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Target Women: Number Two
Everybody poops. Except for women.
Target Women is a recurring segment on Current TV's weekly television show, infoMania. In each episode of Target Women, Sarah Haskins takes a look at the often-ridiculous way the media reaches out to women.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at current.com/infomania. Everybody poops. Except for women. ... more -
UK families to get cholesterol tests
The UK is expected to endorse the screening of families for an inherited cholesterol disorder which increases the risk of heart disease.
Final guidance due next week is tipped to recommend that children of people with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) should be tested by the age of 10.
FH affects one in 500 people in the UK, or 110,000 people, yet only 20% of cases are currently diagnosed. Siblings and children of people with FH have a 50% risk of inheriting it.
FH causes unusually high cholesterol levels from birth and often goes unnoticed until an individual's 30s or 40s when the first symptom could be a heart attack. However, if identified, FH can be successfully controlled by diet, lifestyle and often using cholesterol-lowering statin drugs.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance is likely to call for the introduction of family screening or cascade testing. The UK is expected to endorse the screening of families for an inherited cholesterol disorder which increases the risk of heart diseas... more -
Its not Cholesterol! Calcium Deposits cause Heart Disease.
At the age of 75, I live with Type 2 diabetes that has been controlled first by diet and exercise, and later by drugs. My cholesterol levels have been monitored for over twenty-five years and certified to be well within safe limits, and I stopped smoking over twenty-five years ago.
I was taken by surprise last autumn, therefore, to find that my cardiac arteries were blocked and that I required emergency by-pass surgery. My arteries were blocked, not by cholesterol, but by concrete-like deposits of calcium phosphate. Prior to the operation, I viewed my angiogram as it was being taken by the surgeon, and was shocked to learn of the nature of the blockage. The surgery was long and complex and my life has been hanging on a knife-edge since. I decided to examine the phenomenon of cardiac calcification to question why it is that calcification has not been widely recognized by the public to be a major cause of death from heart disease, and to find out what if anything could be done about it. At the age of 75, I live with Type 2 diabetes that has been controlled first by diet and exercise, and later by drugs. My cholesterol ... more -
Sugar is the heroin of the masses: Advice on how to kick it
Dr. Neal Barnard MD is to vegetarianism what Al Gore is to environmentalism. His lectures on the benefits of a plant based diet are smart, entertaining, down to earth, and offer hope rather than peddling despondency.
The son of a cattle rancher, Barnard trained is psychiatry, but has spent much of his life focusing on the impact of diet on human health. He had a job at McDonald's while at high school, but, while working as an assistant at a morgue during a year out before medical school, experienced first hand exactly what a modern Western diet does to the insides of those laid out on the morticians slab. He now serves as PETA's medical adviser, and is a committed, and evangelical, vegetarian. But don't let that put you off. Whether you're a carnivore or a herbivore, we can all benefit (and indeed have) from the good doctor's wit and wisdom.
As the president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (an organization which Bernard founded in 1985), he took the government to task for their fudged dietary guidelines.
"Of the 11 members on the committee, six of them had ties to the dairy industry, meat industry or egg industry," says Bernard. After he prevailed in court, the government issued radically revised guidelines in January 2005 (though as we mentioned in our previous story, these guidelines still massively underestimate the servings of fruit and veg needed for a healthy diet).
Barnard believes that much of the illness we experience today is a result of what we eat, and that much of what we eat is addictive, and pushed on us by food corporations whose major concern is the size of their own bottom lines, rather than the size of our bottoms.
In his book, Breaking The Food Seduction, Barnard writes about the opiate effects of foods, and gives advice on how to kick our bad food habits. He reveals that sugar works like heroin, and dairy like morphine, so it's not surprising that the food industry has us right where they want us, craving our next chocolate fix.
For those in need of a dietary intervention, he suggests that you familiarize yourself with the four new food groups (grains, legumes, vegetables and fruit) and give them a three-week trial period (which will give your body, and your taste buds, enough time to adapt). For those ready to cut the beef and go cold turkey, go to the link above for seven basic tips. Dr. Neal Barnard MD is to vegetarianism what Al Gore is to environmentalism. His lectures on the benefits of a plant based diet are s... more -
Eight healthy reasons to drink beer
A decade's worth of health research shows that regular, moderate beer intake--one to two 12 ounce glasses per day for men and one for women--can be good for you, especially if you're facing some of the most common diseases related to aging A decade's worth of health research shows that regular, moderate beer intake--one to two 12 ounce glasses per day for men and one... more
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Mate "tea" lowers cholesterol
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Health/2007/10/25/argentinean_tea_may_reduce_cholesterol_/9822/
and in spanish
http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernotae.asp?id_nota=242500 http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Health/2007/10/25/argentinean_tea_may_reduce_cholesterol_/9822/ and in spanish ... more -
Ailments of the Young and Restless
More and more young adults in their 20s and 30s are taking medication for heart disease and high cholesterol. The increases in the young adult population far out-pace the increases among seniors, who usually struggle with these issues.
Prevention is good, I guess, but how about adjusting your diet and your work out regime to keep these things in check without resorting to drugs?! More and more young adults in their 20s and 30s are taking medication for heart disease and high cholesterol. The increases in the yo... more -
mmm....Eggs!!!!!
I don't think I'll ever be sure how healthy (or unhealthy eggs really are), although this article seems to indicate they're not so bad. Either way, I love me some eggs. Apparently eating them with the bacon I also love is probably not the best idea...read the article to find out why (it has to do with combining the cholesterol of eggs with saturated fat apparently). I don't think I'll ever be sure how healthy (or unhealthy eggs really are), although this article seems to indicate they... more
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