• The Signs of Meningioma Abnormal growths inside the skull are a serious issue. Not only is the potential for permanent disability or death devastating, the signs and symptoms can be very vague and very slow to materialize as such growths get bigger. Meningioma, or tumors that affect the meninges – the membrane that coats the brain and spinal cord – are especially dangerous because of their seemingly "benign" threat. Most people who pay attention to symptoms that could be signs of intracranial tumors immediately suspect brain cancer or other serious malignancies.

    They might forego worrying about something that has a 90% chance of being benign. They forget that while tumors like meningioma are indeed less life-threatening in theory, any growth occurring in the limited space of the skull is sure to cause serious damage that could result in paralysis or death. It's important to make sure you get checked for all possible intracranial growths if you feel like youhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif have symptoms of one.

    Symptoms are Slow but Steady

    It can take months or even a year or longer for meningioma symptoms to be apparent enough for you to seek medical attention. In the meantime, as it grows, symptoms can be things that are simply signs of moving past middle-age into seniority. Indeed the average person diagnosed with meningioma is between the ages of 40 and 70, so these symptoms can be very difficult to discern. Forgetfulness, unprecedented negligence, and slowing down of motor functions, can all be meningioma symptoms as easily as they could be the indicators of growing old.

    When the growth or growths become large enough they will inhibit eye sight and cause seizures and headaches. This is often accompanied or followed by increased weakness in the limbs. But by the time these symptoms arrive the tumor might have grown exponentially, proving a problem for surgeons and oncologists.

    Treatment Options are Few, But Successful

    Surgery is often the solution for meningioma because these tumors are in fact linked to radiation exposure. However if the case is bad enough the risks might make radiation therapy the lesser of two evils, though based on the particular growth the chances of a recidivism can be high if this sort of therapy is used. Many surgery options today for removing meningioma are non-invasive and are performed with minimal tools, cuts, and stitches.

    Don't allow the vague symptoms of early meningioma make you paranoid, but if your gut tells you to seek a doctor's opinion don't hesitate to do so. Like with any tumor growth especially within the skull, time is of the upmost importance. Every moment counts as a second of life gained or a second of life lost. Avoid paranoia, but never cease being proactive.

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  • Stress turns off the energy spigot stress
    By the way, if you’re still skeptical about the interconnection of stress, thoughts, emotions, movement, and energy, consider this little biochemistry factoid (feel free to drop it into cocktail conversation; it will dazzle your friends):

    The major stress hormone in the body – cortisol – actually shuts down the BDNF factories in the cells. The more stress you’re under, the more unrelenting it is, the less BDNF you make. That translates, ultimately, to a “closing off” to the world.

    Mice with decreased levels of BDNF can’t find their way out of a paper bag, either because they can’t think will or because they don’t have the energy to explore.

    Exercise – because it beefs up the BDNF factories – improves the infrastructure for learning, thinking, and relating to our environment.

    “Exercise improves learning on three levels”, Ratey explained. “First, it optimizes your mindset to improve alertness, attention, and motivation. Second, it prepares and encourages nerve cells to bind to one another, which is the cellular basis for logging in new information. Third, it spurs the development of new nerve cells from stem cells in the hippocampus”. IF that sounds a little heavy, allow me to break it down to the essentials: Exercise invigorates you mentally and physically. It increases your energy.

    What’s the obvious conclusion? Seems to me – and to other observers – that going for a ten-minute run might be the best thing you could do before tackling a mentally challenging task. It will not only energize you body, but it will also stimulate your brain.

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  • Different types of allergic reactions Hypersensitivity reactions are conditions in which an immune response results in exaggerated or inappropriate reactions that are harmful to the host. It usually occurs after the 2nd contact with an allergen. The 1st contact is a necessary preliminary event that induces sensitization to that particular allergen.


    There are four types of hypersensitivity reactions, these are:

    • Type 1: Immediate Hypersensitivity (Anaphylactic)

    o Manifests itself in tissue reactions occurring with in minutes after the antigen combines with the matching antibody; it may take place as a systemic anaphylaxis or as a local reactions
    o First contact with an antigen- Ige formation- IgE binds to basophils and mast cells (complex). 2nd contact with the same antigen-complex will release histamines –vasodilatation
    o Increase capillary permeability
    o Smooth muscle contraction examples are skin allergy; hay fever and asthma.

    • Type II: Hypersensitivity (Antigen-Antibody Reaction)

    o It involves the binding of antibodies (IgG or IgM) to cell surface antigen; activates the compliment system to destroy or damage the cells; Example: hemolytic anemia; ABO incompatibility; RH incompatibility; Goodpasture’s Syndrome: Myasthenia Gravis

    • Type III. Hypersensitivity (Immune Complex)

    o When antibodies combine with specific antigen, immune complexes are formed which may cause several disorder. These immune complexes are deposited in several tissues or organs (joints, skin, kidneys, and blood vessels) Example: serum sickness: Glomerulonephritis

    • Type IV: Cell-meditated Hypersensitivity (Delayed type)

    o It is a responsibility of specifically sensitized T lymphocytes. Occurs hours or days after contact with the antigen and often lasts for days. When antigen enters the skin, cell-meditated hypersensitivity is induced within 24- 48 hours. Vesicle formation, itching, necrosis of the skin, erythema and eczema. Examples are: tuberculosis, contact dermatitis and poison ivy.

    Here are the different kind of allergic reaction include:

    Hay Fever (allergic rhinitis)

    Hive (Urticaria)

    Poison Ivy and plant allergies

    Bee sting allergy

    Pet allergies

    Latex allergy

    Mold Allergy

    Cosmetic Allergies and drug allergies

    Eczema (Atopic dermatitis)

    Eye allergies (allergic conjunctivitis)

    For food allergies such as:

    Milk allergy

    Egg allergy

    Nut allergy

    Fish allergy

    Shellfish allergy

    Soy allergy

    Sun allergy

    Wheat allergy

    Aspirin allergy (Salicylate Allergy)

    Fall allergies

    Allergies can be defined as an overreaction of the immune system to antigens such as bee stings, food, insect stings or pollen which could trigger an allergy.

    Seasonal allergic rhinitis is a one type of allergic reaction which responses to pollen and other microscopic substances which exist at certain times of the year. Another type of allergic reaction is allergy to insect stings.

    The second sting triggers the allergic reaction compared to the first sting that produces a normal sting reaction. Another type of allergic reaction is allergy to latex and main sources of these reactions are the use of rubber gloves, condom and medical devises which trigger reaction.

    Mold allergy can be obtained through seasonal changes in weather or can be found in cosmetics, fragrances and food preservatives. Some individuals are allergic to pets through their furs or feathers which trigger the reaction. The invisible flakes coming from animal skin known as dander triggers sneezing, watery eyes and stuffy nose.

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  • A Little Lost Sleep Means Lost of Lot of Energy sleep
    Sleep debt, even moderate sleep debt, can interfere with your stamina, judgment, coordination, mood, and immune system. (It can also affect our weight, which can indirectly affect your energy as well).

