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but they have been dying at unprecedented rates because of a mysterious phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder (CCD).

The crisis is attributed generally to a mixture of disease, parasites, and pesticides. Other scientists are pursuing a different tack:

and protect the health of the environment. Honeybees alone contribute more than $15 billion in value to U s. agricultural crops each year.

combines 3. Printed buildings (3d printing) 4. Packages delivered by drones 5. Farmers growing legal marijuana 6. Using vertical greenhouses for specialty crops above

Sensors also can report on the health and conditions of machinery and measure things like pressure,

and health and wellness. Iot Use Cases CONSUMER EFFICIENCY The use cases that most people are familiar with are the ones targeting the home consumer.

One of the challenges that doctors face when treating older patients with diseases like cancer, heart disease, kidney disorders,

and other various rehabilitations is that many find it challenging or prefer not to travel to the doctor s office as often as they should.

This poses a problem as people with life threatening diseases need to be monitored frequently. There are a number startups that have surfaced in the last few years aimed at addressing this problem.

Using connected devices, health related information can be sent to doctors, family members, or other caretakers so that the patient s health and wellness can be evaluated in real time.

Some websites even have the intelligence to counsel the patient and make recommendation with diets,

exercise, or other lifestyle changes based on the information collected. Assisted living is another area where Iot is helping our elderly.

The cost of nursing homes can be too much for some people that require assistance and monitoring to get through each day.

There are technologies in the market place today that monitor the health and activity of the person inside their own home and can alert family

and emergency care when issues arise. This is where the connected refrigerator and other appliances would thrive.

In cities like San francisco, 20-30%of all traffic congestion is caused by people searching for parking spots.

AGRICULTURE AND MORE I have seen even a startup that utilizes sensors to monitor the health

and water to each specific animal as well as administer any necessary medications. In addition they can accurately forecast the weight

and even pest and disease resistance. There is potential for these multifunctional techno-greenhouses built around LED grow lights to increase the quality of the food we eat

and ways to improve upon them. 4. Real-time Healthcare Monitors Rather than doing the snapshot-in time testing that doctors do today,

7. Cure for Aging Life expectancy is getting longer, but the usefulness of the human body has traditionally maxed out somewhere around 120.

Will it someday be possible to find a cure for aging? 8. Driverless cars How long will it be before we see the first highway in the U s. to be designated as adriverless-cars only highway?

Hyper-Individualized Medicine Professor Lee Cronin at the University of Glasgow believes we will soon be using 3d printers to replace traditional pharmaceuticals with hyper-individualized medicines that are printed specifically for the person at the time they ordered them.

What are the likely health and business implications from this kind of technology? 24. Crypto Currencies Bitcoin is the first crypto currency to make major inroads as an alternative to national currencies.

Legalized Marijuana Movement Tracking very similarly to the end of prohibition in 1929, the legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington is paving the way for other states

and counties to follow suit. How long before the marijuana is as prevalent as alcohol in nightclubs around the U s. and around the world?

35. Perpetual Self-Filling Canteen In a world where people continually die from lack of hydration,

Anomaly Zero The medical problems most people have can be traced to changes in a single cell.

#This is your brain on a smartphone A mobile junkie. When is the last time you powered your smartphone all the way down?

Fair warning, you will experience a short stint of anxiety and emptiness. These mobile withdrawals are unpleasant

I was a mobile junkie. The phosphorescent glow left me mesmerized and needing more. Each Snapchat or push notification fueled my need for news, updates,

I accepted my addiction and decided to make a change. Full disclosure: I m a technologist that works almost exclusively on mobile.

We (as app makers) want them to be addicting. Like a potato chip manufacturer, we try to put just the right crunch

We want you to get addicted. It puts the potato chips on our table. There have been several great posts and humbling videos about mobile abuse so

As a human being, many of these triumphs are trumped by the overwhelming anxiety phones have instilled in us.

I made a few small changes that compounded into a better prescription than any anxiety medication. I started rehabbing slowly by rethinking how, why,

I no longer relied on my phone to solve any anxiety or unnecessary emptiness. I was human again.

Remember kiddos#An Apple a day keeps the doctor away. An Apple every 20 seconds#well#that s too many damn Apples.

a board-certified veterinary nutritionist who co-authored a textbook on pet nutrition. Delaney founded Balanceit, a website with tips on preparing pet food and other finer points of pet nutrition, in 2005.

