Flu Epidemic

Flu Epidemic

Fwd: memory

'New research indicates that lost memories can be restored, according to new research into a type of marine snail called Aplysia. The findings offer some hope for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease'

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141220104133.htm

sugar-alternatives-sweeteners

http://time.com/3644573/sugar-alternatives-sweeteners/

lifespan

'A common over-the-counter drug that tackles pain and fever may also hold keys to a longer, healthier life, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist.

Regular doses of ibuprofen extended the lifespan of multiple species, according to research published in the journal Public Library of Science, Genetics.

"We first used baker's yeast, which is an established aging model, and noticed that the yeast treated with ibuprofen lived longer," said Dr. Michael Polymenis, an AgriLife Research biochemist in College Station. "Then we tried the same process with worms and flies and saw the same extended lifespan. Plus, these organisms not only lived longer, but also appeared healthy."

He said the treatment, given at doses comparable to the recommended human dose, added about 15 percent more to the species lives. In humans, that would be equivalent to another dozen or so years of healthy living.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141218141004.htm

Fwd: Glycemic index

'Some studies have suggested that carbs with a low glycemic index—such as whole grains—led to fewer spikes in blood sugar, and therefore more efficient breakdown into energy, while higher glycemic index foods—including refined flours—led to larger peaks in glucose that the body couldn't process and therefore stored as fat.

So two of the diets in the study were high in carbs overall, but one was made up of low-glycemic-index foods while the other was composed of high-glycemic-index foods. The other two diets were low in carbs overall, with the same breakdown or low- and high-glycemic items

​...​

In fact, among those eating the high-carb diets, those consuming low-glycemic-index foods had worse insulin response and higher LDL cholesterol…

we did not show that the glycemic index of the carb really had any favorable effect," says Sacks.

That suggests that all the attention to knowing the glycemic index of various foods—and basing your eating habits on these numbers—may not be worth the effort.'

​...

Overall, those eating the low-carb diets had lower risk factors for heart disease compared to the group eating more carbohydrates, but the type of carbs didn't seem to make much difference​

http://time.com/3636690/glycemic-index-heart-health-low-carb/

Fwd: Malaria

'An international research collaborative has determined that a promising anti-malarial compound tricks the immune system to rapidly destroy red blood cells infected with the malaria parasite but leave healthy cells unharmed. 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141205175027.htm

 

Fwd: Ebola

'Endless Ebola Endemic? That's The 'Risk We Face Now,' CDC Says

Speed. That's key to ending the Ebola epidemic, says the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dr. Thomas Frieden is visiting West Africa this week to figure out how to reduce the time it takes to find new Ebola cases and isolate them.

Otherwise, Ebola could become a permanent disease in West Africa.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/12/15/370446566/endless-ebola-endemic-thats-the-risk-we-face-now-cdc-says

 

 

15 Unique Sets of Twins Who Defied the Odds

15 Unique Sets of Twins Who Defied the Odds

Janice Norris: They have tried to warn us!

​Janice Norris: They have tried to warn us!​

Fwd: Cancer

'Simple blood test could detect breast cancer long before symptoms appear - and spell the end of the mammogram 

A metal-detecting blood test that can give vital early warning of breast cancer is being developed by Oxford University scientists.

They hope the inexpensive and simple test will spot the disease long before a woman develops a lump – and say it could be used in a national screening programme.

Picking up the cancer at the earliest stages when it is easiest to treat could save thousands of lives, as well as spare patients and their loves ones the pain and distress of prolonged illness.

Researcher Fiona Larner said: 'Prevention is better than cure.

'There is a survival rate of about 80 per cent for breast cancer but the earlier you can detect it, the more chance you have of treating it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2867188/Simple-blood-test-detect-breast-cancer-long-symptoms-appear-spell-end-mammogram.html#ixzz3LRJSFQ1k

Fwd: DNA survives space and reentry

DNA

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141126144150.htm

 

cool…er…

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141126133821.htm

 

clay..motion

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141126132632.htm

 

I'm feeling much better…

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141126132639.htm

Fwd: Google looking for cancer

'Google Inc. is designing tiny magnetic particles to patrol the human body for signs of cancer and other diseases, in the latest example of the Internet giant's sweeping ambition.

 

Google said its nanoparticles, less than one-thousandth the width of a red blood cell, would seek out and attach themselves to cells, proteins or other molecules inside the body. The company also is working on a wearable device with a magnet to attract and count the particles, as a monitoring tool.

 

The goal is to provide an early warning system for cancer and other diseases, with an eye toward more effective treatment.

 

"Every test you ever go to the doctor for will be done through this system," said Andrew Conrad, head of the Life Sciences team at the Google X research lab, who disclosed the project on Tuesday at The Wall Street Journal's WSJD Live conference. "That is our dream."'

 

http://online.wsj.com/articles/google-designing-nanoparticles-to-patrol-human-body-for-disease-1414515602

9 Reasons to Fear Ebola

9 Reasons to Fear Ebola

Fwd: Ebola

'The missteps and delays in diagnosis of the Liberian man prompted some states to impose or consider restrictions on travelers coming from the West African countries where the virus has killed nearly 5,000 people.

Responding to concerns that mandatory quarantine would inhibit doctors and nurses from traveling to West Africa, Cuomo said New York wanted to encourage personnel to go, lauding their "valor" and "compassion," while also protecting public safety at home.

"These people are extraordinary for their valor and their courage and their compassion," Cuomo said. "Anything we can do to encourage it, we want to do."

 

He added that New York was not changing the policy announced on Friday.

