As the year winds down, it’s time to start thinking about next year–and the latest edition of the Colondar! This amazing work of art features models under the age of 50 showing off the scars left after being diagnosed with colon cancer and having their colons removed. This calender will certainly make a statement in your house and is a great conversation starter.

To learn more about the models in this year’s Colondar, click here.

Keep fighting,
~Dennis

Oblast’s Pryluky. The visit follows a controversial veto by Yushchenko of legislation that would have hiked the excise tax on tobacco products. Ukraine’s cigarettes are among the lowest taxed and cheapest in the world, contributing to a high rate of smoking and more than 100,000 smoking-related deaths each year.  Read on

Attorney General Gerard Greenan has tabled legislation that will clear the way for Prince Edward Island to seek legal action for health care costs caused by tobacco.  Read on

Here’s an article that addresses the problems of the families of mentally ill people.  Many of us live our lives quietly dealing with a relative or loved one who suffers and struggles daily.  This article shows that finally the world is starting to take note and there are successful people willing to open up and talk about mental health issues in their lives.

Glen Close was the most recent example I can think of when she openly and candidly spoke of the plight of her bipolar sister and the effect the illness has had, not only on her sister, but on the entire family.

It’s really great to see a publication as well read and Women’s Day addressing mental health issues and the family.  I applaud them for their willingness to address such a subject.

Please read the article and listen to the interview.  Read all the pertinent articles and let me know how you feel about this recent change in the media.  Is it for the good or is it bad?

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Caring for a sick family member is never easy, but when the disease at hand is a mental illness, coping can be especially difficult. That’s because many people are still embarrassed or afraid to discuss mental health with friends and even doctors. As a result the stigma isn’t just painful; it can delay proper diagnosis and treatment, making it hard on both the patient and their close family members who want to help but don’t know how.

Fortunately, a number of well-known people are speaking up and spreading the word about these issues in an effort to get you talking about them, too. Recently, actress Debi Mazar (of Entourage and Dancing With the Stars fame), has joined this group, by partnering with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca’s campaing, Speak and Be Heard… Living With Bipolar Depression. A close relative of Debi’s suffered for years before getting the right diagnosis for bipolar disorder. Today, thankfully, he’s being treated and doing really well—but she doesn’t want anyone else to struggle the way her family did. You can learn more about this campaign at facingbipolar.com

Or listen to my interview with Debi by clicking here.

—Barbara Brody, Health Editor

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about a month ago (31 October) i started to write a new post publicly committing to join in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) for the month of November. After a paragraph was finished I got distracted by who knows what and never finished the post. I also never participated in the month long novel writing challenge, wherein the challenge is to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. do i regret this? yes-and-no. i think this would have been good for me, i have wanted to write a novel, but have a hard time committing to things and had a lot of school work during November. but now, i am going to publicly announce my prospective commitment.

i know i have mentioned giving up meat before, becoming a vegetarian, reducing our negative impact on this place we call home. the reasons for which i advocate these things is not because i believe humans are the enemy, it’s because i believe we could live our lives in a wholistic way and they could be better: mentally, physically, psychologically, socially (etc.) and this is why i (and hopefully my parents) am/are doing the “go dairy free” challenge. the challenge is 10 days with no dairy-no cheese, no yogurt, no milk, no ice cream, no chocolate, etc.-unless it has some sort of dairy substitute.

for me this is not an animal rights issue, it is a health issue. milk is one of the most common food allergens in the western world. lactose intolerance is very common, and some people may not even realize that milk is the problem for digestive problems. we are the only species to continue to drink milk after weaning. there are greater chances to having diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, and ironically osteoporosis, which all but osteoporosis runs in my family. milk is not the only place you can find calcium, to name a few you can get calcium from soy milk, asparagus, baked beans, green beans, sesame seeds, almond butter, oranges, etc. the milk we drink from the stores is from a cow no longer with a calf that needs milk. in most scenarios the cows are given rBGH(recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone) which stimulates the production of the IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor) hormone which helps produce milk. (the science of it.)

really, who knows what will happen if i give up milk. maybe my allergies will get better, or maybe i won’t have heartburn anymore. maybe nothing will happen, but with all of the potential side effects and the knowledge of the prospective health benefits, why not try it.

i haven’t decided when i’m going to start, but i want to do it with my family, so whenever they are on the same page-hopefully before christmas.

http://www.godairyfree.org/

http://www.alternative-healthzine.com/html/1200_2.html

“I need more drugs because I had a heart attack yesterday and in my monumental pain I flushed my Percocet down the toilet.”

I stare.

AWwww, MAN, I don't know WHAT happened, man.

“No really.  I’m serious.  I don’t know what’s going on with my heart and I accidentally flushed my drugs down the toilet when it was causing me, like, serious pain.  I REALLY need some more.  I’m in like 24/10 pain.”

“That’s a pretty strange fraction.”

“Well, that’s how bad it is.”

