say the same all giving the impression that the Abbas family was driven out and became homeless.

It is notable that the Abbas family moved back to Damascus, as that is likely the place where it had originated less than 90 years earlier.

However, Abbas himself co-founder of Fatah with Arafat, and known as Abu Mazen - now tells a different story. Speaking with Al-Palestinia TV on Monday, Abbas admitted that his family was not expelled or driven out, but rather left for fear that the Jews might take revenge for the slaughter of 20 Jews in the city during the Arab pogroms of 19 years earlier.

In the words of Abbas:

I am among those who were born in the city of Tzfat (Safed). We were a family of means. I studied in elementary school, and then came the naqba [calamity, namely, the founding of the State of Israel ed.]. At night, we left by foot from Tzfat, to the Jordan River, where we remained for a month. Then we went to Damascus, and then to our relatives in Jordan, and then we settled in Damascus.

My father had money, and he spent his money systematically, and after a year, the money ran out and we began to work.

The peoples basic motives brought them to run away for their lives and with their property. These [motives] were very important, for they feared the violence of the Zionist terrorist organizations and especially those of us from Tzfat felt that there was an old desire for revenge from the rebellion of 1929, and this was in the memory of our families and parents.

The Abbas referred to was a series of brutal Arab attacks on Jewish towns in the summer of 1929. Nearly 70 Jews were slaughtered in their homes in Hevron, 20 in Tzfat, 17 in Jerusalem, and others were murdered in Motza, Kfar Uriah and Tel Aviv.

The memory of the slaughter, Abbas said, brought [our families] to understand that the military balance had changed, and that [we] no longer had military forces in their real meaning. There were only young people who fought, and there was an initial action. They felt that the balance of power had collapsed and they therefore decided to leave. The entire city was abandoned based on this thought the thought of their property and saving themselves.

Return to Roots - in Damascus
It is notable that the Abbas family moved back to Damascus, as that is likely the place where it had originated less than 90 years earlier.

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Dr. Gregory Garamoni the problem in healthcare is that Washington politicians are poised to inject a lethal dose of statism into the heart of our healthcare system. Not the fact that millions of Americans have no choice in health care because they have to see who ever is working at the free clinic that day.

He clearly despises the president, calling him the and more and doesnt have much good to say about the Congress or the media.

Dr. Garamoni has written a Declaration of Independence for Doctors and is calling for other physicians to e-mail him in order to sign it (hmm). Of course, that declaration doesnt seem to say anything about health, it's a lot more concerned about the right to negotiate fees. (When was the last time you went to the doctor and negotiated the cost of your visit?)

Theyre also trying to prepare doctors to go on strike if the President signs into law any legislation that establishes another government healthcare plan in the hope that the mere threat of such a strike would rile up the seniors and "help seniors focus their attention on this life-or-death issue. Great, let me make sure I've got this straight, you want to get doctors to threaten to strike so you can scare old people into calling their legislators and cowing them into screwing over their grandchildren.

Why am I telling you about this? A couple of reasons.

First, it is just a matter of time before Dr. Garamoni or another one just like him is on the radio and Fox News as a legitimate representative of the . If you are in favor of a public option in health care you need to know what we are up against. Combine this kind of philosophy with the $66.5 million dollars that PhRMA, has spent in the first three months of 2009 and the 1,300 lobbyists on payroll and that can buy a lot of television time.

How do you compete against a war chest like that.

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CAUSES Of SUDDEN HEARING LOSS
Over a 100 possible causes can be sited for the causes of sudden hearing loss, it is rare for a specific cause to be precisely identified. The number shows that only 10 to 15 percent of patients with SSHL know what caused their loss.  The greatest number of ISSHL cases can be very frustrating for doctors as the cause is idiopathic or unknown.
Possible causes include the following:
COMMON REASONS
•    Ear Wax Impaction
•    Chronic supurative otitis media Ear Infections
•    Sinus Blockage
•    Insects In Ears
•    Nerve Damage
CONGENITAL
•    Rubella Syndrome
•    Congenital Atresia Of The External Auditory Canal
•    Congenital Cytomegalovirus
•    Congenital Perilymphatic Fistula
•    Fetal Methyl Mercury Effects
•    Fetal Iodine Deficiency Effects
MEDICATIONS
•    Ototoxic Drugs (Drugs That Harm The Ear)
•    Aminoglycoside Antibiotics
•    Cancer Therapy Treatments
•    Ethacrynic Acid - Oral
•    Aspirin
•    Chloroquine
•    Quinidine
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
•    Meningitis
•    Mumps
•    Measles
•    Ear Infection (Otitis Media)
•    Scarlet Fever
•    Rubella
•    Rubeola
•    Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1
BACTERIAL INFECTION
•    Encephalitis
A non-controlled studies reported that 17-33% of patients with sudden hearing loss remember a recent viral illness. Patients who experienced ISSHL found damage in the cochlea consistent with viral injuries. Loss of hair cells and neuronal losses were observed. These models were similar to findings in documented cases of hearing loss after a patient had mumps, measles, and maternal rubella. Viral infection can sited as a cause of ISSHL, but has not been confirmed.
VIRAL INFECTIONS
•    Colds
•    Adenovirus
•    Cytomegalovirus (Cmv)
•    Infectious Mononucleosis
•    Influenza
•    Parainfluenza
IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASES
The evidence is building as more studies show that there can be a progressive sensorineural hearing loss observed with immune-mediated inner ear disease. The reasons are unclear, but immunologic activity within the cochlea is thought to be the cause. There are documented connections of hearing loss in Cogan syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, and other autoimmune rheumatologic disorders.
•    Cogans Syndrome
•    Lupus
•    Fibromyalgia
•    Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease a syndrome of progressive hearing loss and/or dizziness which are caused by antibodies or immune cells which are attacking the inner ear.
TRAUMATIC
The cochlea the auditory portion of the inner ear and is extremely sensitive to changes in blood supply. Reduction or blockages of the blood supply due to blood clots, stroke, high blood pressure, or trauma can cause sudden hearing loss. It has been sited that blockage of the blood flow to your inner ears can result in permanent hearing loss in under a minute.
•    Traumatic Perforation Of The Eardrum
•    Head Injuries
•    Skull Fracture (Temporal Bone)
•    Blood Clot
•    Post–Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
DISEASE PROCESSES
•    Leukemia
•    Circulatory Problems
•    Diabetes
•    Hypothyroidism
•    Multiple Sclerosis.

