Thats almost always viewed as a health issue, preparing for the coming wave of Alzheimers,
or as a political liability, meaning how soon will Social security go bust? We think this is something we should be celebrating,
#says Dr. John Beard, who oversees the World health organizations Global Network Of age-Friendly Cities. They need to live in an environment that allows them to participate.#
Its just one of a variety of initiatives begun in 2009 by the New york Academy of Medicine
and people with disabilities to open the doors and slide in and out. On the Upper West side, seniors snapped up a report card of grocery stores deemed age-friendly
but where older residents dont need to move if their health fails. Keyes became interested in age-friendly communities
when visiting friends in nursing homes built in commercial districts #and saw that they had nowhere to take a walk.
With funding from the National institutes of health, the aging groups Allen Glicksman is studying if seniors who live in a walkable neighborhood really are healthier as a result.
A quick check from a health department nurse reassured 73-year-old Maria Ilarraza that her blood pressure was OK,
In another corner, a crowd listened as a university nutritionist explained how to safely freeze
#Glass of milk can contain a cocktail of up to 20 chemicals Scientists found a host of chemicals used to treat illnesses in animals and people in samples of cow, goat and human breast milk.
A cocktail of up to 20 painkillers, antibiotics and growth hormones, can be found in a glass of milk,
they found a host of chemicals used to treat illnesses in animals and people in samples of cow, goat and human breast milk.
The doses of drugs were far too small to have an effect on anyone drinking them
but the results highlight how man-made chemicals are now found throughout the food chain. the highest quantities of medicines were found in cows milk.
Researchers believe some of the drugs and growth promoters were given to the cattle, or got into milk through cattle feed or contamination on the farm.
The Spanish-Moroccan team analysed 20 samples of cows milk bought in Spain and Morocco, along with samples of goat and breast milk.
Their breakdown, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, revealed that cows milk contained traces of anti-inflammatory drugs niflumic acid
mefenamic acid and ketoprofen#commonly used as painkillers in animals and people. It also contained the hormone 17-beta-estradiol, a form of the sex hormone oestrogen.
However, the scientists, led by Dr Evaristo Ballesteros, from the University of Jaen in Spain, say their technique could be used to check the safety of other types of food.
Dr Ballesteros said: We believe the new methodology will help to provide a more effective way of determining the presence of these kinds of contaminants in milk or other products.
Food quality control laboratories could use this new tool to detect these drugs before they enter the food chain.
This would raise consumers awareness and give them the knowledge that food is#harmless, pure, genuine, beneficial to health and free of toxic residues,
he added. The tests also found niflumic acid in goats milk, while breast milk contained traces of painkillers ibuprofen and naproxen,
along with the antibiotic triclosan and some hormones. The researchers say their new 30-minute test is the most sensitive of its kind.
If the findings are true for Spanish and Moroccan milk, they could equally be true for milk produced in Britain and Northern europe.
Last year Portsmouth University scientists found that fish were being contaminated with the antidepressant Prozac. The drug enters rivers from the sewer system and tinkers with the brain chemistry of fish,
the researchers claimed. Previous studies have shown that caffeine is released into our waterways after surviving the sewage treatment process.
The hormones from the contraceptive pill and HRT have been blamed for feminising fish, leading to male fish producing eggs.
The effects of antibiotics, blood pressure drugs and cholesterol-lowering drugs on wildlife are also being studied around the world.
#Top 5 man killers in the U s. Heart disease is the number one killer of men. Jeff Hale had closed just a $1. 5 million deal on a a sunny September day in the Pacific Northwest.
at the age of 44 although 15 pounds overweight and under a lot of stress from Work at first,
he thought it was an asthma attack and took a hit off his inhaler. But when that didnt help
he remembered an article hed read in Mens Health. There were two things from that article
One was that every heart attack is unique. My symptoms will be different from your symptoms. The other was,
if you suspect youre having a heart attack, take an aspirin.##Hale took two and drove himself to the hospital.
He almost didnt make it. Doctors found blockages in three arteries and performed a triple bypass the next day.
They told me Id saved my life, #says Hale. The aspirin thinned my blood, and the inhaler dilated my arteries.#
#Heart disease is the number one killer of men, claiming the lives of nearly 400,000 fathers, friends, brothers,
and sons every year. Often, the difference between life and death is razor thin#emembering to pop an aspirin,
not delaying your trip to the E. R. This week is National Mens Health Week,
which was created by Congress in 1994 to raise the awareness of the health threats uniquely facing men.
