tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19644882894919741792024-03-05T16:31:02.792-08:00Your Health PartnerShamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964488289491974179.post-16283392127291223002013-03-04T02:30:00.000-08:002013-03-04T02:30:49.948-08:00Ground-breaking Development: 2-year-old Baby Cured from HIV/AIDS Infection<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">It has now been more than three decades since the world came to know about HIV,
the virus that causes AIDS. About 30 million people have fallen prey to this
killer disease and 7,000 people a day are infected with HIV around the world.</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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recently</span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;">; </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">a potentially ground-breaking case could offer insights on how to
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Two-and-a-half year old</span> baby girl, who was born with HIV, has
been cured after very early treatment with standard drug therapy, researchers
say. The <span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mississippi girl </span>has been off HIV drugs for
about a year with no signs of infection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Although there is an important technical tone: researchers insist on
calling it a “functional cure” rather than a complete cure; but still the<strong> </strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">development is a bright ray of hope that could help improve
treatment of babies infected at birth</span></strong><strong>.</strong></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> During the medical
conference at Atlanta, doctors say that t</span></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">he girl has only trace
amounts of HIV in her bloodstream and has been able to keep the</span> virus<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>that causes<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>AIDS<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in check without the help of
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testing yet to be done to establish that whether the treatment would have the
same effect on other children or this case has some exceptions; but undoubtedly
it could transform the way high-risk babies are treated and possibly lead to a
cure for children with HIV, which causes AIDS.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a proof of concept that HIV can be potentially curable in infants," said
Dr Deborah Persaud, <span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">a virologist at Johns
Hopkins Children's Center</span> in Baltimore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Attempting to replicate the results in other HIV-positive infants is
"our next step," said Dr. Persaud further, who described the
Mississippi patient at the Conference on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Retroviruses<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and Opportunistic Infections. She and
others are to make a formal presentation during the conference's scientific
program later today (Monday).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The only fully cured AIDS patient recognized worldwide is the so-called
“<a href="http://urhealthpartner.blogspot.com/2010/12/berlin-patient-timothy-ray-brown-ray-of.html"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Berlin patient</span></a>,” American
Timothy Brown. He is considered cured of HIV and leukemia five years after
receiving bone marrow transplants from a rare donor naturally resistant to HIV.
The marrow transplant was aimed at treating his leukemia.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0Mississippi, USA32.3546679 -89.39852830000000925.5139804 -99.7256768 39.195355400000004 -79.071379800000017tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964488289491974179.post-15326327525591380712013-02-16T00:49:00.003-08:002013-02-16T00:49:24.521-08:00Health Warning: SARS-like virus re-emerged, already infected 12 worldwide<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #3b3a39; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The number of confirmed cases worldwide reach to 12 with yet another person in UK has been infected by new potentially deadly SARS-like virus. The person is the third victim from the same family, while this is the fourth case as a whole emerged in Britain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3b3a39; font-size: 12pt;">The
number of confirmed cases worldwide reach to 12 with yet another person in UK
has been infected by new potentially deadly SARS-like virus. The person is the
third victim from the same family, while this is the fourth case as a whole emerged
in Britain. </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #3b3a39; font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3b3a39; font-size: 12pt;">In September last year, a
49-year-old Qatari national was treated at a London hospital in September for
the virus.</span> <span style="color: #3b3a39; font-size: 12pt;">Five
people have died of the virus, according to the HPA — three in Saudi Arabia and
two in Jordan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3b3a39; font-size: 12pt;">The
latest person infected with novel coronavirus, also known as </span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;">NCoV</span>,<span style="color: #3b3a39; font-size: 12pt;"> was a relative of two other
cases revealed earlier this week, who were admitted to intensive care units
(ICU’s) at two British hospitals; Britain’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) said
in a statement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3b3a39; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">British
family’s first confirmed victim of the virus had recently travelled to West
Asia and Pakistan; while the other two family members had no recent travel
history.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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HPA said the latest patient was “recovering from a mild respiratory illness and
is currently well’’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The virus belongs to the same family
as SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) - a coronavirus that surfaced in
China in 2002-03 and killed about 800 worldwide, 1 out of 10 infected was died
after contracting with deadly virus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Health Organization) issued an international warning in September 2012 saying a
virus previously unknown in humans had infected a Qatari man in Britain who had
