Mercola relays strategist John Embry's view that US hyperinflation is certain, plus blogger Gonzalo Lira's scenario drawn from Allende-era Chile: worthless currency, rationing, a black market taking only foreign money. Lira now points to rising oil and grain prices instead.
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Oropharyngeal Cancer Epidemic and Human Papillomavirus
Swedish researchers review evidence that HPV is a common and growing cause of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma alongside smoking and alcohol, note rising incidence and more HPV-positive tumors in several countries, and postulate a sexually transmitted HPV epidemic behind it.
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Incidence of end-stage kidney disease in diabetics - CDC report
CDC analysis of 1996-2007 data found the age-adjusted rate of end-stage renal disease attributed to diabetes among people with diagnosed diabetes fell 35%, from 304.5 to 199.1 per 100,000. It declined in every US region and most states, with no state rising significantly.
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Why a Shingles Epidemic is Bolting Straight at the U.S.
Mercola argues that vaccinating children against chickenpox, licensed in the United States in 1995, may have traded a mild childhood illness for a shingles epidemic among adults, since most children previously gained long-lasting natural immunity by age six.
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Breast density, lobular involution linked to breast cancer risk
Among 2,666 women with benign breast disease followed 13 years at the Mayo Clinic, 6.5 percent developed breast cancer. Breast density and extent of lobular involution acted as independent risk factors, and dense breasts with no involution carried the higher risk.
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True negatives not at high risk for invasive breast cancer
Researchers followed 375 US women who tested negative for the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations their close relatives carry. Over 4.9 years they saw two invasive breast cancers against four expected, and two in situ cases against 0.9 expected. The study is small and a health observer cautions about errors.
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Cholera outbreak in Haiti
Haiti reported 4,722 cholera cases and 303 deaths for October 21-27, most in Artibonite Department, with probable cases elsewhere including Port-au-Prince. The V. cholerae O1 strain resisted several drugs but stayed susceptible to tetracycline and ciprofloxacin.
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How did Halloween begin?
Halloween traces back thousands of years to the Celtic festival of Samhain, when the Celts believed the souls of the year's dead traveled to the otherworld and could mingle with the living. American customs now run to costumes, carved pumpkins and trick-or-treating.
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CDC Reminds Travelers of Cholera in Haiti
CDC updated its travel advice after Haiti's cholera outbreak killed more than 300 people, mostly in the Artibonite Department. It tells travelers to ask a doctor about a standby antibiotic, drink only boiled or bottled water, skip ice and raw vegetables, and eat food hot.
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Hypertension rate in the U.S. remains the same for 8 years
NHANES data show high blood pressure held near 30 percent of U.S. adults from 1999-2000 through 2007-2008, with no significant change by sex, age or racial group, while awareness rose from 69.6 to 80.6 percent and both treatment and control improved.
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World Stroke Day
The 2010 World Stroke Day campaign asks people to commit to six steps: know your risk factors, stay active, eat well to avoid obesity, limit alcohol, avoid cigarette smoke, and learn the warning signs and call 911. Its theme notes 1 in 6 people worldwide will have a stroke.
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Cholera in Haiti: What You Need to Know
The CDC explains that Haiti's outbreak required both a breakdown in water and sanitation and the arrival of the organism. Rehydration comes first and can cut case fatality below 1 percent; antimicrobials are for severe cases only, never mass prophylaxis.
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Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer
The CDC urges women to record breast and ovarian cancer on both sides of the family, noting ages at diagnosis, cancer in both breasts, male breast cancer and Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. Only about 5 to 10 percent of these cancers are hereditary, tied to genes such as BRCA1 and BRCA2.
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Here is why having a baby reduces breast cancer risk
Drawing on material from the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute, the piece argues that an early full-term pregnancy converts cancer-prone type 1 and 2 breast lobules into cancer-resistant type 3 and 4, and that more menstrual cycles mean higher risk.
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Could weight loss help migraine headache?
The FDA approved Botox for chronic migraine, though a phase 3 trial found patients on it went headache-free 9 of 28 days versus 6.7 on placebo. Studies tying obesity to migraine suggest losing weight may also help manage the condition.
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Pink news: Antibiotic use linked to breast cancer
A meta-analysis in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety pooled five case-control studies covering 13,069 cases and 73,920 controls and found women who had ever taken antibiotics were 17.5 percent more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer, with a borderline dose-response effect.
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Hispanics/Latinos at higher HIV risk than Whites - CDC
CDC figures for National Latino AIDS Awareness Day: Hispanics had an estimated HIV incidence of 29.3 per 100,000 in 2006 against 11.5 for whites, and in 2008, 46 percent of HIV-infected Hispanic men who have sex with men did not know it, compared with 26 percent of white MSM.
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CDC's WASH Away Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Activity
CDC sets out how poor water, sanitation and hygiene drive disease: 884 million people lack improved drinking water and 2.6 billion lack improved sanitation. More than 1 billion are infected with soil-transmitted helminths, and better WASH could cut Ascaris illness by 29%.
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