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The Uncontrolled And Unregulated Organ Transplantation Mafia In India: News Censored By Google

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:26:57 -0500

This new item has been censored by Google without any justification and it is no more appearing in the news column. I can understand the controversial nature of the post as well as the negative publicity it can attract to the ruling government.

However, bringing justice to people is of utmost importance and political reasons must not be a ground to censor posts in India as it would amount o violation of freedom of speech and expression.

A specific Blog on Google censorship and a dedicated LinkedIn Group on Google censorship have already been started to report such incidences. We also reiterate our commitment that incidences like these would not deter us from discussing the topic that are deemed hazardous, controversial and non commercial by the mainstream media.

So here we are once again posting the original article for our readers and expect that Google would censor this post as well so that we can post another one.

Organ transplantation mafia of India is working right under the nose of India government that also without any fear or law and punishment. In one such reported incidence, the organ transplantation mafia has crossed all the limits of humanity.

The parents of a girl child have accused that medical workers in India have murdered their daughter to sell her organs to the rich receivers of such organs. They have also claimed that neither the medical staff nor the police have cooperated with them and they have hushed up the matter.

A request to Indian government has also been made to look into the matter and get the matter investigated through central bureau of investigation.

Medical malpractices in India have increased significantly. Whether it is deaths due to clinical trials in India or online selling of medicine by pharmacies in India, nothing is in order.

As far as organ transplantation is concerned, we have the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994. However, the same requires urgent amendments to make it more effective and stringent.

It has failed to deter the organ transplantation mafia of India and sending a dead body to the relatives of an innocent child without crucial organs is a very gruesome act that requires punishment of most stringent nature.

We hope that Indian government would not allow any such incidence to reoccur in future and no parents would find themselves in this unfortunate situation as the unfortunate girl child’s parents are.

They deserve justice and not the one that is presently prevailing in India but an instant and appropriate one.

A Major Medical Breakthrough In Converting Human Skin Cells Into Embryonic Stem Cells

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:12 -0500

Researchers at the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) has announced a major medical breakthrough in effectively converting human skin cells into embryonic stem cells through a technique which is called nuclear tranfer according to a report by Fox News.Com.

It's my opinion this is one major step forward in medical breakthroughs and it's hoped that many people will be healed of major injuries and other type illnesses through this method in the near future. I'm astonished at the many new medical breakthroughs that are on the horizon.

Fox News.Com reported in the article that research has major insinuations for the future of medical treatments, since there are believers' enbryonic stem cells to be the key for treating damaged cells that has been lost through injuries or illnesses.

It's amazing to know that stem cell therapy has the potential for treating many illnesses such as heart disease and spinal cord injuries and even such medical conditions as major neurological diseases, like Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis, according to various different medical researchers.

The report indicated that during a common laboratory method known as somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), ONPRC scientists, and with researchers at Oregon Health & Science University, the genetic codes of an unfertilized egg and a human skin cell were swapped to create their new embryonic stem cells.

These researchers fine-tuned the method through a series of studies in macaque monkeys; thus, this study marks the first successful use of the SCNT technique to create embryonic stem cells in humans after numerous failed efforts from other research laboratories throughout the world.

It was reported that the SCNT process comprised of scooping out the nucleus of a donated egg cell, leaving only the egg's cytoplasm which is an essential ingredient. Then the researchers replaced the egg's nucleus with the nucleus of a skin cell containing an individual's genetic code. These combinations grow and develop into the embryonic stem cell.

Fox News.Com reported that the lead author Dr. Shoukhrat Mitalipov, a senior scientist on ONPRC told them, "The idea that the egg cytoplasm has some factors - we don't know their nature as yet - but it has the ability to reset the cell's identity. It bascially erases all this memory, and now we can derive them and make them into stem cells."

The research of embryonic stem cells has been a debatable search since its conception. Since they're derived from unused embryos; which have been fertilized in vitro, these types of cells are pluripotent - which means they have a capacity to develop various different cell types within the human body.

