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#Science might have gotten it wrong. Now what? The debate started in late 2011, when Chen-Yu Zhang s team f found bits of rice RNA floating in the bloodstreams of Chinese men and women.
The study had big implications for medicine and our food supply. For instance, it suggested that researchers might be able to design oral RNA drugs for a host of diseases,#oeone of the holy grails#of the field,
Witwer says. The data also provided evidence, at least according to a press releaseissued by Zhang, that mirnas are#oeessential functional molecules#in Chinese herbal remedies.
Finally some people#like the author of acontroversial*column published in The Atlantic#used the study to argue that genetically modified organisms (GMOS) are harmful to eat (despite loads of evidence to the contrary.
In one, David Galasof the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute, in Seattle, performed genetic sequencing of human blood samples
suggesting that it could have been the result of a contamination, Witwer says.##oewe know that pollen has mirnas in it,
maybe we have more pollen contamination, even in our best labs, than at other times.#
In the other new paper, Stephen Chan of the Brigham and Women s Hospital in Boston found that healthy athletes did not carry detectable levels of plant mirnas in their blood after eating fruit chock-full of those molecules.
Dr. Zhang sent me a lengthy letter in response to my request for comment about Dr. Witwer s new study.
Dermatology). ) 7.)The color of your snot doesn t indicate if you have a bacterial or viral infection.
It can vary from clear to yellow to green with a variety of illnesses. Source:
Medline Plus. 8.)Pure water doesn t conduct electricity well. The reason we can get shocked
University of Arkansas for Medical sciences. 13.)) It is possible to stand an egg on its head on any day of the year, not just on the Spring equinox.
but it doesn t give you arthritis. Causes of osteoarthritis include age, injury, obesity, and genetics.
Source: Journal of American Board of Family Medicine. 15.)) Organic food isn t free of pesticides. However, pesticide levels on both organic and non organic foods are so low that they aren t of concern, according to the USDA.
Source: Berkeley. 16.)) Stress doesn t play a large role in chronic high blood pressure. Acute stress can temporarily increase blood pressure,
but overall it s not a main cause of hypertension. Things like genetics, smoking, and a bad diet are much bigger factors.
Source: British Medical Journal. 17.)) Lightning does strike twice. And some places, like the Empire state Building, get struck up to 100 times a year.
Source: Weatherbug. 18.)) Lemmings do not commit mass suicide. During their migrations they sometimes do fall off cliffs,
if they wander to an area they are unfamiliar with. SOURCE: Alaska Department Of Fish And Game..
HIV probably didn t jump to humans through human-monkey sex, but through hunting of monkeys for food that led to blood-to-blood contact.
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives In Medicine. 24.)) Dogs and cats don t see in shades of grey.
) Only a small percentage of people with Tourette syndrome randomly yell out swear words. Tourettes actually encompasses a lot more than that,
The swearing tic is called coprolalia. SOURCE: Child Mind Institute. 27.)) During the early Middle ages, virtually all scholars maintained that the Earth was round, not flat.
) Sharks can and do get cancer. The myth that they don t was created by I. William Lane to sell shark cartilage as a cancer treatment.
SOURCE: Journal Of Cancer Research. 29.)) The Northern hemisphere of the Earth is not closer to the sun
when it is summer. It is warmer in the US during summer because we are tilted toward the sun,
) Microwave radiation won t cause cancer, it just heats food up. In fact only a few types of radiation cause cancer,
and these depend on the dose#just like radiation from the sun can cause skin cancer but just enough helps your body make Vitamin d.
(SOURCE: Cancer Research UK). ) 33. It s a myth that Mcdonald s burgers don t rot. Actually they will rot given the right conditions#water and warmth for the microbes that break the food down.
SOURCE: Business Insider. 34.)) Shaving your hair doesn t make it thicker, it just makes it feel coarser for a time.
Mayo Clinic. 35.)) Chewing gum does not take seven years to digest. Actually, we won t digest it at all,
Dr. John Medina a molecular biologist, argues in his book,#oebrain Rules, #that if we were to design an almost perfect anti-brain environment,
Dr. Medina equates a group of kids sitting around in a classroom listening to a lecture,
) In addition, Dr. Medina explains that in 18 studies of older adults, those who exercised outperformed those who did not in long-term memory, reasoning, attention, problem-solving, abstract thinking, and more.
He goes on to say that an active lifestyle means half the risk of dementia
and half the risk of cognitive impairment for these older adults. 2. Take Deep Breaths.
These types of memory aids can help you to learn large quantities of information in a short period of time.
