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•Why would all babies be forcibly vaccinated at birth for Hepatitis B when this liver disease is known to be transmitted by sex and IV drug use?
 
•Why are children now given 69 doses of various vaccines by the age of 18?
 
•Have vaccines been proven safe and effective?

•Where are studies that herd immunity is proven outcome of Vaccines?
 
•What is the most profitable expansion market and who is the most compliant patient population available to the competition-saturated pharmaceutical industry, and why?

•What is thimerosal and what are its health risks? Is it still in vaccines?
 
•Do flu shots increase mortality and morbidity in any patient population?

•Are repetitive flu vaccines in the elderly associated with Alzheimer's?
 
•Can vaccines cause sterility?

•Is there a causal relationship between vaccines and autism/ADHD?
 
•Why are there so many children on psychiatric drugs?

•Is there any empirical, scientific evidence for diagnosing a psychiatric illness?
 
•What categories of drugs make the most money for Pharma? What categories fill the most prescriptions? Why?

•Why did Hitler put fluoride in the water of the Nazi concentration camps?
 
•Why is there a warning on a toothpaste tube to call poison control if more than a pea-sized amount of toothpaste is swallowed or systemically ingested?

•What is fluorosis? Why are there warnings against the use of fluoridated water to dilute baby formulas?
 
•Why is there a campaign to discredit organic food?

•What are GMOs? What health risks do they pose?
 
•How can pesticides cause cancer, psychiatric disorders, and genetic and organ damage?

•Why is there an ongoing campaign to outlaw/regulate alternative health care methodologies and treatments?
 
•Who has access to prey upon and profit from our kids and WHERE and HOW do they most frequently gain total access?

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Health Questions That Deserve Answers!

Find Answers For TheseQuestions...

•Why would all babies be forcibly vaccinated at birth for Hepatitis B when this liver disease is known to be transmitted by sex and IV drug use?
 
•Why are children now given 69 doses of various vaccines by the age of 18?
 
•Have vaccines been proven safe and effective?

•Where are studies that herd immunity is proven outcome of Vaccines?
 
•What is the most profitable expansion market and who is the most compliant patient population available to the competition-saturated pharmaceutical industry, and why?

•What is thimerosal and what are its health risks? Is it still in vaccines?
 
•Do flu shots increase mortality and morbidity in any patient population?

•Are repetitive flu vaccines in the elderly associated with Alzheimer's?
 
•Can vaccines cause sterility?

•Is there a causal relationship between vaccines and autism/ADHD?
 
•Why are there so many children on psychiatric drugs?

•Is there any empirical, scientific evidence for diagnosing a psychiatric illness?
 
•What categories of drugs make the most money for Pharma? What categories fill the most prescriptions? Why?

•Why did Hitler put fluoride in the water of the Nazi concentration camps?
 
•Why is there a warning on a toothpaste tube to call poison control if more than a pea-sized amount of toothpaste is swallowed or systemically ingested?

•What is fluorosis? Why are there warnings against the use of fluoridated water to dilute baby formulas?
 
•Why is there a campaign to discredit organic food?

•What are GMOs? What health risks do they pose?
 
•How can pesticides cause cancer, psychiatric disorders, and genetic and organ damage?

•Why is there an ongoing campaign to outlaw/regulate alternative health care methodologies and treatments?
 
•Who has access to prey upon and profit from our kids and WHERE and HOW do they most frequently gain total access?

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http://brainbasedtherapy.blogspot.com/ 

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US debt plan; New debt to pay debt??

 

Ever had two choices and both of them were absurd, so you just picked the lesser of two evils?

How many millions of dollars make a billion, do you know?

How many billions make a trillion, do you know?

 

Ever bought a product or service because the slogan said what you were hoping for, like “longest lasting muffler” or “best in customer service,” only to find out later that the slogan is the exact OPPOSITE of what you get? President Obama promises to reduce the deficit. What do you think is going to happen?

 

Ever borrowed on a credit card to pay another credit card? That’s the U.S. Government's 4 year plan!

Why are smart, caring Congress people like Ron Paul and Gary Johnson screaming about blatant U.S. Government violations of our Constitution and the Bill of Rights? Are they making things up? Where’s the proof?

 

http://www.naturalnews.com/037903_Obama_economics_multiverse.html#ixzz2Bl2fhKuV

 

Why are Americans, according to ALL the politicians in charge, “responsible” to help pay off this 18 trillion dollar debt? We all know the Iraq war was started on false pretenses of Saddam being linked to 9/11 and having WMD’s, so why to taxpayers have to carry the burden again? We all know the Obama bailouts went to the wall street gurus, the global bankers, and CEO’s, so why are tax payers on the hook for the bill?

 

We all know the Feds print money whenever they want to fill their pockets, so why is the U.S.paying it back with Social Security funds, Medicare and Medicaid cuts, and other money everyone got taxed on and saved for retirement?

 

“The mind-numbing re-election of President Obama in the wake of trillions of dollars in new debt created by the man is the death knell for fiscal responsibility in the United States of America. Only under Obama does Big Government not only think it can spend money more wisely than the businesses and workers from which it confiscates wealth; it also believes government is so wise and arrogant that it can confidently spend trillions of dollars today which have yet to be confiscated from taxpayers in the future!

This belief in economic time travel is the fairytale fantasy of the self-congratulatory Washington tax-and-spend elite whose cognitive superiority should be self-evident, they insist, by the mere fact that they have graduate degrees from Harvard and Yale. But if these genius decision makers are so smart, you might wonder, why have all the economic problems of America only gotten worse over the last four years?”       - Mike Adams, the Health Ranger reports: click here to keep reading: http://www.naturalnews.com/037903_Obama_economics_multiverse.html#ixzz2Bl2fhKuV

 Also, this just in:

"While all eyes were on Hurricane Sandy in the days leading up to the storm's breach on the mainland of the Northeast, the White House was busy devising new ways to enslave Americans under the guise of protecting national security. On October 26, 2012, Barack Obama quietly signed an Executive Order (EO) establishing the so-called Homeland Security Partnership Council, a public-private partnership that basically merges the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with local governments and the private sector for the implied purpose of giving the Executive Branch complete and limitless control over the American people.

One of the most effective ways by which the federal government has been able to spread its tendrils into every level of state, regional, and local governments in years past has been to continually convince the people that terrorism lurks around every corner, and that the federal government is needed to provide safety. This, of course, is how blatantly unconstitutional provisions like the Patriot Act and the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) were able to get passed with relative ease -- without these draconian expansions of federal control over American affairs, the terrorists will win, we were all told."  

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/037871_Obama_executive_order_dictatorship.html#ixzz2Bl8Uqrox

 

Ever had two choices and both of them were absurd, so you just picked the lesser of two evils?

How many millions of dollars make a billion, do you know?

How many billions make a trillion, do you know?

 

Ever bought a product or service because the slogan said what you were hoping for, like “longest lasting muffler” or “best in customer service,” only to find out later that the slogan is the exact OPPOSITE of what you get? President Obama promises to reduce the deficit. What do you think is going to happen?

 

Ever borrowed on a credit card to pay another credit card? That’s the U.S. Government's 4 year plan!

Why are smart, caring Congress people like Ron Paul and Gary Johnson screaming about blatant U.S. Government violations of our Constitution and the Bill of Rights? Are they making things up? Where’s the proof?

