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Saturday, July 21, 2007
The available information about the phosphorous cloud following the railway accident in the Ukraine last Monday is becoming more and more cryptic.
The political involvement of most media and other factors are causing contradictions among official sources that are making press work extremely hard. Moreover, no one is permitted to enter the accident location. The site of the accident was closed to visitors following the injury of three TV journalists who got too close.
By Everett Maclachlan
When you have too much debt, it almost feels like you are carrying around 30 or 40 extra pounds on your body. The extra financial weight is always there lurking, even when you are not trying to take out a loan or apply for a low-interest rate credit card. However, when you do need to borrow money or qualify for credit, suddenly the weight of your situation becomes all-too-clear.
There are many types of debt, including mortgage debt, auto loans, student loans, department store cards and of course credit card debt. In terms of their effect on your FICO (credit) score, credit card debt is by far the worst in the eyes of creditors.
It is not at all uncommon these days for people to have $10,000, $20,000, $30,000 or more in credit card debt. Much of this is high-interest debt, which makes it particularly hard to pay down. Making only the monthly minimum payments is not enough – doing only that would mean most people would never get out of debt during their lifetimes. The more you try to pay it down, the more the debt seems to add up.
One way out is a consolidation-of-debt loan. This type of loan works by your taking out a single, low-interest loan that you use to pay down the credit card debt. The challenge is that, if you have a bad credit score, it can be hard to take out a personal unsecured loan.
If you need a consolidation-of-debt loan, personal unsecured loans may be the way to go. Here are 5 steps to getting funded:
1. Get a clear picture of your financial standing:
If you really want to get out of debt once and for all, you will need to take clear stock of your financial standing. This means really facing the facts about how much debt you have and at what interest rate. Rather than just throwing more money at your debt with a new loan, you will want to take a calculated approach to getting yourself out of debt.
2. Know the landscape of your credit report:
Next, before you start applying for loans, be sure to run your credit report with at least 2-3 of the top credit bureaus. Note the reasons for your bad credit score. And, be sure to report any errors on your report so that you can get them removed.
3. Put together a plan for repayment of your personal unsecured loan:
Next, you will want to put together a plan. Once you take out this new loan, how will you repay it? After all, the goal is to get yourself out of debt, not stay in it forever.
4. Build a lender list:
Now, it is time to find your lender. Make sure to do searches for “bad debt personal unsecured loan lender.” You will want a list of at least 4 or 5 lenders before you begin applying to any of them.
5. Apply using strong negotiation tactics:
There are two ways to apply for a personal loan: passively or proactively. Don’t just be passive, filling out the application and doing the minimum to get approved. Instead, be proactive. Be ready to address any concerns the lender may have about your credit report. Be prepared to show the lender that you are credit-worthy; show your employment history, residential history, and any other factors that can help your case.
Take these 5 steps to getting approved for an unsecured personal consolidation loan.
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Friday, February 23, 2007
Researchers with the University of Calgary in Canada have found that prolactin, a hormone produced during pregnancy, may reverse the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a paper published this week in The Journal of Neuroscience.
The study, led by Drs. Samuel Weiss and V. Wee Yong of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, compared virgin and pregnant mice with MS-like lesions introduced by lysolecithin, a chemical which destroys the myelin sheaths around neurons. They found the pregnant mice developed smaller lesions and fewer damaged neurons, and showed signs of repaired neurons. They also found the pregnant mice had higher levels of cells called oligodendrocytes, which create myelin and are able to repair some damaged neurons through remyelination. Because prolactin regulates the levels of precursors of oligodendrocytes, the scientists hypothesized that prolactin levels were responsible for the differences in damage. They also tested virgin mice given additional prolactin, and found results similar to pregnant mice.File:Monthly multiple sclerosis MRI.gif
Previous studies have shown that other hormones could reduce myelin damage, but this is the first study to show a mechanism to reverse myelin damage, and establish an empirical connection between that mechanism and pregnancy. Dr. Weiss says, “It is thought that during pregnancy, women’s immune systems no longer destroyed the myelin. However, no previous study has tested whether pregnancy actually results in the production of new myelin, which may lead to improvement of symptoms. “We’re excited about this result because it suggests to us that prolactin has the potential to be used to enhance the production of new myelin.”