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NHLBI Funds Research and Training Centers Aimed at Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Diseases Project in developing countries a collaboration with UnitedHealth Groups chronic disease initiative. The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 21000 new brain tumor cases were diagnosed in 2008, with more than 13000 patients dying. This represents about 2 percent of all cancer deaths. The researchers said that a minimally invasive approach to treating this
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What are some of the sure-fire differences in symptoms between an ovarian cyst and ovarian cancer?
Also, is it possible for an ovarian cyst to last for many months, whille only causing pain occasionaly?
Thanks for your help!
Could you people stop suggesting me to go to the doctor. That is obvious. Im asking if you know any distinct differences in symptoms between cysts and cancer. My goodness

From the mayo clinic for symptoms for ovaian cancer:
Recent studies have shown that women with ovarian cancer are more likely than are other women to consistently experience the following symptoms:
Abdominal pressure, fullness, swelling or bloating
Urinary urgency
Pelvic discomfort or pain
Additional signs and symptoms that women with ovarian cancer may experience include:
Persistent indigestion, gas or nausea
Unexplained changes in bowel habits, including diarrhea or constipation
Changes in bladder habits, including a frequent need to urinate
Loss of appetite
Unexplained weight loss or gain
Increased abdominal girth or clothes fitting tighter around your waist
Pain during intercourse (dyspareunia)
A persistent lack of energy
Low back pain
Symptoms for ovaian cysts:
Menstrual irregularities
Pelvic pain — a constant or intermittent dull ache that may radiate to your lower back and thighs
Pelvic pain shortly before your period begins or just before it ends
Pelvic pain during intercourse (dyspareunia)
Nausea, vomiting or breast tenderness similar to that experienced during pregnancy
Fullness or heaviness in your abdomen
Pressure on your rectum or bladder — difficulty emptying your bladder completely
Unfortunately the only way to know for sure is to go to the doctor. cysts can come and go and some may last for a while. It is possible to only have pain intermittantly with a cyst when there is something putting pressure on it or if hormones fluctuate.

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Comment: All I have to say Amen, he wants to remove the mountain tops and mine uranium in the Grand Canyon, so he has sold out to the American people but not the corporations! At least the other dude was upfront with us with his 45 nuke plants!!! Plus Virginia may blow up the Piedmont with uranium open pit mining!!

Environmentalists feel betrayed by the EPA's decision not to block new mountaintop mining projects.

By Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten
May 31, 2009

Reporting from Washington With the election of President Obama, environmentalists had expected to see the end of the "Appalachian apocalypse," their name for exposing coal deposits by blowing the tops off whole mountains.

But in recent weeks, the administration has quietly made a decision to open the way for at least two dozen more mountaintop removals.

In a letter this month to a coal ally, Rep. Nick J. Rahall II (D-W.Va.), the Environmental Protection Agency said it would not block dozens of "surface mining" projects. The list included some controversial mountaintop mines.

The industry says the practice of using explosives to blast away a peak is safer and more efficient than traditional shaft mining. But critics say the process scars the landscape and dumps tons of waste -- some of it toxic -- into streams and valleys.

The administration's decision is not the final word on the projects or the future of mountaintop removal. But the letter, coupled with the light it sheds on relations between the mining industry and the Obama White House, has disappointed environmentalists. Some say they feel betrayed by a president they thought would end or sharply limit the practice.

The issue is politically sensitive because environmentalists were an active force behind Obama's election, and the president's standing is tenuous among Democratic voters in coal states. West Virginia, for example, voted for George W. Bush in the 2000 presidential election largely because Democrat Al Gore was critical of the coal industry.

