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Those of us who have so-called “genital herpes” are caught between a rock and a hard place. On one hand we are ostracized by the minority of the population (about 40%) who don’t currently have herpes simplex in their body, which is bad enough, but more cruelly we are often isolated by our fellow members of the herpes community who have so-called cold sores (heroes simplex 1 of the mouth and face). Frankly the lack of support form the majority of population who has cold sores bothers me far more than the stigma placed on me by unsympathetic members of the uninfected population. After-all they don’t know what it feels like to have herpes so I can cut them some slack. But for those of you who have cold sores and continue pretending that you don’t have herpes and who distance yourselves from those who have their outbreaks genitally rather than facially- shame on you. If it wasn’t for your unwillingness to come to terms with the reality of your herpes infection, the herpes community would be a more united majority of the population far more empowered to boldly go out into the community and reject the unjust and irrational stigma placed on people with herpes.
Sixty percent of the population has herpes. We are living in a herpes nation. There is no reason for us to be a despised minority. If we were more united and more out of the closet we would be in a so much better position to inspire understanding and support from those who do not have herpes. We would be better able to educate young people on herpes prevention and herpes awareness. We would be better able to reach out to the people with herpes who have had their self-esteem devastated.
So-called cold sores are herpes. I have had too many people in my clinic and through the Internet say to me, “I don’t have herpes, I’ve never had an STD, but I do get these cold sores on my lips”.
Herpes is herpes whether you get your outbreaks above the waist or below the waist. It’s true that people with type 1 herpes of the mouth and face often have fewer outbreaks than people with herpes type 2 of the genitals, but it is also true that herpes of the mouth and face is just as contagious if not more so than genital herpes. It is also true that many people with type 1 herpes of the mouth and face shed virus without symptoms and are giving many people type 1 herpes on their genitals from oral sex. It is also true that herpes of the mouth and face can spread to parts of the body that genital herpes rarely ever spreads to including the nostrils and into the brain, the hands and fingers, down the esophagus and into the stomach, into the eyes, and elsewhere.
For those who don’t have herpes and give people with herpes a rough time, I really have no words for you. If you believe that having genital herpes is an indication of promiscuity or moral deficiency then you are probably too far-gone for anything I say here to reach you. And for the record I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with promiscuity. I got my herpes in the context of a monogamous relationship but I wouldn’t feel bad about myself if I had been infected by herpes through promiscuity. How you got herpes is irrelevant. Herpes is a virus. Viruses have different strategies for gaining access to our bodies. A virus that chooses sex as it’s preferred method of infection is less scary to me than an airborne virus that indiscriminately devastates huge populations in a matter of days.
Jesus said “let he is who is without sin cast the first stone”. I say let he or she who is without a virus cast the first stone. Between the Chicken-Pox virus (a member of the herpes family), the Epstein-Barr virus (another member of the herpes family), the HPV virus (genital warts and cervical dysplasia) and Herpes Simplex there is virtually no adult reading this article who doesn’t currently have a virus in their body and except for the HPV virus, these viruses are lifelong infections and that’s without even discussing bacteria, fungi, yeast, and protozoa.
Herpes has been around since the time of the dinosaurs and affects akmost every animal with a backbone including cats and elephants and many animals without a backbone. In fact cats and elephants are dying of herpes. I know that cats can be randy but I have never heard of anyone accusing elephants of being promiscuous. If anyone has ever seen an elephant orgy let me know so that I can print a retraction.
When someone has the integrity and courage to tell you that they have herpes they are making themselves vulnerable to you. How you react can often either crush them or help set them free from a prison of shame. I believe that most people are intelligent and compassionate. Please treat people with herpes with the compassion and understanding we deserve. We are the same people we were before we got herpes. We are no less moral, no less attractiv, just as good in bed, just as good of a friend or son or daughter or brother or sister as we were before we got herpes. When someone tells you they have herpes if you treat them unsympathetically it only discourages them for telling others about their herpes in the future, which isn’t a good situation for anyone. When someone tells you they have herpes it’s an opportunity and challenge to you to show that you are not prejudiced and mean-spirited. It is a chance for us all to create more love and understanding.
For those of us who have genital herpes – don’t buy into the lies and myths that make you ashamed and marginalized. You can choose not to let herpes define you and dominate your life. No one can take away your power and dignity except for yourself.
When someone gives you a bad time for having herpes instead of dwelling too long in anger or sadness, just “forgive them for they know not what they do”. Embrace all the beauty and love around you and if there isn’t enough beauty and love, create it. You are a human being equipped with infinite potential for loving and appreciating the wonders of this world.
Christopher Scipio
Homeopath/Herbalist
Holistic Herpes Treatment Specialist
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There are two types of cloning. One involves harvesting stem cells from embryos (“therapeutic cloning”). These are the biological equivalent of a template. They can develop into any kind of mature functional cell and thus help cure many degenerative and auto-immune diseases.
The other kind of cloning is much derided in popular culture – and elsewhere – as the harbinger of a Brave, New World. A nucleus from any cell of a donor is embedded in an egg whose own nucleus has been removed. The egg is then implanted in a woman’s womb and a cloned baby is born nine months later. Biologically, the cloned infant is a replica of the donor.
Cloning is often confused with other advances in bio-medicine and bio-engineering – such as genetic selection. It cannot – in itself – be used to produce “perfect humans” or select sex or other traits. Hence, some of the arguments against cloning are either specious or fuelled by ignorance.
It is true, though, that cloning, used in conjunction with other bio-technologies, raises serious bio-ethical questions. Scare scenarios of humans cultivated in sinister labs as sources of spare body parts, “designer babies”, “master races”, or “genetic sex slaves” – formerly the preserve of B sci-fi movies – have invaded mainstream discourse.
Still, cloning touches upon Mankind’s most basic fears and hopes. It invokes the most intractable ethical and moral dilemmas. As an inevitable result, the debate is often more passionate than informed.
I. Right to Life Arguments
According to cloning’s detractors, the nucleus removed from the egg could otherwise have developed into a human being. Thus, removing the nucleus amounts to murder.
It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to life. The existence of a right implies obligations or duties of third parties towards the right-holder. One has a right AGAINST other people. The fact that one possesses a certain right – prescribes to others certain obligatory behaviours and proscribes certain acts or omissions. This Janus-like nature of rights and duties as two sides of the same ethical coin – creates great confusion. People often and easily confuse rights and their attendant duties or obligations with the morally decent, or even with the morally permissible. What one MUST do as a result of another’s right – should never be confused with one SHOULD or OUGHT to do morally (in the absence of a right).
The right to life has eight distinct strains:
IA. The right to be brought to life
IB. The right to be born
IC. The right to have one’s life maintained
ID. The right not to be killed
IE. The right to have one’s life saved
IF. The right to save one’s life (erroneously limited to the right to self-defence)
IG. The right to terminate one’s life
IH. The right to have one’s life terminated
