WTU: Longevity and Health

Mobile Phone Radiation Cause of Bee Disappearance

2010-06-07T06:04:00.001-07:00

"India's Panjab University say they have linked “colony collapse disorder” to cell-phone radiation...
After the three months, the hive with the active phones saw the queen reducing the number of eggs she laid “significantly” — cutting the number laid by more than half — and the bees stopped producing honey. Worker bees regularly stopped returning to the hive as well." - yahoo news

43 percent risk reduction via Vitamin D

2010-04-28T14:19:00.000-07:00

A team from Warwick Medical School in the U.K. has found that people who maintain healthy vitamin D levels are 43 percent less likely to get heart disease or diabetes!
More at Naturalnews.com

Retired optician 'cures own blindness with marigolds'

2010-04-13T17:00:00.000-07:00

Harry Marsland feared he would lose his sight completely after developing dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) – a condition responsible for half of all cases of blindness in this country.

AMD had claimed the sight in his right eye and the 73-year-old’s vision had become so bad that he could not get around without the help of his wife. He was even considering learning Braille, fearing that his left eye would follow the same fate.

However, after trying various treatments to no avail, Mr Marsland finally decided to experiment taking a vitamin supplement containing extracts from the orange flowers.

Within months of taking the taking the capsules, which are not available on the NHS, he regained vision in his left eye.

Mr Marsland, from Oundle, Northants, said: “I now know, professionally, that I have recovered almost completely from the effects of the dry AMD in my left eye. I am the first person to have such good fortune.

“I have recovered 95 per cent of the sight in my left eye which is miraculous, considering that at one point I was literally blind in the dark."

More at telegraph.co.uk

Human Bones Grown From Stem Cells!!!

2010-03-30T13:50:00.001-07:00

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, a professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia University, has solved how to grow new bones in the anatomical shape of the original. He and his team converted bone material scaffolding into living tissue by placing it in a similar-shaped chamber, and added human stem cells extracted from bone marrow or liposuctioned fat. The bioreactor chamber then fed oxygen, growth hormones, and nutrients to the bone.

Another team at the University of Michigan plans to recreate jaw bones within the human body itself.

More info at New York Times Article: Replacement Bones, Grown to Order in the Lab

Beware - Aspartame Has Been Renamed 'AminoSweet'

2010-02-13T09:52:00.000-08:00

And is now being marketed as a 'natural' sweetener!

Over the years I have documented the dangers of ingesting Aspartame.
This is just another attempt to extend the life of their poison market a bit longer.
The company's website is full of grossly misleading information.
Beware of products with ingredients that list AminoSweet.
It is NOT like sugar. It is poison.

Brazilian Mint is Pain Reliever

2009-11-29T20:45:00.000-08:00

A research team from Newcastle University has just published a study on the pain relieving qualities of the Brazilian mint – Hyptis crenata.
Although new to the scientific world, the use of Hyptis crenata has been used by traditional Brazilian healers for thousands of years, not just for general pain relief but for fevers and influenza too.
The team went to Brazil to carry out the survey to find out how the medicine is typically prepared and how much should be consumed. They found that when the mint was given at a dose similar to that prescribed by traditional healers, the medicine was as effective at relieving pain as the synthetic aspirin-style drug called Indometacin.

Mercury Found in All Fish Tested!!!

2009-09-05T20:13:00.000-07:00

"When government scientists went looking for mercury contamination in fish in 291 streams around the nation, they found it in every fish they tested, the Interior Department said, even in isolated rural waterways...A quarter of the fish studied had mercury levels above safety levels set by the Environmental Protection Agency..."
source - The New York Times

Compound found in Easter Island soil Extends Lifespan

2009-07-10T09:06:00.000-07:00

"The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and two collaborating centers reported that the Easter Island compound – called "rapamycin" after the island's Polynesian name, Rapa Nui – extended the expected lifespan of middle-aged mice by 28 percent to 38 percent. "

More at sciencedaily.com

MERCURY Found in Thousands of Foods & Soda's Containing High Fructose Corn Syrup!

2009-06-08T05:32:00.001-07:00

Italian scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini - First Nobel Prize-winner to reach the age of 100

2009-04-26T19:51:00.000-07:00

"She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize for Medicine jointly with an American, Stanley Cohen, for her research into NGF: the proteins and amino-acids which enable the cells of the nervous system to grow and take on specialised tasks. Despite her age, Dr Levi-Montalcini, a neurologist and development biologist, still works every day at the European Brain Research Institute, which she founded in Rome.

...she claimed that her brain was more vigorous today than it was four decades ago. "If I'm not mistaken," she said, "I can say my mental capacity is greater than when I was 20 because it has been enriched by so many experiences, in the same way that my curiosity and desire to be close to those who suffer has not diminished."

According to Pietro Calissano, who collaborated with the professor on an article for Scientific American in which she announced her discovery in 1979, NGF may have played a direct role in her amazing vitality. "Every day, she takes NGF in the form of eye drops," he said, "but I can't say for sure if this is her secret. At the start, it seemed this molecule's effect was restricted to acting on the peripheral nervous system, but then it emerged that it has a very important role in the brain. Contrary to what was believed, the brain does not have a rigid structure but is in continuous movement, and NGF helps neurons – which we begin to lose between 10 and 15 years old – survive."

Excerpt from The Independant

50 Reasons to Oppose Fluoridation

2009-02-07T19:11:00.000-08:00

-Commendatori’s Blog

“Today almost 60 percent of the U.S. population drinks fluoridated water, including residents of 46 of the nation’s 50 largest cities,” reports Scientific American’s Dan Fagin.

50 Reasons to Oppose Fluoridation
Dr. Paul Connett
Professor of Chemistry
St. Lawrence University, NY

High-fructose corn syrup contains mercury

2009-01-27T20:23:00.000-08:00

"Almost half of tested samples of commercial high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) contained mercury, which was also found in nearly a third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where high-fructose corn syrup is the first- or second-highest labeled ingredient, according to two new U.S. studies." - USA TODAY 1/27/2009

The report was published online in the Journal Environmental Health.

Earth's Only Immortal Species!

2009-01-27T19:57:00.000-08:00

"... Turritopsis reverts to a sexually immature stage after reaching adulthood and is capable of rejuvenating itself.
The 4-5mm diameter creature, technically known as a hydrozoan, is the only known animal that is capable of reverting to its juvenile polyp state.
Theoretically, this cycle can repeat indefinitely, rendering it potentially immortal. " -TimesOnline