Cardiologist: Kentucky needs better way to get heart attack patients to dedicated catheterization centers in time

Because cardiovascular disease kills more Kentuckians than anything else, and because what mostly kills them is a heart attack, and because if you can get help within 90 minutes of that heart attack your chances improve dramatically, this state needs a vastly improved way to get heart attack patients to the right hospital in a short amount of time. So explains Dr. William Dillon, an interventional cardiologist in Louisville, who writes an guest column in the In The Prime health blog of The Courier-Journal. He punctuates his point with a graph, right, that shows that Kentucky now ranks 49th of 50 states in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) deaths. AMI is doctor-speak for heart attacks. (American Heart Association graph)

Dillon's medically reasoned plea is for a more systematic regional network -- like one that have saved lives in North Carolina -- is "to transfer AMI patients to dedicated (heart catheterization lab) centers throughout the state." But Dillon also knows that many Kentuckians are not listening to their bodies as closely as they might. He writes that "another source of delay in AMI treatment is that, on average, patients wait more than 90 minutes before seeking medical attention. Furthermore, 50 percent of AMI patients drive to a hospital or clinic without calling EMS. Every year, a significant number of these patients needlessly die en route to the hospital." He adds then that health education -- in this case, early notification of needing EMS help -- is an important component in saving Kentuckians' lives. (Read more)

Because cardiovascular disease kills more Kentuckians than anything else, and because what mostly kills them is a heart attack, and because if you can get help within 90 minutes of that heart attack your chances improve dramatically, this state needs a vastly improved way to get heart attack patients to the right hospital in a short amount of time. So explains Dr. William Dillon, an interventional cardiologist in Louisville, who writes an guest column in the In The Prime health blog of The Courier-Journal. He punctuates his point with a graph, right, that shows that Kentucky now ranks 49th of 50 states in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) deaths. AMI is doctor-speak for heart attacks. (American Heart Association graph)

Dillon's medically reasoned plea is for a more systematic regional network -- like one that have saved lives in North Carolina -- is "to transfer AMI patients to dedicated (heart catheterization lab) centers throughout the state." But Dillon also knows that many Kentuckians are not listening to their bodies as closely as they might. He writes that "another source of delay in AMI treatment is that, on average, patients wait more than 90 minutes before seeking medical attention. Furthermore, 50 percent of AMI patients drive to a hospital or clinic without calling EMS. Every year, a significant number of these patients needlessly die en route to the hospital." He adds then that health education -- in this case, early notification of needing EMS help -- is an important component in saving Kentuckians' lives. (Read more)

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Franklin County health department lays off 5; blames Medicaid managed health claim denials for budget shortfalls

The Franklin County Health Department has laid off five employees effective today, four of those are part-time workers. The layoffs are being made in the midst of a $1.7 million drop in revenue from last year. The staff reductions should save the agency $120,000 annually, health department director Paula Alexander told The State Journal. The news comes only two weeks after the Madison County Health Department announced it has been forced to lay off seven workers because of budget shortfalls. Those cuts affected home-health workers in Madison, Estill and Powell counties.

In both instances, department directors have explained that they had expected to receive reimbursements from Kentucky's three Medicaid managed care organizations. A massive increase in those denied claims were reasons both directors gave for their sudden inability to meet budget goals. Earlier in the year, the Fayette County Health Department lost 25 employees. Faced with similar Medicaid payment issues, several Kentucky counties have tried to cut costs by cutting to a four-day workweek.

The Franklin County Health Department has laid off five employees effective today, four of those are part-time workers. The layoffs are being made in the midst of a $1.7 million drop in revenue from last year. The staff reductions should save the agency $120,000 annually, health department director Paula Alexander told The State Journal. The news comes only two weeks after the Madison County Health Department announced it has been forced to lay off seven workers because of budget shortfalls. Those cuts affected home-health workers in Madison, Estill and Powell counties.

In both instances, department directors have explained that they had expected to receive reimbursements from Kentucky's three Medicaid managed care organizations. A massive increase in those denied claims were reasons both directors gave for their sudden inability to meet budget goals. Earlier in the year, the Fayette County Health Department lost 25 employees. Faced with similar Medicaid payment issues, several Kentucky counties have tried to cut costs by cutting to a four-day workweek.

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Study: Smoke-free workplace leads to fewer heart attacks

Mayo Clinic researchers have found a 33 percent drop in heart attack rates in a Minnesota county after public smoking bans were enacted. This, while rates of hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol and obesity remained the same or even increased after the ban was put in place, reports The New York Times. The conclusion: “I think the bottom line is this should turn the page on the chapter discussing whether or not secondhand smoke is a risk factor for heart attacks,” said Dr. Richard D. Hurt, an author of the study and a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

The study, published in Archives of Internal Medicine, was conducted in Minnesota's Olmstead County where medical records were examined 18 months before the county's 2002 public ban went into effect and 18 months after it extended the ban to all workplaces in 2007. (Read more)

Mayo Clinic researchers have found a 33 percent drop in heart attack rates in a Minnesota county after public smoking bans were enacted. This, while rates of hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol and obesity remained the same or even increased after the ban was put in place, reports The New York Times. The conclusion: “I think the bottom line is this should turn the page on the chapter discussing whether or not secondhand smoke is a risk factor for heart attacks,” said Dr. Richard D. Hurt, an author of the study and a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