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/27/us-health-ebola-usa-newyork-idUSKBN0IG12920141027

 

10 things candy makers won't tell you

10 things candy makers won't tell you

Food Q&A: Is Canned Fruit Healthy?

http://www.weightwatchers.com/util/art/index_art.aspx?tabnum=1&art_id=12961

Canned Fruit: Good or Bad? | Healthy Eats – Food Network Healthy Living Blog

http://blog.foodnetwork.com/healthyeats/2013/10/05/canned-fruit-good-or-bad/

With Fruits and Veggies, More Matters

http://www.m.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/fruits-veggies-more-matters

Vegetable of the Month: Peas

http://www.m.webmd.com/food-recipes/vegetable-month-peas

Canned Fruits, Veggies Healthy, Too

http://www.m.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20070316/canned-fruits-veggies-healthy-too

Fwd: Ebola

Technologies like this allow us to imagine a new form of quarantine. Rather than relying on primitive instruments, indiscriminate profiling or questionnaires, we should consider running a pilot program to test asymptomatic travelers using sensitive P.C.R.-based techniques. Obviously, such technologies are expensive, but the cost is not prohibitive. A typical P.C.R. reaction, including labor, costs between $60 and $200 (we have already spent 100 times more disposing of the contaminated sheets from the home Mr. Duncan stayed in). Since the test takes about a third of the time of a trans-Atlantic flight, the flight would become the quarantine.

 

Huge logistical questions would need to be solved. Where would such a screening test be administered — before departure from West Africa, or upon landing? Could we imagine a walking quarantine in which travelers were granted provisional entry, but recalled if they tested positive? What infection precautions would need to be in place for such testing? What forms of consent would be required? Who would bear the costs? Who exactly would be tested?'

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/13/opinion/how-to-quarantine-against-ebola.html?_r=0

 

The Best And Worst Countries In The World For Eating

The Best And Worst Countries In The World For Eating

UN Ebola chief raises 'nightmare' prospect that virus could mutate and become airborne

UN Ebola chief raises 'nightmare' prospect that virus could mutate and become airborne

Fwd: Ebola

'Dr. Gavin MacGregor-Skinner, a specialist in treating Ebola, sounded the alarm today on CNN about how ill-prepared U.S. customs is when dealing with visitors from Ebola-stricken areas.

 

MacGregor-Skinner, an ‎Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences at Penn State University, International Development Consultant, told Jake Tapper about how dangerous Ebola is.

 

    "When my team was in Nigeria and we were treating Ebola patients the first thing they said to me was 'Should we tell the truth?' 'Yeah when you come back we're telling the truth.'

 

    As we flew out of Nigeria I had my temperature taken and I was interviewed twice. As I came through Germany I had my temperature taken I was interviewed and questions were asked 'Where have you been? What have you done?'

 

    When I got back to Washington D.C. I said 'I've been working with Ebola patients." I was told 'Welcome back. Off you go!' No one took my temperature. No one asked me any questions. So we told the truth. There was no process, there was no program here to make sure we were OK."'

 

http://gotnews.com/video-ebola-doc-one-asked-questions-dc-customs/

But the system has its limits, relying on the traveler to reveal whether he or she has been exposed. And it leaves it to local officials to conduct the screening as they see fit, Dr. Cohen said. It is unclear how consistently or effectively those screenings are conducted across West Africa, and Dr. Cohen said she did not know how many potential travelers had been caught by screeners — if any.

 

"Our expectation is that people who are sick or people who are exposed should be getting the message they shouldn't be traveling."'

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/02/us/man-in-us-with-ebola-had-been-screened-to-fly-but-system-is-spotty.html?_r=0

 

Fwd: Ebola

'U.S. health officials said on Tuesday the first patient infected with the deadly Ebola virus had been diagnosed in the country after flying from Liberia to Texas, in a new sign of how the outbreak ravaging West Africa can spread globally.

 

The patient sought treatment six days after arriving in Texas on Sept. 20, Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), told reporters on Tuesday. He was admitted two days later to an isolation room at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.

 

U.S. health officials and lawmakers have been bracing for the eventuality that a patient would arrive on U.S. shores undetected, testing the preparedness of the nation's healthcare system.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/30/us-health-ebola-usa-idUSKCN0HP2F720140930

Fwd: Ebola

'Sierra Leone on Thursday took the dramatic step of sealing off districts where more than 1 million people live as it and other West African countries struggle to control the Ebola outbreak that has claimed thousands of lives.

 

With three new districts under quarantine, about one-third of Sierra Leone's 6 million people are now living in areas where their movements are heavily restricted. In parts of Sierra Leone and in neighboring Liberia where these cordons have been used in this outbreak, food prices have soared, some markets have shut and the delivery of goods has slowed.'

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/25/sierra-leone-ebola-travel_n_5880986.html

 

 

Eyeball injections equal eye-popping profits

http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2014/08/14/eylea-regeneron-eyeball-injections-eye-popping-profits.cnnmoney/index.html?iid=V_Taboola

Lithium in Drinking Water

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/opinion/sunday/should-we-all-take-a-bit-of-lithium.html

Fwd: Diabetes

'Researchers have developed a way to use a laser to measure people's blood sugar, and, with more work to shrink the laser system to a portable size, the technique could allow diabetics to check their condition without pricking themselves to draw blood. In a new article, the researchers describe how they measured blood sugar by directing their specialized laser at a person's palm.'

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140821141610.htm

... We live in interesting times.

 

ALS

Although respiratory support can ease problems with breathing and prolong survival, it does not affect the progression of ALS. Most people with ALS die from respiratory failure, usually within three to five years from the onset of symptoms. The median survival time from onset to death is around 39 months, and only 4% survive longer than 10 years. Physicist Stephen Hawking has lived with the disease for more than 50 years, though he is an unusual case.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis

 

Fwd: Aging

'There's a good reason people over 60 are not donor candidates for
bone marrow transplantation. The immune system ages and weakens with
time, making the elderly prone to life-threatening infection and other
maladies, and a UC San Francisco research team now has discovered a
reason why.