 

http://www.naturalnews.com/037903_Obama_economics_multiverse.html#ixzz2Bl2fhKuV

 

Why are Americans, according to ALL the politicians in charge, “responsible” to help pay off this 18 trillion dollar debt? We all know the Iraq war was started on false pretenses of Saddam being linked to 9/11 and having WMD’s, so why to taxpayers have to carry the burden again? We all know the Obama bailouts went to the wall street gurus, the global bankers, and CEO’s, so why are tax payers on the hook for the bill?

 

We all know the Feds print money whenever they want to fill their pockets, so why is the U.S.paying it back with Social Security funds, Medicare and Medicaid cuts, and other money everyone got taxed on and saved for retirement?

 

“The mind-numbing re-election of President Obama in the wake of trillions of dollars in new debt created by the man is the death knell for fiscal responsibility in the United States of America. Only under Obama does Big Government not only think it can spend money more wisely than the businesses and workers from which it confiscates wealth; it also believes government is so wise and arrogant that it can confidently spend trillions of dollars today which have yet to be confiscated from taxpayers in the future!

This belief in economic time travel is the fairytale fantasy of the self-congratulatory Washington tax-and-spend elite whose cognitive superiority should be self-evident, they insist, by the mere fact that they have graduate degrees from Harvard and Yale. But if these genius decision makers are so smart, you might wonder, why have all the economic problems of America only gotten worse over the last four years?”       - Mike Adams, the Health Ranger reports: click here to keep reading: http://www.naturalnews.com/037903_Obama_economics_multiverse.html#ixzz2Bl2fhKuV

 Also, this just in:

"While all eyes were on Hurricane Sandy in the days leading up to the storm's breach on the mainland of the Northeast, the White House was busy devising new ways to enslave Americans under the guise of protecting national security. On October 26, 2012, Barack Obama quietly signed an Executive Order (EO) establishing the so-called Homeland Security Partnership Council, a public-private partnership that basically merges the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with local governments and the private sector for the implied purpose of giving the Executive Branch complete and limitless control over the American people.

One of the most effective ways by which the federal government has been able to spread its tendrils into every level of state, regional, and local governments in years past has been to continually convince the people that terrorism lurks around every corner, and that the federal government is needed to provide safety. This, of course, is how blatantly unconstitutional provisions like the Patriot Act and the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) were able to get passed with relative ease -- without these draconian expansions of federal control over American affairs, the terrorists will win, we were all told."  

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/037871_Obama_executive_order_dictatorship.html#ixzz2Bl8Uqrox

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Poll: A quarter of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky residents skip doctor visits and are behind on their medical bills

Nearly one-quarter of adults throughout Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky did not always go to the doctor when they needed to during the past year, according to a Cincinnati Enquirer poll. And of those that did seek medical attention last year, a little more than one-quarter (27.5 percent) said they were not able to pay all of their medical bills. The results may not be all that surprising but do highlight health care costs’ impact on the average American. “It’s very common to see people making decisions between food and medicine,” said Kate Keller, senior program officer at the local policy group the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati.

Local doctors say they’re seeing all sorts of ruses from patients to try to avoid even a $25 co-pay. Rob Tracy, a family doctor at St. Elizabeth Physicians in Cold Spring (left, with patient Kathy Schneider), said some patients call and ask him to call in a prescription to the pharmacy without a visit. That allows them to avoid a co-pay on the office visit. He said delaying such visits only deepens the impact of chronic conditions and ups the costs when those patients are forced to local emergency rooms when their symptoms fail to improve. (Enquirer photo by Carrier Cochran)

Peale notes that these issues are intrinsically involved with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was cemented by President Barack Obama's victory Tuesday. It is set to go into full effect in 2014. "The law will help insure as many as 30 million more people by requiring every American to buy insurance or pay a penalty, requiring employers to offer benefits or pay a penalty, and requiring insurers to accept anyone who applies," Peale writes. With the new law in place, the average person will likely be paying $4,775 out of pocket, including premiums and co-pays. (Read more)

Nearly one-quarter of adults throughout Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky did not always go to the doctor when they needed to during the past year, according to a Cincinnati Enquirer poll. And of those that did seek medical attention last year, a little more than one-quarter (27.5 percent) said they were not able to pay all of their medical bills. The results may not be all that surprising but do highlight health care costs’ impact on the average American. “It’s very common to see people making decisions between food and medicine,” said Kate Keller, senior program officer at the local policy group the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati.

Local doctors say they’re seeing all sorts of ruses from patients to try to avoid even a $25 co-pay. Rob Tracy, a family doctor at St. Elizabeth Physicians in Cold Spring (left, with patient Kathy Schneider), said some patients call and ask him to call in a prescription to the pharmacy without a visit. That allows them to avoid a co-pay on the office visit. He said delaying such visits only deepens the impact of chronic conditions and ups the costs when those patients are forced to local emergency rooms when their symptoms fail to improve. (Enquirer photo by Carrier Cochran)

Peale notes that these issues are intrinsically involved with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was cemented by President Barack Obama's victory Tuesday. It is set to go into full effect in 2014. "The law will help insure as many as 30 million more people by requiring every American to buy insurance or pay a penalty, requiring employers to offer benefits or pay a penalty, and requiring insurers to accept anyone who applies," Peale writes. With the new law in place, the average person will likely be paying $4,775 out of pocket, including premiums and co-pays. (Read more)

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Study: Grandparent caregivers aren't up on latest safety standards for babies and children

Grandparents might be more quick to say yes to grandkids but they might also be a little behind the times on the the new safety guidelines that could better protect them. A new study finds that many grandparent caregivers don't know about those new health suggestions and, in some cases, laws for babies -- such as appropriate sleep position, crib safety and car seat use. This is particularly critical in a country where 2.8 million grandparents are primary caregivers to their grandchildren, an increase of nearly 20 percent since 2000, according to the the 2011 American Community Survey.

In this study, reporter Robert Preidt of HealthDay writes that 56 percent of grandparents asked got the question about the safest sleep position of babies wrong. (The correct answer is on their backs, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.) "Another question addressed correct car seat positioning, and 24.5 percent of the participants said that a 9-month-old, 22-pound child should be facing forward. The AAP recommends, however, that children remain in rear-facing car seats until age 2 years." It doesn't get much better. Almost half of those grandparents questioned thought it was OK to have bumpers, stuffed animals and blankets in cribs. It's not.

We know it's difficult but maybe it time to have the talk. (Read more)

Grandparents might be more quick to say yes to grandkids but they might also be a little behind the times on the the new safety guidelines that could better protect them. A new study finds that many grandparent caregivers don't know about those new health suggestions and, in some cases, laws for babies -- such as appropriate sleep position, crib safety and car seat use. This is particularly critical in a country where 2.8 million grandparents are primary caregivers to their grandchildren, an increase of nearly 20 percent since 2000, according to the the 2011 American Community Survey.

In this study, reporter Robert Preidt of HealthDay writes that 56 percent of grandparents asked got the question about the safest sleep position of babies wrong. (The correct answer is on their backs, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.) "Another question addressed correct car seat positioning, and 24.5 percent of the participants said that a 9-month-old, 22-pound child should be facing forward. The AAP recommends, however, that children remain in rear-facing car seats until age 2 years." It doesn't get much better. Almost half of those grandparents questioned thought it was OK to have bumpers, stuffed animals and blankets in cribs. It's not.

