#Resolve to Lose weight and Cut Carbon Emissions: Eat Less Beef (Op-Ed) Elliott Negin is the director of news and commentary at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS.
This article is adapted from a piece that appeared on the Huffington Post. Negin contributed this article to Livescience's Expert Voices:
Op-Ed & Insights. Only 18 percent of the 140 million Americans who usually make New year's resolutions keep them according to the latest stats
so by now a number of folks have abandoned already them. But those who stick with them still represent a lot of people.
and improve our health we also would significantly cut the pollution that causes global warming.
A June 2005 study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition for example followed some 55000 healthy middle-aged Swedish women.
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published an even bigger study in June 2010 involving roughly 100000 men and 270000 women between the ages of 25 and 70 in 10 European countries.
which has been linked to cancers cardiovascular disease and diabetes. In March 2009 a 10-year National Cancer Institute review of studies that followed half a million Americans found that those who ate 4 ounces of red meat
or more daily increased their overall risk of premature death 30 percent compared with those who consumed less.
A March 2012 Harvard School of Public health review meanwhile looked at studies that collectively followed 120000 Americans'eating habits over a 28-year period.
This study provides clear evidence that regular consumption of red meat especially processed meat contributes substantially to premature death said review co-author Dr. Frank Hu in a press release issued by the Harvard School of Public health.
On the other hand choosing more healthful sources of protein in place of red meat can confer significant health benefits by reducing chronic disease morbidity and mortality.
This article was adapted from A New year's Resolution That Saves Money Improves Health and Reduces Global Warming Pollution
and are now even hacking off elephants'toenails for new traditional medicine cures. Raising awareness about the plight of elephants is without doubt necessary.
It is capitalized now largely by criminal gangs the same gangs that traffic in drugs weapons and human slaves.
As part of the United states'effort to halt international terrorism the illegal drug trade and human trafficking government agencies are actively involved with their international partners in enforcing United states Code Title 18 Part 1
and is acknowledged to be a major factor in causing obesity and diabetes both in the UK and worldwide.
It s clear this sugar plays a part in soaring levels of obesity and diabetes.
To this end leading health experts from across the globe have united to tackle and to unmask hidden sugar
It follows a similar model to salt reduction pioneered by Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH)
According to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) this will have reduced stroke and heart attack deaths by a minimum of 9000 per year with a saving in health care costs of at least £1. 5bn a year.
If we can persuade the Department of health that this programme is very likely to help considerably with the obesity epidemic
while also reducing the incidence of dental disease and (very likely) the number of people developing Type 2 diabetes it should have a good chance of success. Graham Macgregor set up
and is Chairman of both Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) and World Action on Salt and Health (WASH).
He is also chairs the Blood pressure Association sits on the board for the World Hypertension League
and recently served as President of The british Hypertension Society Sonia Pombo is a member of Consensus Action on Salt & Health (CASH).
This article was published originally on The Conversation. Read the original article. The views expressed are those of the author
#Tomorrow's Wearable Tech Is Straight Out of'Star trek'A hearing aid that wirelessly streams audio from an MP3 PLAYER.
From personalized medicine to fashion wearable technology is making a splash in the tech world. In honor of National Engineers Week (the third week in February) Live Science chatted with two engineers about some of the promises
The Best Fitness Trackers of 2014 Medical devices were one of the first applications of wearable tech.
Devices such as hearing aids have been around for decades. But what if hearing aids could stream audio directly from a music player?
That's where I see the future integrating technology with the rest of the world around a user said Kalyani Malleia a senior systems engineer at Starkey Hearing Technologies a hearing technology company based in Eden Prairie Minn.
Wearable tech has infiltrated the consumer health market too. Fitness trackers GPS watches and blood-pressure monitors are just a few of the devices that allow individuals to record
and track their health and share that information with their social network almost like a diary of your life Shaddock said.
As devices get smaller and more efficient they will become increasingly common he added. Wearables will perform many of the functions of today's personal computers.
and transmitting them to an implant in his brain wearables are being created to assist people who are disabled.
and it is Africa s biggest poisonous snake. This snake s potential danger has been the subject of many African myths
Their venom is potentially lethal and though antivenom exists it is not widely available in the black mamba s native habitat of southern and eastern Africa.
Mambas are slender agile and active with smooth scales and powerful venom. They all live throughout Sub-saharan africa.
Just two drops of potent black mamba venom can kill a human. Black mambas have a neurotoxic venom
which shuts down the nervous system and paralyzes victims. Without antivenom the fatality rate from a black mamba bite is 100 percent.
