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Menopause Problems A Pain You Can Live Without
Finally A New Effective Treatment For Menopause
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(Los Angeles, California) It is estimated that 41 million women in the
United States and 250 million women worldwide experience chronic and
sometimes debilitating symptoms of menopause. Hormone-replacement therapy
(HRT) has been a common pharmaceutical remedy, but a surge of recent studies
has shown HRT increases a woman's risk of elevated blood pressure,
endometrial and breast cancers, stroke, blood clots and gallbladder disease.
To combat that, Lunada Biomedical has launched a breakthrough natural
treatment that effectively alleviates chronic menopausal symptoms. In the
randomized, placebo-controlled clinical study, Amberen alleviated most
symptoms in menopausal women, including hot flashes, night sweats,
headaches, anxiety, loss of libido, as well as other neuro-vegetative and
psycho-emotional symptoms.
The new treatment works by stimulating the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian
axis and rejuvenating the body’s own internal hormone balancing capability.
These kinds of therapeutic effects have never been previously achieved with
a non-hormonal treatment. The study results were published in the Bulletin
of Experimental Biology and Medicine, a NY-based peer-reviewed journal, as
well as the peer-reviewed publication, Advances of Gerontology.
In our studies, we successfully tested a non-hormonal compound based on
natural mitochondrial metabolites that essentially mimic the effects of
signaling hormones, but without the dangerous side-effects associated with
HRT, says Dr. Maevsky, MD, Ph.D., who led the research team.
Prior to conducting human clinical trials, Lunada Biomedical researchers
studied the effect of Amberen treatment on mice. In those studies, Amberen
restored estral cycles in old mice and reversed other menopausal symptoms,
including loss of bone tissue, weight and calcium content. It also had a
favorable effect on the appearance and behavior of animals—they became more
active, their lackluster eyes acquired brightness and their pale, yellowish
coat regained white color and shine, resembling the coat of young animals.
Spots of bald skin also grew new hair. "Our approach, which focuses on correcting metabolism and neuroendocrine control by using a signal energy intermediate, SBC, instead of exogenous hormones, is the first of its kind and represents a step forward in metabolic mitochondrial medicine. In addition to safely addressing symptoms of menopause, it offers hope in the development of safer treatments for a wide range of diseases, particularly those associated with aging, stated Dr. Maevsky. Amberen is taken in intermittent three-month courses, during which women take two 200mg capsules a day. For a full 90-day course of Amberen and a 30-day money-back guarantee, Amberen is $99.98. No prescription is required and it is available online at www.myamberen.com and through select health practitioners.
ABOUT LUNADA BIOMEDICAL
Lunada Biomedical is a research-driven company based in Los Angeles, CA. The
company's research activities focus mostly on developing drug-free options
for maintaining optimal health and promoting longevity. Lunada Biomedical
manufactures its own ingredients using a proprietary platform manufacturing
technology. Presently, Lunada Biomedical is the only company in the world
that commercially produces active conformers of succinates and fumarates,
which are intermediary metabolite that power mitochondrial function. All
Lunada Biomedical products are manufactured at a GMP certified plant in
California. www.lunadabiomedical.com
FDA Confirms Bisphenol A Poses Health Risk
Obama Administration To Take A Fresh Look
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Bisphenol A, a chemical found in plastic bottles, soda cans, food containers and thousands of consumer goods, is now confirmed to pose a health risk to consumers. FDA reversed its previous position to affirm today that the chemical poses risk. Growing scientific evidence has linked the chemical to a host of problems, including cancer, sexual dysfunction and heart disease. Federal officials said they are particularly concerned about BPA's effect on the development of fetuses, infants and young children.
"We have some concern, which leads us to recommend reasonable steps the public can take to reduce exposure to BPA," said Joshua Sharfstein, FDA's deputy commissioner, in a conference call to reporters Friday. Currently the chemical substance is not banned the compound, but the Obama administration pledged to take a "fresh look" at the chemical. BPA, is used to harden plastics, is so prevalent that more than 90 percent of the U.S. population has traces of it in its urine, and researchers have found that BPA finds its way out of containers into food and beverages, even at cold temperatures. Today's announcement came after extensive talks between federal agencies and the White House about the best approach to an issue that has become a significant issue and of much concern to the public.
