PRES BUSH ANTIWAR PROTEST SAN FRAN 10-06

FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS

WITH THE FOREGROUND OF THE MOVIE MARQUE ADVERTISING THE SACRIFICE OF OUR FATHERS TO GUARANTEE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND OTHER FREEDOMS, THE PROTESTORS CONTINUED FOR 24 HOURS WITH THE ANTI-WAR, ANTI-BUSH, ANTI-GOVERNMENT VERBAGE AND SIGNAGE………….. 

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ELECTION 2006 WILL NEED YOUR VOTE…………

V.P. CHENEY STUMPS IN COEUR D ALENE IDAHO ELECTION 2006

http://dearmckenzie.com/tag/string-art-tips/ SENATOR JOHN KERRY RECEIVED A LITTLE IDAHO GOP LAUGHTER DURING THE VP STUMP STOP IN COEUR D ALENE, IDAHO YESTERDAY.  WITHSTANDING A COLD, WET SLEET AND DRIZZLE, HARDY IDAHOANS WITH WIND AT THEIR BACK, CLEARED THE SECRET SERVICE CHECKPOINTS AND CHEERED ON THE VP.  A GROUP OF THE DEMOCRATS ALSO WITHSTOOD THIS ZERO DEGREES WINDCHILL TO OPPOSE THE VISIT BY VICE-PRESIDENT CHENEY.

IN CASTMD.COM, A FEW MONTHS AGO, I WROTE ON THE INFO RELATED TO "HUNTING RISK."  LAUGHTER COMES TO MIND ABOUT THE VP'S GREAT HUNTING EXPEDITION, SO I THOUGHT MAYBE A NEW BLOG ENTRY ON "HUNTING SAFETY" MIGHT BE IN ORDER.  GLAD NO ONE WAS INJURED SEVERELY AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN. 

CASTMD.COM  IS HEALTH RELATED.  HOPEFULLY THE VP WILL REALIZE THAT HE FLEW OVER ONE OF THE TOP EPA SUPERFUND SITES IN THE USA.  AND THAT THE REGION IS STILL DEALING WITH THE 100+ YEARS OF TOXIC WASTE IN THE REGION.  WITH SPOKANE NOW "COVERING UP" THE RIVERBED FOR ABOUT A MILE, FOCUS STILL NEEDS TO BE ON THE ENVIRONMENT… ALSO, HIS TRIPS OVER THE WYOMING AND MONTANA MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS SHOULD REMIND THE VP OF THE SEVERE ENVIRONMENTAL DISCORD MANY COMPANIES LEFT IN THE WESTERN USA.

CASTMD IS NEUTRAL FOR THE ELECTION.  ALL THE "REPUBLICRATS AND THE DEMOCANS" NEED TO RE-EVALUATE THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT, TAXATION, AND REPRESENTATION.  REMEMBER, NOT SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS IN THE PAST LED TO SEVERE CHASMS IN OUR AMERICAN PSYCHE AND SPIRIT..WILL THIS SCOURGE REPEAT ITSELF…

THE RISING TOLL OF THE UNINSURED, UNDERINSURED, ILL-TREATED MENTALLY CHALLENGED, HOMELESS, DRUG ADDICTED, METH ADDICTED, AND UNEMPLOYED WILL CONTINUE TO HAUNT THE SAFE AND HEALTHY GROWTH OF THE USA. 

TERRORISM IN OTHER NATIONS RELIES ON SUCH DEPRESSION OF THE PEOPLE….THE WIDENING GAP OF THE LOWER CLASS AND UPPER CLASS CONTINUES… SO, WHAT CAN YOU DO?  VOTE !!!

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE – STILL A PROBLEM

SOME SAY AT LEAST ONE-THIRD OF ALL WOMEN WILL BE INVOLVED IN SOME FORM OF DOMESTIC PARTNER VIOLENT BEHAVIOR IN THEIR LIFETIME.

AN ESTIMATED 5 MILLION INCIDENCES OCCUR ANNUALLY.

AN ESTIMATED 1500 WOMEN DIE YEARLY FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

EMPLOYEES MAY REPRESENT 20-25% OF VICTIMS OF THIS TYPE OF LIFESTYLE.

IMPACT ZONE:  INTERVENE WITH A FELLOW EMPLOYEE, ASSOCIATE, FRIEND IF YOU THINK THE QUESTION IS APPROPRIATE.   "ARE YOU SAFE?"  "CAN WE HELP?"  "HOW CAN WE HELP?"

MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PRISONERS – HELL REVISITED

FROM YEARS AGO, TO THE 50'S-70'S, MEDICAL RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED ON PRISONERS BY VARIOUS RESEARCHERS AND MEDICAL-PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES.  INMATES IN THE RESEARCH WERE EXPOSED TO CARCINOGENS, RADIOACTIVES, HALLUCINOGENS.  EASY TARGETS FOR SUCH WITH LIMITED RIGHTS, NEED FOR MONEY, AND THE GREED OF EXPANSIVE BIG PHARMA BUSINESS.  NOW IT APPEARS, AN EXPANDING REVISIT OF THE PROCESS IS OCCURRING. 

THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE ADVISORY PANEL HAS PROPOSED NEW GUIDELINES FOR SUCH ONGOING AND ACTIVE RESEARCH, NOW IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

IS THE BENEFIT WORTH THE RISK OF REVISITING THE HELL OF YESTERYEAR…………….

THE HOLMESBURG PRISON IS A CLASSIC CASE OF SUCH RESEARCH POLICIES…WHAT IS THE NEXT AND CURRENT CLASSIC CASE OF EXPLOITATION FOR THE "PUBLIC GOOD?"

EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS – DRUG ADVERSE EVENTS

US Consumer Product Safety Commission and the CDC in a new compiled database show:

insulin, warfarin, amoxicillin, aspirin, trimeth-sulfa are the top five drugs of adverse reactions.

Not so surprisingly, about 54% of the total adverse events were UN-intentional, about 31% were adverse effects, and about 11% were allergic type reactions.  Only about 1/2 % were vaccine related.

An estimated 700,000 persons head to the ER for such problems.  Urgent cares not included.

CDC estimates that of the now 300 million Americans, about 130 million use medicines monthly.

BE INFORMED AND HELP YOUR DOCTOR HELP YOU:

KNOW THE DRUG AND WHAT IT'S PURPOSE IS FOR

KNOW THE DOSE AND FOR HOW LONG

RIGHT DRUG, RIGHT DOSE, RIGHT ROUTE, RIGHT TIME, RIGHT REASON, RIGHT EFFECT

***When in doubt, call your doctor or pharmacist to double check.  Communication is key !Tongue out

MATURE MATTERS(C) AND SHINGLES – VACCINE APPROVED !

Shingles Vaccine: What you need to know.

(from the CDC public website)

1. What is shingles?

Shingles is a painful skin rash, often with blisters.  It is also called Herpes Zoster.

A shingles rash usually appears on one side of the face or body and lasts a week to 10 days.  Its main symptom is pain, which can be quite severe.  Other symptoms of shingles can include fever, headache, chills and upset stomach.  Very rarely, a shingles infection can lead to pneumonia, hearing problems, blindness, brain inflammation (encephalitis) or death.

For about 1 person in 5, severe pain can continue even after the rash clears up. This is called post-herpetic neuralgia.

Shingles is caused by the Varicella Zoster virus, the same virus that causes  chickenpox.  Only someone who has had a case of chickenpox – or gotten chickenpox vaccine – can get shingles.  The virus stays in your body.  It can reappear many years later to cause a case of shingles.

You can’t catch shingles from another person with shingles. However, a person who has never had chickenpox (or chickenpox vaccine) could get chickenpox from someone with shingles.  This is not very common.

Shingles is far more common in people 60 and older than in younger people.  It is also more common in people whose immune systems are weakened because of a disease such as cancer, or drugs such as steroids or chemotherapy.  At least 500,000 people a year in the United States get shingles.

2. Shingles vaccine

A vaccine for shingles was licensed in 2006.  In clinical trials, the vaccine prevented shingles in about half of people 60 years of age and older.  It can also reduce the pain associated with shingles.

A single dose of shingles vaccine is indicated for adults 60 years of age and older.

3. Some people should not get shingles vaccine or should wait.

A person should not get shingles vaccine who:

has ever had a life-threatening allergic reaction to gelatin, the antibiotic neomycin, or any other component of shingles vaccine.  Tell your doctor if you have any severe allergies.

has a weakened immune system because of

– H.I.V. AIDS or another disease that affects the immune system,

– treatment with drugs that affect the immune system, such as steroids,

– cancer treatment such as radiation or chemotherapy,

– a history of cancer affecting the bone marrow or lymphatic system, such as leukemia or lymphoma.

has active, untreated tuberculosis.

is pregnant, or might be pregnant.  Women  should not become pregnant until at least three months after getting shingles vaccine.

Someone with a minor illness, such as a cold, may be vaccinated.  But anyone who is

moderately or severely ill should usually wait until they recover before getting the vaccine. This includes anyone with a temperature of 101 point 3 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.

4. What are the risks from shingles vaccine?

A vaccine, like any medicine, could possibly cause serious problems, such as severe allergic reactions. However, the risk of a vaccine causing serious harm, or death, is extremely small.

No serious problems have been identified with shingles vaccine.

Mild Problems

Redness, soreness, swelling, or itching at the site of the injection (about 1 person in 3).

