which they would touch people inflicted with scrofula and supposedly cure them. Spawforth said that canceling these ceremonies was considered oescandalous.
or bloody that's a really strong cue that there's infection or cancer and that's the one
Bladder cancer infections and kidney stones can all cause bleeding that shows up in urine and all are worth a trip to the doctor.
Liver cancer can cause dark brown urine containing excess bilirubin a brownish pigment produced by the liver.
It's a painkiller given to people with urinary tract infections and converts pee into a Gatorade-like color.
The cloudy yellow urine in West's picture was caused by an infection. Related: How much Urine Can a Healthy Bladder Hold?
Occasionally a urinary tract infection may trigger green pee. Blue The rarest of all on the pee rainbow blue urine often comes from chemicals
Methylene blue was also a malaria treatment during WORLD WAR II. Other medications that make blue urine include Viagra indomethacin
Indigo and Violet In this photo the deep purple urine comes from a patient with kidney failure. The dark black one is something that you usually see in kidney failure West said.
Your kidneys should be filtering your blood and getting rid of your waste and when you damage the kidneys there's a lot more blood in the urine she said.
Patients with catheters can develop a rare complication called purple urine bag syndrome linked to a urinary tract infection and highly alkaline urine.
A genetic condition called porphyria may also trigger deep purple pee. Email Becky Oskin or follow her@beckyoskin. Follow us@livescience Facebookâ & Google+.
#People With Celiac disease Don't Have To Miss the Cookout (Op-Ed) Mary Kay Sharrett R. D. L. D. of the Celiac disease Clinic at Nationwide Children's Hospital helps patients with celiac disease.
and charcoal grills and while that usually means a good time at a potluck style cookout for people with health concerns like celiac disease that family gathering can be a challenge.
Families with children who are living with celiac disease are especially aware that this type of gathering can be problematic
if there are any food allergies you should know about and pay close attention to what those food allergies mean for your menu.
It is estimated out of every 133 Americans has celiac disease and while a gluten free diet is recommended only for people with celiac disease chances are you will come in contact with someone who needs to strictly avoid gluten.
People with celiac disease really need to read the labels on condiments especially. Marinades or sauces may contain wheat especially
if they contain soy sauce. Also watch out for marinades that are made with beer. Even crumbs from food containing gluten being left behind can be harmful for a child with celiac disease
if the crumbs mix with a gluten-free dish. In order to grill safely gluten-free make sure only plain meat
or vegetables cross-contamination with buns or marinades could be dangerous. I also suggest bringing a gluten-free bun with you to the cookout
And if squeeze bottles aren't being used try to be first in line to avoid contamination from knives that have touched bread containing gluten.
because the long-term effect of anyone with celiac disease being exposed to gluten is damage to the intestine.
First Case Detailed in New Report The case of a father and daughter in China who both became infected with H7n9 bird flu provides the strongest evidence yet that the virus can transmit from person to person experts say.
The father a 60-year-old living in the Jiangsu province of eastern China fell ill about five to six days after he visited a live poultry market in March according to a new report
Both patients became severely ill developing fevers and pneumonia and later died from the disease.
See 6 Things You Should Know About the New Bird flu Genetic testing revealed that the patients were infected with nearly identical strains of H7n9.
The most likely explanation for these cases is that the father became infected with H7n9 from a poultry market
The new report does not mean that H7n9 is getting closer to causing a pandemic in people James Rudge
Limited human transmission of bird flu viruses has been seen in the past and is not surprising Rudge and Coke said.
The contaminants in the water and sediments were ridiculously low Smalling said. The frogs may store up small exposures over time
and degradation followed by an infectious disease called chytridiomycosis. In the Sierras introducing trout into mountain lakes also hit frogs hard
of which it couldn't actually treat (such as epilepsy). In the 18th century William Withering a British physician
and friend of Erasmus Darwin used infusions of foxglove with surprising success to treat dropsy a disease now known as edema that can cause swelling bad enough to rip open the skin.
which is administered often to patients with congestive heart failure. Rosy periwinkle too is toxic to eat but has been used to treat ailments from diabetes to constipation in traditional Indian and Chinese medicines.
Sometimes called Madagascar periwinkle it's adorned with pink flowers and is endangered in the wild. More than four decades ago scientists isolated vincristine and vinblastine from the plant and showed that these alkaloids could be used in chemotherapy treatments.
