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Post by the Scribe on Mar 13, 2019 20:04:00 GMT -5
The API Briefing: NIH’s Pillbox – Unlocking Valuable Government Health Information through APIsBY BILL BRANTLEY MAY 28, 2014 API, CODE, DATA, STRATEGY & POLICY
National Library of Medicine (NLM) Pillbox app icon The Food and Drug Administration collects drug labeling information for human prescription, over-the-counter, homeopathic, and veterinary products through a special markup language called “Structured Product Labeling” (SPL). The database created from the SPL submissions is a treasure trove of health information that is valuable to pharmacists, doctors, and the ordinary health consumer. The problem is that data is hard for developers to access and process. Until recently, when the National Library of Medicine released open source code for “Pillbox.”
Available on Github, Pillbox is a collection of Python scripts that download the SPL data files, process the data files along with other data sources to create a “pill-focused” view of the information, and provide the data into formats that can be easily used by APIs. Pillbox is available as an API or developers can download and incorporate the scripts into their own applications. Developers can use Pillbox to power applications that can check for drug interactions, help consumers identify a pill by taking a picture of it with their smartphone, or maintain a list of personal medical prescriptions.
Pillbox is a great example of how to use the open source community to help develop government APIs. By releasing Pillbox on Github, the National Library of Medicine invites anyone to copy (“fork” in Github terms) the scripts and make their own improvements which could be incorporated back into the original code (“commit”). The National Library of Medicine also encourages users to find and describe errors in the Pillbox drug information data. The Federal government benefits by having an army of volunteers to improve the pill data and to find new uses for it.
However, the greater benefits are to the American public. The National Library of Medicine’s approach behind Pillbox is smart in that it creates an easier way to access vital government information and encourages developers to find innovative uses for vitally-needed health information. Pillbox’s open source code was made possible through Health and Human Services’ Idealab program (watch the Pillbox pitch video). I wonder what other government data sources could benefit from a similar method of development.Each week in “The API Briefing,” I will showcase government APIs and the latest API news and trends. Visit this blog every week to learn how government APIs are transforming government and improving government services for the American people. If you have ideas for a topic or have questions about APIs, please contact me via email. Dr. William A. Brantley, PMP, is a Program Analyst, in Forecasting and Methods at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). You can find out more about his work in this space at BillBrantley.com.
digital.gov/2014/05/28/the-api-briefing-fdas-pillbox-unlocking-valuable-government-health-information-through-apis/ try the new version of Pillbox: pillbox.nlm.nih.gov/index.html
pillbox.nlm.nih.gov/index.html Today the National Library of Medicine launched Pillbox for Developers. Developers now have access to powerful tools for processing and publishing drug label data. Ultimately this will lead to more accurate and accessible drug data for pharmacists, health professionals, advocates, and patients. medium.com/devseed/making-drug-information-smart-and-open-b139826a611
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 14, 2019 2:10:12 GMT -5
VACCINATIONSJANUARY 19, 2016 VACCINE CONTRAINDICATIONS: SIX PEOPLE WHO SHOULD NOT BE VACCINATEDEven the staunchest vaccine proponents must admit: vaccines are not a one-size-fits-all procedure, and some people will suffer adverse reactions. Below are some common vaccine contraindications that may surprise you.
Vaccine Contraindications: six people who should not be vaccinated - The Family That Heals Together
The debate surrounding vaccinations is a fierce one, and personally, I don’t like to argue about it. I’m happy to make the right choices for my family while you make the right ones for yours. It’s ok to have different opinions. But there are a lot of folks out there who think everyone should be vaccinated, period, and those who choose not to vaccinate should be penalized or worse.
Listen. I get that people are scared and there’s a lot of fear-mongering in the media. But let’s be realistic here: vaccinations are a medical procedure. There are risks. Vaccinations are not right for everyone. There are at least six types of people in particular who should avoid vaccinations, and below, I’ll spell it out.
Related: read about how doctors receive kickbacks for vaccinating your child here.
Vaccine contraindications Just like a particular surgery or prescription medication won’t work well for everyone, vaccinations are not a good choice for everyone.
Some people, in particular, are much more likely to have adverse reactions to vaccinations, including:
1. Those with an autoimmune disease
When one has an autoimmune disease, it means their immune system has begun attacking their body. Examples of this are arthritis, thyroid disease, fibromyalgia, lupus, and multiple sclerosis. Did you know that common childhood conditions like allergies, eczema, asthma, and digestive disorders are also signs of autoimmune disease or immune system dysfunction?
Vaccinations are designed to elicit an immune response. When the immune system is already malfunctioning, it does not respond as intended to vaccinations. Instead, it becomes further confused and attacks the body yet again. For adults with an autoimmune disease, this could mean a worsening of symptoms or new systems. For children with existing autoimmune symptoms, this assault on the immune system could be the straw that broke the camel’s back and lead to worsening or new autoimmune conditions like type one diabetes, or even autism.
According to Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, author of Gut and Psychology Syndrome,
A compromised immune system is not going to react to environmental insults in the normal way! Vaccination is a huge insult to the system. The manufacturers of vaccines produce them for children with normal immune systems which will react to these vaccines in a predictable way.
However, in our modern society with our modern way of life, we are rapidly moving to a situation where a growing proportion of children do not have a normal immune system and will not produce an expected reaction to the vaccine.
Curious about the link between vaccines and autoimmune disease? Read: vaccines and autoimmune disease: is there a connection?
2. Children born to a mother with an autoimmune disease
In the same respect, children of mothers with an autoimmune disease are more likely to already have a malfunctioning immune system. Children born to mothers with fibromyalgia, digestive disorders, severe allergies, eczema, asthma, or neurological disorders should not be vaccinated, according to Dr. Campbell-McBride.
Because immune dysfunction is not always visible upon birth, it is best to avoid them altogether for infants born to mothers suffering from these conditions.
3. Those with genetic mutations
You may have heard of the dreaded genetic mutation by now: MTHFR. It, along with various other genetic mutations, makes an individual’s detoxification system function less than optimally.
According to Chris Kesser,
[MTHFR mutation] affects detoxification. …Methylation is required to produce glutathione, which is one of the major molecules in a detoxification cycle, but if you don’t methylate properly, you won’t be able to detoxify properly, so what this can lead to is a higher susceptibility to heavy metal toxicity and toxicity from any source like pesticides, other environmental toxins and pollutants, mold toxicity, toxicity from lipopolysaccharide or any other bacterial or pathogen-based toxin – so just in a general, an increased susceptibility to toxic overload because the body is not able to detoxify properly. (source)
It is estimated that 40-60% of people have the MTHFR mutation, and as such, may not be good candidates for vaccination. (Read more about what MTHFR does here.)
As stated above, those with this genetic mutation have a difficult time detoxifying heavy metals, environmental toxins and pollutants, and other bacterial or pathogen-based toxins.
What do vaccinations contain? Heavy metals (mercury, aluminum), environmental toxins and pollutants (formaldehyde, monosodium glutamate, antibiotics), and bacteria and pathogens (the diseases they are formulated to create an immune response to, among others due to contamination). Read: Heavy Metal Toxicity: How to Help Kids Detox.
4. Anyone who is sick
It is well-known that those who are immunocompromised, such as those with HIV or cancer, cannot receive vaccinations. Likewise, those who are suffering from a moderate or severe illness (with or without fever) may not be good candidates for vaccination. (source, source)
During times of illness, the immune system is working hard. Vaccinations serve to stimulate the immune system, so an already taxed immune system is likely to malfunction when overloaded with pathogens and the toxins that accompany them. It is advised that those suffering from an illness use caution when considering vaccination.
5. Pregnant women
I hear from pregnant women often about how their doctors have pressured them into getting shots during their pregnancy. It can be very confusing, particularly when a mama’s gut instinct is to decline them. Vaccination during pregnancy has not been extensively studied.
One study concluded, however, that vaccination with live or live-attenuated (weakened) vaccines are contraindicated in pregnancy due to risk to the fetus. The study authors suggest that women of child-bearing age be tested for pregnancy before being immunized and women who have been recently immunized wait to become pregnant for at least four weeks. (source)
Another study of the VAERS reporting system revealed a 4,250% increase in fetal death following flu vaccination. The study concluded “a synergistic fetal toxicity likely resulted from the administration of both the pandemic (A-H1N1) and seasonal influenza vaccines during the 2009/2010 season.” (source)
Researchers were also unable to demonstrate the efficacy of the flu vaccination during pregnancy for mothers or, later, the babies born to them. (source)
The CDC lists pregnancy as a contraindication for vaccinations for the live-attenuated flu, varicella (chicken pox), zoster (shingles), and MMR (measles, mumps, rubella). (source) 6. Those who have previously had a reaction to a vaccination
According to the CDC, vaccine contraindications include those who have previously had a severe allergic reaction (such as anaphylaxis) to a vaccine, as well as those who previously suffered encephalopathy (coma, decreased level of consciousness, or prolonged seizures) following a vaccine. (source)
Other reactions that may be of note are large, swollen knots at the injection site, asthma or other autoimmune condition development soon after vaccination, or high, persistent fever following vaccination.
Adverse events following vaccination are not always easy to spot, so it’s important to know what to look for. Adverse reactions may include seizure, vomiting, headache, dizziness, fainting, or stiff joints or muscles.
If you, like me, have a child who suffers from the negative side effects of vaccinations given early on, I have some tips for you! My child’s reactions have been behavioral for the most part, so if you have a child who suffers from adhd, autism, odd, ocd, or other behavioral disorder, my free e-book is just for you! Click below to get it for free.
Additionally, if you’re just starting out on your health journey and working to heal your child from vaccine damage, read my post Five Ingredients to Remove from Your Child’s Diet. You’ll get a good starting place from which to make big changes!
Finally, don’t forget to read about Our Favorite Supplement to Treat ADHD (and other behavioral disorders).
Another interesting read? Kickbacks: What Your Pediatrician Gets for Vaccinating
One size does not fit all
Clearly, vaccinations are not the right choice for everyone, and each family should decide what is right for them and their children. When parents are aware of vaccine contraindications, they can make informed and safer choices for their children.
Please share this post so that other parents can learn about vaccine contraindications and decide if vaccination is right for their children. www.thefamilythathealstogether.com/vaccine-contraindications-six-people-not-vaccinated/
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 14, 2019 2:21:40 GMT -5
Vaccinomics, Adversomics, and Vaccine Safety1 month ago by Alice Richer76
Vaccines are pretty controversial these days and there appears to be a war between those who feel vaccines are safe for all people and those who don’t. One faction advocates legislating mandatory vaccines for all. The opposing faction is fighting for their medical freedom to make informed choices about vaccines because vaccines can and do have adverse health consequences for some people.
To understand the debate you need to know the history of vaccines. Deadly plagues were common for many years and something to be feared. It was noted that people who survived a deadly virus were often immune for the rest of their life. In 1796, Dr. Edward Jenner was the first to develop a technique called variolation, which protected many people against the serious consequences of smallpox epidemics. As medical science evolved, the modern day version of vaccination was born. While many people were protected from deadly diseases, it was also well know that some people were debilitated or died after vaccinations. Parents were often faced with the dilemma of taking a chance their child would survive a deadly disease or risk injury from a vaccination. By the early 1900s, many governments began to force vaccinations upon its citizens because public health officials felt the benefits of vaccines outweighed the risks. Governments also protected vaccine manufacturers financially by preventing vaccine ingredient disclosure and lawsuits. Many doctors and mothers resisted forced vaccinations and this topic is explored in George Bernard Shaw’s 1909 book “The Doctor’s Dilemma”.