I hope my eyes are at least a little more than half-closed, “Dude.  That’s your excuse?  Really?  That’s the best you have for me?  Flushed?”  My ever-blindingly cheerful mood deflates a bit.

“Well, it was the case manager who told me to come to you for more Percocet.  I tode her Dr. SW101 isn’t cool with narcs, so I figured you wouldn’t go for it, but she told me to try.”

“So, the NURSE made you do it?”

“No…well (looks hopefully at me), uh, maybe?”

Dr. SW101 set me UP!

He did utter one truth, I’m not cool with writing for unfathomable doses of highly-addictive, mind-altering substances that have outrageous street value and regularly cause the utter destruction of families, careers and lives.

He’s right.  I’m not cool with that.

Sometimes it feels like I’m just sitting in my clinic handing out bullets…each one stamped with “If this causes a disaster of any kind, please blame Dr. SW101.  His bank account number is 7749220485, and you can find his children at 13 XX street, usually after 6pm.  Punish him accordingly for making such a mockery of his Doctor’s Oath, society, God, the memory of Elvis, Stonehenge, Hello Kitty, Gooeyducks..and everything else even remotely sacred to humanity.”

But I’m used to that.  I’m used to being the candy man.  What I’m NOT used to, is being taken for so dimwitted that the medical equivalent of ‘the dog ate my homework’ excuse might work on me.

“You’re really using THAT one on me?”

“Look man,” (whips out his Blackberry Smartphone, provided free of charge by the Army to help with his healing), “I got pictures of the pills in the toilet.”

I decline the visual.  Don’t even need it.

“You’d need to pin my face to a cork-board with something in the range of 34,000 thumbtacks to talk me into giving you more narcotics with that lame excuse.”  I say.  What I DON’T say is that aside from fighting the good fight against blatant drug addicts (I do take care of true heroes; he’s not one of them), I’m just flat-out annoyed at the excuse.

“Frankly, you’re story is miserable.  Put in a little work, and you might score a few hits out of me for creativity.  I’ve been known to drop a few Vikes on someone just to tribute their impeccible style alone.”

“Style?”

“Yeah, you know, do some deep-thinking before you try get me to double your daily horse-halting, blue whale-euthanizing, brontosaurus-stupefying doses of addictive opiates.”

“Liiike, a better story?”

“Yep.  I loovvve fiction.”

“Um, like what?”

“The doc I’m replacing was partial to “I washed ‘em in my uniform”, so I’d say that’s a little, uh faded haha no pun intended *aHEM*, sorry, not making light of your “pain” or whatever, just a little side-joke for this glorious Army morning.  Anyway, where was I?”

“You were helping me come up with a story to score more narcs out of you.”

“Oh YEAH.  Thanks!  Let’s see, maybe I can help you….next time, try something along the lines of:

They're real. Seriously.

After a valiant but ultimately tragic battle, a saber-tooth tiger ripped your friend’s head off.  In desperation, you heroically dispatched said wildcat with your bare hands (careful with the back).  Then, without pausing to consider yourself, you gave him your ENTIRE BOTTLE of pills strong enough to drive the entire population of Gambia into rehab.

Unfortunately, when he swallowed them – since his head was removed from his body – your pills just dropped out on the ground, all slimy and spit-covered and quickly dissolved.  Thinking fastly, you propped his body up and then held his head over what you figured was the esophagus part of  your life-long friend’s neck so the remaining few pills – “Damn you, Johnny, swallow! – dropped out and settled into one of his neck-tubes, hopefully not the trachea.  Then you got him to a local ER, where they skillfully re-attached his head.

ONLY THEN, after your friend was recovering (he just might pull through, snif), did you think of yourself, realizing that you were, in fact, out of drugs for your endless back pain and heart attacks which you’ve been suffering from since you were born, 20 years ago.”

“That would work?”

“No.  But honestly, that story has more credibility than, ‘I flushed ‘em, brah, gimme some more.”

Macular degeneration research is a very rich, varied and complex field at present. Some of these articles are fairly accessible, but please remember that most are aimed at academics. However, I hope that everyone can get a flavour of what’s going on.

3D-OCT in neovascular AMD – My Vision Test – OCT and other diagnostic tests used in macular degeneration go under the research microscope. 
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A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF THREE TREATMENTS … [Retina. 2009] – pegaptanib sodium and ranibizumab injections compared with photodynamic therapy (PDT) with verteporfin for the treatment of choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration.

AAO: Genes Linked to Response in Macular Degeneration – in Meeting Coverage, AAO from MedPage Today – reactions to Lucentis may be linked to genes. Please note that this study is preliminary.

AAO: Photodynamic Therapy No Help in Treating Macular Degeneration – preliminary results indicate that PDT does not avoid the need for injections in wet AMD.

Acucela Data in Dry AMD to be Highlighted at the 8th International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics – Phase 2 clinical trials expected soon for dry AMD oral medication known as ACU-4429.