The vet told him she was allergic to something in the environment, her food or their home.

which makes Joni Scheftel, state public health veterinarian at the Minnesota Department of health in St paul, nervous because it may increase human exposure to salmonella and other foodborne illnesses.

More on that tomorrow. Cooking your own food for Fido is fine, vet nutritionist Delaney says,

as long as you learn the dos and dont s. First of all, dog food can t contain ingredients pets can t tolerate, like garlic and onions, raisins, grapes and kabocha squash,

as reported in a review published in the Journal for American Veterinary Medical Association in 2012.

or patients) to trust them. If the users think they are taking a disproportionate share of the risks

said Dr Massa. It is delicious. But astronauts will not be allowed to savour the first crop,

Dr Massa explained. First, we have to bring the lettuce home for analysis. Is it safe to eat?

Sensors help agriculture by enabling real-time traceability and diagnosis of crop, livestock and farm machine states.

Optical sensors or drones are able to identify crop health across the field (for example, by using infrared light).

Infrastructural health sensors: Can be used for monitoring vibrations and material conditions in buildings, bridges, factories, farms and other infrastructure.

The creation of entirely new strains of food animals and plants in order to better address biological and physiological needs.

and maintain and enhance human health and our environment. Scientifically viable in 2013; mainstream in 2023;

Iowa 126,921 119 Peoria, Ill. 114,754 119 Pompano Beach, Fla. 100,819 119 Richardson, Texas 100,057 119 Westminster, Colo. 106,750 119

. 136,891 116 Salem, Ore. 154,835 116 Shreveport, La. 200,099 116 Springfield, Ill. 115,982 116 Topeka 127,312 116 Bridgeport, Conn. 144,446 115

, Ill. 152,948 100 Columbia, Md. 100,735 99 Miami Gardens, Fla. 107,884 99 Garden Grove, Calif. 171,377 98 Salinas, Calif. 150,634

Calif. 215,188 95 Round Rock, Texas 100,764 95 Warren, Mich. 134,550 95 Bakersfield, Calif. 347,091 94 Elgin, Ill. 109,513 94

. 292,262 90 Antioch, Calif. 102,575 89 Aurora, Ill. 196,569 89 Carlsbad, Calif. 105,097 89 El paso 650,778 89 Olathe

Chula Vista, Calif. 242,499 85 Joliet, Ill. 147,098 85 Mcallen, Texas 130,297 85 Detroit 721,459 84 Lancaster, Calif. 155,496 84

. 101,339 68 Thousand Oaks, Calif. 126,570 68 Elk Grove, Calif. 151,639 67 Frisco, Texas 116,944 61 Naperville, Ill. 142,143 56

Lisa Maki, a cofounder of the tech start-up Pokitdok it helps consumers find low-cost health care providers says 15 of the company s 23 employees are based in Charleston.

Many employees want to raise their children in a less high-stress environment, and they love the ability to live close to work,

including health-tech giant Benefitfocus, which opened in 2000 in a shuttered Walmart. When CEO Shawn Jenkins and a partner started the company,

develops software that helps employees manage workplace health and life insurance benefits. It has estimated an 20 million users.

Chemists with the University of Texas and the University of Marburg have devised a method of using a small electrical field that will remove the salt from seawater.

and improving human health. Cooks continued: Seawater desalination is one way to address this need,

Securitization of Water, Food, Soil, Health, Energy and Migration explains how the UN plans to secure resources to use at their disposal.

which compromises their health. The cycle in complete when those who had stolen their water from them through coercion die from contaminated water that they were forced to use.

In the short span of one or two generations, the majority of the nine billion people On earth will be living under the handicap of severe pressure on fresh water.

This obviously unsustainable course is causing the contamination of our fresh water supply. UN-Water, a non-governmental organization (NGO), controlled by UNESCO,

so that owners can drive coast-to-coast without range anxiety. And to more strongly compel these slightly more risk-averse buyers,

planting and potting their stresses away. Makoto Kawada, a spokesperson for East Japan Railway Company, told Fast Co. Exist:

or impossible for the farmer to react to a problem like a disease outbreak before it s too late

it s easy to develop some paranoia about the dangers ahead. However, much of today s technology is giving us superhuman attributes.

Nano-Medics The medical problems most people have can be traced to a single cell or a small group of them.