"We have found the cellular mechanism responsible for the inability of
blood-forming cells to maintain blood production over time in an old
organism, and have identified molecular defects that could be restored
for rejuvenation therapies," said Emmanuelle Passegué, PhD, a
professor of medicine and a member of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center
of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF. Passegué, an
expert on the stem cells that give rise to the blood and immune
system, led a team that published the new findings online July 30,
2014 in the journal Nature.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-07/uoc--kta073014.php

Alzheimer's

'Researchers have discovered a new drug compound that reverses the brain deficits of Alzheimer's disease in an animal model. The compound, TC-2153, inhibits the negative effects of a protein called STtriatal-Enriched tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP), which is key to regulating learning and memory.'

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140805150832.htm

 

Sweet balance - The West Australian

A study at Connecticut College found Oreos were just as addictive as
cocaine for lab rats - and, like most humans, rats ate the middle
first.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/lifestyle/food/a/24588003/sweet-balance/

Fwd: Cancer Test

'A simple blood test that can be used to diagnose whether people have cancer or not has been devised by researchers. The test will enable doctors to rule out cancer in patients presenting with certain symptoms, saving time and preventing costly and unnecessary invasive procedures such as colonoscopies and biopsies being carried out. Alternatively, it could be a useful aid for investigating patients who are suspected of having a cancer that is currently hard to diagnose.'

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140728094410.htm

 

Lithium-water test in suicide study - Yahoo News UK

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/lithium-water-test-suicide-study-164716658.html

Top States to Live in

 

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101719133

 

Why Don't We All Have Cancer?

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/Qja4z1HGDQo

Steve Jobs: Why did Steve Jobs choose not to effectively treat his cancer? - Quora

Neuroendocrine tumors are relatively mild forms of cancer.

Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (GEP-NET's) are a range of tumors that mostly keep their original function, producing endocrine hormones.
The disadvantage of that is the havoc they wreak on the body due to all sorts of hormonal imbalances caused by the hormones they produce. On the other hand, the level of differentiation is a strong indicator of how aggressive a tumor is: the better a tumor is differentiated e.g. keeps the features of its originator, the least invasive and prone to metastasis it is.

Just to illustrate how mild these tumors can be:

• As many as 10% of autopsied persons in the general population have been reported to have one of these without ever having had any symptoms during their life.
• Up to 30% of detected GEP-NETs are so well differentiated they're strictly not cancers. I have even come across an article where insulinomas, the most common type of GEP-NETs were benign in 90% of the cases.

http://www.quora.com/Steve-Jobs/Why-did-Steve-Jobs-choose-not-to-effectively-treat-his-cancer?__pmsg__=+aGpKdXVCNk93TzE3WTlqZjUxYk46YS5hcHAudmlldy5wbXNnLmFsbC5Mb2dnZWRJbkZyb21MaW5rOltbMjc5MTQ3MzldLCB7fV0*

Anthony Atala: Printing a human kidney | Talk Video | TED.com

http://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney

Leucine – Is This BCAA Raising Your Risk of Heart Disease?

http://www.naturallyhealthyheart.com/blog/leucine-is-this-bcaa-raising-your-risk-of-heart-disease/

Caloric Restriction vs. Animal Protein Restriction

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/dwJASNFy9XQ

Scientists say an apple a day can do you just as much good.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2528604/Scientists-say-apple-day-just-good-So-statins-oversold.html

An ounce of nuts a day keeps illness away, Harvard study says

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/53617685

 

The mathematics of weight loss: Ruben Meerman at TEDxQUT

The mathematics of weight loss: Ruben Meerman at TEDxQUT

Sugar -- the elephant in the kitchen: Robert Lustig at TEDxBermuda 2013

Sugar -- the elephant in the kitchen: Robert Lustig at TEDxBermuda 2013

Recent articles on diet and health, many of which contradict each other.

Nut consumption reduces risk of death

Dark Chocolate is your Heart's Best Friend

Don't fudge the facts on chocolate studies

The resveratrol ruse:

Diets high in meat, eggs and dairy could be as harmful to health as smoking

• While the authors suggested that people eat a low protein diet in middle age and switch to a high protein diet once they get older, it is not possible to say from the study whether this is what the older participants actually did, as their diets were only assessed once.

High protein diet not as bad for you as smoking

Red meat raises risk for cancer

Study Questions Fat and Heart Disease Link

Meta-study debunks myths about fat and cardiovascular disease

The food we were born to eat: John McDougall at TEDxFremont

Tackling diabetes with a bold new dietary approach: Neal Barnard at TEDxFremont

"Interestingly enough, blood triglycerides do not go up with eating fat—they go up if you eat a diet high in processed grains, starches, and sugar. Unfortunately for the proponents of high-carbohydrate diets, high blood triglycerides are a major risk factor for heart disease. In addition, low fat/high carb diets lower protective "good" cholesterol and raise insulin.  These diets are implicated in the development of diabetes, which is a potent risk factor for developing heart disease."

The Heart Association's Junk Science Diet

Gary Taubles: Why We Get Fat (Suggest watching just the last 10 minutes.)

Gary Taubes: What if It's All Been a Big Fat Lie?

Dr. Dean Ornish: Your genes are not your fate

Lifestyle Changes May Lengthen Telomeres, A Measure of Cell Aging

Gary Taubes: What If Fat, Doesn't Make You Fat?

Sugar: The Bitter Truth

Debunking the paleo diet: Christina Warinner at TEDxOU

BTW, there are lots of people offering to sell you diets online, but these usually are either low carb/high fat or high carb/low fat diets.

