDS among women and girls. According to the statement, shortfalls in providing HIV treatment, care and support are the result of social, cultural and economic subordination among women, structural inequalities and pervasive gender-based violence in all sectors of society
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June
2008
Leptin it seems is a natural appetite suppressant secreted by fat cells in the body and the researchers suggest that weight loss creates the perfect circumstances for regaining weight and restoring leptin to pre-diet levels may resolve the problem.
Can A Natural Vitamin Help Slow Lung Cancer? Study Looks At Role Vitamin D May Play In Shielding Lungs From Tumors
Pedometers Really Work to Increase Daily Walking Exercise
Selenium Slows HIV Every year, 40,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with HIV. More than one million Americans are currently living with the disease. Research dollars continue to go towards uncovering new therapies, but it doesn’t always take a million dollar drug to have a major impact. Now, one low-cost supplement is changing lives.
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June
2008
A campaign by the Australian Heart Foundation is aiming to debunk the myth that heart disease is a medical condition that primarily affects men. Cameron Prout, chief executive of the Heart Foundation, says it is a common misconception that heart disease is a ‘male problem’ and women tend to dismiss their symptoms and not seek help until the condition becomes serious.
Music Therapy Shows Promise in Treating High Blood Pressure “Listening to music is soothing and has often been associated with controlling patient-reported pain or anxiety and acutely reducing blood pressure,” study investigator Pietro A. Modesti, MD, PhD, an internal medicine specialist in the department of critical care medicine at the University of Florence, Italy, said in a prepared statement for the press.
Coffee Aroma Reduces Stress Wake up and smell the coffee – it could reduce the stress that comes from not getting enough sleep
There are No Sour Notes in a Tone-Deaf Brain Tune-deaf people may not be able to tell one note from another but their brain is humming along just fine
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June
2008
WEEKLY PODCAST FOR SUNDAY 22nd - 29th JUNE 2008
In this weeks sjow we take a look at the possible health risks to drinking tap water. Cholrine a major health risk and known trigger for Asthma, we ask why is it then allowed to be used as a cleanser for water when we know Ozone or hydrogen peroxide does the job better without health risk.
We also look at FLUORIDE also known as RAT POISON. Why are our bodies uses through water and toothpaste as the dumping ground for this highly toxic chemacle.
George Thomas Medicine man tells about the bemefits of tailbone straightening and why you should not read when you eat.
Julia Armstrong joins us to talk about relationship problems and in particular answers the question: Why do we stay with a partner they we fear??????
Visit www.vitalisnews.com and check out our video and see if you can solve the mind bender
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2008
DAILY NEWS ROUND UP FRIDAY 20th June
In The news today:
Hypertension Traced to Childhood Researchers believe high blood pressure can be traced back to a person’s childhood. Analyses of blood pressure tracking studies over the past 40 years showed a consistent relationship between children’s blood pressure levels and their blood pressure as adults.
Drink and drugs fuel Scottish suicide and homicide rates Alcohol and drug misuse mean Scots are almost twice as likely to kill or take their own life compared to people living in England and Wales
Scientists in the U.S. are claiming they have cured advanced skin cancer by using the patient’s own cells. The pioneering research used the patient’s own cells which were cloned outside the body
A survey of gay men questioned at gay venues in cities across the UK has found that most of those with undiagnosed HIV infection assumed they were HIV negative.
The ability of scientists to clone hair cells in a laboratory means premature baldness could soon be a thing of the past.
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