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Ractopamine, aka Paylean and Optaflexx, is banned in 160 countries, including Europe, Taiwan and China.

If meat found to contain traces of drug, fines n imprisonment result for use in banned countries.

Why? - This drug, increases protein synthesis. In other words, it makes animals more muscular...

While other drugs require a clearance period of around 2-weeks to help ensure the compounds are flushed from the meat prior to slaughter (and therefore reduce residues leftover for human consumption), there is no clearance period for ractopamine.

 

Distribution start  today. Dun be surprise  when someone knock your door and offer N95  face mask FOC.

Face mask got - 5 years is shelf life and laso to make aware to environment health, like MERs or SARs

 

 

MERS spread far and wide among Saudi Arabia reports more pilgrim infected with MERS, where millions of Muslims from around the world descend year-round. That' s raised concerns that the virus could spread among pilgrims.

First detected in Saudi Arabia in 2012.

A healthcare worker who had traveled to Saudi Arabia was confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Virus (MERS), an often fatal illness, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday.

 

Cancer news - Let' s beat cancer sooner

50%  of people diagnosed with cancer today will survive their disease for at least 10 years, according to landmark figures published by Cancer Research UK today.

" Achieving our ambition to see  75% of all cancer patients surviving their disease in the next 20 years will be challenging. With the continued commitment of our scientists, doctors and nurses and the generous support of the public, we hope to see our progress accelerate over the coming years to make this a reality." Dr Harpal Kumar, Cancer Research UK' s CEO.

In the early 1970s just 25% of people diagnosed with cancer survived 10 years. Today, Cancer Research UK sets out an ambitious new strategy to accelerate progress with the ambition that 75% of all cancer patients diagnosed in 20 years time will survive at least 10 years.

Women with breast cancer now have a 78% chance of surviving at least a decade, compared to only 40%, 40 years ago.

Ten-year survival for men with testicular cancer has jumped from 69 to 98% since the 1970s and, for people diagnosed with malignant melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, 10-year survival has leapt from 46 to 89%.

But it&rsquo s not all good news. Just  1% of pancreatic cancer patients and  5% of lung cancer patients diagnosed today are expected to survive 10 years. Cancer Research UK has worked to increase research into these cancers.

Survival from oesophageal cancer is still far too low at 12%, although 40 years ago it languished at around 4%. Brain tumour survival is also very low at just 13%, despite more than doubling in the last 40 years.

Saving more lives from all cancers, including those that are hard to treat, is the overriding focus of Cancer Research UK&rsquo s new strategy, launched today. The strategy details a raft of measures aimed at accelerating the speed of progress.

Ensuring cancer patients are diagnosed at the earliest possible stage of their disease, where treatment is more likely to be successful, is a key priority for the charity. And it plans to fund more scientists from different disciplines because collaboration is key to moving discoveries from the laboratory into the clinic to make sure patients will benefit sooner.

Professor Michel Coleman, head of Cancer Research UK&rsquo s Cancer Survival Group at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, whose team produced the survival figures, said: " These results come from detailed analysis of the survival of more than 7 million cancer patients diagnosed in England and Wales since the 1970s.

They show just how far we' ve come in improving cancer survival. Last 40 years shows we&rsquo re moving in the right direction." for every type of cancer, same chances of living a long life. This won&rsquo t be easy, but the progress is coming.

Dr Harpal Kumar, Cancer Research UK&rsquo s chief executive, said: " Every year, tens of thousands more people are surviving cancer a decade after diagnosis, thanks to the work of our scientists and doctors, but none of it would be possible without the generosity of the British public, whose donations we rely on to fund all our research.

" But each year more and more people are diagnosed with cancer. We believe no one should be diagnosed too late for their life to be saved and effective treatments, whatever the  type of cancer they have.

" Achieving our ambition to see three-quarters of all cancer patients surviving their disease in the next 20 years will be challenging. But with the continued commitment of our scientists, doctors and nurses and the generous support of the British public, we hope to see our progress accelerate over the coming years to make this a reality."

ENDS

For media enquiries contact the Cancer Research UK press office on 020 3469 8300 or, out of hours, on 07050 264 059.

 

Era of modern medicine may be coming to an end.

Common bacteria that cause life-threatening infections have become resistant to our strongest antibiotics in every region.

Just one finding from a newly released report by the World Health Organization (WHO)  that takes the first comprehensive look at the problem of antibiotic resistance around the globe.

" This serious threat is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now...and has the  potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country," according to the WHO' s press release (emphasis ours).