Headache (about 1 person in 70).

Like all vaccines, shingles vaccine is being closely monitored for unusual or severe

problems.

5. What if there is a moderate or severe reaction?

What should I look for?

Any unusual condition, such as a high fever or behavior changes. Signs of a serious allergic reaction can include difficulty breathing, hoarseness or wheezing, hives, paleness, weakness, a fast heart beat or dizziness.  These usually occur within the             first few hours after vaccination.

What should I do?

Call a doctor, or get the person to a doctor right away.

Tell your doctor what happened, the date and time it happened, and when the

vaccination was given.

Ask your doctor, nurse, or health department to report the reaction by filing a Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) form.

Or you can file this report through the VAERS web site at w.w.w. dot v.a.e.r.s. dot o.r.g., or by calling 1-800-822-7967.

VAERS does not provide medical advice.

6. How can I learn more?

Your provider can give you the vaccine package insert or suggest other sources of information.

Call your local or state health department.

Contact the Centers for Disease Control and     Prevention (C.D.C.):

– Call 1-800-232-4636 (1-800-C.D.C. I.N.F.O.)

– Visit CDC’s website at w.w.w. dot c.d.c. dot g.o.v. slash n.i.p.

Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

Shingles Vaccine

9/11/06

Vaccine Information Statement (Interim)

AUTISM AND TV – FACT OR FICTION

The following is from the actual researcher's paper: 

 "As a final point, although as discussed our results do not definitively prove that early childhood television watching is an important trigger for autism, we believe our results provide sufficient support for the possibility that until further research can be conducted it might be prudent to act as if it were. In other words, maybe there should be additional emphasis placed on the recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatricians that early childhood television watching should be eliminated or at the very least quite limited (as discussed in footnote 3, the current recommendation is that there should be no television watching before the age of two and no more than one to two hours per day for older children). We see little downside in taking this step and a very large upside if it turns out that television indeed causes autism.

FACT OR FICTION:

This is what I saw and read on the internet:

TV Really Might Cause Autism Slate exclusive: findings from a new Cornell study.

By Gregg Easterbrook

Last month, I speculated in Slate that the mounting incidence of childhood autism may be related to increased television viewing among the very young. The autism rise began around 1980, about the same time cable television and VCRs became common, allowing children to watch television aimed at them any time. Since the brain is organizing during the first years of life and since human beings evolved responding to three-dimensional stimuli, I wondered if exposing toddlers to lots of colorful two-dimensional stimulation could be harmful to brain development. This was sheer speculation, since I knew of no researchers pursuing the question.


Today, Cornell University researchers are reporting what appears to be a statistically significant relationship between autism rates and television watching by children under the age of 3. The researchers studied autism incidence in California, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington state. They found that as cable television became common in California and Pennsylvania beginning around 1980, childhood autism rose more in the counties that had cable than in the counties that did not. They further found that in all the Western states, the more time toddlers spent in front of the television, the more likely they were to exhibit symptoms of autism disorders.

The Cornell study represents a potential bombshell in the autism debate. "We are not saying we have found the cause of autism, we are saying we have found a critical piece of evidence," Cornell researcher Michael Waldman told me. Because autism rates are increasing broadly across the country and across income and ethnic groups, it seems logical that the trigger is something to which children are broadly exposed. Vaccines were a leading suspect, but numerous studies have failed to show any definitive link between autism and vaccines, while the autism rise has continued since worrisome compounds in vaccines were banned. What if the malefactor is not a chemical?

Tag is tagged again…More comments on this school children’s issue.

The news is once again on this playground issue of tag.  More schools relieving the children of active playful games known to many.  With the rising epidemic of childhood obesity, diabetes, allergies, ADD, ADHD, depression, anxiety and with the great usage of psychostimulants and psychopharma-modifiers in children, one might think that fresh air, exercise, and playground interaction would be a positive routine.  But, again, my belief is that an accidental injury is another's financial gain through the limitless tort actions, and attempts to obtain financial gain from such incidents.  This type of thinking is harming our children.  What can you do today to infuse some commonsense into the role models of the schools regarding these issues.  Be active.  Help the kids. These ideas, though politically correct and possibly legally proper, are toxins and poisons to our children's minds, bodies, and spirts.

 

 

Recently I heard a report that one school in Washington state eliminated "tag" from the school playground…other schools have done so also, I understand and….meanwhile maybe played with supervision…who? Teachers, parents, playground monitors…adults…all the eyes watching the children gain weight, offer judgement on kid issues, and seeing increasing unhealthy children in the Nation……….tag you're it…..walk johnny, don't run…walk johnny, take this drug for your hyperactivity, walk johnny and we'll get some fast food…..walk johnny….johnny can only walk….tag the disease