Ethical concerns have centered on the utilization of using embryonic stem cells because there are many people believing that a fertilized egg ought to be given the status of a human being. Because when a fertilized human embryo is destroyed in the development of embryonic stem cells, numerous activist groups and politicians speak out against these medical techniques.

During the SCNT method it bypasses all of these ethical dilemmas because the eggs that are donated are never fertilized. Researchers 'trick' the egg cell into believing it has been fertilized by a sperm. During the nuclear transfer process, Mitalipov and his team were able to prompt the cell to remain in a state of "metaphase" - a stage of cell division where the cell's chromosomes align in the middle of the cell right before it divides; and this causes the process from stalling and encourages the cell to develop into a stem cell.

It's my opinion it's amazing to know our researchers are at work obtaining the knowledge to perfect such a miracle process and to give encouragement to the world for many human healings to be healed of numerous health issues.

It was reported too that once reprogrammed, these stem cells can be cultivated into any kind of a living cell which can be used in nerve cells, brain cells, heart cells and numerous more.

Mitalipov also point out another important factor that once an individual has had this process completed, he/she has a lifelong "bank" of embryonic stem cells that doctors can use as the patient maybe sick or has an injury.

Fox News.C om reported that Mitalipov stated, "You only need to do it once per patient; and once it has been established, the stem cells are like a permanent source of stem cells - because they have an unlimited capacity to keep growing - We only need to do it once, but one colony multiplies to make hundreds of colonies. We can freeze them and continue to grow more and more of them."

Researchers said it's highly unlikely this method would be able to produce human clones; they've addressed this for the purpose of explaining to people that the SCNT method might be considered therapeutic cloning; but in all years of using SCNT with monkey cells, "no" monkey clones were ever successfully produced, so it's highly unlikely that human clones can be produced through this method - since human cells are more fragile than monkey cells.

Mitalipov is in hopes that people will focus on the main goal of this research, which is to foster hundreds of different studies by using this new process for the development of embryonic stem cells.

He also stated, "We still have a lot more work to do, to learn how to transplant them; but the first step is already done, and it looks pretty clean. Probably, people could start banking these cells now; and hopefully, in the near future we will have some treatments coming in the clinic."

Barbara Kasey Smith is the writer of this article and it was taken from a Fox News.Com report and them stating from Journal Cell.

Source:
(1) Fox News.Com
(2) Journal Cell

Prescription Drug Use Is The Leading Cause of Accidential Deaths

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:53:53 -0500

This article caught me off guard as I read it in a Fox News.Com report stating political leaders in Kentucky had called a local retailer, the Urban Outfitters, to advise them to halt the sale of flasks, shot glasses and pint glasses because they look like real prescription pill bottles.

The Kentucky Republican chairing the House Appropriations Committee, U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, complained that these products underestimated the sufferings of people who had struggled with addictions.

In my opinion addictions cause adults and teens a lot of pain and grief; and the selling of these type products imitating prescription pill bottles often cause teenagers to buy them to impress their peers and to use them as real prescription pill bottles. This may cause an explosion for the use of fake prescription pill bottles among teenagers.

U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers says, "I fear the sale of this type merchandise could have an unfortunate consequence of leading more teens to seek out prescription meds, or even worse, an increase in prescription drug-related overdoses."

Rogers also said in a memorandum to the company, "I would enourage you to remove these items from the shelves immediately so as not to contribute to the epidemic."

Fox News.Com reported there were no responses to phone calls and emails sent for comments to Urban Outfitters who caters to teens and younger adults.

They reported political leaders in Kentucky began signing on this week too because prescription-drugs are the cause for people in Kentucky dying from drug overdoses; and it has become more prevalent than those people killed in car wrecks.

Rogers represents a large rural area in Kentucky where prescription painkiller abuse is at an epidemic level. Jack Conway, Kentucky Attorney General has also joined this cause as of Wednesday.