recently been in Saudi Arabia.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0London, UK51.5170986 -0.1460838000000421751.200975099999994 -0.79153080000004217 51.8332221 0.49936319999995782tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964488289491974179.post-51452104251135039172012-10-08T19:07:00.002-07:002012-10-08T19:15:14.089-07:00Thousands could be at risk in meningitis outbreak in U.S. as 8 dead, 105 affected Already: CDC<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; eight people have died, with another fatality reported in Tennessee, since the outbreak of fungal meningitis in nine U.S. states including Tennessee, Florida, North Carolina, Indiana, Michigan, Virginia, Maryland, Minnesota and Ohio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The patients contracted the deadly fungal meningitis after being
injected in their spines with a preservative-free steroid called
methylprednisolone acetate that was contaminated by a fungus. The
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The latest death in the most affected state of Tennessee is the fourth in this state and 35 other cases have also been registered here while the total number of infected patients are more than 105. Alarmingly, the number of people with noncontagious form of fungal meningitis has grown by 64 percent since Friday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">US health officials on Monday said that 13,000 patients in 23 states,
including Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, have been
injected with a potentially tainted steroid treatment, during May 21 and September 24, made by a
Framingham pharmacy and linked to a national outbreak of meningitis, according to figures provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">“We know that 13,000 people received the injection,” said Jamila Jones, a
public affairs specialist for the CDC in Atlanta. “They received it
at facilities across the country. They are at risk.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tennessee has the highest amount of fungal meningitis with 35 cases
and four deaths, followed by: 23 cases and one death in Virginia, 21
cases and two deaths in Michigan, 11 cases in Indiana, five cases and
one death in Maryland, four cases in Florida, three cases in Minnesota,
two cases in North Carolina and one case Ohio. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., said it was
notifying its customers, but clinics, hospitals and healthcare providers
that have any of the product should stop using it immediately, retain
and secure it, and follow instructions contained in the notice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The CDC had not received any reports of infection linked to other
products from New England Compounding Center, but these products have
also been recalled. </span><br />
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fit patients' healthcare needs and might change the dose or change the
formulation of a medication from a solid to a liquid, the CDC said.</span><br />
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Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0Tennessee, USA35.5174913 -86.580447332.2749363 -91.6341583 38.760046300000006 -81.52673630000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964488289491974179.post-66872376571170053422012-09-25T00:04:00.000-07:002012-09-25T00:04:47.945-07:00Peanut Butter and Almond Butter Possible Cause of Salmonella Outbreak in US: FDA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grocery store chain Trader Joe's is recalling jars of a specific variety of its store-brand peanut butter due to a salmonella outbreak in 18 states of the U.S. The outbreak has also prompted the voluntary recall of dozens of peanut butter and almond butter products made by Mexico-based Sunland Inc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While Sunland said in a statement, "There is nothing more important to us than the health and safety of our customers, particularly the many families who enjoy our peanut butter everyday. While FDA (Food and Drug Administration), CDC, and State Health Agencies investigate to confirm the cause of illnesses reported, as a precautionary step, we have decided to voluntarily recall our Almond Butter and Peanut Butter products." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The OraQuick In-Home HIV Test Kit, from OraSure Technologies of Bethlehem (Pennsylvania), is one of the first of its kind ‘over the counter’ HIV test kit which got approval from FDA. The kit is an over the counter version of a test used by trained technicians in clinical settings that the FDA approved in 2004, but the kit is not as dependable as getting tested by a skilled clinical technician. </span></div>
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MIAMI, FL – According to BBC reports; a U.S.
teenager is improving after he was inadvertently hit with a spear gun by a
friend during a Florida fishing trip this month.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yasser Lopez: Miami boy survived miraculously with spear in brain</td></tr>
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The doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami
regarded the recovery of the 16-year-old Yasser Lopez as ‘Miracle’. The
outcomes could have been much worse, doctors said, but still they didn’t know
the extent of the damage to his memory and other parts of the brain.</div>
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According to hospital sources; the 3ft (90cm)
projectile entered into the brain of Lopez over his right eye and went out the
back of his head; but after a 3-hour long surgery he is out of danger and
already started talking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Although he has no memory of the weird accident;
but he was in his senses when he reached at the hospital. After providing him the
anesthesia, part of the stainless steel spike had to be cut off with a
mechanical cutter so that Lopez could fit into the CT scanner, doctors said. </div>
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Lopez was lucky in the sense that spear’s path was
into the right side of the brain, a non-dominant lobe, missing the parts
responsible for speech and other important functions.</div>
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"It's a miracle the spear missed all the
main blood vessels of the brain," neurosurgeon Ross Bullock told
reporters.</div>
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Report Tags: Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Yasser Lopez,
Spear in the brain, Medical, Miracle, Ross Bullock, Lucky Teenager, Teenager
survived with spear in brain, </div>