The World's 6 Deadliest Snakes The other mamba species are all smaller and slightly less venomous than the black mamba though still very poisonous.
and fenthion used by horticulturalists to keep Queensland fruit fly (also called Q-fly) at bay after finding that these chemicals pose an unacceptable risk to human health.
and productivity on farms as well as help us monitor for any biosecurity threats including Colony Collapse Disorder a global phenomenon where worker bees from a beehive
and disease-transmitting animals like domestic sheep. 6 Extinct Animals That Could Be brought Back to Life The fossilized poop was found in a cave in the Sierra Kunkaak mountain range of the eastern side of the island
'Long Winter Worsens Allergies in Spring This year's long brutal winter may mean the country's headed for pollen eruption
and a harsh allergy season in the spring doctors say. The freezing temperatures of the prolonged winter may have delayed the blooming of trees
and now that it's finally warming up trees are expected to bloom at the same time as grasses causing a dramatic rise in pollen allergy experts said.
People who may have both tree allergies and grass allergies are probably going be impacted doubly because both of those things are going to be said blooming at the same time Dr. Lolita Mcdavid a pediatrician at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland Ohio.
The 5 Most Common Allergies About 8 percent of U s. adults suffer from seasonal allergies according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Symptoms of these allergies typically include stuffy and runny noses watery and itchy eyes sneezing
and wheezing especially on days with high pollen counts. The allergy seasons seem to be getting intense in the last few years.
We are not quite sure why Mcdavid said. We don't know if it's the climate change.
It may be. Some doctors also contend that people have more allergies today perhaps because they are exposed less to allergens such as pollen than they used to be said Mcdavid.
We used to get exposed to all kinds of things. We didn't have air conditioning or air filtration systems.
The severity of each year's allergy season depends on the temperatures precipitation and amount of flowering grasses in an area that year studies have shown.
which can worsen allergies Mcdavid said. To fight off an intense allergy season Mcdavid suggests people who have allergies change their clothes
when they get home so that they don't walk around the home with the pollen they brought in.
On days with high temperatures and high pollen counts Mcdavid suggested people with allergies close the windows and turn on air conditioning.
Lastly people can take an antihistamine before going to bed which helps prevent allergic reactions for 24 hours. You can take them at night
so that you won't be drowsy in the day Mcdavid said. Email Bahar Gholipour or follow her@alterwired. Follow us@Livescience Facebook & Google+.
#5 Miserable Afflictions to Avoid This Spring As joyful and gorgeous it may be spring brings its own share of seasonal maladies
and nothing can kill the buzz of spring like an allergy or a bacterial infection.
With the warmer weather can come a host of pathogens that are less common during winter's frigid conditions.
Lyme disease Deer ticks (also called blacklegged ticks) which carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease are most active during the spring early summer and fall.
They live in shady and humid environments and are often found at ground level clinging to grass.
They also live in lawns and gardens especially at the edges of woods and old stone walls according to New york's Department of health.
The risk of Lyme disease is greatest for people living in New england the Mid-atlantic states and the upper Midwest according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
and Lyme disease avoid walking in places where ticks are likely to live. The CDC recommends using insect repellents with DEET on the skin or clothing or permethrin on clothing.
Allergic rhinitis In the spring trees and grass start to produce pollen to which many people are allergic.
The most common symptoms of allergic rhinitis (also called hay fever) are stuffy and runny nose watery and itchy eyes sneezing wheezing and cough.
There's really no good way to cure or prevent allergies but the symptoms can be controlled.
With allergies there are really good treatments and there's no need to suffer said Dr. Andy Nish president of Allergy
and Asthma Care Center in Gainesville Ga. 9 Weirdest Allergies His first recommendation to people with allergies includes avoiding the outdoors on high pollen days changing clothes
when getting home and keeping windows closed Nish said. Then there are medications to ease allergic reactionssuch as nasal steroids
and antihistamines Nish said. For people who have tried to avoid triggering their allergies but haven't seen improvement
and for those who are allergic to a number of allergens some doctors may recommend trying immunotherapy
and allergy shots Nish said. Eye allergies Another type of allergy to pollen affects the eye
and is called allergic conjunctivitis allergy. In this condition the membrane lining the eye and the inside of the eyelid becomes inflamed.
Doctors recommend staying away from pollen lubricating the eye and taking allergy medicine for relief.
Worsening of asthma & other health conditions Spring allergies can worsen an existing asthma or sinus problem Nish said.
Inhaling pollen can trigger asthma attacks and increase inflammation of the airways in people who have asthma.