The report also stated that it shouldn't be hard for people to understand products like these make light of an epidemic that kills more than 1,000 Kentuckians every year; and it is also responsible for more deaths than heroin and cocaine combined according to Conway, co-chairman of the Substance Abuse Committee of the National Association of Attorneys General; and he stated, "This is combined with alcohol, the misuse and abuse of prescription medications can be deadly, this makes the Urban Outfitter RX pint and shot glasses and flasks even more troubling."

Conway also made a statement the use of prescription drugs is the leading cause of accidental deaths in United States; and he indicated too any teens are experimenting with them because they believe they're safer than street drugs.

Conway also stated that the Urban Outfitters` products could reinforce this belief. Stating, "This type of cavalier attitude puts more teens at risk."

This absolutely shocked me because I would have never thought accidental drug deaths would over-shadow other types of
accidents. This certainly proves to people in our country that presciption drug use is a lot more prevalent than we would have ever believed.

Parents need to be made aware of this situation and to actively be involved in their children's lives. People should be guarded when their children appear to be spaced-out or they're not connecting with their conversations and activities. A parent needs to be present whenever their teen comes home from an outing or a party to ensure they're physically okay.

Barbara Kasey Smith is the writer of this article and it was taken from a report by Fox News.Com

Source:
Fox News.Com

DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan to Reduce Hunger Gap Affecting Detroit Area Kids

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:53:20 -0500

The e The end of the school year often marks the end of a guaranteed meal for almost half of Detroit’s children. In Southeast Michigan, more than 300,000 free or reduced fee, breakfasts and lunches are served daily during the school year. The DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan Professional Nurse Council is leading a community effort to provide area children with a consistent daily meal over summer recess. Their Fourth Annual Cereal Drive kicks off on May 31 – June 7, 2013.

“As one of the best Children’s hospitals in the country, we do not just treat sick or injured children, we are also in the business of keeping them healthy,” said Herman B. Gray, M.D., president of DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan. “Our nurses and staff really embrace this drive that highlights the important connection between nutrition and healthy kids.”

Studies show one in every four American children lives in a food insecure household where breakfast is not guaranteed. For some Detroit area children that number is one in two, making the hunger gap more serious in Southeast Michigan.

The Cereal Drive began in June 2010 and has grown every year. Last year, Gleaners Community Food Bank needed four semi-trucks to transport the donations collected during the drive to their distribution center.

“The Metro-Detroit communities really come together and use this opportunity to directly make a contribution and a difference in their neighborhoods. This effort really transcends city boundaries and is one problem with serious health consequences that we can make a huge dent in as a community,” said Wendi Tague, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan Professional Nurse Council Chair.

Donations of cereal will be collected at the following locations May 31 – June 7, 2013 starting at 8 a.m. Closing times vary by location. Click here for a list of cereal drop off locations: www.childrensdmc.org/cerealdrive.

Driving directions and phone numbers for the drop off locations can be found at www.childrensdmc.org/locations.

DeWayne Wells, president of Gleaners said, “The DMC Children’s Hospital Cereal Drive has become an important source of nutritious breakfast food for children and families served by the food bank. Cereal is always in high demand, and that demand increases when school lets out and school breakfast and lunch programs end. The cereal provided by this drive will help us alleviate the strain parents feel when they try to make up for those meals for their kids.”

The Cereal Drive is part of a national effort, started by the DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, to end childhood hunger. Ten other large children’s hospitals across the United States are hosting drives in their cities during the same timeframe. Cereal is a popular food item that experts say can easily address the hunger gap.

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Cereal Drive committee members include: Stephanie Melnick of Pleasant Ridge, Suzette Hohendorfer of Birmingham, Pam Taurence, RN of Trenton, Tiffani Langford of Southfield, Beth Stockford, RN of Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada, Wendi Tague, RN of Westland, Patty Reaume of Bell River, Ontario, Canada, Jennie Basirico, RN of Macomb, Megan Pierrel, RN of Allen Park, Katherine Foran of Pleasant Ridge, MI and Vickie Dahlman-Anger of Milford.

