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05/04/10 -
Type 2 Diabetes and TCF7L2 - Author: Ali Torkamani, PhD, Assistant Faculty, Research, Scripps Genomic Medicine and Assistant Professor of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute
TCF7L2 variants have been associated with type 2 diabetes in multiple ethnic groups.1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Specific associated variants increase risk of type 2 diabetes 1.5-fold in heterozygotes and 2.41-fold in homozygotes, corresponding to a population attributable risk of 21%. This makes TCF7L2 variants the strongest known genetic risk factor for type 2 diabetes.8
TCF7L2 is a transcription factor and key component of the Wnt signaling pathway, and is involved in the development of a wide variety of cell lineages and organs.9 Potential mechanisms by which TCF7L2 variants influence type 2 diabetes include its role in adipogenesis, myogenesis, and pancreatic islet development, as well transcription of the genes for proglucagon and the glucagon-like-peptides GLP-1 and GLP-2, which play a role in post-prandial insulin secretion.10 Additionally, TCF7L2 polymorphisms have been associated with impaired insulin secretion, glucose production, and glucose tolerance via direct effects on pancreatic islet beta-cells.11,12 Thus, while the specific mechanism driving the development of type 2 diabetes remains unclear, there is sufficient evidence to demonstrate that TCF7L2 variants strongly predict the development of type 2 diabetes and/or the progression to diabetes from impaired glucose tolerance.12,13
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04/22/10 - EXA Test : healthcare professionals perform a MAGNESIUM CALCIUM POTASSIUM PHOSPHORUS SODIUM CHLORIDE
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04/17/10 - Another Planned Parenthood abortion clinic built next to a black neighborhood - March 23, 5:39 PM Virginia Beach Conservative Examiner Dave Gibson - A new Planned Parenthood clinic is under construction in Virginia Beach, right next to the Lake Edward neighborhood, a predominantly black community. Of course, this is business as usual for the group which many black leaders say is responsible for carrying out a genocide against black babies.
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04/17/10 - The FDA Shuts Down Common Infant Vaccine After Startling Discovery - Posted by Dr. Mercola | April 17 2010 - ?U.S. federal health authorities recommended ? that doctors suspend using Rotarix, one of two vaccines licensed in the U.S. against rotavirus, saying the vaccine is contaminated with material from a pig virus,? CNN reports. The Rotarix vaccine, which is made by GlaxoSmithKline and was approved by the FDA in 2008, has already been given to about 1 million U.S. children along with 30 million worldwide. The vaccine was found to contain DNA from porcine circovirus 1. ?The FDA learned about the contamination after an academic research team using a novel technique to look for viruses in a range of vaccines found the material in GlaxoSmithKline's product and told the company,? FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg told CNN.
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08/06/09 - Pregnant women to get priority for H1N1 vaccine By Christina Spencer, Sun Media -- OTTAWA ? Pregnant women will get priority for immunization against the H1N1 swine flu, Canada?s chief public health officer said Wednesday. But officials haven?t decided who else goes to the front of the line, even though the United States has announced its list of priority groups for inoculation, said Dr. David Butler-Jones.
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08/06/09 - Pandemic planners fear doomsday scenario in isolated North By Charlie Fidelman , Montreal Gazette -- MONTREAL ? Imagine your child is sick, but the Arctic community where you live has no hospital, no permanent doctor, and you must fly to the nearest hospital because there are no roads. Now imagine everyone in the community getting sick. That?s the doomsday scenario worrying pandemic planners.
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07/29/09 - Stop Poisoning Your Body With 'Food' Ten Most Common Food Additives (Toxic, Deadly) -- Want to look better and feel better? What if you could avoid just 10 food ingredients and make a huge improvement in your health. Paula Owens (PaulaOwens.com) the author of "The Power Of 4" says avoiding these 10 things will change your body dramatically. Owens has a master's degree in holistic nutrition and a bachelors degree in kinesiology.
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06/25/09 - CDC: Shortage of childhood infection vaccine over -- By MIKE STOBBE -- ATLANTA (AP) ? The government declared an end to a shortage of a childhood vaccine that protects against bacterial meningitis, pneumonia and other serious infections.
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06/25/09 - Abortion and Contraception Key Tools in Black Genocide: New Film -- By Hilary White -- June 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) ? Planned Parenthood and similar groups have been using abortion and artificial contraception to control and reduce the African-American population of the US in a slow but deliberate and planned ?genocide? that has been ongoing for 150 years, a new documentary claims.
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06/25/09 - UPDATE: Sanofi To Fill US Vaccine Supply Gap Caused By Merck -- By Peter Loftus -- U.S. children can resume getting booster shots of a meningitis vaccine beginning in July, ending an 18-month suspension of such shots due to a Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) manufacturing shortage. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it's reinstating the booster shots for children ages 12 to 15 months because supplies of Sanofi-Aventis SA's (SNY) meningitis vaccine products will increase beginning in July.
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06/25/09 - Infant-Sized Teenager May Provide Key to Reversing the Aging Process -- Brooke Greenberg looks like a toddler, but she is actually sixteen years old. She is only 30 inches high. Now scientists are studying her genome to figure out whether she possesses a mutation that prevents her body from aging.