</div>Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0Miami, FL, USA25.7889689 -80.226439325.6745919 -80.384367799999993 25.9033459 -80.0685108tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964488289491974179.post-55195844257821028892012-05-28T03:12:00.000-07:002012-05-28T03:12:00.837-07:00May 27, Aimee Day: victim of flesh-eating bacteria Aimee Copeland spoke her first word<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">'Today… May
27… is AIMEE DAY!!! Today Aimee has finally spoken her first words. I will
follow with details tonight.' This is the latest blog update by Andy Copeland,
the father of young female suffering from flesh-eating bacteria. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Family delighted as victim of flesh-eating bacteria Aimee Copeland (left most) spoke her first word (Pic Credit: Facebook)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Aimee
Copeland had spoken reportedly her first words since her fingers and foot were
removed by surgeons at Doctors Hospital in quest to save her life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Her first
words have certainly given her family a new hope for her life but one thing is
still certain that Aimee Copeland is likely to remain in hospital for several
months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
24-year-old university student was infected with flesh-eating bacteria as a
result of an accident of homemade zip line over a local river on May 1. Copeland
suffered a deep wound in her left leg after falling from the zip line and the
bacteria took hold in the wound.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">On very
early stages of her treatment; doctors thought she had only a slim chance of
surviving the aggressive infection which vigorously spread into her body
including her abdominal area.</span></div>
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Aimee Copeland has recovered extremely quickly with the support of her
family, her colleagues at university and well-wishers who have made donations
on the website Copeland’s father set up for his brave daughter.</div>
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She was able to ask for ice-cream, and let her family know when she was
bored and wanted a book to read.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Report Tags: Aimee Copeland, Flesh-eating Bacteria,
Flesh-eating infection, Doctors Hospital, Georgia, Augusta, Zip Line Accident,
Andy Copeland, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Copeland</span></b></div>
</div>Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964488289491974179.post-40935844787796041122012-05-14T23:42:00.000-07:002012-05-14T23:42:52.762-07:00Tragedy of Aimee Copeland Haunting Americans: Could flesh-eating bacteria be in other local rivers and waterways?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The horrifying tragedy of Aimee Copeland keeps the nation
praying for the 24-year-old university student fighting to survive after
contracting a flesh-eating bacteria following a fall in local river, Georgia.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tragedy of Aimee Copeland Haunting Americans: Could flesh-eating bacteria be in other local rivers and waterways?</td></tr>
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The Americans are now concerned after the Copeland tragedy and the question continuously
stings their minds …Could that type of bacteria be creeping around in the James
River or other local waterways?</div>
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<a href="http://urhealthpartner.blogspot.com/2012/05/mysterious-flesh-eating-infection-put.html"><b>As reported earlier</b></a>,
Aimee Copeland contracted the unusual infection after an accident that took
place on a homemade zip line during an expedition along the little Tallapoosa River,
near Augusta.</div>
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The bacteria, which according to experts normally found in fresh water,
entered her body through a deep cut in her left leg. Due to suffering from this
rare kind of infection doctors have already removed her left leg and some
infected tissues from her abdominal area; but still the infection is spreading
and more body parts will soon be removed to save her life. </div>
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The question haunting the people …. Could the same type of bacterium be
found in the James River, the Appomattox, or even a local pond or lake?</div>
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Dr. David Trump, a local expert at the state health department, spoke with CBS
6 on this critical issue. </div>
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He said, “I can’t make any guarantees about one place or the other, but
there is more risk if the water is stagnant, whether it be cloudy or a pond…or
if it is really high temperature.”</div>
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Dr. Trump also suggested strongly that if anybody suffers a cut or wound in
the water, no matter where it is, get out and get it treated immediately.</div>
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Last August, a nine-year old Henrico boy died from an amoeba he picked up
while swimming in the James River. His death was one of four deaths by amoeba,
as confirmed by the Center for Disease Control. The others were in Kansas,
Florida and Louisiana. </div>
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<b>Report Tags: Flesh-eating bacteria, Aimee Copeland, Georgia Student, Augusta, Carrollton
River, Fresh Water Bacteria, Bacterial Disease, Mystery Disease, USA</b></div>
</div>Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964488289491974179.post-70417132600863267602012-05-11T23:25:00.001-07:002012-05-11T23:25:40.220-07:00Mysterious flesh-eating infection put university student's life in danger<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There are heartening signs for Aimee Copeland,
student of University of West Georgia, whose freak zip-lining accident led to a
flesh-eating bacteria infection that's kept her on life support for days.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mysterious flesh-eating infection put university student's life in danger</td></tr>
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The 24-year-old Aimee Copeland is at Doctor's Hospital in Augusta where the
flesh-eating bacteria has already cost her one leg. Doctors and her family
members fear to have more loss like her other leg as and both hands.</div>
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The infection began after Copeland went through surgery in which surgeon cut
her leg last week. Copeland got injured when a homemade zip line over a Carrollton
River broke, resulted in a wound in her leg due to fall in the water. She had frequent
visits to a a local hospital due to severe pain.</div>