Fast forward to today. It seems much of vaccine history is again repeating itself. While vaccination techniques have become much safer and adverse events have decreased, they can still cause death and disability in some people. The average person assumes vaccines are safe and will not cause severe side effects. But that is not an assumption people should make. So what should a person do about having a vaccination that their doctor recommends or employer mandates? First, become educated. What we know about vaccines is that it does alter the immune system of a person. Charles Richet (1850 – 1935) and Dr. Clemens von Pirquet (1874 – 1929) subsequently showed in their research studies that vaccine injections also caused the first allergy epidemic in children. It was and is still well known that vaccinations, while protective for many people, have side effects ranging from mild (redness, swelling, fever) to rare reactions that are life threatening or debilitating. Adverse reactions often occur due to an underlying illness/disease or the vaccine antigen itself. Or it can occur in response to an adjuvant used in the vaccine solution. Adjuvants are an added ingredient that is used to promote a stronger immune response that increases the length of protection against a disease. Current research finds genetics and the microbiome may also have an impact on the ability to tolerate a vaccine safely. Before getting a vaccine, research vaccine ingredients and side effects and discuss them with your doctor. The National Vaccine Center is a great website to learn about vaccines. This link discusses common vaccine ingredients you should know about:
www.nvic.org/NVIC-Vaccine-News/January-2018/are-vaccine-ingredients-safe.aspx?utm_source=Are+Vaccine+Ingredients+Safe%3F&utm_campaign=July+NVIC+Newsletter&utm_medium=email
Enter the new area of vaccinomics and adversomics. Vaccinomics is the study of genetic and non-genetic factors that may impact how a person will react to a vaccine. The study of adversomics strives to develop a strategy that reduces the risk of adverse events by diagnosing potentially high-risk individuals so that modified vaccines can be developed and used in these individuals. Several recent studies find that individuals with the gene SNPs MTHFR and IRF1 had a significantly increased risk for adverse health reactions after receiving the smallpox vaccine. In two of these studies, between 19% to 52% of the study participants experienced an adverse health event. It is well known that small pox vaccines have a track record for increasing the risk for myocarditis (inflammation of the heart) and myopericarditis (inflammation of the tissue surrounding the heart).
Vaccinomics and adversomics are still in their infancy as a science. But the potential to prevent or reduce adverse reactions to vaccines is great. The United States Court of Federal Claims, under the direction of the 1988 National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, provides a “no-fault compensation program” for death and disability from certain compulsory childhood vaccines. From October 1, 1988 through June 29, 2018 the court reports 18,280 injuries and 1,269 deaths from vaccines and has paid over $3 billion in claims. Unfortunately, much of the vaccine debate today has been politicized and pharmaceutical companies and healthcare providers have been protected from responsibility for adverse vaccine events. Sadly many politicians, educators, healthcare professionals, doctors, and the general public are uninformed about the history of vaccines and the risks associated with them. As we come into the era of personalized medicine and learn more about our individual genetic susceptibilities, the hope is that vaccine debate will become objective and civilized as all science debates should be.
The mantra of medicine has always been “First, do no harm” and physicians, healthcare workers, governments, and employers should remember this when trying to force people to take mandatory vaccines. Informed consent and consumer medical choice is a win-win for everyone. Taking away a person’s medical freedom by forced vaccinations reminds me of the forced sterilizations by the U. S. government in the 1960s. It was morally and ethically wrong then as it is now, not to mention medical malpractice.
www.onthecuttingedgenutrition.com/2019/02/09/adversomics-and-vaccines/
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 21, 2019 2:31:34 GMT -5
HYPNOSISOverview Hypnosis, also referred to as hypnotherapy or hypnotic suggestion, is a trance-like state in which you have heightened focus and concentration. Hypnosis is usually done with the help of a therapist using verbal repetition and mental images. When you're under hypnosis, you usually feel calm and relaxed, and are more open to suggestions.
Hypnosis can be used to help you gain control over undesired behaviors or to help you cope better with anxiety or pain. It's important to know that although you're more open to suggestion during hypnosis, you don't lose control over your behavior.
Why it's done Hypnotherapy can be an effective method for coping with stress and anxiety. In particular, hypnosis can reduce stress and anxiety before a medical procedure, such as a breast biopsy.
Hypnosis has been studied for other conditions, including:
Pain control. Hypnosis may help with pain due to burns, cancer, childbirth, irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, temporomandibular joint problems, dental procedures and headaches. Hot flashes. Hypnosis may relieve symptoms of hot flashes associated with menopause. Behavior change. Hypnosis has been used with some success in the treatment of insomnia, bed-wetting, smoking, and overeating. Cancer treatment side effects. Hypnosis has been used to ease side effects related to chemotherapy or radiation treatment. Mental health conditions. Hypnosis may help treat symptoms of anxiety, phobias and post-traumatic stress. Request an Appointment at Mayo Clinic Risks Hypnosis conducted by a trained therapist or health care professional is considered a safe, complementary and alternative medical treatment. However, hypnosis may not be appropriate in people with severe mental illness.
Adverse reactions to hypnosis are rare, but may include:
Headache Drowsiness Dizziness Anxiety or distress Creation of false memories Be cautious when hypnosis is proposed as a method to work through stressful events from earlier in life. This practice may cause strong emotions and can risk the creation of false memories.
How you prepare You don't need any special preparation to undergo hypnosis. But it's a good idea to wear comfortable clothing to help you relax. Also, make sure that you're well-rested so that you're not inclined to fall asleep during the session.
Choose a therapist or health care professional who is certified to perform hypnosis. Seek a recommendation from someone you trust. Learn about any therapist you're considering. Start by asking questions:
Do you have training in a field such as psychology, medicine, social work or dentistry? Are you licensed in your specialty in this state? Where did you go to school, and where did you do your postgraduate training? How much training have you had in hypnotherapy and from what schools? What professional organizations do you belong to? How long have you been in practice? What are your fees, and does insurance cover your services? What you can expect Your therapist will explain the process of hypnosis and review your treatment goals. Then the therapist will typically talk in a gentle, soothing tone and describe images that create a sense of relaxation, security and well-being.
When you're in a receptive state, the therapist will suggest ways for you to achieve your goals, such as reducing pain or eliminating cravings to smoke. The therapist may also help you visualize vivid, meaningful mental images of yourself accomplishing your goals.
When the session is over, either you are able to bring yourself out of hypnosis or your therapist helps you end your state of relaxation.
Contrary to how hypnosis is sometimes portrayed in movies or on television, you don't lose control over your behavior while under hypnosis. Also, you generally remain aware of and remember what happens during hypnosis.
You may eventually be able to practice self-hypnosis, in which you induce a state of hypnosis in yourself. You can use this skill as needed — for instance, after a chemotherapy session.
Results While hypnosis can be effective in helping people cope with pain, stress and anxiety, cognitive behavioral therapy is considered the first line treatment for these conditions. Hypnosis may also be used as part of a comprehensive program for quitting smoking or losing weight.
Hypnosis isn't right for everyone, though. For example, you may not be able to enter a state of hypnosis fully enough to make it effective. Some therapists believe that the more likely you are to be hypnotized, the more likely it is that you'll benefit from hypnosis.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 22, 2019 14:41:14 GMT -5
3 ways AI is already changing medicineThey might surprise you. By Julia Belluz@juliaoftorontojulia.belluz@voxmedia.com Mar 15, 2019, 12:40pm EDT
www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/3/15/18264314/ai-artificial-intelligence-deep-medicine-health-care
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When Dr. Eric Topol joined an experiment on using artificial intelligence to get personalized nutrition advice, he was hopeful.
For two weeks, Topol, a cardiologist at Scripps Research, dutifully tracked everything he ate, wore a sensor to monitor his blood-glucose levels, and even collected and mailed off a stool sample for an analysis of his gut microbiome.
The diet advice he got back stunned him: Eat Bratwurst, nuts, danishes, strawberries, and cheesecake. Stay away from oatmeal, melon, whole-wheat fig bars, veggie burgers, and grapefruit.
“It was crazy stuff,” Topol told me. Bratwurst and cheesecake are foods Topol generally shirks because he considers them “unhealthy.” And strawberries can actually be dangerous for Topol: He’s had kidney stones and has to avoid foods, such as berries, that are high in calcium oxalate, a chemical that can turn into stones.
All in all, Topol discovered that most of the companies currently marketing personalized diets can’t actually deliver. It’s just one of the great insights in his new book about artificial intelligence, Deep Medicine.
AI for diet is one of the most hyped applications of the technology. But in the book Topol uncovers more promising opportunities for artificial intelligence to improve health — some of which surprised me.
He also challenges the most common narrative about AI in health: that radiologists will soon be replaced by machines. Instead of robots coming into medicine and further eroding what’s left of the doctor-patient relationship, Topol argues, AI may actually enhance it. I’ve boiled down three of Topol’s most surprising findings, after reading the book and talking with him.
1) AI for your eyes and colon Diagnosing disease is a notoriously difficult task, and doctors don’t always get it right — which is why there’s been a lot of excitement around the idea that AI might make the task both easier and more precise.
But as the quest to create a medical tricorder — a portable device capable of diagnosing diseases in humans — continues, there’ve been serious developments in automating diagnostics, and even triage, in several pretty specific areas of medicine.
Take ophthalmology. The top cause of loss of vision in adults worldwide is diabetic retinopathy, a condition that affects about a third of people with diabetes in the US. Patients should be screened for the condition, but that doesn’t always happen, which can delay sometimes diagnosis and treatment — and lead to more vision loss.
Researchers at Google developed a deep learning algorithm that can automatically detect the condition with a great deal of accuracy, Topol found. According to one paper, the software had a sensitivity score of 87 to 90 percent and 98 percent specificity for detecting diabetic retinopathy, which they defined as “moderate or worse diabetic retinopathy or referable macular edema by the majority decision of a panel of at least seven US board-certified ophthalmologists.”
Doctors at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London took that work a step further. They trained an algorithm that could recommend the correct treatment approach for more than 50 eye diseases with 94 percent accuracy. “They compared that to eye specialists, and the machine didn’t miss one referral, but the eye doctors did,” Topol said. “The eye doctors were only in agreement about the referrals 65 percent of the time. So that’s the beginning of moving from narrow AI to triage.”
In another example, doctors in China used AI to diagnose polyps on the colon during a colonoscopy. In one arm of the randomized trial, the diagnosis was made by AI plus the gastroenterologist. In another arm, just the specialist made the diagnosis. The AI system significantly increased polyp detection (29 percent compared to 20 percent). And this was mainly because AI spotted what are known as “diminutive adenomas,” or tiny polyps — less than 5 mm in size — that are notoriously easy for doctors to miss.
“Machine vision is starting to improve,” Topol said. And while we’re far from having a hand-held machine that can diagnose any disease, these small steps will probably eventually lead there, he added.
2) Avatars to help anxiety and depression When we talk about the impact of computers and the internet on our mental health, we often talk about the negative: that they can be alienating, isolating, anxiety-provoking. Yet Topol found good evidence of just the opposite: They can be comforting in some cases.
In one elegant experiment, researchers at USC tested whether people would be willing to reveal their innermost secrets to an avatar named Ellie as compared to another human. “The shocking result — it wasn’t even a contest,” said Topol. “People far more readily would tell an avatar their deepest secret.”