Moreover, Obama needs support from local lawmakers for an energy agenda that would further regulate home-state industries, but halting mountaintop mining could eliminate jobs and put upward pressure on energy prices in a time of economic hardship.

Coal advocates have solicited help from officials as high up as White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. And the issue has sparked contentious debates within the administration, including one shouting match in which top officials from two government agencies were heard pounding their fists on the table, according to sources briefed on the meeting who requested anonymity when discussing White House dealings.

The White House is "searching for a way to walk this tightrope," said Phil Smith, a spokesman for the United Mine Workers of America. "They have a large constituency of people who want to see an immediate end to mountaintop removal, and an equally large constituency . . . whose communities depend on those jobs."

Shortly after his inauguration, Obama won praise from the green lobby for taking a skeptical view of the mining process. And in March the EPA announced it would review the mountaintop projects, breaking from the Bush administration's practice of granting permits with little or no scrutiny.

The EPA has the authority to block mountaintop removal under the Clean Water Act. But if the agency raises no objections, the final decision on projects is made by the Army Corps of Engineers, which historically has approved mountaintop mining. The corps previously had indicated its intention to approve 48 pending permits.

Although environmentalists had expected the new administration to put the brakes on mountaintop removal, Rahall and other mining advocates have pointed out that Obama did not promise to end the practice and was more open to it than his Republican opponent, Arizona Sen. John McCain.

A review of Obama's campaign statements show that he had expressed concern about the practice without promising to end it. On a West Virginia visit, when asked about the impact of the mining on the state's streams, he said he wanted "strong enforcement of the Clean Water Act," adding: "I will make sure the head of the Environmental Protection Agency believes in the environment."

And his EPA administrator, Lisa Jackson, has said that the agency had "considerable concern regarding the environmental impact these projects would have on fragile habitats and streams." She pledged that the agency would "use the best science and follow the letter of the law in ensuring we are protecting our environment."

Soon afterward, the agency in effect blocked six major pending mountaintop removal projects in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio.

But this month, after a series of White House meetings with coal companies and advocates including Rahall and Democratic West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin III, the EPA released the little-noticed letter giving the green light to at least two dozen projects.

"It was a big disappointment," said Joan Mulhern, a lawyer for Earthjustice, an environmental law firm that has led court challenges to mountaintop removal. "It's disturbing and surprising that this administration, headed by a president who has expressed concern about mountaintop removal, would let such a large number of permits go forward without explanation."

Mulhern charged that the EPA "blew off" Jackson's earlier promises that the agency would adhere to science and would conduct an open process.

Ed Hopkins, a top Sierra Club official, said some of the projects that have now obtained the EPA's blessing "are as large and potentially destructive as the ones they objected to."

"It makes us wonder what standards -- if any -- the administration is using," Hopkins said.

EPA and White House officials say that about 200 proposed mining projects are under review and that the administration already had taken steps to break from Bush-era policies.

"We want to make informed decisions guided by science and the law, and a change in such a practice is not something that happens overnight," said Christine Glunz, a spokeswoman for the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

But after the EPA's initial announcement in March that it would conduct aggressive reviews, Manchin and Rahall took the coal industry's concerns to White House officials, including Emanuel and Nancy Sutley, who heads the Council on Environmental Quality.

Manchin said he told the White House that "we are looking for a balance between the environment and the economy, and they assured me that they will work with us to find that balance."

Environmentalists were stunned to learn from Rahall's office May 15 that the EPA had given its blessing to 42 out of the 48 mine projects it had reviewed so far -- including two dozen mountaintop removals.

The news came in a letter to Rahall from Michael Shapiro, the EPA's acting assistant administrator, who wrote, "I understand the importance of coal mining in Appalachia for jobs, the economy, and meeting the nation's energy needs."

tom.hamburger@latimes.com
peter.wallsten@latimes.

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new Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz kept repeating at her D7 appearance this week. It's a message Bartz wants to get across to both her staff at Yahoo! and the media.
Bartz took to the stage at the annual All Things D conference to be interviewed by Kara Swisher. I found this to be an unusual pairing, as Swisher is constantly publishing rumors leaked by Purple People and Bartz wants to crack down on the moles leaking the info.
Swisher's column at All Things D is a popular one, though and their opposite personalities provided for one heck of an entertaining session.
If you read news articles and blog posts about Yahoo!, you'd be tempted to think that the company is a search engine that just happens to have a few popular websites. But new CEO Carol Bartz wants you to think of Yahoo! as a whole, not just as one of its parts. And while that may seem the opposite of simplification - it isn't.
When Bartz was asked if Yahoo! was a media or a tech company, she essentially responded with asking why there has to be a separation. She's right. It's as if Yahoo! was a human and everyone wants to concentrate on its foot, when it, indeed, has arms, legs, organs, a brain, etc.
This is a fact sometimes lost on Yahoo! itself. Bartz spoke about the silos Yahoo! has constructed, where the homepage division doesn't want to send traffic to the Finance site. They want to keep the traffic for themselves. And if a company has the wrong goals for its divisions, something that creates competition instead of integration, it's easy to see how this would happen.
Thankfully for Yahoo!, Bartz sees the whole picture. While achieving her holistic vision for Yahoo! is painful at times (i.e. recent layoffs and restructuring), Bartz seems poised to build on Yahoo!'s strengths.
Bartz reminded the audience that Yahoo! is one of the most visited sites in the world, and when people arrive, they spend a lot of time hanging out. She seeks to enhance and personalize that experience so that Yahoo! meets a variety of needs for their large, diverse audience.
Of course, one of the most-anticipated moments was Bartz was asked about the possibility of still striking a search deal with Microsoft. Bartz said the possibility was still there but that it required the right alignment of tech, goals and money. Her take was consistent with her goals for integration and streamlining Yahoo!: "It's simple.

