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05/04/10 -
Type 2 Diabetes and TCF7L2 - Author: Ali Torkamani, PhD, Assistant Faculty, Research, Scripps Genomic Medicine and Assistant Professor of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute
TCF7L2 variants have been associated with type 2 diabetes in multiple ethnic groups.1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Specific associated variants increase risk of type 2 diabetes 1.5-fold in heterozygotes and 2.41-fold in homozygotes, corresponding to a population attributable risk of 21%. This makes TCF7L2 variants the strongest known genetic risk factor for type 2 diabetes.8
TCF7L2 is a transcription factor and key component of the Wnt signaling pathway, and is involved in the development of a wide variety of cell lineages and organs.9 Potential mechanisms by which TCF7L2 variants influence type 2 diabetes include its role in adipogenesis, myogenesis, and pancreatic islet development, as well transcription of the genes for proglucagon and the glucagon-like-peptides GLP-1 and GLP-2, which play a role in post-prandial insulin secretion.10 Additionally, TCF7L2 polymorphisms have been associated with impaired insulin secretion, glucose production, and glucose tolerance via direct effects on pancreatic islet beta-cells.11,12 Thus, while the specific mechanism driving the development of type 2 diabetes remains unclear, there is sufficient evidence to demonstrate that TCF7L2 variants strongly predict the development of type 2 diabetes and/or the progression to diabetes from impaired glucose tolerance.12,13
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04/23/10 - Heart drugs may be as effective as angioplasty - Hundreds of people with angina may be unnecessarily undergoing angioplasty -- a common procedure to clear clogged coronary arteries that carries a small but real risk of heart attack and stroke -- because drugs alone work just as well, Canadian researchers are reporting.
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04/22/10 - EXA Test : healthcare professionals perform a MAGNESIUM CALCIUM POTASSIUM PHOSPHORUS SODIUM CHLORIDE
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04/20/10 - When doctors are patients (and facing death) - In my office mail this morning I found my medical school classmate, Janet Cathey, looking back at me from the front of the last issue of the Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society. Her photo was linked to an article entitled When Healers Need Healing: Physicians Experiences on the Receiving End of Medicine
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04/17/10 - Euthanasia Thinktank Controls -April 15, 2010 (EIRNS)?The Hastings Center, the leading U.S.-based propaganda agency for euthanasia and medical rationing, released a statement gloating that Hastings in effect controls President Obama's "bioethics" commission.
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04/17/10 - Planned Parenthood For Capitalists - by Michael Barker - (Swans - March 22, 2010) The Planned Parenthood Federation of America serves a critical role in contemporary society, not as a harbinger of charity and health, but instead as an integral humanitarian tool in capitalism's war against life. This blunt description runs counter to this group's liberal self-image as a trusted, informed, and passionate advocate for reproductive health worldwide, and most likely does not reflect the ideological proclivities of a large number of their well-meaning supporters. Nevertheless, last month, Planned Parenthood's national president, Cecile Richards, was rewarded for her outstanding commitment to the ruling class when she accepted a coveted position on the Ford Foundation's board of trustees -- a foundation that is well accepted as being one of the main financial engines for capitalist policy-planning networks. Cecile Richards' recruitment to the board of this philanthropic giant was entirely predictable considering the historical role that liberal foundations have fulfilled in creating and sustaining the population control establishment, an establishment within which Planned Parenthood holds a leading position. Thus, given the strong influence that Planned Parenthood exerts over popular thought on reproduction, this article will provide a brief history of this organization, thereby demonstrating why their activism has always served the interests of a small capitalist elite and not the best interests of the targets of their work -- the rest of the planet.
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04/17/10 - Another Planned Parenthood abortion clinic built next to a black neighborhood - March 23, 5:39 PM Virginia Beach Conservative Examiner Dave Gibson - A new Planned Parenthood clinic is under construction in Virginia Beach, right next to the Lake Edward neighborhood, a predominantly black community. Of course, this is business as usual for the group which many black leaders say is responsible for carrying out a genocide against black babies.
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06/25/09 - Abortion and Contraception Key Tools in Black Genocide: New Film -- By Hilary White -- June 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) ? Planned Parenthood and similar groups have been using abortion and artificial contraception to control and reduce the African-American population of the US in a slow but deliberate and planned ?genocide? that has been ongoing for 150 years, a new documentary claims.
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06/18/09 - Health Buzz: Asbestos Health Emergency and Other Health News -- EPA Declares Public Health Emergency A fter Montana Mine Poisons Locals -- The Environmental Protection Agency declared its first ever public health emergency yesterday in a Montana community where residents were poisoned by asbestos from a nearby mine, the Associated Press reports. At least $125 million over the next five years will go toward cleaning up the town of Libby, where local miners wearing contaminated clothes and shoes unknowingly tracked asbestos from the mine into their homes. Another $6 million of federal grant money will go toward medical care for an estimated 500 people with asbestos-related illnesses. Those include residents of another town, Troy, Mont., who've also developed illnesses like lung cancer and asbestosis, the Washington Post reports. More than 200 people have died from asbestos poisoning linked to the mine, which is now closed, according to AP.