That experiment has since been replicated, and researchers are finding chat bots and avatars also seem to help people with symptoms of anxiety and depression. “It’s an interesting finding in the modern era,” said Topol. “I don’t think it would have been predicted. It’s like going to confession — you’re laying it out there and you feel a catharsis.”
So why is this so important? “Some think it’s a breakthrough. Others are skeptical it’ll help. But there’s such an absurd mismatch between what we need to support people’s mental health conditions and what’s available,” Topol said. “So if this does work — and it looks promising — this could be a vital step forward to helping [more] people.”
3) AI could free up time for doctors As the average doctor appointment time has dwindled to a few minutes, so too has any intimacy or sense of connection that can develop between doctors and patients. Topol went into the book thinking AI — and bringing more machines into hospitals and clinics — might further dampen the human side of medicine.
But by the end of his research, he ended up seeing a big opportunity: “I realized that as you can augment human performance at both the clinician level and the patient level, at a scale that is unprecedented, you can make time grow.” And giving more time to doctors, could, in theory mean the intimacy can come back.
To “make time grow,” Topol said, AI can help with time-consuming tasks, like note-taking by voice. Notes can then be archived for patients to review — and a correction function could be built into the process so patients can flag any errors in their records. “These are all features that can enhance the humanistic encounter we’ve lost over time,” Topol said.
AI can also free up time for specialists to meet with patients. Topol argues in the book that instead of AI replacing radiologists — widely viewed as the medical specialists most at risk of becoming extinct — AI will enhance them.
“The average radiologist today reads between 50 and 100 films in a day. There’s a significant error rate and a third of radiologists at some point in their career get sued for malpractice,” he said.
Enter deep learning. “You then have an amazing ability to scale where a radiologist could read 10 times as many films or 100 times as many films. But is that what we want? Or do want to use that capability [so radiologists] can start talking to patients, come out of the basement and review the results, sharing an expertise which they never otherwise get to.” So AI could liberate doctors in a tech-heavy specialty, like radiology, to help patients through a diagnosis — something that doesn’t happen now.
Two big hurdles Topol is certainly an optimist about the power of AI to make things better — even about personalized diets. “Our health is not just absence of disease. It’s about the prevention of disease,” he told Vox. “And if we can use food as a medicine to help us prevent illness, that would be terrific. We’ll get there someday.”
But you might still be skeptical — that’s fair. The health care system has been abysmal at doing the very basics of incorporating new technology into medical practice, like digitizing medical records. And Topol makes clear in the book that many of these promising technologies, like avatars for mental health or AI for colonoscopies, need to be further validated and refined in clinical studies, and followed up with as they move beyond the study phase and into the real world.
To get there, there are also the privacy and data hurdles to contend with, which could make or break technologies like the avatar shrink. Machine learning is best when lots of data is fed into an algorithm — the more data, the better. “If we’re going to do deep learning and provide feedback, the only way it’ll work well is if we have all a person’s data: sensor data, genome data, microbiome data, [medical records]. It’s a long list.”
But “people don’t have their [personal] data today in this country,” Topol said. “They can’t get all their medical records for every time they’ve been to a doctor or hospital. We’d want each person to have all their data from when they’re still in their moms’ womb.”
Topol has some ideas for how to fix this too. US policymakers need to move in step with countries like Estonia, which found a way to allow people full control of their personal, including medical, data.
Empowering people with their data could also help with security. Our data right now is stored on massive servers and clouds. “The gurus say the best chance of data being secure and maintained privately is to store it in the smallest units possible,” Topol said. “It’ll help guide your health in the times ahead.”
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 22, 2019 14:53:58 GMT -5
I found the media on this interesting. Back in the late 70's or early 80's I purchased one of the first "BRAIN MACHINES' that basically consist of a small brain unit device to connect glasses and headphones. It was a real trip. The light and sound sends you into a different world where you lose all track of time. Now there is evidence that at the right speed the results are having an effect on reversing Alzheimer's. I wonder if it will also work on Parkinson's? The device was fairly inexpensive at the time...maybe $50. Not sure about now but they are readily available under different names and brands. I do recall a warning that if you have epilepsy it could cause a seizure. If you liked disco you might like this. I had mine attached to the headboard and used it immediately upon bedtime. Mine had pre-programmed buttons that each had their own speed of light and sound. It seems for Alzheimer's you would want to buy a machine that had a specific 40 hz continuous pulse.Flashing Light and Sound Reduced Alzheimer’s Symptoms in MiceBy Shelly Fan - Mar 19, 20195,045
The last thing Dr. Li-Huei Tsai expected to help her Alzheimer’s mice was a disco cage.
Three years back, in a strobe of insight, her team decided to stick mice engineered with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease under flashing lights. For just an hour a day, these mice—their brains chock full of amyloid-beta, a toxic protein that likely contributes to the mind-eating disease—crawled around the cages curiously without any signs of discomfort or confusion.
Yet subconsciously, the lights were working a type of molecular magic so incredible it sounds like pseudoscience. After a week of light therapy, when Tsai peeked into the mice’s brains, their visual cortex showed dramatically reduced levels of the toxic protein.
“For the longest time, I didn’t believe it,” she said at the time. “The result was so mind-boggling and so robust, it took a while for the idea to sink in.”
Impressive? Absolutely. But the visual cortex is perhaps the easiest target, and is hardly involved in memory loss in Alzheimer’s. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the scientific community was intrigued but highly skeptical on the light’s clinical relevance.
Last week, Tsai fought back with new evidence. The study, published in the prestigious journal Cell, showed that flashing lights, at 40 times per second, clears out toxic protein buildup in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex—vulnerable memory regions gradually destroyed by Alzheimer’s. The treatment also zapped the brain’s scavenging cells, microglia, into action, allowing them to more efficiently clear out toxic debris.
What’s more, stacking the strobe lights with sound therapy further bolstered the effect. It’s not just molecular magic: spring cleaning within neurons helped the Alzheimer’s mice regain their memory abilities. Challenged with multiple memory tests—such as navigating a watery maze—they performed well above their non-treated peers.
“It was unbelievable,” said Tsai. “This is the first time we’ve seen that this noninvasive stimulation can improve cognitive function. It’s not a drug or an antibody or anything, it’s just light and sound.”
“It’s a very provocative idea. It’s noninvasive and easy and low cost, potentially, so if it were to come to fruition in humans—that’s fabulous,” said Dr. Shannon Macauley at Wake Forest School of Medicine who was not involved in the study.
The Brain Wave Link Why would the equivalent of an electronic dance rave help Alzheimer’s?
Tsai’s idea didn’t come out of thin air—though it is extraordinarily novel. Although research into Alzheimer’s disease has mostly focused on beta-amyloid and its partner in crime, tau proteins, clinical trials that try to neutralize the proteins have all failed. Sometimes, the patients even got worse, likely because the treatments are relatively invasive to get into the brain.
The failures spurred a fringe group of neuroscientists to explore other channels to combat the disorder. A breakthrough came in 2009, from a very strange place: Alzheimer’s patients seem to have messed-up brain waves, particularly gamma waves—the type normally found in people concentrating on a task.
Although first described a century ago, scientists still don’t quite understand what brain waves mean or do. Neurons use electrical pulses to communicate, and when a group—often distributed widely within the brain—fires in synchronicity, the activity pattern shows up as oscillating waves that sweep repeatedly through the brain.
Studies using EEG, which uses electrodes placed on the scalp to pick up these patterns, show that different frequencies of brain waves correlate to different states of mind. Delta waves, for example, dominate the brain during deep sleep or meditation. Although the exact function of brain waves remains mysterious, scientists think that they may help “bind” different aspects of a memory together—for example, allowing neurons involved in seeing, smelling, and tasting a wonderful cup of coffee to activate as a network to retrieve the whole memory.
In Alzheimer’s patients, gamma waves go awry. Tsai, along with her MIT colleague Ed Boyden, began wondering: can we artificially stimulate gamma waves to bolster memory?
Seeing the Light It’s a totally crazy idea. And it worked.
Starting with mice engineered with light-sensitive neurons, the team first directly stimulated neurons within the hippocampus with an implanted optic fiber. The light stimulation not only drove gamma waves, but kicked off a tsunami of biological events far beyond the team’s expectations.
Microglia kicked into high gear. Amyloid and tau chunks disappeared. It’s as if the brain suddenly went into repair mode.
To make the treatment less invasive, the team also tried LED light strips that flash at 40-hertz—the inexplicable magic number. After a week of treatment in mice at an hour a day, they showed a 67 percent drop in amyloid buildup in their visual cortex, along with a drop in tau.
In the new study, the team took their results one step further.
In mice that rapidly accumulated Alzheimer’s toxic proteins—reaching the hippocampus and cortex by middle age—the team stuck them inside a cage with a flashing 40-hertz LED light, as before. Light stimulation may not reach far beyond the visual cortex, so they added sound: a dolphin-like clicking also at 40 hertz.
For an hour a day, the mice chilled out in their amped-up cage. The effects were fast, furious, and dramatic: within a week, amyloid and tau tangles seemed to melt away—not just in the visual and audio parts of the brain, but also in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus, the two main learning and memory centers impacted by Alzheimer’s. Even the blood vessels became more efficient at rising harmful proteins out of the brain.
“It’s an absolutely impressive feat,” said Macauley.
In two separate memory tests, the team showed that the treated mice could better find a flooded platform to escape to when submerged in a giant bathtub of milky water. In another, they found that the disco mice—who are naturally curious as a species—tended to sniff out a new object compared to one they’d already seen. Both tests, standard protocols in testing animal memory, provide some of the strongest proof that the treatment actually impacts everyday memory.
End of Story?
I could write sonnets about how mice aren’t people, how clearing out amyloid doesn’t necessarily treat Alzheimer’s, and how scientists have repeatedly triumphed over the disorder in mice.
The idea, though intriguing, is very new. However, because it fundamentally relies on the idea that clearing out toxic proteins leads to better cognition, it doesn’t stray much from the current treatment dogma in Alzheimer’s.
The treatment also doesn’t last: within a week of stopping, the mice returned to their old state.
Even more finicky is this: Tsai and her team have no idea why 40-hertz stimulation works, just that it does. She is currently digging into the mechanism, in hopes of revealing what makes the Alzheimer’s brain tick.
One idea is that the light and sound work as a sort of “reset.” Neurons in Alzheimer’s often act irregularly—either slacking off or going full-on haywire. The stimulation effectively tries to shock the misbehaving neurons back into their steady and regular rhythm, a sort of metronome that re-synchronizes brain activity to help memory.
For now, this is all speculation. But that isn’t stopping Tsai and colleagues from exploring the treatment potential in humans. She’s already founded a commercial initiative with her colleague-in-arms, Boyden, called Cognito Therapeutics. In early human trials, the treatment seems to be safe and non-offensive.
Last September, they kicked off the AlzLife trial to begin assessing the treatment’s effect in people with dementia or Alzheimer’s. The app-based treatment combines light and sound therapy with mind-tackling games to further stimulate brains under siege. You can try the app yourself here. With an estimated enrollment of 2,000 participants, it may be one of the largest clinical trials targeting Alzheimer’s, ever.
Tsai is optimistically hopeful but demur over her results.
“It remains unknown how [the treatment] relates to endogenous gamma and, for example, whether [it] affects the capacity for information transmission and sensory processing between neuronal systems,” she wrote in the paper.
Studies in humans could take at least five years, she said. But for a devastating disorder like Alzheimer’s with no therapeutic option, what do we have to lose?