Similarly people with sensitive sinuses can be irritated by pollens. Some people may develop eustachian tube dysfunction in
which the narrow tube that runs from the middle ear to the back of the nose gets blocked because of inflammation
and extra mucus Nish said. Flu The flu season is not over yet. National data from the first weeks of April show that
although seasonal influenza activity is declining flu viruses continue to circulate and cause illness in parts of the U s. For example in New york state the numbers from the second week of April show influenza is still widespread with more than 2500 lab-confirmed cases.
To avoid getting the flu people should get the flu shot and take everyday preventive actions to stop the virus'spread the CDC says.
These include washing hands limiting contact with sick people and avoiding touching your eyes nose and mouth.
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#Birthplace of Chili pepper Farming Revealed Chili peppers reign as the world's most widely cultivated spice crop;
farmers grow them in bulk and self-described chili-heads breed ever-spicier varieties of the fruit.
7 Ancient Health Ideas Explained Identifying the origin of the chili pepper is not just an academic exercise senior author of the study Paul Gepts a plant scientist at the University of California Davis said in a statement.
If her young is still nursing she may starve to death. A sloth only has its claws for defense against predators.
Chinchilla fur was mottled originally yellow-gray in the wild according to The Merck Veterinary Manual. Through selective breeding however other colors have become common including silver yellow-gray bluish-gray white beige and black.
The babies nurse for six to eight weeks and when they're about 8 months old the babies are ready to have offspring of their own.
But it is latrine efficiency not long-term health that's the Army's top priority.
Constipation is caused by many factors such as poor diet dehydration lack of exercise jet lag or diet change while traveling pregnancy and certain medications.
and vegetables should remedy constipation. If not a paucity of bowel movements could point to (or lead to) a serious medical condition.
Diarrhea or loose bowel movements also is caused by many factors most commonly by viruses bacteria or an allergic reaction.
Consistently loose bowel movements could be a sign of a chronic disease such as irritable bowel syndrome. 5 Things Your Poop Says About Your Health Misconception No. 2:
It's supposed to smell bad. Poo may not smell like roses but it shouldn't smell like a rotting swamp of roses either.
A truly awful-smelling bowel movement something admittedly hard to quantify in writing can be either a sign of an infection or something more serious such as Crohn's disease celiac disease or ulcerative colitis.
Giardiasis an infection of Giardia parasites is one well-known cause of horrible-smelling poop. If you experience bad odor over a prolonged period
when defecating you should see a doctor. Perhaps surprising passing gas from morning through the night is normal and healthy the natural byproduct of your gut bacteria digesting your food.
Colon cleansing is one of the worst things you can do for your colon and long-term health despite its enduring popularity.
Those toxins and pounds of festering impacted fecal matter? They don't exist. With each cleansing you are flushing away beneficial bacteria and electrolytes.
Emergency rooms regularly see patients who have hurt themselves by cleansing. Common side effects are dehydration rectal perforations air emboli blood infections
and a loss of the ability to control the muscles of the bowels. There are no toxins in the colon that get absorbed in the blood to cause disease.
This theory of autointoxication was proven incorrect more than 100 years ago. These toxins now reside in a virtual form on the Internet on hydrotherapy websites promoting well nothing but crap.
Misconception No. 4: Taking your time is healthy. The myth that it's healthy to sit on the toilet for a prolonged time pervades popular culture.
Studies have shown a connection between toilet reading and hemorrhoids. The theory dating back to a 1974 study is prolonged that toilet sitting during
This can lead to hemorrhoids or inflamed veins in this area. A study published in The Lancet in 1989 reported that patients with hemorrhoids were more than twice likely to read on the toilet.
A study from 1995 in the journal Colon & Rectum found that 40 percent of patients with benign anorectal disease read on the toilet.
And a 2009 study published in Neurogastroenterology & Motility also found hemorrhoids sufferers more likely to be toilet readers.
What's not clear however is prolonged whether toilet sitting causes hemorrhoids or is the result of this.
Nevertheless doctors recommend more dietary fiber not more sitting to facilitate bulkier and faster bowel movements.
The second reason toilet reading is a problem is filth. Myriad studies reveal how reading material and smart phones get contaminated with fecal matter when used on the toilet.
Alas it isn't (quite) So many people take laxatives or drink dieter's tea with the hope of pooping out more of those calories.
Laxatives do their thing in the large intestine or colon. There is anecdotal evidence the Asians unload more feces on average per day than Westerners;
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#Explainer: What is Hay fever and Why Do You Have It? This article was published originally at The Conversation.