How Mango and Mushroom Can Beat Cancer
New Cancer Drug - University of Nottingham, UK
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Scientists employ mango, mushroom to beat cancer
SCIENTISTS have demonstrated how extracts of mango and edible mushroom could be used in making drugs to prevent or stop breast, colon, leukemia and prostate cancers. CHUKWUMA MUANYA reports.
CAN meals rich in mangoes and edible mushroom help to prevent or/and stop the spread of cancers? Mangoes and mushrooms have been discovered to contain ingredients that could be used for the production of new drugs for the treatment of cancers.
Scientists have discovered how a promising cancer drug, first discovered in a wild mushroom, works. The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, team believe their work could help make the drug more effective, and useful for treating a wider range of cancers.
Cordycepin, commonly used in Chinese medicine, was originally extracted from a rare kind of parasitic mushroom that grows on caterpillars. The study appeared in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Also, mango has been found to prevent or stop certain colon and breast cancer cells in the laboratory. A new study by Texas AgriLife Research food scientists, United States, who examined the five varieties most common in the U.S.- Kent, Francine, Ataulfo, Tommy/Atkins and Haden- found some impact on lung, leukemia and prostate cancers but was most effective on the most common breast and colon cancers.
The Obama Democrats Health Care Victory
A Perfect Storm For The Republican If The Bill Deliver's Its Promise
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Washington DC - The huge Health care victory for President Obama and the Democrats can not be spoken lightly. Indeed its a big victory. If all goes well and the reform works as intended by expanding health insurance to an additional 30 million Americans and reducing the national debt, the Democrats will pillory the Republicans for the indefinite future. The GOP's uniform opposition—only one congressman and no Republican senators supported the bill. Pefect storm for the opposition, who will remain vulnerable to charges of wrong-minded thinking about the suffering of fellow citizens on a scale with Herbert Hoover's failed response to the Great Depression. That cost his party five presidential elections.
On the other hand, should the bill fall short of promised gains, it will reinforce national prejudices against big government and facilitate another round of conservative Republican dominance of national politics.
For now, the Democrats will continue to enjoy their standing as the more compassionate advocates of needy Americans. FDR successfully drove 15 major bills through the Congress, and won passage of Social Security. Mr. Obama had a much more difficult task in national health insurance.
True, he won a convincing majority in 2008, and his party has a solid majority in the House and the 60 Senate votes needed to defeat any Republican filibuster. But these are pseudo-advantages: The conservative House Democrats and his dependence on unreliable Senate allies like Connecticut's Joe Lieberman and Nebraska's Ben Nelson forced compromises on the public option and abortion that made his liberal backers grudging supporters. But his success with the keynote domestic initiative of his presidency guarantees some muscle going forward on other domestic and foreign policy matters. This is a minor miracle, if there is anything like that and much needed victory with confidence building space going forward.
Rush Limbaugh Rushed To Honolulu Hospital
Treated For Chest Pains
HONOLULU - Conservative U.S. radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was rushed to a hospital in Hawaii with chest pains, a local television station reported.KITV television station said Limbaugh was in serious condition at Honolulu's Queen's Medical Center after being treated at a hotel by paramedics, citing unnamed sources.
Reports Queen's Medical Center told local media the the conservative radio talk show host, a popular but controversial voice in American politics, who was vacationing in Hawaii at the same time as President Barack Obama was receiving treatment for chest pain.
Ovarian Cancer A Silent Women Killer
Early Diagnosis is Key To Survival
Ovarian Cancer Silent Killer
THAT the disease is rising in profile is no longer news. What is perhaps worrisome is that most patients are not diagnosed of the disease before the damage is grave.
It is bad enough that cancer is a terminal disease. It is, however, made worse by the fact that most hospitals and medical center are unable to diagnose early detection and treatment of cancer infections,.
Giving statistics of the havoc the disease has wreaked on women the numbers has, unfortunately, grown with the years. It is feared today, no less than a million more are probably suffering from the scourge," At the global level, over seven million people lost their lives to cancer in 2007 alone, while it is expected that by 2020, the death rate will rise more than five times in low- and middle-income countries.