We know it's difficult but maybe it time to have the talk. (Read more)

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National Rural Health Day to be celebrated Nov. 15 with free week-long issue-based webinar series

Those almost 60 million Americans who live in rural America do not have as much ready access to health care or to the vast number of health care providers than those who live in more urbanized America. Rural Americans are more likely to arrive on the doorstep of health care facilities without insurance, and that number is growing. These challenges and more have prompted the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) to designate Thursday, Nov. 15 as National Rural Health Day. The day, explains NOSORH director Teryl Eisinger, is an effort to increase awareness of rural health-related issues. The event has stretched to a week of activities, celebrations and a daily webinar series on rural health-care issues accessible to anyone interested nationwide.

Here's a schedule of free webinars. All times are Eastern Standard.
Monday, Nov. 12, 3-4 p.m., Basics of Rural Health, with Kristine Sande, program director, Rural Assistance Center; Rebecca David, executive director, National Cooperation of Health Networks; Mike Shimmens, executive director, Rural Recruitment and Retention Network.
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 1-2 p.m., Cultural Awareness While Serving Rural Veterans with Jay H. Shore, MPH, Associate Professor, University of Colorado, Denver.
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2:30-3:15 p.m., Health Resources and Services Administration Rural Health Update with Mary Wakefield, HRSA administrator.
Thursday, Nov. 15, 3-4 p.m., HRSA's Office of Rural Public Health Policy, Celebrating 25 Years.
Friday, Nov. 16, 3 p.m. Looking Towards the Future of Rural Health Care with Randall Longenecker, MD, Rural Training Track Technical Assistance Program and Jim DeTienne, Montana EMS and Trauma Systems.

All webinars will be recorded and made available to the public at www.celebratepowerofrural.org.(Read more)

Those almost 60 million Americans who live in rural America do not have as much ready access to health care or to the vast number of health care providers than those who live in more urbanized America. Rural Americans are more likely to arrive on the doorstep of health care facilities without insurance, and that number is growing. These challenges and more have prompted the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) to designate Thursday, Nov. 15 as National Rural Health Day. The day, explains NOSORH director Teryl Eisinger, is an effort to increase awareness of rural health-related issues. The event has stretched to a week of activities, celebrations and a daily webinar series on rural health-care issues accessible to anyone interested nationwide.

Here's a schedule of free webinars. All times are Eastern Standard.
Monday, Nov. 12, 3-4 p.m., Basics of Rural Health, with Kristine Sande, program director, Rural Assistance Center; Rebecca David, executive director, National Cooperation of Health Networks; Mike Shimmens, executive director, Rural Recruitment and Retention Network.
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 1-2 p.m., Cultural Awareness While Serving Rural Veterans with Jay H. Shore, MPH, Associate Professor, University of Colorado, Denver.
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2:30-3:15 p.m., Health Resources and Services Administration Rural Health Update with Mary Wakefield, HRSA administrator.
Thursday, Nov. 15, 3-4 p.m., HRSA's Office of Rural Public Health Policy, Celebrating 25 Years.
Friday, Nov. 16, 3 p.m. Looking Towards the Future of Rural Health Care with Randall Longenecker, MD, Rural Training Track Technical Assistance Program and Jim DeTienne, Montana EMS and Trauma Systems.

All webinars will be recorded and made available to the public at www.celebratepowerofrural.org.(Read more)

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Man Tests Positive On Home Pregnancy Test!

Joking Man’s Pregnancy Test Positive, For Cancer!

A cartoonist thought he was having a good laugh as he posted a story about his friend, who jokingly took a pregnancy test left by an ex-girlfriend and was surprised when the test came back positive.  

"You may have testicular cancer! Get to an oncologist, tell them you took a pregnancy test and it came out positive," one Redditor wrote.

Sure enough, a trip to the doctor revealed a tiny lump in the man's right testicle, according to the Reddit thread.

Pregnancy tests detect the amount of the hormone beta human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in an individual’s urine.  While the developing placenta produces the hormone during pregnancy, it can also be associated with testicular cancer, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Eventually, the user posted a second post to Reddit, saying his unnamed friend went to the doctor and did indeed have a small testicular tumor.  According to the user, the tumor is easily treatable since it was found early. 

The poster closed with thanking everyone that advised him to have his friend go to have a check-up and also with a website with instructions on how to check yourself for testicular cancer, (without the use of the pregnancy test!)

Go here for instructions on testicle self-exam technique. 

Joking Man’s Pregnancy Test Positive, For Cancer!

A cartoonist thought he was having a good laugh as he posted a story about his friend, who jokingly took a pregnancy test left by an ex-girlfriend and was surprised when the test came back positive.  

"You may have testicular cancer! Get to an oncologist, tell them you took a pregnancy test and it came out positive," one Redditor wrote.

Sure enough, a trip to the doctor revealed a tiny lump in the man's right testicle, according to the Reddit thread.

Pregnancy tests detect the amount of the hormone beta human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in an individual’s urine.  While the developing placenta produces the hormone during pregnancy, it can also be associated with testicular cancer, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Eventually, the user posted a second post to Reddit, saying his unnamed friend went to the doctor and did indeed have a small testicular tumor.  According to the user, the tumor is easily treatable since it was found early. 

The poster closed with thanking everyone that advised him to have his friend go to have a check-up and also with a website with instructions on how to check yourself for testicular cancer, (without the use of the pregnancy test!)

Go here for instructions on testicle self-exam technique. 

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Hyperthyroidism and kidney disease in cats

Williams TL, Elliott J and Syme HM. Calcium and phosphate homeostasis in hyperthyroid cats – associations with development of azotaemia and survival time. J Small Anim Pract. 2012; 53: 561-71. 

Hyperthyroidism and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are common conditions of older cats that frequently occur concurrently. Hyperthyroid cats often have increased plasma phosphate concentrations and concomitantly increased plasma parathyroid hormone (PTH) concentrations. PTH is regarded as a uremic toxin and elevated levels have been postulated to contribute to renal damage or increased morbidity and mortality in feline hyperthyroidism. In addition, secondary renal hyperparathyroidism may also contribute to the progression of CKD in cats. Fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23) is a phosphatonin secreted by osteoblasts in response to increased plasma phosphate and calcitriol concentrations. FGF-23 inhibits renal phosphate reabsorption, increasing phosphate urinary loss. In humans, serum FGF-23 concentrations predict the progression of CKD and both PTH and FGF-23 concentrations have been positively associated with all-cause mortality. It is unclear whether PTH and FGF-23 represent biomarkers of or mediate renal disease progression. Nevertheless, the association of PTH and FGF-23 with renal disease progression warrants evaluation of their concentration in hyperthyroid cats before and after treatment.

This study evaluated calcium and phosphate homeostasis in 207 hyperthyroid cats before and after treatment for hyperthyroidism by measuring plasma calcium, phosphate, PTH and FGF-23 concentrations. Patient selection was from records obtained from two London-based first-opinion practices between 1999 and 2009 and from newly diagnosed hyperthyroid cats. Twenty-eight healthy non-azotemic geriatric cats were also recruited in the study as controls. Hyperthyroid cats were treated with anti-thyroid medications (carbimazole or methimazole) alone or in combination with thyroidectomy. Hyperthyroid cats were divided into three groups: cats with pre-existing azotemia, cats that developed azotemia within 240 days after treatment and maintained euthyroidism, and cats which remained non-azotemic for at least 240 days after treatment and maintained euthyroidism. 

