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Toxic RNA Contributes to Neurodegeneration |
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Commentary by J. C. Spencer  Mitochondria micrograph source: University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) |
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Nursing home cited |
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Atherton Healthcare fined $100,000 By Banks Albach / Daily News Staff Writer The California Department of Public Health has nailed Atherton Healthcare, a Menlo Park nursing home, with a $100,000 fine and the stiffest citation possible after concluding its staff was negligent in the fall and subsequent death of a 48-year-old woman suffering from Huntington's chorea disease.
A manager at the facility, however, said that Atherton Healthcare has already appealed the May 12 decision and is contending that the "fall was inevitable" because of the woman's serious and progressive illness. The manager asked to remain anonymous.
"We think this should be reviewed because it doesn't reflect what happened," the manager said. "We tried every measure that we could. This is a terrible disease." |
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First installment for cutting healthcare costs. |
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The Wall Street Journal this week printed an article entitled Dealing with the Cost of Alzheimer’s which you can read at the end of this installment about cutting healthcare costs. Rising healthcare cost is becoming more serious and bringing down corporations and destroying the life savings of families.
In helping set the stage for our detailed plan for cutting healthcare costs, let me quote brief statements from my book Expand Your Mind - Improve Your Brain Chapters 4 and 38 before the Wall Street Journal article: |
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A Case For Adult Stem Cell Research |
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by Wolfgang Lillge, M.D. | |
|  The question of stem cells is currently the dominant subject in the debate over biotechnology and human genetics: Should we use embryonic stem cells or adult stem cells for future medical therapies? Embryonic stem cells are taken from a developing embryo at the blastocyst stage, destroying the embryo, a developing human life. Adult stem cells, on the other hand, are found in all tissues of the growing human being and, according to latest reports, also have the potential to transform themselves into practically all other cell types, or revert to being stem cells with greater reproductive capacity. Embryonic stem cells have not yet been used for even one therapy, while adult stem cells have already been successfully used in numerous patients, including for cardiac infarction (death of some of the heart tissue).
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NEWS RELEASE |
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For Immediate Release Subject: Houston public charity to evaluate effects of the sugar trehalose on devastating Huntington’s disease (HD). May 5, 2008 (Houston) Huntington’s is one of the most devastating health challenges known to humans. Huntington’s is hereditary and children normally have the gene but do not develop the tremors until later in life. There is no known cure for this deadly neurodegenerative disease. J. C. Spencer, CEO of The Endowment for Medical Research announced that the non-profit organization is seeking major funding for Huntington’s clinical trials. “Meanwhile, we have designed a low budget self funding, self or family evaluation system, to gather needed data showing benefits from the sugar trehalose.” Laboratory animal research using trehalose has already shown that this sugar may be beneficial in some neurodegenerative diseases. Other research indicates that it may strengthen cell membrane under certain conditions. |
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Mitochondrial Function has Connection with Autism, Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s |
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(Editor: J. C. Spencer has long thought the mitochondria holds the key to reversing diseases. He discusses this in Chapter 17 entitled Your energy comes from your mitochondria in the book Expand Your Mind - Improve Your Brain.) PITTSBURGH, April 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation released the following statement from its executive director and CEO, Chuck Mohan, in light of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee's (NVAC) meeting of its Vaccine Safety Working Group and recent published reports of possible links between mitochondrial disorders and autism. |
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Alarming Study Finds 26% Teen Girls have Sexually Transmitted Disease |
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Study finds 1 in 4 US teens has a STD
By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer <em>Tue Mar 11, 7:27 PM ET
CHICAGO - At least one in four teenage American girls has a sexually transmitted disease, suggests a first-of-its-kind federal study that startled some adolescent-health experts.
Some doctors said the numbers might be a reflection of both abstinence-only sex education and teens' own sense of invulnerabilty. Because some sexually transmitted infections can cause infertility and cancer, U.S. health officials called for better screening, vaccination and prevention.
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Antiobiotic Link to Dementia |
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Antibiotic Use High Among Nursing Home Patients With Advanced Dementia ScienceDaily (Feb. 27, 2008) — An article co-authored by Susan L. Mitchell, M.D., M.P.H., of Hebrew SeniorLife's Institute for Aging Research* reports that nursing home residents with advanced dementia are frequently prescribed antibiotic medications, especially during the two weeks before death. This practice raises concerns about the end-of-life care of individual patients dying with advanced dementia, as well as the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. |
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Mitochondrial Disease has Connection with Autism, Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, |
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(Editor: J. C. Spencer has long thought the mitochondria holds the key to reversing diseases. He discusses this in Chapter 17 entitled Your energy comes from your mitochondria in the book Expand Your Mind - Improve Your Brain.) PITTSBURGH, April 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation released the following statement from its executive director and CEO, Chuck Mohan, in light of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee's (NVAC) meeting of its Vaccine Safety Working Group and recent published reports of possible links between mitochondrial disorders and autism. |
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