Is Parkinson's disease related to pesticide use? Vertical Farming | DW Documentary
Around the world, more and more people are developing Parkinson's disease. Many of those affected have chosen a supposedly healthy life among orchards or vineyards in the countryside. Is the disease related to the use of pesticides?
"I noticed it when I was pruning roses," says Ulrich Elixmann. His hands simply didn't function anymore. He saw a doctor, and the diagnosis was a shock: He had Parkinson's disease. Today he is 60 years old. He takes 13 tablets a day, does gymnastics, occupational therapy and speech therapy. He hopes to slow the disease’s progression, and with it, symptoms like a stiffening face and increasing immobility. But the questions continue to gnaw at him: Why Parkinson's, and why him? And, why are other gardeners and farmers he knows also being affected?
The number of Parkinson's sufferers has doubled since the 1990s. In Germany alone, about 400,000 people have it. Researchers like Bas Bloem of Radboud University in the Netherlands are calling it a pandemic: They say it is the fastest growing neurological disease in the world, and is mainly caused by environmental factors. Heavily industrialized countries are particularly affected, as numerous chemicals find their way into the environment.
Despite more and more studies showing increased risks among agricultural workers and gardeners, Parkinson's is not yet considered an occupational disease in Germany. But in France, things are different. Sylvie Berger is from Bordelais, one of Europe's major wine-growing regions. Particularly high amounts of pesticides are used there, and Sylvie Berger, who worked in viticulture, now suffers from Parkinson's. If she receives an occupational disability pension, then why not the gardener Ulrich Elixmann from Germany?
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Treating the Cause to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease with Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn
Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn is back with his medical and plant-based expertise to explain that coronary artery disease is virtually non-existent in cultures that thrive on plant-based nutrition. Similarly, patients with coronary artery disease who transition completely to plant-based foods may halt and selectively reverse their disease.
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Immortality And Eternal Youth
Can we ever realize the fantasy of living forever or at least slow the aging process so that we look as youthful at 90 as we did at 30?
New studies say none of this is in the cards, that no matter the genes, the diet, the exercise or the living conditions, we can’t stop the aging process.
Thanks to huge advances in medicines, medical care, sanitation and healthier lifestyles, record numbers of people are living longer. Ultimately, though, the body does give out.
This is true today, but miraculous breakthroughs are in the offing. For instance, the time is coming when we will be able to replace defective lungs, livers, hearts and kidneys as routinely as we do the tires on cars.
We may not last forever, but we can live longer and with an ever-improving lifestyle.
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Can We Opt Out of Aging by Greg Fahy
Could we reverse epigenetic aging by re-growing the thymus? In the future, will it be possible to extend our lives or increase our longevity? Dr. Greg Fahy is a low-temperature biologist and investigator of aging intervention in humans. His first clinical trial, intended to reverse immune system aging, provided evidence that aging could be reversed in humans. Dr. Greg Fahy is a low-temperature biologist and investigator of aging intervention in humans. His first clinical trial, intended to reverse immune system aging, provided the first evidence that global aging can be reversed in humans.
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Savant Syndrome - Accidental Genius - Darold Treffert
Darold Treffert, MD, graduated from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 1958, interned in Eugene, Oregon and completed a Residency in Psychiatry at University Hospitals in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1962 he joined the staff of Winnebago Mental Health Institute where he developed the Child-Adolescent Unit. In 1964 he was named Superintendent of the Institute, a position he held for 15 years. In 1979 he left that position to divide his time between the private practice of Psychiatry and a position as Executive Director of the Fond du Lac County Health Care Center. During that time he was also Medical Director of the Alcoholism Rehabilitation Unit of St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac. In 1991 he retired from those positions and now devotes his time to conducting research, writing and lecturing at the Treffert Center.
His book Extraordinary People: Understanding Savant Syndrome has been published in the U.S. and has been translated into ten other languages. His most recent book Islands of Genius: The Bountiful Mind of the Autistic, Acquired and Sudden Savant was published in April 2010; it summarizes his 50 years of interest and research in both autism and savant syndrome. Dr. Treffert was a consultant to the movie “Rain Man”, in which Dustin Hoffman portrays an autistic savant.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx. Darold Treffert, MD, graduated from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 1958, interned in Eugene, Oregon and completed a Residency in Psychiatry at University Hospitals in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1991 he retired from various positions and now devotes his time to conducting research, writing and lecturing at the Treffert Center.