To commemorate, weve put together a list of the most popular ways to die as a man in America.
Collectively, these diseases kill nearly one million of us annually. And chances are, your lifestyle or genetic profile puts you at risk for at least one of them.
But, as Jeff Hale learned, our fates are sealed not. If you understand your risks, and learn how to negate them,
says Walter Kernan, M d.,an associate professor of medicine at Yale university. The good news: Simple lifestyle changes can dramatically reduce your risk. 4. CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASEWHY youre at risk:
Nearly 60,000 men died from COPD#hich includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema#n 2006, according to the CDC.
heart disease(#1) and cancer(#2)# ou have to ask: Why are people still smoking? What you can do about it:
Regular exercise lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, in the brain. Warning: Going cold turkey is one of the least successful ways of quitting. 3. ACCIDENTS Why youre at risk:
According to the CDC, 80,000 men die each year in unexpected tragedies, from sports injuries to fires to falls.
In fact, texting increases your risk of a crash by 23 times (versus 11 times for driving under the influence), according to a Virginia Tech study. 2. CANCER Why youre at risk:
The Big C killed nearly 300,000 men in 2010, according to the American Cancer Society. Lung cancer tops the list, accounting for 29 percent of all cancer deaths, followed by prostate cancer (11 percent) and colon/rectum cancer (9 percent.
We all know that smoking causes lung cancer, but the risk factors for prostate cancer are less well known.
Yet, its one of the most common#in 6 men will get prostate cancer in their lifetimes#nd least understood killers of men.
What you can do about it: If youre at high risk, put certain staples of the Mediterranean diet on your plate.
A study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows that men who eat more than 10 grams of garlic
or scallions (about three cloves of garlic or 2 tablespoons of scallions) daily have a 50 percent lower risk of prostate cancer than those who eat less than 2 grams.
Sound like too much of a good thing? Other studies have linked the lycopene in cooked tomato products to lower prostate cancer risk;
aim for at least two servings a week. And if you really like coffee...Harvard researchers found that drinking 6 cups a day reduces your risk of developing advanced prostate cancer by 59 percent. 1. HEART DISEASE Why youre at risk:
This is the deadliest disease known to man. More than 1 in 3 adult men have some sort of heart disease
and more than 390,000 men died of the killer in 2007, according to the American Heart Association.
But youre a fit, healthy guy, right? Why would you die of heart disease? Believe it or not,
not every victim of the disease is overweight or inactive. Mens Health Editor Peter Moore discovered this eight years ago.
He was doing everything right: He was exercised thin regularly, and ate a healthy diet. But none of that prevented one of the arteries in his heart from becoming 99 percent blocked.
What you can do about it: Small lifestyle changes can yield big results when it comes to improving heart health.
Here are four simple changes you can make today:#¢#¢Exercise for 30 minutes. Middle-aged men who exercise vigorously for two hours a week (aim for 30 minutes,
four times a week) have a 60 percent lower risk of a heart attack than inactive men.#¢
If youre overweight, dropping 10 to 20 pounds lowers your risk of dying from a heart attack.
In fact, a 10-year study found that overweight people had heart attacks 8. 2 years earlier than normal-weight victims.#¢
Men who drink that many 8-ounce glasses are 54 percent less likely to have a fatal heart attack than those who drink two glasses or fewer.
Men who respond with anger are three times more likely to have heart disease and five times more likely to have a heart attack before turning 55.
Photo credit: Anigies List Via Yahoo Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati L
#Small habits slowly pack on the pounds over the years: Study Watching TV, eating potato chips, having a sugary soda are a few bad habits that slowly pack in the pounds.
#said Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian of the Harvard School of Public health and Brigham and Womens Hospital,
whose study appears in the New england Journal of Medicine. Because the weight gain is so gradual
877 U s. women and men from three large studies of health professionals that tracked changes in lifestyle factors and weight every four years over a 20-year period.
increasing their chances of developing health problems including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, fatty liver disease and some cancers.
Obesity-related diseases account for nearly 10 percent of U s. medical spending, or an estimated $147 billion a year.