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[if !supportEmptyParas]An article on CNNs website caught my eye, What will save rock and roll?. Within the article is a speech given by the very articulate and knowledgeable, Steve Van Zandt. I read the whole thing, its looooong, but good. Below I pasted some of his key points. He calls his speech A Crisis of Craft.
To summarize what SVZ said: Todays have lost the art of the craft and bascially most of them suck. He explains his reasoning behind this and shares kind of a mini-history of rock and roll in the process. I enjoyed it.
Any thoughts on this?
I want to spend just a minute on a topic that never ever gets discussed in the music business – the music. [if !supportEmptyParas]The reason nobody wants to talk about it is because it mostly sucks! It blows! It is sucking major moose cock! Who are we kidding here? Nobodys buying records? Because they suck![if !supportEmptyParas]And I know why. [if !supportEmptyParas]Nobody wants to deal with this but we have to. [if !supportEmptyParas]Yes we are experiencing big changes in the business but much more importantly over these last thirty years or so we have been witness to a crisis of craft. [if !supportEmptyParas]Rock and Roll is the working class art form. [if !supportEmptyParas]So lets go back to basics.
What is our craft?
[if !supportEmptyParas][if !supportEmptyParas][if !supportEmptyParas]So as to our craft – performance, record making, songwriting-what happened exactly? [if !supportEmptyParas]The crisis in performance is I believe based on one simple fact. When it started, Rock and Roll was dance music. One day we stopped dancing to it and started listening to it and its been downhill ever since. [if !supportEmptyParas]We had a purpose. We had a specific goal, an intention, a mandate. We made you dance or we did not work – we did not get paid – we were fired – we were homeless. That requires a different energy. It is a working class energy. Not an artistic intellectual waiting around for inspiration energy. Its a get up, go to work, and kill-energy. Rip it up or die trying. [if !supportEmptyParas]The advent of the video was just the final nail in the performance coffin, a coffin that had already been constructed by years of excessive immersion in ganja, hashish, and all forms of water cooled bong therapy. You didnt have to make people dance anymore. They were too stoned to dance! You didnt even have to play your instrument anymore – all you had to do was act!
Act like a Rock Star and bada bing you were[if !supportEmptyParas] a Rock Star. [if !supportEmptyParas]And now theres a new trend thats even more dangerous. And this affects songwriting as well as performance. Bands are starting to skip the bar band stage of their development. The club stage. Where, ideally youre still a dance band, but equally important, you get the opportunity to play other peoples songs. Your favorite songs. All of a sudden Im hearing its not cool to play other peoples songs. Thats for the less gifted. The losers. The way we thought of the top 40 bar bands growing up has been extended to include any songs that didn’t come from your own personal genius. [if !supportEmptyParas]This is a major problem. [if !supportEmptyParas]Performance-wise the energy you discover, manufacture, and harness as a dance band stays with you for the rest of your life. You never lose it. [if !supportEmptyParas]You learn greatness from greatness. [if !supportEmptyParas]Nobody is born a great performer. Nobody is born a great songwriter. [if !supportEmptyParas]The Beatles were a club and bar band for five years. And then continued playing covers for five albums. Let me say that again. The Beatles were a club and bar band for five years. And then continued playing covers for five albums! Then the Rolling Stones were a bar band for three years and played covers for their first five albums. Do you think youre better than them?

If you want to write then you’ve got to learn how to do it. This is why the great song publishers like Lance Freed are always encouraging the young writers to co-write with the older ones.
Just as it’s important to perform with a purpose, it is equally important to write with a purpose. Whether that purpose is to express your most personal anguish or to simply have a hit record. If you’re going to do it, do it right.
The third part of our craft is record making and that discipline has been almost completely abandoned.
A record is four things – Composition, Arrangement, Performance, and Sound. Four different crafts overseen by a Producer that understands, to some extent all four elements plus the Big Picture of the Industry, plus the psychological stuff of being the artist’s psychiatrist, plus the liaison with the business people, etc. etc.
Where are the Producers? Where are the Arrangers? The point being once upon a time it took an army of very talented people to make great records. Writers, singers, musicians, producers, arrangers, engineers and now you have to do it yourself? No wonder everything sucks!
We must reintroduce a new dedication to the Craft.
And worry about the new technology, and the Art, later.

