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arizona1 -- a source which is of dubious value, at least for those claims -- "About me: My name is Anya! I am a health researcher and a follower of Jesus! I am passionate about healthy living and all things natural. I am sharing my research, tips, tools and recipes to help you in your quest to a healthy lifestyle." -- and scan through the other posts and things (linked) there ( http://www.lahealthyliving.com/ ) -- not everything (linked) there is driven (solely) by belief and the urge/desire to promote and profit from it never mind any little things like contrary facts/reality (the benefits of eating well and staying active are well-established, of course, so that stuff's fair enough), but plenty/the dominant impulse of what's (linked) there clearly is so driven

The Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease and Associated Risk Factors in the Old Order Amish in Northern Indiana: A Preliminary Study
Abstract
Background: The Amish are a culturally distinct religious sect who are the fastest growing rural group in the U.S. Little is known about their prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its risk factors of the Amish The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence rates, risk factors, and types of treatments used to prevent and treat CVD among a sample of the adult Amish in northern Indiana.
Methods: A randomized retrospective chart review (n = 200) from a primary healthcare clinic in a large Amish settlement was conducted. Descriptive statistics were used to determine prevalence rates of CVD, risk factors, and types of medical and alternative health treatments. Prevalence rates were compared to white prevalence rates of the American Heart Association (AHA) 2009.
Results: The overall CVD prevalence was higher among Amish men (n = 105) and women (n = 95) compared to white men and women (38.1% and 44.2% vs. 37.2% and 35%, respectively). Regarding CVD risk factors, there was a higher prevalence of hyperlipidemia when compared to AHA prevalence rates (22.9% and 24.2% vs. 16.1% and 18.2%) but a lower prevalence of Type II diabetes mellitus (4.8% and 5.3% vs. 6.7% and 6.0%) and smoking (9.5% and 2.1% vs. 24% and 20%). Obesity was prevalent with 73.7% of males (n = 19) and 100% (n = 11) of women were overweight or obese. An additional finding was the high prevalence of depression in both Amish genders compared to rural Americans (19.0% and 22.1% vs. 6.1% both genders) and anxiety (11.4% and 14.7% vs.3.6% and 6.6%). The Amish use a wide variety of vitamins and herbal remedies along with prescription medications to prevent and treat CVD.
Conclusion: CVD and its associated risk factors are a concerning health problem in the Amish of northern Indiana.
http://rnojournal.binghamton.edu/index.php/RNO/article/view/44

Disneyland measles outbreak dwarfed by 2014’s in Ohio’s Amish country
02/04/15
http://www.dailynews.com/health/20150204/disneyland-measles-outbreak-dwarfed-by-2014s-in-ohios-amish-country [no comments yet]

Ohio Amish Reconsider Vaccines Amid Measles Outbreak
June 24, 2014
http://kaiserhealthnews.org/news/amish-reconsider-vaccines-after-measles-outbreak/

A Look Inside Anti-Vaccine Enclaves
Feb 4, 2015
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/inside-anti-vaccine-enclaves/story?id=28693645 [with comments]

Pertussis Outbreak in an Amish Community --- Kent County, Delaware, September 2004--February 2005
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5530a1.htm

AMISH PERTUSSIS OUTBREAK
KENT COUNTY, DELAWARE
NOV 2013 - PRESENT
http://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/lab/files/pertussisamish_lpac_040814.pdf

Public health officials investigate whooping cough cases in Amish communities
The Delaware Division of Public Health is investigating 48 confirmed cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, in western Kent County among persons in the Amish community.
Feb. 7, 2014
http://www.doverpost.com/article/20140207/News/140209765 [no comments yet]

Whooping cough cases quadruple
August 29, 2014
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/health/2014/08/29/whooping-cough-cases-delaware-quadruple/14830493/ [with comments]

Genetic Disorders Hit Amish Hard
Centuries Of Intermarriage Make Rare Diseases More Likely
Jun 08, 2005
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/genetic-disorders-hit-amish-hard/ [with the segment ( http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/gene-disorders-hit-amish-hard/ ) embedded, and comments]

The Disease Chaser
June 2, 2010
http://archive.magazine.jhu.edu/2010/06/the-disease-chaser/

Amish Studies - Health
http://www2.etown.edu/amishstudies/Health.asp

Amish Culture and Healthcare
http://www.juns.nursing.arizona.edu/articles/Fall%202003/rearick.htm

Respecting Cultural Differences:
Alternatives for the Amish Community to Combat Health Care Costs
http://www.kon.org/urc/v13/sherman.html

Amish Health Focus Groups
Summary of Findings
May 2009
http://www.lancastergeneralhealth.org/LGH/ECommerceSite/files/7d/7d718e3b-6a83-49ea-8157-e677e72abd23.pdf

A Crisis in Amish Country
September 2, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/03amish.html [ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/03amish.html?pagewanted=all ]

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http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=85440578 and preceding (and any future following)

"Weird" Al Yankovic - Amish Paradise

Oct 2, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg [with (over 28,000) comments]

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