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She has been in serious condition since Friday, when she was diagnosed with
the rare flesh-eating infection. Surgeons cut her left leg and also removed
infected tissue from her abdomen hoping to stop the bacteria from spreading.</div>
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She is still on life support at an Augusta burn unit.</div>
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Though the story is tragic, Copeland's family seemed hopeful when she showed
signs of movement despite doctors' warnings on Tuesday that her chances of
survival were "slim to none."</div>
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"Aimee has had a spectacular day -- she's breathing more on her own and
her body is responding positively," Copeland's sister Paige wrote
Wednesday on the wall of a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AimeeWePrayThatWeGetToSeeThatSmileAgain" target="_hplink">Facebook page set up for Aimee</a>. "She even got
emotional today, I think she's scared."</div>
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Aimee's father writes that his daughter is alert and trying to communicate. </div>
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"She said, 'I can't talk!" said Andy Copeland. "We told her
it was because of the (breathing) tube, and we explained the need for it. She
also asked, 'what happened?' and 'where am I?' I thought it would be better
when she became alert, but it is actually harder for us." </div>
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A website was set up for those wishing to donate blood or money. Visit <a href="http://aimeecopeland.com/" target="_hplink">AimeeCopeland.com</a> to leave
warm wishes, view pictures or help the family.</div>
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<b>Report Tags: Flesh-eating bacteria, Aimee Copeland, Georgia Student, Augusta, Carrollton River,
Fresh Water Bacteria, Bacterial Disease, Mystery Disease, USA</b></div>
</div>Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0West Virginia, USA38.5976262 -80.454902637.0094657 -82.9817581 40.1857867 -77.9280471tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964488289491974179.post-15588195958268895782012-05-11T02:20:00.000-07:002012-05-11T02:28:40.210-07:00Gilead Sciences' Truvada: Promises to prevent HIV/AIDS infection<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There’s certainly very good news for the humanity as prevention drug has
been emerged for one of the most deadly disease, HIV or AIDS – a monster eating
thousands of lives every year around the globe. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gilead Sciences' Truvada: Promises to prevent HIV/AIDS infection</td></tr>
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According to details; the advisory team of the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) has endorsed on Thursday the first drug, named as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Truvada</i>, shown to prevent HIV infection – the virus responsible of
causing AIDS. Although FDA is not bound to follow the advisory team’s decision,
but in normal circumstances it does. FDA’s final decision is expected in the
mid of next month. </div>
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The FDA advisory team recommended approval of the daily pill Truvada for
healthy people who are at high risk of contracting HIV, including gay and
bisexual men and heterosexual couples with one HIV-positive partner. </div>
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Even though the Truvada got an important endorsement; but the FDA team has
some reservations about the drug, like:</div>
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</span>Whether Truvada might lead to the reduced use of
condoms, the most dependable protection against HIV,</div>
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</span>The effectiveness of Truvada in women, who have
shown much lower rates of protection in studies.</div>
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Truvada first came in spotlight three years ago, back in 2010, when government
researchers proved that the drug could stop people from contracting HIV. </div>
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The researches kept on studying the effect of the drug and after three years
they reached the points where they conclude that daily doses decrease the risk
of infection in healthy gay and bisexual men by 42%, when accompanied by
condoms and counseling. </div>
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Last year another study was conducted which fetched even better results concluding that
Truvada reduced infection by 75% in heterosexual couples in which one partner
was infected with HIV and the other was not.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Report Tags: HIV, AIDS, HIV Infection, Truvada, Gilead Sciences,
FDA, Food and Drug Administration, USA, Health, AIDS Drug, AIDS prevention,</span></b></div>
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SOURCE:</div>
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http://www.latimes.com/health/la-na-fda-<wbr></wbr>hiv-20120511,0,5295464.story</div>
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</div>Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964488289491974179.post-36474252225239389692012-04-21T22:51:00.000-07:002012-04-21T22:51:31.685-07:00Mysterious skin disease killed 19 in Vietnam, seek international help<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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HANOI, Vietnam (Sat, Apr. 21) – The mysterious viral skin infection has killed 19 in Vietnam since it was first reported exactly one year ago in April 2011. More than 170 other people have been registered during last year who are suffering severe medical complications due to this mysterious disease. </div>
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Most of the cases have been reported from the Ba To District, which is one of the poorest in the country. The symptoms include a severe rash and ulcers on the skin, as well as high fever that ultimately leads to liver problems and organ failure. </div>
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The mysterious illness was thought to be died out after killing 11 people last year; but apparently it has come back with even more forcefully and 8 deaths are reported only in the last month; while 68 new cases have come under spotlight. </div>
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Vietnamese health ministry officials have requested formally to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control to investigate the cause of this mysterious infection and to take appropriate step to stop it from spreading to the other parts of the country.