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Its real.
The Montauk Monster washed up on the beach in July of 2008 for the first time on Montauk Beach which is East Long Island, New York. Lots of people saw it, more than 4 people photographed it.
However, before anyone could really determine what it was, a man picked it up and hauled it off, telling people he was going to mount it. Unless that guy comes forward and tells people what it was, were never going to know for certain.
The teeth indicate that its either a raccoon or an otter. Dogs dont have sharp teeth at that angle that jut out on the bottom jaw, while raccoons and otters do.
Turtles without their shells arent smooth like that. The shell is integrated into their spinal column. Theres a telltale rip on the back which wasnt there. Turtles also dont have teeth.
Jeff Corwin said it looked like a raccoon to him.
Therefore, its real, we just dont know what it is.

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Radiotherapy, the treatment of cancer with radiation, is a very important element of curative treatment for cancer, and is also important for maintaining and/or improving patients’ quality of life. It is anticipated that it will retain a key role in cancer treatment for the next 10-20 years and will continue to make a significant contribution to improved treatment and palliative outcomes.
Radiotherapy owes its pre-eminent position in the treatment of cancer to its ability to deliver, with precision, a lethal radiation dose to each cancer cell situated within a chosen area of the body. The main aim of treatment is to give a sufficient radiation dose to the tumor to cause destruction without producing unacceptable damage to surrounding normal tissue. The higher the differential between the dose to the tumor and that received by the normal tissue, the better the chance of a cure. This high differential hinges on the precision with which the size and position of the tumor can be ascertained and, equally importantly, on the accuracy with which the required dose of radiation can be delivered to the chosen site. Radiation can be delivered in a variety of ways, depending on the nature of the cancer. The most commonly used method is called external beam therapy, which directs high energy X-ray radiation at the tumor. Although the radiation affects both cancer and normal cells, because of the nature of the cancer cells it has a greater effect on them. Treatment aimed at cure will give the highest possible dose of radiation, within safe limits, to attempt to kill all the cancer cells. Sometimes smaller doses are used, where the aim is to reduce the size of a tumor and/or relieve symptoms. Radiotherapy treatment is given using either a machine called a linear accelerator or, for some skin tumors, a superficial X-ray unit. To receive the radiotherapy, the patient lies on a couch under the machine, and is asked to remain still during the actual treatment. Every course of radiotherapy treatment is designed to suit the particular needs of the person receiving it, so prior to treatment the patient will make a preliminary visit to the hospital for the course of treatment planned. A typical treatment will last six weeks, with the patient visiting the hospital every day.

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A spokeswoman for GlaxoSmith-Kline, which makes Cervarix, said: Cervarix had to undergo rigorous testing with large numbers of people in numerous clinical studies. She said more than 70,000 doses of the firms vaccine had been given in trials and recipients had been monitored for more than six years. Clinical studies had shown Cervarix was generally well tolerated. Critics say its sister vaccine Gardasil, used in the US for nearly three years, is linked to almost 12,000 reactions including 32 deaths, paralysis, seizures, blood clots, heart attacks, sight problems and blackouts.
With any type of mass immunization there will always be some vaccine reactions the question as I see it is whether there are significantly more reactions than expected or projected. In the U.S. those with injuries can file lawsuits but they can also go through the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The link takes you to a much more thorough website than you would expect and gives all the information needed to file a claim.
It makes me wonder though, How high would the risk of side effect have to be to keep you from receiving a vaccine that could prevent a recurrence of your cancer.

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Asbestos is a naturally occurring fibrous mineral that is mined in different parts of the world due to its wide utility in various industries. However, it is a deadly carcinogen too and a mojor cause of mesothelioma and asbestosis.

Asbestos fibers are known to cause cancer of the mesothelium. Asbestos is the fibrous form of several minerals and hydrous silicates of magnesium found under ground. There are 3 types of asbestos, the blue one, the while one and the brown one. Of all these 3 types, the blue one also called amphibole, long and thin in structure is more carcinogenic than white or chrysolite asbestos or the brown one known as amosite.

However, in some cases the brown asbestos has also been found to cause mesothelioma. And it is for this reason that people exposed to asbestos even for a short period are vulnerable to the disease.

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I was just wondering how testicular cancer is caused, and what are signs of it?