About Detroit Medical Center www.dmc.org
The Detroit Medical Center includes DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan, DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital, DMC Harper University Hospital, DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, DMC Hutzel Women’s Hospital, DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital, DMC Surgery Hospital, and DMC Cardiovascular Institute. The Detroit Medical Center is a leading regional healthcare system with a mission of excellence in clinical care, research and medical education.

10 Years in the Making, Book Helps People Overcome Vision Problems

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:16:31 -0500

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 61 million adults in the United States are currently at risk for serious vision loss. While it is a serious issue, millions of people don’t know what to do and what not to do, or do not realize that they are the ones at risk for vision loss. The answers to these issues, and more, are all being offered in one book that was ten years in the making and is founded on a vast amount of research.

“It took me a decade to pen this book because there was so much work and analysis that needed to be done in order to get it right,” explains Dr. Edward Kondrot, founder of the Healing The Eye & Wellness Center. “I wanted to make sure that this would be the best possible book out there for offering information on vision health to the public. And I think I have achieved that goal.”

The book, titled “10 Essentials to Save Your Sight” (Advantage Media Group, July 2012), offers crucial information about what people can do to help save their sight. This groundbreaking look at vision is revolutionary and takes a homeopathic and alternative approach to maintaining eye health. No stranger to revolutionary ideas, Dr. Kondrot is the only board-certified ophthalmologist and board-certified homeopathic physician in the world, and is president of the Arizona Homeopathic and Integrative Medical Association.

His therapies, known as the “Kondrot Program,” draw people from around the world who are seeking to restore their vision. The programs are aimed at helping those with macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts, and dry eye, among other conditions. The book offers a look at some of the essential information that people need in order to help save their sight, including addressing such questions as:

· Whether or not fish oils are harmful to the eyes.

· How a 10-second test can help save your sight.

· Why sunglasses can actually harm the eyes.

· How a lotion can reverse years of damage to the eyes.

Whether one already has sight problems or not, the information in the book can help lead them to vision restoration, as well as helping to avoid any vision loss.

“Really anyone who has eyes should be reading this book,” adds Dr. Kondrot. “The information is crucial in being able to maintain good eye health now, and as people age. The information in this book is invaluable, especially to the 61 million currently facing serious vision loss.”

The Healing The Eye & Wellness Center sits on 50 acres of land and features a 14,000-square-foot state-of-the art complex, an organic ranch, jogging trails, swimming pool, hot tub, and more. For more information on the book, visit the site at www.healingtheeye.com.

How Get Real Health is Helping Patients with Chronic Disease Management

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:52:27 -0500

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 75 percent of all the country’s health care expenditure goes to cover chronic diseases. As the country, families, and individuals struggle to find ways to reduce costs, they are also seeking ways to improve chronic disease management. Get Real Health, a company that specializes in creating technology-based tools for the health industry, has created a solution – InstantPHR.

“Our flagship product is effective, easy to use, and capable of helping people not only effectively manage disease, but also lower their costs in doing so,” explains Robin Wiener, the founding partner and president of Get Real Health. “We designed it to be a tool that empowers patients, and that’s just what it does.”

The name of Get Real Health’s technology-based solution, InstantPHR, stands for Instant Personal Health Record. The tool provides a variety of ways to help patients manage chronic disease, including:

· Empowering patients so that they have more control over their care.

· Allowing for collaboration in managing care, so that family members or caregivers can all use the same system. This helps to improve communication, as well as helping to avoid errors and prevent overlooking important information.

· The flexibility to make changes and tailor the management program to meet one’s individual needs for care management.

· Lowering the costs for health care. The tool does this, in part, by improving disease monitoring, especially following hospitalization. This can help to reduce instances of hospital readmission, as well as avoiding further complications.