Brain Gym is a program of simple exercises, developed over a 25 year period by a remedial educational specialist, Dr. Paul Dennison.
Comprehension Concentration Abstract Thinking Memory Mental Fatigue Completing tasks One brain gym exercise is called#oebrain Buttons
a real-time, immersive social space for people with physical or mental disabilities that impair their first lives,
Indeed, some academics believe using Second life might even help improve motor ability for people with Parkinson s.)
930,000 Rehabilitation expenses included costs incurred by USFS emergency rehabilitation programs, Denver water, US Geological Survey (USGS) mapping,
529,614 Special costs recorded were asthma victims, special health cases, and losses to wilderness values.
and numerous food-borne disease outbreaks caused by microbes such as salmonella, E coli strain 0157, toxoplasma and listeria.
and fruits grown without pesticides, herbicides and other harmful chemical contaminants. At that point, vertical farming in tall buildings will replace less productive single-story greenhouses as the source of all city-grown produce.
a form of malnutrition caused by protein deficiency in the diet, grasshoppers offered a welcome source of protein.
which may help reduce environmental contamination. And to cap it all the risk that insects may transmit zoonotic infections may well be less significant than the very real risk posed by cattle, pig and poultry, from
which deadly influenza strains have emerged. Importantly, consumption of insects can bring along direct and relatively rapid societal benefits.
Rearing and processing of insects can be performed at a relatively artisanal stage without sophisticated machinery.
Research on the health and safety aspect of the entire chain from insect rearing to processing and storage is a must as is a comprehensive legal framework that can lead to the#oefull development...
One reason for the cassava miracle has been the ongoing breeding of improved varieties that are more resistant to disease, pest, and drought.
looking at the variations in the plant s DNA to more quickly identify those strains and traits with the potential to boost yields.
and disease, mature faster, and are lower in cyanide. Now Nigeria is the world s top producer of cassava.
because the Bairds had lost two sons to AIDS#ons who had helped previously to support their parents and sister.
The study, conducted by scientists with UCLA s Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer Family Center for Neurobiology of Stress and the Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center at UCLA
or drug interventions to improve brain function, the researchers said.##oemany of us have a container of yogurt in our refrigerator that we may eat for enjoyment,
for calcium or because we think it might help our health in other ways, #said Dr. Kirsten Tillisch,
an associate professor of medicine at UCLA s David Geffen School of medicine and lead author of the study.#
#oeour findings indicate that some of the contents of yogurt may actually change the way our brain responds to the environment.
which is why stress and other emotions can contribute to gastrointestinal symptoms. This study shows what has been suspected
#oetime and time again, we hear from patients that they never felt depressed or anxious until they started experiencing problems with their gut,
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri) scans conducted both before and after the four-week study period looked at the women s brains in a state of rest and in response to an emotion-recognition task in
mental and neurological disorders, said Dr. Emeran Mayer, a professor of medicine, physiology and psychiatry at the David Geffen School of medicine at UCLA and the study s senior author.#
Meanwhile, Mayer notes that other researchers are studying the potential benefits of certain probiotics in yogurts on mood symptoms such as anxiety.
whether repeated courses of antibiotics can affect the brain, as some have speculated. Antibiotics are used extensively in neonatal intensive care units and in childhood respiratory tract infections,
and such suppression of the normal microbiota may have longterm consequences on brain development. Finally, as the complexity of the gut flora and its effect on the brain is understood better,
or other brain related diseases, including, potentially, Parkinson s disease, Alzheimer s disease and autism. Answers will be easier to come by in the near future as the declining cost of profiling a person s microbiota renders such tests more routine
Of course I also mentioned vaccines and other lifesaving scientific advances. Melinda talked about the benefits of contraception and agriculture.
But I put special emphasis on our Reinvent the Toilet Challenge, because it s a great example of one of our biggest priorities:
Scientific advances like the microprocessor and new medicines have been key in lifting millions of people around the world out of poverty.
Because it s a group that represents one of the greatest resources we have in fighting poverty and disease:
That s the model for the Grand Challenges in Global Health. A panel of scientists has identified 16 challenges that,
They include everything from making vaccines that don t have to be refrigerated to preventing mosquitos from transmitting malaria.
Most doctors don t have the patience for this!..Date night was never the same after he got#oethe suit!#.
You know anorexia has a grip on you when even a skeleton looks fat!..And now for a moment of cuteness zen!..