Circadian Rhythm Disruption Leads to Inflammation: Study

http://www.hngn.com/articles/31975/20140522/circadian-rhythm-disruption-leads-inflammation-study.htm

 

 

Unhealthy diets greater threat to health than tobacco, says UN expert

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/05/19/unhealthy-diets-greater-threat-to-health-than-tobacco-says-un-expert/

 

Fwd: Health

'In a strategy that combines two of the hottest ideas in cancer research, scientists at the National Institutes of Health said they successfully attacked a woman's disease by using her immune system to home in on genetic mutations unique to her tumors.

 

The findings, published Thursday by the journal Science, come from just one patient—a 45-year-old woman in Montana. But researchers said her case, in which she received billions of immune cells specially grown to target her tumors, amounts to evidence the technique may be a way to treat many common cancers now considered difficult to target with the immune system.

 

So-called immunotherapy has so far shown the most promise in relatively rare cancers such as melanoma and kidney cancers.

 

This new approach "represents the blueprint for making immunotherapy available to treat common cancers," said Steven A. Rosenberg, chief of the Surgery Branch at the National Cancer Institute's Center for Cancer Research and senior author of the study. "We've figured out a way to target what is absolutely unique on each cancer. That is the mutations that make the cancer a cancer."'

 

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303701304579550101737391142?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303701304579550101737391142.html

 

'Researchers have discovered a natural molecule that could be used to treat insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. The molecule, a derivative of omega-3 fatty acids, mimics some of the effects of physical exercise on blood glucose regulation.'

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140512112547.htm

 

World's oldest person turns 116 this week, shares her 'secrets'

http://www.aol.com/article/2014/03/03/worlds-oldest-person-turns-116-shares-her-secrets/20841630/?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_146768

Drink that will increase your sleep time

http://www.zergnet.com/news/175266/the-drink-thatll-drastically-increase-your-sleep-time

Sugar and all things nice - Livemint

... I was turning into a health food fascist.
Then this happened. I made some of these doughnut muffins for Sunday
breakfast and with one bite my resolve and new-found principles simply
evaporated. They were so good, after I had eaten the first I would
have sold my granny for another. I didn't stop until I had eaten
four—by late morning I was in a sugar coma.
I decided right then that any life that didn't contain the occasional
taste of something as outrageously sweet and delicious as muffins that
taste like doughnuts (and really, really good doughnuts at that)
wasn't the life for me.
http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/Po54xrqWzhpn2pGtNKiLPL/Sugar-and-all-things-nice.html

Fwd: Medical price transparency

'Trying to find out the price of a medical service is a headache for consumers. When researchers called hospitals around the country to find out the cost of a hip replacement, only 10 percent were able to provide an answer. About 332,000 total hip replacements were performed in the U.S. in 2010. Shouldn't it be simple to find out the price of something that's bought and sold 900 times a day?

 

Three of the U.S.'s largest health insurers plan to make what they pay for medical care more transparent to consumers. Aetna (AET), Humana (HUM), and UnitedHealthcare (UNH) are joining with a nonprofit called the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) to turn their databases of medical claims into a useful online tool for consumers.

 

When the yet-to-be-named website goes live next year, anyone will be able to type in a medical service and search for prices, says David Newman, executive director of the HCCI. The site will show the average price paid by insurers in a given Zip Code (or wider areas if not enough data are available). It will also show a range of high- and low-end prices to indicate how much variation there is for a given service. He likens the information to car-buying site Edmunds.com.'

 

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-05-15/health-insurers-want-to-make-medical-prices-easier-to-discover

 

 

Cancer

'Mayo Clinic researchers announced a landmark study where a massive dose of the measles vaccine, enough to inoculate 10 million people, wiped out a Minnesota woman's incurable blood cancer.

 

The Mayo Clinic conducted the clinical trial last year using virotherapy. The method discovered the measles virus wiped out multiple myeloma cancer calls. Researchers engineered the measles virus (MV-NIS) in a single intravenous dose, making it selectively toxic to cancer cells.

 

Stacy Erholtz, 49, of Pequot Lakes, was one of two patients in the study who received the dose last year, and after 10 years with multiple myeloma has been clear of the disease for over six months.

 

"My mindset was I didn't have any other options available, so why wouldn't I do it? I had to have failed all conventional treatment to do that trial. That actually happened last March," Erholtz told KARE. "It was the easiest treatment by far with very few side effects. I hope it's the future of treating cancer infusion."

 

Steven Russell, a Mayo Clinic hematologist, spearheaded the study and said the concept was previously tested in mice, but never in humans.

 

"It's a huge milestone in that regard," said Russell. "We have known for some time viruses act like a vaccine. If you inject a virus into a tumor you can provoke the immune system to destroy that cancer and other cancers. This is different, it puts the virus into bloodstream, it infects and destroys the cancer, debulks it, and then the immune system can come and mop up the residue."

 

Two multiple myeloma patients were chosen because they are immune-compromised, and can't fight off the measles before it has time to attack cancer. Both had limited previous exposure to measles, and therefore fewer antibodies to the virus, and essentially had no remaining treatment options. Of the two subjects in the study, Stacy was the only to reach full remission. The other patient's cancer returned after nine months.

 

Russell believes it's still a medical milestone, and he hopes his team can one day transform this research into a single shot cure.

 

"It's like a call to action. It's not just good for our virus. It's good for every virus everybody's developing as a cancer therapy. We know this can happen," said Russell.

 

Mayo researchers are also testing the measles virus's effectiveness at fighting ovarian, brain, head and neck cancers and mesothelioma. They are also developing other viruses that seem to have potential to kill cancer cells.

 

"I think it's just remarkable. Who would have thought?" said Erholtz, who said she returns to the Mayo in June for a check up.

 

The Mayo is moving immediately into a phase two clinical trial involving more patients with a goal of FDA approval within four years.'

