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28 Desember 2010
Cordless Phones, like WIFI, Boost Heart Risk
Cordless Phone EMFs Trigger Heart Rhythm AbnormalitiesDevra Davis on C-SpanThe controversy continues over the possibility that frequent exposure to electromagnetic fields from cell phones and other cordless devices increases the risk of brain tumors and cognitive dysfunction. That’s been hard to prove definitively, and many mainstream researchers dismiss the risk as alarmism.But an international collaborative team of Canadian, US, and European researchers recently discovered something that may prove harder to dismiss: in some individuals, the 2.4 GHz pulsed signals emitted by a cordless phone system reliably produce measurable and clinically significant disruptions in cardiac rhythm. Complete article
Selected articles from Natural Health News
Sep 14, 2008
Studies at the University of Koblenz-Landau, reported in The Independent on Sunday last year, have found bees failed to return to their hives when digital cordless phones were placed in them, while an Austrian survey noted that ...
Dec 21, 2009
The report highlights a study that found significantly increased risk of brain tumors from 10 or more years of cell phone or cordless phone use. Also, the BioInitiative Working Group, an international group of scientists, ...
Feb 14, 2009
One of the most dangerous devices in use, in most homes is the DECT cordless phone. The dangerously high microwave radiation that these 'convenience items' expose families to, are likely to eventually kill and maim more Americans than ...
Feb 16, 2008
For your information, results from recent studies confirm that cell and cordless phone microwave can: * Damage nerves in the scalp * Cause blood cells to leak hemoglobin * Cause memory loss and mental confusion ...
The Importance of Accuracy in Health Reporting
Over the years I have been in the health professions I have noticed real change in the way health information is reported. This applies to medical journals, TV and other broadcast media, newspapers, and other venues.
Now too we have now the on-line purveyors of what lay people turned health expert believe to be factual.
I think it has become pretty difficult to wade your way through all that is out there in the info universe to make some sense of it all for your health and that of those for whom you care.
Even though one site I favor is focused on mainstream health, I continue to learn more about the issues that have been important to me for decades from his sites: Integrity and truth in coverage.
Recently this was the focus of some very good information -
Now too we have now the on-line purveyors of what lay people turned health expert believe to be factual.
I think it has become pretty difficult to wade your way through all that is out there in the info universe to make some sense of it all for your health and that of those for whom you care.
Even though one site I favor is focused on mainstream health, I continue to learn more about the issues that have been important to me for decades from his sites: Integrity and truth in coverage.
Recently this was the focus of some very good information -
26 Desember 2010
Winter Weeds
With most plants dormant here now, it is easy to spot evergreen plants. Evergreen plants are a welcome sight in winter, offering a tangible sign of life in an otherwise dead-looking landscape. Unfortunately, some of the most noticeable evergreen plants are invasive non-native plants. We can use our ability to spot these plants to our advantage, however. Now is a good time to find these plants and remove them from your landscape and on restoration projects.
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| Tsuga canadensis - a native evergreen |
Here are six of the most prevalent invasives that are evergreen. They are all woody plants and can be removed in at least two different ways. If they are young and small, try pulling them out now while the ground is relatively moist (wear gloves to ensure good traction and minimize any reaction – English ivy can cause a rash). If they are too large to pull, you can cut them and carefully apply (consider using a foam paintbrush) a bit of brush killer on the stump. At the very least, remove any berries on the plant and mark the plants with some bright string or flagging tape (available at home improvement stores) so that you can come back to remove them properly in the spring. Bag up any berries and place them in the trash.
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| Ligustrum sinense |
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| Chinese privet seedling |
This plant is very adaptable and grows in both fairly dry areas and floodplains. It spreads by berries (drupes) and by roots, often creating dense thickets. The first few sets of true leaves on seedlings have a distinctly wavy look on the edges. I usually find seedlings when I am bent over pulling out japanese honeysuckle.