    See, when you’re sleep deprived it seems like there’s a big fog that permeates your brain. It’s almost like being drunk. In fact, it’s exactly like being drunk. Studies show that people with sleep loss respond physically and mentally as if their blood alcohol level were .05, which is actually the legal limit for driving in many countries. Being even a little sleep deprived is equivalent to drinking two glasses of wine. And although drinking a couple of glasses of vino might be a nice way to end a night, it’s not exactly the first thing you’d think of doing if you were trying to boost your energy.

    Statistic support the drug-like effect of even minor sleep deprivation. According to the National Highway Safety Administration, driver fatigue is the cause of more than 100,000 motor vehicle accidents, 71,000 injuries, and 1,500 deaths a year. And guess what day of the year has the highest number of car accidents? It’s the day after we spring forward for daylight savings time, when most of us have lost an hour of sleep time. Just one hour less sleep can make that big a difference.

    ERASE YOUR DEBT TO BOOST YOUR ENERGY
    That’s what I mean by sleep debt. And by the interest that comes due when you incur it. The sleep deprived are at higher risk for depression, hypertension, stroke, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity. Studies also find that short sleepers are more likely to be sedentary, to smoke, and to drink to excess.

    No wonder William Dement, M.D., Ph.D., stated at a congressional hearing, “We are not healthy unless our sleep is healthy”. It was Dement, a Stanford professor and pioneer in sleep research, who coined the term “Sleep debt”, which he cleverly (and accurately) says awakens what he calls “nature’s loan shark”. As Dement explains, the body keeps careful tabs on just how much sleep it’s owed and ultimately, just like a real loan shark, it demands payment.

    Every time you ignore your body’s demand for payment, the sleep loan shark goes behind your back and grabs payment from your energy stores. Meanwhile, like inveterate gamblers, we continue to ring up the charges. To complicate matters, we’re lousy judges of how much we owe. Several studies have shown that subjects overreport the amount of sleep they get and underreport the effect that it has on them (much like calories, come to think of it).

    While you can make up sleep debt – to a point – it’s a pay-as-you-go system, so building up a reserve of sleep won’t avoid future debt.

    Which brings me back to the solution: Go to bed an hour early. For whatever reason, “sleeping in” just doesn’t work, not when it comes to paying back sleep debt and getting back on a “sleep budget”. Going to sleep earlier does. We’re pretty hard-wired to wake at the same time, and in any case, even if you manage to sneak in a couple of extra hours on the weekend, the fact is that during the week most of us are on a schedule that doesn’t allow that kind of flexibility. If you need to wake up at 6:00 a.m. to take the kids to school, you’re going to wake up at 6:00 a.m. – sleep debt be damned. We’ve got a lot more options when it comes to retiring early.

    When it comes to sleep – and its effect on energy = the choice is clear: pay me now or pay me later. Either way, if you owe the sleep loan shark, you’re going to pay up in lost energy. You might as well wipe the slate clean and then do your level best to keep it that way.

    The Hard Number on Sleep Deprivation
    Each year more than 50 million Americans suffer chronic, long-term sleep disorders, and 20 million more experience occasional sleeping problems.

    More than two-thirds of women frequently experience sleep problems, and more than one-third of adults suffer from insomnia every single night. (Daytime sleepiness, anyone?) The National Sleep Foundation tells us that 75 percent of adults experience, it, with a third of those saying they have actually fallen asleep at work or come darn close to it.

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  • What causes tennis elbow? tennis elbow
    Tennis elbow, also called as lateral epicondylitis is one of the overused injuries that affect your elbow. Tennis elbow symptoms may include:

    * Pain that radiates from the outside of your elbow into your forearm and wrist.

    * Pain when you extend your wrist.

    * Forearm weakness.

    * Pain that gets worse over weeks or months.

    * A painful grip during certain activities, such as shaking hands or turning a doorknob.

    * An inability to hold certain objects, such as a coffee cup.


    The primary cause of this condition is the repeated contraction of the forearm muscles that is to straighten and raises hands and wrist. The repeated motions and stress might provide tissue to be inflamed or small tears in the tendons.

    If the pain does not interrupt your daily activities, it usually does not require any treatment since it usually gets better on its own. However, if the pain in your elbow tends to affect your daily activities and disturbs your functions due to pain.

    The initial treatment for this condition usually is self treatment including rest, application of ice and intake of over the counter anti-inflammatory medications like ibuprofen or naproxen. If this simple remedies won't work might as well consult a doctor to give you a prescribed medications and this you should do to reduce the symptoms.

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  • Revive Your Qi with Acupuncture Acupuncture
    I’m not an expert in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), but I do have an incredible respect for the wealth of wisdom in this ancient body of knowledge, which is believed to have begun as far back as the Neolithic Stone Age, around 6000 B.C. And I’ve always been impressed with the ability of trained TCM doctors to diagnose conditions using tongue analysis, pulse analysis, and other tools so foreign to our Western, high-tech way of thinking.

    One thing I know for sure – at the very center of TCM (and many of the other Eastern traditions, for that matter) is the concept of energy. In China it’s called qi (or chi); in Japan, ki; and in India, prana.

    Energy pulses through us (and everything else in the universe), and when that energy force is depleted or disrupted, then our health (and our energy, as in vitality) suffers. Conversely, when you qi is at optimal levels and flowing smoothly, we’re ready to take on the world. Spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and physically, we’re strong, healthy, and energized.

    One way to balance that qi-or, if you prefer the more Westernized version, to increase your energy – is through acupuncture. I can tell you that the dozen or so time I’ve tried it I’ve left the sessions feeling both relaxed and energized, a combination that sounds strange on paper but feels quite terrific and not at all paradoxical.

    I’m not alone. Acupuncture needles were probably first manufactured during the Shang Dynasty (1766-1122 B.C.), when bronze-casting technology was first developed. So this stuff has been around for a long time.

    THE CONCEPT OF QI
    Acupuncture is based on the precepts of TCM: that the body and mind are inextricably linked; that vital energy – or qi – regulates a person’s spiritual, mental, and physical health; and that each of us is a delicate balance of opposing and inseparable force – yin and yang – and when that balance is disrupted, vital energy becomes blocked or weakened.

    According to TCM, qi flows through the body along an interconnected network of pathways, called meridians. There are twelve main meridians that correspond to the twelve major organs or functions of the body (as well as eight extra meridians where qi can be stored) that can be accessed through more than 400 (some sources say 2,000) acupoints – where qi is believed to flow close to the surface of the skin.

    The goal of acupuncture is to maintain health by ensuring that energy circulated effortlessly throughout the body. When qi is blocked or weakened, an acupuncturist stimulates meridians at carefully selected acupoints – generally by inserting and manipulating thin metal needles – to balance energy and allow the body to heal itself. Because the effects of acupuncture correspond to the meridian that is stimulated and not necessarily the location of the needle, an acupoint used in treatment may be in a different part of the body than the symptom. For instance, a point in the foot may be used to treat the eye.