The discovery is credited often with dramatically boosting the survival rate of children with leukemia. What heals can be a hazard For foxglove rosy periwinkle
and pot marigold to treat wounds of the skin. Though there is evidence to support the effectiveness of many herbs these plants aren't regulated by the Food
When the local clinic ran out of supplies during a dysentery epidemic the healer was dismayed that her professionally trained young relatives didn't know that the plant growing all around the health care facility was an effective traditional treatment for diarrhea.
the process of rinsing ground beef in ammonia to remove potential bacteria caused also some indigestion
Previous studies have linked lead to cognitive and developmental delays lower IQS violent behavior and health problems such as high blood pressure.
As in the case with lead exposure to cadmium may lead to learning disabilities while too much zinc can cause nausea diarrhea and anemia.
However the bulk of the research on toxic metals has focused on lead since lead poisoning is the number one environmental threat to children in the United states. Sources of lead in soil include past industrial activities flaking lead paint from old houses and emissions from leaded gasoline.
Urban gardeners can also take steps to separate their crops from lead contamination. Planting produce in raised beds with store-bought soil will keep plant roots from coming into contact with contaminated earth.
Before planting a food garden Langley-Turnbaugh recommends testing the soil for contamination. Most states offer low-cost soil testing through their agricultural cooperative extensions.
Vyn camped out a tent and a blind with only a sleeping bag for warmth waiting for the eggs to hatch.
The findings were detailed online April 26 in the journal Clinical Infectious diseases. Raw milk is riskier than most foods said Douglas Powell a professor of food safety at Kansas State university.
Children along with pregnant women and people with compromised immune systems are at high risk of complications from campylobacter infections.
Typically campylobacter infections cause diarrhea abdominal pain and fever that last about a week and most people get better on their own.
The researchers recommended that state officials consider more regulation of unpasteurized milk such as monthly pathogen testing.
However consumers can never be unpasteurized certain that milk is free of pathogens even it is certified and from a dairy that seems to be functioning well the report said.
1 in 6 Who Drink It Gets Sick On average one in six people who drink raw milk becomes ill with bacterial or parasite infections according to researchers at the Minnesota Department of health.
The researchers found 530 laboratory-confirmed cases of infections including bacterial infections from Salmonella E coli
and Campylobacter as well as parasitic infections called cryptosporidiosis among Minnesota patients who reportedâ drinking raw milkâ between 2001 and 2010.
However many cases of such infections aren't reported or confirmed in a laboratory. Based on known rates of underdiagnosing these infections the researchers estimated that 20502 Minnesotans
or 17 percent of raw milk consumers actually became ill during the study period after consuming raw milk according to the study published today (Dec 11) in the journal Emerging Infectious diseases a public health journal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The risk for illness associated with raw milk is far greater than what was determined based on recognized outbreaks said study researcher Trisha Robinson an epidemiologist at the Minnesota Department of health.
Infections with the pathogens that can contaminate raw milkâ often cause diarrhea stomach cramps and vomiting which last for about a week.
Fortunately most people recover but sometimes it can cause more severe symptoms or long-term diseases such as a nervous system disorder called Guillain-Barre syndrome or reactive arthritis which is inflammation in the joints that develops in response to an infection by bacteria Robinson told Livescience.
In the study about 20 percent of those who became sick developed a serious complication of bacterial infections called hemolytic uremic syndrome
which can cause kidney failure. Â The researchers also found that cases of sporadic infections meaning they occurred in relative isolation as opposed to being part of an outbreak of infections may greatly outnumber the cases linked with outbreaks.
In fact the number of documented sporadic infections was 25 times greater than the number of cases that were part of an outbreak during the study period Robinson said.
Top 7 Germs in Food that Make You Sick The researchers noted that their study is limited in several ways by the data available to them.
They said the sporadic cases of infection that occurred in people who had consumed recently raw milk could not be linked definitely with the milk.
For example some may have become sick through their contact with cattle. From 1998 through 2011 a total of 148 outbreaks associated with the consumption of raw milk products were documented in the United states resulting in 2384 illnesses 284 hospitalizations and two deaths according to the CDC.