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/05/15/measles-vaccine-cancer-mayo-clinic/9115363/

 

Dr. Manny: Why the new study on resveratrol isn’t really bad news for red wine drinkers | Fox News

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/05/13/dr-manny-why-new-study-on-resveratrol-isnt-really-bad-news-for-red-wine/

Several Meds Can Help People Quit Drinking:

http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/news/20140513/several-medications-can-help-people-quit-drinking-study

 

 

MERS

‘2 Orlando health workers ill after exposure to MERS patient’

 

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/05/13/2-orlando-health-workers-ill-after-exposure-to-mers-patient/

 

‘There is a second confirmed case of MERS imported into the United States, the CDC announced Monday.

 

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Florida Department of Health are investigating.

 

The first U.S. case was reported this month in Indiana.’

 

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/12/health/mers-outbreak-u-s-/index.html

 

Wine compound resveratrol not tied to improved health, study shows

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/05/13/wine-compound-resveratrol-not-tied-to-improved-health-study-shows/

 

 

Anti-aging gene that boosts brain functions opens new gates for treatment of Alzheimer's, other diseases

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/6817/20140511/anti-aging-gene-that-boosts-brain-functions-opens-new-gates-for-treatment-of-alzheimers-other-diseases.htm

Artificial arm

http://hothardware.com/News/Segway-Makers-Amazing-Lifelike-Luke-Prosthetic-Arm-Funded-By-DARPA-Gets-FDA-Approval-/

Segway Maker’s Amazing Lifelike “Luke” Prosthetic Arm Funded By DARPA, Gets FDA Approval - HotHardware

http://hothardware.com/m/News/Segway-Makers-Amazing-Lifelike-Luke-Prosthetic-Arm-Funded-By-DARPA-Gets-FDA-Approval-/default.aspx

Daily Aspirin Regimen Not Safe for Everyone: FDA

http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20140506/daily-aspirin-regimen-not-safe-for-everyone-fda-warns

 

 

Fried food causes more weight gain in people with the 'fat gene'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2583598/Fried-food-causes-weight-gain-people-fat-gene.html

 

MERS

'The first patient in the U.S. infected with the mysterious MERS virus continues to improve and does not so far seem to have infected anyone else, health officials said Monday.

 

The patient, at Community Hospital in Muncie, Indiana, is a health care worker who had traveled from Saudi Arabia, where the virus was first seen.

 

"All of the tests in close contacts have been negative," Don Fesko, CEO of the hospital, told a news conference. Officials said about 50 health workers had contact with the patient before they began taking extreme measures -- wearing masks, gloves, gowns and eye protection.

 

    "All of the tests in close contacts have been negative."

 

The patient is in good spirits, has been taken off supplementary oxygen, has been walking around and is cooperating with isolation precautions, officials said. Family members have been asked to isolate themselves and to wear face masks when they go out in public, just in case they are infected and haven't begun to show any symptoms yet.

 

The incubation period for MERS is usually about five days but it's been known to take as long as 14 days to cause symptoms, so the doctors are taking the most cautious approach.

 

Middle East Respiratory Sydrome (MERS) virus was first seen in 2012 and most cases are linked to the Middle East, although it's now been seen in more than a dozen countries around the world. Many of those who are sick enough to show symptoms have had other conditions, such as cancer, diabetes or kidney disease.

 

It spreads from person to person, but usually only with close and prolonged contact. But Centers for Disease Control and Prevention experts and state health officials are testing health care workers and other close contacts of the patients, and will continue to test them for 14 days, just to be sure.

 

"It appears MERS picked the wrong hospital, the wrong state, and the wrong country to take hold," said Indiana state health commissioner Dr. William VanNess.

 

Officials are tracking down about 100 passengers from an airplane the patient traveled on and 10 bus passengers to make sure they don't have any symptoms. But experts say MERS has not been known to pass from casual contact such as sitting next to someone on public transport.

 

Health officials are releasing very little information about the patient but say he lives and works in Saudi Arabia. "He was working at a hospital in Saudi Arabia," said Dr. Daniel Feikin, CDC's medical epidemiologist at the hospital.

 

"He does not recall directly working with a patient who had MERS although he did work in a hospital that had cases of MERS."

 

He came to the U.S. on April 24 and went to the emergency department at the hospital on the 28th.'

 

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/mers-patient-well-does-not-seem-have-infected-others-n97306

 

Bacteria on money

http://www.webmd.com/news/20140423/paper-money-bacteria

 

 

Fwd: Misdiagnoses

'Roughly 12 million adults who visit U.S. doctors' offices and other outpatient settings, or one in 20, are misdiagnosed every year, a new study has found, and half of those errors could lead to serious harm.'

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/17/us-usa-health-misdiagnosis-idUSBREA3G1S820140417

Fwd: Clone

'In a cloning first, scientists create stem cells from adults

 

Scientists have moved a step closer to the goal of creating stem cells perfectly matched to a patient's DNA in order to treat diseases, they announced on Thursday, creating patient-specific cell lines out of the skin cells of two adult men.

 

The advance, described online in the journal Cell Stem Cell, is the first time researchers have achieved "therapeutic cloning" of adults. Technically called somatic-cell nuclear transfer, therapeutic cloning means producing embryonic cells genetically identical to a donor, usually for the purpose of using those cells to treat disease.

 

But nuclear transfer is also the first step in reproductive cloning, or producing a genetic duplicate of someone - a technique that has sparked controversy since the 1997 announcement that it was used to create Dolly, the clone of a ewe. In 2005, the United Nations called on countries to ban it, and the United States prohibits the use of federal funds for either reproductive or therapeutic cloning.

 The new study was funded by a foundation and the South Korean government.

 

If confirmed by other labs, it could prove significant because many illnesses that might one day be treated with stem cells, such as heart failure and vision loss, primarily affect adults. Patient-specific stem cells would have to be created from older cells, not infant or fetal ones. That now looks possible, though far from easy: Out of 39 tries, the scientists created stem cells only once for each donor.'