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| Chinese privet thicket |
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| Ligustrum japonicum |
It’s cousin, Waxleaf ligustrum (Ligustrum japonicum) is becoming more invasive thanks to increased usage in landscape designs and availability in nurseries. It has larger, more glossy leaves and very similar fruit. This picture was taken in a wooded roadside where the plant has naturalized. Shade tolerance has allowed all forms of Ligustrum to invade woodland natural areas like state parks; these parks are now forced to spend resources on eradicating it and to host “privet pull” workdays (a great way to donate some community service, by the way).
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| Lonicera japonica |
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) has been a favorite of homeowners for generations because of its sweet smelling flowers and ease of cultivation. Who among us has not pulled apart the white and yellow flowers to taste the sweet nectar? This rampant vine is capable of smothering less aggressive plants, shading out anything that might grow beneath it. This picture was taken two houses away from me – the vine has grown twenty feet up the young pine trees and the base of it is now as wide as my wrist. Evergreen leaves and pale flakey bark are key identifiers in winter; you may also see small dark blue berries. If you look carefully, the leaves are arranged opposite one another although they may appear to be in whorls.
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| English ivy infestation |
Another old-fashioned favorite gone bonkers is
English ivy (Hedera helix). Once prized in many a
garden in Atlanta, it can now be found high in the
tops of large trees throughout old, established
neighborhoods. The good intentions of many folks
to “keep it contained” are not always kept, especially
when properties change hands.
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| English ivy seedling |
An interesting fact about this non-native vine is that it only becomes mature enough to flower and set fruit (blue berries) when it is allowed to climb. When kept confined to the ground, it remains in a juvenile form. However, even there it is an aggressive and thick vine, shading out all that would try to grow underneath. Many people that eradicate it report having native plants like Trillium and other spring ephemerals spring up once it is removed. Watch out for early signs of infestation when neighboring properties have it in their trees – new plants are easily eradicated when they are young.
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| Mahonia bealei |
Mahonia is often mistaken for a mutant holly plant, but it is a member of the barberry family. Mahonia bealei is the aggressive European species that invades our wooded areas. There is a species that is native to the Pacific Northwest which has the common name of “Oregon grapeholly”. A stout and prickly shrub, it has thick, shiny leaves, yellow winter flowers and bright blue drupes in the spring. Someone once commented that a particularly large specimen on the side of the road looked like a “prehistoric” plant. It was rather scary looking.
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| Nandina seedling |
Bright red clusters of winter berries have earned Nandina a special place in the designs of winter decorations … and in the forests of the southeast! Nandina domestica, also known as Heavenly bamboo, is a shrub with compound evergreen leaves. A very invasive plant in Florida and south Georgia, the increasing warmth of the northern part of the state has allowed this plant to become more invasive in the last decade. I regularly spot it now on roadsides and ditches as well as wooded areas. Learn to spot those seedlings early so that you can pull them out while the pulling is still easy!
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| Elaeagnus (thorny) |
Elaeagnus has the disreputable nickname of “Ugly Agnes” thanks to its rambunctious and untidy growth habit. With regular sheering it can be a solid and substantial hedge shrub, but too often it is allowed to do what it wants. Long whips of new growth allow it to grow almost vine-like into adjacent shrubs and trees. My neighbors inherited these unruly shrubs when they bought the house 3 years ago; the previous neighbor spent hours keeping them trimmed. The unsuspecting and overworked new owners ignored the shrubs … until their rampant growth toppled a mature Yaupon holly into the street. I showed the homeowner how to cut the Elaeagnus away from the Yaupon, allowing it to spring back into a vertical growth position. You can recognize Elaeagnus by its glossy green leaves with silver-colored backs, the intensely fragrant flowers and the bright red berries. Some forms, like this seedling in my other neighbor’s yard, have thorns as well. You can find this shrub along many interstate roads where it was planted for years by the Department of Transportation.
Interested in identifying other invasives? This is a good website – detailed photos for identification and links to learn more about methods of control for invasive plants in the Eastern United States. Plants are listed both by common name and by scientific name – use your browser’s “Find” function to search for what you’re looking for (but be aware that the common name be not be the same as what you know it as, so search by scientific name if possible).
By the way, the first picture in the blog is a young eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) growing in my yard. We got snow on Christmas Day, and I took this picture then. It’s not a weed!