Results suggest that approximately 60% of hyperthyroid cats have elevated plasma PTH concentrations. Hyperthyroid cats without azotemia had hypocalcemia and hyperphosphatemia that would elevate PTH; however, the cause of decreased calcium and increased phosphate is unknown. There was no statistical difference in PTH levels for the three groups of hyperthyroid cats before treatment. PTH concentrations decreased following treatment in hyperthyroid cats that remained non-azotemic and remained elevated in cats that were or developed azotemia, suggesting secondary renal hyperparathyroidism in cats with azotemic CKD. 

FGF-23 concentrations were significantly higher in hyperthyroid cats with azotemia or that developed azotemia compared with cats that remained non-azotemic. Unexpectedly, plasma FGF-23 concentrations increased following treatment in cats with or without azotemic CKD independent of plasma phosphate concentrations, suggesting FGF-23 levels are suppressed in feline hyperthyroidism. The authors speculate that this increase in FGF-23 levels occurs secondary to the reduction in glomerular filtration rate after control of the hyperthyroid condition. FGF-23 was shown to be negatively associated with survival time when adjusted for age, creatinine, total calcium, phosphate, and PTH, but this association was lost when further adjustment factors were considered. Interestingly, omission of packed cell volume (PCV) as an explanatory variable resulted in FGF-23 again being associated with all-cause mortality, suggesting that FGF-23 influences survival time possibly by causing a reduction in PCV. [GO]

See also: Williams TL, Peak KJ, Brodbelt D, Elliott J and Syme HM. Survival and the development of azotemia after treatment of hyperthyroid cats. J Vet Intern Med. 2010; 24: 863-9.

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Williams TL, Elliott J and Syme HM. Calcium and phosphate homeostasis in hyperthyroid cats – associations with development of azotaemia and survival time. J Small Anim Pract. 2012; 53: 561-71. 

Hyperthyroidism and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are common conditions of older cats that frequently occur concurrently. Hyperthyroid cats often have increased plasma phosphate concentrations and concomitantly increased plasma parathyroid hormone (PTH) concentrations. PTH is regarded as a uremic toxin and elevated levels have been postulated to contribute to renal damage or increased morbidity and mortality in feline hyperthyroidism. In addition, secondary renal hyperparathyroidism may also contribute to the progression of CKD in cats. Fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23) is a phosphatonin secreted by osteoblasts in response to increased plasma phosphate and calcitriol concentrations. FGF-23 inhibits renal phosphate reabsorption, increasing phosphate urinary loss. In humans, serum FGF-23 concentrations predict the progression of CKD and both PTH and FGF-23 concentrations have been positively associated with all-cause mortality. It is unclear whether PTH and FGF-23 represent biomarkers of or mediate renal disease progression. Nevertheless, the association of PTH and FGF-23 with renal disease progression warrants evaluation of their concentration in hyperthyroid cats before and after treatment.

This study evaluated calcium and phosphate homeostasis in 207 hyperthyroid cats before and after treatment for hyperthyroidism by measuring plasma calcium, phosphate, PTH and FGF-23 concentrations. Patient selection was from records obtained from two London-based first-opinion practices between 1999 and 2009 and from newly diagnosed hyperthyroid cats. Twenty-eight healthy non-azotemic geriatric cats were also recruited in the study as controls. Hyperthyroid cats were treated with anti-thyroid medications (carbimazole or methimazole) alone or in combination with thyroidectomy. Hyperthyroid cats were divided into three groups: cats with pre-existing azotemia, cats that developed azotemia within 240 days after treatment and maintained euthyroidism, and cats which remained non-azotemic for at least 240 days after treatment and maintained euthyroidism. 

Results suggest that approximately 60% of hyperthyroid cats have elevated plasma PTH concentrations. Hyperthyroid cats without azotemia had hypocalcemia and hyperphosphatemia that would elevate PTH; however, the cause of decreased calcium and increased phosphate is unknown. There was no statistical difference in PTH levels for the three groups of hyperthyroid cats before treatment. PTH concentrations decreased following treatment in hyperthyroid cats that remained non-azotemic and remained elevated in cats that were or developed azotemia, suggesting secondary renal hyperparathyroidism in cats with azotemic CKD. 

FGF-23 concentrations were significantly higher in hyperthyroid cats with azotemia or that developed azotemia compared with cats that remained non-azotemic. Unexpectedly, plasma FGF-23 concentrations increased following treatment in cats with or without azotemic CKD independent of plasma phosphate concentrations, suggesting FGF-23 levels are suppressed in feline hyperthyroidism. The authors speculate that this increase in FGF-23 levels occurs secondary to the reduction in glomerular filtration rate after control of the hyperthyroid condition. FGF-23 was shown to be negatively associated with survival time when adjusted for age, creatinine, total calcium, phosphate, and PTH, but this association was lost when further adjustment factors were considered. Interestingly, omission of packed cell volume (PCV) as an explanatory variable resulted in FGF-23 again being associated with all-cause mortality, suggesting that FGF-23 influences survival time possibly by causing a reduction in PCV. [GO]

See also: Williams TL, Peak KJ, Brodbelt D, Elliott J and Syme HM. Survival and the development of azotemia after treatment of hyperthyroid cats. J Vet Intern Med. 2010; 24: 863-9.

For more information: other blog articles on hyperthyroidism

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Study finds kids get more fat and calories when they eat out

Nobody's surprised to hear what researchers have now quantified: When children eat out, they take in more calories and fat than they would have at home. It doesn't matter if they're sitting down or driving through, at a fancy restaurant or at a McDonald's, we're not doing them any nutritional favors when we get in the car to go eat.

Jon Bardin of the Los Angeles Times reports that a study, published Monday in the medical journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, found that 2- to 11-year olds average an extra 126 calories when they eat a fast-food meal and 12- to 19-year-olds add an average of 309 calories. Full-service restaurants could added an average of 160 and 267 for the two age groups, respectively. And a lot of those calories were of the empty-nutrition kind that come from sugary drinks; kids in the study drank significantly more of those while dining out than when eating at home. (Getty Images photo)

In their report, writes Bardin, the authors argue that government intervention likely will be required to see any improvement: “Public policies that aim to reduce restaurant consumption -- such as increasing the relative costs of these purchases; limiting access through zoning, particularly around schools; limiting portion sizes; and limiting exposure to marketing -- deserve serious consideration.” (Read more)

Nobody's surprised to hear what researchers have now quantified: When children eat out, they take in more calories and fat than they would have at home. It doesn't matter if they're sitting down or driving through, at a fancy restaurant or at a McDonald's, we're not doing them any nutritional favors when we get in the car to go eat.

Jon Bardin of the Los Angeles Times reports that a study, published Monday in the medical journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, found that 2- to 11-year olds average an extra 126 calories when they eat a fast-food meal and 12- to 19-year-olds add an average of 309 calories. Full-service restaurants could added an average of 160 and 267 for the two age groups, respectively. And a lot of those calories were of the empty-nutrition kind that come from sugary drinks; kids in the study drank significantly more of those while dining out than when eating at home. (Getty Images photo)

In their report, writes Bardin, the authors argue that government intervention likely will be required to see any improvement: “Public policies that aim to reduce restaurant consumption -- such as increasing the relative costs of these purchases; limiting access through zoning, particularly around schools; limiting portion sizes; and limiting exposure to marketing -- deserve serious consideration.” (Read more)

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Use of pacifiers could lead to very sick babies, study finds

Oklahoma State University researchers report that they have found a wide range of disease-causing bacteria, fungus and mold on pacifiers that young children had been using.