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06/18/09 - Regulating Abortion May Be OK But Not To Avoid Sex-Selection -- Sex-selective abortion raises a multitude of overlapping ethical concerns regarding eugenics, population control, and provider privilege or knowledge. It was also, until recently, an issue we linked mostly to China, Korea, and India. Not anymore. Recent news coverage indicates that the son-preference that has led to sex-selective abortions abroad is alive and well in some ethnic communities within the United States.
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06/17/09 - Synthes, Medical Device Maker, Accused of Improper Marketing -- By BARRY MEIER -- A medical device maker, Synthes Inc., and four of its executives were indicted Tuesday on federal charges that they improperly promoted a bone filler for purposes not approved by the Food and Drug Administration, including encouraging its use in what prosecutors called ?unauthorized? human trials. The indictment, sought by the United States attorney in Philadelphia, is one of the strongest actions taken in recent years against a maker of drugs or medical devices. Federal prosecutors typically file civil lawsuits seeking fines for such infractions, rarely bringing criminal charges against corporate executives.
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06/17/09 - Researchers Find No Link Between Defective Gene, Mood Disorder -- By Jessica Berman -- US researchers reviewing more than a dozen studies say a defective gene that has been implicated as a cause of major depression does not appear to elevate a person's risk for the mood disorder. The finding is viewed as a setback for researchers trying to identify a genetic basis for depression.
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06/17/09 - Rush to produce a swine flu vaccine -- Large-scale production within weeks, -- MARIA CHENG -- LONDON (AP) - With swine flu now an official pandemic, the race is on among drugmakers to produce a vaccine. GlaxoSmithKline said Thursday after the World Health Organization declared a global flu epidemic that it would be ready within weeks to begin large-scale vaccine production. Sanofi-Aventis also said it had started working on its own version. On Friday, Swiss pharma giant Novartis announced it had created an experimental vaccine that has not been tested in people. Novartis' vaccine was made via a cell-based technology that may prove faster than the traditional way of making vaccines, which relies on chicken eggs.
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06/16/09 - Fluoridation is the Ultimate Deception (Opinion) -- Hesh Goldstein, citizen journalist -- (NaturalNews) The following article is, in essence, my testimony delivered to the Hawaii Senate Health Committee in 2008. It contains facts that anyone can use to oppose water flouridation wherever you live. The good news is that once again we have been successful in keeping fluoride out of our water supply. Here we go again. Let's take our pure and tasty drinking water, put a medication (fluoride) in it, make the people accept it and make believe we have Freedom of Choice in this country.
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06/16/09 - FDA Issues Warning On 3 Zicam Intranasal Products -- Sue Chang -- SAN FRANCISCO -- The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned consumers to stop using and discard three zinc-containing Zicam intranasal products due to concerns that they may cause a loss of sense of smell. The products are Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Gel, Zicam Cold Remedy Swabs and Zicam Cold Remedy Swabs, Kids Size. The FDA received more than 130 reports of incidences where users experienced a loss of sense of smell following the use of these product. "FDA is concerned that the loss of sense of smell may be permanent," said the regulator. Zicam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Matrixx Initiatives . Shares of Matrixx fell 55.5% to $8.66.
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06/16/09 - Rejuvenate me! -- ART OF HEALING By DR AMIR FARID ISAHAK -- This is the continuation of updates on rejuvenation/regenerative therapies, some of which were discussed at a recent medical conference held in Kuala Lumpur. IN the previous article (Rejuvenation therapies, Fit4Life, May 31), I wrote about stem cells and cell therapies. Today I will report on the role of nutrition, hormones and inflammation in reversing degenerative diseases. Several experts advocate using high-dose nutritional supplements as therapy for many diseases, including cancer.
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06/16/09 - Lawyers: Israel uses uranium in Gaza offensive -- GAZA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Lawyers investigating possible war crimes by Israel in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip Thursday said the Jewish state used uranium in recent offensive on the blockaded territory. Findings indicated that Israel heavily used uranium materials in its war in Gaza, Haitham Manna of the International Coalition for Trying Israeli War Criminals told a news conference in Gaza city. At first, a French lab "asked us to obtain license from Ukraine because they believed the samples were obtained from a place hit by Chernobyl accident due to the high amount of Uranium that were found," Manna told Xinhua.
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06/15/09 - Obesity ops 'raise fracture risk' -- People who have obesity operations, such as gastric bypasses or banding, double their risk of suffering fractures, US research suggests. Researchers for the Mayo Clinic in the US reviewed nearly 100 surgical cases spanning 21 years for their study. They found a fifth of patients suffered fractures - twice the rate typical for their age - with most breaks occurring in the bones of the hands and feet.
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06/15/09 - Consumer-led movement to scrap genetically modified food -- In his latest weekly address, President Obama says health care reform must no longer mean ?reform that throws good money after bad habits?. A wide array of interest groups that have lined up against Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) hope President Obama?s commitment to eradicating health care reform bad habits extends to the nation?s de facto investment in genetically modified crops which have been linked to 65 health risks and long-term health care costs.
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06/09/09 - Recession forces hospitals to cut back on superbug safety, survey says -- By JoNel Aleccia -- Even as the threat from drug-resistant germs continues to rise and a novel swine flu virus sweeps the country, U.S. hospitals are cutting back on staff and resources to battle potentially deadly patient infections.
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