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Advances in the fight against Cancer in the last year:

The FDA approval of a targeted treatment for patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer
- A study that found the use of CT scanning among people at high risk for lung cancer reduced the death rate.
- Studies on two new drugs that showed improved survival and delayed disease progression in patients with advanced melanoma.
- A Phase III trial that found a way to greatly reduce the risk of developing invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women at very high-risk for the disease.
- For the first time, the cure rate for children with a type of leukemia (ALL) pushed past 80 percent for what was once one of the deadliest pediatric cancers.

RESOURCE: Good News Planet

Potential for earlier diagnosis of ovarian cancer

MEDIA RELEASE: 24 Jan 2012
Garvan scientists have identified biochemical changes that commonly occur in the DNA of women with ovarian cancer, which may help diagnose the cancer at an earlier stage in the future. The study used whole genome DNA profiling methods - locating six potential 'biomarkers', one of them a novel gene.
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Hope for people with Type 2 diabetes – insulin master switch uncovered.

Australian scientists have discovered that a single gene controls a very complex process, apparently forming the crucial link between eating a high fat diet and developing diabetes.

Compounds are already being developed for blocking the gene – known as Id1 – as it has known adverse effects in cancerHope for people with Type 2 diabetes – insulin master switch uncovered.  Continue reading at Garvan Institute

 Working to eradicate disease - polio, malaria,  pneumonia,  tuberculosis, and other infectious and neglected diseases such as Guinea worm disease are just some of the health solutions that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are implementing.

Their Global Health Program focuses on developing ways to fight and prevent these diseases because they believe that all lives have equal value.

Health Hint.

Just 20 minutes of walking a day, will burn around 100 calories and prevent that weight gain that just gradually creeps on year after year. 

It is also good news that it can be incidental minutes, like taking the stairs instead of the elevator, and not necessarily a 20 minute block of exercise.

 World-first smartchip to treat chronic pain

Sydney researchers are preparing for human trials of a world-first smartchip designed to treat chronic pain – by implanting it near the spinal cord.
The breakthrough miniature technology – called INS2 – measures pain signals then blocks the signals from travelling to the brain. Continue reading...

VITAMINS & MINERALS

 Vitamin D shown to reduce risk of stress fracture in girls  This was a long study, with a follow up of 7 years, including 6,712  girls (age 9 to 15 at baseline) in the Growing Up Today Study.  Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine online March 5, 2012.

Treatment for Peripheral Neuropathy  In general, adopting healthy habits -- such as maintaining optimal weight, avoiding exposure to toxins, following a physician-supervised exercise program, eating a balanced diet, correcting vitamin deficiencies, and limiting or avoiding alcohol consumption -- can reduce the physical and emotional effects of peripheral neuropathy. Systemic diseases frequently require more complex treatments. NINDS

Supplements for peripheral neuropathy

Read more: From University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC).

Minerals can help you:

  • fight stress
  • boost your immune system
  • ward off weight gain
  • keep bones healthy
  • help muscles
  • improve brain function

Visit Mineral Health to find what foods can provide essential minerals

 

 

Healthy Living Champion

Michelle Obama, official White House portrait by Joyce N. Boghosian, White House photographer

 

First Lady Michelle  Obama is promoting healthy food. She has asked Americans to provide fresh foods and locally grown foods to their families. She loves community gardens that provide “fresh fruits and vegetables for so many communities across this nation and world.”

She has also appeared on Sesame St talking with Elmo about healthy foods and where they come from, opened up her own kitchen to talk about vegetables and talked about healthy food in interviews.

Hope for High Blood Pressure. Bristol University, U.K. Professor Julian Paton has unlocked a secret of high blood pressure - it is the brain that induces hypertension (high blood pressure) not the heart as previously thought. Professor Paton said: "We are looking at the possibility of treating those patients that fail to respond to conventional therapy for hypertension with drugs that reduce blood vessel inflammation and increase blood flow within the brain."

 Gene linked to autoimmune diseases

Rare variants of a single gene seem to make patients more susceptible to multiple diseases.

Continue reading at nature news

help autoimmune blog

exploring what may help the immune system

Nerve damage can be regenerated with diet and exercise. This is great news for people with peripheral neuropathy and pre diabetes - which is higher than normal blood sugar levels but not yet diabetes. Full story at Jack Miller Center

Reliable good information on many diseases & health conditions

 Growing ‘brown fat’ might help us fight obesity

Australian scientists believe that ‘brown fat’, a wondrous tissue that burns energy to generate heat, could help us fight obesity.

    SUPER FOODS

smile - chocolate is good for you - dark chocolate has been proven to lower blood pressure.  It is the cocoa phenols that it contains and these are natural antioxidants not found in white or milk chocolate. These special flavanoids help improve insulin resistance as well. These studies have been reported in the American Heart Association Journal & the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

 Green tea may slow down weight gain and serve as another tool in the fight against obesity, according to Penn State food scientists.

Red Grape juice is beneficial to cardiovascular health.  This shows that it is the grape, not the alcohol, that produces benefits for heart health by activating the relaxation in the arteries.
The grape needs to have a high level of polyphenols said Dr Valerie Schini-Kerth one of the researchers from Strasbourg's Louis Pasteur University in France. ‘The amount of polyphenols in grape juice, as in red wine, depends on the type of grape used and how it is processed.'
Polyphenols are antioxidants that protect the cells from damage caused by free radicals. Read more at Medical News Today.

Walnuts high in antioxidants. Scientists have analysed the content of nine types of nuts: walnuts, almonds, brazil nuts, cashews, peanuts, pistachios, hazelnuts,  macadamias and pecans and found walnuts contains almost twice as much antioxidants as any other commonly consumed nut.

Dr Joe Vinson, from the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania, said "This study suggests that consumers should eat more walnuts as part of a healthy diet." he said that 7 walnuts a day would give maximum health benefits. 

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SLEEP RESOURCES

Sleep is free and aids our health in many ways - it aids muscle recovery, physical skills, improves mental and emotional function, aids immune system

"getting enough sleep boosts your immune system. Sleep also helps your nervous system work properly"  Mayo Clinic general health specialist Kenneth Berge, M.D.

        puff puff sleep  by raynal08

40 Facts about sleep you probably didn't know...(or were too tired to think about)
The Mayo Clinic Sleep Center better sleep and rest

NIH National Center for Sleep Disorders Research sleep research, education and training. Includes quiz Test Your Sleep IQ 

ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES 

Acupuncture can help autoimmune conditions. Read more... 

Yoga improves Fibromyalgia symptoms

Oregon Health & Science University has confirmed that yoga is of benefit to fibro sufferers. Read more...

Campaign to eradicate polio  "It's not that people don't care. It's that, when faced with the enormity of problems like disease, poverty, and starvation, they don't know what to do." William H. Gates Sr. at 2007 International Rotary Convention.  "You are beacons of a simple truth—that the key ingredient to making a peaceful world is the understanding that all people, no matter where they live, are equally precious."   "Through the generosity of its members, Rotary has contributed an astronomical sum—well over $500 million—to the campaign to eradicate polio." FULL SPEECH
Learn more about the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations GAVI

New research into staying young is all about choosing the positive...

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