The U s. Food and Drug Administration, in a dramatic bid to get more Americans to quit smoking,
with smoke escaping from a hole in his neck#the result of a tracheotomy. The caption reads Cigarettes are addictive.#
Smoking causes fatal lung disease in nonsmokers.##A fourth picture shows a mouth with smoked-stained teeth and an open sore on the lower lip.
Cigarettes cause cancer,#the caption reads. In addition to the images, the label on packs of cigarettes will include a phone number#1-800-QUIT-NOW#so smokers will know where to go for help quitting.
honest and powerful depictions of the health risks of smoking and they will help, #U s. Health and human services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a news release.
These labels will encourage smokers to quit, and prevent children from smoking. President Obama wants to make tobacco-related death and disease part of the nations past,
and not our future.##Matthew L. Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, called the new warnings the most dramatic change in cigarette warnings in the history of the United states. For the first time the warnings are large enough to be seen
The FDA hopes these new warnings will have a significant public health impact by decreasing the number of smokers
and improved health status.#The agency said it chose the nine images from 36 originally proposed.
700 comments from a variety of groups, including the tobacco industry, retailers, health professionals, public health and other advocacy groups, state and local public health agencies, medical organizations and consumers.
Dr. Jonathan Whiteson, director of the Cardiac and Pulmonary Wellness and Rehabilitation program at NYU Langone Medical center in New york city
Smoking is the leading cause of early and preventable death in the United states, resulting in some 443,000 fatalities each year, according to the U s. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
and costs almost $200 billion every year in medical costs and lost productivity. Over the last decade, countries as varied as Canada, Australia, Chile, Brazil, Iran and Singapore, among others, have adopted graphic warnings on tobacco products.
an assistant professor in the department of health studies at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, told Healthday.
With an abundance of pediatricians, 27,000 acres of parkland, and plenty of farmers markets and food co-ops, Austin is a well-rounded, healthy hometown. 3. Boston,
MA Historic Boston made our Top 10 list for education and ranked high in our health category as well.
and the city is home to several world-class medical institutions, including Childrens Hospital Boston and Brigham and Womens Hospital.
Families can stay fit in Bostons many parks such as the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, with beautiful paths to amble through.
The city of Des moines ranks in the Top 10 for both education and health, offering kids the opportunity to experience city life in the midst of Americas farmland.
because the state of Washington has expanded the Family Medical Leave Act to include businesses with only eight or more workers. 10.
#Magic mushrooms could have medical benefits, researchers say Magic Mushrooms can induce transcendental states. The hallucinogen in magic mushrooms may no longer just be for hippies seeking a trippy high.
Researchers at Johns hopkins university School of medicine have been studying the effects of psilocybin, a chemical found in some psychedelic mushrooms,
thats credited with inducing transcendental states. Now, they say, theyve zeroed in on the perfect dosage level to produce transformative mystical and spiritual experiences that offer long-lasting life-changing benefits,
when doctors use psilocybin#ong viewed skeptically for its association with 1960s countercultural thrill-seekers#or a range of valuable clinical functions,
like easing the anxiety of terminally ill patients, treating depression and posttraumatic stress disorder, and helping smokers quit.
Already, studies in which depressed cancer patients were given the drug have reported positive results. Im not afraid to die anymore#one participant told The Lookout.
The Johns Hopkins study#hose results will be published this week in the journal Psychopharmacology#nvolved giving healthy volunteers varying doses of psilocybin in a controlled and supportive setting, over four separate sessions.
#Identifying the exact right dosage for hallucinogenic drugs is crucial, Roland Griffiths, a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins who led the study,
explained to The Lookout. Thats because a bad trip#can trigger hazardous, self-destructive behavior, but low doses dont produce the kind of transformative experiences that can offer long-term benefits.
#In the 1950s and 60s, scientists became interested in the potential effects of hallucinogens like psilocybin, mescaline,
and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) on both healthy and terminally ill people. Mexican Indians had, since ancient times, used psychedelic mushrooms with similar chemical structures to achieve intense spiritual experiences.
But by the mid 60s, counterculture gurus like Dr. Timothy Leary and Aldous Huxley were talking up mind-altering drugs as a way of expanding ones consciousness
Stories, perhaps apocryphal, circulated about people jumping out of windows while on LSD, and some heavy users were said to have suffered permanent psychological damage.
the US government had banned essentially all hallucinogenic drugs. But recent years have seen the beginning of a revival of mainstream scientific interest in mind-altering drugs,
and particularly in the possibility of using them in a clinical setting to alleviate depression and anxiety.