So says the latest report from the U s. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers at the CDC s National Center for Health Statistics examined survey data from thousands of American adults to figure out
whether we re following the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. These guidelines advise us to limit our total intake of added sugars,
a plant modified to produce a bacterial toxin that discourages destructive bollworms and cuts down on the need for pesticides.
which is less toxic than many other chemicals and kills a broad range of weeds without ploughing.
if a lot of pigs all die at the same time from an illness. The Chinese government actually compensates large-scale farmers for their dead pigs,
The dead pig problem is then, like teenage acne, just another awkward byproduct of China s rapid growth spurt.
in a characteristically paranoid attempt at information control, quashed a planned protest. This behavior follows a clear pattern in China in the case of environmental catastrophe,
Scientific research suggests that all the antibacterial-wiping, germ-killing cleanliness of the developed world may actually be making us more prone to getting sick
The idea, known as the hygiene hypothesis, was proposed first in 1989 by epidemiologist David P. Strachen,
(and presumably more germs) were less likely to have allergies and eczema. Since then the theory has been cited as a possible explanation for everything from multiple sclerosis to hay fever and autism.
But its particulars aren t so clean and clear. Here s what researchers do know:
#says Michael Zasloff, an immunologist and physician at Georgetown University Medical center. Through exposure to these microbes early in life, your immune system learns what s harmful and
and that readies the immune responses you ll have for the rest of your life.##oethe body has got to know friend from foe,
If your body learns that a specific microbe or substance#any antigen, or visitor to the body#is a foe,
If it recognizes the antigen as a friend, the immune system will leave it alone.##oeexposure tells the immune system,
this process can lead to conditions such as asthma and allergies, says Kathleen Barnes, an immunogeneticist at Johns hopkins university who specializes in the genetics of asthma.
Barnes s work has revealed that although genes play a key role in the development of asthma,
changing a population s exposure to microbes#by protecting them from parasitic diseases, for example#can make asthma rates rise.
That suggests that hygiene may also play a role in asthma.##oeit can t all be due to genes,
because if we look at the prevalence of asthma or diseases of inflammation over the past 50 years,
we see it s definitely on the rise, #Barnes says.##oeit s some interaction between the genes and the environment that s causing these rates to skyrocket.#
#But researchers can t say which particular interactions with the environment help prevent disease later on.
That s because exposures tend to come in combinations, and teasing apart their effects on the body is difficult.
Take farming, for instance. Several studies have suggested that growing up on a farm can protect children from allergies and other immune-system-related conditions,
but it s hard to know which element of farm living does the trick. A 2012 study of Amish and Swiss farm and non-farm children found that the farm-dwelling kids had significantly lower rates of asthma
hay fever and eczema. But the farm dwellers differed from their non-farm peers in several ways:
They had more exposure to livestock and the microbes that come with them; they were more likely to drink raw milk,
Because each of these factors has been associated with reduced risk of allergies and related diseases, researchers can t pinpoint
Parasites and disease-causing microbes have shown also a protective effect, but again it s not clear
and who more frequently showed antibodies to the Hepatitis a virus, H. pylori bacteria and other microbes associated with poor hygiene practices#were far less likely to have allergies.
The findings made it clear that microbial infections and environmental differences were conferring an advantage,
but they were less conclusive about which infections conferred the greatest advantage. So what does all this mean?
Should we ditch spring cleaning and adopt a dairy cow #or a parasite#to keep allergies at bay?
Probably not, says Barnes: Modern hygiene saves lives and prevents the spread of disease, and no researcher would advocate abandoning it entirely.
But we may want to rethink our relationship with germs, she says.##oeknowing what I know about the hygiene hypothesis,
I think twice before I run to a physician for an antibiotic, #she says.##oei also think about the foods my family eats.
That means you don t need to use antibacterial soaps or wipes, or clean everything with bleach,
They found that the original cell from which the clones were derived ultimately often had epigenetic abnormalities.
Any random cell could reasonably be expected to have some epigenetic abnormalities, but when all of the organism s cells are derived from the same cell,
whatever abnormalities that cell has will be magnified. For example, a series of cloned mice were shown to express an RNA molecule that inactivated one of the female s X chromosomes.
The study, led by Dr. Teruhiko Wakayama at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Japan,
or genetically modified animals used in medical research. As the authors note in the study:#
After all, I m following the evidence-based advice of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The guidance is based on studies that found children who consumed low-fat milk as part of a reduced-saturated-fat diet had lower concentrations of LDL cholesterol.