In research presented at the American Society for Clinical Pathology, scientists have shown that pacifiers can also grow a slimy coating of bacterial film that alters the normal bacteria in a baby or toddler's mouth, increasing the likelihood of colic and ear infections. It gets worse, according to study author Tom Glass, a professor of forensic science, pathology and dental medicine: The same types of bacteria found on a common pacifier have been linked to cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, allergies, asthma and autoimmune diseases.

HealthDay reporters Barbara Bronson Gray writes that Glass said the problems associated with pacificers are also applicable to any removable orthodontic appliance like retainers, mouth guards and dentures. Glass said his researchers were particular concerned about their findings when they discovered that "many of the bacteria growing from the used pacifiers were resistant to commonly used antibiotics such as penicillin and methicillin. The development of such resistance to certain antibiotics does not cause the organism to be more infectious than other strains that have no antibiotic resistance, but it can make the infection more difficult to treat." Glass told Gray that he does not recommend that pacifier use. use. "After doing the study, I say why take a risk?" (Read more)

Oklahoma State University researchers report that they have found a wide range of disease-causing bacteria, fungus and mold on pacifiers that young children had been using.

In research presented at the American Society for Clinical Pathology, scientists have shown that pacifiers can also grow a slimy coating of bacterial film that alters the normal bacteria in a baby or toddler's mouth, increasing the likelihood of colic and ear infections. It gets worse, according to study author Tom Glass, a professor of forensic science, pathology and dental medicine: The same types of bacteria found on a common pacifier have been linked to cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, allergies, asthma and autoimmune diseases.

HealthDay reporters Barbara Bronson Gray writes that Glass said the problems associated with pacificers are also applicable to any removable orthodontic appliance like retainers, mouth guards and dentures. Glass said his researchers were particular concerned about their findings when they discovered that "many of the bacteria growing from the used pacifiers were resistant to commonly used antibiotics such as penicillin and methicillin. The development of such resistance to certain antibiotics does not cause the organism to be more infectious than other strains that have no antibiotic resistance, but it can make the infection more difficult to treat." Glass told Gray that he does not recommend that pacifier use. use. "After doing the study, I say why take a risk?" (Read more)

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Norton Healthcare implements a mobile application that allows doctors to monitor patients, especially expectant mothers

 

Norton Healthcare is the first health-care provider in Kentucky to implement a patient monitoring system that allows obstetricians to monitor expectant mothers while they're in labor via the physician's smart phone or tablet. The real-time application uses wave-form technology and works with iPhones, Androids, BlackBerrys and a variety of Windows Mobile devices. Its use has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The implications are vast for doctors in busy urban settings as well as for those in rural areas where doctor shortages may limit a physician's personal attention to individual patients. According to Norton Healthcare press materials and their obstetrician spokesperson, Dr. Reed Netter, the application allows the doctor to view "the same patient information that he or she would see at the patient’s bedside, looking at the monitor for heartbeat, contraction patterns, or signs of distress." This could save valuable time when a fetus is in trouble or if nurses see something that worries them.

The applications of the technology are evident for use in ambulances, in intensive care units, operating and emergency rooms, said Steve Heilman, Norton's system vice president and chief medical information officer for Norton Healthcare. (Read more)

 

Norton Healthcare is the first health-care provider in Kentucky to implement a patient monitoring system that allows obstetricians to monitor expectant mothers while they're in labor via the physician's smart phone or tablet. The real-time application uses wave-form technology and works with iPhones, Androids, BlackBerrys and a variety of Windows Mobile devices. Its use has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The implications are vast for doctors in busy urban settings as well as for those in rural areas where doctor shortages may limit a physician's personal attention to individual patients. According to Norton Healthcare press materials and their obstetrician spokesperson, Dr. Reed Netter, the application allows the doctor to view "the same patient information that he or she would see at the patient’s bedside, looking at the monitor for heartbeat, contraction patterns, or signs of distress." This could save valuable time when a fetus is in trouble or if nurses see something that worries them.

The applications of the technology are evident for use in ambulances, in intensive care units, operating and emergency rooms, said Steve Heilman, Norton's system vice president and chief medical information officer for Norton Healthcare. (Read more)

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Horses and Hope Race Day set for Nov. 18 at Churchill Downs

The Fifth Annual Horses and Hope Race Day honoring breast cancer survivors will be Sunday, Nov. 18, at Churchill Downs. Hosted by First Lady Jane Beshear and the Kentucky Cancer Program at the University of Louisville’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center, it's a day for wearing pink and meeting some local celebs and scientists. Gates open at 11:30 a.m. First post time will be at 12:40 p.m.

The mission of the Horses and Hope program is to increase breast cancer awareness, education, screening, and treatment referral among Kentucky’s horse industry workers and their families. The day's participants will get lunch and a chance to tell Louisville fashion designer Gunnar Deatherage just what you thought of his work on Season 10 of Lifetime Television's "Project Runway." Also on hand for the more important stuff will be James Graham Brown Cancer Center Ambassador Jessica Rizzo and State Rep. Joni Jenkins, sponsor of 2005's HB 7 which created the state's Breast Cancer Research and Education Trust Fund.

Cost to attend Horses and Hope Race Day is $28 for adults and $18 for children, age 12 and under, and includes admission to the Downs, parking at Gate 10, seating on Millionaires Row Four and the luncheon buffet. Tickets can be purchased from Churchill Downs online or by phone at 502-636-4400. For more information about Horses and Hope Race Day, contact the Kentucky Cancer Program at 877-326-1134 or 502-852-6318.

The Fifth Annual Horses and Hope Race Day honoring breast cancer survivors will be Sunday, Nov. 18, at Churchill Downs. Hosted by First Lady Jane Beshear and the Kentucky Cancer Program at the University of Louisville’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center, it's a day for wearing pink and meeting some local celebs and scientists. Gates open at 11:30 a.m. First post time will be at 12:40 p.m.

The mission of the Horses and Hope program is to increase breast cancer awareness, education, screening, and treatment referral among Kentucky’s horse industry workers and their families. The day's participants will get lunch and a chance to tell Louisville fashion designer Gunnar Deatherage just what you thought of his work on Season 10 of Lifetime Television's "Project Runway." Also on hand for the more important stuff will be James Graham Brown Cancer Center Ambassador Jessica Rizzo and State Rep. Joni Jenkins, sponsor of 2005's HB 7 which created the state's Breast Cancer Research and Education Trust Fund.

Cost to attend Horses and Hope Race Day is $28 for adults and $18 for children, age 12 and under, and includes admission to the Downs, parking at Gate 10, seating on Millionaires Row Four and the luncheon buffet. Tickets can be purchased from Churchill Downs online or by phone at 502-636-4400. For more information about Horses and Hope Race Day, contact the Kentucky Cancer Program at 877-326-1134 or 502-852-6318.

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Kentucky teens attempt suicide more often than those in all U.S.

In a 2011 update of a study done four years ago, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) surveyed America's teenagers about their physical health and potentially risky behaviors. Broken down state-by-state, the study presents a picture of what ails us, if we are willing to pay attention.

In Kentucky, the numbers read as not terribly surprising. Our kids are a little more fat than the national average. They smoke and chew more tobacco. They have a little more sex while in high school. But one statistic is startling: Kentucky's teenagers are trying to kill themselves more frequently than other teenagers nationwide.

According to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month, 11 percent of Kentucky youth have attempted suicide, compared to 8 percent nationally. Moreover, 5 percent of Kentucky's teenagers have had a suicide attempt result in an injury, poisoning or overdose that had to be treated by a doctor or nurse during the 12-month period before the survey was conducted. That compares to only 2 percent nationwide for kids responding who required the same treatment during the same duration.

