- Brazilian viper bite lead to lower blood pressure, leading to Captopril.
- Rattlesnakes venom lead to Heparin a blood thinning medication.
- Some proteins in snakes may lead to treatments in Cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and even Asthma.
- Note; many snakes are dying due to global warming and it is the same for many other reptiles.
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The use of Snakes in modern medicine and links to modern medication - CNN (video)
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Obesity yearly costs increasing and at $147 billion surpassing cancer at $104 billion - CNN (video)
High Cost of Obesity
- $147 billion a year, $14 billion for child obesity, $344 billion projected in 8 years, 21% of total medical costs.
- the treatment of cancer and diagnosis is about $104 billion in comparison.
- changing habits, activity, poverty, and access to healthy foods are the many factors.
- Many ideas and what's working in Washington D.C.
Colombia's gold dark side, mercury poisoning spreading to the population, neurological and kidney damage - Reuters (article link)
- Studies of children have detected attention deficit disorders, memory and language problems in Segovia and Remedios.
- Around 15 kidney transplants are carried out in Remedios every year -- mercury vapor stays in the kidneys, damaging them.
- The U.N. calls for elimination of mercury in mining -- to use of centrifuges, which allow for greater gold extraction than mercury.
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A two-step vaccine using DNA to "prime" + influenza vaccine may providing a Universal flu vaccine - Reuters (article link)
- "This is the first step, conceptually, toward a good shot at a universal vaccine,"
- Vaccinated mice and ferrets produced antibodies that protected them against flu strains from 1934-2007.
- Seasonal influenza kills 250,000-500,000 people a year globally, including 36,000 in the U.S.
Important advance in HIV research; Scientist have found an individual who has antibodies against the HIV virus. - CNN (video)
- The real important part is that they are now able to indentify on the HIV virus the component that they want to use as a vaccine.
More Articles...
- Diet Secrets: "The Biggest Loser: 6 weeks to a healthier you" - MSNBC (video)
- Diet Blunders That Slow Metabolism - MSNBC (video)
- Study strengthens evidence linking long-term lead exposure to the fatal neurological condition ALS - Reuters (article link)
- Mothers who have low exposure to sunlight vitamin D during their first 3 mths of pregnancy may have higher risk of developing MS - Reuters (article link)
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