AMD in Japan – My Vision Test – study suggests that the incidence of late age-related macular degeneration is lower among Japanese people than among white people, but higher than among black people.

AMD Patients can benefit from cataract surgery and steroids – Anabolic Steroids Blog – iSteroids . com – at least, some MD patients can benefit, study indicates.

Artificial retina generates sight | R&D Mag

Association between dietary fat intake and age-rel… [Arch Ophthalmol. 2009] – PubMed result

Autologous transplantation of retinal pigment epithelium in age related macular degeneration – PubMed article, so fairly technical.

Avastin as Effective as Lucentis for Macular Degeneration | Macular Degeneration Support Canada

Blue light-filtering increases macular pigment, may protect against age-related vision loss

British surgeons using radiation beams to halt macular degeneration — Engadget – brachyotherapy is a way of targeting low-level radiation at problem cells in the eye. The treatment may be a cheaper, longer-term one than injections for wet macular degeneration.

Cataract surgery does not appear associated with worsening of age-related macular degeneration

Causes Of Aging And Degenerative Diseases – oxidative stress.

CiteULike: Cystatin C in macular and neuronal degenerations: Implications for mechanism(s) of Age-related Macular Degeneration

Determining the cause for death of photoreceptors could hold the key to stopping blinding disorders

Dietary Compound Score and Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS)

Digital aberrometry enables high-resolution eye measurements – this is a diagnostic tool that may enable doctors to time treatments more accurately.

Discriminative Restraint of Retinal Angiogenesis by Targeting PI3 Kinase – Te Tellurium » Blog Archive

Ellex Medical Lasers awarded Government grant for macular degeneration – this could be an early stage treatment for MD, with funding from the government of Victoria, Australia.

Gene therapy improves vision – children and adults with Leber’s congenital amaurosis benefit from gene therapy, which may eventually be applied to other retinal conditions.

Intravitreal Shots Carry Risk of Persistent Glaucoma – in Meeting Coverage, AAO from MedPage Today

Intravitreal steroid for refractory diabetic macular edema – My Vision Test – treatment appears effective for at least 5 years – study.

Long-term high dose vitamin D well tolerated – Life Extension Newsletter – Austin, Tx, study suggests good level of safety for vitamin D treatment.

Louisville’s Potentia Pharmaceuticals sells drug to eye-care giant Alcon | courier-journal.com – drug may treat both dry and wet macular degeneration.

Lucentis therapy for pigment epithelium detachment in AMD – My Vision Test – hopeful research into a little-studied secondary condition to wet AMD. But please also refer to
Lucentis therapy ineffective for pigment epithelial detachment – My Vision Test

Macular Drusen and the Immune System

MacuSight® Receives Fast Track Designation From FDA for Perceiva? in Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema

Molecular Sunglasses for Macular Degeneration – molecules may be able to rid people of drusen, the rubbish that collects in the eyes in macular degeneration.

New Treatment for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration in FDA Clinical Trials « VisiVite.Com – positive results for NeoVista Vidion ANV Therapy, a treatment for wet AMD in Phase 3 Clinical Trials.

New target in war against macular degeneration – FierceBiotech Research – MIT researchers are looking at damaging effects of Vitamin A derivative.

New therapy at TCD for diseases of retina | Vybes.com – researchers at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, find new drug delivery system is helpful for combatting neovascularisation, may be helpful in macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa.

Novel Funding Mechanism Speeds The Path Of Research – international team approach expected to bring together top stem cell researchers and speed up research. This affects macular degeneration and many other diseases.

Positive phase-1 clinical trial results for ISONEP in AMD – My Vision Test – promising treatmentfor wet AMD.

[PDF] Progress Toward Topical Therapy of AMD – advances in eye-drop treatments.

Safety implications of anti-VEGF therapies – My Vision Test

Some patients with AMD develop elevated pressure within the eye following anti-VEGF medications: Study – subjects of this research had no personal or family history of glaucoma.

Stargardt’s Disease and Vitamin A – a cautionary note.

Study finds lack of VEGF can cause defects similar to dry macular degeneration – Science Centric | News – researchers hope that this will help to clarify the causes of macular degeneration.

Survey shows that Americans lack significant knowledge of age-related vision problems | News Provider

UGR researchers provide early diagnosis of ARMD and keratitis – researchers at the University of Granada used two optical instruments to measure the optical quality of subjects’ eyes, found early warnings of eye conditions.

Update on Lucentis clinical trials for retinal vein occlusion – My Vision Test

VisionCare Implantable Telescope Technology Presentations Featured at Upcoming American Academy of Ophthalmology and Ophthalmology Innovation Summit Meetings | PR Newswire | Find Articles at BNET

Visual Impairment and quality of life in the Older European Population, the EUREYE study – Wiley InterScience :: JOURNALS :: Acta Ophthalmologica

The next 4 entries in this blog will contain links to recent stories about macular disease. So many items have come through that I will be dividing them into 4 sections, each as a separate entry.