Dr. William McIlroy, national medical advisor for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, explains the significance of this study: “The results of this study should be well received by people living with MS today. It represents a new insight of how we might be able to reverse some of the effects of the disease and improve the quality of life for those who live under its influence.”File:Prolactin.png
Dr. Luanne Metz, director of the Calgary MS Clinic in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary and Calgary Health Region, adds, “This discovery has the potential to take MS therapy a step further than current treatments that stabilize the disease in its early stages. By promoting repair, which is the goal of prolactin therapy, we have hope of actually improving symptoms in people with MS.”
Further animal studies need to be done to examine the possibility of side effects, such as lactation in men and non-pregnant women, as well as increased inflammation which could worsen the MS. Researchers believe human trials may begin within a few years.
Funding and support were provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research and the Stem Cell Network.
MS is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system where the body attacks the fatty myelin which helps nerves carry electrical signals, causing muscle weakness and spasming which may lead to disability. MS affects approximately one of every 1000 people in North America, northern Europe and Australasia.
Friday, October 5, 2007
Johan Boyden is running for the Communist Party in the Ontario provincial election, in the Toronto Centre riding. Wikinews interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign.
Facebook is one of the most popular social networking platforms available on the web. Millions of people use this amazing site to get in touch with their closed ones. They can easily send or receive messages, attachments and much more to their friends, families, and colleagues. It gives many amazing features to its users. Facebook advertising allows businesses, whether its small scale or large scale business to do their promotions through custom ads or content targeting a specific audience, with expenses varying depends on the reach and engagement the ad receives. Facebook ads can display to your target audience in their News Feed or right column on Facebook.
While creating a Facebook Page for your business, you need to choose an appropriate category that specifies the nature of your business and will make it easy for people find your Page. The category name is shown on your Page, so it’s one of the first things a user view when they visit your page on Facebook.
When making a planning for your Facebook Ads, ensure that your goals are specific, measurable, relevant, and time-bound. Creating best goals for your Facebook Ads will make it easy for you to achieve an excellent return on investment.
This step is very important to run successful Facebook ads. You can target an audience based on age, location, gender, behaviour, interests, and language.
You can customise more by configuring the custom audiences to reach people who already knowledge about your business, or you can also remove them from your ad’s target audience so you can get new people on Facebook. These custom audiences can be built through a website traffic, customer list or app activity.
Targeting the correct audience will ensure that you get the most out of your Facebook advertising dollars. For more information, you can make a connection with experts through autonomous FacebookTechnicalSupportNumber available on the web.
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Thursday, May 11, 2006
The Australian House of Representatives heard the traditional right-of-reply to the Budget released May 9, from the Australian Labor Party, led by Kim Beazley (Labor, Brand), plus Budget replies from minor parties in the Australian Senate.
While the Budget is politically popular, having as one of its main features significant tax reform, Beazley focused on the omissions in the Budget, such as the failure to address a skills shortage.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota signed a bill into law on Thursday that requires the state to generate a significant amount of its energy needs from renewable sources.
The amount of power generated by wind turbines in the state stands now at 895 megawatts. An additional 5,000 megawatts of energy from renewable sources will need to be added to Minnesota’s electricity resources, which is roughly eight times more than the amount that currently comes from renewables.
The bill signed by the Governor requires energy companies to provide 25 percent of power from renewable sources by 2025.
Xcel Energy, which supplies approximately half of the electricity in the state, is required to provide 30 percent from renewable sources by 2020.
Submitted by: Dr. John Douillard
Ringing in the ears, or “tinnitus,” affects 1 in 5 adults in the United States(1) and over 250 million people worldwide. While there are many possible causes for this incessant ringing or buzzing in the ear, there are few effective therapies. In this article I share two very simple, yet extremely effective therapies for tinnitus – one of which has been used effectively for thousands of years and the other you most likely already have in your bathroom!
The causes are many and range from: head trauma, loud music or noises, age related hearing loss, stress, infection, or the side effects from over 260 medications such as aspirin and certain antibiotics. Find out below if the drug you may be taking is the cause of your tinnitus! If you are taking one of these drugs, please talk to your doctor about the possibility of switching or stopping the drug.
If you or someone you love suffers from tinnitus don’t miss these time tested and proven home therapies!