Thirty states in the United states permit the limited sale of raw milk. Raw milk can cause many infectious diseases
and foodborne illnesses because it can contain harmful bacteria that are killed not during pasteurization. However raw milk advocates claim it is healthier
and tastes better. Raw milk's health benefits are not scientifically proven Robinson said. But what we can say is that people are getting sick after drinking raw milk.
and children who drink raw milk are at particularly high risk of developing serious life-threatening illnesses said a leading U s. group of pediatricians.
Pregnant women who drink raw milk may face a fivefold increase in risk of the parasite infection toxoplasmosis the doctors'group said;
and infection with bacteria called Listeria which are also found in raw milk has been linked with high rates of stillbirths preterm delivery as well as sepsis
and meningitis in the newborns said the AAP researchers who reviewed studies on the risks of raw milk consumption.
which means they can carry pathogens such as Listeria Campylobacter Salmonella Brucella and E coli. Top 7 Germs in Food that Make You Sick Over the past decade consumption of raw milk has resulted in 93 illness outbreaks 1837 illnesses 195 hospitalizations and two deaths according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. One study published last week by researchers at the Minnesota Department of public health found that as many as one person in six who drinks raw milk becomes ill.
The bacterial infections that come from raw milk often lead to diarrhea and stomach cramps. But for vulnerable people infections can have serious sometimes life-threatening consequences.
For example pregnant women unborn fetuses and newborns are 13 to 17 times more likely to develop severe illness because of listeria infection compared with other groups of people studies have shown.
And 20 percent of pregnant women who become infected with Listeria experience a miscarriage or stillbirth according to the AAP.
Two-thirds of infants whose mothers are infected with Listeria develop infections such as pneumonia sepsis or meningitis.
Substantial data suggest that pasteurized milk confers equivalent health benefits compared with raw milk without the additional risk of bacterial infections the researchers wrote in the statement.
All the injuries can be attributed to those caused by other wild animals. This incident received significant media reporting some
Instead to determine what killed the animal the person studying the body should examine carcasses for wounds hemorrhage bruises broken bones and feeding.
and opened to identify internal wounds and other factors which help confirm the cause of death.
Knowledge and skill are often necessary to determine the cause of injuries or death. None of these examinations was done at the time.
Dieter Warnecke who headed the rescue team looking for Simon's body died of a heart attack just hours after Simon's funeral.
Financier George Jay Gould I died of a fever six months after visiting the tomb.
Harrison died of pneumonia after just one month in office.<<a href=http://www. livescience. com/1276-abraham-lincoln-16th-president. html>Abraham lincoln</a>elected in 1860 was assassinated as were James A. Garfield (elected in 1880) and William Mckinley (1900.
This April police in Cook County Ill. found a decapitated goat tied to a tree near a golf course.
and vegetables creates cancer-causing chemicals. The solution however is not to stop all cooking
if an accident or infectious disease doesn't kill you first. A traditional animal-based diet eaten by natives of Siberia is
Early trials of medications using a similar principle to treat a rare disease called transthyretin amyloidosis in humans were published earlier this year.
and prostate cancers and low levels can cause skin lesions diarrhea and other symptoms. The risks of arsenic in rice recently became national news after arsenic was detected in baby foods made from rice.
In regions of the world where rice is an important food staple entire communities are vulnerable to the negative impacts of arsenic contamination.
or it may be a result of environmental contamination. Despite the health risks arsenic in rice poses to millions of people around the world there are currently no effective agricultural methods in use to reduce arsenic levels.
In September 2013 Anu Ruusunen of the University of Eastern Finland presented an analysis of the population-based Kuopio Ischaemic Heart disease Risk Factor Study as her nutritional epidemiology doctoral thesis
Prevent Cancer & Diabetes The Borg had it wrong. Resistance is not futile. In fact it can stave off colon cancer and ease inflammatory bowel disease and other digestion problems.
The resistance in this case comes in the form of so-called resistant starches certain kinds of carbohydrates that resist digestion in the small intestine
kill precancerous polyps in the colon; prevent diabetes by improving insulin sensitivity and regulating blood sugar;
maintain healthy body weight; reduce inflammation; prevent or treat inflammatory bowel disease; and help promote the growth of beneficial bacteria in the gut.
In 2010 scientists at Virginia Polytechnic and State university reported that resistant starch might also protect against breast cancer.
which are a barrier against infection. Therefore the lining of the bowel thickens and becomes healthier
Also butyrate a type of SCFA seems to be involved in the prevention of bowel cancer Higgins said.