The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
The excitement of sunshine and warm weather that comes with the approaching summer is tempered for some by the sneezing itchy eyes
Hay fever or seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis to give it its official name is caused when our bodies produce allergic antibodies to the proteins in tree and grass pollens.
The antibodies then sit in the immune cells we have on all surfaces of our bodies in contact with the outside.
When more pollen is inhaled the proteins then cause these antibodies to burst and release histamine.
This is a normal defence system gone astray. Histamine causes the familiar itching sneezing and running of the nose
and sore eyes that make hay fever a misery In the longer term airways can become inflamed and blocked causing permanent nasal stuffiness snoring lack of sleep and susceptibility to infections and sinusitis.
Hay fever especially to non-sufferers can sound like a trivial disease. But it can wipe out weeks of useful functioning in the summer is the fifth most common cause of lack of sleep in the pollen months
We don t know why some people produce antibodies against pollen and others don t but it is now more common to produce them than not.
which has resulted in theories that this allergy epidemic has been driven by environmental changes: fewer infections in childhood living away from environments such as farms
which seem to inhibit the development of allergies and modern changes in diet and lifestyle (for example overheated poorly ventilated homes).
Some years are worse for hay fever sufferers than others. This partly reflects the overall amount of pollen floating about but also individual circumstances:
for example people living near coastlines are often better off because the prevailing winds tend to carry pollen away.
which can lead to acute outbreaks of hay fever. The curious thing about hay fever is that it s a disease that some people seem to grow out of
while others don t and scientists don t yet understand why this is. Typically children who are susceptible to hay fever may start off with eczema in childhood
and then develop food allergies when they start to eat solid foods then develop hay fever as school children then asthma in their teens.
Sometimes these diseases fade away as the person grows up but sometimes they persist Sometimes they also develop for the first time later in life.
It is known not why these problems sometimes go away and curiously it is not because people stop producing the allergic antibodies.
Because of this development pattern people with hay fever are at greater risk of developing asthma. Because the susceptible cells line the lower airways as well as the nose patients with hay fever
and asthma often find that their asthma is worse during the pollen months because histamine release in the airways causes them to constrict.
This seasonal#or pollen#asthma can be quite severe. When treating asthma it makes sense to treat any associated hay fever as well
since having a blocked nose all the time bypasses the nose s natural filter function and allows more pollens and other irritants into the airways
which my make asthma more difficult to control. Nevertheless there is no good evidence that neglecting hay fever treatment causes#asthma:
the diseases are simply more likely to occur together. The first line of hay fever treatment is with antihistamines to counteract the histamine your body produces.
Over the counter ones like cetirizine and loratadine are effective and generally non-sedating but must be taken regularly to be effective.
They take about four or five days to reach effective levels in the circulation if taken once daily so taking the odd one
when the symptoms are really bad does not work half as well. Steroid nasal sprays are also excellent for anything other than mild symptoms:
when used regularly these drive the relevant cells from the lining of the nose and so abolish the release of histamine in the first place.
They are safe and effective when taken every day usually starting a few weeks before the pollen turns up.
Antihistamine drops may increase the effect of tablets. But for those with persistently bad symptoms immunotherapy (a series of injections or a course of under the tongue drops or tablets) can alleviate the disease better still.
Although there is not yet an absolute cure for hay fever it can be managed so if you re showing symptoms it s worth seeking advice from your GP
or an allergy specialist so that you can get out and enjoy the sunshine. Chris Corrigan lectures for Glaxosmithkline and Allergy Therapeutics and consults for Novartis Stallergenes and Allergy Therapeutics.
He has received funding from the Medical Research Council the Wellcome Trust Asthma UK Glaxosmithkline Allergopharma and various other charities
which fund research. This article was published originally on The Conversation. Read the original article. Follow all of the Expert Voices issues
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Study Finds Truthful statements about the health effects of cigarette smoking may come as a surprise to many smokers a new study suggests.
The study appears in the current issue of the American Journal of Preventive medicine and was led by Dr. James Hardin of the Arnold School of Public health at the University of South carolina Columbia.
Kick the Habit: 10 Scientific Quit-Smoking Tips No truth in advertising The statements that the researchers presented to the study participants have a rich history.
smoker health effects nonsmoker health effects cigarette addictiveness the design of cigarettes to increase addiction and the relative safety of light cigarettes.
and on TV said Dr. James Thrasher a co-author on the study report also at the Arnold School of Public health.
and sustain addiction.**Cigarette companies control the impact and delivery of nicotine in many ways including designing filters
*More people die every year from smoking than from murder AIDS suicide drugs car crashes and alcohol combined.
in order to convey without words the same deceitful concepts of relatively less harm from consuming some cigarette brand varieties compared to others Thrasher told Live Science.