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</div>Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0Hanoi, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam21.0333333 105.8521.0036918 105.81051799999999 21.0629748 105.889482tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964488289491974179.post-20503442234482049852012-04-20T00:45:00.000-07:002012-04-20T00:45:25.269-07:00Sukkur-born miracle boy with six legs named 'Umar Farooq' after successful operation at NICH, Karachi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:RelyOnVML/> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</style> <![endif]--> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">KARACHI, Pakistan (Fri, Apr 20) – Sukkur-born infant with six legs was successfully operated at </span></strong>National Institute of Child Health (NICH) in Karachi, Pakistan yesterday.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sukkur-born miracle boy with six legs named 'Umar Farooq' after successful operation at NICH, Karachi</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The doctors had decided to go for surgery after they established that the baby actually did not have six legs, but had got extra limbs of conjoined twins, and they were successful in removing the extra limbs.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The head of the NICH, <strong>Jamal Raza</strong>, said the abnormal birth was the result of a genetic disease which would affect only one in a million or more babies. “It was strange that apparently an abnormal baby with six legs was as normal as other children,” he said.</div><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">According to <a href="http://urhealthpartner.blogspot.com/2012/04/medical-mystery-or-miracle-exclusive.html">earlier reports</a>, father of the baby, <strong>Imran Sheikh</strong>, is an X-ray technician whose meager salary of 6,000 Pakistani rupees a month was impossible to cater for his son’s treatment at the hospital. He appealed to philanthropists and the government of Pakistan to help his baby boy. Pakistan Baitul Mal – a charity organization in Pakistan – helped the poor family for their child’s treatment. The family also collected some money from their own sources while the major help was tended by the Baitul Mal.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Father of the baby boy said after the surgery, “We are a poor family. I am thankful to the government and doctors for helping us successful operating my baby.”</div><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said they have thought to name their son ‘Umar Farooq’.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The heartening news of this boy’s successful surgery spread like jungle fire in Pakistan. Thankfully, this boy would be able to live a normal life with two legs. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> <b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Report Tags: Imran Sheikh, Six-legged boy, Sukkur-born boy with six legs, Umar Farooq, National Institute of Child Health, Karachi, conjoined twins</span></b></div></div>Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964488289491974179.post-70317681493742570112012-04-18T03:32:00.000-07:002012-04-18T03:32:36.156-07:00Medical Mystery or Miracle -- Exclusive Video: Six-legged baby boy born in Sukkur (Sindh, Pakistan)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">SUKKUR, Pakistan (Wed, Apr 18) – The miraculous baby boy with six legs born to an X-ray technician, resident of Sukkur (Sindh), is being treated at National Institute of the Child Health in Karachi and the doctors are trying their best to save his life while bringing him to normal by operating the extra limbs. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Medical Mystery or Miracle -- Six-legged baby boy born in Sukkur </td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> According to Mr Jamal Raza, the director of the Institute, the unnamed infant has a unusual genetic condition. "It is not one baby actually. They are two, one of them is premature," he said.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The special baby boy was born to the wife of Imran Sheikh almost a week ago in the town of Sukkur, around 450km (280 miles) north of Karachi.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Dr Ishratul Ebad, Governor of Sindh, instructed concerned officials to ensure every possible assistance for the treatment of the baby boy. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">"We are a poor family. I am thankful to the government for helping us treating my baby," Imran Sheikh told the media.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">"The doctors are examining the infant to plan for necessary treatment to save the baby's life and ensure he lives a normal life," said a statement from the provincial health department.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Watch Video of the special baby boy below:</div><br />
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</style> <![endif]--> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The concern about the health of kids due to frequent intake of energy drinks and other beverages is heightening after the death of 14-year-old Maryland girl, who was reported dead after drinking two energy drinks within 24 hours. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">According to details; Anais Fournier died last December due to caffeine toxicity which rose sharply after she consumed two cans of Monster energy drinks, which contained 480mg of caffeine – almost equal to caffeine found in 14 cans of Coca Cola.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Fournier suffered a cardiac arrest the next day and passed away from cardiac arrhythmia due to none other than risen caffeine toxicity; U.S. TODAY reported, the amount of caffeine found in the body of the girl was almost five times the recommended caffeine limit from the American Academy of Pediatrics.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Wendy Crossland, the mother of deceased girl, told media that her daughter had 24-ounce energy drink while she was hanging around with her friends in the mall. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">“She drank another one less than 24 hours later, even though she knew I do not allow them because I know they are bad for you. She went into cardiac arrest three hours later at home,” Crossland said further. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Caffeine poisoning is not rare in the U.S. and cases of caffeine poisoning have increased over the last few years, from 1,128 in 2005 to 13,114 in 2009. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Caffeine is a stimulant, and is found in a multitude of food products, from coffee, to chocolate, to sodas -- and the amounts found in those products usually are not enough to cause any harm to health, Medscape noted. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">But caffeine poisoning is not uncommon in the U.S. TODAY reported that cases of caffeine poisoning have increased over the last few years, from 1,128 in 2005 to 13,114 in 2009. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">A recent study in the journal <em>Pediatrics</em> showed that anywhere from 30 percent to 50 percent of teens and young adults drink energy drinks. Nearly half of the 5,448 reported caffeine overdoses in 2007 were in people younger than 19. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">"The known and unknown pharmacology of agents included in such drinks, combined with reports of toxicity, raises concern for potentially serious adverse effects in association with energy drink use," researchers wrote in that study. "In the short-term, pediatricians need to be aware of the possible effects of energy drinks in vulnerable populations and screen for consumption to educate families." </div></div>Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964488289491974179.post-62006966073820286532012-02-08T02:51:00.000-08:002012-02-08T02:51:41.508-08:00VIDEO: Canadian blogger Furious Pete Showing the reality of 'before and after' shots used by dieting industry<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Worth $60billion-a-year in America, the dieting industry is big business and many advertisements feature ‘before and after’ shots to show you just how effective the product is.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canadian blogger Furious Pete Showing the reality of 'before and after' shots used by dieting industry (Image Credit: Youtube)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>A Canadian blogger and eating champion, known as Furious Pete, has began a barrage at the dieting industry’s use of ‘before and after’ photographs to establish the reality of claims made about supplements and training programs.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Furious Pete has posted a video on YouTube which became an internet sensation as it got more than 3.0 million hits within just 48 hours, since it was uploaded on February 5, 2012.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">He says: 'Take two hours off, you worked hard. Rest up and make sure the vascularity disappears. Grab a bag of chips and down all of them. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">'Grab yourself a two litre bottle of pop and drink it all. Diet pop works even better because it has more carbonation and will make your stomach even bigger.'</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">He then recommends drinking chocolate milk, saying: 'It will bloat the hell out of you.'</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Then, the before shot is complete. Pete stands with his stomach hanging over his pants and the bulging biceps from just hours before have disappeared, proving that we 'shouldn't believe everything we see.'</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Watch video below:<br />
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</div>Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964488289491974179.post-86517580516961822272012-01-12T07:35:00.000-08:002012-01-12T07:35:12.481-08:00'It worked for so many different health problems': Professor Dr Mike Evan MAGIC PILL Goes Viral<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">TORONTO, Canada (Jan. 12) – Professor Dr. Mike Evans answers an old and the most frequently asked question "What is the single best thing we can do for our health" in a completely new way.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Dr. Mike Evans is founder of the Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Toronto, and a staff physician at St. Michael's Hospital.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">An illustrated video with a simple message about health has received more than a million hits on YouTube, much to the delight of the Toronto doctor who created it.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Health conscious people from around the globe are coming to watch this month-old video from Facebook and Twitter.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Dr. Evans says his message — to complete a half-hour of exercise every day — is like a magic pill to cure aches and pains.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Yanshi with his experimental plants of world's most expensive tea</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">According to details; a Chinese citizen An Yanshi believed that panda poo is the key ingredient to produce the world’s most expensive tea, what he called ‘Panda Tea’ whose logo features a smiling panda wearing a bow tie and holding a steaming glass of green tea.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">An Yanshi, 41, has purchased 11 tonnes of Panda dung from a panda breeding centre to fertilize a tea crop in the mountains of Sichuan province in southwestern China, home to the black and white bears.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">An Yanshi - a calligraphy teacher at Sichuan University – has left his job to dedicate himself for this project for which he has planted the tea crop on just over a hectare (2.5 acres) of land. An no only hopes to make money from the tea but he aims to convince the world to protect the environment and replace chemical fertilizers with animal extracts, before it is too late.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The passionate former university professor dressed in a panda suit for his interview with AFP “Panda dung is rich in nutrition… and should be much better than chemical fertilizers,” An told AFP, as he sat at a traditional Chinese tea table drinking tea grown with cow manure.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The tea addict An got the idea to use panda faeces as fertilizer after attending a seminar last year where he came to know that the bears normally absorb less than 30 percent of the bamboo they consume, excreting the remaining 70 percent.</div></div>Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0Shanghai, China31.230393 121.47370430.6364195 120.7792795 31.8243665 122.1681285tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964488289491974179.post-19733545573563638492011-12-23T06:52:00.000-08:002011-12-23T09:59:36.388-08:00Impotency drug Viagra brings new hopes for patients suffering heart ailment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The impotency drug Viagra has new promises in healthcare field as the scientists have discovered its surprisingly positive effects for the patients with diastolic heart failure by causing too-stiff heart chamber walls to become more elastic.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Impotency drug Viagra brings new hopes for patients suffering heart ailment</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">According to a latest study published in the journal Circulation, explains how Viagra might benefit patients suffering with diastolic heart failure.