The study, published in Archives of Internal Medicine, was conducted in Minnesota's Olmstead County where medical records were examined 18 months before the county's 2002 public ban went into effect and 18 months after it extended the ban to all workplaces in 2007. (Read more)

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Passport Health claims state violated bidding process and will make Medicaid overpayments in Jefferson County as a result

Passport Health Plan has charged that the state of Kentucky has violated its own bidding process and will spend as much as $80 million more than necessary per year under its new Medicaid managed-care contracts for the Jefferson County region. Tom Loftus of The Courier-Journal reports that the formal letter of protest of the bidding process was filed Thursday. It is the company's response to the recent division of the services of Jefferson County's 170,000 Medicaid recipients to four Medicaid managed-care companies that were once served only by Passport. Loftus writes that Passport is questioning how the region's recipients have been reapportioned. The company says it anticipated a 41 percent share of the region's Medicaid business, but was notified Wednesday that it initially will be assigned only 27 percent. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services released a statement explained that all bidders were aware of the conditions of the contract during negotiations. (Read more)

Passport Health Plan has charged that the state of Kentucky has violated its own bidding process and will spend as much as $80 million more than necessary per year under its new Medicaid managed-care contracts for the Jefferson County region. Tom Loftus of The Courier-Journal reports that the formal letter of protest of the bidding process was filed Thursday. It is the company's response to the recent division of the services of Jefferson County's 170,000 Medicaid recipients to four Medicaid managed-care companies that were once served only by Passport. Loftus writes that Passport is questioning how the region's recipients have been reapportioned. The company says it anticipated a 41 percent share of the region's Medicaid business, but was notified Wednesday that it initially will be assigned only 27 percent. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services released a statement explained that all bidders were aware of the conditions of the contract during negotiations. (Read more)

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Baptist Health buys Trover Health in Western Kentucky, making Baptist Kentucky's largest health-care provider by licensed beds

Following the nationwide trend of large hospitals taking over smaller ones in light of health care reform demands in a slow economy, Louisville-based Baptist Health added an eighth hospital to its statewide network this week by acquiring Trover Health System in Western Kentucky. Andy Sears, vice president of planning and system development for Baptist Health,  told Laura Ungar of The Courier-Journal that Trover contributed its total assets to Baptist Health, which took over its liabilities, making the deal worth about $120 million.

Ungar reports the Trover acquisition is especially understandable in the context of the times. "Experts," writes Ungar, "say one big reason for the surge is that larger, wealthier organizations can buy what they need at higher volumes for cheaper prices. Bigger health care organizations also have greater might when negotiating reimbursement rates with insurers." Sears agreed, saying standalone hospitals "don't have the resources to compete."

The deal makes Baptist Health that state's largest health care provider by total licensed bed capacity and by geographical coverage. Trover is located in Madisonville. It will now be called Baptist Health Madisonville. (Read more) 

Following the nationwide trend of large hospitals taking over smaller ones in light of health care reform demands in a slow economy, Louisville-based Baptist Health added an eighth hospital to its statewide network this week by acquiring Trover Health System in Western Kentucky. Andy Sears, vice president of planning and system development for Baptist Health,  told Laura Ungar of The Courier-Journal that Trover contributed its total assets to Baptist Health, which took over its liabilities, making the deal worth about $120 million.

Ungar reports the Trover acquisition is especially understandable in the context of the times. "Experts," writes Ungar, "say one big reason for the surge is that larger, wealthier organizations can buy what they need at higher volumes for cheaper prices. Bigger health care organizations also have greater might when negotiating reimbursement rates with insurers." Sears agreed, saying standalone hospitals "don't have the resources to compete."

The deal makes Baptist Health that state's largest health care provider by total licensed bed capacity and by geographical coverage. Trover is located in Madisonville. It will now be called Baptist Health Madisonville. (Read more) 

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Aspartame (NutraSweet) Linked To Leukemia and Lymphomas!

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Aspartame Linked To Leukemia And Lymphoma In New Landmark Human Study

As few as one diet soda daily may increase the risk for leukemia in men and women, and for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in men, according to new results from the longest-ever running study on aspartame as a carcinogen in humans. Importantly, this is the most comprehensive, long-term study ever completed on this topic, so it holds more weight than other past studies, which appeared to show no risk. And disturbingly, it may also open the door for further similar findings on other cancers in future studies.

22 Years And Over Two Million Person-Years

A total of 2,278,396 person-years of data derived from 77,218 women and 47,810 men over a 22-year is the most thorough and awesomely sheer amount of data to ever been utilized in a study of aspartame (NutraSweet).  Apart from sheer size, what makes this study superior to other past studies is the thoroughness with which aspartame intake was assessed. Every two years, participants were given a detailed dietary questionnaire, and their diets were reassessed every four years. Previous studies which found no link to cancer only ever assessed participants' aspartame intake at one point in time, which could be a major weakness affecting their accuracy.

One Single Diet Soda A Day Increases Leukemia • Multiple Myeloma • Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas

The combined results of this new study showed that just one 12-fl oz. can (355 ml) of diet soda daily leads to: 

• 42% higher leukemia risk in men and women (pooled analysis) 
• 102% higher multiple myeloma risk. 
• 31% higher non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk

These results were based on multi-variable relative risk models, all in comparison to participants who drank no diet soda. It is unknown why only men drinking higher amounts of diet soda showed increased risk for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Note that diet soda is the largest dietary source of aspartame (by far) in the U.S. Every year, Americans consume about 5,250 tons of aspartame in total, of which about 86 percent (4,500 tons) is found in diet sodas.