#and may have a role in preventing youth from initiating smoking and increasing cessation among adults said Dr. Andrea Villanti of the American Legacy Foundation (ALF) who was not part of the study.
The ALF is a nonprofit anti-smoking research organization based in Washington D c. best known for The Truth health campaign which is aimed at teenagers.
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#9 Myths About Seasonal Allergies Like pollens that can spread quickly through the air myths about seasonal allergies also seem to circulate widely.
I hear allergy myths all the time said Dr. John Costa medical director of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Allergy and Clinical Immunology Practice in Boston.
To clear the air of these common misconceptions here are nine allergy myths that may be making the rounds.
Myth: Everybody has allergies. Only one in five Americans has allergic rhinitis which in spring is rose also known as fever
and in fall is called hay fever Costa said. While there has been a rise in the incidence of seasonal
and food allergies in the United states over the last 20 to 30 years people who don't have any allergies don't really worry about getting them he said.
And they often have no clue how miserable people with seasonal allergies feel Costa said.
Myth: If you didn't have seasonal allergies as a child you won't develop them as an adult.
The body comes in contact with new things all the time and can become highly allergic to them at any time.
There is nothing innately harmful about tree pollen for example but some people's immune systems look at tree pollens
and say'I'm going to have a reaction to this'Costa said. If you didn't have allergies as a kid it can happen to you as an adult he said.
If you had them as a kid allergies can gradually and unpredictably go away. Myth: Eating local honey helps relieve seasonal allergy symptoms.
It's true that bees collect pollen from plants Costa said and honey has pollens in it from the local area.
But he said the wind-carried pollens from trees grasses and weeds that cause seasonal allergies are very light and stay airborne for a long time.
The pollen in bee honey comes from flowers and is very heavy and falls to the ground.
They are the wrong kind of pollens for causing seasonal allergies Costa said. Myth: Scientists can accurately predict a bad pollen season.
Predictions about pollen seasons are said disingenuous Costa and he refrains from making them. For example only when forecasters can predict a great number of dry days in a row without any rain (such as a severe drought) can pollen predictions be made.
During that time nothing is growing so pollen can be ruled out he explained. Short of severe climactic change it's hard to say anything meaningful about pollen season Costa said.
Moving to a different geographic area could ease seasonal allergies. Moving is of little benefit to the seasonal allergy sufferer Costa said
because pollens are shared actually over large areas. Ragweed in New england is the same as ragweed in Texas
and people who are allergic to grass pollen may just be miserable everywhere because this type of pollen is incredibly cross-reactive he said. 8 Strange Signs You're Having an Allergic reaction Myth:
Flowers are a common trigger for seasonal allergies. It's rare for flower pollen to contribute to seasonal allergies Costa said.
Flower pollens are relatively heavy and fall to the ground rather than lingering in the air. In contrast pollens from trees (such as birch oak elm maple and cottonwood) grasses and weeds are very light
and stay airborne for a long time he explained. Unlike with tree and grass pollens you can control your exposure to flowers Costa said.
Patients need to use some nasal sprays selectively and judiciously Costa told Live Science. Topical nasal steroids are usually best for people with seasonal allergies he said.
They work by reducing inflammation in the lining of the nose. Most are available by prescription
People sometimes call over-the-counter nasal decongestant sprays addictive Costa said and it's true that
when people use decongestant sprays for more than five days in a row the blood vessels lining the nose can become dependent on the drugs
and rebound congestion is a common problem To relieve the stuffiness some may use even more nasal spray
You only need to take allergy medication when you start feeling terrible. Allergies are an inflammatory response
and their effects can last for weeks. It makes more sense to use allergy medications on a consistent basis to maintain control over moderate to severe allergies Costa explained.
People should know their allergic triggers and their seasons and then use medications regularly when those pollens are suggested in the air he.
Myth: Allergy shots are not worthwhile. Over the last 20 years allergy shots have become more sophisticated
and fine-tuned Costa said. The shots are given typically to people with the most severe symptoms.
In 2014 we have a much better chance of using the right dosages of allergens than we did with your grandfather's allergy shots he said.
The FDA has approved recently daily tablets that dissolve under the tongue as an alternative to allergy shots
but they are only available for ragweed or grass pollens. Follow Live Science@livescience Facebook & Google+.
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