25 Desember 2010
Vacation and Merry Christmas
So I figured that most folks will be away or sleeping or in general not surfing the internet during the next week. So I have decided to take a little vacation. Plus I am working on a side project that I am anxious to share with you upon my return!
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and I wish you many blessing in the coming year!
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and I wish you many blessing in the coming year!
24 Desember 2010
Spinach Madeline: The Best Holiday Side You'll Ever Eat
Spinach Madeline is an old recipe from one of those 1940's era Junior League Cookbooks that uses a can of soup as the first ingredient for virtually everything.
My father has just opened this email and he is now dying laughing.
I was born in New Orleans. My parents lived there for several years and I think they truly enjoyed the local culture, which even today has a uniquely regional feeling. New Orleans is unlike any place I can think of in the US. When I was there recently I felt that the natives celebrated their differences from standard American culture. For this I was especially happy!! While we place so much importance in our culture on indiviuality we are all, remarkably, the same.
Spinach Madeline was a recipe that my parents discovered while they were living in New Orleans. I was never sure exactly where they had it first, a friend's house, or if they had the cookbook and made it because it looked good. Perhaps my Dad will comment down below and solve the mystery. But today, this recipe has gone viral. We make the spinach for every holiday gathering. And most of the folks that have married into our family are now making the dish. My brother now makes it at every holiday with his family. I do as well. And some of my sister-in-law's do too. My grandmother on my mother's side always made it and some of my friends have too. It just isn't a Christmas without someone emailing me asking for this recipe. A few years ago, my Dad converted it to a word document, so now whenever anyone asks for the original recipe there it is all typed up and ready to attach!
The recipe can be found in a book called The River Road Recipes, which is filled with recipes for things that you'd never want to eat. In fact, the original recipe is filled with ingredients that you'd never want to eat like processed cheese and evaporated milk. Though when we were kids, my folks made it exactly the way the recipe called, roll cheese and all. As I have become an adult, I have altered the recipe to make it more "real food".
Here is the altered recipe-
Spinach Madeleine
2 pkgs. Frozen spinach
3/4 tsp. Celery seed
4 tbls. Butter
3/4 tsp. Granulated Garlic
2 tbls.Flour
salt to taste
2 tbls. Chopped onion
6 oz. Pepperjack cheese
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 tsp. Worchestershire sauce
1/2 cup vegetable liquor (from the cooked spinach)
red pepper (Cayenne) to taste
1/2 tsp. Black pepper
Cook spinach according to directions on package. Drain and reserve liquor. Melt butter in saucepan over low heat Add flour, stirring until blended and smooth, but not brown. Add onion and cook until soft but not brown. Add liquid slowly, stirring constantly to avoid lumps. Cook until smooth and thick; continue stirring. Add seasonings and cheese which has been cut into small pieces. Stir until melted. Combine with cooked spinach. This may be served immediately or put into a casserole and topped with buttered bread crumbs. The flavor is improved if the latter is done and kept in refrigerator overnight. This may also be frozen. Serves 5-6.
Mrs. William G. Reymond
Adapted from River Road Recipes
(the first volume)
Mrs Reymond, you are probably not be alive today. But I can honestly say, you have contributed to countless holiday memories in my family and others. Seriously, try this recipe. If there is a dish that embodies a family gathering in my mind, it is this one!!
Merry Christmas Y'All!
My father has just opened this email and he is now dying laughing.
I was born in New Orleans. My parents lived there for several years and I think they truly enjoyed the local culture, which even today has a uniquely regional feeling. New Orleans is unlike any place I can think of in the US. When I was there recently I felt that the natives celebrated their differences from standard American culture. For this I was especially happy!! While we place so much importance in our culture on indiviuality we are all, remarkably, the same.
Spinach Madeline was a recipe that my parents discovered while they were living in New Orleans. I was never sure exactly where they had it first, a friend's house, or if they had the cookbook and made it because it looked good. Perhaps my Dad will comment down below and solve the mystery. But today, this recipe has gone viral. We make the spinach for every holiday gathering. And most of the folks that have married into our family are now making the dish. My brother now makes it at every holiday with his family. I do as well. And some of my sister-in-law's do too. My grandmother on my mother's side always made it and some of my friends have too. It just isn't a Christmas without someone emailing me asking for this recipe. A few years ago, my Dad converted it to a word document, so now whenever anyone asks for the original recipe there it is all typed up and ready to attach!