Testicular cancer occurs in the testicles (testes), which are located inside the scrotum, a loose bag of skin underneath the penis. The testicles produce male sex hormones and sperm for reproduction.
Testicular cancer can result in a number of signs and SYMPTOMS. These may include:
-A lump or enlargement in either testicle
-A feeling of heaviness in the scrotum
-A dull ache in the abdomen or groin
-A sudden collection of fluid in the scrotum
-Pain or discomfort in a testicle or the scrotum
-Enlargement or tenderness of the breasts
-Unexplained fatigue or a general feeling of not being well
-Cancer usually affects only one testicle.
CAUSES AND RISK FACTORS-
-Nearly all testicular cancers begin in the germ cells — the cells in the testicles that produce immature sperm. What causes germ cells to become abnormal and develop into cancer isnt known.
-An undescended testicle (cryptorchidism). The testes form in the abdominal area during fetal development and usually descend into the scrotum before birth. Men who have a testicle that never descended are at greater risk of testicular cancer than are other men are. The risk remains, even if the testicle has been surgically relocated to the scrotum. Still, the majority of men who develop testicular cancer dont have a history of undescended testicles.
-Abnormal testicle development. Conditions that cause testicles to develop abnormally, such as Klinefelters syndrome, may increase your risk of testicular cancer.
-Family history. If other family members have had testicular cancer, you may have an increased risk.
-Age. Testicular cancer affects teens and younger men, particularly those between ages 15 and 34. However, it can occur at any age.
Race. Testicular cancer is more common in white men than in black men. The reason for racial differences in the incidence of testicular cancer is unknown.

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Suppose you have a card/debit card and there are monthly subscription services billed on it (no contract saying you must pay monthly for x years or anything). Just the kind where you basically are paying on a monthly basis for a service and you cancel anytime.
What happens when you cancel the credit card/debit card account? My common sense is trying to tell me they would just realize they cant get money out of the credit card number and just cancel/suspend the account, but are there adverse effects to doing this (affecting credit scores, etc)?
I dont see how I would get sent to collections if they dont provide service though. If they suspend my account cause I didnt pay, why would they bill me?
Basically the way the my subscriptions work is you are paying for the month in advance. Im just talking about services like Xbox Live or Rhapsody.

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I have a dear family member who went to the doctor because of a fall - turned out she fractured her pelvis - but in the course of investigating it, the doctor discovered lesions in the bones pretty much all over her body. Turns out she has a level 1 tumor in her breast and that the lesions in her bones are also breast cancer. For some reason, the doctors are NOT giving her a death sentence, but I have always heard that when a cancer spreads to the bones or another organ, then there is pretty much no hope. So, is there actually hope now.

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Have you wondered what a full sleeve or half sleeve tattoo is? Maybe you have heard about them or even want one but you are not sure exactly what they are, how to go about getting one, nor ow much they are going to cost. Well, get ready to learn all of the above and a lot more. Full sleeve, half sleeve and even quarter sleeve tattoos are very hot and in right now. They have become a very popular spot for tattoos in both men and women. There are many women today that sport full sleeve tattoos and love them greatly.