If there is good news for Kentucky in the survey, it's this: The state's teenagers are in reasonably good health, but are not getting the physical exercise that the rest of the nation's teens are getting (39 percent vs. 49 percent) and they are playing fewer team sports (46 percent vs. 58 percent). They are heavier (16 percent vs. 13 percent) than the average American teen and more likely (36 percent to 28 percent) to drink a can, bottle or glass of soda or pop one or more times a day.

They are less likely to have never tried smoking (41 percent  to 55 percent) than other American teens, to have smoked on a least one day of the last 30 (24 percent to 18 percent), bought their own cigarettes (21 percent to 14 percent) and used chewing tobacco (17 percent to 8 percent). Eight percent of Kentucky teenagers report using pain relievers for non-medical reasons in the last 12 months. That's a bit higher than the national average of 6 percent of U.S. teens who report doing the same.

Kentucky's teenagers are also a bit more likely to have had sexual intercourse while in high school (52 to 47 percent) than the national average, more likely to carried a weapon on a least one day (23 percent o 17 percent), carried a gun (9 percent to 5 percent), though less likely to have been in a physical fight (29 to 33 percent).

To find each of these topics, go here. Look for the heading (physical health, mental health, substance abuse, healthy relationships), then go to the Kentucky site page. A more complete data picture will emerge.

In a 2011 update of a study done four years ago, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) surveyed America's teenagers about their physical health and potentially risky behaviors. Broken down state-by-state, the study presents a picture of what ails us, if we are willing to pay attention.

In Kentucky, the numbers read as not terribly surprising. Our kids are a little more fat than the national average. They smoke and chew more tobacco. They have a little more sex while in high school. But one statistic is startling: Kentucky's teenagers are trying to kill themselves more frequently than other teenagers nationwide.

According to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month, 11 percent of Kentucky youth have attempted suicide, compared to 8 percent nationally. Moreover, 5 percent of Kentucky's teenagers have had a suicide attempt result in an injury, poisoning or overdose that had to be treated by a doctor or nurse during the 12-month period before the survey was conducted. That compares to only 2 percent nationwide for kids responding who required the same treatment during the same duration.

If there is good news for Kentucky in the survey, it's this: The state's teenagers are in reasonably good health, but are not getting the physical exercise that the rest of the nation's teens are getting (39 percent vs. 49 percent) and they are playing fewer team sports (46 percent vs. 58 percent). They are heavier (16 percent vs. 13 percent) than the average American teen and more likely (36 percent to 28 percent) to drink a can, bottle or glass of soda or pop one or more times a day.

They are less likely to have never tried smoking (41 percent  to 55 percent) than other American teens, to have smoked on a least one day of the last 30 (24 percent to 18 percent), bought their own cigarettes (21 percent to 14 percent) and used chewing tobacco (17 percent to 8 percent). Eight percent of Kentucky teenagers report using pain relievers for non-medical reasons in the last 12 months. That's a bit higher than the national average of 6 percent of U.S. teens who report doing the same.

Kentucky's teenagers are also a bit more likely to have had sexual intercourse while in high school (52 to 47 percent) than the national average, more likely to carried a weapon on a least one day (23 percent o 17 percent), carried a gun (9 percent to 5 percent), though less likely to have been in a physical fight (29 to 33 percent).

To find each of these topics, go here. Look for the heading (physical health, mental health, substance abuse, healthy relationships), then go to the Kentucky site page. A more complete data picture will emerge.

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In Ky. and elsewhere, elections may decide Medicaid expansion

In Texas, Brandi DeFrank's Medicaid
coverage ended when her baby, Gabriel,
was born. His coverage continued.

Voters' choices on Tuesday about who sits in statehouses may matter more in the long run than who they have chosen for president. Two of the biggest provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -- offering Medicaid to more people and setting up state health exchanges -- are in the hands of state officials who can either disrupt implementation of the law or move it forward. In Kentucky, Republicans are pressing to take over the state House and their leader, Rep. Jeff Hoover of Jamestown, has said the expansion would be too expensive, even with heavy federal subsidies.

Maggie Fox for NBC News contrasts the approach of Texas, which has refused $76 billion in federal matching funds to help it expand Medicaid in the next five years, to that of Vermont, which is wholeheartedly embracing the expansion. Texas has 6.3 million uninsured, reports Fox, a quarter of the state's population and the highest percentage of uninsured people in the country. "We're not going to part of socializing health care," said  Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican.

“There are states referred to as ‘Hell, no’states,” said David Smith, an analyst at Leavitt Partners, a health-care consulting firm. And while 11 governorships are on the ballot on Tuesday, “a lot of those states don’t necessarily have governors who are up for election,” said Smith. In those states, voters have to decide whether to help governors by electing members of the same party to the state house.

In other states, it's more straightforward. Alabama, Florida, Montana and Wyoming have ballot measures asking residents whether they want to block the mandate requiring people to get health insurance.  (Read more)

In Texas, Brandi DeFrank's Medicaid
coverage ended when her baby, Gabriel,
was born. His coverage continued.

Voters' choices on Tuesday about who sits in statehouses may matter more in the long run than who they have chosen for president. Two of the biggest provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -- offering Medicaid to more people and setting up state health exchanges -- are in the hands of state officials who can either disrupt implementation of the law or move it forward. In Kentucky, Republicans are pressing to take over the state House and their leader, Rep. Jeff Hoover of Jamestown, has said the expansion would be too expensive, even with heavy federal subsidies.

Maggie Fox for NBC News contrasts the approach of Texas, which has refused $76 billion in federal matching funds to help it expand Medicaid in the next five years, to that of Vermont, which is wholeheartedly embracing the expansion. Texas has 6.3 million uninsured, reports Fox, a quarter of the state's population and the highest percentage of uninsured people in the country. "We're not going to part of socializing health care," said  Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican.

“There are states referred to as ‘Hell, no’states,” said David Smith, an analyst at Leavitt Partners, a health-care consulting firm. And while 11 governorships are on the ballot on Tuesday, “a lot of those states don’t necessarily have governors who are up for election,” said Smith. In those states, voters have to decide whether to help governors by electing members of the same party to the state house.

In other states, it's more straightforward. Alabama, Florida, Montana and Wyoming have ballot measures asking residents whether they want to block the mandate requiring people to get health insurance.  (Read more)

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Heart disease in pedigreed cats

Trehiou-Sechi E, Tissier R, Gouni V, et al. Comparative echocardiographic and clinical features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in 5 breeds of cats: a retrospective analysis of 344 Cases (2001–2011). J Vet Intern Med. 2012; 26: 532-41.
 
A common form of heart disease in cats is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and it is associated with risk of sudden death. HCM has been shown to be inherited in some breeds though few studies have looked at comparisons of HCM phenotype and survival according to breed. The authors performed a retrospective study of 344 cats from 5 different breeds (Persian, Domestic Shorthair, Sphynx, Maine Coon, and Chartreux) having primary HCM diagnosed by conventional echocardiography. In this group, 266 cats were asymptomatic and 78 were symptomatic. Most of the symptomatic cats exhibited congestive heart failure, aortic thromboembolism, syncope, and weakness.