    Recent neuro-imaging studies have shown that certain acu-points stimulate areas in the brain that correspond to their intended target. For instance, acu-points associated with hearing and vision light up the auditory and visual centers of the brain.

    GETTING ON YOUR NERVES
    Although Western medicine hasn’t been able to figure out the exact biological mechanism of acupuncture, some researchers theorize that it influences the body’s electromagnetic fields, thereby causing responses in nerves cells, the pituitary gland, and parts of the brain, which release proteins, hormones, and brain chemicals that control a number of body functions. The may explain how acupuncture affects blood pressure and body temperature, and boosts immune system activity.

    Many studies provide evidence that opioid peptides – the body’s natural painkiller – are released during acupuncture, which may account for why people receiving acupuncture feel so terrific (and so energized). Scientists here and abroad are currently studying the efficacy of acupuncture for a wide range of conditions.

    Today, acupuncture is used for a wide variety of conditions, including pain management, relief from postoperative nausea a vomiting, and treatment for addiction. For all those energy-draining conditions, people undergoing acupuncture report feeling a lot of relief. Research has demonstrated acupuncture’s effect on various biological systems, including the digestive tract, cardiovascular system, immune system, and endocrine system. All I know is that after a session, I’m walking on air.

    If calm, focused energy is what you’re after, acupuncture is definitely worth a try.

    WORTH KNOWING
    There is no one who’s more of coward when it comes to pain than I am. I get nitrous oxide (laughing gas) when I get my teeth cleaned. So when I tell you that the needles used in acupuncture are absolutely, completely painless, you can take that to the bank. The only thing weird is knowing they’re in there. Half the time if you didn’t see them sticking out (which you won’t when they’re in your back) you wouldn’t even know they’re there. Seriously.

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  • Get 10 minutes of Sun to Boost Energy sun bath
    Have Sun to Boost Your Energy. But How Much?

    First of all, let me be perfectly clear: I am not advocating a return to the days of basking in the sun drenched in baby oil. There’s no doubt that chronic, excessive exposure to sunlight can increase the risk of basal or squamous cell cancer (non-melanoma skin cancers that are rarely fatal). We all know that long periods of exposure to the harsh sun, particularly during the noonday hours and especially without sun protection, is not a smart thing to do. We don’t want our skin to age. We don’t want all those wrinkles. And we certainly don’t want to get skin cancer, not even the nonfatal kind!

    So I’m not saying that sun protection isn’t important; what I am saying is that we’ve gone so far overboard that we’ve become sun phobic, and that’s starting to increase some of the health risks that come when you body doesn’t get enough sun and therefore doesn’t get enough sun and therefore doesn’t get enough sun and therefore doesn’t make enough vitamin D.

    First things first: it’s virtually impossible to get enough vitamin D from your diet alone. Very few foods contain vitamin DS; it’s mostly in oily fish such as salmon (wild, not farm-raised) and mackerel, which you’d have to eat three to five times a week to get your vitamin D requirement. Cod liver oil is another good source, but let’s face it, most people aren’t going to run out and buy cod liver oil, let alone start taking it every day!

    EMBRACE THE SUN SENSIBLY
    So what do we do about it? Simple. We get sensible sunlight.

    Think about it: We evolved in sunlight, points out Michael Holick, M.D., Ph.D., a recognized expert on vitamin D and the author of The UV Advantage. We were bathed in sunlight; we feel better in sunlight. An sunlight provides us with a gift, which is vitamin D. We can use the sun’s power to generate activated vitamin D in our bodies, which can help protect against various kinds of cancer and other diseases. We’re also finding it may also help regulate insulin, which is a huge factor in diabetes and obesity. And it can definitely help with mood and energy.

    Here’s another think to think about: Ever notice how you have a lot of energy-draining muscle aches and pains during the winter? And how a lot of people attribute that to the cold weather? Well, vitamin D is very important to muscle function. People who are vitamin D deficient are prone to muscle weakness, more likely to fall, and more likely to experience bone fractures.

    So how much sun are we talking about? What could you do right now to harness the power of the sun to improve your life, your health, and your well-being? Well, it depends a lot on the pigment of your skin and where you live. Holick says that for most Caucasians who live where there is sunlight, exposing about 10 percent of your body for 5 to 10 minutes two or three times a week is enough to get your vitamin D requirement. Darkskinned people who live in the northearn latitudes need more. (After that, put on the sunscreen and relax!)

    The sun offers life. It offers the ability to make a life-enhancing vitamin that most people are deficient in, and it offers the ability to regulate “feel-good” chemicals in the brain so that your sense of well-being and happiness is improved, along with your energy!

    The bottom line: Don’t be sun phobic.

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  • Amazing Tabata Protocol Increases Anaerobic Ability Tabata Protocol
    Tabata Protocol

    Back in the mid-1990s, Izumi Tabata, Ph.D., then a researcher at the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Tokyo, studied an interval program designed by the head coach of Japan’s speed-skating team. The routine consisted of 4-minute sessions alternating between 20 second of maximum effort with 10 seconds of recovery.

    After comparing it to programs with varying degrees of intensity and duration, he found that the skaters’ program was far more effective in increasing aerobic and anaerobic fitness (conventional wisdom at the time said high-intensity programs could increase on or the other, not both).

    The routine was dubbed the Tabata Protocol. After following it for six weeks, five days a week, athletes increased their VO2 max by 14 percent and their anaerobic ability by 38 percent. (Unless you’re an exercise physiologist, those figures probably won’t mean anything to you, but suffice to say those are two ways that scientists measure exercise capacity, and both measures improved significantly).

    HOW YOU CAN USE THE TABATA PROTOCOL FOR ENERGY
    Why do I bring up a grueling routine designed for Olympic-medal winning skaters, you ask? Because you can follow the principle of the protocol while bringing the routine down to the level of a normal human.

    To do that, you change the ratio of effort to rest from 2:1 to 2:3 or even 1:3, and you can dial down the intensity from all-out effort to between 70 to 85 percent of max. In plain English, that means you work out hard for 1 to 2 minutes and do “active rest” for 3 minutes, as far more doable option. (Active rest just means you’re still moving, but not really working hard. So if you’ve just sprinted for 30 seconds, you might slow down to a walk for your “active rest” component. Make sense?)

    For instance, after a 5-mintue warm-up, sprint for 20 seconds, then rest for 30, and repeat up to eight times. (If that’s to difficult to manage, start with 10 seconds of all-out effort, followed by 30 seconds of rest). As you increase your fitness level, you can move closer to the Tabata Protocol ratio of 2:1 (20 seconds of exertion, 10 seconds of rest).

    If this is sounding familiar because you’ve been carefully taking notes throughout the entire exercise section, it’s because it is familiar – it’s simply a clever variation on AI Sears’s PACE program (see page 106) and Mark Smitih’s Burst Training for the X-iser (see page 108). All are well-designed interval training programs that can be summed up like this:

    Work out hard. Rest. Repeat as needed.