Health professionals capable of working on the nano-level, both in designing diagnostics systems, remedies, and monitoring solutions will be in high demand. 111.

Bio-Factory Doctors Strategists, and Developers 112. DNA Scientists 113. Gene Sequencers 114. Treatment Monitors Micro-Colleges The systems used to create colleges centuries ago seems justifiably primitive by today s standards.

Situational Therapists 125. Life-Stage Attendants 126. Memorial Designers 127. Octogenarian Service Providers As the population continues the age we will have record numbers of people living into their 80s, 90s, and 100s.

Plant Psychologists & Plant Therapists As we mess with theminds of the plants, there will invariably be any number of unplanned reactions.

Hospital and Healthcare Dismantlers Details here. 139. Income tax System Dismantlers-Details here. 140. Government agency Dismantlers Details here. 141.

Memory Augmentation Therapists Entertainment is all about the great memories it creates. Creating a better grade of memories can dramatically change who we are

Amnesia Surgeons Doctors who are skilled in removing bad memories or destructive behavior. 162. Geoengineers Weather Control Specialists We are moving past the age of meteorology

for example, confer resistance to disease or drought. That s why you have to collect everything.

volcanic soil is similar to that of Mars. Vermeulen says one of the team s main concerns was combating what s known asmenu fatigue in astronauts.

Martian soil Ecologist Dr. Wieger Wamelink of the Alterra Institute in The netherlands also recently studied the possibility of food growth on Mars. Wamelink planted seeds of 14 plants on artificial Martian

including Parkinson s, mild cognitive impairment, ADHD, Tourette s, and schizophrenia. Dan Hurley, author of Smarter:

including Parkinson s, mild cognitive impairment, ADHD, Tourette s, and schizophrenia. Plus it has long been associated with weight loss.

and Drug Administration, sold by pharmacies over the counter, bought by consumers, and covered by many state Medicaid programs:

In January 2012, a six-year follow-up study of 787 adults who had recently quit smoking found that those who used nicotine replacement therapy in the form of a patch, gum, inhaler,

Maryka Quik, director of the Neurodegenerative Diseases Program at SRI International, a nonprofit research institute based in California s Silicon valley.

My father died of lung cancer. I totally get it. Yet for years Quik has endured the skepticism

Nicotine Reduces L-dopa-Induced Dyskinesias by Acting at ï¢2 Nicotinic Receptors. A huge literature says that smoking protects against Parkinson s,

she said. It started as a chance observation, which is frequently the most interesting kind.

came from a study published in 1966 by Harold Kahn, an epidemiologist at the National institutes of health.

cigarette smokers were eleven times more likely to have died of lung cancer as were nonsmokers and twelve times more likely to have died of emphysema.

Cancers of the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, larynxblah, blah, blah. But amid the lineup of usual sus pects, one oddball jumped out:

Parkinson s disease. Strangely enough, death due to the neurodegenerative disorder, marked by loss of dopamine-producing neurons in the midbrain,

occurred at least three times more often in nonsmokers than in smokers. What was it about tobacco that ravages the heart, lungs, teeth,

and skin but somehow guards against a disease of the brain? Over the course of the 1970s, neuroscientists like Quik learned that the nicotine molecule fits into receptors for the neurotransmitter acetylcholine like a key into a lock.

By managing to slip through doors markedacetylcholine Only, nicotine revealed a special family of acetylcholine receptors hitherto unknown.

According to psychopharmacologist Paul Newhouse, director of the Center for Cognitive Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of medicine in Nashville, Nicotinic receptors in the brain appear to work by regulating other receptor systems.

which plays an important role in modulating attention, reward-seeking behaviors, drug addictions, and movement. And therein lies the answer to the mystery of why nicotine could prevent a movement disorder like Parkinson s disease, due to its effects on dopamine.

To put the drug to the test, Quik treated rhesus monkeys with Parkinson s with nicotine. After eight weeks, she reported in a landmark 2007 paper in the Annals of Neurology

the monkeys had half as many tremors and tics. Even more remarkably, in monkeys already receiving L-dopa, the standard drug for Parkinson s,

nicotine reduced their dyskinesias by an additional one-third. Studies of nicotine in humans with Parkinson s are supported now under way

by the Michael j fox Foundation. Other research suggests the drug may protect against the early stages of Alzheimer s disease.