The age at the first cardiac event was significantly lower in Maine Coons (2.5 years) versus other breeds (7 years). In Sphynx, the age at the time of diagnosis was 3.5 years. Concerning sudden death solely, Maine Coon cats died younger than other breeds. No sudden deaths were reported in Chartreux and Persian cats in this study. Sudden death was observed in only 3 breeds—Maine Coon, Domestic Shorthair, and Sphynx. All cats surviving longer than 15 years of age were Domestic Shorthair, Persians, or Chartreux. From the results of this study, it appears that feline HCM is characterized by marked phenotypic variability with several breed-dependent features with regard to epidemiological characteristics, left ventricular geometric patterns, age at the time of diagnosis, and decompensation events. [VT]

See also: Silverman SJ, Stern JA and Meurs KM. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the Sphynx cat: A retrospective evaluation of clinical presentation and heritable etiology. J Feline Med Surg. 2012; 14: 246-9.

For more information: Other blog articles on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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Trehiou-Sechi E, Tissier R, Gouni V, et al. Comparative echocardiographic and clinical features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in 5 breeds of cats: a retrospective analysis of 344 Cases (2001–2011). J Vet Intern Med. 2012; 26: 532-41.
 
A common form of heart disease in cats is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and it is associated with risk of sudden death. HCM has been shown to be inherited in some breeds though few studies have looked at comparisons of HCM phenotype and survival according to breed. The authors performed a retrospective study of 344 cats from 5 different breeds (Persian, Domestic Shorthair, Sphynx, Maine Coon, and Chartreux) having primary HCM diagnosed by conventional echocardiography. In this group, 266 cats were asymptomatic and 78 were symptomatic. Most of the symptomatic cats exhibited congestive heart failure, aortic thromboembolism, syncope, and weakness.

The age at the first cardiac event was significantly lower in Maine Coons (2.5 years) versus other breeds (7 years). In Sphynx, the age at the time of diagnosis was 3.5 years. Concerning sudden death solely, Maine Coon cats died younger than other breeds. No sudden deaths were reported in Chartreux and Persian cats in this study. Sudden death was observed in only 3 breeds—Maine Coon, Domestic Shorthair, and Sphynx. All cats surviving longer than 15 years of age were Domestic Shorthair, Persians, or Chartreux. From the results of this study, it appears that feline HCM is characterized by marked phenotypic variability with several breed-dependent features with regard to epidemiological characteristics, left ventricular geometric patterns, age at the time of diagnosis, and decompensation events. [VT]

See also: Silverman SJ, Stern JA and Meurs KM. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the Sphynx cat: A retrospective evaluation of clinical presentation and heritable etiology. J Feline Med Surg. 2012; 14: 246-9.

For more information: Other blog articles on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

More on cat health:
Winn Feline Foundation Library
Find us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
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Harlan doctor tells White House summit about his changeover to electronic health records

Dr. Carl Smith Jr.

Almost a decade ago, Dr. Carl Smith Jr. did something that many health care providers across America are still struggling to do: He implemented electronic health records that can be assessed from anywhere in the United States during an emergency.

Because the process is expensive, and Smith works in rural, isolated Harlan County, he earned a trip to Washington, D.C. for this year's White House Health IT Town Hall meeting. The assembly was gathered to discuss progress and barriers on the road toward a national health IT system, reports Nola Sizemore of the Harlan Daily Enterprise.

At the meeting, senior White House officials and Department of Health and Human Services staff asked him about how he was able to accomplish the change from paper records. Smith, a pediatrician, explained how the system works: “Because of this technology, we can send the patient’s prescription electronically by secure email to pharmacies. We can check medical histories, what diseases or medical conditions are trending in the area, and I can voice activate details of the patient’s visit into their record. We can also give patients clinical summaries when they leave our office. We have proved to national governing bodies we can and are doing this.”

Smith added that with the use of electronic records, doctors will be able to access your medical history to see what medications you take, allergies and other pertinent information about your health should you be in an auto accident or suffer injury anywhere in the United States. He said this will especially be helpful if the patient were unable to provide information.(Read more)

Dr. Carl Smith Jr.

Almost a decade ago, Dr. Carl Smith Jr. did something that many health care providers across America are still struggling to do: He implemented electronic health records that can be assessed from anywhere in the United States during an emergency.

Because the process is expensive, and Smith works in rural, isolated Harlan County, he earned a trip to Washington, D.C. for this year's White House Health IT Town Hall meeting. The assembly was gathered to discuss progress and barriers on the road toward a national health IT system, reports Nola Sizemore of the Harlan Daily Enterprise.

At the meeting, senior White House officials and Department of Health and Human Services staff asked him about how he was able to accomplish the change from paper records. Smith, a pediatrician, explained how the system works: “Because of this technology, we can send the patient’s prescription electronically by secure email to pharmacies. We can check medical histories, what diseases or medical conditions are trending in the area, and I can voice activate details of the patient’s visit into their record. We can also give patients clinical summaries when they leave our office. We have proved to national governing bodies we can and are doing this.”

Smith added that with the use of electronic records, doctors will be able to access your medical history to see what medications you take, allergies and other pertinent information about your health should you be in an auto accident or suffer injury anywhere in the United States. He said this will especially be helpful if the patient were unable to provide information.(Read more)

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Too Little, TOO LATE! Just like Katrina, no front-end Government funded storm aid! THEY KNEW IT WAS COMING FOR A WEEK!

 

THEY KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HIT THE WHOLE NORTH-EASTERN SEABOARD, AND THEY DID NOTHING!!

They had a WEEK’S NOTICE of this Katrina-like massively destructive event, so there are NO EXCUSES.

Here’s how it should have gone down:

All of the following would have and should have been Federally Funded and Prepared if the U.S. Government really cared about Natural Disaster Victims:

 

1. Gasoline tankers and lines ship thousands of gallons toward the East Coast expected impact areas.
2. Organic food, superfoods, natural medicines like colloidal silver mass shipped and ready for distribution
3. Massive amounts of bottled spring water shipped to stores, shelters, hospitals, etc.
4. Massive amounts of generators/heaters shipped and ready for distribution
5. 1000’s of National Guard deployed as hurricane subsides so they are ready immediately after storm ends.
6. Hundreds of food banks set up in advance
7. Hundreds of free shelters set up in advance
8. Construction and clean up crews ready for free-help for all.
9. Extra fire and police back up squads and crews travel from other states to inflicted areas immediately upon impact of storm.
10. Free on line credit for food, water, clothing, and emergency materials via relief funds.

The first 72 hours after a natural disaster are the "polite" hours. Residents operate under the illusion that Big Government will soon save them with emergency supplies: food, water, fuel, clothing and more. So they follow the rules and "play nice."

After about the third day, all those social niceties start to erode. People are hungry and angry. There's a feeling of desperation and even abandonment. What seemed to be a polite society two days earlier suddenly becomes more sinister. The survival needs of individuals begin to outweigh social boundaries, and what emerges is desperation... even panic.

http://www.naturalnews.com/037790_superstorm_Sandy_dumpster_diving_desperation.html#ixzz2BMf79ReN 

 

THEY KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HIT THE WHOLE NORTH-EASTERN SEABOARD, AND THEY DID NOTHING!!

They had a WEEK’S NOTICE of this Katrina-like massively destructive event, so there are NO EXCUSES.