A 2004 study by the government of Holland (pdf) found psilocybin to have no significant negative effects.
Here in the United states, too, the climate may be shifting. In a statement accompanying the announcement of the Johns Hopkins findings, Jerome Jaffe, a former White house drug czar now at the University of Maryland School of medicine
said the results raise the question of whether psilocybin could prove useful in dealing with the psychological distress experienced by some terminal patients?#
#The hope is that the long-lasting spiritual and transcendental experiences associated with psilocybin could#f conducted in a controlled and supportive setting,
and with appropriate dosage levels#elp ease patients fear and anxiety, allowing them to approach death with a greater sense of calm.
You can see one terminally ill cancer patient speak movingly about the positive effects of psilocybin here.
Griffiths thinks the drug may have the potential to alleviate the suffering of terminal patients. Hes currently leading a separate Johns Hopkins psilocybin study,
using volunteers who are depressed after being diagnosed with cancer. So far weve had#necdotally only#ery positive results,#comparable to the study with healthy volunteers,
he said. A study from the University of California, Los angeles last year reported similar positive results.
But Griffiths said his study, under way for three years, has recruited only 20 patients, in part because oncologists are interested more in curing cancer than helping patients cope with its effects,
so they dont refer provide many referrals. Most oncologists just dont get it, #he said. Its not the focus of their research,
and theyre busy people.##But the experience of one volunteer in Griffithss study offers a glimpse of the potential benefits.
Lauri Reamer, 47, told The Lookout that she participated in two Johns Hopkins psilocybin sessions last September,
not long after ending intensive chemotherapy and radiation to treat a rare form of leukemia that,
several times in the preceding few years, had taken almost her life. Reamer, an anesthesiologist from Ruxton, Md.
with three young daughters, said that although her disease was in remission by that time, she was still suffering psychologically from the trauma of the illness and the treatment.
She had walled herself off emotionally, she said, and was unable to show empathy for others or even for herself.
The psilocybin had an immediate impact. At the end of the session, I was just in this joyous, happy, relaxed state,
#she said. The drug was gone#hat was left was just this peaceful calm.##That calm had lasting benefits.
Reamer said the experience#hat she called an epiphany##ave her the impetus to get out of a failing marriage.
Since doing so, she said, both she and her daughters have been much happier. I dont think it was the drug that did said it,
#she. It was the drug that helped me find the clarity.##Thats not the only improvement.
My sleeping has gotten better. My relationships have gotten better with people, #she said. The fog has lifted.#
And although doctors tell her that, thanks to the effect of the illness and the treatment,
who have tried psilocybin. People feel uplifted, and very often have a sense that everything is O k. at one level,
They blame agriculture, with restricted diets and urbanisation compromising health and leading to the spread of disease.
and more robust than their modern-day counterparts, said Dr Marta Lahr, an expert in human evolution.
Dr Lahr, who last week presented her findings to the Royal Society, Britains most prestigious scientific body, described the changes as striking We can see that humans have evolved continually
Dr Lahr said: Over evolutionary time there would have been huge energy savings in making the brain smaller
as well as a manufacturing center for watches and other technology used in the medical, IT, and automotive sectors, according to the Bern Economic Development Agency.
and has the same immune-boosting and antibacterial qualities as breast milk, scientists at Chinas Agricultural University in Beijing say.
But at least medical experts are beginning to refer to the risk of pesticide residue. Again, the Chicago tribune:
Some medical experts, however, are concerned increasingly about even low-level exposure to pesticides, especially in utero.
and other toxic chemicals,#said Dr. Phillip Landrigan, director of the Childrens Environmental Health Center at Mount sinai School of medicine in New york city.
who owns Mirabella Salon and Spa in Boise. If you go in and youre a woman,
and when it affects health, the epidemic of tobacco-related disease and death has begun just,
THE WHO said. But by 2030, the annual death toll could reach 8 million. The United nations health body urged more governments to sign up to
and implement its tobacco control treaty, warning that if current trends persist, tobacco could cause up to a billion deaths in the 21st century,
THE WHO noted some encouraging recent moves#Uruguay now requires health warnings that cover 80 percent of the surface of tobacco packs,
and is described by THE WHO as one of the biggest public health threats the world has faced ever#.