“The more we can empower the patients, and get their family and care givers involved, the better their outcome is likely to be,” added Wiener. “InstantPHR has become a popular tool among those who want more control, collaboration, and cost reduction when it comes to their disease management.”

For more information about InstantPHR or Get Real Health, visit the site at www.getrealhealth.com.

OCCUPY APA REVEALS UTTER NONSENSE OF THE DSM-5

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:01:40 -0500

The latest Occupy the APA protest will take place May 19, 2013 at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Speakers will include prominent members of the Psychiatric Survivors' movement and an attorney who has won significant cases against mental health institutions and big pharma.

The "bible" of the APA, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is neither statistical nor scientific. It is a collection of opinions that has been added to over the years with total disregard for scientific method. At this time, half of the citizens of the United States have some kind of psychiatric diagnosis, from ADD to psychosis. This promises to increase as the "diagnoses" in the DSM proliferate. The newest "disorders" make you mentally ill if you grieve too long or are shy or engage in political activism. The only popularly-discussed disorders the DSM does not acknowledge are narcissism and sex addiction. According to this new edition, a two year old child can be diagnosed as bipolar.

Occupy the APA believes this trend toward pathologizing every person in America must be curtailed by public outrage and action.

Truth about Alcoholism

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:35:44 -0500

Healthy people do not drive drunk. They are more lucid. It is time to tell the whole truth about “drunk driving”. An alcoholic is a sick person, not much different from any other disease. The American Medical Association declared addiction as a disease in 1956. It is a chronic, progressive disease that leads to insanity or death if not intervened, is the definition. These ill people are not treated with compassion or assistance as with other maladies, diseases, or ailments.

Sadly, the consequences of this disease may affect those on the road. However, instead of understanding, they are punished through a jail system that does not address the real problem. The issue is that these people are not well from their illness and it is one of the symptoms of being an alcoholic. When you offer compassion with realistic help through treatment and Alcoholics Anonymous, the rate could reduce because they would heal the health condition and the driver would not again be out on the road in their sickness at another time.

When people know this is a disease, they can become aware and take action to find recovery. The lack of real information impedes help that heals those in the grip of this malady. They can become a contributing member of our society instead of being branded as “a bad person instead of a sick person”.

The ignorance and lack of this information about this medical condition is not revealed in the media, news, or at conferences. Having a disease is no joke. Being judged and punished as a bad person is humiliating. Not recognizing the real dilemma should be criminal. When will our society be told the truth so real justice, caring, and compassion can be experienced and the ill person can find recovery? This denial has continued for many years and still the public is not told the truth to bring a real solution to those in the grips of a disease.

As a recovering alcoholic with 28 years of recovery, I write, speak and am a counselor to help in the recovery process. I just completed a book which offers help for this and other issues. There is a solution.

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Look for her just finished book, “Paradigm Busters, Revealing the Real You” to be available soon. You can read more of her writing on Kindle, Ground Report on the internet, and her web site Angelicas Gifts.

Official Recognition of Binge Eating Disorder Will Change Lives, According to Eating Recovery Center

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:26:45 -0500

Eating disorders treatment center explains four reasons that acknowledgment of the most common and often misdiagnosed eating disorder will positively impact millions of men, women and children

Binge eating disorder (BED) will become an official mental health diagnosis this May when it is included – for the first time – in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), the manual that mental health professionals use to diagnose and treat mental disorders. According to Eating Recovery Center, an international center providing comprehensive treatment for eating disorders, this shift has the potential to dramatically improve the quality of life of individuals struggling with this devastating disease.

“BED has long been underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed as a mental health issue, due in large part to its classification as only a provisional eating disorders diagnosis in the DSM,” said Emmett Bishop, MD, FAED, CEDS, founding partner and medical director of outpatient services and program development for Eating Recovery Center. “The acceptance of BED as a recognized and treatable mental illness has the potential to lead to more access to care, open new avenues to insurance coverage and diminish the stigma that many of its sufferers have faced.”