IA. The Right to be Brought to Life
Only living people have rights. There is a debate whether an egg is a living person – but there can be no doubt that it exists. Its rights – whatever they are – derive from the fact that it exists and that it has the potential to develop life. The right to be brought to life (the right to become or to be) pertains to a yet non-alive entity and, therefore, is null and void. Had this right existed, it would have implied an obligation or duty to give life to the unborn and the not yet conceived. No such duty or obligation exist.
IB. The Right to be Born
The right to be born crystallizes at the moment of voluntary and intentional fertilization. If a scientist knowingly and intentionally causes in vitro fertilization for the explicit and express purpose of creating an embryo – then the resulting fertilized egg has a right to mature and be born. Furthermore, the born child has all the rights a child has against his parents: food, shelter, emotional nourishment, education, and so on.
It is debatable whether such rights of the fetus and, later, of the child, exist if there was no positive act of fertilization – but, on the contrary, an act which prevents possible fertilization, such as the removal of the nucleus (see IC below).
IC. The Right to Have One’s Life Maintained
Does one have the right to maintain one’s life and prolong them at other people’s expense? Does one have the right to use other people’s bodies, their property, their time, their resources and to deprive them of pleasure, comfort, material possessions, income, or any other thing?
The answer is yes and no.
No one has a right to sustain his or her life, maintain, or prolong them at another INDIVIDUAL’s expense (no matter how minimal and insignificant the sacrifice required is). Still, if a contract has been signed – implicitly or explicitly – between the parties, then such a right may crystallize in the contract and create corresponding duties and obligations, moral, as well as legal.
Example:
No fetus has a right to sustain its life, maintain, or prolong them at his mother’s expense (no matter how minimal and insignificant the sacrifice required of her is). Still, if she signed a contract with the fetus – by knowingly and willingly and intentionally conceiving it – such a right has crystallized and has created corresponding duties and obligations of the mother towards her fetus.
On the other hand, everyone has a right to sustain his or her life, maintain, or prolong them at SOCIETY’s expense (no matter how major and significant the resources required are). Still, if a contract has been signed – implicitly or explicitly – between the parties, then the abrogation of such a right may crystallize in the contract and create corresponding duties and obligations, moral, as well as legal.
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Everyone has a right to sustain his or her life, maintain, or prolong them at society’s expense. Public hospitals, state pension schemes, and police forces may be required to fulfill society’s obligations – but fulfill them it must, no matter how major and significant the resources are. Still, if a person volunteered to join the army and a contract has been signed between the parties, then this right has been thus abrogated and the individual assumed certain duties and obligations, including the duty or obligation to give up his or her life to society.
ID. The Right not to be Killed
Every person has the right not to be killed unjustly. What constitutes “just killing” is a matter for an ethical calculus in the framework of a social contract.
But does A’s right not to be killed include the right against third parties that they refrain from enforcing the rights of other people against A? Does A’s right not to be killed preclude the righting of wrongs committed by A against others – even if the righting of such wrongs means the killing of A?
Not so. There is a moral obligation to right wrongs (to restore the rights of other people). If A maintains or prolongs his life ONLY by violating the rights of others and these other people object to it – then A must be killed if that is the only way to right the wrong and re-assert their rights.
This is doubly true if A’s existence is, at best, debatable. An egg does not a human being make. Removal of the nucleus is an important step in life-saving research. An unfertilized egg has no rights at all.
IE. The Right to Have One’s Life Saved
There is no such right as there is no corresponding moral obligation or duty to save a life. This “right” is a demonstration of the aforementioned muddle between the morally commendable, desirable and decent (“ought”, “should”) and the morally obligatory, the result of other people’s rights (“must”).
In some countries, the obligation to save life is legally codified. But while the law of the land may create a LEGAL right and corresponding LEGAL obligations – it does not always or necessarily create a moral or an ethical right and corresponding moral duties and obligations.
IF. The Right to Save One’s Own Life
The right to self-defence is a subset of the more general and all-pervasive right to save one’s own life. One has the right to take certain actions or avoid taking certain actions in order to save his or her own life.
It is generally accepted that one has the right to kill a pursuer who knowingly and intentionally intends to take one’s life. It is debatable, though, whether one has the right to kill an innocent person who unknowingly and unintentionally threatens to take one’s life.
IG. The Right to Terminate One’s Life
See “The Murder of Oneself”.
IH. The Right to Have One’s Life Terminated
The right to euthanasia, to have one’s life terminated at will, is restricted by numerous social, ethical, and legal rules, principles, and considerations. In a nutshell – in many countries in the West one is thought to has a right to have one’s life terminated with the help of third parties if one is going to die shortly anyway and if one is going to be tormented and humiliated by great and debilitating agony for the rest of one’s remaining life if not helped to die. Of course, for one’s wish to be helped to die to be accommodated, one has to be in sound mind and to will one’s death knowingly, intentionally, and forcefully.
II. Issues in the Calculus of Rights
IIA. The Hierarchy of Rights
All human cultures have hierarchies of rights. These hierarchies reflect cultural mores and lores and there cannot, therefore, be a universal, or eternal hierarchy.
In Western moral systems, the Right to Life supersedes all other rights (including the right to one’s body, to comfort, to the avoidance of pain, to property, etc.).
Yet, this hierarchical arrangement does not help us to resolve cases in which there is a clash of EQUAL rights (for instance, the conflicting rights to life of two people). One way to decide among equally potent claims is randomly (by flipping a coin, or casting dice). Alternatively, we could add and subtract rights in a somewhat macabre arithmetic. If a mother’s life is endangered by the continued existence of a fetus and assuming both of them have a right to life we can decide to kill the fetus by adding to the mother’s right to life her right to her own body and thus outweighing the fetus’ right to life.
IIB. The Difference between Killing and Letting Die
There is an assumed difference between killing (taking life) and letting die (not saving a life). This is supported by IE above. While there is a right not to be killed – there is no right to have one’s own life saved. Thus, while there is an obligation not to kill – there is no obligation to save a life.
IIC. Killing the Innocent
Often the continued existence of an innocent person (IP) threatens to take the life of a victim (V). By “innocent” we mean “not guilty” – not responsible for killing V, not intending to kill V, and not knowing that V will be killed due to IP’s actions or continued existence.
It is simple to decide to kill IP to save V if IP is going to die anyway shortly, and the remaining life of V, if saved, will be much longer than the remaining life of IP, if not killed. All other variants require a calculus of hierarchically weighted rights. (See “Abortion and the Sanctity of Human Life” by Baruch A. Brody).
One form of calculus is the utilitarian theory. It calls for the maximization of utility (life, happiness, pleasure). In other words, the life, happiness, or pleasure of the many outweigh the life, happiness, or pleasure of the few. It is morally permissible to kill IP if the lives of two or more people will be saved as a result and there is no other way to save their lives. Despite strong philosophical objections to some of the premises of utilitarian theory – I agree with its practical prescriptions.
