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Calorie Lab
August 12, 2011
A study conducted by the University of Michigan School of Public Health found that Colombian girls 5 to 12 years old with low vitamin D levels doubled their chance of having their first period, called menarche, during the 30 month follow up. Fifty-seven percent of deficient girls reached menarche around 11.8 years compared to 12.6 years in the sufficient group.
The Women’s Media Center
By Dr. Sharon Ufberg
August 1, 2011
Authored by Lisa Cosgrove of the Harvard Center for Ethics, a recent statistical analysis of studies assessing the relationship between breast and ovarian cancer and antidepressant drug use finds possible link.
Are you one of the thousands of women currently taking antidepressants? A recent review indicates that these medications are not risk free, particularly for women.
The analysis of published studies suggests a link between breast and ovarian cancer and antidepressant drug usage. The review, which found an 11 percent increased risk overall in both breast and ovarian cancer for patients taking such medication, points to a need for further investigation, particularly since the results varied widely depending on who funded the research.
Age of Autism
By Kent Heckenlively, Esq.
August 4, 2011
As part of my continuing series of articles which I think should be subtitled, Official Documents which Scare the Living Daylights Out of Me! I offer this July 24, 2011 publication from the Food and Drug Adminstration.
The release is entitled Investigating Viruses in Cells Used to make Vaccines; and Evaluating the Potential Threat Posed by Transmission of Viruses to Humans. XMRV is prominently featured as a virus about which they are concerned. Please feel free to read the entire document at FDA.gov.
When is the right time to have “The Talk” with your child? This week’s topic suggested by Wakefield Patch reader Melissa.
Wakefield Patch
August 2011
Tasha Schlake Festel
Anyone who knows me knows I’ll talk about pretty much anything, anytime, anywhere… often to my husband’s chagrin. This generally applies to my children as well. However, to be honest, prior to this week’s topic, I hadn’t spent a lot of time considering how I was going to discuss sex with my kids. They’re 5 and 7. Sex isn’t on my radar for impending discussions, unlike “you may not hit in kindergarten” and “there is a difference between being honest and being a jerk.”
The Guardian
Evidence points to the fact that cancer mortality rates are dropping due to improved treatment, not mammograms
Michael Baum
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 2 August 2011 12.07 BST
A paper published in the current issue of the British Medical Journal is yet another inconvenient truth that demands a complete and unbiased re-evaluation of our national breast screening programme (NHSBSP). The paper, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) database, set out to demonstrate that the introduction of screening by mammography in some countries in Europe was associated with a steeper fall in mortality from breast cancer than in neighbouring countries that had delayed offering this service.
EducateYourself.org
By J.A. Miller, correspondent for Human Life International.
http://educate-yourself.org/vcd/vcdvaccineslacedwithbirthcontrol.shtml
June/July 1995
Originally published in HLI Reports, Human Life International, Gaithersburg, Maryland; June/July 1995, Volume 13, Number 8
Are New Vaccines Laced With Birth-Control Drugs?
During the early 1990s, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been overseeing massive vaccination campaigns against tetanus in a number of countries, among them Nicaragua, Mexico, and the Philippines. In October 1994, HLI received a communication from its Mexican affiliate, the Comite’ Pro Vida de Mexico, regarding that country’s anti-tetanus campaign. Suspicious of the campaign protocols, the Comite’ obtained several vials of the vaccine and had them analyzed by chemists. Some of the vials were found to contain human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG), a naturally occurring hormone essential for maintaining a pregnancy.
Mail Online
By Rachel Quigley
Last updated at 10:32 AM on 2nd August 2010
Forget the age-old remedies of yoga, meditation or popping pills. Relieving chronic stress could soon be as simple as having an injection, according to scientists.
Academics say they are close to developing the first vaccine for stress – a single jab that would help us relax without slowing down.
After 30 years of research into cures for stress, Dr Robert Sapolsky, professor of neuroscience at Stanford University in California, believes it is possible to alter brain chemistry to create a state of ‘focused calm’.
Fox News
By Peter Loftus
Published July 28, 2011
Dow Jones Newswires
- Charred bits of plastic shrink wrap found in some vials of Merck vaccines
- Merck said it is still working to resolve the problem
- Company said it isn’t aware of any adverse health events from the issue
(Adds vaccine sales details in sixth paragraph.)
Charred bits of plastic shrink wrap have been found in vials of Merck & Co. (MRK) vaccines, the latest quality problem identified by U.S. regulators at the company’s biggest vaccine-making plant and an issue the drug maker said it is still working to resolve.
7th Space Interactive
July 23, 2011
Estrogens exert anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects in the brain mainly via estrogen receptors alpha (ERalpha) and beta (ERbeta). These receptors are members of the nuclear receptor superfamily of ligand-dependent transcription factors.
This study was aimed at the elucidation of the effects of ERalpha and ERbeta agonists on the expression of neuroinflammatory genes in the frontal cortex of aging female rats.
The Telegraph
United Kingdom
By Judith Potts Health and lifestyle
Last updated: July 27th, 2011
The believed causes of breast cancer are myriad and well-documented – family history; age; time and type of menopause (i.e. natural or induced by surgery where ovaries are removed); whether or not the woman has had children; over-indulgence of alcohol; smoking; HRT; a compromised immune system etc. To this long list has just been added the height of the person, the age at which a woman began menstruating and – perhaps most crucially – obesity.
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