Here’s how it should have gone down:

All of the following would have and should have been Federally Funded and Prepared if the U.S. Government really cared about Natural Disaster Victims:

 

1. Gasoline tankers and lines ship thousands of gallons toward the East Coast expected impact areas.
2. Organic food, superfoods, natural medicines like colloidal silver mass shipped and ready for distribution
3. Massive amounts of bottled spring water shipped to stores, shelters, hospitals, etc.
4. Massive amounts of generators/heaters shipped and ready for distribution
5. 1000’s of National Guard deployed as hurricane subsides so they are ready immediately after storm ends.
6. Hundreds of food banks set up in advance
7. Hundreds of free shelters set up in advance
8. Construction and clean up crews ready for free-help for all.
9. Extra fire and police back up squads and crews travel from other states to inflicted areas immediately upon impact of storm.
10. Free on line credit for food, water, clothing, and emergency materials via relief funds.

The first 72 hours after a natural disaster are the "polite" hours. Residents operate under the illusion that Big Government will soon save them with emergency supplies: food, water, fuel, clothing and more. So they follow the rules and "play nice."

After about the third day, all those social niceties start to erode. People are hungry and angry. There's a feeling of desperation and even abandonment. What seemed to be a polite society two days earlier suddenly becomes more sinister. The survival needs of individuals begin to outweigh social boundaries, and what emerges is desperation... even panic.

http://www.naturalnews.com/037790_superstorm_Sandy_dumpster_diving_desperation.html#ixzz2BMf79ReN 

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Shorten Your Life With Chemo!

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Quack Science Alert: Chemotherapy Causes Cancer!

Medical researchers are finally starting to admit that toxic chemotherapy drugs do absolutely nothing to cure cancer, and often cause the cancer patient to die much more quickly than they otherwise would have because of these so-called "treatments."

Cancer Causing Chemotherapy

Dr. Deborah Schrag from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and her colleagues let the cat out of the bag in a recent study they published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), which revealed that most cancer patients have no idea that their disease will never be cured as a result of chemotherapy.
According to the study's findings, as many as 69 percent of terminally ill lung cancer patients and 81 percent of terminally ill colorectal patients have no idea that chemotherapy drugs are totally incapable of curing their cancers. Though they are said to potentially help some cancer patients live slightly longer lives, chemotherapy drugs admittedly do not stop the growth or spread of cancer cells and tumors, which means many of the patients who opt for the treatment are not being told the full truth about its major shortcomings.

Often left out of the discussions between oncologists and their patients is the fact that patients who somehow survive their cancers following chemotherapy poisoning do so IN SPITE OF the treatment, and not because of it.

Poisoning the body with chemicals via chemotherapy only ends up destroying the immune system, causing tumors to grow back and bodily organs to shut down, which obviously shortens their lifespan rather than lengthening it.

Back in August, it was revealed that chemotherapy actually fuels the growth of cancer cells, contradicting many decades' worth of medical lies that continue to claim chemotherapy targets cancer cells for destruction. Any chance the body would have otherwise had for recovery, is all but eliminated as a result of chemotherapy, a “treatment” which literally destroys the body's own innate, cancer-targeting immune factors.

Shorten Your Life With Chemo!

According to Dr. Hossein Borghaei, an oncologist from the Fox Chase Cancer Centerin Philadelphia, "There is a lot of harm in not having patients understand the finality of the disease, [Chemotherapy drugs] are very powerful, they have a lot of side effects, the chemotherapy is going to harm you more than it helps you, and it can actually shorten your life. All of this should be taken into account."
Dr. Borghaei's statements are chilling because they affirm what natural health care providers have been saying for quite some time:  

Chemotherapy is nothing but a sham "treatment" that puts cancer patients through needless pain and suffering while making the cancer industry rich.

 Perhaps the most disturbing part about this now-normalized form of medical quackery is that oncologists typically fail to disclose to their patients the fact that chemotherapy does not even cure cancer, which gives them false hope.

"[T]raditional (cancer) therapies like surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation do not destroy the small number of cells driving the cancer's growth," said the University of Michigan (UM)'s Comprehensive Cancer Center recently, following the release of several other studies showing that conventionally-accepted cancer treatments are a complete failure.”

This researching further confirms what we've known for years in the holistic healthcommunity: Chemotherapy is, flatly stated, just POISON. It's not "treatment," it's not medicine, and it's not prevention or a cure. It's poison with virtually no medicinal value except in perhaps one to two percent of cancer cases.

Chemotherapy Is Medical Fraud.

Life-Changing Care of Texas

281-812-8101

DrCrooks@LifeChangingCareHouston.com

In Health,

Dr. Walter K. Crooks, DM (P), DC

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Quack Science Alert: Chemotherapy Causes Cancer!

Medical researchers are finally starting to admit that toxic chemotherapy drugs do absolutely nothing to cure cancer, and often cause the cancer patient to die much more quickly than they otherwise would have because of these so-called "treatments."

Cancer Causing Chemotherapy

Dr. Deborah Schrag from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and her colleagues let the cat out of the bag in a recent study they published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), which revealed that most cancer patients have no idea that their disease will never be cured as a result of chemotherapy.
According to the study's findings, as many as 69 percent of terminally ill lung cancer patients and 81 percent of terminally ill colorectal patients have no idea that chemotherapy drugs are totally incapable of curing their cancers. Though they are said to potentially help some cancer patients live slightly longer lives, chemotherapy drugs admittedly do not stop the growth or spread of cancer cells and tumors, which means many of the patients who opt for the treatment are not being told the full truth about its major shortcomings.

Often left out of the discussions between oncologists and their patients is the fact that patients who somehow survive their cancers following chemotherapy poisoning do so IN SPITE OF the treatment, and not because of it.

Poisoning the body with chemicals via chemotherapy only ends up destroying the immune system, causing tumors to grow back and bodily organs to shut down, which obviously shortens their lifespan rather than lengthening it.

Back in August, it was revealed that chemotherapy actually fuels the growth of cancer cells, contradicting many decades' worth of medical lies that continue to claim chemotherapy targets cancer cells for destruction. Any chance the body would have otherwise had for recovery, is all but eliminated as a result of chemotherapy, a “treatment” which literally destroys the body's own innate, cancer-targeting immune factors.

Shorten Your Life With Chemo!

According to Dr. Hossein Borghaei, an oncologist from the Fox Chase Cancer Centerin Philadelphia, "There is a lot of harm in not having patients understand the finality of the disease, [Chemotherapy drugs] are very powerful, they have a lot of side effects, the chemotherapy is going to harm you more than it helps you, and it can actually shorten your life. All of this should be taken into account."
Dr. Borghaei's statements are chilling because they affirm what natural health care providers have been saying for quite some time:  

Chemotherapy is nothing but a sham "treatment" that puts cancer patients through needless pain and suffering while making the cancer industry rich.

 Perhaps the most disturbing part about this now-normalized form of medical quackery is that oncologists typically fail to disclose to their patients the fact that chemotherapy does not even cure cancer, which gives them false hope.

"[T]raditional (cancer) therapies like surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation do not destroy the small number of cells driving the cancer's growth," said the University of Michigan (UM)'s Comprehensive Cancer Center recently, following the release of several other studies showing that conventionally-accepted cancer treatments are a complete failure.”

This researching further confirms what we've known for years in the holistic healthcommunity: Chemotherapy is, flatly stated, just POISON. It's not "treatment," it's not medicine, and it's not prevention or a cure. It's poison with virtually no medicinal value except in perhaps one to two percent of cancer cases.

Chemotherapy Is Medical Fraud.

Life-Changing Care of Texas

281-812-8101

DrCrooks@LifeChangingCareHouston.com

In Health,

Dr. Walter K. Crooks, DM (P), DC

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