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In this article we will discuss how viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasitic affect human health, and what we can do to protect ourselves from them.  If it were a virus, we would simply have to let it run its course. If it was a bacteria one would have to decide on whether or not to give some antibiotics.  There are literally thousands of different types of bacteria and viruses that make people get sick, and each of them would need to be addressed.  Luckily, the answer was much easier.
It turns out that there is a single ingredient with the ability to directly attack almost every infection known to man, and its found in the most unlikely places the humble raspberry.  Well talk more about what this ingredient is and how it works, but first, lets start with a little biological lesson.
It is currently accepted that man rests firmly at the top of the food chain.  Unless we wander into the African jungle to be confronted with a lion, or go swimming in the mid Atlantic and come face to face with a Great White shark, we fear no animal.  Even in these cases, we have technology to make us safe.  We have guns to shoot lions and steel cages should we wish to close to a man-eating shark and live to tell the tale.
The invulnerability to other life forms is however an illusion.  There are millions of creatures that have been feeding on us, and often killing us since the dawn of time.  Im speaking of course not of large and fearsome beasts with claws and fangs but the tiniest of Gods creatures. Im talking about viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites.
Throughout human history, we have been at war with these infective microbes.  They have colonized us, living in our skin, our lungs, our intestines, and our internal organs.  Our bodies have become their homes and their food source.  Early man could not attack these fine creatures the same way he could attack a tiger or a pack of wild dogs.  New strategies had to be devised.
The discovery of fire and the subsequent cooking of our food were our first technological advance and major victory in our war against microbes.  Parasites and bacteria were unable to survive the high temperatures of our cook fire and so we became somewhat protected against parasitic infections of the intestines and bacteria like e coli.
The next advance was the observation that eating certain plants could help the body rid itself of certain infections.  This body of knowledge was first learned by watching what plants sick animals would eat to regain their own health and represents the true origins of modern medicine.
The next advance was the domestication of cats (yep, CATS) Cats helped us by hunting down the rats and mice that were attracted to the food and garbage of our settlements.  In communities where cats were unknown, rat and mouse populations grew unchecked and were impossible to eradicate.  The rats and mice themselves were not the problem.  Certainly they were a nuisance, but the real danger they represented came from the infections they carried.  In 1347 the Black Plague, a disease carried by rats and mice, killed 1/3 of the population in Europe.
Better sanitation, plumbing and refrigeration were the next major advances in our war against microbes.  Piles of garbage in early human settlements attracted swarms of flies and other disease carrying insects.  Instead of human waste and refuse being thrown out of the window into the streets, indoor plumbing and garbage removal services were instituted.  This resulted in the decrease in the number of these disease carrying insects in and around our homes and places of work.  Hot and cold running water made clothes and bedding easier to wash on a more regular basis minimizing the mites and molds that made our blankets their staging ground for their nightly assault on our skin.  Finally, refrigeration first thought the use of river ice and finally modern refrigeration systems slowed the growth of mold and bacteria on our food.  All of these advances moved us forward again.
The most recent major advance was the discovery of antibiotics by Alexander Fleming in 1929. By observing that certain molds killed certain bacteria, he was able to discover penicillin.  This led to both a deeper understanding of bacteria in general as well as an entire industry dedicated to searching out new and more effective ways to kill bacteria.
Weve come a long way in our understanding of microbes and our abilities to deal with them and modern man lives in a mostly disease free state.  Still, the question remains, can we do better?  Can we decrease the number and severity of childhood infections?  Can we prevent or shorten the length of a common cold?  Can we rid ourselves of the chronic infections that make their homes in us?  Can we win the war against microbes that was started so long ago?  Lets look at the different kinds of microbes we face and see what can be done about them.
The Four Major Classes of Infections are Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi and Parasites.
Lets begin with viruses.  Viruses are among the most dangerous infections that we, as a species, have to deal with.  Unlike other microbes that are typically spread by vermin or insects, viruses can spread directly from human to human through a sneeze or cough.  Smallpox killed 50 million people last century and influenza another 100 million in the 1918 outbreak alone.  Now with overpopulated cities where people are in close proximity and given the ease of international travel, a major viral pandemic would be much worse.  According to the Center for Disease Control, if another major influenza pandemic were to occur today, estimates are four billion dead.
While researchers work furiously to develop antiviral drugs, a truly effective broad spectrum antiviral mediation still eludes them.  Still, we dont need to look to the apocalyptic to see the effects of viruses.  Viruses are vastly underestimated as a cause of chronic disease today.  Its not just the millions who currently suffer from viral infections such as Hepatitis C, Aids, and Herpes that are affected, but the average man and woman on the street.
Everyone without exception is infected with the Epstein Barr, Cytomegalovirus and herpes viruses.
Most people are strong enough to keep these viruses from being much more than a low-grade nuisance, but they slowly eat away at our vitality taking advantage of us when we are tired or under the weather.  They are among the many opportunistic infections that wait for us to let our guard down.
What us also generally unknown is that many of the conditions currently considered to be genetic in nature are in fact viral in origin.
How does this  mix up happen?  Firstly, viral infections are virtually impossible to detect, so unless you know exactly what you are looking for you will likely miss them.  Secondly, viral infections also have the ability to cause genetic mutation.
In some cases, the genetic mutation that a scientist points to as the cause of a virus he cannot detect.  Many people today who are told that they have an incurable genetic disease actually have a very curable viral infection.
If you are dealing with disease of unknown or genetic origin or are just feeling run down, odds are youre dealing with a virus.  Even though modern medicine has yet to come up with a truly effective broad-spectrum anti-viral medication, there is a natural way to directly attack viruses.
First, you need to understand a little about how viruses work.  Unlike all the other life forms, viruses are unable to reproduce on their own.  Viruses reproduce by commandeering the machinery of our own cells, turning them into virus making machines.  Our own cells end up making the very viruses that make us sick.
While this is a very clever strategy for the virus, it does have one exploitable weakness.  In order for a virus to reproduce and make us sick, it must first enter a cell.  This is where we should focus.  How can we keep a virus from entering a cell in the first place?  It turns out that many viruses use an enzyme called integrase to get inside of our cells.  If we can inhibit the integrase enzyme, then many viruses wont be able to get inside our cells to reproduce.  If we can inhibit the integrase enzyme, we can inhibit a good percentage of viruses.  Since integrase is not a human enzyme, inhibiting it is harmless to us.

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Anthocyanadins - Found particularly in fruits such as blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, black currants, and red and purple grapes, anthocyanadins are the purple-blue pigments which protect plants from the damaging effects of oxidation. And this is the very effect that benefits us when we eat these fruits as they provide us with potent antioxidant protection in both fat-soluble and water-soluble forms. These phytonutrients are thought to be more potent than both vitamin C and E.

Indoles - Indoles help us to detoxify foreign compounds like environmental pollutants such as pesticides or air pollution. They also prevent abnormal stimulation of estrogen, protecting against estrogen dependent cancers like breast and ovarian cancer. They inhibit enzymes that initiate cancer, improve immune response and slow tumor growth. You can find them in cruciferous vegetables (especially broccoli), radishes, watercress, rutabagas and mustard and turnip greens.

Carotenoids - One of the most common classes of phytonutrients, this group have a variety of uses in the body. Carotenoids include beta-carotene, the precursor to vitamin A, as well as lutein and zeaxanthin which protect against age related macular degeneration. These compounds are responsible for red, yellow or orange pigments found in fruits and vegetables. You'll find them in carrots, broccoli, pumpkin, tomatoes, pink grapefruit and many others.