The recipe can be found in a book called The River Road Recipes, which is filled with recipes for things that you'd never want to eat. In fact, the original recipe is filled with ingredients that you'd never want to eat like processed cheese and evaporated milk. Though when we were kids, my folks made it exactly the way the recipe called, roll cheese and all. As I have become an adult, I have altered the recipe to make it more "real food".
Here is the altered recipe-
Spinach Madeleine
2 pkgs. Frozen spinach
3/4 tsp. Celery seed
4 tbls. Butter
3/4 tsp. Granulated Garlic
2 tbls.Flour
salt to taste
2 tbls. Chopped onion
6 oz. Pepperjack cheese
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 tsp. Worchestershire sauce
1/2 cup vegetable liquor (from the cooked spinach)
red pepper (Cayenne) to taste
1/2 tsp. Black pepper
Cook spinach according to directions on package. Drain and reserve liquor. Melt butter in saucepan over low heat Add flour, stirring until blended and smooth, but not brown. Add onion and cook until soft but not brown. Add liquid slowly, stirring constantly to avoid lumps. Cook until smooth and thick; continue stirring. Add seasonings and cheese which has been cut into small pieces. Stir until melted. Combine with cooked spinach. This may be served immediately or put into a casserole and topped with buttered bread crumbs. The flavor is improved if the latter is done and kept in refrigerator overnight. This may also be frozen. Serves 5-6.
Mrs. William G. Reymond
Adapted from River Road Recipes
(the first volume)
Mrs Reymond, you are probably not be alive today. But I can honestly say, you have contributed to countless holiday memories in my family and others. Seriously, try this recipe. If there is a dish that embodies a family gathering in my mind, it is this one!!
Merry Christmas Y'All!
Boys Now Targeted by Big Pharma's Vaccine Campaign
23 December, 2010: Natural Health News first reported on boys and Gardasil in 2008. Now FDA has gone ahead and approved this very risky vaccine for boys and men.
One MD says
1/5/10: Today another "flash" was published in MSM about the enhanced efforts to push Gardasil on adults, especially women 19-49. Don't you see this is more about drug sales and profits than health?
UPDATE: 1/4/10 If you have been following Gardasil vaccine issues on Natural Health News or in other places you know that this is a story we have been covering for about 5+ years.
Today HealthDay announced the new American Academy of Pediatrics 2010 vaccine guidelines; it includes Gardasil for boys and more swine flu shots.
At the same time this is announced, other medical news says that special diets for children with autism do not work. I think this is mis-information, because if they are working in spite of mainstream medicine ignorance, there must be something to them.
And of course with more vaccination we can only know that we will continue to see more vaccine damage.
We do not consider Gardasil to be proven or safe.
Originally posted 6/08
If you have been following the thread of Gardasil articles here over the past year you probably won't be amazed by this newly announced campaign to bring Gardasil to your little boys.
From what I gleaned on the report I heard this morning there won't be a new vaccine created. Little boys will be jabbed with the same toxic vaccine as is marketed to girls from age 9 to 26.
I did not glean from the report that there have been any longterm studies on Gardasil for boys. Maybe it is just lagging sales that is behind this, along with FDA's denial for using Gardasil in women 27 to 45.
One reader of this blog commented today on the number of thyroid problems appearing in a group of young girls in their community. Sounds like an adverse effect that needs reporting.
Selected Gardasil posts -
One MD says
Dec 23, 2010
According to this report, This FDA approval is NOT BASED on SCIENCE but on a VOTING PROCEDURE by the FDA Advisory Committee, which in turn is based on a BELIEF and not on the gold standard of DOUBLE BLIND PLACEBO CONTROLLED TRIAL. I am flabbergasted. Honestly, does the FDA Advisory Committee know what it is doing? How long was the randomized trial conducted and were the numbers and duration of the trial robust enough to come to this conclusion? Was the randomized trial conducted by an independent research team or was it industry funded? I cannot accept it and I will not recommend it.
from MEDPage Today
WASHINGTON -- The FDA has approved the human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil for use in males and females ages 9 to 26 to prevent anal cancer.