Experts: Excess sugar consumption leads to a host of diseases » San Angelo Standard Times Mobile

"A higher percentage of calories from added sugar is associated with
significantly increased risk of cardiovascular disease mortality," the
study concludes. "In addition, regular consumption of sugar-sweetened
beverages is associated with elevated cardiovascular mortality."

http://m.gosanangelo.com/news/2014/apr/14/experts-excess-sugar-consumption-leads-host-diseas/

Caloric Restriction vs. Animal Protein Restriction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwJASNFy9XQ

Exercise May Curtail COPD Complications

http://www.webmd.com/lung/copd/news/20140409/exercise-may-curtail-copd-complications

 

Prediction

Now that it is recommended that we 7 to 10 servings of fruits and vegetables per day, I am wondering how many fast food restaurants are going to start offering fried vegetables on the menu?   I have eaten many tempura fried vegetables at Japanese restaurants and they are delicious.

Health headlines

http://www.sciencecodex.com/want_spring_allergy_relief_avoid_stress-130882

 

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20140401/fruits-and-veggies-may-reduce-death-risk-study-suggests

 

 

Underweight Equally Dangerous As Overweight

http://www.thealmagest.com/underweight-equally-dangerous-as-overweight/11993

 

The study further reported that most of the people who are underweight were heavy on alcohol, involved in drug abuse, were malnourished, chain-smokers, were poor, and had poor mental health or poor self esteem…. (which means the study proved nothing?)

 

Fat Gene Can Worsen Obesity When Eating Fried Foods

http://www.hngn.com/articles/26876/20140319/fat-gene-can-worsen-obesity-when-eating-fried-foods.htm

How chocolate protects the heart, reduces stroke risk

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2014/03/18/How-chocolate-protects-the-heart-reduces-stroke-risk/UPI-80841395177496/?spt=rln&or=4

Dr. Manny: New study on saturated fats and heart disease could confuse patients

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/03/18/dr-manny-new-study-on-saturated-fats-and-heart-disease-could-confuse-patients/

 

Popular supplement did not reduce cartilage damage or improve joint function in study

http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/knee-pain/news/20140311/knee-pain-may-not-be-helped-by-glucosamine

 

Family campaigns for seven-year-old boy fighting for his life after drug company REFUSES to allow him access to life-saving medicine

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2577938/Family-campaigns-seven-year-old-boy-fighting-life-drug-company-REFUSES-allow-access-life-saving-medicine.html

 

 

Second baby possibly 'cured' of HIV

www.cnn.com/2014/03/06/health/hiv-baby-cured/

High-protein diets: Bad for the middle-aged, good for the elderly

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-high-protein-diets-age-20140304,0,7389424.story#axzz2v2cUuu00

 

My lunch

My lunch of chicken sandwich and fries is an example of what I have been trying to avoid lately because it has two servings of carbohydrates.    My usual solution is to break that into two meals or eat a meal with fewer carbohydrates.

CDC urges flu vaccinations amid mounting H1N1 illnesses and other headlines

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-cdc-urges-flu-vaccinations-20140220,0,4678300.story#axzz2tofy9kac

 

http://www.webmd.com/news/20140220/surge-in-thyroid-cancer-cases-may-be-due-to-overdiagnoses-study

 

http://www.weather.com/video/news-41/top-stories---extended-782/2-legged-dogs-unlikely-best-friend-44775

 

http://www.weather.com/video/news-41/top-stories---extended-782/olympian-sees-wolf-in-her-hotel-44825

 

http://www.weather.com/video/news-41/top-stories---extended-782/viral-dad-laughs-at-kids-slipping-44830

 

http://www.weather.com/video/news-41/top-stories---extended-782/a-landing-you-wouldnt-want-to-make-44818

 

 

 

 

 

Get up! Study says sedentary time means less ability in everyday life

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-sedentary-disability-20140219,0,7209026.story#axzz2tofy9kac

 

http://www.weather.com/video/news-41/top-stories---extended-782/best-friends-chicken-and-2-legged-dog-44775

 

http://www.weather.com/video/news-41/top-stories---extended-782/strange-symbols-found-in-desert-44737

 

 

 

 

 

Health Matters: Your craving may be your addiction - Opinion - WKU Herald

When you first take a bite of sugary cereal, your taste receptors that respond to sweetness, found at the tip of your tongue, send a signal to the portion of your brain called the cerebral cortex. 

This signal activates ‘the reward system’ and causes you to want to take another bite. Excessive activation of this reward system, Dr. Avena suggests, can cause ‘loss of control, craving and intolerance to sugar.’

http://m.wkuherald.com/opinion/article_b6a4a5b4-975f-11e3-aca1-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm

Is Fructose Toxic? Don't Be Fooled by Coca-Cola | Care2 Causes

http://www.care2.com/causes/is-fructose-toxic-dont-be-fooled-by-coca-cola.html

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Even where fructose provides excess calories leading to weight gain
and adverse effects on cardiometabolic risk factors, the harm seen is
generally no greater than that seen with glucose (with the same few
exceptions), as long as the comparison remains matched for the excess
calories.

http://mobile.journals.lww.com/co-lipidology/_layouts/oaks.journals.mobile/articleviewer.aspx?year=2014&issue=02000&article=00003

Researchers rejuvenate stem cell population from elderly mice, enabling muscle recovery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140216151719.htm

 

Vitamin C linked to reduced stroke risk, study shows

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/02/17/vitamin-c-linked-to-reduced-stroke-risk-study-shows/

 

Insulin

http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt_60/69_eating_well.html

 

The basic premise

 

The Carbohydrate Hypothesis, as attacked by Guyenet, looks basically like this:

 

Excessive amounts of carbohydrates (especially refined carbs / sugar) increases insulin and results in fat gain.

 

Guyenets argues in his post that carbs are not necessarily the cause of increased insulin, and insulin certainly do not result in gaining weight (maybe the opposite!). Basically he says that while low carb works, the theory to explain it is wrong.