In this context – the dilemma of killing the innocent – one can also call upon the right to self defence. Does V have a right to kill IP regardless of any moral calculus of rights? Probably not. One is rarely justified in taking another’s life to save one’s own. But such behaviour cannot be condemned. Here we have the flip side of the confusion – understandable and perhaps inevitable behaviour (self defence) is mistaken for a MORAL RIGHT. That most V’s would kill IP and that we would all sympathize with V and understand its behaviour does not mean that V had a RIGHT to kill IP. V may have had a right to kill IP – but this right is not automatic, nor is it all-encompassing.
But is the Egg – Alive?
This question is NOT equivalent to the ancient quandary of “when does life begin”. Life crystallizes, at the earliest, when an egg and a sperm unite (i.e., at the moment of fertilization). Life is not a potential – it is a process triggered by an event. An unfertilized egg is neither a process – nor an event. It does not even possess the potential to become alive unless and until it merges with a sperm. Should such merger not occur – it will never develop life.
The potential to become X is not the ontological equivalent of actually being X, nor does it spawn moral and ethical rights and obligations pertaining to X. The transition from potential to being is not trivial, nor is it automatic, or inevitable, or independent of context. Atoms of various elements have the potential to become an egg (or, for that matter, a human being) – yet no one would claim that they ARE an egg (or a human being), or that they should be treated as one (i.e., with the same rights and obligations).
Moreover, it is the donor nucleus embedded in the egg that endows it with life – the life of the cloned baby. Yet, the nucleus is usually extracted from a muscle or the skin. Should we treat a muscle or a skin cell with the same reverence the critics of cloning wish to accord an unfertilized egg?
Is This the Main Concern?
The main concern is that cloning – even the therapeutic kind – will produce piles of embryos. Many of them – close to 95% with current biotechnology – will die. Others can be surreptitiously and illegally implanted in the wombs of “surrogate mothers”.
It is patently immoral, goes the precautionary argument, to kill so many embryos. Cloning is such a novel technique that its success rate is still unacceptably low. There are alternative ways to harvest stem cells – less costly in terms of human life. If we accept that life begins at the moment of fertilization, this argument is valid. But it also implies that – once cloning becomes safer and scientists more adept – cloning itself should be permitted.
This is anathema to those who fear a slippery slope. They abhor the very notion of “unnatural” conception. To them, cloning is a narcissistic act and an ignorant and dangerous interference in nature’s sagacious ways. They would ban procreative cloning, regardless of how safe it is. Therapeutic cloning – with its mounds of discarded fetuses – will allow rogue scientists to cross the boundary between permissible (curative cloning) and illegal (baby cloning).
Why Should Baby Cloning be Illegal?
Cloning’s opponents object to procreative cloning because it can be abused to design babies, skew natural selection, unbalance nature, produce masters and slaves and so on. The “argument from abuse” has been raised with every scientific advance – from in vitro fertilization to space travel.
Every technology can be potentially abused. Television can be either a wonderful educational tool – or an addictive and mind numbing pastime. Nuclear fission is a process that yields both nuclear weapons and atomic energy. To claim, as many do, that cloning touches upon the “heart” of our existence, the “kernel” of our being, the very “essence” of our nature – and thus threatens life itself – would be incorrect.
There is no “privileged” form of technological abuse and no hierarchy of potentially abusive technologies. Nuclear fission tackles natural processes as fundamental as life. Nuclear weapons threaten life no less than cloning. The potential for abuse is not a sufficient reason to arrest scientific research and progress – though it is a necessary condition.
Some fear that cloning will further the government’s enmeshment in the healthcare system and in scientific research. Power corrupts and it is not inconceivable that governments will ultimately abuse and misuse cloning and other biotechnologies. Nazi Germany had a state-sponsored and state-mandated eugenics program in the 1930’s.
Yet, this is another variant of the argument from abuse. That a technology can be abused by governments does not imply that it should be avoided or remain undeveloped. This is because all technologies – without a single exception – can and are abused routinely – by governments and others. This is human nature.
Fukuyama raised the possibility of a multi-tiered humanity in which “natural” and “genetically modified” people enjoy different rights and privileges. But why is this inevitable? Surely this can easily by tackled by proper, prophylactic, legislation?
All humans, regardless of their pre-natal history, should be treated equally. Are children currently conceived in vitro treated any differently to children conceived in utero? They are not. There is no reason that cloned or genetically-modified children should belong to distinct legal classes.
Unbalancing Nature
It is very anthropocentric to argue that the proliferation of genetically enhanced or genetically selected children will somehow unbalance nature and destabilize the precarious equilibrium it maintains. After all, humans have been modifying, enhancing, and eliminating hundreds of thousands of species for well over 10,000 years now. Genetic modification and bio-engineering are as natural as agriculture. Human beings are a part of nature and its manifestation. By definition, everything they do is natural.
Why would the genetic alteration or enhancement of one more species – homo sapiens – be of any consequence? In what way are humans “more important” to nature, or “more crucial” to its proper functioning? In our short history on this planet, we have genetically modified and enhanced wheat and rice, dogs and cows, tulips and orchids, oranges and potatoes. Why would interfering with the genetic legacy of the human species be any different?
Effects on Society
Cloning – like the Internet, the television, the car, electricity, the telegraph, and the wheel before it – is bound to have great social consequences. It may foster “embryo industries”. It may lead to the exploitation of women – either willingly (“egg prostitution”) or unwillingly (“womb slavery”). Charles Krauthammer, a columnist and psychiatrist, quoted in “The Economist”, says:
“(Cloning) means the routinisation, the commercialisation, the commodification of the human embryo.”
Exploiting anyone unwillingly is a crime, whether it involves cloning or white slavery. But why would egg donations and surrogate motherhood be considered problems? If we accept that life begins at the moment of fertilization and that a woman owns her body and everything within it – why should she not be allowed to sell her eggs or to host another’s baby and how would these voluntary acts be morally repugnant? In any case, human eggs are already being bought and sold and the supply far exceeds the demand.
Moreover, full-fledged humans are routinely “routinised, commercialized, and commodified” by governments, corporations, religions, and other social institutions. Consider war, for instance – or commercial advertising. How is the “routinisation, commercialization, and commodification” of embryos more reprehensible that the “routinisation, commercialization, and commodification” of fully formed human beings?
Curing and Saving Life
Cell therapy based on stem cells often leads to tissue rejection and necessitates costly and potentially dangerous immunosuppressive therapy. But when the stem cells are harvested from the patient himself and cloned, these problems are averted. Therapeutic cloning has vast untapped – though at this stage still remote – potential to improve the lives of hundreds of millions.
As far as “designer babies” go, pre-natal cloning and genetic engineering can be used to prevent disease or cure it, to suppress unwanted traits, and to enhance desired ones. It is the moral right of a parent to make sure that his progeny suffers less, enjoys life more, and attains the maximal level of welfare throughout his or her life.
That such technologies can be abused by over-zealous, or mentally unhealthy parents in collaboration with avaricious or unscrupulous doctors – should not prevent the vast majority of stable, caring, and sane parents from gaining access to them.
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Have you ever wondered why, even though more and more people are cutting down on fat that heart disease rates are unchanged, obesity is up, diabetes is up,and new illnesses have appeared out of nowhere?