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Patients with such condition have unusually stiff ventricles, the heart's major pumping chambers, which do not fill sufficiently with blood. This leads to blood "backing up" in the lungs and causing breathing difficulties.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scientists discovered that Viagra triggers an enzyme that causes a protein in heart muscle cells to relax. The positive result was observed in dogs with diastolic heart failure within minutes of the drug being administered.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"We have developed a therapy in an animal model that, for the first time, also raises hopes for the successful treatment of patients", said research leader Professor Wolfgang Linke - from the Ruhr Universitat Bochum (RUB) in Germany.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Viagra has same kind of effect on blood vessels, that’s why it was originally developed as a treatment for high blood pressure and heart disease. Viagra’s active component, ‘Sildenafil’, reduces an enzyme involved in the mechanism that normalizes blood flow. However, the enzyme serves somewhat different in different parts of the body.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Contrary to their first belief the British scientists behind Viagra discovered that it didn’t help in a great way to the patients with high blood pressure; but it had an amazing effect on men with erectile dysfunction. The drug effectively restrains the enzyme ‘phosphodiesterase’ (PDE) in the penis, increasing blood flow to the organ.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Professor Linke's team found that it worked on the same enzyme in heart cells. This had the effect of causing a cardiac muscle protein called titin to become more elastic.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"The titin molecules are similar to rubber bands," said the professor. "They contribute decisively to the stiffness of cardiac walls."</span></div></div>Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964488289491974179.post-53718990851003795472011-11-23T07:14:00.000-08:002011-11-23T07:14:54.330-08:00Human PYY and Obesity -- Now Keep on Chewing Gum to Lose Weight Effectively<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Diet and exercise may be the most common prescription for losing weight, but a team of US scientists believes they're close to delivering a gum that can help users fight the battle of the bulge one chew at a time.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now Keep on Chewing Gum to Lose Weight Effectively</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The key to the gum’s formulation is a hormone called human PYY that regulates appetite and energy and is released into the bloodstream when people eat or exercise, say researchers out of Syracuse University in an announcement made November 21.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Studies have shown that obese people have lower concentrations of PYY in their bloodstream compared to their non-obese counterparts. When given PYY intravenously, however, the hormone acted as an appetite suppressant in obese and non-obese volunteers as both groups consumed less calories.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The hard part? Delivering the hormone so that it can travel through the digestive system unharmed and allow it to be absorbed into the bloodstream.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lead researcher Robert Doyle believes the answer lies in vitamin B12. It would be the second time Doyle developed the vitamin to act as a carrier for a hormone. Several years ago, he created an oral delivery system for insulin that was masked under vitamin B12. Early tests accomplished the same task for PYY. Results of the study were published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry earlier this month.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Phase one of this study was to show that we could deliver a clinically relevant amount of PYY into the bloodstream," Doyle said in a statement. "We did that, and we are very excited by the results."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like nicotine-laced gums which are used to help people stop smoking, PYY-laced gums and oral pills would be a natural way to help people lose weight, Doyle said.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">About four hours after chewing the gum, the PYY supplement would begin to kick in and decrease appetites as users approach their next meal.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, a story published last week on WebMD.com also highlighted the benefits of chewing gum sweetened with xylitol, also known as birch sugar.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While some dentists recommend chewing the gum to prevent cavities, scientists have also found that xylitol-sweetened gum could help prevent painful middle ear infections common in children because of its bacteria-fighting properties.</span></div></div>Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964488289491974179.post-41600800021419614132011-11-14T00:56:00.000-08:002011-11-14T01:54:25.182-08:00"World Diabetes Day" (Nov. 14) -- Raise Awareness as Diabetes Kills One Person Every Eight Seconds<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>"World Diabetes Day"</i></b> is being observed today (Monday, Nov. 14) across the globe to raise public awareness about harmful effects of <a href="http://urhealthpartner.blogspot.com/search/label/Diabetes">diabetes</a>. The increased awareness will lead to more resources to fight the causes of diabetes and help fund research into improved treatment options.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raise Awareness: Diabetes Kills One Person Every Eight Seconds</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Started by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and World Health Organization (WHO), the Day is celebrated on 14 November to mark the birthday of Frederick Banting who, along with Charles Best, was instrumental in the discovery of insulin in 1922, a life-saving treatment for diabetes patients.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">‘World Diabetes Day’ will be observed in Pakistan, like in other parts of the world, on Monday (today) in a bid to raise public awareness about harmful effects of diabetes and its complications so that the goal of healthy society can be achieved.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Diabetes kills one person every eight seconds, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said in his message on World Diabetes Day, adding that the cost of treatment amounts to a staggering $465 billion in the neighbourhood.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In context to this Day; a record has also been entered in the Guinness Book of World Records on Sunday when 3,573 people tested their blood glucose levels within just eight hours.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The even was organized by the Novo Nordisk Education Foundation (NNEF) in Bangalore, India based on the theme “Act on Diabetes Now”. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Managing trustee of Novo Nordisk Education Foundation Melvin D’Souza received the certificate from the official from the Guinness Book of Records, UK who monitored the event.</span></div></div>Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964488289491974179.post-77257758529109804552011-11-01T23:45:00.000-07:002011-11-01T23:48:45.405-07:00Painkiller Abuse and Overdose Lead to 3 times High Fatality Rate Over a Decade<div id="fb-root"></div><script>(function(d, s, id) {
