A medical report that has just been released by the World Health Organization states that radio frequencies and electromagnetic fields – including those routinely emitted by cell phones – are “possibly” carcinogenic to humans. This is something we should all be aware of. Check out the radiation level (SAR) that comes from your cell phone here.

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This could be great news for older women who over the years have loved to sip their cappuccinos. Studies seem to indicate that as long as a woman does not smoke, drinking coffee may actually lower the risk for a stroke. After a 24 year study using data and charts from Nurses Health it was found that a stroke was 20 percent less likely to occur in women who had four more cups a day, as opposed to those having less than, one cup a month. One cup a month is close to not drinking coffee at all. From the data collected during 2006 is was also concluded that coffee seems not to affect the occurrence of heart attacks, it is not a risk factor, and that it may also contribute to the prevention of diabetes. The studies were comprised of questionnaires, tracking the dietary habits of women over a 24 year period. The study started in 1980, and included women with no family history of heart disease or stroke. The women would check in every 3 years to update their information. The study tracked all dietary consumption, including the intake of caffeine. This one particular study found no correlation between caffeine consumption and any of the age related diseases. It was found that it had no effect, neither lowering nor raising the occurrence of strokes in the test groups wherein the women did have diabetes or issues with cholesterol or blood pressure. All this was taken into consideration as well as whether the women smoked or their weight, alcohol intake and physical exercise as well as which stage of menopause they were in and whether they were taking hormones.

Esther Lopez-Garcia from Madrid was the head of the study, and most likely is sitting in some cafes in any of the five star Madrid hotels, sipping coffee when not teaching at the University. Lopez-Garcia does state that while drinking coffee has shown a 45 percent decrease in strokes, it only works when one isn’t smoking a cigarette along with that morning cup of joe. And it seems that other beverages that contain caffeine such as soda and tea, have no effect. So it’s something about the coffee itself. Something in the coffee contains the antioxidants necessary to improving blood vessel functioning and lowering inflammation. While all this is good news, the researchers are not advocating non-coffee drinkers to go out and start drinking it for it’s health benefits. As some conditions are only exacerbated by caffeine, such as anxiety or insomnia. Or any other risks associated with heart disease.

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A drug developed to fight leukemia appears to stop multiple sclerosis in its early stages and restore lost function to patients, British researchers said on Wednesday.

The three-year study of Bayer AG and Genzyme Corp‘s alemtuzumab for the first time show long-term improvement in disability, Alasdair Cole, a neurologist at the University of Cambridge, said in a telephone interview.

The drug, made under the brand name Campath, appears to regenerate brain cells and reverse the effects of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, the researchers found.  Read more…

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The US government has decided not to go ahead with a proposed AIDS vaccine trial called “PAVE 100.” The decision comes a few weeks before the 17^th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City – and after a controversy earlier this year about the safety of another AIDS vaccine trial.

To find out what it means for future AIDS vaccine research, VOA English to Africa Service reporter Joe De Capua spoke to Mitchell Warren, head of the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition. From New York, he spoke about the proposed “PAVE 100″ vaccine trials.

“Pave 100 had been an AIDS vaccine efficacy trial that had been in design for quite a number of months. It was actually supposed to start back in September last year. And it’s testing a vaccine that’s been developed by the NIH’s (National Institutes of Health) own vaccine research center. And the vaccine is actually a combination of two products. It has what’s called a DNA Prime and an ADNO-5 (cold virus) boost. So two different prime boosts together making one vaccine candidate,” he says.

However, just before trials were to begin, news about problems in a Merck vaccine trial came to light. At first, researchers learned the Merck vaccine candidate wasn’t effective. Later, it was discovered it actually made some people more susceptible to HIV infection. Read more…

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Alzheimer’s Disease is robbing Bonnie Lowe of her memories. But the 89-year-old is not giving up.

“I want to be like I used to be,” said Bonnie. She joined a new study and will soon start taking an experimental drug called Bapineuzamab, basically an Alzheimer’s vaccine.

Currently the only way to treat Alzheimer’s is by using memory boosting medications. But unfortunately the drugs don’t do anything to correct the underlying cause of the disease. That’s what this new vaccine type therapy hopes to do. Dr. Bruce Kohrman is studying the drug. Read more

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