Mitochondria

Life's Most Amazing Invisible Secrets

Andy Mannle | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Carbon, Consciousness, Biology, Carbon Dioxide, Living Systems, Bacteria, Lynn Margulis, Mitochondria, Life, Symbiogenesis, Science News
Andy Mannle

One of my heroes, evolutionary microbiologist Lynn Margulis, died this past Thanksgiving. Here are some of her most surprising, and fascinating revelations

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Does Getting Older Always Mean Getting Weaker?

The Globe And Mail | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: German Sport University Cologne, Weakness, Aging Research, Nature vs Nurture, Athletes, Exercise, Kinesiology, Sedentary Lifestyle, Health Post50, Senior Fitness, York University, Mitochondria, Fifty News

It's the chicken-and-egg question of aging: Do we become less active as we get older because our bodies start to break down, or do our bodies start to...

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Take a Simple Nutrient? Improve Gulf War Syndrome

Dr. Walter Crinnion | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Organophosphates, Fibromyalgia, Deet, Gulf War Syndrome, Mitochondria, coq10, Healthy Living Body, Veterans, War Veterans, Health Care, Healthy Living News
Dr. Walter Crinnion

Those vets with this set of health problems -- often referred to as "Gulf War Illness" -- have not been improving since the end of their service. And their symptoms picture is shared by many others who never served in the military.

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Government and Many Scientists Agree: Vaccine-Autism Research Should Continue

David Kirby | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Mmr, Seizures, Nih, Vaccine Court, Nvac, Autism, Thimerosal, Cdc, Iacc, Hhs, Asd, Mitochondria, Vaccines, Home News
David Kirby

As the following comments, funding decisions, research priorities and published papers suggest, the U.S. government and many scientists will be researching and discussing this topic for years to come.

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How to Give Yourself a Metabolic Tune-Up

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Metabolic Burnout, M.D., Fatigue, Metabolism, Energy Loss, Energy Boost, Mitochondria, Energy, Mark Hyman, Wellness, Health, Healthy Living News
Mark Hyman, MD

How could they eat high amounts of bad food and not exercise, yet still become fitter AND live 30 percent longer than the average rat? One word: MITOCHONDRIA -- the source of your energy.

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The Hidden Costs of War: Veterans and Dementia

Scott Mendelson, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Leptin, Depression, Dementia, Metabolic Syndrome, Parkinson, Testosterone, Low Blood, Protein Tangles, Post Stress Disorder, Cortisol, Caregiver, Amyloid Plaques, Old Age, Sleep Apnea, Traumatic Injury, Estrogen, Vitamins, Brain, Cardiovascular, High Bloodpressure, Hormone, Medicare, Genetics, Herbs, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Boomers, Health Care, Nutraceuticals, Mitochondria, Alzheimer's, Health, Healthy Living News
Scott Mendelson, M.D.

In the majority of cases, the development of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia is the result of the acquisition of various risk factors throughout life. PTSD is one such factor.

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Do You Believe that One In 60 American Males Has Autism?

David Kirby | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mercury, Harvard, Cdc, Autism, Kathleen Sebelius, Mitochondria, Neurotoxicology, Health and Human Services, Healthy Living News
David Kirby

For the Obama Administration and the mainstream media to accept that autism levels have always been this high is, frankly, wishful thinking and unsettlingly wrongheaded.

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Athletes Risk Lifetime Of Suffering From Head Injuries

Scott Mendelson, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Scott Mendelson, M.D.

A well-known cause of dementia is dementia pugilistica, or what has commonly been called being "punch drunk." In some cases, the presentation is virtually indistinguishable from Alzheimer's dementia.

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Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Case in Federal Court - Now What?

David Kirby | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Oxydative Phosphorylation, Concession, Autism Thimerosal, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Kennedy Krieger, Vaccine Court, Hhs, Vaccine, Autism, Thimerosal, Autism Vaccines, Mitochondria, Healthy Living News
David Kirby

After years of insisting there is no evidence to link vaccines with the onset of autism spectrum disorder, the US government has quietly conceded a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims.

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Top US Panel: Some Vaccine-Autism Research is "Appropriate," "Worthwhile" and "Warranted"

David Kirby | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cdc, Nvac, Asd, Vaccine Schedule, Autism, Thimerosal, Vaccine Injury, Vaccines, Mitochondria, Healthy Living News
David Kirby

This week, the Federal Government's leading immunization advisory panel unanimously approved a sweeping list of vaccine safety research recommendations, several that are linked to the vaccine-autism debate.

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Notes From the Big "Anti-Vaccine" Conference

David Kirby | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Myelin, Autism Thimerosal, Autism Vaccine Mercury, Vaccine Safety, Autism, Cdc, Autism Vaccines, Autism One, Mitochondria, Healthy Living News
David Kirby

If we are going to find the actual environmental triggers to autism, we had better get busy.

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"Revolutionary" News From Medicine: 1 in 200 People Carry Mitochondrial Disease Mutation

David Kirby | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Hannah Poling, Autism, Disease, Vaccines, Mitochondria, Healthy Living News
David Kirby

Until now, estimates of mitochondrial disease rates have held steady at about 1-in-4000 people. A new study shows that 20 times that number have genetic mutations that could cause the disease.

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