Mercola cites EPA findings that indoor air can be up to five times more polluted than outdoor air and links poor indoor air to asthma, headaches, fatigue and depression. He names pressed wood, carpets, paints and flame-retardant furnishings as major sources.
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This Blood Test FAR More Important than Cholesterol in Determining How Old You Look (Opinion)
A study in the journal Age found higher glucose levels went with a higher perceived age, judged from facial photographs. Mercola urges fasting insulin testing alongside cholesterol, and says avoiding sugar, fructose and grains while exercising keeps both glucose and insulin low.
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LDL (Bad) Cholesterol May Not Be So Bad After All - What You Need to Know...
Cardiologist Stephen Sinatra argues high cholesterol does not cause heart disease and that LDL particle size matters more, with small dense particles driving plaque and large buoyant ones posing little risk. He says diet, not drugs, changes particle size, and urges statin users to take CoQ10.
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15 signs of cancer in men
A checklist of symptoms men are told not to ignore, among them a cough lasting three to four weeks, unexplained persistent pain, changes in the testicles, swollen lymph nodes, unexplained fever, and weight loss of more than 10 percent over a short period.
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Patients with myotonic muscular dystrophy at increased risk of cancer
Among 1,658 Swedish and Danish patients with myotonic muscular dystrophy, researchers counted 104 cancers, twice the rate expected in the general population, with significant excesses of endometrial, brain, ovarian and colon cancer and possible excesses of eye, thyroid and pancreatic cancer.
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Obese Fathers More Likely to Have Obese Children
Adelaide researchers report that sperm from overweight male mice appears to carry a molecular signal passing obesity to offspring, more often and more severely in females. They call the transfer biological rather than genetic, and say fitness makes a father less likely to pass it on.
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Patterns of Women’s Heart Disease Different From Men’s
C. Noel Bairey Merz of Cedars-Sinai says heart disease in women affects the small blood vessels rather than the major ones, which is why women are often misdiagnosed. She lists women’s common heart attack symptoms and says small-vessel damage can be measured objectively.
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Blood Disorders and Public Health
Many blood disorders lack any public health framework, the piece argues. Venous thromboembolism has no established surveillance mechanism and may account for more than 100,000 deaths a year while fewer than 40,000 are recorded, and the risks of sickle cell trait remain unsettled.
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Rates of New Lung Cancer Cases
CDC figures for 2007 show 109,643 men and 93,893 women learned they had lung cancer, and 88,329 men and 70,354 women died of it. Incidence ran highest among black men and white women. Smoking is blamed for about 90 percent of male and 80 percent of female cases.
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Diabetes linked to elevated cancer risk
In a Japanese study of nearly 98,000 adults, men with diabetes were 27 percent more likely and women 21 percent more likely to be diagnosed with cancer. Risks ran highest for liver, pancreatic and kidney cancer in men, and ovarian, liver and stomach cancer in women.
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Will You Get These Diseases in 2012? Big Pharma Hopes So.
Drug companies sell diseases to fit the drugs they already have, this commentary argues, and it lists what makes a blockbuster condition: a fuzzy diagnosis, silent symptoms, a catchy acronym and an expensive drug with no generic. Adult ADHD is named as the next candidate.
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Depression in diabetics linked to higher risk for dementia
Among 19,239 diabetes patients aged 30 to 75 followed three to five years, 2.1 percent of those with depression were diagnosed with dementia versus 1.0 percent of those with diabetes alone, double the risk, Wayne Katon's team reports in Archives of General Psychiatry.
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Hypertension Among Children On the Rise and Should Be Monitored
A review of about 1,000 charts from an urban Florida pediatric emergency department in 2007-2008 found more than 500 patients with blood pressure at the 90th percentile or higher, and over 20% at the 95th or higher. Records rarely noted the high readings.
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Global Diabetes Epidemic Rages On
Mercola cites WHO figures of more than 346 million people with diabetes worldwide and deaths expected to double by 2030, and argues that type 2 diabetes is driven by lifestyle and can be reversed by replacing grains and sugars with protein and vegetables plus intense exercise.
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Increased Transmission and Outbreaks of Measles — European Region, 2011
Measles reached 36 of the 53 countries in WHO's European Region in 2011, with 26,074 cases reported by October 26 and about 14,000 in France, mostly among unvaccinated older children and young adults. MMWR blames failure to vaccinate susceptible populations.
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The #1 Cause of Accidental Death in the U.S. - Are You at Risk? (Comment)
Mercola argues that modern medicine treats symptoms and sells disease rather than making people well, noting that seven of every 10 U.S. deaths come from largely preventable chronic illnesses while the country spends more on health care than any other and trails in life expectancy.
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Death in Days: Beware of This Bacteria
Mercola interviews Dr. Meryl Nass on anthrax: spores survive harsh conditions for a century or more, inhaled spores can kill in two to seven days, and antibiotics given before symptoms appear tend to work. He argues the 2001 letters drove a $60 billion biodefense buildup.
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How Do You Know If Your Child Has ADHD?
The NIMH says ADHD usually begins between ages 3 and 6 and can persist into adulthood, in inattentive, hyperactive-impulsive or combined forms. FDA reviewer Mark Ritter ties rising diagnoses partly to greater public awareness, and notes no single test identifies it.
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