Weekly Roundup | Health and Body: Top 20 stories of the week of Sept 6 - 13th, 2016
We do not stop exercising because we grow old – we grow old because we stop exercising. - Dr. Kenneth Cooper
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Sugar Industry Downplayed Heart Risks of Sugar, Promoted Risks of Fat
In the 1960’s, before conflict of interest disclosure was required, the sugar industry sponsored research promoting dietary fat as an important cause of coronary heart disease, and downplaying the role of sugar, according to a special report online September 12 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Submitted on September 12th 2016 by jcscher with 4 comments and with 3 Related Links:
1. The case for treating sugar like a dangerous drug Added by Gozzin on September 12th 2016.
2. Sugar Industry and Coronary Heart Disease Research Added by jcscher on September 12th 2016.
3. The sugar conspiracy. Added by tranxene on September 12th 2016.
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2 +17y+ ago
This invention by a British student could save millions of lives across the world
A 22-year-old British student has invented a mobile fridge that could save millions of lives across the world. Will Broadway's "Isobar" has been designed to keep vaccines at the ideal temperature while in transit in developing countries. And Will doesn't plan to make money from his creation. His focus is to get it to people who need it, which is why he won't be trying to get a patent.
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Submitted on September 10th 2016 by rexall with 5 comments
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3 +17y+ ago
The Deadly Epidemic America is Ignoring
Fifteen years after the U.S. declared drug-resistant infections to be a grave threat, the crisis is only worsening, a Reuters investigation finds, as government agencies remain unwilling or unable to impose reporting requirements on a healthcare industry that often hides the problem.
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Submitted on September 7th 2016 by jcscher with 1 comments
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4 +17y+ ago
How the Christian Right's Sex Hangups Turn Zika Into a Bigger Crisis
Zika could have been an ordinary epidemic, like the ever-changing influenza that emerges each winter and spreads across the Northern Hemisphere with sad but rare complications. But the Religious Right’s antagonism to birth control and abortion—and honest conversation about sex in general—has transformed the Zika epidemic into a nightmare that will devastate lives for an entire generation.
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Submitted on September 6th 2016 by spaceghoti with 4 comments
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5 +17y+ ago
Harsh Parents Raise Bullies--So Do Permissive Ones
The consensus is clear: mean parents make mean kids—and the victims of mean kids. Several recent studies confirm an association between strict parenting styles and children's likelihood of both being a bully and being bullied. Some work also points to a more surprising association—permissive or neglectful parenting might create bullies, too.
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Submitted on September 11th 2016 by TNY with 2 comments
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6 +17y+ ago
Laws That Allow for Temporarily Removing Guns from High-Risk People Linked to a Reduction in Suicides
For every 10.5 guns collected under Connecticut’s policy, one person was stopped from taking his or her own life, researchers estimate.
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Submitted on September 9th 2016 by Chubros with 2 comments
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7 +17y+ ago
New drug clears malaria from mice in a single dose
Hasn't been tested in humans yet, but it looks very promising.
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Submitted on September 8th 2016 by kxh with 1 comments
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8 +17y+ ago
Why Are So Many Men In Britain Killing Themselves?
Imagine a virus we don't fully understand is killing young men in record numbers. It kills three times as many British men as women, although nothing adequately explains why. The government confirms that while almost all other leading causes of death are being slowly eroded by medical and social progress, deaths caused by this virus are at their highest for decades. Yet the money we spend on researching and treating the problem stands at a fraction of what we spend on those other leading causes of death, as do charitable donations from the public.
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Submitted on September 7th 2016 by Chubros
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9 +17y+ ago
Big Pharma's Patents on Kratom Alkaloids Expose Real Reason DEA is Banning this Plant
Because kratom can be grown in your backyard, pharmaceutical companies can't monopolize it -- unless the government outlaws it.
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Submitted on September 8th 2016 by ulatek with 2 comments
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10 +17y+ ago
The Evolution of Bacteria on a “Mega-Plate” Petri Dish
In a creative stroke inspired by Hollywood wizardry, scientists have designed a simple way to observe how bacteria move as they become impervious to drugs. The experiments are thought to provide the first large-scale glimpse of the maneuvers of bacteria as they encounter increasingly higher doses of antibiotics and adapt to survive—and thrive—in them.
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Submitted on September 9th 2016 by rti9
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11 +17y+ ago
Nearly a million people that don't have coeliac disease are going gluten-free
Over recent years, the number of people following a gluten-free diet has more than tripled, a new study has found, though the rates of coeliac disease - which causes gluten intolerance - have remained the same.
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Submitted on September 10th 2016 by kxh with 1 comments
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12 +17y+ ago
Blacksburg pharmacist makes Epi-Pen alternative for $20
When EpiPen maker Mylan raised its price more than 600 percent, people across the country, like Christy Ross from Blacksburg, were disgusted. "I think it's absolutely ridiculous. I think that it's unbelievable that they would do that for people that require a medication," remarked Ross. Jeremy Counts, the owner of Main Street Pharmacy in Blacksburg was also upset, pointing out "I mean, it was ridiculous. I was having people come in and they were, well, what am I going to do?"
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Submitted on September 7th 2016 by socialiguana with 3 comments
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13 +17y+ ago
Remembering John Cade, the Australian doctor who tamed bipolar disorder
In the late 1940s, just outside Melbourne, an Australian psychiatrist called John Cade made a discovery which would improve the lives of millions with bipolar disorder, yet he's virtually unknown for his work.
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Submitted on September 10th 2016 by kxh
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14 +17y+ ago
Well Guides: How to Meditate
Meditation is a simple practice available to all, which can reduce stress, increase calmness and clarity and promote happiness. Learning how to meditate is straightforward, and the benefits can come quickly. Here, we offer basic tips to get you started on a path toward greater equanimity, acceptance and joy. Take a deep breath, and get ready to relax.
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Submitted on September 8th 2016 by gladsdotter
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15 +17y+ ago
Is it dementia? Maybe — Or maybe not.
Other conditions come with similar symptoms, experts say.
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Submitted on September 11th 2016 by tranxene
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16 +17y+ ago
Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system
Results in mice are first evidence of natural intervention triggering stem cell-dependent regeneration of organ or system.
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Submitted on September 9th 2016 by Appaloosa
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17 +17y+ ago
5 Psychology Experiments You Couldn't Do Today
The science world has changed life as we know it, through new research, experiments, medicine, the list goes on! In the past however, some experiments were run in scary and unethical ways. From using children to unknowing subjects, these five experiments left people affected for the rest of their lives.
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Submitted on September 12th 2016 by rti9
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18 +17y+ ago
It’s official: The five-second rule is down for the count
In most thorough debunking yet, the principle but not the rule stands test of time.
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Submitted on September 11th 2016 by kxh with 1 comments and with 2 Related Links:
1. Almost all the things you do to avoid germs are useless Added by LisMan on September 12th 2016.
2. This controversial parenting theory about health and cleanliness will make you question your childhood Added by LisMan on September 12th 2016.
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Researchers have made a major medical breakthrough by developing a vaccine against the crippling digestive illness Crohn’s disease
More than 100,000 people in the UK are stricken by the condition, which causes a chronic inflammation of the intestine. Professor John Hermon-Taylor of St George’s Hospital, London, has developed a vaccine which should be ready within the next five years. It has already been tested successfully on animals and second-stage trials are to start soon, with human trials in the next three years.
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Submitted on September 7th 2016 by zyery
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20 +17y+ ago
Here’s How Many Apple Cores It Would Take to Poison You
Fact checking an old wives' tale.
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Submitted on September 12th 2016 by Appaloosa with 4 comments
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