The decision follows a recommendation from the FDA's advisory committee on vaccines, which voted last month that the vaccine -- already approved for preventing cervical and vaginal cancer in women and genital warts in both sexes -- is safe and effective for anal cancer prevention.
A randomized trial that included men who have sex with men, ages 16 to 26, was the main basis for the new approval. It found that Gardasil was 78% effective in preventing anal intraepithelial neoplasia related to the HPV-16 and HPV-18 viral serotypes.
Because the disease process of anal cancer is believed to be the same in females as in males, and because neoplasias usually develop during adulthood, the FDA did not require separate studies in females or in preteens.
The FDA emphasized that HPV vaccination would not prevent anal cancer in individuals already infected with the virus.
"Treatment for anal cancer is challenging; the use of Gardasil as a method of prevention is important as it may result in fewer diagnoses and the subsequent surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy that individuals need to endure," according to Karen Midthun, MD, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, in a statement.
Although anal cancer is uncommon in the general population, the incidence is increasing, the agency indicated.
About 90% of anal cancers are believed to stem from HPV infection. The American Cancer Society estimates that about 5,300 people are diagnosed with anal cancer each year in the U.S., affecting more women than men.
1/5/10: Today another "flash" was published in MSM about the enhanced efforts to push Gardasil on adults, especially women 19-49. Don't you see this is more about drug sales and profits than health?
UPDATE: 1/4/10 If you have been following Gardasil vaccine issues on Natural Health News or in other places you know that this is a story we have been covering for about 5+ years.
Today HealthDay announced the new American Academy of Pediatrics 2010 vaccine guidelines; it includes Gardasil for boys and more swine flu shots.
At the same time this is announced, other medical news says that special diets for children with autism do not work. I think this is mis-information, because if they are working in spite of mainstream medicine ignorance, there must be something to them.
And of course with more vaccination we can only know that we will continue to see more vaccine damage.
We do not consider Gardasil to be proven or safe.
Originally posted 6/08
If you have been following the thread of Gardasil articles here over the past year you probably won't be amazed by this newly announced campaign to bring Gardasil to your little boys.
From what I gleaned on the report I heard this morning there won't be a new vaccine created. Little boys will be jabbed with the same toxic vaccine as is marketed to girls from age 9 to 26.
I did not glean from the report that there have been any longterm studies on Gardasil for boys. Maybe it is just lagging sales that is behind this, along with FDA's denial for using Gardasil in women 27 to 45.
One reader of this blog commented today on the number of thyroid problems appearing in a group of young girls in their community. Sounds like an adverse effect that needs reporting.
Dr A Kalokerinos MD, Holder of the Australian Medal of Merit for 'outstanding scientific research', in an interview for the International Vaccination Newsletter of June 1995.Use the search window to see all our vaccine related posts...
"Our society is littered with millions of children who were harmed in one way or another by vaccinations. Also, do not let us forget the millions of parents who had to watch helplessly as their children's lives were destroyed by devastating vaccination programmes."
Selected Gardasil posts -
Sep 28, 2009
http://naturalhealthnews.blogspot.com/2008/11/merck-now-targeting-men-with-gardasil.html http://naturalhealthnews.blogspot.com/2008/11/natural-perspective-on-gardasil.html ...
Nov 13, 2008
The Gardasil vaccine was 90 percent effective in preventing lesions, mostly sexually transmitted warts, caused by the virus in men, Anna Giuliano of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Tampa, Florida, and colleagues ...
Apr 18, 2007
Both men and others told Dr. Haupt they supported the vaccine, but it was too early and counterproductive to push for school requirements. On Feb. 20, Merck announced that it was suspending its lobbying push, but Women in Government ...
Jul 06, 2008
Since condoms are indisputably a safe, non-invasive, cost-effect method for protecting boys and girls / men and women against ALL sexually transmitted diseases -- Why are we exposing American girls and young women to a public health ...
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