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Have you ever wondered why, even though more and more people are cutting down on fat that:

1) Heart disease rates are unchanged. People are dying in droves from heart disease. It’s still the No. 1 killer in the U.S.
2) Obesity is up. People are fatter now than ever before (up from one-fourth to one-third of all Americans, in just 10 years).
3) Diabetes incidence is up. The incidence of adult-onset diabetes has tripled in the past 30 years.
4) New illnesses have appeared out of nowhere. People are plagued by mysterious low-grade illnesses like fatigue, food sensitivities, Candida and chronic digestion problems.

Obviously, something is wrong. The low-fat diet doesn’t work. It’s failed to help people lose weight and has contributed to the public’s determined efforts to eliminate all fats from their diets, including beneficial, necessary fats. Only 3 to 5% of dieters on the low-fat programs lose weight and keep it off. Low-fat doesn’t work as a weight loss tool. Without realizing it, people are becoming deficient in essential nutrients, which has lead to a growing epidemic of illness and disease.

The low-fat regimen is an unnatural dietary mistake. If you will stop and think just a little, you will realize that it was very easy for early man to churn cream into butter. How much harder was it to squeeze the oil out of seeds? A lot harder. Just looking at that alone helps you to see that butter was the obvious choice.

A low-fat diet is a high carbohydrate diet. Although fat consumption is considerably down in the U.S., carbohydrate consumption is up by an average of 50 grams a day. Carbohydrates, and only carbohydrates, dangerously increase your body’s secretion of insulin. The overproduction of this hormone is the prime cause of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

With the low-fat diet, you’re banned from natural foods like eggs, meat and cheese and encouraged to fill your plate with refined carbohydrates like rice, pasta, breads and fat-free cakes and cookies. We humans weren’t designed for this kind of diet. Over millions of years of our evolution, we ate meat, fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts and berries. It wasn’t until fairly recently that grains, refined carbohydrates and sugars made up such a large part of our diets.

The “recommended” diet for humans has changed half a dozen times in the last 100 years. There is no reason to believe it won’t change again. That is why it’s essential that you observe the needs of your own body. Don’t rely on whatever school of dietary thought is dominant at the moment. Just think back to the Garden of Eden and realize the kind of diet they had then. Consider how hard it would have been to create many of the foods we eat today. Reason it through and go with the diet that you feel would have been natural to primitive man and you won’t be far off.

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Vaccines are commonplace nowadays, with most parents eagerly giving their child “shots” to keep them from contracting certain illnesses. However, for some of the population, genetic factors make them risk more a lot by taking a vaccine because of the potential side effects.

