A study in BMC Infectious Diseases found at least 36 mg of cranberry proanthocyanidins reduced E. coli adhesion to urinary tract walls, with 72 mg more effective still. Dr. Mercola argues against getting them from cranberry juice, citing its fructose content.
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Child's wrist size may indicate future heart health
A Circulation study of 477 overweight and obese children found wrist circumference tracked with insulin levels and insulin resistance more closely than body mass index did. MRI in 51 of them suggested the link reflected bone tissue rather than fat.
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Many Cancer Rates Continue to Decline
The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer found death rates from all cancers fell for men and women between 2003 and 2007, with lung cancer death rates dropping in women for the first time. Childhood incidence kept rising slightly while deaths fell.
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Superbugs' gene could pose worldwide problems
A Lancet study found the NDM-1 resistance gene in 2 of 50 New Delhi tap water samples and 51 of 171 street seepage samples, including in bacteria that cause cholera and dysentery. No Cardiff sewage sample carried it.
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Common heart defect causes children's migraines?
Echocardiograms of 109 children aged 6 to 18 with migraines found a patent foramen ovale in 50% of those whose migraines came with aura, nearly double the general population rate, against 25% of those without aura. The Pediatrics study does not establish that the defect causes migraines.
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Depression is NOT a Chemical Imbalance in Your Brain - Here's Proof
Mercola presents a nearly three-hour documentary on the partnership between drug companies and psychiatry that he says built an $80 billion market for psychotropic drugs, and argues today's psychiatric diagnoses and drug treatments rest on weak scientific ground.
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Can breast milk help doctors screen for breast cancer?
Kathleen Arcaro of UMass Amherst and colleagues collected milk from both breasts of about 250 women scheduled for or recovering from a biopsy, isolated DNA from the cells and looked for methylation signals, comparing them with biopsy-assessed risk. She says the approach could personalize screening.
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Mummies show Egyptians had heart disease
CT scans of 52 Egyptian mummies dating from 1981 BC to AD 364 found heart tissue or arteries in 44, and almost half of that tissue showed arterial calcification. The piece also revisits Manchester research reporting a single histological diagnosis of cancer in an Egyptian mummy.
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Autism awareness: Best cities to find services
In an online survey on livability, 74% of respondents said they were unhappy with the autism services and resources available where they live. Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and other large metros were cited most often for good availability.
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Colorectal (Colon) Cancer Incidence Rates
In 2007, doctors diagnosed colorectal cancer in 142,672 Americans. Black men had the highest incidence at 62.0 per 100,000 and black women 47.1. As many as 60 percent of deaths could be prevented if everyone aged 50 or older were screened routinely.
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Disease is not the number one killer of men worldwide
Analyzing 50 years of WHO mortality data from 50 countries, researchers report in the Lancet that injuries such as accidents, violence and suicide have led deaths among men aged 10 to 24 since the late 1970s, while disease still dominates among younger children and young women.
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Are Teens depressed by Facebook?
An American Academy of Pediatrics report says social media shapes children's social and emotional development for better and worse, and offers pediatricians and parents guidance on cyber-bullying, sexting and time management. It raises the possibility of Facebook depression in teens.
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Trends in Tuberculosis --- United States, 2010
The US recorded 11,181 tuberculosis cases in 2010, a rate of 3.6 per 100,000 and the lowest since reporting began in 1953, but it missed its elimination goal. The rate among foreign-born people ran 11 times that of US-born people, with wide racial disparities.
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The Baby Syndrome More Horrific Than Falling Three Stories
Mercola interviews Dr. F. Edward Yazbak about cases in which vitamin deficiencies are mistaken for Shaken Baby Syndrome, and recounts the story of Sarah Garvey, a Massachusetts mother of twins who buried one baby and was then accused of killing him and nearly killing his sister.
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Biomarker found to predict prognosis of Alzheimer's disease
UCLA researchers report that the immune gene MGAT3 may serve as a biomarker for Alzheimer's risk. Comparing immune cells from 20 patients and 20 healthy people, they found MGAT3 levels tracked how well the cells cleared amyloid beta, and curcumin raised clearance in the lab.
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HIV Transmitted from a Living Organ Donor --- New York City, 2009
An MMWR report confirms HIV passed to a kidney recipient from a living donor in New York City in 2009. The CDC advises transplant centers to screen living donors as close to surgery as possible, using both serology and nucleic acid testing.
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Cancer Survivors --- United States, 2007
An NCI and CDC analysis of SEER data estimates US cancer survivors rose from 9.8 million in 2001 to 11.7 million on January 1, 2007. Breast, prostate and colorectal cancers made up 51% of diagnoses, 64.8% of survivors were five or more years past diagnosis, and 59.5% were aged 65 or older.
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Are You at Risk for Deep Vein Thrombosis?
Estimates put US deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism at 300,000 to 600,000 cases a year and 60,000 to 100,000 deaths. Risk factors include surgery, immobility, injury, added estrogen, chronic illness, age, obesity and smoking, and about half of people with DVT have no symptoms at all.
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