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Know Dementia, Know Alzheimer’s [Visuals]

September 21September 21Posted in HealthTagged alzheimer, dementia, disease, early signs, ecogreenlove, Health, infographic, memory loss, symptoms, warning signs, world alzheimer's day, world alzheimer's month1 Comment

World Alzheimer’s Month is a global opportunity to raise awareness around, educate, encourage support of and demystify dementia.

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Causes of Death in 2030 [Infographic]

September 19September 25Posted in HealthTagged causes of death, coronary artery, diabetes, disease, Health, infographic, life expectancy, mortality, prediction, projections, prostate cancer, world health organizationLeave a comment

This infographic displays data from the World Health Organization’s “Projections of mortality and causes of death, 2015 and 2030”. The report details all deaths in 2015 by cause and makes predictions for 2030, giving an impression of how global health will develop over the next 14 years. Also featured is data from geoba.se showing how life expectancy will change between now and 2030.

All percentages shown have been calculated relative to projected changes in population growth.

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Why Are The Bees Dying? [Video]

July 2July 2Posted in Garden & NatureTagged bees, disease, dying, food, habitat, nature, pesticides, pollinator, video1 Comment

If bees go, will they take us with them?

Bees, wild and domesticated, are in big trouble. Bee colonies are dying off at alarming rates, and the cause isn’t clear. Pesticides, habitat loss, disease… there’s a laundry list of likely culprits. We rely on these tiny pollinators for a majority of our fruits, veggies, and nuts… if they disappear, could we be next?

LINKS/SOURCES:

Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers (Science, 2015) http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347…
What’s killing America’s bees? http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/…
Anand Varma’s TED talk on saving bees: http://www.ted.com/talks/anand_varma_…
The White House’s 2015 Pollinator Action Plan: http://journalistsresource.org/studie…
Colony collapse disorder: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_c…
Report of the commissioner of agriculture (1868): https://archive.org/details/reportofc…
Summary of colony collapse disorder: http://journalistsresource.org/studie…

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Climate Change: Health Threat or Health Opportunity? [Infographic]

June 22June 22Posted in Sustainable GuideTagged climate change, disease, food, Health, heat, influence, infographic, nutrition, opportunity, population, sea level, solutions, system, threat, warning, weatherLeave a comment

by The Global Climate & Health Alliance

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Fingernails and your Health [Infographic]

June 7June 7Posted in HealthTagged bowel, clubbing, diabetes, disease, fingernails, Health, heart, iron, kidney, liver, nails, zinc6 Comments

by Berkeley Wellness

It’s often said that the eyes are the window to the soul. But might fingernails reveal your health status? All kinds of conditions and diseases can affect your nails. For example, small depressions or pitting often occur in people with psoriasis.

A 2012 paper noted that 77 percent of psoriasis sufferers have nail abnormalities, most commonly pitting and onycholysis (a separation of the nail from the nail bed). Though far more common on toenails, fungus can also infect fingernails (onychomycosis), causing nails to thicken and turn yellowish.

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