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New parents are regularly being advised to bring their children in for vaccinations shots. Children can be given vaccines for everything from measles to smallpox, though the latter is only rarely given out nowadays. The purpose of the vaccine is to prevent a child from developing a potentially life-threatening illness. This practice has been around for far longer than most people would believe, with records of ancient Chinese doctors administering vaccinations for chickenpox and polio. However, there is also a less-known dark side to the many benefits of vaccination. Some vaccines, particularly the ones administered to children, can cause side effects. While most of these side effects are mundane and can be safely ignored in most cases, there are circumstances that demand attention.

A recent example would be the reports that a variety of measles vaccines are causing juvenile diabetes in the children they were administered to. The research that was conducted eliminated all other possible factors over the course of their study, leading them to find that the only remaining commonality was that the children were all administered the same vaccine. Naturally, the only logical conclusion for them to have was that the diabetes development was among the possible side effects of the vaccine. The research team took the time to compare the relevant statistics and discovered that as the use of that vaccine went up, so did the number of children who developed diabetes. Whether this is a concrete connection is only suggested, but it isn’t the first time vaccine side effects have been recorded.

Various children who were vaccinated eventually developed something that they weren’t supposed to. The side effects vary from case to case, but the most common form of damage tends to come in the form of compromised mental health and stability. One child was reported to have developed psychosis and several minor neurological disorders because of a reaction that the vaccine had with certain parts of his central nervous system. There isn’t a whole lot of certainty as to how that happened, but there are several theories being looked into.

Genetics are pointed as being as big a factor in this as the vaccines themselves, but that opens up an entirely new can of worms. There is ample evidence to suggest that a number of the side effects are triggered not by the vaccine itself, but by the interaction of the vaccine’s components with certain factors determined by genetic make-up. Certain genes make a person more likely to develop side effects from the use of some of the compounds in vaccines. It is arguable whether or not these people are risking more by getting the vaccine than by ignoring it and letting nature take its course.

There is currently an on-going debate on whether or not it should be mandatory that parents have their children vaccinated. The benefits of such a thing are clear. The children are going to be protected from a variety of illnesses that could otherwise be either difficult or expensive to treat, making it an economically sound decision. However, that also puts the small percentage of people with genetic vulnerabilities at risk. Is needlessly putting them at risk worth preventing illness in the rest of the population? Would making vaccinations mandatory be considered an infringement of parental rights?

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Everyone feels overwhelmed by difficult emotions or situations at some point in their lives. Depression is affecting the way a person thinks and feels about the situation he or she is in. While most people can pull through their problems with determination and hope, some would simply resort to suicide or antidepressant overdose.

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After the initial shock, we have somehow gotten used to the news of celebrities taking their own lives by way of suicide and drug overdose. Some of them are lucky enough to survive but others have succumbed to their attempts to end their life…and their suffering. It only goes to show that fame and fortune are not enough to make a person happy and contented.
Most people who commit suicide or drug overdose may be suffering from depression. Depression is a condition that leads people to focus on their failures and disappointments in order to understate their own capabilities or self-worth. Evidences such as suicide notes and family statements of intentional ingestion of extra pills usually make the diagnosis of antidepressant overdose quite obvious.
Depression is like a dark cloud that veils a person’s mind, thus, affecting the way a person thinks and feels about the situation he or she is in. It distorts the thinking process. This is the reason why people who feel suicidal may not even realize that they are depressed. They do not recognize that it is the depression, and not the situation that influences them to see things negatively.
Everyone feels overwhelmed by difficult emotions or situations at some point in their lives. While most people can pull through their problems with determination and hope, some would simply resort to suicide or antidepressant overdose.
When people try to end their lives or attempt suicide, it’s to escape feelings of rejection, hurt, or loss. It could also be about anger, shame, and guilt that forced them to believe that life is not getting any better for them. Still others might feel being worthless and a burden that dying seemed to be the only way out.
Aside from celebrities, so-called ordinary people with alcohol and drug problems are at high risk for suicidal thinking and behavior due to the substances that cause depressive effects on their brain. Celebrities are prone to substance abuse because of their environment and lifestyle. Abuse of these substances can definitely bring on serious depression. But as the records show, even average individuals who do not have fame and fortune are as prone to depression as movie stars, rock icons, and other famous people.
The problem is, when people are depressed (and sometimes they are not aware of it), they turn to alcohol to drown out their problems or get hooked on drugs to have an escape without realizing that the depressive effects of alcohol and drugs have on the brain will only intensify their depression even more.
Alcohol and drugs can also alter a person’s rational judgment by interfering with their ability to assess risk, make good choices, and come up with solutions to problems. That is why most suicides happen when people are under the influence of alcohol and drugs, or when they get an antidepressant overdose.

Some people plan and orchestrate a suicide in advance. They even write letters or notes to say their last words. However, there are many cases when suicide attempts happen impulsively without notice. Situations such as a breakup, a big fight with a parent, an unintended pregnancy, or being sexually victimized or abused can make someone feel desperately upset. Such eventuality, on top of an existing depression, could serve as the final straw.
Some people who attempt suicide really want to die. But some who attempt to take their own lives only use this as a means to express their anger, frustration, and loneliness. It can even be considered a desperate call for help. A suicide attempt is just a way to attract attention; a cry for help; a way to express deep emotional pain. They can’t say how they feel, so, for them, attempting suicide feels like the only way to get their message across. Unfortunately, many people who really didn’t mean to kill themselves end up dead or severely damaged by antidepressant overdose.
Consulting professional counselors and therapists for advice can help provide depressed individuals the emotional support they need. Through therapy sessions, suicidal individuals can get help in developing coping skills. Joining a support group with people who are going through the same problems can help provide a caring environment where one can talk freely about problems with people who share the same concerns.

