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Ho, Ho, No! Why iPads And iPhones Are Not Kids’ Toys, Dec. 6th
Cell phones and iPads rank as the most-wanted gifts of the season among youngsters, with 65 percent placing these devices at the top of their wish lists, according to SodaHead.com, a discussion community with more than 10 million visitors a month. However, those clamoring to stuff their kids’ holiday stockings with the latest electronic gadgets would do well to ponder experts’ warnings before buying one, advises Environmental Health Trust (EHT) and Healthy Child Healthy World, non-profit research and educational groups. Would you give your child the keys to the car or a shot of whiskey just because she really wanted it?
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CDC Recommends HPV Vaccine for All Boys, Nov.15th
On October 25, 2011, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) committee recommended the routine vaccination all 11 and 12 year old boys in the U.S. against human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease worldwide and the most common cause of cervical cancer. Although the vaccine has been approved for boys since 2009, the CDC has only promoted routine HPV vaccination for 11 and 12 year-old girls over the past five years. Now, since girls have not been getting vaccinated in the numbers expected (as of 2010, only one-third of girls in the U.S. had been immunized), the CDC advocates vaccinating all boys as a means of protecting unvaccinated girls; the agency also reasons that the vaccine will shield boys from developing HPV-related anal cancer.
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Brain Stent Study Ends Abruptly, Oct. 14th
On Sept. 7, 2011, researchers pulled the plug on a randomized trial designed to compare treatments for an extremely common cause of stroke: atherosclerotic intracranial arterial stenosis. Reason being, the experimental group of patients who received surgical stents to help prevent strokes actually experienced a greater incidence of stroke: 14.7 percent of patients with a brain stent had a stroke within the first 30 days of the study, while only 5.3 percent of the control group did.
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Vitamins and Women: What the News Reports Didn't Tell You, Oct. 11th
Chances are you saw the news reports yesterday about a new study that showed multivitamins cause higher mortality rates in older women. The Archives of Internal Medicine released a study that followed about 40,000 women ages 55 to 69 for 19 years and found that taking multivitamins was linked to a 2.4% increase in death for older women.
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Another Principal Bans WiFi in School, Sept. 22nd
In recent years, concerns have been raised as to why, during the school week, some children experience headaches, skin rashes and insomnia, and experience relief of these symptoms over the weekend and during school vacations. Could it be that these kids have developed an unusual allergy to their teachers or to the food at school? Or, more likely, are they the proverbial canaries in the coalmine, alerting us to a potential health danger that we all may be vulnerable to in time? (See Questioning WiFi Safety in Schools.)
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Should Patients or Doctors Make Health Care Decisions? Aug. 22nd
"The secret of the care of the patient is caring for the patient." - Dr. Francis Peabody (1927).
How much say should patients have in medical decisions? Who should ultimately choose what course of medical treatment a patient will undergo - the patient or the doctor? According to a recent study (Chung, et al.), virtually all patients want to be offered treatment options and consider their doctors’ medical opinions; however two thirds want their doctors to actually make the treatment decisions. Such a “deference preference” reflects a crossroads we’ve been reaching in medicine over the past few decades: where exactly, does responsibility for patient health lie – within the patient or physician?
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Update on the Constitutionality of Obamacare, July 15th
In Taking "Obamacare" to Court, we told you about the numerous federal lawsuits that cropped up immediately after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (popularly referred to as “Obamacare” or “health care reform”) was enacted on March 23, 2010. Among other issues, the health care reform law sparked heavy controversy as to whether a provision mandating that all Americans obtain health insurance by 2014 falls within constitutional bounds. The big question facing judges is whether Congress exceeded its constitutional authority* by establishing the Minimum Essential Coverage Provision, a.k.a. Section 1501 of the Act. Judges have voiced divergent opinions on the issue, but they all seem to agree that the U.S. Supreme Court will likely have the final say on the constitutionality of Obamacare. Such decision could significantly affect the public at large, not only in terms of health care changes, but also as far as the scope of federal power is concerned.
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Coenzyme Q10 Shown to Improve Symptoms of Gulf War Syndrome, July 5th
A nutrient vital for heart function, coenzyme Q10 has for years been a mainstay for cardiovascular disease prevention and recovery among integrative cardiologists. Now, recent evidence from a study headed by Beatrice Golomb, M.D., Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine demonstrates coenzyme Q10’s potential for alleviating symptoms of “Gulf War Syndrome.”
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The News is Clear—Cell Phones Are a Health Danger! June 2nd
This week, a panel of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) released their findings that cell phones may cause cancer. The WHO panel, which contains 31 scientists from 14 countries, said that the microwave-type radiation from cell phones increases the long-term risk of developing brain tumors. This is huge and very important news—and confirms something I’ve been saying for years, that EMFs from cell phones are a danger.
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April is National Tissue and Organ Donor Awareness Month, Apr. 8th
Aside from filling out our driver’s license renewal forms, many of us don’t give a second thought to becoming organ donors. Organ donation is often something most of us are lucky enough not to have to think about, as our organs automatically continue to function properly. However, there are approximately 110,000 people in the U.S. currently awaiting organ transplants; most of them are between the ages of 18 and 49. On average, each day, 75 people will receive organ transplants and 20 will die while waiting for a donor. To address the need for organ donation, April has been designated National Tissue and Organ Donor Awareness Month.
