John Hopton for redOrbit.com @Johnfinitum Autism is an affliction that worries all parents-to-be, and an increasingly large number of children are developing the disorder (currently one in every 68 American newborns). But a high profile doctor believes that we can have a massive impact on the problem simply by making sure that mothers and young children get enough vitamin D. Doctor John J Cannell MD is about to release a book entitled Autism Causes, Prevention and Treatment: Vitamin D Deficiency and the Explosive Rise of Autism Spectrum Disorder in which he uses decades of research to demonstrate a link between vitamin D deficiency and autism. He spoke to redOrbit about how pregnant women can obtain safe levels of vitamin D through supplementation and sunlight, and how sun exposure is not the evil it is currently portrayed to be. Just within the last several weeks there was a ground-breaking study published in which they tested about a hundred families who had one child with autism and at least one child without, Dr. Cannell told us. They went back and got blood from when they were born, and found that the child with autism had much lower vitamin D levels than did … Continue reading →

April 4, 2015 9:42 PM WESTMINSTER Md. (WJZ)The Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Service Systems have designated Carroll Hospital Center as a Primary Stroke Center. The designation recognizes the hospital for its ability to provide timely, coordinated strokecare and for meeting and/or exceeding the states requirements for effectively diagnosing and treating stroke patients. Every minute during an ischemic stroke, millions of brain cells die. As a Primary Stroke Center, since patients with acute stroke symptoms will be brought to our hospital by EMS, we can now treat patients in our community faster and thereby potentially reduce disability in those stroke patients eligible for treatment, said Sandra Ruby, M.D., neurologist and medical director of Carroll Hospital Centers stroke program. To receive the designation, the Carroll County hospitalunderwent a rigorous examination in which MIEMSS surveyors evaluated the hospitals processes, treatment plans and outcomes for stroke patients. The hospital was found to have met or exceeded the states guidelines. For more information on Carroll Hospital Centers stroke and cardiovascular care CLICK HERE. Read more from the original source: Carroll Co. Hospital Designated As Primary Stroke Center … Continue reading →

By Randy Dotinga HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Despite medical advances, a new study shows that more people are dying of heart disease and stroke worldwide than did a quarter century ago because the global population is growing, and growing older. The good news is that the death rate -- the number of deaths in relation to the size of the population -- fell in most regions of the world. The declining death rate reflects better diets, less tobacco smoking and improvements in medicine, said Dr. Simon Capewell, a professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Liverpool in England. However, the numbers are still too high, said Capewell, who was not involved in the study. "A lot of these deaths are premature, meaning they kill people below the age of 75," Capewell said. "Ninety percent of these premature deaths are preventable and avoidable through healthy diets and zero smoking." In the study, researchers led by Dr. Gregory Roth, from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in Seattle, examined data from a 2013 global analysis of disease statistics from 188 countries. They focused on the numbers of cardiac deaths and … Continue reading →

Life-changing results: Sandra Sharman is a private stem cell patient. Photo: Meredith O'Shea Last week, Suzie Palmer, 44, travelled from her home in NSW to the Gold Coast for her second round of stem cell treatments for multiple sclerosis. OnTuesday morning,the wheelchair-bound poet underwent liposuction. By 2.30pm, stem cells had been partially separated from her abdominal fat, suspended in plasma, and injected intravenously. Her doctor, Soraya Felix, is a cosmetic surgeon and molecular biologist with a sideline in regenerative medicine. Palmer, a relentlessly upbeat and positive person, says the treatments have helped her cope better with heat, improved her mobility and flexibility and otherwise made her "feel like a normal human being". She has, she says, managed a few steps with a walker, still a long way from "running about, which is my dream". Poster girl: Suzie Palmer is undergoing stem cell therapy for MS. Photo: Edwina Pickles The rapidly growing stem cell industry is aglow with similarly positive testimonials, notably on behalf of practitioners who offer little documented scientific evidence of their success. Advertisement Suzie Palmer is literally the poster girl for stem cell tourism within Australia. You can find her smiling sweetly, along with Dr Felix, on the … Continue reading →