A study involving sixty-seven people with mild cognitive impairment, in which memory is impaired slightly

but decision-making and other cognitive abilities remain within normal levels, foundsignificant nicotine-associated improvements in attention,

memory, and psychomotor speed, with excellent safety and tolerability. What we saw was consistent with prior studies showing that nicotinic stimulation in the short run can improve memory, attention,

nicotine is as addictive as heroin, cocaine or amphetamines, and for most people more addictive than alcohol.

Tobacco may well be as addictive as heroin, crack, alcohol, and Cherry Garcia combined into one giant crazy sundae.

Tobacco use has one of the highest rates of addiction of any abused drug. Paradoxically, in animal models, nicotine appears to be a weak reinforcer.

But what about nicotine as a cognitive enhancer for people without Alzheimer s, Parkinson s or any other brain disease?

Of course, all the physicians and neuroscientists I interviewed were unanimous in discouraging people from using a nicotine patch for anything other than its FDA-approved purpose,

I decided to ignore not only their advice but the advice of my personal physician. I added a nicotine patch to my list of things to try to become smarter.

#How a breast milk antibody plays an important role in infant gut development Breastfeeding is an important strategy to ensure a healthy balance of good bacteria in an infant s gut.

Now, Eric Rogier from the University of Kentucky has found a milk antibody called SIGA also helps to set up the right community of gut microbes.

including several signs of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). This antibody sets up a healthier environment in an infant s intestinal tract,

so they re better prepared to withstand environmental problems later in life, says Charlotte Kaetzel,

which in turn sets up the immune system to have fewer chronic illnesses later in life, says Allan Walker from Massachusetts General Hospital.

Milk contains a vast cocktail of molecules, and immunoglobin A (Iga or SIGA) is one of them.

It s an antibody found in our bodily secretions. We manufacture it in ridiculous amounts:

mother s milk is the only source of the antibody. When Rogier engineered mutant mice that couldn t produce SIGA in their milk,

and had more of certain groups that are seen in the guts of IBD patients. And some of these microbes ended up in unexpected places.

The most abundant species was Ochrobactrum anthropian opportunistic bacterium that s been linked to a growing number of infections in hospital patients.

those that didn t get the antibody from their mothers reacted more vigorously. They strongly activated several genes that have been linked to IBD in humans.

When it comes to such diseases scientists often talk about a triad of contributing factors: the host s own biology, their microbes,

and environmental factors like food-borne illnesses that can trigger inflammation. These mice had altered two sides of this triangle,

if it s possible to boost the intestinal health of a formula-fed infant by supplementing them with SIGA,

or even if the purified antibody could help older children or adults with intestinal problems. And

Over the past decade, millions of bees have died as entire beehives have turned suddenly into tombs, a phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD.

Others have pointed to everything from poor nutrition to stress to automotive exhaust. But none of those studies have involved tracking bees behavior in real time in the real world.

The extent of the obesity epidemic worldwide has been thrown into stark reality as a report from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) puts the number of overweight and obese adults in developing countries at more than 900 million.

we will see a huge increase in the number of people suffering certain types of cancer, diabetes,

strokes and heart attacks, putting an enormous burden on public healthcare systems. The report warns that governments are not doing enough to tackle the growing crisis,

obesity, together with the excessive consumption of fat and salt is linked to the rising global incidence of noncommunicable diseases,

including some cancers, diabetes, heart disease and stroke, says the report. What has changed is that the majority of people who are overweight

or obese today can be found in the developing rather than the developed world. The report highlights a paradox in the developing world.

there is scope to influence the evolution of diet to get better outcomes for health and agriculture, says the report.

if future health costs are to be contained. Some governments have managed to change diets for the better.

Later they all had to be treated for delusions of grandeur!..Dating a bear is only slightly different than dating Dennis Rodman!..

But you'd have to drink 80 to 100 cups in a hurry health experts say.

Health experts advise avoiding it for 6 hours before bedtime. If you drink five to 10 cups of decaffeinated coffee you could get as much caffeine as from one or two cups of caffeinated coffee a study found.

& Their Health Effects<p>Environmental Working group an organization that advocates against the use of toxic chemicals has released a list of the 12 worst hormone disrupting chemicals.</

Studies have linked<a href=http://www. livescience. com/40391-bpa-higher-rate-miscarriage. html>BPA exposure</a>with many health problems including obesity<a href=http://www

. livescience. com/8448-girls-entering-puberty-younger-ages-study-suggests. html>early puberty</a>and miscarriage.