BED is characterized by compulsive, out-of-control episodes of eating followed by shame, guilt and depression and is often accompanied by serious medical and psychiatric comorbidities. The most common eating disorder, BED affects as many as 3.5 percent of American women and 2 percent of American men.

To help healthcare providers and the general community better understand why this shift is so significant, Eating Recovery Center shares the top four reasons why BED’s inclusion in the DSM-V is a life-changing development for the millions of individuals struggling with this disease.

1. Better understanding and less stigma. With a clearly defined set of diagnostic criteria, healthcare professionals will be better able to help patients and families identify the issue and seek effective eating disorders treatment. In addition, the acknowledgement of BED as an officially recognized mental illness is likely to help families and friends understand that their loved one cannot simply “go on a diet,” “stop eating so much” or “sign up for Weight Watchers.” The underlying issues are much more complex.

2. Validation of BED symptoms. Not merely a casual description of occasional overeating, BED is a serious condition with clearly articulated diagnostic criteria. People with BED have learned to cover up negative feelings such as anger, sadness, boredom, stress or guilt through food. Binge eating behaviors can also be accompanied by an unhealthy preoccupation with body image, size and compulsive behaviors, including over-exercise or over-spending.

3. Increased access to eating disorders treatment coverage. Mental health parity laws require that coverage for treatment of biologically based mental illnesses, such as eating disorders, be no less extensive than the coverage provided for any other physical illness. Although the inclusion of BED as an official diagnosis in the DSM-V does not guarantee improved coverage, clinicians are hopeful that the change will further validate this illness and spur changes to insurance coverage standards that could improve access to BED treatment.

4. Less misdiagnosis among BED sufferers. Because BED is frequently misunderstood, it is not uncommon for clinicians to recommend patients to seek help for their weight issues at weight-loss or gastric bypass clinics. In reality, these individuals require binge eating disorder treatment to address their underlying relationship with food, eating and body image. In addition, BED is also often overlooked in individuals that are normal weighted due to widespread misperception that sufferers of BED must be overweight.

“For too long, people who have struggled with binge eating disorder have been stigmatized and misunderstood,” said Dr. Bishop. “The classification of binge eating disorder as an official mental illness will help us promote education, dismantle common misperceptions and help patients and families secure appropriate treatment that supports lasting recovery.”

In response to increasing demand for specialized binge eating disorder treatment, Eating Recovery Center offers comprehensive binge eating disorder programming. For more information about binge eating disorder treatment, visit EatingRecoveryCenter.com.

World Thalassemia Day Observed in Kashmir

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:26:37 -0500

Srinagar, May 8 (Scoop News) - Minister for Medical Education, Youth Services & Sports, Taj Mohi ud Din today disclosed that Government has released Rs. Five crore for the medication and treatment of patients suffering from Haemophilia and Thalassemia in the State.

Addressing a function to mark the World Thalassemia Day today, the Minister said historically these diseases were confined to aristocracy of Europe and elsewhere and Czar of Russia suffered from Haemophilia. But, he said, with the mixing of populations over times these diseases have also travelled.

The function was organized by a private hospital.

Taj underscored the need for blood donation and hailed the voluntary groups doing this yeoman service. He said since blood can’t be manufactured, voluntary donations are the only means to help the dying patients and those suffering from these diseases.

The Minister said there is a dire need to offload the tertiary care hospitals so that these institutions devote their time and energy on research and treatment of difficult diseases like Haemophilia and Thalassemia. He said patients with minor ailment from far off area need not to come to tertiary care hospitals which can be easily handled at District and Sub District Hospitals. For this, he suggested that the confidence of common masses in primary and secondary care units needs to be built.

The Minister said Government would welcome the entry of private players in setting up health institutions in the State which would help in overcoming the rush in Government hospitals.

Earlier, Dr. Samoon Jeelani from SKIMS and Dr. V. P. Choudhary, ex- head, AIIMS dwelt in detail about the various aspects of Thalassemia and Haemophilia.

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