Given the body of evidence in adults linking high cholesterol to increased risk of heart disease,
A new study of preschool-aged children published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood
a sister publication of The british Medical Journal, finds that low-fat milk was associated with higher weight. That s right, kids drinking low-fat milk tended to be heavier.#
Dr. Mark Deboer told me in an email. He and his co-author, Dr. Rebecca Scharf,
both of the University of Virginia, had hypothesized just the opposite. But they found the relationship between skim-milk drinkers and higher body weights held up across all racial/ethnic and socioeconomic groups.
In a 2005 study, researchers at Brigham and Women s Hospital reported that skim and 1 percent milk were associated with weight gain among 9-to-14-year-olds.
And a 2010 study by researchers at Children s Hospital in Boston, which also looked at preschool-aged children,
#oei don t think there is harm in rethinking a recommendation, particularly if there weren t rigorous data behind it,
#says Dr. Stephen Daniels, a pediatrician at the University of Colorado and member of the AAP s Committee on Nutrition.#
and they are better able to maintain their health. The way these people conceptualize the future is similar to the way they conceptualize the present.
and general health in older age. Lastly, he analyzed national-level data that includes national savings rates, country GDP and GDP growth rates, country demographics,
This is an unconventional way of explaining people s consumption-saving decisions and health-related behavior.
Ellen Langer and colleagues famously improved older people s physical health by simple interventions including asking them to talk about the events of twenty years ago
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#New protein discovery could change biotech forever The quest started with trying to make better yogurt.
including gene therapy in medicine, the generation of improved agricultural goods, and the engineering of energy-producing microbes,
The biotech revolution that created drugs like EPO for anemia and interferon for multiple sclerosis and crops like Monsanto s Roundup Ready soybeans was based on relatively crude methods for inserting a gene from one organism into another.
For a decade some biologists have been touting a new approach, dubbed synthetic biology, that makes more genetic alterations
and primitive algae has resulted in drug and biofuel companies such as Amyris and LS9. But figuring out how to make changes in the genomes of more complicated organisms has been tough.
and NIH director Francis Collins wrote in a blog post that they are#oerevealing tantalizing new possibilities for treating human diseases#in a blog post.
Horvath recognized that this knowledge could be used to create bacteria that were more resistant to infection,
which would be useful in making yogurt and perhaps in manufacturing drugs. But he was quick to realize something else:
At a scientific conference, she struck up a friendship with Jennifer Doudna, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at UC Berkeley.
or around a gene that might cause a disease. Right now, it s hard to study them directly.
That could be hugely useful in for instance, developing new drugs. Recently, there was a bit of an internet uproar
Sangamo Biosciences has been working to commercialize the earlier zinc finger nuclease technology as a form of medicine for more than a decade.
#Four-fifths of all antibiotics are consumed by the meat industry Livestock consumption of antibiotics reached a record nearly 29.9 billion pounds in 2011.
The Food and Drug Administration, last year, proposed a set of voluntary#oeguidelines#designed to nudge the meat industry to curb its antibiotics habit.
Meanwhile, the meat industry has been merrily gorging away on antibiotics#nd churning out meat rife with antibiotic-resistant pathogens#f the latest data from the FDA itself is any indication.
The Pew Charitable trusts crunched the agency s numbers on antibiotic use on livestock farms and compared them to data on human use of antibiotics to treat illness,
and mashed it all into an infographic, which I ve excerpted below. Note that that
while human antibiotic use has leveled off at below 8 billion pounds annually, livestock farms have been sucking in more and more of the drugs each year#nd consumption reached a record nearly 29.9 billion pounds in 2011.
To put it another way, the livestock industry is now consuming nearly four-fifths of the antibiotics used in the US,
and its appetite for them is growing. In an email, a Pew spokesperson added that
the FDA data show that antibiotic consumption jumped 2 percent over the same time period. That suggests that meat production might be getting more antibiotic-intensive.
Not surprisingly, when you cram animals together by the thousands and dose them daily with antibiotics,
the bacteria that live on and in the animals adapt and develop resistance to those bacteria killers.
Pew crunched another new set of data, the FDA s latest release of results from its National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System,
and subjects them to testing for bacterial pathogens. Again the results are sobering. Here a a few highlights pointed to by Pew in an email:#¢
#¢Of the Salmonella on ground turkey, about 78%were resistant to at least one antibiotic and half of the bacteria were resistant to three or more.
#¢Nearly three-quarters of the Salmonella found on retail chicken breast were resistant to at least one antibiotic.
#¢Resistance to tetracycline an antibiotic is up among Campylobacter on retail chicken. About 95%of chicken products were contaminated with Campylobacter,
and nearly half of those bacteria were resistant to tetracyclines. This reflects an increase over last year and 2002.