Chronic exposure to dioxins has been linked to immune system problems and cancer. But while the chemical is known to be toxic at high levels &quot;

background&quot; exposure (exposure to normal levels in the environment) is expected not to affect human health on average WHO says.</

</p><p>This commonly used pesticide can contaminate drinking water EWG says. In animal studies it has been linked to tumors delayed puberty

and prostate inflammation and is known to turn<a href=http://www. livescience. com/10957-pesticide-turns-male-frogs-females. html>male frogs into females</a>EWG says.

In 2000 the Environmental protection agency determined that atrazine is not likely to cause cancer in people.

on atrazine and its health and environmental effects &quot; to ensure that the agency&rsquo; s regulatory decisions continue to protect public health and the environment&quot;

the EPA says. Buying organic produce and using a filter for drinking water can reduce exposure to atrazine EWG says.</

</p><p>These chemicals are used in plastics to make the material more flexible and in many products as dissolving agents according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

To lower<a href=http://www. livescience. com/21608-phthalates-diabetes-women-risk. html>phthalate exposure</a people can avoid plastic food containers

and have been linked to health effects such as lower IQ according to EWG. Many PBDES have been phased out but because of their long-life they will likely contaminate wildlife for decades EWG says.</

</p><p>This is a well-studied toxin and has been linked to brain damage lower IQ hearing loss and nervous system problems EWG says.

But lead has also been found to affect hormones. In animals lead can lower sex hormone levels EWG says.</

>and thyroid disease among other problems EWG says. However these studies cannot prove PFCS causes these problems

and chronic exposure to low levels of it has been linked to increased risks of bladder lung and skin cancers.

The Food and Drug Administration said recently that levels of<a href=http://www. livescience. com/39474-arsenic-rice-fda. html>arsenic in rice</a>do not appear to pose health risks over the short term

and have been linked to lower sperm count in painters among other health problems EWG says. Exposure to these chemicals has also been linked to asthma and allergies in children.

Avoiding products with the ingredients 2-butoxyethanol (EGBE) and methoxydiglycol (DEGME) may help reduce exposure to glycol ethers EWG says.</

On numerous scientific websites such as the National institutes of health (NIH) and the database Pubmed a message is posted saying that due to the lapse in government funding the information on this web site may not be submitted up to date transactions via the website may not be processed

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These insects cause no harm to humans or to property although occasionally a car parked under a cicada-infested tree could get covered in small droppings.

The larvae have mouths that behave like a hypodermic needle Fredericks said which sticks into tree tissue

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#200,000 Yearly Deaths from Heart disease, Stroke Are Preventable About a quarter of the deaths from heart disease

and stroke that occur yearly in the United states are preventable according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The deaths of more than 200000 people ages 75 and younger from heart disease and stroke in 2010 could have been prevented through more effective public health measures treatment

About 800000 Americans die from cardiovascular disease each year. The rate of preventable deaths was higher for men (83.7 preventable deaths per 100000 people) than women (39.6 preventable deaths per 100000 people.

Although the rate of preventable deaths from heart disease and stroke has declined over the last decade among people ages 65 to 74 the rate among those younger than 65 has remained unchanged the report said.

because we're talking about hundreds of thousands of deaths that don't have to happencdc Director Dr. Tom Frieden said in a news conference.

Many of the heart attacks and strokes that will kill people in the coming year could be prevented by reducing blood pressure and cholesterol and stopping smoking.

In terms of heart attack and stroke deaths Its unfortunate but your longevity may be more likely to be influenced by your zip code than your genetic code Frieden said.

One reason for the slow decline in preventable deaths among younger age groups could be that these groups are less likely to receive screenings and early treatment for conditions such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol

which are risk factors for heart disease and stroke. The increase in availability of health insurance under the Affordable Care Act is expected to reduce the number of preventable heart attacks

and strokes in younger people Frieden said. To prevent more deaths from heart disease and stroke health care systems can use electronic health records to identify patients who smoke

or have high blood pressure and cholesterol so that doctors can follow their progress toward heart-healthy behaviors the CDC said.

Communities can promote tobacco-free areas and help ensure access to healthy foods the CDC said.

Individuals can increase their amount of daily exercise such as taking several brisk 10-minute walks daily five times a week

and improve their diet by eating more fruits and vegetables and fewer foods with high sodium and trans fat content.

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