    What these interval programs have in common is that for a limited investment of time, you get the cortisol-lowering, BDNF-flowing (see page 100), dopamine-rushing results that translate to a boost in mood and energy (and it comes with a side of fat-burning, too).

    Don’t despair if all this sounds too hard. Even someone who walks for 20 minutes a day can do interval training. Let’s say on a scale of 1 to 10, you walk at an exertion level of 5. Fine. For 20 to 30 seconds, move it up to a 7. Then go back down to walking at the comfortable 5 (called “active rest” or “recovery”) while you catch your breath. You’ve just done an “interval”. How hard was that? The rest is just details, different ways to up the stakes. The 7s become 8s, you do more frequent intervals, and you take shorter “active rest” periods. And you’re on your way to a huge boost in energy!

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  • What is in your Water? Every few years the Environmental Protection agency releases the results of its City with the Best Tasting Tap Water contest. The last winner, in 2007, was St. Louis, Mo.

    As far as water is concerned, it is the most important functional element on our planet. Both our bodies and the surface of our planet are made up mostly of water. It is an essential for growing plants and staying clean. But what sort of benefits does water have for our health?

    Whether or not we purchase drinking water filter systems, water has the amazing ability to regulate quite a few of our internal systems.

    Digestion
    It is rumored that drinking water after a meal slows down the digestion process; this is not true. In reality, water and other fluids inside the body break down food in order to get the most vitamins and nutrients out of it. Water will also help flush away any toxins or chemicals in food, and help in avoiding constipation.

    Staying Energized
    Studies have shown that most people lose about 10 cups of water per day just through breathing, sweating and using the bathroom. Without knowing it, we can easily get minor dehydration, which lowers our energy levels and slows concentration. Because the human brain is about 85 percent water, it needs proper hydration for optimal performance. This is a major reason many schools encourage students to have a bottle of water at their desk when studying.

    Circulation & Metabolism
    We need oxygen to thrive, and water can supply that for our bloodstream. The more oxygen we have in our blood, the smoother it can flow through our bodies. Plus, higher levels of oxygen in our blood will cause us to burn more fat for energy.
    When we consume calories, they can either be burned or stored. Drinking water will increase your metabolism and make your body burn more calories instead of storing them as fat.

    Lubricating Joints & Muscles
    Cramps and sore joints are often a symptom of dehydration. Because our bodies also rely on water for lubrication of our joints, drinking lots of water will keep us moving much longer through the later stages of life. So drinking water before, during, and after exercise will also help reduce fatigue and cramping muscles.

    Body Temperature Regulation
    When we exercise, we lose a lot of our water through sweating. While the commercials on TV encourage us to consume drinks with sugar or carbohydrates, just plain water is the best way to keep your body temperature down. When we drink just plain water, our body absorbs more of it than drinks containing carbohydrates or sugar, because they absorb the water before our bodies can.

    Staying Healthy
    As the saying goes, when we're sick, we have to "drink plenty of fluids." And that is the truth. Water helps as a tool to flush out toxins in our bodies, helps reduce fever, and replaces liquid we may have lost through vomiting. It keeps our bodies clean so that we can recover more quickly from whatever ails us.

    If you are currently experiencing problems with concentration, movement, or mild headaches or other pain, it may be a sign of dehydration. Water is the most easily accessible--and probably cheapest--drink we have access to. It is important to always have at least eight ounces of water every day (though more definitely wouldn't hurt) in order to stay healthy and strong to get through every day of your life.

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  • Types of cosmetic surgery procedures?
    Cosmetic surgery is performed to make progress on your appearance and self-esteem. Cosmetic surgery involves reshaping parts of the body that are or else functioning properly.

    Cosmetic Surgery includes:

    • Botox
    • Blepharoplasty (Eyelid Surgery)
    • Breast Augmentation
    • Breast Lift
    • Breast Reduction
    • Breast Implant Replacement/Removal
    • Brow Lift
    • Buttock Augmentation (Butt Enlargement)
    • Buttock Lift
    • Chemical Peel
    • Dermabrasion
    • Endoscopy (Keyhole Plastic Surgery)
    • Face Lift
    • Facial Implant
    • Injectable Fillers
    • Radiesse
    • Restylane
    • Juvederm
    • Endermologie
    • Thermage
    • Sclerotherapy
    • Facial Scar Revision
    • Forehead Lift
    • Arm Lift
    • Gynecomastia ( Male Breast Tissue ) Reduction
    • Hair Replacement
    • Intense Pulsed Light Treatment
    • Laser Hair Removal
    • Laser Vein treatment
    • Laser Skin Resurfacing
    • Labiaplasty
    • Liposuction
    • Mentoplasty ( Chin Surgery )
    • Chin Reduction
    • Microdermabrasion ( Skin Rejuvenation )
    • Neck Lift
    • Otoplasty ( Ear Surgery )
    • Rhinoplasty (Nosejob Surgery)
    • Rhytidectomy ( Face Surgery )
    • Thighplasty ( Thigh Lift )
    • Thread Lift
    • Tummy Tuck

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  • The Five Worst Enemies of Your Hemorrhoids (Besides You) Let's face it, hemorrhoids are hard to take sitting down or standing up. The truth is they're just plain awful ailments. But as much as you hate them, there is very little you can do about them short of surgery besides wait. There are, however, a few simple tricks up your sleeve or rather tools nature provides for you, which you can use to combat what's cursing your caboose.

    1. WATER
    The easiest way to cut down on straining and the pressures of dry bowel movements is to stay properly hydrated. That's common sense with or without hemorrhoids.

    2. FIBER
    The second-easiest way to soften your stool and ease the pain that comes with a bowel movement during a hemorrhoid outbreak is as equal in common sense as drinking enough fluids. Eat your grains, cereals, pulses, and vegetables to aid the healing process by making your natural actions a little easier to execute.

    3. WITCH HAZEL
    An astringent noted for its anti-hemorrhoid properties. Witch hazel is a topical agent that comes in liquid, ointment, and cream form. Pads soaked in witch hazel either premade or homemade make for great instant relief.

    4. BIOFLAVINOIDS
    Bioflavinoids are a plant compound that research indicates possesses strong anti-inflammatory properties. That means great things for you and not so great things for your hemorrhoids. Bioflavinoids are especially recommended to pregnant women suffering from hemorrhoids as potential side effects are seemingly rare and harmless to fetal development.

    5. WATER AGAIN (IN BATH FORM)
    A nice warm bath is a great way to get some quick hemorrhoid relief. Sitz- style is popular for hemorrhoid sufferers in that it doesn't require much water or time, as the essence of the Sitz Bath is that the water only comes up to the hips. This makes maneuvering easier and decreases the likelihood of infection.

    Don't waste your time with extravagant medical procedures unless your hemorrhoids are becoming a serious issue, and don't waste your money on unproven herbal remedies that only possess placebo power. Simple measures and medicines will do the best job in kicking hemorrhoids in the butt.