Confirms Previous Research On Animals

This new study shows the importance of the quality of research. Most of the past studies showing no link between aspartame and cancer have been criticized for being too short in duration and too inaccurate in assessing long-term aspartame intake. This new study solves both of those issues. The fact that it also shows a positive link to cancer should come as no surprise, because a previous best-in-class research study done on animals (900 rats over their entire natural lifetimes) showed strikingly similar results back in 2006: aspartame significantly increased the risk for lymphomas and leukemia in both males and females. More worrying is the follow on mega-study, which started aspartame exposure of the rats at the fetal stage. Increased lymphoma and leukemia risks were confirmed, and this time the female rats also showed significantly increased breast (mammary) cancer rates. This raises a critical question: will future; high-quality studies uncover links to the other cancers in which aspartame has been implicated (brain, breast, prostate, etc.)?

There is now more reason than ever to completely avoid aspartame in our daily diet. The devastation it inflicts on our immune systems should make it a no-brainer! For those who are tempted to go back to sugary sodas as a "healthy" alternative, this study had a surprise finding: men consuming one or more sugar-sweetened sodas daily saw a 66 percent increase in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (even worse than for diet soda).

 The take away from this study....Sodas Kill People!

Sources for this article include:
http://www.naturalnews.com/037772_aspartame_leukemia_lymphoma.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23097267
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16507461
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17805418

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Aspartame Linked To Leukemia And Lymphoma In New Landmark Human Study

As few as one diet soda daily may increase the risk for leukemia in men and women, and for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in men, according to new results from the longest-ever running study on aspartame as a carcinogen in humans. Importantly, this is the most comprehensive, long-term study ever completed on this topic, so it holds more weight than other past studies, which appeared to show no risk. And disturbingly, it may also open the door for further similar findings on other cancers in future studies.

22 Years And Over Two Million Person-Years

A total of 2,278,396 person-years of data derived from 77,218 women and 47,810 men over a 22-year is the most thorough and awesomely sheer amount of data to ever been utilized in a study of aspartame (NutraSweet).  Apart from sheer size, what makes this study superior to other past studies is the thoroughness with which aspartame intake was assessed. Every two years, participants were given a detailed dietary questionnaire, and their diets were reassessed every four years. Previous studies which found no link to cancer only ever assessed participants' aspartame intake at one point in time, which could be a major weakness affecting their accuracy.

One Single Diet Soda A Day Increases Leukemia • Multiple Myeloma • Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas

The combined results of this new study showed that just one 12-fl oz. can (355 ml) of diet soda daily leads to: 

• 42% higher leukemia risk in men and women (pooled analysis) 
• 102% higher multiple myeloma risk. 
• 31% higher non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk

These results were based on multi-variable relative risk models, all in comparison to participants who drank no diet soda. It is unknown why only men drinking higher amounts of diet soda showed increased risk for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Note that diet soda is the largest dietary source of aspartame (by far) in the U.S. Every year, Americans consume about 5,250 tons of aspartame in total, of which about 86 percent (4,500 tons) is found in diet sodas.

Confirms Previous Research On Animals

This new study shows the importance of the quality of research. Most of the past studies showing no link between aspartame and cancer have been criticized for being too short in duration and too inaccurate in assessing long-term aspartame intake. This new study solves both of those issues. The fact that it also shows a positive link to cancer should come as no surprise, because a previous best-in-class research study done on animals (900 rats over their entire natural lifetimes) showed strikingly similar results back in 2006: aspartame significantly increased the risk for lymphomas and leukemia in both males and females. More worrying is the follow on mega-study, which started aspartame exposure of the rats at the fetal stage. Increased lymphoma and leukemia risks were confirmed, and this time the female rats also showed significantly increased breast (mammary) cancer rates. This raises a critical question: will future; high-quality studies uncover links to the other cancers in which aspartame has been implicated (brain, breast, prostate, etc.)?

There is now more reason than ever to completely avoid aspartame in our daily diet. The devastation it inflicts on our immune systems should make it a no-brainer! For those who are tempted to go back to sugary sodas as a "healthy" alternative, this study had a surprise finding: men consuming one or more sugar-sweetened sodas daily saw a 66 percent increase in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (even worse than for diet soda).

 The take away from this study....Sodas Kill People!

Sources for this article include:
http://www.naturalnews.com/037772_aspartame_leukemia_lymphoma.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23097267
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16507461
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17805418

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Treatment of feline sporotrichosis

Chaves AR, de Campos MP, Barros MB, et al. Treatment abandonment in feline sporotrichosis - study of 147 cases. Zoonoses Public Health. Aug 17, 2012.

Sporotrichosis is a environmental or zoonotic disease caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii and is commonly found in soil, wood, and decaying vegetation. The fungus is a dimorphic forming yeast in tissues or culture at 37^oC, but growing as a filamentous mould in the environment at room temperature. Most cases of sporotrichosis are acquired from the environment as a result of contact between broken skin and fungal spores and are most common in persons that work with vegetation such as forestry workers, horticulturists, gardeners and florists. As a consequence, the disease is commonly referred to as “Rose Gardener’s Disease”. Cats can similarly acquire infection from the environment via wound contamination or penetrating foreign bodies. 

