Re: Sacry new health policies

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perhaps they will do something about this premeditated chemical attack

11. It is suggested that folic acid may interfere with the metabolism of 1(+)

glutamic acid in the central nervous system and possibly disturb the formation

or function of acetylcholine.

http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/cgi/content/abstract/3/1/68

sounds like an occasion to sell Aricept doesnt it? Hey why stop lacing food with

this poison when you can make a buck.

THIS ONES A GEM TOO

10. The possibility is discussed that folic acid in large daily doses may

actually precipitate or aggravate neurologic disease

Now we know why everything is fortified.........

6. Eleven patients developed, or showed progression of, subacute combined

degeneration of the spinal cord during folic acid treatment. Neurologic disease

developed in most of these patients when the peripheral blood was normal.

and of course

Interaction between C677T and folic acid

The C677T variant has been implicated in the metabolism of folic acid. Because

we found the suggestion of an association of C677T with the risk of cleft palate

(when the variant allele was carried by the child), we decided to explore a

possible interaction of this variant with the mother's periconceptional intake

of folic acid. We assumed Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and a dominant effect of

the variant allele (figure 2). The effect of the allele was estimated separately

for folic acid users and nonusers. Surprisingly, there was a higher relative

risk of 4.3 (95 percent CI: 1.6, 12) for children whose mothers used folic acid

supplements compared with children whose mothers did not use them (relative risk

= 1.4, 95 percent CI: 0.7, 2.8) (figure 3). There was statistically significant

heterogeneity among the relative risks (p = 0.03).

Interaction between C677T and folic acid

We found a significant increase in the risk of CPO for children with one or two

copies of the C677T variant allele, which is consistent with an effect of poor

folic acid metabolism among these children. When we stratified these cases by

whether the mother did or did not use folic acid vitamins during the crucial

early stages of pregnancy, we found that the effect was enhanced (rather than

reduced) when the mother used folic acid supplements

These results are not unlike the findings of Shaw et al. (52), who evaluated the

risk of another congenital anomaly (spina bifida) by infant C677T genotypes and

maternal periconceptional use of vitamin supplements containing folic acid.

Among infants heterozygous for C677T, the risk of spina bifida was highest among

those whose mothers were early vitamin users

http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/157/12/1083

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> http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2010pres/01/20100107a.html

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> News Release

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

> Thursday, January 7, 2010

> Contact: HHS Press Office

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> HHS Delivers the Nation’s First Health Security Strategy

> HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released The National Health Security

Strategy, the nation’s first comprehensive strategy focused on protecting

people’s health during a large-scale emergency. The strategy sets priorities

for government and non-government activities over the next four years.

>

> “As we’ve learned in the response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic,

responsibility for improving our nation’s ability to address existing and

emerging health threats must be broadly shared by everyone †" governments,

communities, families, and individuals,†Secretary Sebelius said. “The

National Health Security Strategy is a call to action for each of us so that

every community becomes fully prepared and ready to recover quickly after an

emergency.â€

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> National health security means that the nation and its people are prepared

for, protected from, and resilient in the face of health threats or incidents

with potentially negative health consequences such as bioterrorism and natural

disasters. The strategy provides a framework for actions that will build

community resilience, strengthen and sustain health emergency response systems,

and fill current gaps.

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> “Events which threaten the health of the people of this nation could very

easily compromise our national security. Whether it’s a pandemic or a

premeditated chemical attack, our public health system must be prepared to

respond to protect the interests of the American people. In order to be prepared

to both respond to an incident and to recover, we need a strong national health

system with individuals and families ready to handle the health effects of a

disaster,†Secretary Sebelius said.

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> The National Health Security Strategy and the accompanying interim

implementation guide outline 10 objectives to achieve health security:

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> 1. informed, empowered individuals and communities

> 2.Develop and maintain the workforce needed for national health security

> 3.Ensure that situational awareness so responders are aware of changes in an

emergency situation

> 4. integrated, health care delivery systems that can respond to a

disaster of any size

> 5.Ensure timely and effective communications

> 6.Promote an effective countermeasures enterprise, which is a process to

develop, buy and distribute medical countermeasures

> 7.Ensure prevention or mitigation of environmental and other emerging threats

to health

> 8.Incorporate post-incident health recovery into planning and response

> 9.Work with cross-border and global partners to enhance national, continental,

and global health security

> 10.Ensure that all systems that support national health security are based

upon the best available science, evaluation, and quality improvement methods

> The National Health Security Strategy also highlights specific actions that

the nation †" including individuals, communities, non-government organizations,

and government agencies †" should take to prevent, protect against, respond to,

and recover from health threats.

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> Among the initial actions for the federal government are conducting a review

to improve the system for developing and delivering countermeasures †"

medications, vaccines, supplies and equipment for health emergencies;

coordinating across government and with communities to identify and prioritize

the capabilities, research, and investments needed to achieve national health

security; and evaluating the impact of these investments.

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> Federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government agencies, as well as

medical, public health and community-based organizations, collaborated to

develop the strategy and interim implementation guide. To determine any

additional issues and themes the strategy should address, the HHS solicited

direct input from non-federal participants during six regional workshops. HHS

also worked with the Institute of Medicine to engage the medical community.

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> The Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act directed the HHS Secretary to

develop the National Health Security Strategy with an accompanying

implementation plan by 2009 and to revise the documents every four years. HHS,

however, will update the implementation plan every two years to reflect advances

in public health and medicine.

>

> Because of the close relationship between health and national security, the

National Health Security Strategy that complements and supports other U.S.

strategies and guidelines related to security preparedness, response, and

recovery.

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> To obtain a copy of the strategy and implementation guide, visit

www.hhs.gov/disasters.

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> Note: All HHS press releases, fact sheets and other press materials are

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> Last revised: January 07, 2010

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