People affected by the outbreak became ill between January and April of this year. So far 14 patients have been hospitalized
Symptoms of Salmonella food poisoning include diarrhea fever and abdominal cramps. People typically become ill from Salmonella about 12 to 72 hours after eating food contaminated with the bacteria the CDC said.
Consumers should wash all produce including cucumbers before eating cutting or cooking the CDC said Pass it on:
#Scientists Speak Out on Harm of Research Hiatus (Op-Ed) Perrin Ireland is senior science communications specialist for the Natural resources Defense Council.
Beware Kidney disease Are apples bad for the kidneys? The answer is yes if you're talking about an apple-shaped body in
and buttocks can significantly raise the risk of kidney disease even among people with a modest-size belly
While the connection between obesity and kidney disease has long been established this latest study is the first to show how just a small increase in abdominal fat begins to strain the kidneys reducing the blood flow to these organs
Nevertheless chronic kidney disease is on the rise. More than 10 percent of American adults now have some form of kidney disease according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC.
Among diabetics 35 percent have kidney disease. Most forms of kidney disease have no cure except through a kidney transplant from a healthy donor.
Kidney disease is the eighth leading cause of death in the United states according to the CDC and approximately 90000 Americans are waiting for a transplant.
To further investigate the known connection between obesity and kidney disease researchers led by Arjan Kwakernaak a medical doctor
and a Ph d. candidate at the University Medical center Groningen in The netherlands analyzed kidney profiles and waist-to-hip ratios in 315 healthy individuals with an average body mass index (BMI) of about 25 kg
/m2. The waist-to-hip ratio is a measure of central body fat distribution; and a BMI of 25 is considered the upper border or normal weight.
and insulin resistance the latter being a precursor to diabetes. Their study was published last month in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
or diabetes. In 1998 research published in the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience reported that people who suffer from recurrent migraines have lower intracellular levels of magnesium suggesting that a deficiency may play a role in migraine development.
One of the reasons we don t hear too much about dietary magnesium is because it's abundant in our food supply.
I think it s a great thing said Dr. Bradley Flansbaum a hospitalist at Lenox Hill Hospital in N y. Knowing that tobacco is public enemy No. 1 in preventive illness...
A rigorous study released earlier this week showed thata Mediterranean diet lowered the risk of heart attack and stroke in people in Spain.
It's important to note that the people in the new study were at risk for heart disease
or parties variety is a significant factor contributing to overeating and the obesity epidemic. Bottom line:
I was allergic to this or that. That didn't work either. And I learned that the worst thing you can say to a food pusher isâ No thanks I'm on a diet orâ Thanks
and nonfood items in your basket is especially important and considerate for kids with food allergies Sheth said.
Amphetamine risks The relatively high levels of beta-methylphenethylamine found in nine of the supplements indicate that the ingredient was not an accidental contaminant Cohen said.
For some plants these embolisms are deadly as with human blood vessels because the gas bubbles block the flow of water.
or even an hourly basis. These cycles of embolism formation and refilling are just something that happens every single day.
He'll give the embolism detector to high school students at the North carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham.
In the arid Southwest Johnson was surprised to find that the plants considered the most drought-tolerant such as junipers did worst at repairing embolisms.
and they repair whatever embolisms occur the next spring when there's more water. Johnson predicts that in future severe droughts the plants that have a harder time repairing embolisms are more likely to die.
It's the plants that can repair embolisms that are going to survive he said. Gallery:
Plants in Danger Living in drought-stricken Australia Gagliano is excited also by the possibility of decoding drought signals.
When one considers factors that increase cardiovascular disease risk the Southern diet poses a triple threat said study researcher Suzanne Judd Ph d. a nutritional epidemiologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
And regularly downing sugar-sweetened beverages can increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes another risk factor for cardiovascular disease Judd said.
'and a unique lower-back curvature called lordosis. Both of these features give humans better balance
Marshall drank a culture containing the microbe H. pylori to prove the bacteria cause stomach ulcers.
About three days later Marshall developed a stomach ulcer a step toward proving the link.
Marshal and collaborator Robin Warren won the 2005 Nobel prize in medicine for discovering the link between H. pylori and peptic ulcer disease.
and asthma-inducing particulate matter into the air a big fire is like setting a coal-fired power plant in the middle of a forest.
temporary blindness may result if the eyes were exposed. Inhalation can cause serious lung damage and exposure to mustard gas can increase the risk of cancer.