Monoterpenes - These are a class of phytonutrients that act as antioxidants, limit cholesterol synthesis and help enzymes protect against carcinogens. Limonene, a cancer fighting compound found in citrus fruits, rosemary and celery, and capsaicin, an antioxidant that lowers triglycerides and LDL cholesterol found in chili peppers, are both monoterpenes.

Phenols - Also known as phenolic compounds, polyphenols and polyphenolic compounds, this class of phytochemical can block enzymes responsible for inflammation and can protect against inflammation caused by solar radiation. These compounds also lower the risk of heart disease and stroke, inhibit tumor formation and form complexes with reactive metals which prevent them from depositing in tissues and helps to eliminate them from the body. They can be found in many foods including beets, berries, citrus, nuts, eggplant, figs, carrots, green tea, plums, whole grains, pomegranates, radishes, lemons, limes, red cabbage.

Alyll Sulfides - Found in garlic and onions, alyll sulfides work by increasing the production of enzymes to help rid the body of carcinogens before they can do any damage to the cells. They are anti-fungal and anti-parasitic as well as having anti-cancer, immunity-enhancing and memory-enhancing properties.

Catechins - When cells mutate and begin to reproduce themselves uncontrollably, these are the beginning stages of cancer. Normally the body's own immune system detects and destroys these mutant cells, but sometimes it becomes overwhelmed and some get by. Catechins, found in green tea and red wine, are part of a class of phytochemicals known as flavonoids, and they act to prevent cell mutation and keep cells reproducing normally.

Isoflavones - Also in the flavonoid family of phytonutrients, isoflavones have been the subject of extensive research on their ability to protect against hormone-dependent cancers including breast cancer. You can find them in soy (fermented), apples, carrots, corn, lentils, sesame seed, flax and whole grains like rye.

Lignans - A class of isoflavones, lignans act as antioxidants. They inhibit the production of estrogen by the fatty tissue, help lower cholesterol levels, protect against colon cancer and help prevent gallstone formation. You can find lignan in barley, flax, legumes, millet, oats, plums, rice, spelt and walnuts.

Sulfurophane - One of a class of compounds called isothiocyanates, sulfurophane activates the liver to produce enzymes which bind to carcinogens and eliminate them from the cells. It also inhibits enzymes that cause cancer and helps to rid the body of carcinogenic substances found in cigarette smoke. You can find it in cabbage, kale and other cruciferous vegetables, scallions, spinach and radishes.

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Clear bowling balls are a bowlers paradise. The new design of these balls is remarkable. Gone are the days of using the standard black bowling alley ball. Buying a clear bowling ball is a great way to show off your individual style out on the lanes.
The first time that you take your clear bowlingball out to the bowling alley, you will be the center of attention. Everyone will ask: Where did you buy that bowling ball? How on earth are those things made? How much did that ball cost? How are you planning on using that? And the of course, would you mind if I bought one for myself?
Remarkably, there are many places on-line that you can buy clear bowling balls from and they are not much more expensive than your normal bowling ball. They might take a little while to get the hang of bowling with them, because they are not as easy to watch as they slide down the lane as a black ball, but they are still useful. And technically, you are need to keep your eye on the pins, not the bowling ball. But no one is going to fault you for being mesmerized by your new clear bowling ball as it seemingly floats down the lane. Clear bowling balls do not have as much traction as regular balls, so it might take you a little while to adjust to them. However, they are excellent for getting those spares. Some of the most popular brands in bowling equipment advertise these balls as the optimal ball for picking up spares.
These balls come with a variety of objects lodged inside. From skulls to a pair of dice, there are many options for choosing an object to be the centerpiece of your bowling ball. You can get as creative as you want to in expressing your individual style.
Clear bowling balls are also very popular with teenagers and children. The younger set likes to use them at special nighttime cosmic bowling to see their ultimate effects. They give off an incandescent glow, which definitely commands some attention and they have a 3D appearance as they travel down the lane.
They would make a great gift for a high-schooler that enjoys bowling or that is on their school bowling team. The kids will be pleading you to take them bowling with their new clear bowling ball all the time.

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Whats the deal with organic food?
It seems to be everywhere these days, right?
Actually, its always been around. I was eating organic food in 1980 because my mom had a friend that owned a health food store in North Miami Beach.
Although many people think it is a new trend in food, organic farming has been practiced since the invention of farming about 12,000 years ago.
Organic produce is grown without pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, free from human or industrial waste, can not be genetically modified and processed with irradiation.
Organic food has fewer pesticides, fewer nitrates from fertilizers, is superior for our health and
the health of the environment, especially our soil.
The first list of produce below has the highest contamination from pesticides.
These are specific foods that you should definitely get organic.
If you cant afford organic food all the time, or when you are traveling and dont have much of a choice,
the second list of produce has the least amounts of pesticides and are relatively safer choices.

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