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Title : The Dark Cloud of Depression
Summary : Everyone feels overwhelmed by difficult emotions or situations at some point in their lives. Depression is affecting the way a person thinks and feels about the situation he or she is in. While most people can pull through their problems with determination and hope, some would simply resort to suicide or antidepressant overdose.
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After the initial shock, we have somehow gotten used to the news of celebrities taking their own lives by way of suicide and drug overdose. Some of them are lucky enough to survive but others have succumbed to their attempts to end their life…and their suffering. It only goes to show that fame and fortune are not enough to make a person happy and contented.
Most people who commit suicide or drug overdose may be suffering from depression. Depression is a condition that leads people to focus on their failures and disappointments in order to understate their own capabilities or self-worth. Evidences such as suicide notes and family statements of intentional ingestion of extra pills usually make the diagnosis of antidepressant overdose quite obvious.
Depression is like a dark cloud that veils a person’s mind, thus, affecting the way a person thinks and feels about the situation he or she is in. It distorts the thinking process. This is the reason why people who feel suicidal may not even realize that they are depressed. They do not recognize that it is the depression, and not the situation that influences them to see things negatively.
Everyone feels overwhelmed by difficult emotions or situations at some point in their lives. While most people can pull through their problems with determination and hope, some would simply resort to suicide or antidepressant overdose.
When people try to end their lives or attempt suicide, it’s to escape feelings of rejection, hurt, or loss. It could also be about anger, shame, and guilt that forced them to believe that life is not getting any better for them. Still others might feel being worthless and a burden that dying seemed to be the only way out.
Aside from celebrities, so-called ordinary people with alcohol and drug problems are at high risk for suicidal thinking and behavior due to the substances that cause depressive effects on their brain. Celebrities are prone to substance abuse because of their environment and lifestyle. Abuse of these substances can definitely bring on serious depression. But as the records show, even average individuals who do not have fame and fortune are as prone to depression as movie stars, rock icons, and other famous people.
The problem is, when people are depressed (and sometimes they are not aware of it), they turn to alcohol to drown out their problems or get hooked on drugs to have an escape without realizing that the depressive effects of alcohol and drugs have on the brain will only intensify their depression even more.
Alcohol and drugs can also alter a person’s rational judgment by interfering with their ability to assess risk, make good choices, and come up with solutions to problems. That is why most suicides happen when people are under the influence of alcohol and drugs, or when they get an antidepressant overdose.

Some people plan and orchestrate a suicide in advance. They even write letters or notes to say their last words. However, there are many cases when suicide attempts happen impulsively without notice. Situations such as a breakup, a big fight with a parent, an unintended pregnancy, or being sexually victimized or abused can make someone feel desperately upset. Such eventuality, on top of an existing depression, could serve as the final straw.
Some people who attempt suicide really want to die. But some who attempt to take their own lives only use this as a means to express their anger, frustration, and loneliness. It can even be considered a desperate call for help. A suicide attempt is just a way to attract attention; a cry for help; a way to express deep emotional pain. They can’t say how they feel, so, for them, attempting suicide feels like the only way to get their message across. Unfortunately, many people who really didn’t mean to kill themselves end up dead or severely damaged by antidepressant overdose.
Consulting professional counselors and therapists for advice can help provide depressed individuals the emotional support they need. Through therapy sessions, suicidal individuals can get help in developing coping skills. Joining a support group with people who are going through the same problems can help provide a caring environment where one can talk freely about problems with people who share the same concerns.

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There is very little in this life that comes without risk, and the dangers of plastic surgery are a prime example of this. Most of us have been reminded by elderly relatives that our lives could be cut short any day simply by crossing the street; this adage is usually quoted to remind us to live each day to the full, and to do the things that will bring fulfilment to our lives, despite the many risks inherent. While it is true that the sensible among us put the inevitable risks of daily life to the back of our minds in order, simply, to stay sane, a balanced life is perhaps knowing risks to pay attention to, and which to ignore.

There is little doubt that the dangers of plastic surgery are multiple, but its popularity nevertheless continues unabated. These dangers, clearly, are for many people acceptable one, and plastic surgery seems to be something that offers potential benefits significant enough to plough on regardless.

But there is also an element in the human condition that clings to the tenet that ignorance is bliss, that it won’t happen to me anyway, and perhaps there is something to be said for that belief. Constantly thinking of the possible dangers of life will only immobilise us with fear. We would never take a chance on anything; never seek to better ourselves, or our world. And while plastic surgery has its detractors as well as its advocates, surely even those opposed to the surgical alteration of a healthy body can applaud the willingness to take a leap of faith towards something believed in?

They say that knowledge is power, and the making of an informed decision is only possible with all the facts to hand. Perhaps you will choose to continue on your desired route despite understanding the risks and dangers of plastic surgery, but you will be making a decision based on something real, rather than the foolhardy belief that things cannot go wrong.

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This article talks about how young women react to the concept of beauty and the various ways they act to attain that value or status of being beautiful. Some have already developed serious psychological disorders such as bulimia due to the social pressure to be”beautiful.” This article also explains bulimia, how women suffer from it, and how counseling can help women overcome this disorder.

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bulimia, counseling, self-destruction

Most women are conscious about physical appearance and spend a lot of time meticulously curling their hair, polishing their nails, or doing their make-up. Aside from being current about the latest trends in fashion and lifestyle, many women are also spending huge amounts of time and money to lose weight. They try out the latest diet fads in their seemingly endless effort to shed of those unwanted pounds.

Unfortunately, the obsession with weight loss has also posed a very serious health risk on women who have swayed too far in their crash diets and “miracle weight loss programs.” The glitter and glamor of Hollywood made Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie icons among twenty-somethings and even adult women. Their stick-like figures have been idealized as bodies that every teenager should grow into. In fact, many teenagers do not grow into these idealized body shapes…they shrink into it. Gone are the days when being sexy was about having the right curves and bulges. Today, sexiness is seen as being the same as becoming deathly pale and famished.