 

However, as every doctor who has ever treated diabetics with insulin (and their patients) probably knows, injecting insulin certainly does tends to increase fat gain. And in untreated type 1 diabetics, with no insulin, weight plummets. Guyenet does not mention that.

 

Thin people usually have low insulin levels, obese people usually have high levels of insulin. Guyenet does not believe that is significant.

 

http://www.dietdoctor.com/guyenet-taubes-and-why-low-carb-works

 

In short: Carbohydrates drives insulin, which drives fat.

 

http://gettingstronger.org/2011/02/does-insulin-make-you-fat/

 

 

CDC: 5 ways diseases in other countries can kill you

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/13/health/frieden-global/

 

Also:

 

http://www.healio.com/cardiology/stroke/news/online/%7Bc1785a4f-b6e8-4d9f-81ed-b6db9ce81048%7D/age-stroke-severity-not-factors-in-effectiveness-of-tpa

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/termites-inspire-construction-robots/2014/02/13/e6ef44ce-941f-11e3-83b9-1f024193bb84_story.html

 

 

VIDEO: Why This Man is Seeing STARS

http://www.weather.com/video/why-this-man-is-seeing-stars-44053?

Added sugars abundant In U.S. diets, linked to death

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/03/us-sugar-diet-idUSBREA121IK20140203

Autism

‘Social symptoms in autistic children may be caused by hyper-connected neurons

 

The brains of children with autism show more connections than the brains of typically developing children do. What's more, the brains of individuals with the most severe social symptoms are also the most hyper-connected. The findings reported in two independent studies are challenge the prevailing notion in the field that autistic brains are lacking in neural connections.’

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131107123039.htm

 

‘Autistic brains create more information at rest, study show

 

New research finds that the brains of autistic children generate more information at rest -- a 42 percent increase on average. The study offers a scientific explanation for the most typical characteristic of autism -- withdrawal into one's own inner world. The excess production of information may explain a child's detachment from their environment.’

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140131130630.htm

 

 

 

 

A lozenge

Candies to soothe the throat date back to 1000 BC in Egypt's Twentieth Dynasty, when they were made from honey flavored with citrus, herbs, and spices. In the 19th century, physicians discovered morphine and heroin, which suppress coughing at its source—the brain. Popular formulations of that era included Smith Brothers Cough Drops, first advertised in 1852, and Luden's, created in 1879. Concern over the risk of opioid dependence led to the development of alternative medications

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throat_lozenge

 

A lozenge (◊), often referred to as a diamond, is a form of rhombus. The definition of lozenge is not strictly fixed, and it is sometimes used simply as a synonym (from the French losange) for rhombus. Most often, though, lozenge refers to a thin rhombus—a rhombus with acute angles of 45°.[1] The lozenge shape is often used in parquetry and as decoration on ceramics, silverware and textiles. It also features in heraldry and playing cards.

 

The lozenge motif dates as far back as the Neolithic and Paleolithic period in Eastern Europe and represents a sown field and female fertility.[2] The ancient lozenge pattern often shows up in Diamond vault architecture, in traditional dress patterns of Slavic peoples, and in traditional Ukrainian embroidery. The lozenge pattern also appears extensively in Celtic art, art from the Ottoman Empire, and ancient Phrygian art.[3]

 

The lozenge symbolism is one of the main female symbols in Berber carpets.[4] Common Berber jewelry from the Aurès Mountains or Kabylie in Algeria also uses this pattern as a female fertility sign.

 

In 1658, the English philosopher Sir Thomas Browne published The Garden of Cyrus subtitled The Quincunciall Lozenge, or Network Plantations of the Ancients where he outlined the mystical interconnection of art, nature and the Universe. He suggested that ancient plantations used the quincunx pattern that revealed the "mystical mathematics of the city of Heaven"[5] and proof of the wisdom of God.

 

Lozenges appear as symbols in ancient classic element systems, in amulets, and in religious symbolism. In a suit of playing cards, diamonds is in the shape of a lozenge.

Antioxidants including vitamin E can promote lung cancer: study

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/29/us-antioxidants-idUSBREA0S1QV20140129

25 Health Myths That Need To Be Debunked Once and For All

25 Health Myths That Need To Be Debunked Once and For All

Chocolate, Tea, Berries May Cut Diabetes Risk. Substances found in some people's favorite foods appear to benefit blood sugar, inflammation levels.

http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/news/20140121/chocolate-tea-berries-may-cut-diabetes-risk-study

Omega-3s In Fish Might Protect The Aging Brain

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2014/01/22/could-fish-oil-protect-the-aging-brain/

 

People Who Enjoy Life Will Live Longer?

http://guardianlv.com/2014/01/people-who-enjoy-life-will-live-longer/

 

… there is not a clear causality here.

Health Headlines (Nuts. Sugar. Healthy living.)

http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/online_features/fitness/article_2fc0aac6-80cf-11e3-97b0-001a4bcf6878.html

 

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/11/eating-nuts-reduces-risk-of-death/

 

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/814767

 

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1307352

 

http://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/diet-tips/five-healthiest-nuts

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/29/best-worst-nuts-health_n_1455755.html

 

http://voices.yahoo.com/6-best-healthiest-most-nutritious-nuts-chosen-usda-7227788.html

 

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-disease/in-depth/nuts/art-20046635

 

http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/5724/20140121/enjoyment-of-of-life-tied-to-increased-physical-function-later-on.htm

 

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/national/daytime-sleeping-could-throw-genes-out-whack/ncwpy/

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12088740

 

http://hplusmagazine.com/2013/12/23/anti-aging-anti-depressants/

 

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/this-is-your-brain-on-sugar-ucla-233992.aspx

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2012/05/16/fructose-may-make-you-stupid-but-omega-3s-can-smarten-you-back-up/

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2011/09/21/eat-smoke-meditate-why-your-brain-cares-how-you-cope/

 

 

 

 

 

Peanuts

'The path of the peanut from a snack staple to the object of bans at schools, day care centers and beyond offers important insights into how and why a rare, life-threatening food allergy can prompt far-reaching societal change, according to a Princeton University researcher.

