The oceans are warming. The sun is the engine of all earth weather, and an increasingly violent series of storms continue to grind the land. And its inhabitants.
How do you cope? How do you prepare to survive? You need to KNOW what to do, how to react.
If you are warned, react immediately. Don't wait and see.
Get low and stay low. Cover yourself with a blanket, pillows, anything to shield you from glass, splinters, pieces of metal.
The number one hazard (from your health perspective, in a tornado) is the risk for devastating injuries from high-velocity debris. This is 200 MPH velocity!
The high winds and circular nature of a tornado can lift and move big trucks and houses, anything almost. Most victims of tornadoes suffer head and chest trauma due to being struck by debris... or from a structural collapse.
Some individuals are injured while on the ground. Others are whirled up into the air by the tornado and dropped at another location!
That's why getting as low as you can is your best option. If your home has a basement get down there--- that is best. A hallway inside the inner home is second best.
If you are in your car, and see a funnel cloud, get out, don't hope the car will save you. The car is a death trap.
Do not park under an overpass. Get OUT OF THE CAR and find a ditch to lay down in. If its full of muddy water, that's better than your own blood, deal with it. Protect your head with your hands and lie face-down. Force yourself to stay there until the storm is definitely away.
After the storm, find bottled water to drink. Water supplies may be contaminated.
Check yourself and others for punctures, all over the body. Flying debris can pierce you and cause serious infections.
Remember, the 'new" type of storms are becoming more and more violent, and you may experience conditions unlike anything before.
The oceans will keep warming and the storms will be devastating, containing an increasing level of solar energy.
Your health is at stake. Prepare!
Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Cancer - Hiding in Plain Sight
Cancer that you can see. That's the insidious nature of the most common form of carcinoma in humans.
For many people, a deadly cancer is one that can be detected early, when it is still treatable, simply by stripping, and looking yourself over.
Skin cancer can form under your skin and sometimes only a small bump or lesion is visible, like the tip of an iceberg. But underneath lies big trouble ahead.
Sunburns as a child can cause skin cancers decades later. Children need to be protected early on--- excessive exposure to sunlight is the main cause of skin cancer.
Sunlight contains ultraviolet (UV) rays that can alter the genetic material in your skin cells, causing dangerous mutations. Beware sunlamps and tanning booths! These rays damage skin and can cause malignant cell mutations.
The two most common forms of skin cancer are basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Together, these two are also referred to as nonmelanoma skin cancer.
Skin cancer comes in 3 basic forms:
1) basal cell carcinoma, the least bad, which doesn't spread to other parts of your body, but grows to consume its surrounding tissues...
2) squamous cell carcinoma (the first stage of which is called actinic keratosis)...
3) and the most deadly, the one that sends its evil seeds to kill you--- melanoma.
Look at the advice here on MDINFO, and learn to spot the early warning signs.
Check yourself over, regularly, (and use a hand mirror to inspect your skin everywhere, more thoroughly.)
If you do see anything that looks suspicious, consult a dermatologist immediately.
Remember, time is on the side of the growth. 'Wait-and-see' is your worst option. Be proactive and be sure.
Your life depends upon it!
For many people, a deadly cancer is one that can be detected early, when it is still treatable, simply by stripping, and looking yourself over.
Skin cancer can form under your skin and sometimes only a small bump or lesion is visible, like the tip of an iceberg. But underneath lies big trouble ahead.
Sunburns as a child can cause skin cancers decades later. Children need to be protected early on--- excessive exposure to sunlight is the main cause of skin cancer.
Sunlight contains ultraviolet (UV) rays that can alter the genetic material in your skin cells, causing dangerous mutations. Beware sunlamps and tanning booths! These rays damage skin and can cause malignant cell mutations.
The two most common forms of skin cancer are basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Together, these two are also referred to as nonmelanoma skin cancer.
Skin cancer comes in 3 basic forms:
1) basal cell carcinoma, the least bad, which doesn't spread to other parts of your body, but grows to consume its surrounding tissues...
2) squamous cell carcinoma (the first stage of which is called actinic keratosis)...
3) and the most deadly, the one that sends its evil seeds to kill you--- melanoma.
Look at the advice here on MDINFO, and learn to spot the early warning signs.
Check yourself over, regularly, (and use a hand mirror to inspect your skin everywhere, more thoroughly.)
If you do see anything that looks suspicious, consult a dermatologist immediately.
Remember, time is on the side of the growth. 'Wait-and-see' is your worst option. Be proactive and be sure.