To make matters worse, the obsession with weight loss and having that super-thin, super model body has resulted in the increase of the number of cases of eating disorders. Bulimia is one such health risk that is characterized by excessive eating (binging) which is immediately followed by purging or vomiting. Almost 80 percent of bulimia nervosa patients are female. A patient with bulimia is scared of gaining weight yet still has an uncontrollable urge to binge on food. After eating all they want, they try to get rid of the calories by using unhealthy methods such as vomiting, use of water pills, use of laxatives, fasting, and/or by doing extreme exercises. These women think that vomiting is actually a method of weight control. Without knowing it, many women already have full-blown eating disorders.

Seeing women suffer from this kind of eating disorder has the opened eyes of many people. They have seen different women suffering from bulimia, especially by means of the media. In very graphic videos, people have learned about the path of self-destruction taken by many women who have lost control over their desire to lose weight. The self-destruction that comes in the form of binge eating and vomiting are not to be seen as simple problems of eating. At a deeper level, this problem is caused by insecurity and emotional distress. But aside from the emotional and psychological torment of having bulimia, women patients also have to contend with the not having the right amount of potassium and other important nutrients which are necessary to maintain a healthy body.

Women suffering from bulimia nervosa need professional help. The support of family and friends is crucial in assisting them in the process of accepting their psychological disorder. The next step is to help the patient accept treatment from a psychiatrist and a nutritionist. Counseling plays a central role in treating bulimics. After proper counseling, then the patient will rely on a nutritionist-dietitian who can provide a proper diet plan and monitor the progress of the patient.

More than just eating the right kind of food in the right amounts, many women today need to be empowered and helped especially in terms of accepting themselves. A healthy self-image is necessary to achieve happiness and confidence. But surely, starving one’s self to death or overeating only to vomit everything are actions that no woman should ever have to suffer from.

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We are too busy with our obligations and social lives that we neglect that one thing we need every day – sleep. If we are used to it, we will soon have to pay for the crimes we commit against our health. And these consequences may be more serious than we thought.

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insomnia, chronic insomnia, sleep deprivation, sleep loss, teens, sleep medicine

While we come across information on how we can have a good night’s sleep every now and then, we are seldom aware of how an insufficient sleep can affect our health and well-being.

Because of paper works either from work or school and other household obligations, everyday is like a race against time. Add to it the temptations of the computer and the TV shows airing late at night, and the parties and gimmicks. At the end of the day, all the hours that should have gone to a good night’s sleep go to all of these, slowly robbing your body off a deserving rest and making you feel drowsy the next day. If you are accustomed to this way of life, be warned. All the bad things you do to your body have their own consequences, and they could be more serious than you thought.

I. The Social And Economic Costs

While there are health risks when you get a few hours of sleep each night, we cannot ignore the fact that its dire risks affect the nation’s economy. According to a report from the Institute Pf Medicine, an arm of National Academy of Sciences, 50-70 million Americans have chronic sleep problems, with as many as 30 million suffering from chronic insomnia.

The result? Motor vehicle accidents due to tired rivers cost at least $48 billion a year, while fatigue cost $150 billion each year in lost productivity and mishaps.

The report, entitled. “Sleep Deprivation and Sleep Disorders: An Unmet Public Health Problem”, says that in recent decades, loss of sleep has increased due to TV shows, computers, and longer work days among adults.

For those suffering from insomnia, that means more days off work for you. A study led by Virginia Godet-Cayre at the Health Economics Research in France proves that workers who had difficulty falling asleep missed an average of 5.8 days of work a year, compared to only 2.4 days missed by “good sleepers.” The team tracked down the work histories of 369 workers who had insomnia and 369 workers who were getting the right amount of sleep. The study, published in the February issue of Sleep, says that 50% of the insomniac group had at least a time of absence over a 2-year period, against to 34% of the other group.

II. Teens And Sleep

These days it’s not just the adults who are lacking sleep. The National Sleep Foundation reported that only 20% of adolescents in USA are getting the recommended 9 hours of sleep at night. That figure is alarming, because it shows that
millions of them have problems concentrating in classes, are getting late for school, or are sleepy when driving.

III. If You Want To Lose Weight, Don’t Just Focus On Your Diet

Want to know a secret? The road to a good figure is not just eating food in low quantity and exercising on a regular basis;
it’s having a proper lifestyle. I’m not a fitness expert, mind you, but health studies are giving more and more evidence
supporting a link between how many hours of sleep you get and your tendency to be obese.

A study led by Dr. Steven Heymsfield of Columbia University amd St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York, and James
Gangwisch, a Columbia epidemiologist, showed that those who had less that 4 hours of sleep were more likely to be obese by
73%, while those with an average of 5 hours of sleep had 50% greater risk. Those who only had 6 hours had 23% more.

The reason? Blame it on grehlin, a substance that makes people want to eat more food.

If people don’t have the recommended amount of shut-eye, their leptin levels are lowered.

Leptin is a blood protein that suppresses their appetite, and seems to affect how their body had eaten enough.

So don’t think that dieting is the only way for a nice build; include getting sufficient sleep in your regimen from now on.

IV. And More Diseases, Too

If you’re already tired of reading about the dire consequences you will face when you don’t give yourself the right amount of
rest, here are a few more for your information.

When your body is deprived of the sleep it needs, your chances of getting coronary heart disease double compared to people who have an adequate amount of sleep.

And if you’re a male, read on. You’d be interested to know that men who are sleep deprived are risking themselves for an erectile dysfunction. That happens when their testosterone levels drop due to a few hours of sleep, making it more difficult to maintain an erection.

For older people aged 53-93, there’s a risk of developing diabetes. That’s what a study co-authored by Dr. Daniel Gottlieb, an associate professor of medicine at Boston University claimed.

Published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, the findings concluded that elders who slept fewer than 5 hours were 2.5
times more likely to acquire the sweet disease against those who had 6 hours, who had chances 1.7 times lower.

But don’t think that sleeping too much will solve the problem, though. The study showed that overslept elders – those who had more than 9 hours of sleep – had chances 1.7 times higher.