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  • Don't just eat foods to fill gas tank health foods
    Food is fuel. Our brains need it to think. Our muscles need it to move. The heart needs it to pump, the liver needs it to detoxify, and glands such as the thyroid and adrenals need it to make the very hormones that help drive your metabolism. Our organs, tissues, muscles, and bloodstream all need fuel (nutrients) to function, nutrients that we get from – guess where ? – food!.

    But here’s the key: If that food doesn’t provide the right combination of nutrients and macronutrients (protein, fat, and carbohydrate), then eating can be like putting sugar into a gas tank. It will fill up the tank, but your car won’t run very well. Too many of us use food merely as a way of staving off inconvenient hunger, rather than as a valuable asset in the quest for optimal health and energy.

    When you give the body what it needs, it can and will do miraculous things. Remember, depression is not a Prozac deficiency and heart disease doesn’t happen because you don’t have enough Lipitor in your diet. Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, had it exactly right he said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine thy food. The right food is truly the secret to high energy!

    Would you ever sit down for a final exam when your blood sugar is plummeting? Would you go to an important meeting or interview when you’re lightheaded from hunger? Do you feel like playing a competitive round of golf or tennis or running a race immediately after finishing a holiday dinner/ of course not, and that’s precisely because food is fuel, and not having the wrong kind, sets you up for guaranteed failure in any task you undertake.

    Bottom line: If you want to perform like a high-energy person, you’re going to have to eat like one. You should select your food the way Formula One drivers select their gasoline. Those Ferrari teams racing in Monaco don’t just stop at any local gas station when they need fuel-they’re driving highly tuned, multimillion dollar machines that require the highest quality gasoline on the planet. You can be sure they’re not making pit stops at the local AI’s Stop and Gas. Your body is at least as complicated and intricate and potentially as high performance a machine as a Formula One racing car, and it deserves the same quality of care.

    It all starts with food. Rich, nutrient-dense, whole food carefully selected to give you the maximum nutritional bang for your buck, which means food that:

    • Keeps you off the blood sugar roller coaster.
    • Provides you with sustained energy throughout the day.
    • Gives your body all the nutrients – vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals – it needs for every metabolic, energy-producing process.
    • Provides adequate protein for growth, repair, and performance.
    • Provides adequate fat for energy and health.

    Final Note: Absolutely everything we do, feel, and think is influenced by the food we eat.

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  • A Healthy Liver Key To More Energy Giving the liver all the nutrients it needs to perform its daily tasks is one of the most important things you can do to boost your energy. In addition to all the terrific minerals, vitamins, and phytochemicals found in the plant kingdom (and in abundance in fresh vegetable juices), certain supplements can help.

    At the top of the list is an herb called milk thistle. Milk thistle’s active ingredient, silymarin, has been found to have a liver-protecting effect in a number of studies. Silymarin and its related compounds seem to inhibit the entrance of toxins into the liver by somehow altering the outer membrane of the liver cells.

    Milk thistle is also a powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant.

    I recommend a dose of between 400 and 900 mg a day (in divided doses), with the larger doses for those who suspect their energy has been compromised by toxins, including alcohol, acetaminophen (such as found in Tylenol), and other known liver toxins. (Make sure you milk thistle is “standardized” for 80 percent silymarin, the active ingredient. The means a 100 mg capsule of milk thistle delivers 80 mg of silymarin). And for general energy maintenance, 200 to 400 mg of milk thistle (standardized to 80 percent silymarin) is a good idea.

    Neutralizing Energy Sappers
    The liver – and to a lesser degree, the lungs and skin – is responsible for neutralizing – or, in more popular terms, detoxifying – every chemical, pesticide, and medication that enters our bodies through any pathway (from the mouth to the skin to the hair), not to mention other intruders that we breathe, eat, drink, spray, and slather on our bodies.

    If it’s a toxin that doesn’t belong in the body, it’s the job of the liver to get rid of it. And most of those toxins can silently zap our energy. Some of these toxins are in and out of our system quickly, but others are persistent, lodging in fat cells, contributing to a feeling of malaise and, ultimately, a lack of energy.

    When we have a good balance of nutrients and our system isn’t overstressed, then the liver functions as a reliable waste treatment plant, excreting an arsenal of enzymes to transform fat-soluble toxins into water-soluble ones, and allowing them to be processed by the kidneys or bowels and then excreted.

    If there aren’t enough nutrients in the body to generate the enzymes or if the liver treatment plant is flooded with chemicals, then some of those toxins are stored in fat cells or transformed into free radicals. They then head back into the bloodstream, where they get recirculated and can damage the endocrine system, the nervous system, and the immune system. A great time is had by all.

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  • Olive Oil Effective In Face Lifting olive oil
    Olive oil contains a high content of vitamin E and phenols which helps to stop the ageing process. The main cause of the degeneration of cells is the build up of free radicals, which are produced by the oxidization of the fatty tissues of the body.

    Phenols and Vitamin E, and other anti-oxidizing substances protect the body from the negative effects of free radicals. During the ancient times women used the golden liquid as a beauty aid to soften their hair and skin. They combined the rich and nutritious olive oil with wild hillside herbs to anoint and beautify the skin.

    The natural olive oil based beauty products are environmentally safe, contain no animal fats or chemical preservatives, are pH balanced and are suited to even the most sensitive of skins. Administration rules for cosmetic and skin care products. The unique olive oil formula nourishes the skin leaving it soft, rejuvenated and moisturized, without looking or feeling greasy or oily.

    Olive Oil Cream is a luxuriously rich moisturizing facial cream that firms and deeply hydrates the skin leaving it feeling silky soft. Enriched with antioxidant and anti-ageing properties of Cretan olive oil this facial cream will help your skin feel nourished, firm and soft to the touch without feeling greasy.

    It also soothes, calms, relieves and tones the eye area leaving it brighter, smoother, firmer and less lined. This wonderful and lavishly rich Olive Oil creams helps the skin in reviving its natural beauty, while you sleep. You will have a radiant, fresh and youthful looking skin when you wake up in the mornig. It is rich in nutritious and hydrating compounds, this special creams combined with the remarkable effects of olive oil protects, soothes and moisturizes even damaged or irritated skin.

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  • How much exercise is enough? exercise
    How much exercise your body needs, depends on your fitness goals. Are you trying to lose weight, increase endurance, reduce stress, achieve physical fitness within certain parameters, or reach any other milestones.

    Therefore, before you ponder over how much exercise is enough for you, you must evaluate your exercise goals.

    How Much Exercise Do You Need. For attaining general health benefits of a healthy lifestyle, a routine of walking on a daily basis might be sufficient. If your goals are more specific, for example, if you want to exercise to rev up your cardiovascular fitness, lower your blood pressure and lose weight – then you must go in for a moderate to vigorous intensity.

    According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, everybody needs two types of basic exercise – muscle strength activities and aerobics.

    Aerobic activities use large muscles to momentarily boost heart rate. When performed on a regular basis, aerobic activity augments one's cardio-respiratory fitness. Some of the examples of aerobic fitness are brisk walking, running, cycling and swimming.