What Causes Tinnitus?
Tinnitus is perhaps most commonly caused by damage to both the small bones of the middle ear and hair cells in the cochlea of the inner ear. When the ear is traumatized by shock, loud noise, infection, aging or side effects from drugs, the blood supply to the ear is stressed and compromised. This lack of blood supply often causes the production of scar tissue around the small bones of the ear. This affects the vibrational properties of the middle ear, which disturbs and potentially damages the delicate hair cells in the cochlea of the inner ear. This sends aberrant impulses to the auditory nerve which can increase unwanted ear sounds, and result in tinnitus.
Allergies can cause an excess build up of mucus in the middle and inner ear, as well as the Eustachian tube, which drains the ear. Excess mucus can breed an infection, which can increase ear pressure in the middle ear, irritate the ossicles (small bones), damage the hair cells of the inner ear and cause tinnitus.
The key to healing this kind of tinnitus is to repair the hair cells of the inner ear and the damage to the middle ear.
How These Therapies Work
When blood flow to the middle and inner ear is increased, it can help reverse the damage that may be causing the ringing in the ears.
One study shows that high frequency vibration therapy shows significant reduction in tinnitus(2). In other words if one could vibrate the ear at a very high frequency it could:
1. Break up any calcification of the middle ear.
2. Increase blood supply to the middle and inner ear to initiate healing of the cochlea, hair cells and small bones of the middle ear.
3. Vibrate out any residual congestive mucus.
4. Break up any impacted cerumen (ear wax) in the outer ear.
Ultrasonic Toothbrush Therapy
Most folks have an electric toothbrush that can be used to vibrate the outer, middle and inner ear. An ultrasonic toothbrush works best, but I have seen any electric toothbrush deliver benefits for tinnitus. With the toothbrush turned on, hold the toothbrush (the opposite side of the bristles!) against the ear to induce a concentrated vibrational effect.
1. Start by closing the flap. Hold the vibrating toothbrush over the ear opening on top of the closed flap.
2. Take the toothbrush and move it around the ear where the skull and ear meet.
3. If you feel any sore areas, stay in that area longer.
4. Do this for 2 minutes per ear, twice per day.
Ayurvedic Tinnitus Therapy
(This works best in conjunction with the Toothbrush Therapy)
Ayurveda suggests a therapy traditionally called Karuna Purana, which places drops of herbalized oil into the ear. Administering oil in the ears uses the same principles as the Ultrasonic Toothbrush Therapy, which are to increase blood supply and break down any scar tissue in and around the ear to help it vibrate in a more youthful manner.
This is best done with properly herbalized Organic Nasya oil,for the ears and nose, at least once per day. This can easily be done in the shower:
1. Fill both ear canals with warm Organic Nasya Oil.
2. Close the flaps and rub both ears vigorously for 1 minute.
3. Gently rub out any sore or painful areas while rubbing and pressing on the flaps.
4. Next, for 1 minute, deeply massage around the ears where the ears meets the skull.
5. Again, if there are any sore areas, rub those out.
6. For 1 more minute, hold the ears with the index finger and thumb and massage every aspect of the ears firmly while rubbing out any soreness.
7. If there is any soreness, dont rub too hard. The soreness will go away in a few days.
Make sure that special attention is given to any sore areas or vectors while massaging. Most people notice improvements in 3-5 days. In some cases it can take a month to break up the scar tissue and increase the blood supply, which will help decrease tinnitus.
This ear oil therapy is also excellent prevention for tinnitus, colds, sinus congestion and allergies.
Isnt a few minutes a day worth clear hearing?