While the FDA dithers with voluntary approaches to regulation, the meat industry is feasting on antibiotics
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if there are any boundaries that, for safety or health reasons, absolutely cannot be breached, then virtual fencing is not the methodology of choice.
upon the current year s pattern of rainfall, pattern of poisonous weed growth, pattern of endangered species growth,
#whether it be to define ownership or use or even health or safety hazards. Manaugh:
The book dispensaries at available 24/7 and operate like ATM machines with a swipe of a library card to dispense books.
such as the Fairfax Community Library s#oeread To A Dog#Program and the therapy dogs at the Princeton Public library.
The Harriette Person Memorial Library in Mississippi even has Beanie Baby Reading Therapy! The First Regional Library System in Mississippi has online after-school tutoring,
#Telescopes Other services Health and Government Assistance In Florida,#oethe Orange county Library System developed Right Service at the Right Time, a sophisticated database-driven web
#And in Arizona,#oethe Pima County Public library offers on-site expert medical help, making the library the first in the nation to employ a public health nurse on site.
memory kits for those with Alzheimers; and activity kits and games for Activity Directors, including a Karaoke Machine.
The Temecula Public library in California#oehas developed new programming and created a resource center specifically for families with children on the autism spectrum by offering a new, monthly story time especially for two-to five-year-olds
which is equipped with activities that have been proven to be entertaining to children on the autism scale,
For parents of children on the autism scale, the library recently hosted a forum of autism experts who spoke about early identification and intervention of autism spectrum disorders.#
#Library Nurse Program Mangamania!!##The library s annual manga, anime, and graphic novels convention for teens#oecombines hands-on workshops, cultural demonstrations, gaming (open play and tournaments),
Rangeview Library District, CO) Connecticut Health classes, including#oean Intro to Tae kwon do #and#oecolor Your World#Exploring Stress Relief With Paint#(New Milford Public library, New Milford, CT) Stuffed Animal Sleepover (Darien Library, Darien,
CT) Silent Film and accompanied with live piano music (Darien Library, Darien, CT) Florida Jacksonville Public library:#
We invited other libraries and any other organizations that book performers (nursing homes, etc. and each performer had a table afterward where they could schedule shows with people.
Our audience consists of individuals who are retired to adults with developmental disabilities. During the summer months we try to show family related movies
Legopalooza Jedi Training Princess Tea parties Book Discussions Crochet, Knitting, Punch Needle, Cross stitch, Scrapbooking, Spinning (Yarn) classes Diet and Diabetes Classes Yoga
Wheel-throwing classes (pottery) Hypertufa plant container making Soy candle making Adult miniaturist s clinic#sing Dremels,
Libraraoke#karaoke at library Nifty Needlers Stone carving Tie-dying Online shopping Couch to 5k running club Yoga Zumba Qigong Acupuncture Pottery
the ash trees die#over 100 million since the plague began. In some cases, their death has an immediate impact,
Specifically, more people were dying of cardiovascular and lower respiratory tract illness#the first and third most common causes of death in the U s as the infestation took over in each of these places
the connection to poor health strengthened. The#oerelationship between trees and human health, #as they put it,
is convincingly strong. They controlled for as many other demographic factors as possible. And yet, they are unable to satisfactorily explain why this might be so.
and other elements of natural environments might affect our health in more nuanced ways as well.
however tenous, in his classic 1984 study with patients recovering from gall bladder removal surgery in a suburban Pennsylvania hospital.
He manipulated the view from the convalescents windows so that half were able to gaze at nature while the others saw only a brick wall.
and requested fewer pain medications, than those with a#oebuilt#view. They even had slightly fewer surgical complications.
Environmental psychologists Rachel and Stephen Kaplan attributed nature s apparent restorative ability to something they termed#oesoft fascination#:
and lull them into a sort of hypnotic state where negative thoughts and emotions are overtaken by a positive sense of well-being.
Indeed, an analysis of numerous studies in BMC Public health found evidence for natural environments having#oedirect and positive impacts on well-being,#in the form of reduced anger and sadness.
and their ability to act as a#oebuffer#against stress. They ending up finding that the presence of#oegreen space#was more closely related to physical#in terms of minor complaints and perceived general health#than mental well-being.
While nature wasn t enough to make the participants forget about stressful life events, it appeared to quell their psychosomatic complaints.
Which is all to say that there is something fascinatingly mysterious about the entanglement of our health with that of nature.
said,#oei think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least
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