Soon, it is very likely that we will return to a time when a common infection or a minor scrape could be a fatal injury.

The reality of what WHO calls post-antibiotic era, at which our antibiotics stop working against bacteria and we are powerless against ordinary infections.

The scope of the problem

The WHO focused on 7-common bacteria to assess the severity of the problem, they note that many infectious microbes are becoming resistant. These bacteria include E. Coli and MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), and infections caused by these seven include antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea, pneumonia, diarrhea, meningitis, and more.

The WHO team analyzed data from 114 countries. In many, more than half of patients being treated for E. coli, gonorrhea, and pneumonia can no longer be treated with standard antibiotics, and in some cases, any antibiotics.

 

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New York, May 1 (IANS) Shedding light on the disease-fighting properties of Bleomycin, used in medications to treat a variety of cancers, a study by an Indian-origin scientist has revealed that the anti-tumour agent has the ability to cut through double-stranded DNA in cancerous cells, like a pair of scissors.

Bleomycin is part of a family of structurally related antibiotics produced by the bacterium, Streptomyces verticillus.

However, bleomycin may also cause severe or life-threatening lung problems, especially in older patients and in those receiving higher doses of this medication.

The new research is expected to help inform efforts to fine-tune the drug, improving its cancer-killing properties, while limiting toxicity to healthy cells.

Currently, three potent versions of the drug, labeled A2 , A5 and B2 are used in clinical use against cancer.

Bleomycin' s cancer-fighting capacity was first observed in 1966 by Japanese researcher Hamao Umezawa.

Basab Roy, a researcher at Arizona State University in US, is particularly interested in the subtle biochemistry of bleomycin, including the specificity of its binding regions along the DNA strand and the drug' s detailed mechanisms of DNA cleavage.

Cleavage of DNA is believed to be the primary mechanism by which bleomycin kills cancer cells, particularly through double-strand cleavages, which are more challenging for the cellular machinery to repair.

" There are several mechanisms for repairing both single-strand and double-strand breaks in DNA, but double-strand breaks are a more potent form of DNA lesion," said Roy.

New study, bleomycin A5 was used. Bleomycin A5 has similar DNA binding and cleaving properties as bleomycin A2 and B2.

From a pool of random DNA sequences, a library of 10 hairpin DNAs was selected, based on their strong binding affinity for bleomycin A5. Hairpin DNAs are looped structures, which form when a segment of a DNA strand base-pairs with another portion of the same strand.

These hairpin DNAs were used to investigate double-strand cleavage by bleomycin.

Each of the 10 DNA samples underwent double-strand cleavage at more than one site.

Further, all of observed cleavage sites were found within or in close proximity to an 8 base pair variable region, which had been randomised to create the original library.

Examination of the 10 DNA samples exposed to bleomycin revealed a total of 31 double-strand cleavage sites.

Study proposed for 1st time, a plausible mechanism for DNA cleavage by bleomycin that may lead to tumor cell killing as well as identifying the most common sequences involved in DNA site binding and subsequent strand breakage.

Results appeared in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

 

 

Researchers have developed a unique antimicrobial hydrogel that may make patient deaths from hospital acquired infections and superbugs a thing of the past.

These infections, such as MRSA and E. coli, have often been stubbornly resistant to antibiotic treatment.

Tests done by the National University Hospital have shown that infected patients here were ten times more likely to die during hospitalisation compared to patients who were not infected, and spent nearly five times as long in hospital.

Developed by scientists from the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) and IBM Research, the gel works by tearing apart microbe membranes when applied to contaminated surfaces, killing the harmful cells.

This, unlike modern day antibiotics, destroys the superbugs completely and prevents risk of infections recurring.

An IBN spokesman said that the institute was in discussions with pharmaceutical firms to market the gel. - See more at:

http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/new-gel-aims-destroy-hospital-superbugs-20130124#sthash.uzs2UNSH.dpuf

 

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Emmm.... How is the taste?

But will try!!!

Cheers!!!

Juzztrade      ( Date: 26-Apr-2014 22:40) Posted: Chicken feets steam with pandan leaves with root can relief back pain. It is a good home-make remedy.

 

Chicken feets steam with pandan leaves with root can relief back pain.

It is a good home-make remedy. 

 

Osteoarthritis - What is a bone spur?

A bone spur (osteophyte) is a bony growth formed on normal bone.

Most people think of something sharp when they think of a "spur," but a bone spur is just extra bone.

It?s usually smooth, but it can cause wear and tear or pain if it presses or rubs on other bones or soft tissues such as ligaments, tendons, or nerves in the body.