The most common form of the disease in cats and humans is a lymphocutaneous form that first appears at the site of inoculation leading to formation of papules. The papules develop into pustules that slowly expand along the draining lymph system, forming swollen cutaneous nodules that may become necrotic, ulcerate, and produce a gray or yellowish pustular exudate. Subclinical infections are possible. Disseminated and pulmonary sporotrichosis are serious, life-threatening diseases, but are much less common.

Sporotrichosis is also an important zoonotic disease and transmission from infected cats to humans is possible due to the high number of infectious organisms found in open draining wounds. Cats can also harbor the fungus in the mouth, nasal cavity, and nail beds facilitating transmission via bites or scratches.

This study describes the epidemiological, clinical, and mycological aspects of feline sporotrichosis in 147 infected cats identified between 1998 and 2005 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A large number of cases of infection in cats, dogs and humans have occurred in this area, representing the first zoonotic epidemic of this mycosis. Treatment of infected cats typically is carried out by oral administration of anti-fungal agents such as itraconazole or ketoconazole. Factors in treatment abandonment included low income of owners, the difficulty in transporting the cats to clinics for follow-up, and the difficulty in administrating oral medications to cats. The most common reason for treatment abandonment was the misperception by owners of lesion healing, often leading to recurrence of the disease. Treatment abandonment may represent an obstacle in control of this disease and possibly contributes to the Rio de Janeiro epidemic. Efforts on adherence to the protocol in the beginning of treatment, but especially after the skin lesions have improved, seems to be an important measure for better compliance and increased cure rates. [GO]

See also: Reis ÉG, Gremião IDF, Kitada AAB, et al. Potassium iodide capsule treatment of feline sporotrichosis. J Feline Med Surg. 2012; 14: 399-404.

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Chaves AR, de Campos MP, Barros MB, et al. Treatment abandonment in feline sporotrichosis - study of 147 cases. Zoonoses Public Health. Aug 17, 2012.

Sporotrichosis is a environmental or zoonotic disease caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii and is commonly found in soil, wood, and decaying vegetation. The fungus is a dimorphic forming yeast in tissues or culture at 37^oC, but growing as a filamentous mould in the environment at room temperature. Most cases of sporotrichosis are acquired from the environment as a result of contact between broken skin and fungal spores and are most common in persons that work with vegetation such as forestry workers, horticulturists, gardeners and florists. As a consequence, the disease is commonly referred to as “Rose Gardener’s Disease”. Cats can similarly acquire infection from the environment via wound contamination or penetrating foreign bodies. 

The most common form of the disease in cats and humans is a lymphocutaneous form that first appears at the site of inoculation leading to formation of papules. The papules develop into pustules that slowly expand along the draining lymph system, forming swollen cutaneous nodules that may become necrotic, ulcerate, and produce a gray or yellowish pustular exudate. Subclinical infections are possible. Disseminated and pulmonary sporotrichosis are serious, life-threatening diseases, but are much less common.

Sporotrichosis is also an important zoonotic disease and transmission from infected cats to humans is possible due to the high number of infectious organisms found in open draining wounds. Cats can also harbor the fungus in the mouth, nasal cavity, and nail beds facilitating transmission via bites or scratches.

This study describes the epidemiological, clinical, and mycological aspects of feline sporotrichosis in 147 infected cats identified between 1998 and 2005 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A large number of cases of infection in cats, dogs and humans have occurred in this area, representing the first zoonotic epidemic of this mycosis. Treatment of infected cats typically is carried out by oral administration of anti-fungal agents such as itraconazole or ketoconazole. Factors in treatment abandonment included low income of owners, the difficulty in transporting the cats to clinics for follow-up, and the difficulty in administrating oral medications to cats. The most common reason for treatment abandonment was the misperception by owners of lesion healing, often leading to recurrence of the disease. Treatment abandonment may represent an obstacle in control of this disease and possibly contributes to the Rio de Janeiro epidemic. Efforts on adherence to the protocol in the beginning of treatment, but especially after the skin lesions have improved, seems to be an important measure for better compliance and increased cure rates. [GO]

See also: Reis ÉG, Gremião IDF, Kitada AAB, et al. Potassium iodide capsule treatment of feline sporotrichosis. J Feline Med Surg. 2012; 14: 399-404.

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Women who smoke triple their risk of dying early, but quitting early enough might just wipe out that risk

A new study of more than a million women found that smokers have more than triple the risk of early death than nonsmokers, and that quitting can virtually eliminate the increased risk. Smoking is still the most preventable cause of death in the United States and the United Kingdom.

The University of Oxford study, published this week in the British medical journal The Lancet, included 1.3 million women between the ages of 50 and 65, making it one of the largest ever conducted on smoking. At the start of the study, in 1996, 20 percent of the women were smokers, 28 percent were former smokers and 52 percent had never smoked. "Each of the women was registered in the U.K.’s national health system, so their deaths and cause of death were recorded," explains Alexandra Sifferlin of Time magazine. "By 2011, 66,000 had passed away." Researchers found that even smokers who smoked as few as nine cigarettes a day had twice the mortality rate of nonsmokers.