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 26, 2019 4:59:28 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 27, 2019 5:19:29 GMT -5
The cure to this disease may be as simple as to stop using pot. Certain people may not be able to tolerate its use.Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome: Excessive Marijuana Smoking Leads To Rare CHS Diseasewww.inquisitr.com/3835496/cannabinoid-hyperemesis-syndrome-excessive-marijuana-smoking-leads-to-rare-chs-disease/
Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, or CHS disease, is a relatively unknown and rare illness that is caused by heavy marijuana smoking. The condition has been affecting marijuana smokers for years and virtually no one knows about it.
Symptoms of CHS disease include severe nausea, violent vomiting, and abdominal pain. As cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome is often misdiagnosed, sufferers make frequent trips to the hospital before someone figures out the cause.
“These folks are really suffering. They can get pretty sick,” said Dr. Eric Lavona with Denver Health Medical Center, per a report from the Missoulian. “They vomit like crazy and make frequent emergency department visits because they just can’t stop vomiting.”
CHS disease is a rare, misunderstood illness associated with excessive marijuana use. [Image by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images]
On average, people who suffer from CHS disease make seven trips to the emergency room and hospitalized three or more times. With more states legalizing recreational weed, emergency rooms are likely to see an increase in the syndrome.
Unfortunately, many sufferers do not know about cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome and increase their weed smoking in an unsuccessful attempt to alleviate their nausea. However, this reaction never works and can even make symptoms worse. Some doctors in states where medical cannabis is legal have erroneously recommended more marijuana as a treatment for symptoms.
According to Dr. Lavona, cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome is a “very common problem” in Colorado.
“We see it all the time in several patients a week in our emergency department, and all the emergency departments around Denver. It takes time for the medical community to learn about it and recognize it. But once you’re familiar with the disease, you’re not likely to misdiagnose it.”
A study published last year found emergency room visits for CHS disease doubled at two Colorado hospitals since 2009. The state legalized recreational weed in 2012.
“It is certainly something that, before legalization, we almost never saw,” noted Dr. Kennon Heard, co-author of the study, as reported by MSN. “Now we are seeing it quite frequently.”
Emergency rooms in other states where cannabis is legal are also reporting cases of CHS disease. Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., as well as Harborview and University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, are routinely seeing more patients affected by cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome.
States where cannabis use is legal are seeing an increase in a rare medical condition called cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. [Image by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images]
In states where smoking weed is illegal, a correct diagnosis of CHS disease is highly unlikely. This is because most doctors are unaware of the condition and many sufferers do not want to admit using an illicit drug.
The symptoms of CHS disease is very similar to another condition known as cyclic vomiting syndrome. Most doctors initially blame cyclic vomiting syndrome for patients’ symptoms, but it is not caused by cannabis smoking.
While cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome seems to be caused by excessive marijuana smoking, the illness does not appear right away. A 2011 study of CHS disease found symptoms did not start until at least three years of smoking weed, and it takes nearly 10 years before they are severe. Experts define excessive use as three to five times a day for several years.
Once the symptoms appear, many affected by CHS disease find relief by taking a hot shower. However, the respite is short-lived and the pain quickly reappears once the shower is over.
Over time, cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome leads to dehydration and kidney failure. However, treatment of the condition is actually quite simple if properly diagnosed. CHS disease will cure itself by stopping marijuana use.
Cases of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome were first reported in Australia more than a decade ago. As the illness is being recognized more and more in the U.S. with legalization slowly taking hold, both patients and doctors need to be more aware of its symptoms. While many consider cannabis safe to use even over the long term, anyone suffering from CHS disease symptoms should get to a doctor right away and immediately cease marijuana smoking.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 30, 2019 4:21:26 GMT -5
Simple Keys to a Happier LifeJan 29, 2019 | budwigcenter.com/simple-keys-happier-life/
Make a Difference in Your Life by Making a Difference to someone else’s.
What can be more enjoyable than sitting around a table with great friends, having a nice meal, talking and laughing, maybe dancing, listening to your favorite music and just enjoying each other? Doing good to others and spending time with loved ones is very enriching and satisfying.
Study after study shows that every time we do something good to someone else, we feel good about ourselves. So really, you might say, a secret to feeling good is to interact positively with others.
Charity gives meaning to you life
Have you noticed that financially successful people and famous singers and movie stars often get involved in charities of one sort or another that consists of work focused on helping people? Man is not an island. Wealth may give us some sense of satisfaction. However, we need to live for others and do good deeds for the benefit of our fellow man and woman to feel fully accomplished and content.
People Who Care
Try this simple quiz…
Name the…
…five wealthiest people in the world. …last five Heisman trophy winners. …previous five winners of the Miss America contest. …people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer prize. …last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress. …last decade’s worth of World Cup winners.
How did you do?
The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These people are not second-rate achievers; they are the best in their fields. But, the applause dies. Life goes on. Achievements are forgotten.
Here’s another quiz – See how you do on this one.
List a few teachers who aided your journey through school. Name three friends who have helped you through a tough time. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with. Name half a dozen heroes whose stories have inspired you.
Easier? The lesson?
The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones that care.
Be in Control of Your Thoughts
Another key to happiness has a lot to do with what and how we think! You may have heard that happiness is something we create in our mind. The problem is that our minds are accustomed to asking questions that will cause a negative answer. We are usually looking for what is wrong with a situation and who is to blame. We need to start training our mind to ask ourselves questions that will demand positive replies such as:
What can I learn from this challenging situation? What can I do to endure while maintaining peace of mind and heart? What am I thankful for today?
Support One Another
In the waiting room at the Budwig Center, we have patients from all over the world that can meet each and converse with each other between therapies. They use this time to talk and share their life stories. Many of these patients and family members keep in touch months after being at our Center.
Sharing our fears and concerns is healthy and should be encouraged. David Spiegel, a Stanford University psychiatrist, along with renowned group psychotherapist Irvin Yalom, MD, led support groups in the 1970s for women with advanced stages of breast cancer. “The groups used a technique Yalom developed called supportive-expressive group therapy. It involves the patients simply expressing their emotions related to their cancer in the context of group support.”
Spiegel decided a decade later to review the women’s records and found that they survived twice as long, on average, after starting the therapy as a comparative group of patients who received no such treatment. His findings drew substantial attention from the medical community, and sparked new interest in the use of structured support groups as part of treatment for serious illness.”
The support group allowed the patients to relieve some of their mental and emotional stress, this, in turn, helped with the healing of the body.
Emotional healing should be one of the vital healing tools in any clinic, as it is at the Budwig Center.
To learn more about the Emotional Therapies we offer at our clinic CLICK HERE>>> budwigcenter.com/why-do-we-include-emotional-treatments-at-the-budwig-center/
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 4, 2019 4:22:41 GMT -5
www.yinovacenter.com/ www.youtube.com/channel/UCZBra8WicYJboFzDx0NfmYwOUR METHOD Rooted in Chinese medicine, we put integrative care within your reach, giving you the power to take your health in hand. OUR TEAM Our most valuable resource is our experienced team of acupuncturists and bodyworkers. ACUPUNCTURE Healing & balancing, acupuncture offers a prompt to your body’s intelligence to bring you back into homeostasis. CHINESE HERBS Nourishing & harmonizing, each custom herbal formula is uniquely tailored to address your internal landscape. BODYWORK Restoring & Soothing, our therapeutic style of bodywork can be used to treat everything from injuries to infertility. INTERNAL MEDICINE Treating allergies, digestive problems, respiratory issues, recurring UTI’s, and more. WELLNESS Treating fatigue, anxiety, depression and insomnia, boosting immunity, promoting muscle recovery, and more. PAIN MANAGEMENT Treating a range of symptoms from fibromyalgia to back pain; menstrual cramps to headaches, and more. FIRST VISIT Each patient’s unique pattern of symptoms requires an individual solution. THE INTAKE We get to know you inside and out During your first visit you will have 30-45 min time with practitioner to go over in depth health history and diagnosis by pulse and tongue followed by a 30-45 minute acupuncture treatment. We encourage you to bring us your labs or any blood work that may be relevant.
“Energy medicine refers to the wide range of healing modalities used to diagnose and treat illness by manipulating the energy—the vital life force referred to as “qi” in Chinese medicine—that pulses through the cells of our bodies. This book traces my journey to understand the science behind this healing force as well as the little bit of mystery that will always be just outside our reach.”
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“As a patient who has been blessed to experience Jill Blakeway’s incredible energy firsthand, I can attest that she is a gifted healer. In Energy Medicine she validates what we know to be true intuitively—that the body has the power to heal itself—and offers readers the tools to understand and access the subtle energy within us. Far from a mystical tract, this book provides a true scientific investigation of the energy that exists within each of us and connects us to one another.”
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The first comprehensive look at the groundbreaking field of energy medicine and how it can be used to diagnose and treat illness, from one of the world’s foremost practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Today, more of us than ever are discovering the curative powers of energy medicine. Scientific studies continue to confirm its validity, and medical doctors are regularly prescribing treatments such as acupuncture to their patients. But even for those of us who have benefitted from such treatments, the question remains: what exactly is energy medicine, and how does it work? PRE-ORDER NOW MEET THE AUTHOR
Dr. Jill Blakeway holds a doctorate in acupuncture and Chinese medicine, is a licensed and board-certified acupuncturist and herbalist, and is the founder of the Yinova Center in New York. She discussed the science that supports the effectiveness of healing techniques used to diagnose and treat illness by manipulating the vital life force (referred to as ‘’qi’’ in traditional Chinese medicine) that pulses through cells. Blakeway began as an event organizer for Queen Elizabeth, and quit to study energy healing due to an illness that she had which was healed by acupuncture. She has studied traditional Chinese medicine for many years and says that she has become so adept at being an energy healer that she typically only uses "probably about 10" needles for her patients in therapy.
Blakeway described the energy coming from the hands of practitioners of such traditions as qigong or reiki as electrical and that can be measured by instruments. She described this energy as "100 times stronger" than that produced by the human heart. Blakeway also described the work of Dr. William Bengston, who in the year 2000 first performed experiments with mice to see if cancer could be affected by energy healing techniques. The mice, which were supposed to die in 27 days if untreated, "all survived," even though some of the experimenters who participated in the hands-on healings were extremely skeptical. She has also participated in studies with random number generators which appear to produce less random streams of numbers when she and other healers concentrated on them. She said that "love and compassion and fear" as strong emotions seem to affect the randomness of the number generators the most.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 5, 2019 1:53:37 GMT -5
IMMUNOTHERAPYA Deadly Wandering by Matt Richtel William Morrow Published on Aug 26, 2014 A Deadly Wandering is a landmark exploration of the vast and expanding impact of technology, rivetingly told through the lens of a deadly collision by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. Review “One of those rare nonfiction books that transcends the genre. ... A fascinating and engrossing account of the latest, and quite astonishing, discoveries involving the human immune system. ... An inspiring and wonderful read. ... I highly recommend this extraordinary book.” (DOUGLAS PRESTON, #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God) “Deeply affecting. … A compelling modern history of—as well as an elegant defense for—the preeminent science of our time.” (Los Angeles Review of Books) “Provocative. … Heart-wrenching. … Remarkable. … Richtel is a gifted storyteller. … A story about cutting-edge science, humanely told.” (Matt McCarthy, USA Today) “Vividly told. ... Explicates for the lay reader the intricate biology of our immune system. ... Richtel succeeds in this formidable task.” (JEROME GROOPMAN, New York Review of Books) “In this thorough investigation, Richtel details the explosion of knowledge over the past 70 years. ... He weaves into his narrative four case studies [that] add a moving personal dimension.” (BBC, “10 Books to Read This Month”) “Matt Richtel’s An Elegant Defense is a comprehensive and engaging primer on the body’s ‘ever-vigilant, omnipresent peacekeeping force.’ The immune system plays an essential role in fighting infections and cancer and in regulating our normal health. Read this superb book to better understand one of the enduring mysteries of human biology.” (SANDEEP JAUHAR, New York Times bestselling author of Heart: A History) “An expert examination of the immune system. … Richtel illuminates a complex subject so well that even physicians will learn.” (Kirkus, STARRED review) “Richtel approaches this essential subject with awe, his writing meticulous and empathic.” (Booklist, STARRED Review) “Award-winning reporter Matt Richtel examines the scientific and human realities of immune anomaly through four case studies. … Through these harrowing accounts, Richtel interweaves the research history.” (Nature, “Best Science Picks”) “A deeply reported and entertainingly written exploration of the human immune system and how it works.” (USA Today (”5 Books Not to Miss”)) About the Author Matt Richtel is a Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times reporter and bestselling nonfiction and mystery author. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, Meredith, a neurologist, and their two children. In his spare time, he plays tennis and piano and writes (not very good) songs. Visit him online at www.mattrichtel.com/
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 9, 2019 0:48:57 GMT -5
Anyone reading this should order a bottle of monolaurin from Natural Cure Labs and keep it in your medicine cabinet.
