Archive for the ‘Health’ Category
January 13th, 2012 | 
Author: Internet Addicts Experience Brain Changes Like Alcoholics And …
www.huffingtonpost.com1/12/12
The brains of Internet addicts may undergo chemical changes similar to those of alcoholics and other drug addicts, according to a new study published in Plos One, a journal of the Public Library of Science. Researchers at the …
Internet Addiction Can Change Your Brain Like A Cocaine Addiction
www.businessinsider.com1/12/12
Science finds link between changes in the brain and internet dependency.
Take a look at this CBS interview with Deepak Chopra.
He’s asked whether it’s possible to become addicted to the Internet or not.
Apart from being a famous guru, for want of a better word, Chopra is also a top endocrinologist.
* Endocrinologists diagnose diseases that affect your glands, and treat conditions that are often complex and involve many systems within your body.
He says that addiction is addiction, whether it’s to another person or to alcohol or drugs etc.
The bottom line he says is,
“We are an addicted society”.
Do you agree?
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Vitals – Homicide no longer a top cause of death in U.S.
vitals.msnbc.msn.com1/11/12
For the first time in 45 years, homicide dropped out of the top 15 causes of death in the United States in 2010, according to a new government analysis of mortality trends. Crime rates have been falling for decades, fueled by a …
CDC Report: Murder Isn't Even A Top 15 Cause Of Death Anymore
www.inquisitr.com1/12/12
While it might seem encouraging to learn that the Centers for Disease Controls and Prevention (CDC) no longer consider murder to be in the top 15 causes of death in the United States, that could quite possibly mean that …
The following information is from CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention).
The Fifteen Leading Causes Of Death In The US 2010 were:
1 Diseases of heart
2 Malignant neoplasms
3 Chronic lower respiratory diseases
4 Cerebrovascular diseases
5 Accidents (unintentional injuries)
6 Alzheimer’s disease
7 Diabetes mellitus
8 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis
9 Influenza and pneumonia
10 Intentional self-harm (suicide)
11 Septicemia
12 Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
13 Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease
14 Parkinson’s disease
15 Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids
The report presents preliminary U.S. data on deaths, death rates, life expectancy, leading causes of death, and infant mortality for 2010 by selected characteristics such as age, s**, race, and Hispanic origin.
The leading causes of death in 2010 remained the same as in 2009 for fourteen of the fifteen leading causes although two causes exchanged ranks.
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis, the 9th leading cause in 2009, became the 8th leading cause in 2010, while Influenza and pneumonia, the 8th leading cause in 2009, became the 9th leading cause of death in 2010.
Dropping out of the fifteen leading causes of death in 2010 was Assault (homicide), which was replaced by Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids as the 15th leading cause of death in 2010.
Methods—Data in this report are based on death records comprising more than 98% of the demographic and medical files for all deaths in the United States in 2010.
The records are weighted to independent control counts for 2010 and comparisons were made using 2009 final data.
A copy of Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2010 published January 11, 2012 is available for download.