Lastly, sleeplessness causes an individual to have an impaired spatial learning, such as getting to a new destination. This
finding, which appeared on the Journal of Neurophysiology, suggested that during the process of spatial learning, new brain cells are being produced in an area of the brain called Hippocampus. Sleep is important in helping these brain cells survive.

V. Conclusion

We all know that sleep plays a major part in one’s overall well-being, and now that we know exactly what we are likely facing
when we have lack of it, where do we go from here?

It seems that more research is needed in the area of sleep medicine, and public awareness must be raised for everyone to understand that, despite all the obligations, late night TV shows and caffeinated drinks, getting sufficient sleep is really,
really important for everyone, young or old. And as for you reading this article, I bet you agree.

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This article discusses the debilitating effects of impotence or erectile dysfunction among men and the people involved with them. It also discusses the different ways of dealing with impotence when placed in this situation. Finally, this article provides some suggestions on how to keep a strong relationship despite having this issue.

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Impotence

What does impotence look like from a woman’s perspective? Most people think that since only men are affected by erectile dysfunction, they are the only ones that suffer from it. Unlike what most people think, erectile dysfunction does not only concern men but their partners as well. Erection is primary related to sexual intercourse. It is one of the most important processes involved that highly defines what sex is. It is often perceived that without erection sexual intercourse is not possible. This happening, the lack, absence or failure of having sexual intercourse, is highly related to bigger problems that surround the issue of erectile dysfunction among men. Since it takes a man and his partner to accomplish an act such as sex, when this cannot be done anymore due to some particular reason, both the individuals involved are affected by the dysfunction. Thus, it is also necessary to know how impotence is viewed by the partners of those who experience it, all of whom are women.

Women who have been with men who are impotent had made several observations of the changes that occurred from their partners, themselves, and their relationships. These changes tend to be more on the negative side such as lack of intimacy, insecurities of men, and loss of interest of women. Because of these changes and because of situations such as limitations in communicating the needs and thoughts of one another, the relationship eventually breaks down until it is no longer possible to unrepairable extent. When the first signs of problems concerning sexual intercourse happen due to erectile dysfunction, both persons tend to keep quiet about it, ignore the issue, and refuse to talk to each other anymore later on. This continuously happens until the gap between the two individuals become worse until they eventually decide to separate to do themselves a favor.

To avoid reaching this point in a relationship, matters or issues as important as impotence or difficulties experienced during sexual intercourse should be discussed openly without fear of rejection or mockery. This is the main reason why most men are afraid of telling their partners, because they fear they might be rejected right after. Most men are pressured by the fact that they cannot respond adequately to the demands of their partners and because of this they tend to withdraw from intimate moments or activities. The perceived change in preference of men may, on the other hand, cause women to pretend to have lost interest on the act as well. However, the real problem is not at all discussed and is just merely being covered or ignored deliberately. The inability to get to the root of the problem simply prolongs and worsens the situation and takes a toll on the relationship itself in the long run.

The best thing to do, then, is to be open about everything, especially difficulties in getting an erection, to your partner. More or less, a woman that’s truly committed to her partner is bound to understand and be supportive. Talking about the expectations and preferences of each other will greatly help as well. This makes the task easier for each other when it comes to determining one another’s desires and responding to it. It is also necessary that women understand impotence as a health problem, how it can be treated, and how they may be able to help their partner recover. When recovery is no longer an option, this is when communication is more important than ever. Men, when placed in this kind of situation, will often feel hopeless and useless, thus it is important for them to be reassured. The fact that they can feel their partners standing by beside them despite the entire ordeal is already enough sign of unwavering support.

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Be alert to the dangers of excessive home weatherizing and carbon monoxide poisoning
For a variety of reasons, including reducing energy consumption and saving money, homeowners are informed of the benefits of weatherizing the home. Despite these advantages, there is a major negative to making your home too airtight, it being, carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide is a potentially fatal gas that can go undetected in your home. In order to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning, be aware of the signals signifying its dangerous presence.
Carbon monoxide is an odorless gas that is difficult to detect without the assistance of a special detector alarm. When inhaled, carbon monoxide immediately begins to deplete the amount of red blood cells in your blood. Depending on the amount of time you have been exposed to the gas, you may begin to experience a number of symptoms of varying concentrations. A low level concentration symptom may include headache or shortness of breath, while a high level concentration is signified by unconsciousness or brain damage. In between these two extremes, there may be nausea, vomiting or drowsiness. Unfortunately, the low level concentration will produce symptoms that could easily be confused with a flu-like illness, making it entirely possible to misdiagnose your condition. Each year there are many fatal cases of carbon monoxide poisoning due to individuals failing to identify the true cause of their illness and to their continued exposure to the deadly gas.
In addition to the symptoms of illness, a number of other signs can alert you to the presence of carbon monoxide in your house. Although carbon monoxide is problematic to detect, a stuffy, stale smell in your house may be a warning of its presence and not necessarily an indication that you should clean out the closets. If you have already taken measures to reduce moisture in your house, and you still see dripping water condensation on your windows, carbon monoxide may be present in your home. Moreover, closely inspect your stove to see that the normal blue flame you get upon ignition has not been replaced by a yellow burner flame. Or, if the pilot light in your furnace continues to go out, turn off the suspect equipment, evacuate everyone from the house and call a licensed heating contractor. A close inspection of your house may reveal that the source of carbon monoxide comes directly from your stove, fireplace, furnace or even your car. Although you would not know it, it is possible that your appliances have not been installed properly.
When your home is too airtight, dangerous carbon monoxide gases begin to seep into the air without you being aware of it. Like you, your house needs to be able to breathe. Excessive weatherizing has the potential to block the necessary flow of air needed for the safe operation of all appliances and heating equipment. Clear the air in your house with proper ventilation, know the dangers of excessive weatherization and don’t give carbon monoxide the chance to harm you and your family.
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