"More encouraging, however," writes Sifferlin, "was the positive effect that quitting seemed to have on the women’s life span. Those who quit smoking before they reached 40 avoided more than 90 percent of the increased risk of premature death from cigarettes, while women who stopped even earlier -- before age 30 -- avoided 97 percent of the added risk." (Read more)

A new study of more than a million women found that smokers have more than triple the risk of early death than nonsmokers, and that quitting can virtually eliminate the increased risk. Smoking is still the most preventable cause of death in the United States and the United Kingdom.

The University of Oxford study, published this week in the British medical journal The Lancet, included 1.3 million women between the ages of 50 and 65, making it one of the largest ever conducted on smoking. At the start of the study, in 1996, 20 percent of the women were smokers, 28 percent were former smokers and 52 percent had never smoked. "Each of the women was registered in the U.K.’s national health system, so their deaths and cause of death were recorded," explains Alexandra Sifferlin of Time magazine. "By 2011, 66,000 had passed away." Researchers found that even smokers who smoked as few as nine cigarettes a day had twice the mortality rate of nonsmokers.

"More encouraging, however," writes Sifferlin, "was the positive effect that quitting seemed to have on the women’s life span. Those who quit smoking before they reached 40 avoided more than 90 percent of the increased risk of premature death from cigarettes, while women who stopped even earlier -- before age 30 -- avoided 97 percent of the added risk." (Read more)

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The truth. Natural News. Untainted News. Get the scoop.

 

FROM FLOODS TO LABELING GMO'S, THE HEALTH WAR IS ON!

 

Remember Hurricane Katrina, and how it took George W. Idiot weeks to send help?! Of course, that’s not what’s happening in New York tonight and tomorrow, or is it? Of course the NYPD blue are ready. But how many NYPD blue are there, in ratio to the number of looters that are on jet ski’s, and in boats, and swimming around in the night in wetsuits, stealing?

Who dares report that there aren’t enough National Guard ready?

Who dares to tell the truth about racial inequality and “too little too late” mentality?

Who exposes the fact that the government spends too little on the people and too much on the big wastes, like war and the pentagon?

Who writes about how the welfare of the innocents is at stake, day in day out, even in the face of tragedy, like hurricane Sandy?

Natural News.
The Health Ranger Mike Adams.
Alex Jones
Natural News Reporters
Natural News Journalists
Natural News podcasts
Natural News breaking video clips!

 

FROM FLOODS TO LABELING GMO'S, THE HEALTH WAR IS ON!

 

Don't get too distracted by the Media though;

Remember the WAR going on in California to label GMO's! This could be the precedent we need to Label GMO's all accross America!!

Label GMO's all accross America!!
Label GMO's all accross America!!
Label GMO's all accross America!!
Label GMO's all accross America!!
Label GMO's all accross America!!

More than 700 chefs and professional foodies, "from prominent names like David Bouley to up-and-comers like the chef Bryant Terry of Oakland," have lent their voice to supporters of the measure, saying - as all of us who support the effort have said - it is time the public learned all there is to know regarding GM foods.

To the chefs and foodies, it's not just the right thing to do, it's about protecting the integrity of the foods they prepare and we eat.


Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/037755_chefs_GMO_labeling_Proposition_37.html#ixzz2AoJaU5OG

Who donated $10,000 to help prop 37 in California label GMO food?
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, Editor of Natural News!

Who cares about your safety, your well being, your health, and who writes thousands of words every day to help communicate the truth?

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, Editor of Natural News!

The truth. Natural News. Untainted News. Get the scoop.

http://naturalnewsblog.blogspot.com/#!/2012/10/monsanto-writes-its-own-fda-quote-to.html

http://naturalnewsconnection.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-do-you-prevent-900-nutritional.html

http://healthrangerupdate.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/tsa-scanners-cause-cancer-add-it-up-with-x-rays-microwave-ovens-dental-exams-breast-cancer-screenings-and-yes-watch-out/



 

 

FROM FLOODS TO LABELING GMO'S, THE HEALTH WAR IS ON!

 

Remember Hurricane Katrina, and how it took George W. Idiot weeks to send help?! Of course, that’s not what’s happening in New York tonight and tomorrow, or is it? Of course the NYPD blue are ready. But how many NYPD blue are there, in ratio to the number of looters that are on jet ski’s, and in boats, and swimming around in the night in wetsuits, stealing?

Who dares report that there aren’t enough National Guard ready?

Who dares to tell the truth about racial inequality and “too little too late” mentality?

Who exposes the fact that the government spends too little on the people and too much on the big wastes, like war and the pentagon?

Who writes about how the welfare of the innocents is at stake, day in day out, even in the face of tragedy, like hurricane Sandy?

Natural News.
The Health Ranger Mike Adams.
Alex Jones
Natural News Reporters
Natural News Journalists
Natural News podcasts
Natural News breaking video clips!

 

FROM FLOODS TO LABELING GMO'S, THE HEALTH WAR IS ON!

 

Don't get too distracted by the Media though;

Remember the WAR going on in California to label GMO's! This could be the precedent we need to Label GMO's all accross America!!

Label GMO's all accross America!!
Label GMO's all accross America!!
Label GMO's all accross America!!
Label GMO's all accross America!!
Label GMO's all accross America!!

More than 700 chefs and professional foodies, "from prominent names like David Bouley to up-and-comers like the chef Bryant Terry of Oakland," have lent their voice to supporters of the measure, saying - as all of us who support the effort have said - it is time the public learned all there is to know regarding GM foods.

