This blog provides information and resources for healthier living, wellness and a number of health topics including specific medical conditions. It is also a resource for conditions commonly considered to be environmental illnesses including CFS, FM, PTSD, obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance, MCS, heart disease, and a number of other conditions that are potentiated by contaminants in the air, soil and water including autism, sick building syndrome and sickness behavior just to name a few. This blog will try to focus on less scientific and more real-world news and application.



Friday, February 25, 2011

Spinal Fluid May Hold Clues to Lyme Disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Hispanically Speaking News

"An analysis of proteins in spinal fluid can help distinguish patients with Lyme disease from those with chronic fatigue syndrome, a new study reports."

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Cell phone exposure increases brain cell activity - CNN.com

"The radiation emitted after just 50 minutes on a mobile phone increases the activity in brain cells, according to a new government-funded study."

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Medical News: Atypical Fracture Risk with Bone Drugs Quantified - in Endocrinology, Osteoporosis from MedPage Today

"Long-term treatment with bisphosphonates for osteoporosis hikes the chances of atypical femur fractures nearly three-fold, researchers said, but the absolute risk remains very small."

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Monday, February 21, 2011

Two Pesticides Linked to Parkinson's Disease

"New research shows a link between use of two pesticides, rotenone and paraquat, and Parkinson's disease. An international research team has demonstrated that the people they studied who used either pesticide developed Parkinson's disease approximately 2.5 times more often than non-users."


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Friday, February 18, 2011

Study Says 2 Therapies Help Fight Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - US News and World Report

In a recent study, cognitive behavior and exercise therapy may be beneficial for chronic fatigue syndrome. This contradicts other reports that exercise may be negative influence the condition.

"Patients struggling with chronic fatigue syndrome may be helped the most when standard treatment is coupled with cognitive behavior therapy or exercise therapy, new British research suggests"


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IBM Says Watson Jeopardy Win is Just the Beginning — ecrmguide.com

"After defeating human competition in two Jeopardy! quiz show matches, IBM's Watson computer is ready to move on to bigger and better things. According to this report on eWeek, the Watson experiment indicates how truly important artificial intelligence and natural language processing can be for all kinds of business uses."

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CBS Reporter Had 'Really Bad Headache' Before On-Air Breakdown - FoxNews.com

"A TV reporter who lapsed into gibberish during a live shot outside the Grammys said she was terrified when it happened and knew something was wrong as soon as she opened her mouth"

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