The subject matter of these will be…

• Charles Bonnet Syndrome, the condition where people with sight loss experience visual hallucinations
• Living with Macular Degeneration, including currently available treatments, supplements, techniques for getting through your day
• Research – including treatments that are not yet available generally to the public
• Stem Cells – this subject is so prominent, it really had to be in its own blog entry. While some sorts of stem cell research worry some people ethically, they will be with us as viable treatments sooner or later. I have included material that explores different points of view.

<pOn, then, with something of a macular degeneration bonanza!

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This is a really cool online clock that includes all manner of statistics: diseases, food production, population, etc. You can watch as they grow from the beginning of this year, week, day, or starting….now.

Worldclock

[Thanks, Dad!]

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Are you experiencing a bad dasha or period in your horoscope?
Are you been continuously nagged by ill health despite taking all precautions, exercise and medical care?
Are you having a day long fatigue feeling and tried all tricks to get the energy back?

Any of your dear and near one’s are suffering from continuous ill health?

If Yes , then try chanting these powerful Dhanwanthari Mantras to keep illness at bay. Any way it is ok to try some thing which has no ill effects on you and doesn’t cost you any money!!!!!

Gentle reminder-Mantra only and no exercise will not improve your condition

Lord Dhanwantari



Lord Dhanwantari, as per hindu Vedas and Puranas, is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Dhanvantari is said to be the God of Ayurvedic medicine and physician of the Gods.Lord Dhanvantari is worshiped by devotees to seek his blessings and for sound health. Lord Dhanwantari is portrayed as “Chatur Bahu” Vishnu (with four hands), holding medical herbs in one hand and a pot containing rejuvenating nectar called amrita in another.

Incarnation of Lord Dhanvantari

According to Shreemad Bhagwat and Sushrut Samhita , Lord Dhanvantari emerged from the ocean with a pot of Amrit when the ocean of milk was churned by Gods and demons for Amrita (nectar). Goddess Mahalakshmi also re-born on the same day and therefore the birthdays of Goddess Lakshmi (Dhan Teras) and Lord Dhanvantari are celebrated on the same day. Lord Dhanvantari emerged out of the ocean holding Amrit Pot, Shankha, Chakra and Jalauka in his four hands. Lord Dhanvantari protects all living beings from diseases, untimely death and eliminates sorrows.

Practitioners of Ayurveda (the Indian traditional medicine) celebrates Dhanvantari Jayanti with much devotion.Devotees also make it a point to visit Lord Dhanwantari Temples to seek his blessings for good health.

Dhanvantari Mantra for Good Health

Lord Dhanvantari Mantra or Dhanwantri Mantra is the prayer addressed to appease Lord Dhanvantari, the God of Ayurvedic medicine. Lord Dhanwantari is considered to be the earliest practitioner of Ayurveda – a system of traditional medicine native to India.

Dhanvantari Mantra :

Om Namo Bhagavathe
Maha Sudharshanaya
Vasudevaya Dhanvantaraye;
Amrutha Kalasa Hasthaaya
Sarva Bhaya Vinashanaya
Sarva Roga Nivaranaya
Thri Lokaya Pathaye
Thri Lokaya Nithaye
Sri Maha Vishnu Swarupaya
Sri Dhanvantri Swarupaya
Sri Sri Sri Aoushadha Chakra Narayanaya Namaha

Meaning of Dhanvantari Mantra


We pray to the God, who is known as Sudarshana Vasudeva Dhanvantari. He holds the Kalasham full of nectar of immortality. Lord Dhanvantri removes all fears and removes all diseases. He is the well wisher and the preserver of the three worlds. Dhanvantari is like Lord Vishnu, empowered to heal the Jiva souls. We bow to the Lord of Ayurveda.

Short (Eka Sloka) Dhanvantari Mantras :
1) Namani Dhanwanthary Aadi Devam , Surasura Vanditham Pada Padmam, Loke Jara Rugbhay Mrityu Nashakam , Datharam Eesham
Vividhaushadhinam
Meaning :- “O Lord Dhanvantary, I bestow before you.Your Lotus feet is worshiped both by the Sur[Good people] / Asur [Demons or Bad people]. You have the power to keep away people of this world from Miseries, diseases, ailments, Oldness, fear of diseases. O God, give me your blessings and medicines to cure the sick humanity.

2) “Shankham chakramuparyadhashcha karyordivyaushidham dakshine,Vamenanyakaren sambhratsudhakumbham jalaukavalim”

3) “Achyuthananda Govinda Vishno Narayanamrith Roganme Nashay Asheshanashu Dhanwantharaye Hare”

4) Vishnoh Krishna Janardhana Achyutham Hare Narayana Shree Pathe, Vaikunda Mrutham Kashavam Mukundananda Damodaram , Shaure Madhavam Padmanabha Bhagavan Govinda Dhanwanthare , Roganme Nithyam Nivaryathu Te Namamratham Sampratam.