#It causes lung cancer, which is often fatal, and other chronic respiratory diseases. It is also a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, the worlds number one killers.
THE WHO said smoking is one of the biggest contributors to a worldwide epidemic of noncommunicable,
or chronic, diseases such as heart attack, stroke, cancer and emphysema, which accounts for 63 percent of all deaths worldwide, nearly 80 percent
of which occur in poorer countries. To mark World No Tobacco Day on May 31, the World Lung Foundation (WLF) campaign group launched a website of graphic and gruesome images of the health effects of smoking that health officials can download for use as warnings on tobacco packaging.
The WLF said that on average smokers see images on tobacco packs 15 times a day,
adding up to almost 5, 500 times a year which makes pictures a highly effective channel to inform smokers about the dangers of tobacco.#
they are taking a big step forward toward better informing smokers of the deadly harms of tobacco,
As it is also much closer to human milk it could be used in young children who are allergic to normal dairy products.
High levels of calcium that make it good for your bones add to its health giving properties.
The study at the University of Naples, Italy, compared the effect of donkey milk compared to cows milk in diet and health.
and less stress on the metabolic system. The study, which was presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul,
and because it is low in proteins it can be used in young children who are allergic to proteins in cows milk.
and as a defense mechanism, the plant will shoot out a poisonous spay. But are plants trainable?
These numbers are global estimates of the human casualty count associated with each of these creatures.
resulting in 29,000 human injuries and more than $1 billion in insurance claims in addition to the death toll.
Deer also carry the ticks that transmit Lyme disease to about 13,000 people each year. Economic damage to agriculture, timber,
Corals are marine animals that exist as small polyps, typically in colonies of many identical individuals.
is formed actually of thousands of individual but genetically identical polyps, each polyp is only a few millimeters in diameter.
Over thousands of generations the polyps lay down a skeleton that is characteristic of their species. A head of coral grows by asexual reproduction of the individual polyps.
Using what may be considered a more abstract view of nature, some view the earth itself as capable of growing#its own rocks and mountains.
But even still, many fear the toxicity of DEET and try to avoid it even with those mini-monsters landing on you noon and night.
Dr. Mohammed Abou-Donia of Duke university studied lab animals performance of neuro-behavioural tasks requiring muscle co-ordination.
Children with DEET toxicity reported lethargy, headaches, tremors, involuntary movements, seizures, and convulsions though the amount that led to this toxicity was unreported, according to the CDC.
LINK Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati o
#Explosives and Pesticides Can Be detected by Using Bee Venom MIT scientists discover that bee venom can detect explosives and some pesticides.
Scientists from MIT have discovered that by coating carbon nanotubes in bee venom, they can create ultra-sensitive detectors for explosives such as TNT,
as well as at least two different types of pesticides. This means that bees and their stingers could become important to making better environmental sensors.
and fellow chemical engineers coated one-atom-thick tubes of carbon with protein fragments found in bee venom,
Its certainly an interesting use of venom especially after we recently saw that scorpion venom can be used to create pesticides.
Strano has filed for a patent on the sensor, and the team is still working out a compression system to ensure that any molecules in the air come into contact with the tubes
This is certainly a novel approach for using the proteins found in bee venom. It seems there are a number of potential uses for the poison,
even including boosting brain functions like memory and learning. Photo credit: Flickr Via Treehugger Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati e
Dr. Harold C. Connolly Jr. and student Stuart A. Sweeney Smith at the City university of New york (CUNY) and the American Museum of Natural history (AMNH) first recognized the grain to be of a very special type, known as a calcium-aluminum
Cracked Egg refractory inclusion was sent to Dr. Chi Ma at California Institute of technology (Caltech) for very detailed nano-mineralogy investigation.
Dr. Ma then sent it to Dr. Anthony Kampf, Curator of Mineral Sciences at the Natural history Museum of Los angeles County (NHM), for X-ray diffraction study.
If hospitals added musicians playing soft background music to their waiting rooms, would this help alleviate stress and anxiety,
Overtext Web Module V3.0 Alpha
Copyright Semantic-Knowledge, 1994-2011