Stop These Medications If You Have Tinnitus
If you are on any of these below medications and experience tinnitus, please consult with your doctor about switching to a non-tinnitus causing drug or to stop the drug, if possible. The following is a list of drugs that have demonstrated tinnitus side effects, as indicated in the 1995 “Physicians Desk Reference” and distributed by the American Tinnitus Association:
Accutane [less than 1%] Mazicon [less than 1%]
Acromycin V Meclomen [greater than 1%]
Actifed with Codiene Cough Syrup Methergine [rare]
Adalat CC [less than 1%] Methotrexate [less common]
Alferon N [one patient] Mexitil [1.9% to 2.4%]
Altace [less than 1%] Midamor [less than or equel to 1%]
Ambien [infrequent] Minipress [less than 1%]
Amicar [occasional] Minizide [rare]
Anatranil [4-5%] Mintezol
Anaprox and Anaprox DS [3-9%] Moduretic
Anestacon [among most common] Mono-Cesac
Ansaid [1-3%] Monopril [0.2-1%]
Aralen Hydrochloride [one Patient] Monopril [0.2-1%]
Arithritis Strength BC Powder Motrin [less than 3%]
Asacol Mustargen [infrequent]
Ascriptin A/D Mykrox [less than 2%]
Ascriptin Nalfon [4.5%]
Asendin [less than 1%] Naprosyn [3-9%]
Asperin [among most frequent] Nebcin
Atretol Neptazane
Atrofen Nescaine
Atrohist Plus Netromycin
Azactam [less than 1%] Neurontin [infrequent]
Azo Gantanol Nicorette
Azo Gantrisin Nipent [less than 3%]
Azulfidine [rare] Nipride
BC Powder Noroxin
Bactrim DS Norpramin
Bactrim I.V. Norvasc [0.1-1%]
Bactrim Omnipaque [less than 0.1%]
Blocadren [less than 1%] Omniscan [less than 1%]
Buprenex [less than 1%] Ornade
BuSpar [frequent] Orthoclone OKT3
Cama Orudis [greater than 1%]
Capastat Sulfate Oruvail [greater than 1%]
Carbocaine Hydrochloride P-A-C Analgesic
Cardene [rare] PBZ
Cardioquin Pamelor
Cardizem [less than 1%] Parnate
” CD [less than 1%] Paxil [infrequent]
” SR [less than 1%] Pedia-Profen [greater than 1% less than 3%]
Cardura [1%] Pediazole
Cartrol [less common] Penetrex [less than 1%]
Cataflam [1-3%] Pepcid [infrequent]
Childrens Advil [less than 3%] Pepto-Bismol
Cibalith-S Periactin
Cinobac [less than 1 in 100] permax [infrequent]
Cipro [less than 1%] Phenergan
Claritin [2% or less] Phrenilin [infrequent]
Clinoril [greater than 1%] Piroxicam [1-3%]
Cognex Plaquenil
Corgard [1-5 of 1000 patients] Platinol
Corzide [ ” ] Plendil [0.5% or greater]
Cuprimine [greater than 1%] Pontocaine Hydrochloride
Cytotec [infrequent] Prilosec [less than 1%]
Dalgan [less than 1%] Primaxin [less than 2%]
Dapsone USP Prinvil [0.3-1%]
Daypro [greater than 1% less than 3%] Prinzide [0.3-1%]
Deconamine Procardia [1% or less]
Demadex ProSam [infrequent]
Depen Titratable Proventil [2%]
Desferal Vials Prozac [infrequent]
Desyrel & Desyrel Dividose [1.4%] Questran
Diamox Quinaglute
Dilacor XR Quinamm
Dipentum [rare] Quinidex
Diprivan [less than 1%] Q-vel Muscle Relaxant Pain Reliever
Disalcid Recombivax HB [less than 1%]
Dolobid [greater than 1% in 100] Relafen [3-9%]
Duranest Rheumatrex Methotrexate [less common]
Dyphenhydramine [Nytol, Benydrl, etc] Rifater
Dyclone Romazicon [less than 1%]
Dasprin Ru-Tuss
Easprin Rythmol
Ecotrin Salflex
Edecrin Sandimmune [2% or less]
Effexor [2%] Sedapap [infrequent]
Elavil Sensorcaine
Eldepryl Septra
Emcyt Sinequan [occasional]
Emla cream Soma Compound
Empirin with Codiene Sporanox [less than 1%]
Endep Stadol [3-9%]
Engerix-B Streptomycin Sulfate
Equagesic Sulfadiazine
Esgic-plus [infrequent Surmontil
Eskalith Talacen [rare]
Ethmozine [less than 2%] Talwin [rare]
Etrafon Tambocor [1% or less than 3%]
Fansidar Tavist and Tavist-D
Feidene [1-3%] Tegretol
Fioricat with Codeine [infrequent] Temaril
Flexeril [less than 1%] Tenex [3% or less]
Floxin [less than 1%] Thera-Besic
Foscavir [1-5%] Thiosulfil Forte
Fungijzone Ticlid [0.5-1%]
Ganite Timolide