List of Dhanvantari Temples in South India:

1.Dhanwantari Temple  – At Ranganathaswamy Temple , Srirangam ,Tamil Nadu.
2.Sri Dhanwantari Temple – Located at Arya Vaidya Pharmacy Campus (Arya Vaidya Chikitsalayam and Research Institute),Coimbatore ,Tamilnadu
3.Lord Dhanvantari Temple , Nelluva – Located at about 20 km from Guruvayur,Thrissur,Kerala.
4.Sree Rudra Dhanwanthari Temple – Situated at Pulamanthole, Malappuram,Kerala
5.Sree Dhanwantari Temple – At Peringavu ,Thrissur , Kerala
6.Dhanwantari Temple – Erumapetty, Vadakkanchery ,Thrissur , Kerala
7.Dhanvantri Kshetram (temple) – Situated at the outskirts of Calicut, Kerala
8.Dhanvantari Temple – Kannur (Cannanore) , Kerala

There are no major permanent temples dedicated to Lord Dhanwantari in North India.

Chant these mantras 8,16,64 or 108 times based on your time availability.Use these mantras when you are requested to pray for any one who is sick or ill.

May Lord Dhanwanthari bestow good health, longevity and youthfulness to all of us.

Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu !!!!

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What is Mesothelioma? Many people do not know
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we breathe, so that the lungs are vulnerable to fatal for some
Diseases. A rare form of cancer that affects the lungs, is
Mesothelioma.

Mesothelioma has become famous only for their
Related to exposure to asbestos, a fibrous mineral form
Magnesium fire, the chemistry of silicates
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often exposed to asbestos. These are the people who work
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similar places. Typically, the fibers that breathe impure
asbestos in the air.

It should be noted that about 30-50 per cent of
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Mesothelioma (affecting the lungs) and peritoneal dialysis
Mesothelioma (stomach).

Pleural mesothelioma symptoms, including wheezing,
Persistent cough, weight loss, fever and chest
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inflammation and abdominal pain and weight
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the patient shows no signs of this deadly
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If a patient has any of the symptoms above, will
immediately consult a doctor for help. Normally, a
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fluid between the pleura covering the chest wall
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The possibility of treating a patient mesothelioma
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(In-depth study of pulmonary physiology.)

(3020874 จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย)

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3020877    วารสารสโมสรโรคปอด    Pulmonary Disease Journal Club

เสนอและวิจารณ์บทความใหม่ๆ ของโรคระบบทางเดินหายใจ หรือเกี่ยวข้องกับโรคทางเดินหายใจ จากวารสารทางการแพทย์

(Presentation and discussion of recent articles on pulmonary or related diseases from various medical journals.)

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3020878    สัมมนาปัญหาผู้ป่วยโรคปอด    Pulmonary Disease Case Seminar

อภิปรายปัญหาต่างๆ ทั้งก่อนหรือหลังผ่าตัดร่วมกับศัลยกรรมทรวงอกและรังสีแพทย์

(Discussion of problems of the pre and post-thoracic surgery patients with the surgeon and the radiologist.)

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]]> http://kaleidoscopicviews.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/india-and-emission-norms/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:30:59 +0000 kaleidoscopicviews http://kaleidoscopicviews.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/india-and-emission-norms/

With only a few weeks to go for the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change, PM Manmohan Singh gave the assurance: “We are committed to ambitious and time-bound outcomes that will increase energy efficiency of our economy, the share of clean energy including nuclear power in our energy mix, and our forest cover.” But he added, “We will do more if there is global support in terms of financial resources and technology transfer.” This is the bone of contention in the case of developing countries meeting emission standards. Hunger, poverty and disease are more urgent problems for developing countries like India to tackle than emission norms. Therefore, India’s stand has been to do more on climate change if developed nations lend a helping hand by way of financial support and technology.



India-US agree on Climate Change

The reason that climate change effects arise from the global stock of carbon, the distribution across countries of their contributions to that stock, including the initial stock, is totally irrelevant from the perspective of efficiency. Again since only total emissions of each country and hence of all countries together add to the global stock of carbon, whether the same total emissions of a country is the result of low per capita emission multiplied by a large population or vice versa is again irrelevant from the perspective of efficiency.

Population policy choices do affect the welfare of the current and future populations. Any trade-off between larger population and lower emissions or vice-versa would naturally fall under considerations of inter-generational equity within nations and deep philosophical issues are involved in doing so. National welfare becomes the focus of all national policy choices, including population policies, which are reflected through their effects on national welfare in any international agreement that reflects equity consideration across countries appropriately. Thus, from the perspective of international agreement, only aggregate and not per capita emissions are relevant.