 

Before 1980, peanut allergies were rarely mentioned in medical literature or the media, said Miranda Waggoner, a postdoctoral researcher at the Office of Population Research in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Her article on the subject, "Parsing the peanut panic: The social life of a contested food allergy epidemic," was published recently in the journal Social Science & Medicine.

 

Starting around 1990, articles in medical journals began discussing the seriousness of peanut allergies, Waggoner said. At the same time, advocacy groups were emerging to raise awareness of the issue. By the mid-1990s, newspapers were printing articles with headlines such as "Nut Allergy Girl's Terror; Girl Almost Dies from Peanut Allergy."

 

And the 21st century brought descriptions of peanut allergies — in medical journals and the media — as an epidemic.

 

For those with a peanut allergy, ingesting the legume can lead to anaphylactic shock and, if untreated, death. But the allergy is quite rare and it isn't clear whether it is becoming more common, Waggoner said.'

 

http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S37/46/79G28/index.xml?section=topstories

 

Heavy drinking in middle age speeds cognitive decline, study finds

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-alcohol-cognitive-decline-20140115,0,233411.story?track=rss#axzz2qt7MCuT3

No evidence of "obesity paradox" for diabetes: study

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/15/us-obesity-diabetes-idUSBREA0E1O020140115

This is your brain on sugar: UCLA study shows high-fructose diet sabotages learning, memory

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/this-is-your-brain-on-sugar-ucla-233992.aspx

New studies support claim that 'sugar is toxic'

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/04/02/new-studies-support-claim-that-sugar-is-toxic/

Study: Sugar even at moderate levels toxic to mice health, reproduction

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/study-sugar-even-at-moderate-levels-toxic-to-mice-health-reproduction/2013/08/13/95887bee-0443-11e3-a07f-49ddc7417125_story.html

Quantity of sugar in food supply linked to diabetes rates, researcher says

http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/february/sugar.html

Did Fish Oil Help Grant Virgin Recover From A Coma? Parents Of 17-Year-Old Hit-And-Run Victim Say Supplement Healed His Brain

http://www.ibtimes.com/did-fish-oil-help-grant-virgin-recover-coma-parents-17-year-old-hit-run-victim-say-supplement-healed

Now microscopic robots ‘Bio-Bots’ to diagnose diseases inside Human Body

http://www.utahpeoplespost.com/2014/01/now-microscopic-robots-bio-bots-to-diagnose-diseases-inside-human-body/

Fwd: Google contacts

'Google's smart contact lens: what it does and how it works

 

Wearables may be on everyone's list as the major tech trend of the year, but Google just kicked it up to a whole new level. The company announced a project to make a smart contact lens on its official blog Thursday.

 

But the lens isn't going to be used to deliver your e-mail straight into your skull — at least not yet. This project is working to tackle one of the biggest health problems facing the country today: diabetes.

 

The soft contact lens that Google's is introducing — it's still just a prototype — houses a sensor between two layers of lenses that measures the glucose levels in tears. The lens also features a small — really small — antenna, capacitor and controller, so that the information gathered from the lens can move from your eye to a device where that data can be read and analyzed.

 

According to a short explanation of the technology provided by Google, the chip and sensors are mounted on a small plastic-like film. A tiny pinhole in the lens lets tear fluid seep over the glucose monitor to get regular readings. Right now, the company said, it can get a level reading once every second.'

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/googles-smart-contact-lens-what-it-does-and-how-it-works/2014/01/17/96b938ec-7f80-11e3-93c1-0e888170b723_story.html

 

Since when did Google get into the medical devices business?

Fwd: Sugar/Liver

From: <larry.r.trout

'Nov. 1, 2013 — Despite current beliefs, sugar intake is not directly associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. Rather, high-calorie diets promote the progression of this serious form of liver disease.

 

Researchers conducted a double-blind study of healthy, but centrally overweight men to compare the effects of high intakes of two types of sugar, glucose and fructose, in two conditions -- weight-maintaining (moderate-calorie diet) and weight-gaining (high-calorie diet). In the weight-maintaining period, men on neither diet developed any significant changes to the liver. However, in the weight-gaining period, both diets produced equivalent features of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, including steatosis (fatty liver) and elevated serum transaminase and triglycerides. These findings indicate that fructose and glucose have comparable effects on one's liver, and calorie intake is the factor responsible for the progression of liver disease.

 

"Based on the results of our study, recommending a low-fructose or low-glycemic diet to prevent nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is unjustified," said Professor Ian A. Macdonald, study author and faculty of medicine and health sciences, University of Nottingham, UK. "The best advice to give a patient is to maintain a healthy lifestyle with diet and exercise. Our study serves as a warning that even short changes in lifestyle can have profound impacts on your liver."'

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131101112406.htm

 

First large-scale study finds cognitive training aids in long-term function in older people

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/first-large-scale-study-finds-cognitive-training-aids-in-long-term-function-in-older-people/2014/01/12/f7ef34be-7bba-11e3-95c6-0a7aa80874bc_story.html

Caffeine pill 'could boost memory'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25665781

Fresh hope on stem cells use to regenerate human organs

http://littlewww.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php/features/science/141297-fresh-hope-on-stem-cells-use-to-regenerate-human-organs

Match 3 in a row game iPhone/Android game.

At times I get somewhat addicted to The Lorax Truffalufa game.  I wasn’t thrilled with the movie, but the game is great fun.

 

I have heard that video games are a good way for older people to keep their mind active.