To the chefs and foodies, it's not just the right thing to do, it's about protecting the integrity of the foods they prepare and we eat.


Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/037755_chefs_GMO_labeling_Proposition_37.html#ixzz2AoJaU5OG

Who donated $10,000 to help prop 37 in California label GMO food?
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, Editor of Natural News!

Who cares about your safety, your well being, your health, and who writes thousands of words every day to help communicate the truth?

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, Editor of Natural News!

The truth. Natural News. Untainted News. Get the scoop.

http://naturalnewsblog.blogspot.com/#!/2012/10/monsanto-writes-its-own-fda-quote-to.html

http://naturalnewsconnection.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-do-you-prevent-900-nutritional.html

http://healthrangerupdate.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/tsa-scanners-cause-cancer-add-it-up-with-x-rays-microwave-ovens-dental-exams-breast-cancer-screenings-and-yes-watch-out/



 

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Here are the seven factors driving health care cost increases

Escalating health care costs are everybody's problem and no one entity's fault. Julie Appleby at Kaiser Health News reports that the United States spends about18 percent of its gross domestic product -- or about $2.6 trillion a year -- on health care costs. So what's making that figure rise? A Bipartisan Policy Center study took on the task of finding out and came up with it believes are seven major factors:

1. Paying our doctors, hospitals and other medical providers in ways that reward doing more, rather than being efficient. Even insurers like Medicare pay on a fee-for-service system. New efforts in the federal health law look to change that.
2. Growing older, sicker and fatter as a nation.Medicare is set to grow by an average of 1.6 million people annually. With two-thirds of adults are either overweight or obese, lots of additional medical spending looms.
3. Wanting the latest drugs, technologies, services and procedures. Prices for newer treatments are often higher than for the products they replace.
4. Employers and employees get tax breaks on health insurance, and it costs employees little to seek care. Appleby writes, "The majority of people with insurance get it through their jobs. The amount employers pay toward coverage is tax deductible for the firm and tax exempt to the worker, thus encouraging more expensive health plans with richer benefits, the report says. How that coverage is designed also plays a role: Low deductibles or small office co-payments can encourage overuse of care, the report says. Increasingly, however, employers are moving toward high-deductible coverage as a way to slow premium growth and require workers to pay more toward the cost of care."
5. Not having enough information to make decisions on which medical care is best for us.
6. Hospitals increasingly gain market share through consolidation and demand higher prices.
7. Legal issues complicate efforts to slow spending. Doctors sometimes prescribe tests or treatment out of fear of facing a lawsuit, the report says. Fraudulent billing is another concern. The report notes that laws sometimes limit the ability of medical professionals to do work for which they are trained but that more highly paid doctors must do. (Read more)

To read the entire Bipartisan Policy Center report here.

Escalating health care costs are everybody's problem and no one entity's fault. Julie Appleby at Kaiser Health News reports that the United States spends about18 percent of its gross domestic product -- or about $2.6 trillion a year -- on health care costs. So what's making that figure rise? A Bipartisan Policy Center study took on the task of finding out and came up with it believes are seven major factors:

1. Paying our doctors, hospitals and other medical providers in ways that reward doing more, rather than being efficient. Even insurers like Medicare pay on a fee-for-service system. New efforts in the federal health law look to change that.
2. Growing older, sicker and fatter as a nation.Medicare is set to grow by an average of 1.6 million people annually. With two-thirds of adults are either overweight or obese, lots of additional medical spending looms.
3. Wanting the latest drugs, technologies, services and procedures. Prices for newer treatments are often higher than for the products they replace.
4. Employers and employees get tax breaks on health insurance, and it costs employees little to seek care. Appleby writes, "The majority of people with insurance get it through their jobs. The amount employers pay toward coverage is tax deductible for the firm and tax exempt to the worker, thus encouraging more expensive health plans with richer benefits, the report says. How that coverage is designed also plays a role: Low deductibles or small office co-payments can encourage overuse of care, the report says. Increasingly, however, employers are moving toward high-deductible coverage as a way to slow premium growth and require workers to pay more toward the cost of care."
5. Not having enough information to make decisions on which medical care is best for us.
6. Hospitals increasingly gain market share through consolidation and demand higher prices.
7. Legal issues complicate efforts to slow spending. Doctors sometimes prescribe tests or treatment out of fear of facing a lawsuit, the report says. Fraudulent billing is another concern. The report notes that laws sometimes limit the ability of medical professionals to do work for which they are trained but that more highly paid doctors must do. (Read more)

To read the entire Bipartisan Policy Center report here.

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Kentucky to get $811,000 from drug company as settlement of federal suit alleging unfounded promotion of three medications

Attorney General Jack Conway has confirmed that the state will receive almost $811,000 for its share of recoveries in a settlement reached in a lawsuit filed by the federal government against Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. In all, the drug company has agreed to pay $95 million to settle allegations that it promoted three drugs for uses in Kentucky and other states that were not medically accepted.  The Associated Press reports that the stroke-prevention drug Aggrenox, the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease drug Combivent, and the high-blood-pressure drug Micardis are the drugs named in the suit. The Justice Department said the company also promoted the use of the heart drug Atrovent at doses exceeding those covered by federal health programs. (Read more)