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The second thing to keep in your cabinet is true colloidal silver. I have done all the research and this is the best:
www.purestcolloids.com/Deadly Fungal 'Superbug' Spreads Worldwide, Alarming ScientistsBy Stephanie Pappas, Live Science Contributor | April 8, 2019 05:59pm ET
A deadly fungal infection that is resistant to major antimicrobial medications is spreading globally, and scientists aren't sure where it came from.
The fungus, called Candida auris, is a yeast that normally lives harmlessly on the skin and mucous membranes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to The New York Times, a drug-resistant form of the fungus has popped up across the globe, including in England, Spain, India, Venezuela and the United States.
"It is a creature from the black lagoon," Tom Chiller, the head of the fungal branch at the CDC, told the Times. "It bubbled up and now it is everywhere." [27 Devastating Infectious Diseases]
Growing threat The CDC first issued an alert about drug-resistant C. auris in 2016 and today describes it as a "serious threat." The yeast, according to that alert, was first discovered in 2009 from the ear discharge of a patient in Japan, though a retrospective study of old medical samples found one infection dating back to 1996 in South Korea.
Most strains of C. auris are resistant to at least one antifungal drug class, according to the CDC, and more than one-third of the strains are resistant to two. A subset of strains are resistant to all three antifungal drug classes available.
What makes the infection even more alarming is that the fungus persists on surfaces and has been documented spreading from person to person within hospitals and clinics. Half of residents tested at some nursing homes in the Chicago area were positive for C. auris, the Times reported. So far, the CDC has received 587 reports of cases in the United States.
C. auris infections are most deadly for those who already have compromised immune systems, including the elderly and the very young. The infection typically spreads within health care settings, often affecting those who are already in precarious health. The initial symptoms are fever, aches and fatigue, and the disease can be fatal, particularly if the yeast spreads to the blood, brain or heart.
Origin of a threat The strains of drug-resistant C. auris are genetically distinct on different continents, suggesting that the drug resistance is evolving separately but simultaneously worldwide. It's unclear what is causing this rise in these fungal "superbugs," but one theory is that widespread fungicide use on crops is prompting C. auris to evolve resistance.
Fungicides called azoles have been implicated in the rise of another drug-resistant fungus, Aspergillus fumigatus, according to 2012 research in the journal PLOS Pathogens. Some researchers think these same antifungals have opened a niche for the strongest, most fungicide-resistant strains of C. auris to survive.
Overuse of antibiotics in farm animals created a similar crisis with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Now, the CDC is working to monitor the genetics of C. auris and understand how to stop its spread. That could be challenging, according to the Times. At Royal Brompton Hospital near London, staffers used special sprayers to douse the entire room in microbe-killed hydrogen peroxide, the newspaper reported. Everything died — except C. auris.
www.livescience.com/65181-candida-auris-spreading.html 'Serious global health threat': At least 587 cases of deadly fungus reported, CDC saysUSA TODAY Kaitlyn Kanzler and Lindy Washburn,USA TODAY•April 10, 2019 news.yahoo.com/apos-serious-global-health-threat-001950253.html
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Post by nebula14 on Apr 9, 2019 1:28:58 GMT -5
I have asthma for almost 2 months now, it starts when we have sports fest in our school. While we are playing truck and field I feel something in my chest, I'm having a hard time to breathe and I feel dizzy that time. Our coach told us that it's better for me to try swimming because it will help me to breathe clearly. But my friend told me to try marijuana instead of swimming. Along the way, i came across this www.worldwide-marijuana-seeds.com/products/green-house-super-lemon-hazearticle that MJ can help me to reduce my hard time breathing. I don't know who will I listen to. Has anyone tried marijuana as an alternative medicine for illness? Can somebody help me with my problem? Thanks in advance.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 9, 2019 3:12:11 GMT -5
I have asthma for almost 2 months now, it starts when we have sports fest in our school. While we are playing truck and field I feel something in my chest, I'm having a hard time to breathe and I feel dizzy that time. Our coach told us that it's better for me to try swimming because it will help me to breathe clearly. But my friend told me to try marijuana instead of swimming. Along the way, i came across this www.worldwide-marijuana-seeds.com/products/green-house-super-lemon-hazearticle that MJ can help me to reduce my hard time breathing. I don't know who will I listen to. Has anyone tried marijuana as an alternative medicine for illness? Can somebody help me with my problem? Thanks in advance. You may want to go to a medical professional to get an accurate diagnosis and then come up with your options. If you can find one that practices "integrative" medicine they might suggest alternative therapies. Make sure they check out your heart as that can be the cause of many things. I knew a girl in college who liked to jog. One day she had similar symptoms, sat down and never regained consciousness. She had an undiagnosed heart condition. Only 21 years old and she was even in the military reserves.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 10, 2019 4:32:43 GMT -5
I stumbled upon this site that should be of interest to anyone that finds this thread interesting.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 10, 2019 5:18:00 GMT -5
FYI. Not sure I would agree with this unless and until the food offered us is higher quality and less processed and pesticide free.Food Better Than Supplements for Increasing Longevity, New Study ShowsWhen it comes to a longer lifespan, a healthy diet may work better than pills By Trisha Calvo April 08, 2019 www.consumerreports.org/supplements/food-better-than-supplements-for-increasing-longevity/
A new Tufts University study involving more than 27,000 Americans is the latest research to show that most supplements may not do much to improve health—or at least can’t compete with the benefits of a healthy diet. The researchers found that taking supplements didn’t lower the risk of death during the study follow-up period, while those who got the recommended amount of certain nutrients from foods had a lower risk of death in that time frame.
“These results are consistent with current dietary recommendations,” says study author Fang Fang Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor in the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. “The general U.S. population should aim to get adequate nutrition from healthy foods, and a healthy diet.”
What the Study Found The researchers analyzed National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data on supplements such as multivitamins, vitamin C, and calcium—which the study participants took—along with info on the foods they ate. Taking supplements, the study authors found, didn’t translate to a lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease, cancer, or any cause for that matter. Getting adequate amounts of vitamin K and magnesium from food, however, reduced the risk of dying overall by more than 20 percent. And those whose diet had enough of vitamins A and K, copper, and zinc cut the risk of death from cardiovascular disease by half.
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When the researchers analyzed the data, they found that in supplement takers, nutrients from the foods they ate were protective, but nutrients from the supplements were not. In fact, they didn’t need supplements at all to meet their daily requirements for vitamins and minerals.
The study also highlighted the negative effects of overuse of supplements: For example, getting 1,000 mg per day of calcium in pill form was linked to a 62 percent increased risk of cancer. However, when people got that much calcium from food, it didn’t increase cancer risk, Zhang says.
Stephen Fortmann, M.D., senior director of science programs at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, who worked on a systematic review of supplements for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in 2013, says the results from this new study are in line with the findings from that report. “There’s not a lot of evidence that these supplements do any good.”
When Are Supplements Needed? More than half of American adults take multivitamins or another supplement, according to the NHANES data, perhaps in part because of what they are—or aren’t—already eating. It’s no secret that many Americans don’t follow a healthy diet; for example, about 90 percent of people don’t eat the daily recommended 1½ to 2 cups of fruit and 2 to 3 cups of vegetables, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
But can supplements make up for those shortfalls? Supplement proponents argue that it can be challenging for Americans to stick to dietary guidelines. “The majority of U.S. adults do not get the recommended amount of nutrients," says Andrew Shao, interim senior vice president for scientific and regulatory affairs at the Center for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a trade association for the supplement industry. “It is a health benefit to get the nutrients you need.”
Still, experts say that eating healthfully is a preferred way to stay healthy. “Using dietary supplements shouldn’t be a substitute for a healthy, balanced diet,” Zhang says. What’s more, when you get nutrients from food, you are also getting a variety of other compounds, such as phytochemicals, that interact with one another in myriad ways, some of which scientists may not even understand yet.
“It’s possible that these particular benefits we’ve seen here could reflect the complex interaction among multiple nutrients from food,” Zhang says. “We don’t eat isolated nutrients.”
Another concern with supplements is that the Food and Drug Administration classifies them differently from drugs. So the companies that make and sell them aren’t required to prove that they’re safe for their intended use, that they work as advertised, or even that their packages contain what the labels say they do, according to Chuck Bell, programs director at Consumer Reports, who is involved in CR’s advocacy work on supplement safety.
There are times when supplements are recommended, such as if a patient is deficient in a certain nutrient due to a health issue, Zhang says. In some cases, a doctor might also suggest taking prescription supplements, which are subject to FDA regulations for drugs.
People who may need supplements include:
Women planning to become pregnant within a month. Folic acid supplements are recommended to reduce the risk of brain and spinal-cord abnormalities (called neural tube defects) that can occur in the first months of pregnancy.
Pregnant women. Folic acid is needed to protect against neural tube defects, and vitamin D is needed to help prevent pre-eclampsia.
Strict vegans who consume no meat, fish, eggs, or dairy. A daily vitamin B12 supplement can be recommended; B12 is found only in animal foods.
People over age 60. At this age, you may need vitamin B12, because with age, some people lose the ability to absorb vitamin B12 from food.
A person who rarely gets out in the sun. He/she may need vitamin D3. Our bodies make vitamin D from sunlight.
Those taking certain drugs. Vitamin B12 and magnesium supplements may be needed for people taking diabetes medication such as metformin (Glucophage and generic) and long-term users of heartburn drugs, such as lansoprazole (Prevacid and generic) or famotidine (Pepcid and generic).
Eating a Healthier Diet One main takeaway from the study, Zhang says, is that if your diet is made up mostly of nutritious foods, supplements won’t necessarily offer any additional benefits.
You can get the nutrients highlighted in this study from many foods. For example, dark green vegetables such as broccoli and kale have vitamins A and K. Butternut squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, and egg yolks are rich in vitamin A. Leafy greens, nuts, and whole grains supply copper and magnesium. "But it is best not to focus on specific nutrients, but rather trust that a balanced diet of healthy foods will meet your nutritional needs," says Charlotte Vallaeys, M.S., Consumer Reports' senior food and nutrition policy analyst. "When you eat a variety of healthy whole foods—whole grains, fruits and vegetables, nuts, legumes, and lean meats—you get the vitamins and minerals you need."