    Muscle-strengthening activities have several advantages. They help us work on all major groups of muscles such as legs, abdomen, chest, arms, and shoulders. You will need to maintain a muscle-strengthing workout for at least two days in a week. Some examples of muscle-strengthening exercises are pushups, lifting weights and working with resistance bands.

    Adults require at least 150 minutes of moderate level physical activity each week, other than muscle-strengthening activities. But as mentioned earlier, this is only instrumental in preventing lifestyle diseases. For added health benefits of power and endurance, you will need to workout to a higher intensity.

    source: TOI

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  • Sticking plaster that can repair damaged hearts using cells heart
    Healthy heart tissue grows on carbon-fibre patch as thin as human hair

    A sticking plaster to heal damaged hearts has been created by scientists.

    Packed full of healthy heart cells, it could be used to shore up areas damaged by heart attacks, cutting the odds of further ill health.

    This would improve the quality of life of some of the 100,000-plus Britons who have heart attacks each year by averting a second attack and preventing potentially deadly heart failure, in which the organ struggles to pump blood round the body.

    More than 750,000 people live with heart failure in the UK alone.

    For many, everyday tasks such as eating, dressing and getting out of bed leave them breathless and exhausted.

    Treatments range from drugs to transplants but with up to 40 per cent of those affected dying within a year of diagnosis, heart failure has a worse survival rate than many cancers.

    To create the inch-long patch – which is as thin as a human hair and resembles a black sticking plaster – the U.S. researchers first built a scaffold of extra-thin carbon fibres.

    In experiments in a dish, healthy heart muscle, nerve and other cells ‘crawled’ on to the framework, repairing damage to the heart.

    In other words, it was able to bring regions of the heart left ‘dead’ by heart attack back to life, the journal Acta Biomaterialia reports.

    David Stout, the study’s lead author, said: ‘This whole idea is to put something where dead tissue is to help regenerate it, so that eventually you have a healthy heart.’

    Other materials were not as successful. The researchers believe the carbon fibres worked because they conduct electricity well.

    The first animal tests will take place this year but it is likely to be ten to 15 years before the plasters are routinely used to patch human hearts.

    Researcher Thomas Webster of Brown University, Rhode Island, told the Daily Mail: ‘When someone has a heart attack, part of the heart dies. The heart compensates for that, placing it under more strain.

    Breakthrough: The inch-long patches of carbon fibre can bring regions of the heart left 'dead' by heart attack back to life

    'What we wanted to do was develop a material that could be inserted wherever the damage is, maybe through a catheter or small tube, so that new, healthy tissue can grow on top of it.’

    While it would be best to insert the device soon after a heart attack, it may still help if it is put in up to several years later, Dr Webster added.

    The approach is one of several being explored around the world.

    The British Heart Foundation wants to raise £50million within five years to fund research into repairing hearts.

    The charity is pursuing the idea of heart patches as well as pills to trick the organ into healing itself, and injections of stem cells.

    Launching the appeal earlier this year, Professor Peter Weissberg, the BHF’s medical director, said: ‘The biggest issue that still eludes us is how to help people once their heart has been damaged by a heart attack.

    ‘Scientifically, mending human hearts is an achievable goal and we really could make recovering from a heart attack as simple as getting over a broken leg.’

    source: dailymail

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  • Stretch meal ingredients without sacrificing taste
    Fruits and vegetables are vital to a healthful diet, and they can be affordable, too. Stock your pantry with canned foods as they go on sale at your local grocery store. Fresh fruits and vegetables also are available at reasonable prices, especially when they are in season.

    Whip up a nutritious dinner the whole family can enjoy? No sweat, say most moms — when they have a pantry that isn't filled with odds and ends and the funds to prepare a good meal.

    "The economy seems to be having a significant effect on what people look for when buying food," said Marianne Smith Edge, a registered dietitian and senior vice president of food safety and nutrition at the International Food Information Council Foundation. "While Americans will almost always choose foods that taste good first, they're certainly looking for affordable, healthful foods as well."

    What people need is knowledge on how to incorporate ingredients into a meal that they wouldn't normally use together, according to a Rutgers University study conducted by its Nutritional Sciences department.

    The study — funded by the Canned Food Alliance and published in the May 2009 issue of "Forum for Family and Consumer Issues" — found that one-third of Americans decide what to make for dinner at the last minute.

    Selections come about because they require little or no planning, researchers found.

    "Previous research showed that there is a disconnect between what families are keeping on hand and what they're actually turning into meals," said Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, Ph.D., registered dietitian and lead researcher. "This study reinforced the idea that moms need help putting nutritious meals on the table, and after evaluating the data, Rutgers researchers developed educational tools to help moms be the family nutrition hero that they desire to be."

    Meatloaf is an economical family meal. It can be made with ground beef, bison, turkey or lamb.

    Those tools can be found at mealtime.org, which also offers an online tool that generates recipes when a consumer types in the ingredients he has handy.

    Jessica Carter of Jackson has no trouble coming up with ways to feed her family using ingredients she finds in her kitchen.

    "People really get caught up into reading different recipes and get hung up on recipes," Carter said, but that's not necessary if you save leftovers and think creatively. Most importantly, it saves money.

    Carter adds a few ingredients and a half-cup of water to jarred spaghetti sauce to stretch it and makes her own Alfredo sauces for quick and easy pasta meals.

    "I can (inexpensively) make any kind of pasta bake with a red sauce, because spaghetti is really cheap. I just add a can of tomato sauce, a pinch of sugar and a pinch of salt," Carter said. She then adds the water and a half pound of ground beef.

    "Use this red sauce base for any kind of soup base," Carter said. "And here's another way that someone can save if they are making something that calls for milk. I replace some of the milk with a half-cup of water. Milk can be expensive, with four kids especially."

    Carter does this with her own skillet-style macaroni and cheese recipe.

    "It makes the milk go further, and it doesn't really change the taste," she said.

    She stressed that the tip on adding water to milk doesn't apply to baking.

    Carter's method for making a roux: "Use an equal amount of butter and flour and cook together. Add a little bit of water and stir until it thickens. Salt and pepper that, and you have a base that can be used for Alfredo" if you add Parmesan cheese or Gruyere and pepper.

    Just pour the mixture over cooked noodles, she said.

    Roberta L. Duyff, a registered dietitian and consultant for the national Canned Food Alliance, calls these skills "kitchen essentials."

    "Consumer skills have declined. Society has shifted. And the economic downturn has forced consumers to put unprecedented scrutiny on how they run their homes — particularly their kitchens," Duyff wrote in her presentation, "Home Economics to Family and Consumer Sciences: Reinvented for Today's Consumer."

    Duyff's "Food, Nutrition & Wellness" published in 2010, and she wrote the "American Dietetic Association Complete Food and Nutrition Guide."

    Recession is "forcing Americans to be more value-conscious at the supermarket ... yet, today cooking skills are limited — and so are family food budgets. ... When people lack food-related skills, it's harder to use food dollars wisely, to eat for health, to prepare nourishing meals that families enjoy and even to know how to use foods they keep on hand in their pantries."