Attorney General Jack Conway has confirmed that the state will receive almost $811,000 for its share of recoveries in a settlement reached in a lawsuit filed by the federal government against Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. In all, the drug company has agreed to pay $95 million to settle allegations that it promoted three drugs for uses in Kentucky and other states that were not medically accepted.  The Associated Press reports that the stroke-prevention drug Aggrenox, the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease drug Combivent, and the high-blood-pressure drug Micardis are the drugs named in the suit. The Justice Department said the company also promoted the use of the heart drug Atrovent at doses exceeding those covered by federal health programs. (Read more)

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Anthem funds program to fight childhood obesity in Louisville area

A $35,000 Anthem Foundation grant to the American Academy of Pediatrics will allow a program that fights childhood obesity in Louisville and northern Kentucky counties to continue, reports Darla Carter of the The Courier-Journal. The grant provides free YMCA memberships and fitness and nutritional guidance to families of 9- to 17-year-olds with weight issues who have been referred by member physicians. The foundation is a philanthropic arm of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky. 

A $35,000 Anthem Foundation grant to the American Academy of Pediatrics will allow a program that fights childhood obesity in Louisville and northern Kentucky counties to continue, reports Darla Carter of the The Courier-Journal. The grant provides free YMCA memberships and fitness and nutritional guidance to families of 9- to 17-year-olds with weight issues who have been referred by member physicians. The foundation is a philanthropic arm of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky. 

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Democratic ads accuse Republicans of supporting pill mills by voting against bill that all agree needs work

A bipartisan group of Kentucky lawmakers are looking ahead to fixing the much complained about "unintended consequences" of last spring's hastily passed bill aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse. Still, the House Democratic Caucus Committee has paid for political ads criticizing at least three Republican House members for not supporting the measure though they may have raised concerns about the very issues that now need legislative surgery.

Ryan Alessi of cn|2's "Pure Politics" reports that Rep. Mike Harmon of Boyle County and Rep. David Floyd of Bardstown are being targeted for not supporting the expansion of the use of the prescription monitoring system, KASPER, and requiring pain clinics to be run by physicians. Rep. Kim King of Harrodsburg has also been targeted; there may be othesr. Here is the ad:

Republican Floor Jeff Hoover of Jamestown, a supporter of HB 1, told Alessi that that need for changes in the bill now "vindicates lawmakers like Floyd and Harmon, who raised questions about whether the law would be overly restrictive for law abiding Kentuckians." (Read more, see more videos)

A bipartisan group of Kentucky lawmakers are looking ahead to fixing the much complained about "unintended consequences" of last spring's hastily passed bill aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse. Still, the House Democratic Caucus Committee has paid for political ads criticizing at least three Republican House members for not supporting the measure though they may have raised concerns about the very issues that now need legislative surgery.

Ryan Alessi of cn|2's "Pure Politics" reports that Rep. Mike Harmon of Boyle County and Rep. David Floyd of Bardstown are being targeted for not supporting the expansion of the use of the prescription monitoring system, KASPER, and requiring pain clinics to be run by physicians. Rep. Kim King of Harrodsburg has also been targeted; there may be othesr. Here is the ad:

Republican Floor Jeff Hoover of Jamestown, a supporter of HB 1, told Alessi that that need for changes in the bill now "vindicates lawmakers like Floyd and Harmon, who raised questions about whether the law would be overly restrictive for law abiding Kentuckians." (Read more, see more videos)

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Canada declares BPA safe; Canadian government now breeding sickness for money, just like USA’s!

 

First they said it was toxic, now all of the sudden its safe! Never heard of flip-flopping on toxins, I thought that was just a political campaign strategy. Now, Health Canada's Food Directorate claims that exposure to BPA in food packaging "is not expected to pose a health risk to the general population, including newborns and young children."

This BPA, or bisphenol A, leaches out of containers into food and drinks and causes breast cancer, prostate cancer, birth defects in newborns, and much more! This is bad news, and is just as bad as FLUORIDATING WATER, which is now a double whammy for humans and animals, we have a drug in the municipal water and drugs in the bottled water. Great!

Corporate backed bureaucrats are back peddling for millions. The chemical industry is winning in Canada, just like it has been in the United Statessince after WWII, when Monsanto, Dow, Dupont, Bayer, BASF, and Big Pharma in general starting their wars on good health, and now GMO, vaccines and water are polluted to the max with chemicals that drive cancer cases.

 

 

You know there’s a government scam to make you sick when they take a “good for you” item and ACTUALLY ADD IN TOXINS. Many people buy bottled spring water because they already know the tap water has fluoride in it, and bleach, and pollution. People do not want to get cancer, so they try to eat and drink healthy. But the U.S. Government makes money off cancer and sickness, so they go out and turn a healthy item into a cancer causing item, or they simply don’t regulate companies that do it. It’s that simple. There’s no conspiracy or conspiracy theory here, just plain and simple politics.

 

See, politicians invest in Coke, in McDonald’s, in Vaccine Manufacturers, in Drug Makers, because they know how to double and triple their investments. Big Pharma is like advertising in America, it keeps the 1% from ever becoming part of the 99%, and you can bet they know where the toxins are, and they don’t feed them to their own families. They know about toxic water. They know about BPA. They know about Fluoride. They know about GMO.

 

Here it is; full coverage from Natural News:

 

"Keeping up with the latest science regarding chemical safety is apparently of little or no concern to the Canadian government, which recently declared the highly-toxic plastics chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) to be safe just two years after declaring it to be a toxin. In a report issued by Health Canada's Food Directorate, the agency has iterated its unfounded position that exposure to BPA in food packaging "is not expected to pose a health risk to the general population, including newborns and young children."