China and India are sitting on vast stocks of coal, which push the amount of their emissions above those of older polluters in the west. Forests offer untold wealth to millions in poverty in Indonesia and Brazil, if only trees can be chopped down, and at the very top of the carbon food chain sit western consumers unwilling to part with easy luxuries like cheap weekend flights and two cars. When they stop buying cars or other durables, our economies grind to a halt. The developed world has become accustomed to ever-increasing levels of material consumption. Cutting carbon emissions is therefore inextricably linked with wider questions of the pressure on all natural resources, land and water.

This is a task that only governments can undertake and it is not as if they have not already had enough time to do it. The meeting that created the Kyoto protocol has convened in 10 other countries and cities since. The immensity of the task ahead is probably more apparent to world leaders than it was a decade ago. But time is running out. To prevent the global average temperature from increasing by more than 2C, there will need to be a global cut in emissions within the next five years or so.

Therefore, to reach these reduced levels a country like India needs to use green technology on substantial scale. This is not possible unless the developed countries share their know-how and technology so that India can work towards a cleaner, greener country. However, the need for proactive action from the national and state governments is needed to tackle the problem of climate change. In cities like Kolkata, where auto rickshaws blatantly violate pollution norms and the government dithers on bringing them to book, the road ahead seems treacherous. There should also be a consensus among nations at Copenhagen that developing countries receive the transfer of ‘green technology’ at reduced prices so that they can manage their emissions more efficiently. The more time the world takes to reach a legally binding target the more it will become difficult to meet the target of 2020. Thus, the clarion call is to act fast and act decisively.

However, the argument that the per capita emission levels as the basis for binding emission cuts is of no use is apparently rational but politically loaded. In that sense, the pragmatic approach will still involve a significant cost to developed nations, but will help make some headway in saving the earth from global warming.

However, the disparities in levels of per capita consumption and therefore, emissions, will not go away – unless the entire world commits itself to an unequal international order forever which does not look likely in near future.

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3020879    คลินิกโรคปอด    Pulmonary Disease Case Seminar

อาการแสดง การดำเนินโรค การวิเคราะห์ การวินิจฉัย การรักษา การติดตามดูแลผู้ป่วยที่ต้องการรักษายาวนานหลักการและวิธีการในการควบคุมวัณโรคของประเทศไทย

(Various problems in pulmonary diseases, including clinical manifestation, cause of disease, diagnosis, investigation and therapy, and follow up guidelines of chronically ill patients; principle and control of tuberculosis in Thailand.)

(3020879 จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย)

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3020880    คลินิกโรคติดเชื้อ    Infectious Disease Clinic

การซักประวัติ ตรวจร่างกาย การตควจทางห้องปฏิบัติการ ให้การวินิจฉัย รักษา และติดตามผลการรักษาต่อเนื่องของผู้ป่วยโรคติดเชื้อและโรคเขตร้อนที่แผนกผู้ป่วยนอก

(History taking, physical examination, investigations, diagnosis, treatment and follow up.)

(3020880 จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย)

]]> http://flupandemicnews.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/update-27-november-2009/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:05:09 +0000 narrowwayministries http://flupandemicnews.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/update-27-november-2009/

The public is being kept in the dark about what is happening in the US and world; they have been kept from finding out just how big this ‘mutation’ issue is becoming. Please pass this site on to as many family and friends as you can and post links to it on as many sites as you can. We will continue to update as new information becomes available.


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OFFICIAL ‘UKRAINE CRISIS’ NUMBERS 11/26/09

1,751,546 SICK


104,332 HOSPITALIZED


414 DEAD

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Has the Ukraine swine flu mutation spread to the United States?

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Bleeding Lungs and Tamiflu-resistance -Do H1N1 mutations make the swine flu vaccine less effective?

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Rise in pneumonia cases linked to H1N1- Also Says Convergence of 3 Viruses – Pneumonic Plague

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D225G Evades Human Immune Response

Worldwide Transmission Of D225G Confirmed

WHO Silence On D225G Evading Immune Response

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Global Swine Flu Deaths Surge

Swine Flu – Record UK Deaths In Last Week

China Readies For Flu Mutation Epidemic

Chicago begins offering inoculations at airports

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H1N1 (D225G) mutation now confirmed in China – Chinese watch for H5N1/H1N1 hybrid – YouTube

H1N1 is now a full blown ‘mutated’ pandemic in many countries – “fills lungs with blood”

Plague of ‘Black Lung’ Is Sweeping Through Europe

Iowa’s Announcement of Appearance of Virulent Swine Flu Virus Spells Trouble Ahead

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Probable Swine Flu In Congo – 3 Dead, Hundreds Sick

One Million Iranians Test Postive For Swine Flu

England Swine Flu Deaths Reach Highest Level

WHO Studying Swine Flu Mutations – (And Has Been For Weeks)

Man dies in Sweden from the “swine flu” – now 9 ‘official’ deaths

132 Flu Patients Hit with Brain Disorders Since July

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Vaccine-Induced Disease Epidemic Outbreaks

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Peer reviewed study in Virology Journal shows why H1N1 was most likely released from a lab – YouTube

From Where Did the 2009 Swine Flu Emerge?