Your life depends upon it!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Fukushima in our Food?
Prevention is worth a pound of cure. On this, all health experts agree.
We recently talked about the pros and cons of taking Potassium Iodide, to prevent uptake of Iodine 131 from radiation pollution. Today, we're talking about panic, weighed against caution.
We don't believe Chicken Little was right. The sky isn't exactly falling. But it might be in our food. Because, with the Fukushima nuclear disaster, things have changed.
We are now in the fourth week of unsuccessful attempts to safely secure the Fukushima nuclear power plant in central Japan. The G-E designed facility was crippled by an earthquake, and a devastating tsunami--- the world's biggest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
Japan reports radioactive contamination in their coastal seawater measuring several million times the legal limit.
So, today, for world health experts, one big terrifying question is: "What about our food?"
Around the world, many warn that the Fukushima radiation may poison the world's seafood supply, not just that off the Japanese coast.
Some say it's all a matter of degree.
How much radiation is dangerous? A dental exam x-ray? A flight in a plane? Or eating food for decades containing a very low level of Fukushima leakage?
We know that the Fukushima radiation has been detected at Boston, and farther now. The big question is whether the radiation will contaminate surface ground crops as well. And how bad that might become.
Weather patterns show that radiation will be probably spread more from globally circulating rain, than from radiative water released into the sea off Japan. Will that contaminate crops around the world? To what degree?
Some top health experts--- including none less than the World Health organization--- say the opposite--- that there's no radiation danger, on a global scale.
WHO warns against overreacting to the disaster, warning that the dangers of panic outweigh any real radiation dangers. They ask people to stay calm and not spread rumors, especially rampant here, on the web.
But who do we trust? What risk is an 'acceptable' risk?
And what about the governments? How are they reacting?
India has imposed a three-month ban on ALL imports of foods from Japan. Their health experts fear that radiation is spreading to other parts of Japan. India is the first nation to introduce a blanket ban.
Meanwhile, the Japanese government itself has set its first radiation safety standards for fish.
And radiation levels in Russia's Far East have risen, but within so-called 'normal levels', Russian officials said.
Weather forecasters expect winds to blow the radiation out across the Pacific.
"The World Health Organization would like to assure governments and members of the public that there is no evidence at this time of any significant international spread from the nuclear site," Michael O'Leary, WHO's representative in China, said in a statement.
We recently talked about the pros and cons of taking Potassium Iodide, to prevent uptake of Iodine 131 from radiation pollution. Today, we're talking about panic, weighed against caution.
We don't believe Chicken Little was right. The sky isn't exactly falling. But it might be in our food. Because, with the Fukushima nuclear disaster, things have changed.
We are now in the fourth week of unsuccessful attempts to safely secure the Fukushima nuclear power plant in central Japan. The G-E designed facility was crippled by an earthquake, and a devastating tsunami--- the world's biggest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
Japan reports radioactive contamination in their coastal seawater measuring several million times the legal limit.
So, today, for world health experts, one big terrifying question is: "What about our food?"
Around the world, many warn that the Fukushima radiation may poison the world's seafood supply, not just that off the Japanese coast.
Some say it's all a matter of degree.
How much radiation is dangerous? A dental exam x-ray? A flight in a plane? Or eating food for decades containing a very low level of Fukushima leakage?
We know that the Fukushima radiation has been detected at Boston, and farther now. The big question is whether the radiation will contaminate surface ground crops as well. And how bad that might become.
Weather patterns show that radiation will be probably spread more from globally circulating rain, than from radiative water released into the sea off Japan. Will that contaminate crops around the world? To what degree?
Some top health experts--- including none less than the World Health organization--- say the opposite--- that there's no radiation danger, on a global scale.
WHO warns against overreacting to the disaster, warning that the dangers of panic outweigh any real radiation dangers. They ask people to stay calm and not spread rumors, especially rampant here, on the web.
But who do we trust? What risk is an 'acceptable' risk?
And what about the governments? How are they reacting?
India has imposed a three-month ban on ALL imports of foods from Japan. Their health experts fear that radiation is spreading to other parts of Japan. India is the first nation to introduce a blanket ban.
Meanwhile, the Japanese government itself has set its first radiation safety standards for fish.
And radiation levels in Russia's Far East have risen, but within so-called 'normal levels', Russian officials said.
Weather forecasters expect winds to blow the radiation out across the Pacific.
"The World Health Organization would like to assure governments and members of the public that there is no evidence at this time of any significant international spread from the nuclear site," Michael O'Leary, WHO's representative in China, said in a statement.
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