I've covered health and nutrition my entire career, so I know how to separate science from hype. Whether it's about food labels, sunscreen, or food safety, my goal is to deliver information that makes following a healthy lifestyle easier. Healthy cooking is a favorite hobby, and friends think I'm crazy, but I can happily spend hours grocery shopping. Follow me on Twitter. (@trishacalvo)
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 10, 2019 5:29:59 GMT -5
This article is interesting in many ways to me. I had my vitamin levels checked and they showed quite elevated B6 and B12 levels. As it turns out I requested a genetic test for the MTHFR gene because even without vitamin intake (pills) my B12 level was high. When one's body can't assimilate B12 it gives the appearance of high levels which is what the gene test showed. Considering the need for B12 and dementia it may behoove anyone to take the methylated version of B12 to solve that problem. Even the high priced neurologist had no clue. I had to figure this out for myself. Goes to show you that one must take charge of your own health. Use the internet for your research.
It also appears that Tufts is a wealth of information regarding health topics. Visit their site for vast amounts of information.now.tufts.edu/Mild Vitamin B12 Deficiency Associated with Accelerated Cognitive DeclineDecember 5, 2012
BOSTON— Being mildly vitamin B-12 deficient could be an indication that some older adults are at a greater risk for accelerated cognitive decline, an observational study from researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University suggests.
Martha Savaria Morris, Ph.D., an epidemiologist in the Nutrition Epidemiology Program at the HNRCA at Tufts University, and colleagues examined data from 549 men and women enrolled in a cohort of the Framingham Heart Study, focusing on scores on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), a short list of questions and tasks commonly used to screen for dementia. The subjects were divided into five groups, based on their vitamin B-12 blood levels.
Being in the two lowest groups was associated with significantly accelerated cognitive decline, based on an analysis of test scores from 5 MMSE tests given over a period of eight years. The average age at baseline was 75 years-old.
“Men and women in the second lowest group did not fare any better in terms of cognitive decline than those with the worst vitamin B-12 blood levels. Over time, their MMSE scores declined just as rapidly,” Morris said. “Rapid neuropsychiatric decline is a well-known consequence of severe vitamin B-12 deficiency, but our findings suggest that adverse cognitive effects of low vitamin B-12 status may affect a much larger proportion of seniors than previously thought.”
In the August 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Morris and colleagues write that MMSE scores dropped, on average, 0.24 points per year versus an average drop of 0.35 points annually in the two groups with the lowest vitamin B-12 blood levels. The authors observed an even steeper decline of about 1-point per year in some people in the two lowest groups who also exhibited high blood levels of folate or took supplements containing its synthetic form, folic acid, although their models indicate the additional cognitive decline is potentially related to other health problems in this particular study population.
The subjects in this study were mostly Caucasian women who had earned at least a high school diploma. The authors said future research might include more diverse populations and explore whether vitamin B12 status impacts particular cognitive skills, as the MMSE results provide only a general picture of decline.
“While we emphasize our study does not show causation, our associations raise the concern that some cognitive decline may be the result of inadequate vitamin B-12 in older adults, for whom maintaining normal blood levels can be a challenge,” said Paul Jacques, D.Sc., the study’s senior author and director of the Nutrition Epidemiology Program.
Animal proteins, such as lean meats, poultry and eggs, are good sources of vitamin B-12. Because older adults may have a hard time absorbing vitamin B-12 from food, the USDA’s 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that people over 50 years-old incorporate B-12 fortified foods or supplements in their diets.
Jacob Selhub, Ph.D., director of the Vitamin Metabolism Laboratory at the USDA HNRCA, co-authored the study. Selhub and Jacques are also professors at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.
This research is supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (grant# 1 R01 NS062877-01A2) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Morris MS, Selhub J and Jacques PF. “Vitamin B-12 and Folate Status in Relation to Decline in Scores on the Mini-Mental State Examination in the Framingham Heart Study.” Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 60:1457-1464, August 2012.
The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University is the only independent school of nutrition in the United States. The school's eight degree programs, which focus on questions relating to famine, hunger, poverty, and communications, are renowned for the application of scientific research to national and international policy. For three decades, the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University has studied the relationship between good nutrition and good health in aging populations. Tufts research scientists work with federal agencies to establish the USDA Dietary Guidelines, the Dietary Reference Intakes, and other significant public policies.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 10, 2019 6:18:30 GMT -5
If you have any of these symptoms you may want to make some changes. Oh, and don't go into any dark tunnels if you don't think you are ready or are already dead.:
What Happens When You Die?By Laura Geggel, Senior Writer | December 9, 2017 10:08am ET www.livescience.com/42955-what-happens-when-you-die.html
Partner Series Few people know what to expect as the end nears. But death, just like life, is a process, scientists say. If a person has a long-term illness, it's common for the person to withdrawal socially in the months before death. This means that the person may be less interested in certain activities, such as work or social gatherings.
"Often, [dying] people are very focused on their family and on things that are important to them to do before they die," said Dr. Nina O'Connor, director of palliative care at the University of Pennsylvania Health System. [Do People Really Die of Old Age?]
Moreover, people tend to have less energy toward the end of their lives. This fatigue prompts them to sleep more, often for most of the day. There are multiple causes for this fatigue. If the person has cancer, the cancer cells can consume a lot of the person's energy, O'Connor said. Also, irregular breathing can cause a person to have lower levels of oxygen and higher levels of carbon monoxide in their blood, which can lead to fatigue.
In addition, the person is likely eating and drinking less, which means they aren't getting enough calories to be active, O'Connor said. Dehydration can also lead to fatigue, Dr. Michele Casey, the regional medical director at Duke Health in North Carolina, previously told Live Science.
Smaller appetite A person's appetite might dip for various reasons. Their body might be producing more catecholamine, a chemical in the blood that suppresses appetite. Increased catecholamine is common among people toward the end of life, especially in those with cancer, O'Connor said.
Many people report seeing a bright light at the end of a long dark tunnel after a near-death experience. Credit: Singhanart/Shutterstock
What's more, people might eat less because their intestines aren't working as well, meaning they have trouble processing the food they eat. "It might sit in their stomach or make them feel nauseous," O'Connor told Live Science. Furthermore, taste and smell are usually the first senses to go, so food and drink might not taste as good as they used to, she said.
People with advanced Alzheimer's disease often have physical difficulty swallowing, and they may forget how to chew and swallow. "Sometimes, they aren't physically able to eat," O'Connor said.
It can be upsetting for friends and family when a dying person eats less. "In our culture, we take care of people we love by feeding them," O'Connor said. "When people are sick, we make them soup and we push Gatorade."
However, loss of appetite and weight loss are natural parts of dying from many long-term illnesses, she said.
Moving slowly Diminished energy can cause a person to slow down. For example, they may move, talk and think more slowly than usual, and they may also need more time to process conversations, she said. Medications the person is taking, such as certain painkillers, may also slow them down, as can having out-of-balance electrolytes, O'Connor added.
"The physical fatigue and weakness [of people near the end] is profound," O'Connor said. "Simple things, like getting up out of bed and into a chair could be exhausting — that could be all of someone's energy for a day."
Because they have less energy, the person's body may have difficulty regulating temperature, meaning that they may be hotter or colder than usual, she said. [Why We Get Cranky When It's Hot Out]
In the last days or hours before death, people's breathing can become unusually shallow or deep. It can also be irregular, with pauses lasting from seconds to a minute or two, and that "can be scary for their family members who are watching," O'Connor said. "[But] all of it comes from the process of the body slowing and shutting down."
This change in breathing, however, doesn't appear to make the person uncomfortable, O'Connor said.
At the end, some people have a so-called "death rattle" when breathing. This happens because the person is unable to cough up or swallow secretions that build up in the chest and throat. This rattle doesn't appear to bother the patient, but it can be upsetting for loved ones to hear. To get rid of the rattle, it may help to change the patient's position, suction out the secretions, or give medications that get rid of the secretions, O'Connor said.
Despite moving slowly, hearing is one of the last senses to go. "As people are drifting in and out of consciousness, we know they can hear voices, especially familiar voices," O'Connor said. "We give loved ones the advice to keep talking, even if it seems like the person is sleeping."
Slipping away When a person dies, physicians usually check for cardiac death (when the heart stops beating) or brain death (when there is no more electrical activity in the brain), O'Connor said. [Are 'Flatliners' Conscious After Death?]
If someone is a "vegetable," that means there is no more brain activity, and that life support is keeping the organs functioning. At that point, "legally, the life support is turned off because they have died," O'Connor said.
These two types of death — cardiac and brain — are used no matter how the person died. "It could be a sudden cardiac arrest, when the heart stops. It could be a bad trauma, when someone has a lot of bleeding and then their heart stops because there isn't enough blood flow," O'Connor said. "Or, you could have a bad neurologic injury and then have a brain death, where your brain doesn't have electrical activity, and then your body would follow."
However, there is anecdotal evidence that people whose hearts have stopped but are then restarted are able to describe accurate, verified accounts of what was happening around them, Dr. Sam Parnia, director of critical care and resuscitation research at NYU Langone School of Medicine in New York City, previously told Live Science.
"They'll describe watching doctors and nurses working; they'll describe having awareness of full conversations, of visual things that were going on, that would otherwise not be known to them," Parnia said. These accounts have been confirmed by medical staff who were in the same room, he noted.
Some studies claim that near-death experiences are just another form of lucid dreaming, while others link these experiences to oxygen deprivation in the brain.
For additional information on the dying process, O'Connor recommended two online resources: the website Get Palliative Care provides palliative care information, and the Hospice Foundation of America has resources on death, dying and grief.
Original article on Live Science. Additional reporting by Elizabeth Palermo.
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on Jan. 29, 2014, and was updated on Dec. 8, 2017.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 11, 2019 3:38:55 GMT -5
Lee is a globally acclaimed Energy Intuitive and Transformation Guide, who offers grounded, practical teachings focused on helping conscious, intuitive, and sensitive people heal, thrive and live a better life. Leading a vibrant online community, he reaches hundreds of thousands of people every month. His monthly Energy Update videos, audio recordings and online courses offer practical guidance for navigating life with clarity, empowerment, and optimism. In 2018, he launched his IMPACT THE WORLD and OWN YOUR VALUE courses; exploring his passion to mentor creatives, healers and entrepreneurs on how to bring their gifts and talents into the world. His annual Soul Magic retreats, and workshops held around the globe, are adventures into the deepest aspects of living, loving, and awakening. Also a musician and artist, Lee deeply incorporates sound-healing and creativity into his works. Learn more... www.leeharrisenergy.com/home
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Lee Harris began doing intuitive readings out of his home in England, 2004, as a part-time healer. Now based in California, he has built his company, Lee Harris Energy (LHE), into the multi-media, worldwide event company and production house it is today. Leading an ten-member international team, Lee is passionate about grounding creative spirituality into these challenging times. He is also determined to see people experience impactful and abundant lives while supporting each other through community.
Leading a vibrant online community, Lee reaches hundreds of thousands of people every month. His monthly Energy Updates are wildly popular and offer practical guidance for navigating daily life with clarity, empowerment, and optimism. His acclaimed Soul Magic and Energy Mastery retreats and Energy Tune-Up seminars, held around the globe, are adventures into the deepest aspects of living, loving, and awakening.