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Military To Work With FEMA During Swine Flu Pandemic

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Foods That Can Help to Prevent Swine Flu

10 Things You’re Not To Know About H1N1 Vax

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Reported flu stats by country

(courtesy of Flu News Network)

China
•  8 cases of swine flu mutation (Link)
•  Chinese expert warns of H1N1 and H5N1 pandemic mutation (Link)
•  Detected H1N1 mutations ‘not dangerous’ (Link)

Canada
•  Helen Branswell – GSK says still no answer on whether H1N1 vaccine batch triggers more reaction (Link)

Japan
•  Japan to send experts to Canada over flu vaccine reactions (Link)

Latvia
•  Baltic states swine flu death toll rises (Link)

Saudi Arabia
•  Swine flu fears for hajj pilgrims (Link)

Slovakia
•  Ill Man with A(H1N1) Flu Virus Dies in Prievidza Hospital (Link)

South Korea
•  South Korea Unlikely to Buy Problematic H1N1 Vaccine from GSK (Link)
•  22 new deaths recorded last week, total now 104 (Link)

Taiwan
•  Confirmation of death of 4 yr old girl from H1N1 (Link)

United Kingdom
•  Scotland has 3 more deaths, 43 total now (Link)

United States
•  US: CDC says that the rates of ‘invasive pneumonia’ tripled in Oct vs 5 yr averages in Denver metro (log in required) (Link)
•  Decoding the turkey’s genetic gobbledygook (Link)
•  FL: New mom in coma w/ H1N1, newborn survived 5 days (Link)
•  IL: 2000 hospitalizations from H1N1 and 389 new hospitalized (Link)
•  IN: 33 of 35 deaths from flu so far are confirmed H1N1 (Link)
•  MN: Minnesota news reports seem inconsistent now (Link)
•  MN: Six Duluth deaths associated with H1N1 (Link)
•  NM: Two Deaths In Eastern New Mexico Linked To H1N1 (Link)
•  OR: only 17 more hospitalizations since yesterday, no new deaths (Link)
•  OR: Oregon Hospitalizations up 22 in four days and 4 new deaths (Link)
•  PA: (7) New Deaths on PA DOH Website for 11.25.09 (Link)
•  TX: 2 more deaths confirmed in El Paso (Link)
•  UT: Utah confirmed another death and 72 more hospitalizations last week (Link)

General
•  WHO: Possible Tamiflu resistance (translated) (Link)
•  Biological H1N1 Vaccines: Too Little, Too Late (Link)
•  Drug-resistant swine flu probed (Link)
•  The Hajj: A perfect storm for swine flu? (Link)

]]> http://sciencetrio.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/of-wolves-and-worms/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:28:18 +0000 DeLene http://sciencetrio.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/of-wolves-and-worms/


A gray wolf in Yellowstone National Park (unknown photographer).

If a Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf has a daily to-do list, it may look like this:1.) Avoid hunters, 2.) Maintain territory, 3.) Find prey, 4.) Get de-wormed.

Yes, de-wormed.

According to a new study out in the October issue of the Journal of Wildlife Diseases, three-millimeter-long tapeworms known as Echinococcus granulosus, are documented for the first time in gray wolves in Idaho and Montana. And the authors didn’t just find a few tapeworms here and there… turns out that of 123 wolf intestines sampled, 62 percent of the Idaho gray wolves and 63 percent of the Montana gray wolves were positive. (Ew!) The researchers wrote: “The detection of thousands of tapeworms per wolf was a common finding.” (Again… Ew!!) This leads to the  interpretation that the E. granulosus parasite rate is fairly widespread and established in the Northern Rocky Mountain wolves.

The tapeworms themselves are not new. Gray wolves in Canada and Alaska are known to be infected with them. In fact, previous studies indicate that a 14 to 72 percent infection rate is normal. But the study authors report that this is the first time that a specific biotype of E. granulosus has been detected in not only wolves of Idaho and Montana, but also wild herbivores. The parasite needs both types of animals to complete its life cycle.



Global distribution of E. granulosus, shown in black. (Click to visit the source site, Stanford Univ.)

The two biotypes of North American E. granulosus are known as “northern” and “domestic.” And up till now, the northern biotype has not been reported in any wild species in Idaho or Montana — but this is the type they found in the Yellowstone gray wolves. The northern biotype needs wild cervids as an intermediate host (deer, elk, moose and caribou), but wolves are it’s main squeeze. The domestic biotype also uses wild ungulates as an intermediate host (it prefers sheep), but dogs are it’s main squeeze.

It is fair to ask whether the reintroduced canids picked them up from dining on already-infected wild prey in the lower 48 states. It’s truly unclear where the worms came from — were they already here, but not documented? Here is what they do know: 1.) the tapeworm biotype matches what is known to occur in northern latitudes of N. America ; 2.) the percentage of the infected population appears, upon the first sample, to match the known infection rate in Canada and Alaska for gray wolves.