    The study findings led researchers to provide tips on meal planning, shopping and food storage. When a sample group implemented those tips, parents reported cooking more nutritional meals while saving time and reorganizing their kitchens, freezers and pantries by type or category.

    Cathy McCullough of Medina makes a lamb meatloaf recipe every week to two weeks that helps her family to eat better and saves on food costs.

    "I had used every form of ground beef that I could find, and the leaner and more organic I go, the better it tastes," but eating organic beef that often can get expensive, she said.

    McCullough saw lamb for sale at the West Tennessee Farmers Market from J&J Farms and decided to try it.

    "The ground lamb was only $3.50 a pound, and organic ground beef (bison) is $5 to $6 a pound," she said. "I can make a pan like that for a family of four and get three meals out of it — and that's for healthy eaters — then why not?"

    McCullough also has used ground bison and organic ground beef mixed with ground turkey for the meatloaf recipe, using half of each.

    She then fills a sandwich bag about three-fourths full of Japanese rice crackers and pulverizes them into tiny crumbs using a glass jar.

    McCullough uses the crumbs to stretch the recipe, adding seasonings, marinara sauce and other basics.

    "It's wonderful; it just has a wonderful, juicy, flavorful taste. Half of it will be gone at one meal, and the other half will be gone by lunchtime the next day, she said, adding that her husband likes it so much that he takes it to work in a sandwich with whole-grain wheat bread.

    "Man, does he live on that!" she laughed.

    The recipe comes together as quickly as any other meatloaf, McCullough said.

    "I'm not much of a cook, so when I find a simple, quick recipe, I'll do it every time," she said. "And you feed your family on next to nothing this way."

    The altered meatloaf recipe matches the philosophy the U.S. Department of Agriculture hopes to see become a trend in America.

    Its 2010 advisory committee on dietary guidelines has taken steps to help Americans make a significant shift in eating patterns, according to "Food Insight," an online nutrition newsletter created by the International Food Information Council Foundation.

    That shift includes eating "a diet that emphasizes more vegetables, cooked dried beans, fruits, whole grains, nuts and seeds. In addition, increase seafood and fat-free and low-fat milk and milk products and consume only moderate amounts of lean meats, poultry and eggs."

    "Moms are always looking for creative and affordable ways to get their kids to eat healthy meals and snacks, and they love to share their ideas with others online," said Erin Chase, author of "The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook: 200 Recipes for Quick, Delicious and Nourishing Meals."

    Chase said she adds a can of peas or tomatoes to a soup or favorite weekly dish to get more nutrients into her children's food while saving money.

    The "Just Add One" contest on Allrecipes.com, sponsored by the Canned Food Alliance and endorsed by Chase, garnered more than 100 different canned food ideas, the most popular including corn, cream of mushroom soup, canned tomatoes and black beans.

    Chase shares advice on creating healthful and satisfying yet affordable meals on her 5dollardinners.com website.

    The Rutgers study researchers developed these tips from their findings:

    # Instead of making a stop at the grocery store to stock up on nutrition, use the foods that are already in the pantry. Canned fruits and vegetables retain nutrients for up to two years. Consider resources such as Mealtime.org for hundreds of recipes that use canned foods.

    # Garnish a salad with canned beets, and partner fiber-rich, whole-grain foods with vegetables or beans (legumes) in salads, soups and stews. Switch to a sweet-potato salad instead of the traditional kind, and purée canned vegetables to make low-fat cream sauces.

    # Make mealtime a family affair, starting with the way you stock up for good health. Get the entire family involved in planning nutritious meals and snacks, preparing the shopping list, helping in the kitchen and spending quality time together at the dinner table.

    # Keep the following items in the pantry: White and brown rice, couscous, pasta, baking powder, baking soda, cornstarch, condensed milk, evaporated milk, all-purpose flour, white, sugar and healthy oils.

    Recipe by Cathy McCullough, Medina

    # 2 pounds ground lamb

    # Japanese rice crackers

    # 2 eggs

    # 1 cup chopped green pepper

    # 1 cup chopped onion

    # Bertolli Basil, Olive Oil and Garlic spaghetti sauce

    # Spike organic seasoning

    # 1 T. Himalayan pink salt

    # Cracked black peppercorn, to taste

    Add the lamb to a large bowl. Fill a sandwich bag three-fourths full of rice crackers, and use a glass jar to crush the crackers to fine crumbs. Add the crumbs to the lamb. Beat two eggs in a separate bowl and add to the meat mixture. Add green pepper, onion, spaghetti sauce and Spike seasoning. Knead mixture and press into a 9-by-13 glass dish coated with olive oil cooking spray until it is evenly distributed and flattened. Cover the top with ketchup. Cook for 60 minutes at 325 degrees F. Sprinkle Parmesan or Romano shredded cheese over the top — 5 to 8 ounces depending on your preference.

    Cook's note:Any white shredded cheese is good. Instead of ketchup, try using Flippen's apple barbecue sauce, which can sometimes be found at the farmers market. Himalayan pink salt can be purchased at Natural Effects health food store. Garlic or onion salt can be added, but the pink salt is preferred, and fresh onions take care of the onion flavor.

    Recipe by the Canned Food Alliance

    # 2 T. extra-virgin olive oil, divided

    # 1 large onion, finely chopped

    # 3 cloves garlic, minced

    # 1 can (14.5 ounces) no-salt-added chopped, spinach, drained and squeezed dry

    # 1/2 cup diced, canned red bell peppers (pimentos)

    # 12 large black olives, chopped (optional)

    # Pinch crushed red pepper

    # 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese, divided

    # Kosher salt and ground black pepper, to taste

    # 1 pound frozen pizza dough, thawed

    Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté until tender, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and stir 30 seconds. Remove from heat and stir in spinach, peppers, olives, crushed pepper, 3 tablespoons of Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper.

    Roll out pizza dough into a 12-inch round, using just enough flour on the work surface and dough to keep it from sticking. Brush off excess flour and transfer the dough to a baking sheet. Sprinkle remaining Parmesan over the center and mound the spinach mixture on one side of the dough, leaving a 1/2-inch border of exposed dough at the edge. Brush the exposed edge with water, and fold the other side of the dough over top, stretching it so that it completely encases the filling. Firmly pinch the edges together sealing the filling inside. Cut four slits in the top and brush with remaining olive oil. Bake until crisp and brown, about 20 minutes; cool 10 minutes before serving. Cut in six wedges.

    Serves 6.

    Nutritional information: 350 calories; 10 g total fat; 1.5 g saturated fat; 5 mg cholesterol; 780 mg sodium; 50 g total carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 12 g protein; 40 percent daily value vitamin A; 35 percent daily value vitamin C; 15 percent daily value calcium; 20 percent daily value iron

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  • Increased Blood Flow Can Protect Cognitive Abilities The aging brain is a shrinking brain. This is just a fact of life. When brain shrinkage is extreme, dementia may occur.