Common places for bone spurs include the spine, shoulders, hands, hips, knees, and feet.

What causes bone spurs?A bone spur forms as the body tries to repair itself by building extra bone.

It typically forms in response to pressure, rubbing, or stress that continues over a long period of time.

Some bone spurs form as part of the aging process. As we age, the slippery tissue called cartilage that covers the ends of the bones within joints breaks down and eventually wears away (osteoarthritis).

Also, the discs that provide cushioning between the bones of the spine may break down with age.

Over time, this leads to pain and swelling and, in some cases, bone spurs forming along the edges of the joint.

Bone spurs due to aging are especially common in the joints of the spine and feet.

 

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In Philippines, officials asked more than 400 passengers who shared an airline flight with a man infected with the MERS virus to check in with the health dept immediately.

teeth53 thot - Is not easy for a plane fully loaded with 400  passengers to get to gether to  be fully tested.



Passengers walk past the medical quarantine area showing information sheets for the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus at the arrival section of Manila&rsquo s International Airport in Paranaque, Manila, on April 16.

Deadly virus known as MERS-CoV has killed a man in M' sia.

In  Philippine health dept has placed -  migrant Filipino worker returning from the UAE in quarantine after tested positive for the respiratory illness.

M' sia&rsquo s Health Minister S. Subramaniam said, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV), had killed a 54-year old man who had returned to Malaysia on March 29 after a pilgrimage to Mecca. The victim developed a fever, cough and breathing problems and was hospitalized. He died three days later after succumbing to severe pneumonia caused by the MERS-CoV infection1st case of the virus in Malaysia.

 

 

 

TTSH trauma centre treating more seniors - Elderly patients with fall injuries make up nearly half the cases..

Tan Tock Seng Hospital' s (TTSH). Emergency dept handles 39,000 trauma cases a year, about a 3rd of all cases here.

One in five needed to be warded among the elderly, more than half needed to be hospitalised. About 600 patients come in with hip fractures every year and all of whom is aobve 65. The average age of this group is also growing older, making recovery even harder. " now, the majority are about 75 or 80 years old."

Staff working at Tan Tock Seng Hospital&rsquo s trauma centre. This system, in place at the hospital for 10 years, has helped to cut death rates among trauma patients by more than half, ST PHOTO: NURIA LING

 

teeth53      ( Date: 30-Mar-2014 14:37) Posted: Falls are a serious issue for senior elderly, especially for those over 65. The consequences are more severe and about 10% of this group get injuries such as fractures and may even become permannently disabled At least 50% of those with hip fractures, for eg, never regain their pre-fall state of health. Falling can also be a symptom of something " more sinister" , as " fall among elderly are not always accidental" . National Healthcare group' s community outreach efforts scheme has reached out to 1,154 seniors since 2009. " Families are getting smaller," said C3A chairman Gerard Ee. Buddy network for seniors called Kopi & Toast, include day trips to Johor Baru and nature walks. It started last Oct by Council for 3rd Age (C3A) - a govt funded group that promotes active-ageing.

 

Coffee good for some cirrhosis patients - Singapore researchers say two cups a day enough to cut risk of dying.

 

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teeth53      ( Date: 05-Apr-2014 17:16) Posted: http://naturalon.com/10-of-the-most-cancer-causing-foods/1/It?s probably not something you think about every day, whether or not the foods you are eating could contain carcinogens, but with almost 1.5 million people diagnosed with some type of cancer just last year, perhaps it?s time to look at what is in our foods that could be causing such a huge number of new cancer patients. Here is a list of the top 10 foods that you most likely consume every day that may contain carcinogens or be suspected of causing cancer.

 

http://naturalon.com/10-of-the-most-cancer-causing-foods/1/It?s probably not something you think about every day, whether or not the foods you are eating could contain carcinogens, but with almost 1.5 million people diagnosed with some type of cancer just last year, perhaps it?s time to look at what is in our foods that could be causing such a huge number of new cancer patients. Here is a list of the top 10 foods that you most likely consume every day that may contain carcinogens or be suspected of causing cancer.

 

http://naturalon.com/10-of-the-most-cancer-causing-foods/1/It?s probably not something you think about every day, whether or not the foods you are eating could contain carcinogens, but with almost 1.5 million people diagnosed with some type of cancer just last year, perhaps it?s time to look at what is in our foods that could be causing such a huge number of new cancer patients. Here is a list of the top 10 foods that you most likely consume every day that may contain carcinogens or be suspected of causing cancer.