57 Percent Rise in US Hyperactivity Disorder Cases
About One Percent of US Population Children Now Have This Disorder
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The Centers of Disease and Prevention (CDC) disclosed a dramatic increase in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) by 57 percent reflects the disturbing trend the disorder has acquired in the short space of four years. The new estimates shows records of 307,790 children aged eight years, from 11 communities comprising 8 percent of the U.S. population. One in every 110 children or about 1 percent are afflicted with the disorder. Reoprt also shows increase in Adult Hyperactivity Disoder.
The new figures also indicate autism occurs more frequently in boys than girls, as the increase shot up by 60 percent in boys as opposed to 48 percent in girls since 2002. Hispanic children rose 90 percent, among white youths 55 percent, and among black children 41 percent. Premature births, infections the mother may have incurred during pregnancy, childbirth complications, prenatal exposure to environmental toxins and dietary factors are major suspect causes. Other factors could include increase average age at which women conceive or certain behavioral exposures she or her newborn baby may experience. The increase is also shown in rates among adults, many of the children are growing up adult years with the disorder, a trend that has become more apparent in recent years. Many personalities today are known diagnosed Hyperactivity Celebrities, most famous is multiple Gold winning Olympic Swimmer Michael Phelps.
Cancer Death Rates Continues To Drop
Better Diagnosis and Screening
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The National Cancer Institute, trumpets the successes in cancer diagnoses and deaths for the three most common cancers in men—lung, prostate and colorectal—and for two of the three leading cancers in women—breast and colorectal. Overall cancer rates continue to be higher for men than for women, but men experienced the greatest declines in new cases and deaths. "Progress has been more limited for certain types of cancer, including many cancers that are currently less amenable to screening, such as cancer of esophagus, liver and pancreas," said Betsy Kohler, executive director of the North American Association of cancer Registry. Among racial and ethnic groups, cancer death rates were highest in black men and women and lowest in Asian/Pacific Islander men and women.
For women, the three leading causes of cancer death were lung, breast and colorectal for all racial/ethnic groups except Hispanics. For them, breast cancer ranked first. Unlike males overall, liver cancer was a bigger killer in Asian/Pacific Islanders than prostate cancer. In the last quarter of the 20th century, colorectal cancer incidence fell 22%, due equally to wider screening and risk reductions such as improved diets. The groups said accelerated efforts could reduce mortality by another half from 2000 to 2020.
Is Loneliness Contagious ?
University of California Professor Believe it Could Be
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Loneliness can spread from person to person to person -- up to three degrees of separation," said James H. Fowler, co-author of the study published in the December issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego. Indeed, the study suggests that not only is loneliness contagious, but lonely people tend to isolate themselves in small groups that somehow compound or increase those feelings of solitude.
The study indicated that people who felt lonely were more likely to be friendless, or constantly shedding friends, a few years later.
Mark R. Leary, professor and director of the social psychology program at Duke University, whose work zeroes in on the need for social acceptance, called the study impressive in its sample, analysis and conclusion. He added that the contagion of loneliness could be, to some degree, a situation of people mimicking the styles of those around them.
"Non-lonely people who are exposed to lonely people may make others in their network a little more lonely by behaving in these less-affirming ways. Perhaps this is why the effect of loneliness can be seen at three degrees of separation. My friend has a lonely friend, so my friend starts acting less affirming overall, which makes me act a little less positively, which then affects my other friends."
900 Pound Man Dies with Broken Heart
Stuck in Medical Chair
A South Carolina man weighing around 900 pounds died after he had to be cut out his chair in his Greenwood, South Carolina home. Daniel Webb, 33, died after being taken from his home on County Farm Road Wednesday. Webb had been in a medical chair for nine months, covered in sores and human waste.
Webb hadn’t left his house, or even walked for almost nine months. "If he would have had the proper care we tried to get for him back in March this would have never happened," his wife said during an interview Thursday afternoon. Ada Webb says she and her husband tried to get disability and insurance but could not and she says she didn’t know where else to turn. "I only hope something good comes out of this because it was so unnecessary," Webb said. "They say he went into cardiac arrest but I say he died of a broken heart."
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