There are a number of other chemical agents that could be used as poisonous gas from chlorine gas
Still others are struggling with type 2 diabetes and must stick to a low-carb diet as a result.
and diabetes educator who runs lowcarbdietitian. com wrote in an email. Having some unsweetened whipped cream on the side can provide a satisfying low-carb treat she said.
#Thanksgiving Trauma: The 7 Strangest Holiday ER Visits The holidays are a time of joy and giving thanks.
Perhaps it's not surprising then that emergency rooms see a lot of fowl-related injuries on Turkey Day.
and eyebrows and splash burns to the face said Dr. Robert Glatter an emergency physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New york. Avoiding Fried Turkey Disaster (Infographic) People also drop their turkeys causing second-degree burns to the tops
and the occasional toe fracture Glatter told Livescience. Sometimes cooks slip on their turkeys and hit their heads he added. 2. Carving catastrophes
And the knife isn't always the source of injury. Sometimes while people are carving the turkey they skewer themselves with pieces of turkey bone said Dr. Joseph Garber the director of emergency medicine at Syosset Hospital in New york. 3. Overindulging One of the most common problems around Thanksgiving as one might guess involves eating
or norepinephrine which triggers atrial fibrillation (an irregular heartbeat) in a structurally normal heart. Doctors call it holiday heart.
Food allergies also rear their ugly heads at the holidays. Patrick said he sees a lot of children in anaphylactic shock around Thanksgiving
Anaphylactic shock is a severe allergic reaction that can be life threatening. 5. Fowl Play Before or after the big meal families and friends often like to let off steam by playing sports
and football injuries are common this time of year. One of the oddest injuries Glatter has seen involved a man who fell
while wearing a helmet made out of a raw turkey the doctor said. But the unconventional headgear was actually helpful The turkey prevented him from suffering serious head injury Glatter said. 6. In-law anguish For some spending the holidays with family is a terrifying prospect.
On a November evening before Thanksgiving a shy young woman arrived at an emergency room in Bedford Ind. with a chief complaint of anxiety.
and suggested the woman tell her mother-in-law that she had a stomachache as an excuse to escape to the bathroom
The proteins known as antibodies are examples of biomarkers indicating possible infection. Chris Remien a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis uses math to better understand how biological markers relate to the diets of animals
and whether they cause cancer though we do know they likely cause heart disease and strokes.
 Despite this uncertainty the FDA recently decided to tweak their definition of a tobacco product to bring e-cigarettes under their jurisdiction.
Extremely high doses seemed to cause testicular atrophy and toxicity. Yikes! If you do decide to hop on the latest bandwagon
and contamination of fish with mercury is established oewell. The area studied is called the Yuba Fan built up around the Yuba River that runs out of the Sierra nevada mountains north of Sacramento not far from California s verdant wine country. oethe Yuba fan is created totally artificial by humans said Singer
but the contamination in the Yuba fan is hundreds of times greater. Scientists believe trees do not absorb mercury
Mercury contamination from gold mining is a worldwide problem. Two yearsâ ago scientists discovered that gold mining in the Amazon had contaminated already the food supply in the Madre de dios area of Peru in that case from burning off the mercury in the amalgam.
In another paper published this week scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science mapped the contamination at Madre de dios using space satellites.
The chemicals involved in making gold soluble also induce the plants to take up other soil contaminants such as mercury arsenic
It s very easy to see this as the mindless actions of ill-informed ideologues and anti-science luddites.
or more servings of tomato products a week had a 35-percent decrease in risk of prostate cancer relative to those who consumed 1. 5 servings or fewer per week.
In a separate study men with lycopene levels in the top 20 percenthad a 46-percent decrease in risk of heart attack compared to those in the bottom 20 percent.
Many studies have shown that lycopene-rich foods reduce the risk of prostate cancer but the mechanism behind the reduction was understood not well until now.
A recentâ studyâ found that lycopeneâ has a substantial protective effect against prostate cancer by interfering with the genes that would allow the prostate cancer cells to grow
The American Institute for Cancer Research recommends that men take advantage of lycopene's cancer-preventing effects and fill tehir diets with foods such as tomatoes watermelon and guava.
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