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The latest report issued by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta is an eye-opening document stating that the number of deaths have increased three times over a decade due to the over-dosage of powerful painkillers. It’s an epidemic trend but one that can be stopped with precautionary measures on urgent basis, a U.S. health official said.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Almost 15,000 deaths were recorded, including actor Heath Ledger, due to prescription painkillers such as OxyContin, Vicodin and methadone. The stunning number is almost four times of the deaths caused by narcotics in 1999. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Dr. Thomas Frieden, said, “such painkillers are meant to help people who have severe pain, but they are, however, highly addictive.”</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The report further mentions almost 5% of Americans ages 12 and above said they've abused painkillers, using them without a prescription or doctor’s consultation, in the last year. In 2008-09 surveys, Oklahomans reported the maximum rate of drugs abuse; while Nebraska and Iowa were on the lowest side.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">According to details; 2-year-old sisters </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Angelina and Angelica Sabuco, who were joined at the chest and abdomen at the time of their birth, were separated after 8-hour surgery at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in the northern city of </span><st1:city style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><st1:place>Palo Alto</st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the twin sisters shifted to separate operation theatres for further surgeries needed, the hospital’s spokesperson Reena Mukamal said, “The surgeons are happy with the progress of the operation so far.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The findings are of great significance because now it would be possible to replace damaged cells of any patient with the cloned patient-specific cells, obtained through this new technique, without the risk of rejection by patient’s immune system.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">"This paper will be seen as significant both by those who are trying to use SCNT to produce human patient-specific embryonic stem cell lines and by those who oppose human 'cloning' experiments," said Professor Robin Lovell-Badge, a division head at Britain's National Institute for Medical Research.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Stem cells are the source material for all other cells therefore called as the body's master cells. Those who support embryonic stem cells advocate that they could alter medicine, providing treatments for blindness, juvenile diabetes or severe injuries.</div></div><script type="text/javascript">
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Once smokers develop the disease, they are more likely to die from it, meaning that smoking can single-handedly undermine the goal to reduce TB mortality by half between 1990 and 2015, says the research.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The study, led by Sanjay Basu from the University of California, San Francisco, used a maths model to determine the effect of smoking on future TB rates, the BMJ (British Medical Journal) reports.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">It shows that from 2010 to 2050 smoking could lead to 40 million excess TB deaths worldwide - from 61 to 101 million.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">They also conclude that if current smoking trends continue, the number of excess TB cases could rise from 256 to 274 million - 18 million new cases in total.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">"Aggressively lowering the prevalence of tobacco smoking could reduce smoking attributable deaths from tuberculosis by 27 million by 2050," Basu said, according to a California statement.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Nearly one-fifth of the world's population smokes and that most cigarettes are smoked in countries with high TB prevalence. Given this, the authors wanted to predict how much impact smoking will have on future TB rates.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Researchers found that smoking may have a substantial impact on future TB rates because a moderate increase in individual risk translates into a large population-level risk.<br />
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Bollywood's super star Shahrukh Khan, who is a big smoker, vows to stop smoking after the release of his upcoming superhero flick "Ra.One". Read Complete story below:<br />
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<div class="fb-like" data-href="http://urhealthpartner.blogspot.com/2011/10/esteem-hearing-implant-from-envoy.html" data-send="true" data-width="450" data-show-faces="true"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Sarah Churman, a 29-year-old born deaf woman, <a href="http://trendznstyle4u.blogspot.com/2011/10/hearing-implant-esteem-by-envoy-medical.html">shared the video of her experience</a> when she able to hear herself with the aid of a hearing device, dubbed as <b><i>Esteem</i></b> from Envoy Medical. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">It's just unimaginable for anyone who isn't deaf to even presume how it might feel to hear laughter for the first time or your own voice.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">According to Sarah Churman (as he described on Youtube with her video):</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">“I was born deaf and 8 weeks ago I received a hearing implant. This is the video of them turning it on and me hearing myself for the first time. For those of you who have asked the implant I received was Esteem offered by Envoy Medical.”</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The hearing implant is placed behind the ear and no part of it is visible.... continue reading and watch the video on link given below:</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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