Gantanol Timoptic
Gantrisin Tobramycin
Garamycin Tofranil
Glauctabs Tolectin [1-3%]
HIVID [less than 1%] Tonocard [0.4-1.5%]
Halcion [rare] Toprol XL
Hyperstat Toradol [1% or less]
Hytrin [at least 1%] Torecan
Ibuprofen [less than 3%] [Advil, etc.} Trexan
Ilosone Triaminic
Imdur [less than or equal to 5%] Triavil
Indocin [greater than 1%] Trilisate [less than 20%]
Intron A [up to 4%] Trinalin Repetabs
Kerione [less than 2%] Tympagesic Ear Drops
Lariam [among most frequent] Ursinus
Lasix Vancocin HCI [rare]
Legatrin Vantin [less than 1%]
Lncocin [occasional] Vascor [up to 6.52%]
Lioresal Vaseretic [0.5-2%]
lithane Vasotec [0.5-1%]
Lithium Carbonate Vivactil
Lithobid Voltqaren [1-3%]
Lithonate Wellbutrin
Lodine [greater than 1% less than 3%] Xanax [6.6%]
Lopressor Ampuis Xylocaine [among most common]
Lopressor DCT [1 in 100] Zestril ‘0.3-1%]
Lopressor Zestoretic [0.3-1%]
Loreico Ziac
Lotensin HCT [0.3-1%] Zoleft [1.4%]
Ludiomil [rare] Zosyn [less than 1%]
MZM [among most frequent] Zyloprim [less than 1%]
Magnevist [less than 1%]
Marinol (Dronabinol) [less than 1%] Risperdal [rare]
Marcaine Hydrochloride
Marcaine Spinal
Maxaquin [less than 1%]
References
1. Demeester K, van Wieringen A, Hendrickx JJ, Topsakal V, Fransen E, Van Laer L, De Ridder D, Van Camp G, Van de Heyning P. (2007). Prevalence of tinnitus and audiometric shape. B-ENT. 3 Suppl 7:37-49.
2. Goldstein BA, Lenhardt ML, Shulman A (2005). “Tinnitus improvement with ultra-high-frequency vibration therapy”. Int Tinnitus J. 11 (1): 1422.
About the Author: Dr. John Douillard has been teaching Ayurvedic medicine, natural health, fitness, and nutrition internationally for 22 years. He received his Ayurvedic training in India and holds a Ph.D. in Ayurvedic Medicine from the Open International University. He is the former Director of Player Development for the New Jersey Nets, co-directed an Ayurvedic center for cancer with Deepak Chopra, and has trained over 2000 Western doctors in Ayurveda.
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Friday, November 14, 2008
Raouf Amin el-Araby, a 52-year-old Egyptian doctor who has been serving the Saudi Royal family for 20 years, was convicted of malpractice. Egyptian newspapers reported that he was accused of driving a Saudi princess “to addiction”, reportedly after treating a Saudi princess with painkillers.
Initially sentenced to 7 years and 700 lashes, he has been sentenced to 15 years and 1500 lashes, 70 a week, after making an appeal.
Family members, friends and colleagues gathered in outrage and grief outside the headquarters of Egypt’s doctors union, calling upon King Abdullah to pardon Raouf. “1,500 lashes is unprecedented in the history of Islam,” read one banner carried by protesters. “Who is responsible for the humiliation of our doctors abroad?” read another.
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) and the foreign minister are working hard to find a way to return Raouf home quickly. Hafez Abu Saeda, the director of EOHR, stated that the princess was prescribed the same medication that she was receiving in the United States, “so it is obvious that the doctor was not at fault for her addiction.”
Abu Saeda was astonished that the judge doubled the sentence and the lashes after the appeal. It is tantamount, he said, to penalizing Amin for asserting his right of appeal. “When you appeal against a sentencing it is the rule that it cannot go higher, but in Saudi Arabia it appears anything is possible,” said Saeda.
Protests in Egypt have driven the Egyptian foreign ministry to seek a solution, partly out of concern that negative repercussions may damage relations between Cairo and Riyadh.
A human rights lawyer said that he was given the first 70 lashes last week and he will get 70 more this week.