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FSA Identifies Cancer Poison in Pringles

October 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Cancer, Glycation, longevity

The poison - Acrylamide - is also in Tesco own label ‘hoops’, Hula Hoops and Duchy Original Crisps.
Acrylamide has the "potential to cause cancer even at very low levels of exposure". The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has been studying the levels of acrylamide in common foods for 3 years. It has been tricky for [...]

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Natural Health Newsletter

October 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Cholesterol, Diabetes, Drugs, longevity

The Mercola Newsletter is subscribed to by over a million people. You might like to think about subscribing.
At Dr Joseph Mercola’ site, there is also a blog and information on a range of health products. There is also a link to details of the clinic he runs.
Here is a video produced by Dr Mercola’s [...]

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Inflammation Kills

September 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Artery disease, C-reactive protein, Diabetes, Heart disease, health, inflammation, longevity

Inflammation is shown, in this image, affecting some of the major joints. We all know and understand this type.
But Generalised Inflammation is something that we all need to be aware of - whether or not we have aches and pains.
Generalised Inflammation is present in many people - and they rarely know about it.
This insidious [...]

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All Fruit Juices Can Interfere With Drugs

August 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Blood sugar, Diabetes, Drugs, health

Researchers in Canada found that orange juice taken alongside a drug for hayfever - fexofenadine - reduced its absorption by half.  It is likely that there would be similar effects on many other drugs.
The researchers suggested that the spike in blood sugar was the mechanism which caused the reduction in drug absorption. In [...]

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Nanoparticles Target Cancer Cells

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Cancer, health, longevity

Researchers at Georgia Tech, Atlanta have managed to target cancer cells by attaching magnetic nanoparticles into them.
Having attached the magnetic nanoparticles, a magnet applied at the skin surface attracts the cancer cells to the skin surface. In this position it is much easier to deal with them in a safe way.
The trick used [...]

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Mouse’s Liver Could Liver Forever

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Alzheimer's disease, Cutting edge medicine, insulin resistance, longevity, metabolic syndrome

Anti-aging researchers in New York have successfully blocked the aging process in the livers of mice livers by impeding the build-up of harmful proteins inside the liver. This has tremendous implications for the extension of healthy aging.
As humans - and mice - age, the cells have more and more trouble disposing of damaged proteins. [...]

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Alzheimer’s Drugs Fail

August 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Glycation, Homocysteine, inflammation, longevity

Drug companies researching Alzheimer’s Disease have focused on two of the probably causes involving the presence of the two proteins beta-amyloid and tau. 
It is thought that beta-amyloid may well be the starting point of Alzheimer’s. Two drugs aimed at this protein have, after considerable research, been dumped. another drug being developed by a Scottish [...]

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Healthy Aging In The 2030s

August 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Cutting edge medicine, longevity

The blog at www.fightaging.org gives some interesting food for thought about the healing methods which are very likely in the 2030s. For example:

Cancer: cancer will generally be curable, and with few side effects. Nanotechnology will be of great value in treating cancer.
Replacement organs: these will be grown from your own tissue, and so will not [...]

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Statins & Alzheimers - Right For Wrong Reason

July 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, C-reactive protein, inflammation, longevity, statins

There is news currently about how statin drugs are associated with lower levels of Alzheimer’s disease.
This is not surprising - because statins lower inflammation; and there is a link between Alzheimer’s disease and low-level inflammation. 
However, the solution to low-level inflammation is NOT to take statin drugs. Just as the answer to cholesterol [...]

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Orange Juice Gives You Diabetes

July 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Blood sugar, Diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome

I hate to report this, but a solid study has shown that drinking orange juice once a day increase type II diabetes risk.
The reason I hate to report it, is because many people will be as shocked as I was - or even disbelieving - when first hearing that their morning ‘health’ drink could [...]

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