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The US is devolving and Massachusetts is charting our frightening course with a new bill called the “Pandemic Response Bill.” which just passed through the MA state Senate and is now waiting for House approval. This bill destroys almost every Constitutional right that Massachusetts citizens previously enjoyed and forces anyone that is “suspected” of being infected with H1N1 to submit to interrogations, decontaminations, and vaccinations…with subsequent quarantine camps for those who do not submit.

The bill also creates a fine of up to $1,000 per day for anyone who refuses to cooperate with the quarantines, vaccinations, and decontamination efforts.

Expect this to be only the beginning with other states following Massachusett’s lead in short order.

If you go see your doctor with a health complaint, you may receive a high tech imaging procedure like a cardiac angiography, CT, or MRI. Medical imaging has increased over the last few years.

New reports of lasting, harming effects from some of these imaging tests are beginning to accumulate.

Doctors know that exposure to contrast agents necessary for some imaging tests can cause damage to kidneys. Typically, patients are assured that is just a temporary side effect that will resolve on its own. Recent studies have suggested that this kind of kidney damage might actually be serious and permanent.

Additionally, the contrast agent iopamidol has also caused seizures in people with a history of epilepsy.

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A diet high in turmeric may help reduce weight gain. It suppresses the growth of new fat tissue. The study was funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Weight gain is the result of the growth and expansion of fat tissue. This can’t happen unless new blood vessels form. Curcumin appears to suppress this activity in the fat tissues. Curcumin is an antioxidant chemical in the polyphenol family that naturally occurs in turmeric. It is easily absorbed by the body.

Researchers fed two groups of mice an identical high-fat diet, supplementing the diets of the half the mice with 500 milligrams of curcumin per kilogram of body weight. They found that mice in the curcumin group had significantly lower blood cholesterol and significantly less fat tissue than the mice in the control group. This suggests less blood vessel growth and less overall growth of fat tissue. The livers of mice in the curcumin group also had less fat than the control group mice.

This post was sponsored by Kmart. All the opinions are mine.

Did you shop at Kmart this past weekend? I sure hope you didn’t miss the special shopping day on Saturday. I know…unfortunately 8/8 has past and I don’t want to rub it in too much…But right now I will just tell you some of the amazing Kmart Bluelight specials you missed. There are sure to be more, so don’t despair. Kmart always has more Bluelight specials!

Stay informed by following Kmart on Twitter and that way you won’t miss the next one!

Anyway…here are some amazing things that might be had (there were over 40 specials throughout that day). Unbelievable…right?

All patio furniture was 70% off the regular prices. Their regular prices are already great, so this was pretty awesome, in my opinion.

An extra 10% off diamonds that were already 70% marked down. Again, pretty awesome. I’m always in the market for new diamonds…my hubby will tell you that.

If I were you, I would just make it a habit to shop at Kmart every week so you won’t miss out on anything like this again!

Sufficient vitamin D intake may be important for maintaining brain function later in life. Vitamin D is likely to be beneficial for reducing some age-related diseases.

Researchers measured blood levels of vitamin D in more than 3,000 European men between 40 and 79. Then the men underwent various tests of mental function. They found that the men with the highest blood levels did best on the test, and those with the lowest levels performed worst.

Vitamin D deficiency is widespread, especially among the elderly.

Vitamin D is synthesized by the body when exposed to the sun’s ultraviolet rays. The average person can get enough vitamin D from 15 minutes of sun on their face and hands per day.

This cashectomy has been one of the most painful procedures I’ve undergone recently. My oldest son is college bound in less than one month…and I am tired of spending money! I can’t believe that I…the consumate shopper…am actually saying that. But it’s true and I am!

Add to the money woes is the anxiety over what we may be forgetting to buy and I am a total wreck!

One thing that has been an unbelievable lifesaver for us is a new service Sears is offering called “Web2Store” where you can shop online and have everything shipped to whatever Sears store you desire. No hauling and no unpacking for us! This rocks!

This is great for those bulky items that college kids think they need like butterfly chairs, microwave ovens, bedding…you name it!

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People who have celiac disease can’t tolerate gluten. If they consume gluten, damage to the small intestine occurs. This further interferes with the absorption of nutrients from food. Celiac disease was once thought to be a rare childhood disorder but now over 2 million Americans have the disease and cases are increasing.

Celiac disease is over four times more common today than 50 years ago. Researchers have also discovered that people who didn’t know they had celiac disease were more likely than others to have died during the years of the study follow-up. Celiac symptoms often include abdominal bloating and pain, chronic diarrhea, vomiting, constipation, foul-smelling stools, weight loss, unexplained iron-deficiency anemia, fatigue, bone or joint pain, arthritis, unexplained infertility, loss of teeth, depression or anxiety.

It is interesting to consider that gluten today is different from those in the past. For example, while most gluten comes from food, it is also found in other products like medicines, vitamins, and lip balms. Another possibility…could genetically modified crops have gluten that is more reactive in the human immune system?

Exposure to anesthesia more than once before age three may significantly increase a child’s risk of developing learning disabilities. Researchers compared data on anesthesia exposure before the age of three and the diagnosis of a learning disability before the age of 19. Children who had been exposed to anesthesia once before the age of three had a risk of learning abilities that was the same as children who had never been exposed. Two exposures to anesthesia exposures increased the risk of learning disabilities by 59 percent. Three or more exposures elevated the risk by 160 percent.

The most common drugs used to anesthetize the children were nitrous oxide and halothane. The use of Halothane has been discontinued in the United States. It has been replaced by drugs that act similarly in the body, however. Nitrous oxide is used extensively.