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Elizabeth Taylor Dies of Congestive Heart Failure, March 24th
Legendary actress, Elizabeth Taylor, died March 23, 2011, of congestive heart failure at the age of 79. The Hollywood icon has been referred to as “one of the last great movie stars,” and was best known for her seven marriages and her roles in National Velvet, Cleopatra, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, as well as her Oscar-winning performances in Butterfield 8 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Taylor also received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award for her outspoken advocacy in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Using her celebrity influence, Taylor raised millions of dollars for AIDS research through the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, which she established in 1991 and dedicated her life to; her memory lives on. Taylor had been hospitalized for congestive heart failure since February 2011, and had undergone heart surgery in October 2009.
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Japan Quake Causes Radiation Leak: People in US Concerned About Health Risk, Mar. 21st
On Friday March 11, 2011, an 8.9 magnitude earthquake rattled Japan, setting off a tsunami which ravaged Japan’s northern coast. In addition to the oceanic destruction of homes, roadways, and businesses, the devastating quake also damaged several nuclear reactors, resulting in partial meltdowns. Meltdowns, which occur when reactor cores cannot be sufficiently cooled, are considered the most dangerous type of nuclear power accidents because of the radioactive radiation released. Of greatest concern is iodine 1-131, and to a lesser extent, cesium -37, both of which were likely released during the partial meltdowns in Japan. The March 11th quake caused a nuclear emergency which is said to be the worst since Chernobyl, 25 years ago.
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Massive Earthquake and Tsunami Devastate Japan, Mar. 11th
On Friday March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake shook Japan and triggered a devastating tsunami that swept over the northern part of the country, killing hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people; several hundred more are missing. The largest the world has seen over the past century and the strongest Japan has ever experienced, the 8.9 magnitude quake led to tsunami warnings all throughout the coastal Pacific.
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Study Shows Cell Phone Radiation Affects Brain Function, Mar. 1st
With the use of cell phones and other wireless devices on the rise, concerns have been raised about possible associated health risks, especially cancer (if you’ve been keeping up with our articles about wireless health risks, skip to the next paragraph). Over the years, numerous studies have been conducted to assess relative risk of thermal health effects like cancer and non-thermal health effects like immune system response; however, diverse results have prevented across-the-board conclusions about whether standards governing wireless emissions should be revised in order to protect public health. Many experts advocate the practice of precautionary cell phone use, and almost all agree, “more research is necessary.”
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Swedish professor says WiFi unsafe in schools, Feb. 15th
As wireless Internet (WiFi) in schools has been a hot topic in Canada throughout the past few years, the Greater Victoria School District (GVSD) in British Columbia has formed a Committee on WiFi in response to public concern over possible health problems associated with constant, involuntary exposure to wireless radiation in schools. In preparation for the next meeting in February 2011, Olle Johansson, Ph.D. submitted the following letter which explains his position that WiFi poses health risks for both students and school staff (HMDI has reprinted this letter with Dr. Johansson's permission).
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New Study Shows Wireless EMF Can Disturb Heartbeat, Feb. 10th
Over the past decade, controversy has been building as to whether radiation from wireless devices like cellular and cordless phones can cause health problems ranging from insomnia to cancer. As a growing number of people are reporting symptoms such as dizziness, heart palpitations and digestive disturbances when exposed to various electromagnetic fields (EMFs), concerns have risen as to whether electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) is truly a hypersensitivity issue.
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Focusing on Heart Health in February, Jan. 27th
Each year since 1963, each U.S. President officially proclaims February to be “American Heart Month.” Although American Heart Month coincides with Valentine’s Day (which, next to Christmas, is the largest card-selling holiday in the U.S.), its primarily purpose is not the celebration of romantic love. Rather, Congress designed American Heart Month to be a means of promoting awareness of heart and blood vessel (cardiovascular) diseases (also generally referred to as heart disease) as a nationwide problem, and of generating support for “essential” solutions to this problem.
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Child Nutrition Bill Passes and is Signed into Law, Jan. 18th
In October 2010, Jamie Oliver, a TV chef known for embracing simplicity, flavor and nutrition in his “naked” food preparations, publicly voiced concern over Congress’ delay in passing the Child Nutrition Bill (also known as the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act). The bill, which Michelle Obama had pushed for as part of her campaign to end childhood obesity and hunger, finally passed two months later, then was signed into law by President Obama on December 13th. Oliver’s support for the new law reflects his dedication to helping change the way Americans eat through his online advocacy and television show.
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Making Sense of the Autism-Vaccine Controversy, Jan. 11th
In early January 2011 the British Medical Journal (BMJ) published a series of articles by Journalist Brian Deer that exposed fraudulent results of a 1998 study linking autism development to mumps, measles and rubella vaccines. Deer revealed that the lead author of the study, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, had falsified the medical histories of his study participants with hopes of engendering a law suit against vaccine manufacturers and creating a vaccine scare. When conducting the study, Wakefield had failed to disclose a grave conflict of interest, i.e. having received payment from a law firm which intended to file the suit.
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Study Raises Concern about Children's Exposure to Ionizing Radiation, Jan. 4th
On January 3, 2011, a group of physicians led by Dr. Adam Dorfman of the University of Michigan Medical School published results of the first large study on the rates at which children are exposed to ionizing radiation through use of medical imaging procedures. Using population samples from 5 large U.S. health care markets, the doctors determined that, between 2005 and 2007, almost 43% of children under 18 were subjected to imaging procedures which involved the use of ionizing radiation.1 Of this group, almost 12 percent received computed tomographic (CT) scans, and 3.5 percent underwent 2 or more CT scans, usually of the head region.
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On December 1, 2009, a panel of experts gave a 65-minute presentation at Columbia Law School entitled "Wireless Hazards." This presentation provides a great overview of the issues of potential health effects of cell phone use and the need to revise current safety standards.
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