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Lee is an accomplished singer-songwriter who has been writing and producing music since 1998, collaborating with musicians in Europe, the U.S., and beyond.
In 2001, Lee debuted his first album, Shapeshifting, followed by the albums Phoenix, Golden World, and the newly released Arise. Lee co-wrote and produced Arise with acclaimed Slovenian musician and composer Davor Bozic under the name Project Venus.
Lee has recently begun his sound healing work with the Adventures in Sound series, and is currently working on a new album.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 11, 2019 4:28:53 GMT -5
I studied palmistry years ago after I first arrived in Arizona. It has a long, rich history and contrary to popular opinion it is a valid art covering your past, present and future as well as health conditions. It is an extremely interesting science. Your life is literally in your hands. Vernon Mahabalpalmistryinstitute.com/ www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwj9_lDEQnqif9BQlSNHGBnnbbVI4ag6X
Who Can Use It Palmistry is an astrological science. To a professional palmist, the hand reads exactly like a road map. Palmistry gives accurate and specific information because it leaves nothing to chance. While the accuracy of a traditional astrological chart is dependent upon knowing ones exact birth time, palmistry is more reliable because a birth time is not needed. The various imprints on the hand record your life purpose visible and concretely.
Palmistry is the best tool for business/vocational placement, and for understanding ones true career calling. Business professionals can use palmistry to discover their employees’ natural abilities and talents, thus maximizing efficiency and productivity in the work place. Therapists and counselors can use the hand in their profession to quickly uncover their clients’ underlying issues. Knowledge of hand analysis can be used in any field to help maximized one’s success. It is by far the most scientific and dependable system of self awareness.
Introduction to Palmistry Everything that can be known about a human being is written on one’s hands. To a professional palmist, the hand is a physical, tangible astrological road map, and reads just like a journal’s of one’s life. When people think of palmistry, they generally think that the lines on the palm constitute the entire study. The science of hand analysis encompasses much more than looking at the palmer lines, although they are an important part of the analysis. A wealth of information is also gathered from other parts of the hand, and we will briefly look at some of them.
Compare the length of your index and ring fingers. The index finger symbolizes the desire for power and independence, and the ring finger deals with interests of creativity and public impact. If your index finger is slightly longer than your ring finger, you are a person who desires influence in the world, and would be most happy in a position of authority. If your index finger is much longer than your ring finger, your desire for power would influence you to get your way in most situations. If your ring finger is longer than your index, then self-expression in all forms is more important to you than being in charge. Your desire would be to have a career that gives you a creative purpose or inner fulfillment, more than being in a position of power. This does not mean that you won’t be successful at what you do, but it does indicate that it is more important for you to express your individuality and creative expression in the world. If your ring finger is much longer than your index finger then you have a great desire for public or social recognition, generally in the world of the arts. Notice if there are spaces between your fingers when your hands are placed down on a table. Spaces between fingers signify a need for freedom, and when your hands are relaxed and there is a natural separation between your fingers, you will generally act in an independent way. You are also open to new ideas and opinions, and can have an outgoing nature. If your space is very wide, you may have the tendency to be impulsive, and difficulty being committed to one activity at a time.
If you gesture a lot and keep your hands apart from each other when in conversation, this indicates that your instinctive and intuitive core directs your verbal expression. This may also make you quick and spontaneous in speech, and passionate about the topic at hand. People that lecture or speak with their hands somewhat close to each other indicate a more thoughtful approach in which their words and statements are weighed and considered before they are spoken. Wide outstretched hands in conversation signify speaking from the heart whereas hands kept close together denote a more mental or contemplative approach.
Many times I am asked by a client if they have “too many” lines on their hands. Another common scenario is that they visited a “palmist” who told them that their hands were too complicated, and therefore could not be read. These types of remarks by pseudo palmists only instill unnecessary worry in people, and bring a bad reputation to a very dignified science. A hand that possesses many lines means that the bearer has a large data bank and many potentials and talents at their disposal. They are able to comprehend a wide variety of viewpoints and perspectives. They also have the ability to choose from several different courses of action. The negative aspect is that there will be too many “inner voices” or internal arguments, possibly leading to indecision, confusion or second guessing.
Another frequently asked question is on the issue of right handedness vs. left handedness. In palmistry, the right hand is directed by the rational and linear left brain, and the left hand is directed by the intuitive and holistic right brain. For a right handed person, the right hand expresses the “outer” self while the left hand express the “inner” self. I look to the right hand for information concerning career, financial, and practical issues, and to the left hand for dealing with personal matters, emotional needs and spiritual directions. Due to the fact that left handers are directed by the right brain, my research has convinced me that left handers are far more in tune with their intuition. They tend to utilize this intuition greatly and are comfortable acting on their hunches, and they don’t separate them from their “logical” self. Lefties, without consciously desiring to be non-conformists, are not wired to go along with or follow conventional thought or traditional modalities. Thus they frequently discover their own unique ways of doing things, many times “re-writing the book” and breaking with convention. There are many examples of this amongst left handed artist in particular.
The path of palmistry is powerful, as it is the most complete and dependable system of self-awareness. I encourage you to take a serious look at hand analysis, as you will understand quickly why previous advanced ancient cultures both respected and revered it. In the words of Dr. William Benham, the great American palmist , “Palmistry is a study worthy of the best efforts of the best minds.”
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 12, 2019 4:52:22 GMT -5
There is so much on this website to explore that I don't know where to begin. If you can get by the doctors hair then expect to be educated supremely. Amazing.www.biocybernaut.com/
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The Biocybernaut Institute, Inc. was founded in 1983 by Dr. James V. Hardt, who has a bachelor of science degree in Physics from Carnegie Institute of Technology, a master of science in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University, and has done a post-doctoral program in Psychophysiology at the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute (University of California, San Francisco), now with over forty years of research and clinical practice in neurofeedback brain wave enhancement, and is certified as a senior fellow by the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance.
WHAT WE DO Biocybernaut offers 7-Day Brain Training programs that teach clients how to control their own Brain Waves. We have nine levels of Alpha Training and nine levels of Theta Training available to the public. Trainees from all walks of life and from all around the world have traveled to Biocybernaut centers in Canada, Germany and the USA to learn to control their own brain waves.
The name Biocybernaut derives from its three linguistic components: Bio, Cyber and Naut. “Naut” is an Ancient Greek suffix meaning someone who goes on a voyage or an adventure. "Cyber" derives from "cypher" and means calculations and now refers to computer calculating technology. Cybernetics is the science of control systems. And Bio-Cybernetics is the science of biological control systems. "Bio" is meant to refer to an individual's biology and physiology. Hence, a Biocybernaut is one who journeys through his or her own inner biological universe using computers to provide feedback about their own internal control systems and processes. At Biocybernaut, trainees learn how to control their own brain waves and go on deep and meaningful adventures in consciousness.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 14, 2019 2:17:03 GMT -5
spirit possession and spirit releaseInteresting topic that supposes many mental and physical maladies are caused by disincarnate entities or spirits. Anyone with any type of intuition who has been around alcoholics may know about or have experienced this. We are spirits housed in a body, and just as houses can be haunted, so can people, according to writer, teacher, and paranormal researcher with a doctorate in anthropology, Susan B. Martinez. People who succumb to dissociative states of consciousness can become magnets for lost but clinging spirits known as jinn, dybbuk, daemon, wuqabi, or simply the undead. There is a lot of information available on this re-discovered field. My degrees in Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice took me on a journey to seek many alternatives to human behavior, mental illness and criminology. Here are just a few. This subject should not be discounted nor should its therapies. It will become the norm in the future.
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Susan B. Martinez, Ph.D., is a writer, linguist, teacher, paranormal researcher, and recognized authority on the Oahspe Bible with a doctorate in anthropology from Columbia University. The author of Delusions in Science and Spirituality, Time of the Quickening, The Lost History of the Little People and The Mysterious Origins of Hybrid Man, she lives in Clayton, Georgia.
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 23, 2019 6:36:22 GMT -5
Dr. John McDougallwww.drmcdougall.com/ www.youtube.com/user/drmcdougallmd John McDougall Published on Sep 17, 2013 drmcdougall.comThe McDougall Program is all about giving you control over your health. Most participants are able to stop all unnecessary medications, avoid surgery, improve their appearance and regain lost fitness. Sick people see doctors, healthy people don't. Our goal is to make you healthy.
Medical care is provided to each participant personally by John McDougall, MD. There are no gimmicks here -- the dramatic improvements are simply the result of a highly nutritious diet, exercise, a focus on better daily habits and gaining freedom from the unpleasant side effects of medication. Unfortunately these changes are not easily accomplished by people on their own, so our 10-day program is designed to help you do exactly that.The Starch Solution - John McDougall MD (FULL TALK)VegSource Published on Sep 5, 2018 This truth is simple and is, therefore, easy to explain. You must eat to live. But the choice of what you eat is yours. There is an individual, specific diet that best supports the health, function, and longevity of each and every animal. The proper diet for human beings is based on starches. The more rice, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and beans you eat, the trimmer and healthier you will be -- and with those same food choices you will help save the Planet Earth, too.
This talk is by John McDougall MD from the VegSource Healthy Lifestyle Expo 2010. You can purchase a copy of all 14 fascinating and life-saving talks from the Expo on DVD.
This one is long. If you don't have time to watch the full video, here are some key points. You may also want to watch this excerpt from the talk, about findings that gladiators ate a diet based on starch:
DO YOU EAT RICE? USE TALCUM POWDER? YOU MIGHT WANT TO READ THIS STORY
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Post by the Scribe on May 1, 2019 4:12:20 GMT -5
askjulieryan.com/ www.youtube.com/channel/UCMYtR_CBJeC6MKbzuQ2dd6AI’m a medical intuitive. I can sense what medical conditions and illnesses a person has, I can facilitate energetic healings, I can see energy fields—and I can communicate with spirits both alive and dead. I can work from anywhere; it’s rare I’m with someone while scanning them.
In addition, I can scan animals, access people’s past lives, and remove ghosts from homes and other buildings, and I can tell how close to death someone is.
I’m not one of those psychics who’s had dead people stalking her since childhood. Well, at least if I did, I didn’t know it. I learned the basics of how to do energy work more than 20 years ago, added and refined my own techniques over the years, and have been doing it ever since.
I turn my abilities on and off at will. I don’t go around scanning everyone. It’s an ethical thing with me. Someone’s private information is theirs to share only if they wish, so I scan only when I have permission and then keep all information about someone completely confidential.
Although the medical intuitive aspect of my life has been an amazing side interest, I’m basically a businesswoman, an inventor, an author, and a serial entrepreneur. During my 35-year career, I’ve invented surgical devices that are sold throughout the world and founded several companies in the medical, natural gas, advertising, long-term care, compliance, and data breach prevention industries.
Most importantly, however, I’m a wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend.
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Post by the Scribe on May 5, 2019 18:35:33 GMT -5
Beating Burnout: Sisters Write Book To Help Women Overcome Stress Cycle5:27 LISTEN ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2019/05/20190505_atc_to_help_women_kick_burnout_sisters_write_book_to_understanding_stress_cycle.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1033&d=327&p=2&story=720490364&siteplayer=true&size=5222508&dl=1 May 5, 20195:22 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered Sisters Emily and Amelia Nagoski speak with NPR's Aarti Shahani about their new book Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle. This groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout differently than men—and provides a simple, science-based plan to help women minimize stress, manage emotions, and live a more joyful life.