His book Extraordinary People: Understanding Savant Syndrome has been published in the U.S. and has been translated into ten other languages. His most recent book Islands of Genius: The Bountiful Mind of the Autistic, Acquired and Sudden Savant was published in April 2010; it summarizes his 50 years of interest and research in both autism and savant syndrome. Dr. Treffert was a consultant to the movie “Rain Man”, in which Dustin Hoffman portrays an autistic savant. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
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Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Professor Arnold Caplan, Ph.D., Director of Skeletal Research Center at Case Western Reserve University.
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Young Blood for Old Brains
Tony Wyss-Coray is a professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University, the Co-Director of the Stanford Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, and the Associate Director of the Center for Tissue Regeneration, Repair and Restoration at the Palo Alto VA. In this talk he talks about blood borne factors from young mice or humans are sufficient to slow aspects of brain aging and improve cognitive function in old mice, and vice versa, factors from old mice are detrimental for young mice and impair cognition.
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Documentary Death by Medicine by Gary
The film explores the dominant medical paradigm, the current health crisis, and a healthier, more holistic system. Based on Gary Nulls groundbreaking book with statistical evidence of hundreds of thousands of injuries and deaths due to conventional medicine. It looks at the pharmaceutical industry, drug reps, medical schools, medical journals and the absence of real medical science. The lack of oversight by our regulatory agencies, private insurance firms and lobbying influence upon our legislators. The result is the American medical system is broken and it is time to create a new medical paradigm.
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Documentary The Health Of Our Oceans - Go Vegan
Our ocean and coasts affect us all—even those of us who don't live near the shoreline. Consider the economy. Through the fishing and boating industry, tourism and recreation, and ocean transport, one in six U.S. jobs is marine-related. Coastal and marine waters support over 28 million jobs. U.S. consumers spend over $55 billion annually for fishery products. Then there's travel and tourism. Our beaches are a top destination, attracting about 90 million people a year. Our coastal areas generate 85 percent of all U.S. tourism revenues. And let's not forget about the Great Lakes—these vast bodies of water supply more than 40 million people with drinking water. Our ocean, coasts, and Great Lakes serve other critical needs, too—needs that are harder to measure, but no less important—such as climate regulation, nutrient recycling, and maritime heritage. Last but not least, a healthy ocean and coasts provide us with resources we rely on every day, ranging from food, to medicines, to compounds that make our peanut butter easier to spread! So what does all of this have to do with human health?
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Plasticity of the Age - Irina Conboy
Bird-eye view on aging and rejuvenation science given by Irina Conboy, Professor of Bioengineering, UC Berkeley.
Recorded during the technical competition, Atomic Precision for Longevity, held September 8-9, 2018, in Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, California.
About Atomic Precision for Longevity:
Specialists in research areas related to increasing human longevity collaborated with those tackling the challenges of atomically-precise 3D structures and molecular machines, including construction pathways using biochemistry organic/inorganic chemistry, protein design, DNA objects, applied physics, molecular biology, computational chemistry, and engineering.
Areas addressed included malformed proteins, extracellular crosslinks, cell loss and atrophy, senescent cells, cancer, mitochondrial mutations, along with the roles of stem cells and gene therapy.
Participants were specifically selected to participate due to unique perspectives on these topics arising from their research.
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Prescription Nutrition Series 1 of 4 Green Revolution
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Prescription Nutrition 3 of 4 Spilling the Beans
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Documentary Crypto Bitcoin - The End of Money As We Know It
For anyone who has not fully understood the controversial Bitcoin yet, this is a concise and informative crash course about Money and Crypto Currencies.
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Kazakhstan's Crypto Bitcoin Boom
Bitcoin and crypto changing the way people do business around the world. This time its Kazakhstan.
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You laugh, nah. You smile, you lose. Immortality cryptocurrency
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