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/037740_BPA_Health_Canada_toxic_chemicals.html#ixzz2Ahsi0oPB

 

 

First they said it was toxic, now all of the sudden its safe! Never heard of flip-flopping on toxins, I thought that was just a political campaign strategy. Now, Health Canada's Food Directorate claims that exposure to BPA in food packaging "is not expected to pose a health risk to the general population, including newborns and young children."

This BPA, or bisphenol A, leaches out of containers into food and drinks and causes breast cancer, prostate cancer, birth defects in newborns, and much more! This is bad news, and is just as bad as FLUORIDATING WATER, which is now a double whammy for humans and animals, we have a drug in the municipal water and drugs in the bottled water. Great!

Corporate backed bureaucrats are back peddling for millions. The chemical industry is winning in Canada, just like it has been in the United Statessince after WWII, when Monsanto, Dow, Dupont, Bayer, BASF, and Big Pharma in general starting their wars on good health, and now GMO, vaccines and water are polluted to the max with chemicals that drive cancer cases.

 

 

You know there’s a government scam to make you sick when they take a “good for you” item and ACTUALLY ADD IN TOXINS. Many people buy bottled spring water because they already know the tap water has fluoride in it, and bleach, and pollution. People do not want to get cancer, so they try to eat and drink healthy. But the U.S. Government makes money off cancer and sickness, so they go out and turn a healthy item into a cancer causing item, or they simply don’t regulate companies that do it. It’s that simple. There’s no conspiracy or conspiracy theory here, just plain and simple politics.

 

See, politicians invest in Coke, in McDonald’s, in Vaccine Manufacturers, in Drug Makers, because they know how to double and triple their investments. Big Pharma is like advertising in America, it keeps the 1% from ever becoming part of the 99%, and you can bet they know where the toxins are, and they don’t feed them to their own families. They know about toxic water. They know about BPA. They know about Fluoride. They know about GMO.

 

Here it is; full coverage from Natural News:

 

"Keeping up with the latest science regarding chemical safety is apparently of little or no concern to the Canadian government, which recently declared the highly-toxic plastics chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) to be safe just two years after declaring it to be a toxin. In a report issued by Health Canada's Food Directorate, the agency has iterated its unfounded position that exposure to BPA in food packaging "is not expected to pose a health risk to the general population, including newborns and young children."

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/037740_BPA_Health_Canada_toxic_chemicals.html#ixzz2Ahsi0oPB

 

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Public perception of feral cats

Loyd KAT and Hernandez SM. Public perceptions of domestic cats and preferences for feral cat management in the southeastern United States. Anthrozoos. 2012; 25: 337-51.

Millions of feral cats exist in the United States and their management is the subject of debate. Strategies range from euthanasia of these cats to trap-neuter-release programs which have been implemented in many urban areas of the country. Awareness and understanding of public attitudes and preferences for control of these feral cat populations will aid in development of management strategies. These investigators used an anonymous internet survey of randomly selected residents of Georgia.

From the article: “Results indicate that more residents have positive experiences with feral cats than negative, cat owners have greater knowledge of cats than non-cat owners, and animal welfare or conservation organization membership has a significant effect on attitudes towards cats. A majority of survey respondents agreed that more effective feral cat management is needed yet did not approve of trap-neuter-release (TNR) legislation recently passed in Athens-Clarke County. ….residents’ attitudes were found to be more important than experiences or knowledge in supporting cat management legislation. Cat sanctuaries were found to be the most acceptable option to reduce feral cat populations (56%), followed by TNR (49%) and capturing and euthanizing cats (44%).” [MK]

See also: Peterson MN, Hartis B, Rodriguez S, Green M and Lepczyk CA. Opinions from the front lines of cat colony management conflict. PLoS ONE. 2012; 7: e44616. [free, full text article] 

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Loyd KAT and Hernandez SM. Public perceptions of domestic cats and preferences for feral cat management in the southeastern United States. Anthrozoos. 2012; 25: 337-51.

Millions of feral cats exist in the United States and their management is the subject of debate. Strategies range from euthanasia of these cats to trap-neuter-release programs which have been implemented in many urban areas of the country. Awareness and understanding of public attitudes and preferences for control of these feral cat populations will aid in development of management strategies. These investigators used an anonymous internet survey of randomly selected residents of Georgia.

From the article: “Results indicate that more residents have positive experiences with feral cats than negative, cat owners have greater knowledge of cats than non-cat owners, and animal welfare or conservation organization membership has a significant effect on attitudes towards cats. A majority of survey respondents agreed that more effective feral cat management is needed yet did not approve of trap-neuter-release (TNR) legislation recently passed in Athens-Clarke County. ….residents’ attitudes were found to be more important than experiences or knowledge in supporting cat management legislation. Cat sanctuaries were found to be the most acceptable option to reduce feral cat populations (56%), followed by TNR (49%) and capturing and euthanizing cats (44%).” [MK]

See also: Peterson MN, Hartis B, Rodriguez S, Green M and Lepczyk CA. Opinions from the front lines of cat colony management conflict. PLoS ONE. 2012; 7: e44616. [free, full text article] 

For more information: other blog articles on feral cats

More on cat health:
Winn Feline Foundation Library
Find us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
Join us on Google+

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