Interestingly, the researchers also document finding E. granulosus in elk and mule deer in the study states, two of the top menu items for any self-respecting gray wolf. The authors concede it is nearly impossible to pin point the worm’s origins:

“It is unknown whether the parasite was introduced into Idaho, USA, and southwestern Montana, USA, with the importation of wolves from Alberta, Canada, or British Columbia, Canada, into Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, and central Idaho, USA, in 1995 and 1996, or whether the parasite has always been present in other carnivore hosts, and wolves became a new definitive host.”

Is this a simple case of an absence of data, or is this an emerging pathogen in the lower 48? The fact that our reintroduced wolves have the northern biotype would appear to lean toward an interpretation that the Yellowstone wolves arrived with the tapeworms. But part of the reintroduction management measures included de-worming the candidate wolves. The authors suggest that gray wolves which naturally recolonized parts of Montana from British Columbia could have brought the tapeworms with them, and supplanted them in to the wild herbivores which then passed them on to the reintroduced wolves.

The good news is that the northern  biotype poses a low threat to humans, if they were to ingest the worms. But it may pose a threat to domestic dogs, which can serve as the host. Something to be on the lookout for if you are a dog owner living near known wolf territories in these two study states.

Bottom line, if you are a tapeworm, wolves just may be your mother lode of a sugar mama… Think about it, they bring you plenty of nutritiously dense food, plus they travel long distances and are biological dispersers so they can deposit you in a wide range of new environments. Not a bad lifestyle for a three-millimeter long wriggly bit of tissue that can’t do these things on its own.

NOTES:
William J. Foreyt et al. 2009. Echinococcus granulosus in Gray Wolves and Ungulates in Idaho and Montana, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 45(4): 1208–1212

Suggested reading: CDC page on Echinococcocis

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3020938    คลินิกโรคต่อมไทรอยด์    Thyroid Disease Clinic

การวินิจฉัย การตรวจทางห้องปฏิบัติการ การรักษา ติดตามผลและภาวะแทรกซ้อนของโรคไทรอยด์แผนกผู้ป่สนนอก

(Diagnosis, investigations, treatment, follow up and complications of thyroid diseases in out-patient clinic.)

(3020938 จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย)

]]> http://iwatchmylife.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/scuba-diving-how-to-avert-the-health-risks-of-heart-disease/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:16:08 +0000 jamescglenn1234 http://iwatchmylife.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/scuba-diving-how-to-avert-the-health-risks-of-heart-disease/

Congenital heart disease is a risk factor in scuba diving, but this shouldn’t stop prospective divers from pursuing heart-pounding underwater action. If you were to live life once, would you allow a medical condition to get in the way of extreme adventure? Nevertheless, a sufferer will have to take the necessary precautions should he decide to get into the extreme sport despite the risk profile of a congenital heart disease. The article will briefly discuss pertinent risks and the mitigating factors necessary to contend with the physical limits of this cardiovascular condition.


Physical Strain. Congenital heart disease patients are often advised to limit the pursuit of physically-straining activities and avert stressful circumstances as well. Since scuba diving is a strenuous sport, a sufferer will likely be advised to undergo extensive physical training weeks (or preferably months) before the scheduled dive in order to be in tip-top shape for the activity. But for your safety, be sure to get your health care provider involved in every step of the way.

History of Surgical Procedure. If you’ve had undergone surgery before, you might want to think twice before engaging in a dive. Some chest surgery scars can restrict air flow, which will prove to be fatal when scuba diving. Consult your doctor for the likelihood of surgical scars to heighten related risks (as if having heart ailments isn’t risky enough), should you decide to pursue scuba diving nonetheless.

Use of Artificial Pacemaker. Recreational diving depths can extend to as much as 40 meters. However, pacemakers could only sustain around 10 to 30 meters of underwater pressure. Therefore as a precautionary measure, confirm pertinent details with the manufacturer and determine exactly how much pressure your pacemaker can tolerate before proceeding with the dive.

Heeding Doctor’s Advice. You can choose to conform with physician’s advice or just follow your heart’s desire and go scuba diving despite the looming risk of injury or even death. Be rest assured that your attending physician only wants what’s best for you. But if you happen to be dissatisfied with the medical practitioner’s recommendations, then seek for a second and then third opinion. And if these happen to convey similar recommendations, for your sake, please take heed and do not jeopardize your health or put your life on the line.

Nothing should ever stop you from living life to the fullest. And if you (and your doctor-LISTEN TO HIM, OK?) are unanimously convinced that you are physically fit to engage in any scuba diving activity, then go for it. And when you do, you might want to be geared up with top of the line scuba equipment such as an Aeris Coral Buoyancy Compensator with Air Link and a pair of Aeris Mako Open Heel Fins [http://www.scubasuppliers.com/site/1408308/product/50.30XX] to make your scuba diving trip much easier, safer and even more comfortable.

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