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06/18/09 - Health Buzz: Asbestos Health Emergency and Other Health News -- EPA Declares Public Health Emergency A fter Montana Mine Poisons Locals -- The Environmental Protection Agency declared its first ever public health emergency yesterday in a Montana community where residents were poisoned by asbestos from a nearby mine, the Associated Press reports. At least $125 million over the next five years will go toward cleaning up the town of Libby, where local miners wearing contaminated clothes and shoes unknowingly tracked asbestos from the mine into their homes. Another $6 million of federal grant money will go toward medical care for an estimated 500 people with asbestos-related illnesses. Those include residents of another town, Troy, Mont., who've also developed illnesses like lung cancer and asbestosis, the Washington Post reports. More than 200 people have died from asbestos poisoning linked to the mine, which is now closed, according to AP.
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06/18/09 - Team homes in on genetic causes of neuroblastoma -- By Julie Steenhuysen -- CHICAGO (Reuters) - A missing stretch of DNA on a chromosome involved in nervous system development may help explain why some children are predisposed to a deadly type of tumor called neuroblastoma, researchers reported on Wednesday. The study is the first to show that repeats or deletions of a genetic sequence, as opposed to "spelling mistakes" in the four-letter genetic code -- influence cancer risk, said Dr. John Maris of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, whose study appears in the journal Nature.
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06/18/09 - Regulating Abortion May Be OK But Not To Avoid Sex-Selection -- Sex-selective abortion raises a multitude of overlapping ethical concerns regarding eugenics, population control, and provider privilege or knowledge. It was also, until recently, an issue we linked mostly to China, Korea, and India. Not anymore. Recent news coverage indicates that the son-preference that has led to sex-selective abortions abroad is alive and well in some ethnic communities within the United States.
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06/17/09 - Rush to produce a swine flu vaccine -- Large-scale production within weeks, -- MARIA CHENG -- LONDON (AP) - With swine flu now an official pandemic, the race is on among drugmakers to produce a vaccine. GlaxoSmithKline said Thursday after the World Health Organization declared a global flu epidemic that it would be ready within weeks to begin large-scale vaccine production. Sanofi-Aventis also said it had started working on its own version. On Friday, Swiss pharma giant Novartis announced it had created an experimental vaccine that has not been tested in people. Novartis' vaccine was made via a cell-based technology that may prove faster than the traditional way of making vaccines, which relies on chicken eggs.
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06/16/09 - Sinus Infections May Be Linked To Toxic Shock In Children -- U.S. researchers recently reported surprising information suggesting that sinus infections might be responsible for more than 20% of all cases of toxic shock syndrome in children. They said doctors treating children for toxic shock syndrome should take this into account when providing treatment.
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06/16/09 - Pediatrician Dr. David Berger's Letter to Colleagues on Vaccination Safety Concerns -- By Dr. David Berger -- Dear Colleagues,Although some of you know me already, I wanted to introduce myself to everyone. I am a solo practitioner in Tampa. I finished my residency at USF-Tampa General Hospital in 1997, was in private practice in South Florida until 2005, and went out on my own in 2005 when I moved back to Tampa. I have an integrative pediatric practice, providing primary care for many families with progressive and holistic lifestyles. I also provide biomedical therapies for children with hyperinflammatory and metabolic conditions, including Autism and ADHD.
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06/16/09 - Fluoridation is the Ultimate Deception (Opinion) -- Hesh Goldstein, citizen journalist -- (NaturalNews) The following article is, in essence, my testimony delivered to the Hawaii Senate Health Committee in 2008. It contains facts that anyone can use to oppose water flouridation wherever you live. The good news is that once again we have been successful in keeping fluoride out of our water supply. Here we go again. Let's take our pure and tasty drinking water, put a medication (fluoride) in it, make the people accept it and make believe we have Freedom of Choice in this country.
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06/16/09 - Sebelius says kids may get swine flu shots first -- By LAURAN NEERGAARD -- WASHINGTON (AP) ? Schoolchildren could be first in line for swine flu vaccine this fall ? and schools are being put on notice that they might even be turned into shot clinics. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday she is urging school superintendents around the country to spend the summer preparing for that possibility, if the government goes ahead with mass vaccinations. "If you think about vaccinating kids, schools are the logical place," Sebelius told The Associated Press.
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06/16/09 - FDA Issues Warning On 3 Zicam Intranasal Products -- Sue Chang -- SAN FRANCISCO -- The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned consumers to stop using and discard three zinc-containing Zicam intranasal products due to concerns that they may cause a loss of sense of smell. The products are Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Gel, Zicam Cold Remedy Swabs and Zicam Cold Remedy Swabs, Kids Size. The FDA received more than 130 reports of incidences where users experienced a loss of sense of smell following the use of these product. "FDA is concerned that the loss of sense of smell may be permanent," said the regulator. Zicam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Matrixx Initiatives . Shares of Matrixx fell 55.5% to $8.66.
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