“Essential reading”—Bustle • One of Elle’s “Best Books to Read in Spring 2019”
Burnout. Many women in America have experienced it. What’s expected of women and what it’s really like to be a woman in today’s world are two very different things—and women exhaust themselves trying to close the gap between them. How can you “love your body” when every magazine cover has ten diet tips for becoming “your best self”? How do you “lean in” at work when you’re already operating at 110 percent and aren’t recognized for it? How can you live happily and healthily in a sexist world that is constantly telling you you’re too fat, too needy, too noisy, and too selfish?
Sisters Emily Nagoski, PhD, and Amelia Nagoski, DMA, are here to help end the cycle of feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. Instead of asking us to ignore the very real obstacles and societal pressures that stand between women and well-being, they explain with compassion and optimism what we’re up against—and show us how to fight back. In these pages you’ll learn
• what you can do to complete the biological stress cycle—and return your body to a state of relaxation • how to manage the “monitor” in your brain that regulates the emotion of frustration • how the Bikini Industrial Complex makes it difficult for women to love their bodies—and how to defend yourself against it • why rest, human connection, and befriending your inner critic are keys to recovering and preventing burnout
With the help of eye-opening science, prescriptive advice, and helpful worksheets and exercises, all women will find something transformative in these pages—and will be empowered to create positive change. Emily and Amelia aren’t here to preach the broad platitudes of expensive self-care or insist that we strive for the impossible goal of “having it all.” Instead, they tell us that we are enough, just as we are—and that wellness, true wellness, is within our reach.
Praise for Burnout
“Burnout is the gold standard of self-help books, delivering cutting-edge science with energy, empathy, and wit. The authors know exactly what’s going on inside your frazzled brain and body, and exactly what you can do to fix it. . . . Truly life-changing.”—Sarah Knight, New York Times bestselling author of Calm the F*ck Down
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Post by the Scribe on May 8, 2019 2:18:23 GMT -5
This book teaches the ordinary people how to read doctor's prescription, how to interpret lab report and how to use vitamin, minerals and herbs to treat 400 most common diseases.
Rare Earth is Dr. Wallach's indepth research on minerals and their conjunction to diseases and longevity.
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Post by the Scribe on May 9, 2019 4:57:54 GMT -5
This guy is very interesting in so many ways. kenkleinproductions.net/
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KEN KLEIN Filmmaker – Author – Explorer – Athlete – Pastor – Father – Husband Almost from the moment of birth forces outside his family’s genetics or genealogy shaped Ken Klein’s destiny. While both his parents derived their molding from Eastern European Jewry, Poland and Hungary, the powerful patriarchy had virtually no effect on Ken’s life’s direction.
The KleinsIn the first week of his life his Jewish aunt, who had become a born again Christian, baptized Ken and from that point of divine intervention his life’s direction would follow in a very unprecedented pathway. While the name of Jesus was never spoken in his household, his parents buried the holy water baptism event from Ken. It was never mentioned to him until he reached the age of sixty. Nevertheless Ken maintained a great but mysterious reverence for the name of Jesus even though he never understood why. That was until he reached the age of twenty-five.
After a surprising career as a collage football player, he entered the NFL, only to be intercepted by two catastrophic injuries that quickly ended the endeavor. Ken sees those disasters as a wake up call and divine interventions. Soon thereafter, he turned his life over to Jesus and began his true life’s destiny.
Fast-forward fifty years. In the wake of his life there can be seen many fruitful accomplishments.
He led a large college youth group from which came many pastors. After six years of youth work, there came the pioneering and pastoring of three churches. In the midst of those years along with his wife of four decades they managed to raise three sons who in turn blessed them with seven grandchildren. In 1983 he left the office of pastor and began a new direction authoring four books and producing twenty documentary films. He has appeared on hundreds of Television and radio broadcast and his films and books have touched millions of people around the world. Now, at the age of seventy-two he feels that he is just beginning to get started.
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Post by the Scribe on May 9, 2019 6:25:17 GMT -5
You may want to consider buying a methylated version of vitamin D. Vitamin D3 seems to be a common deficiency as well.This everyday supplement may be the key to breathing easierKorin Miller,Yahoo Lifestyle Thu, May 2 8:45 AM MST www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/this-everyday-supplement-may-be-the-key-to-breathing-easier-154556438.html
Photo: Getty Images A supplement you'd find in a drugstore may help people breathe a little easier. (Photo: Getty Images)
Breathing normally can be a battle when you have a serious lung condition, such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). And, while there are good treatment options for these diseases, recent research suggests that taking a common supplement you can find at your local drugstore may help patients as well. The supplement? Vitamin D (yes, that vitamin D).
Asthma and COPD are two separate and distinct conditions, but they have some things in common — and they both make it hard for patients to breathe. Asthma is a chronic condition that causes a person's airways to become inflamed, narrow, and swell when they’re exposed to a certain trigger, making it hard for them to breathe. About 25 million people in the U.S. have asthma, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). COPD is an umbrella term used to describe a group of progressive lung diseases, such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and non-reversible asthma that block airflow and make it hard for people to breathe, the COPD Foundation says. COPD is the third leading cause of death in the U.S., according to the American Lung Association, and more than 11 million people have the disease.
Vitamin D isn’t a cure-all for these conditions, but the research on its ability to help patients is promising.
There have recently been a few studies that address the role vitamin D may play in helping people with chronic lung disease breathe easier. One 2018 meta-analysis, published in BMJ, analyzed data from 560 people with COPD and found that those who were vitamin D deficient and took vitamin D supplements saw a “substantial” reduction in how many breathing exacerbations they had.
Another study published in The Lancet also found that vitamin D helped protect people with COPD against having moderate or severe exacerbations if they had a vitamin D deficiency. And research published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in 2017 found a link between people who have a vitamin D insufficiency and asthma.
The key here is vitamin D insufficiency, which is more common than you’d think. More than 1 billion people worldwide don’t get enough of the vitamin, which you typically get from exposure to sunlight and by eating fatty fish, eggs yolks, and vitamin D-fortified foods, Raymond Casciari, MD, a pulmonologist at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif., tells Yahoo Lifestyle.
It’s not entirely clear why more vitamin D may help people breathe easier, but it may be related to the vitamin’s ability to impact bodily inflammation, Albert A. Rizzo, MD, chief medical officer at the American Lung Association, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “Lung conditions like asthma and COPD cause inflammation that’s excessive in airways,” Rizzo says. “And having low levels of vitamin D is thought to be pro-inflammatory. So, if you correct the vitamin D deficiency, you may help decrease the inflammation in the airways that shouldn’t be there.”
It’s pretty easy to find out about your own vitamin D levels.
“You can measure it with a simple blood test,” Casciari says. This is something your primary care physician can do during your next physical, or you can simply make an appointment and request it, he says.
If you have a lung condition and find out that you’re vitamin D deficient, taking a supplement “could help with chronic cough and cause less trips to the hospital,” Casciari says.
Rizzo says that more research is needed until this becomes a mainstream method of treating asthma and COPD (along with other established medications and treatments), but it’s generally considered a safe option. “If you’re low in vitamin D and you have a lung disease, vitamin D supplementation is worth trying,” Rizzo says.
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Post by the Scribe on May 11, 2019 19:53:33 GMT -5
The Algebra of Happiness
L2inc Published on May 10, 2018 What's the equation for a life well lived?
(6:24) Source: "Good Genes Are Nice, But Joy Is Better," The Harvard Gazette, April 2017.
An unconventional book of wisdom and life advice from renowned business school professor and New York Times bestselling author of The Four Scott Galloway.
Scott Galloway teaches brand strategy at NYU's Stern School of Business, but his most popular lectures deal with life strategy, not business. In the classroom, on his blog, and in YouTube videos garnering millions of views, he regularly offers hard-hitting answers to the big questions: What's the formula for a life well lived? How can you have a meaningful career, not just a lucrative one? Is work/life balance possible? What are the elements of a successful relationship?
The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning draws on Professor Galloway's mix of anecdotes and no-BS insight to share hard-won wisdom about life's challenges, along with poignant personal stories.
Whether it's advice on if you should drop out of school to be an entrepreneur (it might have worked for Steve Jobs, but you're probably not Steve Jobs), ideas on how to position yourself in a crowded job market (do something "boring" and move to a city; passion is for people who are already rich), discovering what the most important decision in your life is (it's not your job, your car, OR your zip code), or arguing that our relationships to others are ultimately all that matter, Galloway entertains, inspires, and provokes.
Brash, funny, and surprisingly moving, The Algebra of Happiness represents a refreshing perspective on our need for both professional success and personal fulfillment, and makes the perfect gift for any new graduate, or for anyone who feels adrift.
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Post by the Scribe on May 11, 2019 20:25:10 GMT -5
It is amazing how foot problems can throw your body off in to all the bad directions. I somehow got plantar fasciitis. Suffered for months until one day I went to a thrift store, found myself in the shoe section and tried on a pair of golf shoes. I don't like or even play golf. My pain went away immediately. I cannot vouch for this product but in the foot section of a pharmacy they had all kinds of shoe inserts for just a few dollars. When the foot problem came back years later I bought one of those off the shelf. Worked like a charm.Can a shoe insert fix back pain? Thousands of Amazon reviewers think so Adrianna Barrionuevo Fri, May 10 8:29 AM MST www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/best-plantar-fasciitis-insoles-192851214.html
WalkHero's insoles are designed to correct flat feet, but loyalists swear by them to put an end to all kinds of foot pain once and for all.. (Photo: Getty Images)
Whether you work long hours on your feet or your arches could use extra support in general, we have just the solution to help ease the pain.
The WalkHero Plantar Fasciitis Feet Insoles ($10 to $20 per pair) is Amazon's Choice when it comes to insoles, and the top-rated product has over 2,000 perfect five-star reviews that praise the foot pain reliever.
WalkHero's insoles are designed to correct pronation (flat feet), but fans swear by them to put an end to all kinds of pain, once and for all. From flat feet and bunions to arthritis, Achilles tendonitis and diabetes, loyalists say these insoles help relieve pain associated with a slew of conditions.
"I currently suffer from a combination of Plantar Fasciitis and Arthritis, and I work in a warehouse where I'm on my feet for 8-10 hours per day. These are the only insoles that have reduced the pain enough for me to get through the day," explained one five-star reviewer. "These have truly been a life-saver for me, and they are dirt cheap compared to some of the other insoles I have tried. If I could give this product greater than five stars I would. These are a must-buy."
WalkHero Plantar Fasciitis Feet Insoles. (Photo: Amazon)
The inserts provide firm arch support that's more comfortable than traditional foam without compromising mobility. Each insole is made with a high-density, medical-grade foot support and an EVA material base, which helps with shock absorption. Design-wise, each one has a deep heel cup to distribute weight evenly, and an antimicrobial covering that kills bacteria and prevents odor and blisters.
"I am diabetic and also suffer from plantar fasciitis. I work outdoors and am on my feet all day," added another happy customer. "I put these in my work shoes and from day one got immediate positive results — now I have them in all of my shoes and also my slippers."
One buyer says the WalkHero insoles changed their life when they could not afford $400 custom ones. "These inserts not only helped the problem but they completely fixed all the pain in my knees, ankles, and lower back," wrote the customer. "I felt like crying the first few days wearing these, a problem that's been bothering me for 27 years was fixed with a 15 dollar purchase. These have completely changed my life, and these will be a new standard for any shoe I buy in the future. If I could give more stars I would!"
Shop it: WalkHero Plantar Fasciitis Feet Insoles, $10 to $20 per pair, amazon.com
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