    Rather bleak tidings from the Framingham Offspring Cohort study. In participants with the least amount of blood pumping through their hearts, there was almost two years greater brain aging than in participants with more robust hearts.

    According to an August 2, 2010 article on emedicinehealth.com, heart health and brain health are closely intertwined. These findings did not indicate a relationship with cardiovascular disease.

    As brain volume shrinks, structural changes also occur in the brain. However, signs of cognitive decline did not necessarily emerge.

    This study was published in the August 10, 2010 issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

    Lest the starkness of this research discourage you about a healthy vital old age, be reassured that you have some choice in the matter of brain aging and shrinkage due to languishing blood flow.

    You can increase blood flow to your brain in some basic ways. A Eurekalert! public release from November 2, 2010 recommended drinking beet juice. Whatever your personal feeling about contact with the humble beet may be, it can do wonders for blood flow.

    In the Nitric Oxide Society's peer-reviewed online journal Nitric Oxide: Biology and Chemistry, drinking beet juice was reported to lower blood pressure, and increase perfusion (blood flow) to the brain.

    Beets contain high amounts of nitrates, as do cabbage, celery, spinach, and some lettuces. Eating these vegetables enable good bacteria in the mouth to turn nitrates into nitrites. These nitrites dilate blood vessels which increases blood flow and oxygen headed for areas that are short of oxygen.

    The study indicated that a high-nitrate diet increased blood flow to the areas of the brain most associated with cognitive decline and dementia. Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables, the study concluded, can contribute to good brain health.

    Funding for this research came in part from the National Institutes of Health.

    We hear about the value of moderate exercise all the time.

    It moves us toward better health, better mood, better mental sharpness.

    Yet more research has joined the chorus. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital's Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine in Dallas performed research that indicated that exercise can significantly improve blood flow to the brain. This was reported on April 12, 2011 on sciencedaily.com.

    Going for a brisk 30 to 50 minute walk three or four times a week brought an increase of blood flow to the brain of 15 percent.

    Increased blood flow brings more glucose, oxygen, along with other nutrients to the brain. In the process, metabolic wastes like amyloid-beta protein which is linked with Alzheimer's disease, are washed away.

    More research is needed on this subject, but evidence certainly points in the direction of the importance of increasing blood flow to the brain to increase and extend health and vitality.

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  • Most Common Dog, Cat Diseases Unveiled sick dog
    The most common disorder affecting both dogs and cats, is dental disease, affecting 78 percent of dogs and 68 percent of cats.

    THE GIST

    * Dogs and cats most often suffer from diabetes, dental disease and much more.
    * Veterinarians believe a rise in canine diabetes, along with a surge in feline diabetes, are due to obesity.
    * The report also shows that cats aren't receiving proper medical care.

    The largest pet health report ever compiled reveals a number of disturbing trends, such as a 46 percent increase in canine diabetes since 2005, and data showing that cat owners do not often seek veterinary care for their felines.

    The State of Pet Health 2011 Report, recently released by Banfield Pet Hospital, comprises medical data from 2.1 million dogs and nearly 450,000 cats. The report analyzes pet health trends over the past five years, highlighting preventable and medically important diagnoses affecting cats and dogs.

    It also outlines the most common diagnoses for U.S. dogs and cats in 2010. For dogs, the top five diagnoses in Banfield hospitals were dental tartar, otitis externa (an inflammation/infection of the ear), overweight, dermatitis, and fleas. For cats, the top five were dental tartar, fleas, overweight, tapeworms, and cystitis (bladder infections).

    "In addition to the rising risk of preventable diseases, I am particularly concerned about the veterinary care that cats are not receiving," Jeffrey Klausner, senior vice president and chief medical officer at Banfield Pet Hospital, told Discovery News.

    "In 2010, our hospitals treated nearly 1.7 million more dogs than cats," Klausner added. "Cats are just as susceptible to disease and parasites as dogs, but our numbers show that they are not getting the care they need and deserve."

    Another puzzling trend is how pets in certain states appear to suffer more from particular diseases and conditions that have no apparent link to location.

    For example, while there was an overall increase in feline and canine diabetes, the disease was more common in Iowa, Rhode Island, Idaho, Nevada and Delaware. Since diabetes cases also rose for people during this time, medical experts suspect that human obesity problems may be carrying over to pets.

    Denise Elliott, a medical specialist in nutrition within Banfield's Medical Quality Advancement Team, informed Discovery News that, at least for felines, "the evidence clearly demonstrates that obesity from excess calories is the main driver of diabetes mellitus in cats."

    "Therefore, the prevention of obesity and maintaining ideal healthy body condition is a fundamental component of keeping cats healthy," Elliott added.

    The American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine is expected to announce preliminary findings concerning feline diabetes and obesity at a conference in June, with a full report scheduled for release later this year.

    The most common disorder affecting both dogs and cats, however, is dental disease, affecting 78 percent of dogs and 68 percent of cats.

    "Dental disease is associated with kidney and liver disease, so it is really important for pet owners to have their pet's mouth examined by a veterinarian and get regular cleanings," Klausner said.

    Heartworm disease was also in the top three health risks for dogs, particularly in southern states. This potentially fatal disease was most often detected in dogs from Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas and South Carolina.

    Flea infestation was additionally among the top 10 diagnoses for dogs and cats.

    "I think this might result partly from pet owners buying preventative medications at retail outlets and not talking with their veterinarian about which product is best for their pet, how to apply it, and how to avoid environmental contamination from fleas and flea eggs," Klausner explained.

    A shift in dog breed preferences is another rising trend.

    "There is a considerable increase in the popularity of smaller-breed dogs and a decrease in the popularity of larger-breed dogs," he said. "These findings are important because small- and large-breed dogs are prone to different diseases. This shift potentially affects a lot of people involved in veterinary medicine, from veterinary students to researchers."

    In terms of preventing pet illnesses, veterinarians recommend twice-yearly check-ups, professional teeth cleanings at least once a year with regular at-home brushings in between, use of preventative flea and tick medications, and proper control of diet and exercise.

    source: news.discovery

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  • New Technique For Severe Asthma Sufferers Surgery Uses Heat To Enlarge The Airway And Help Breathing, But Long-Term Effects Unknown

    NEW HAVEN —— A surgical procedure that shrinks muscle tissue in the windpipe is offering hope for people with severe asthma.

    There has been frustratingly limited treatment for asthma, a chronic condition in which restricted airflow causes breathing problems. "That's it," said Dr. Geoffrey Chupp, pointing to bags of inhaler devices in the corner of his office.

    Chupp, who is director of the Yale Center for Asthma and Airways Disease, said the new procedure, known as bronchial thermoplasty, is the first to directly go to the root of the problem — the lungs.

    The treatment is being offered at Yale-New Haven Hospital as part of a Phase IV study being conducted on the procedure. The FDA approved the procedure in April 2010 with the proviso that follow-up studies be done for five years to examine its long-term safety.

    The procedure involves inserting a bronchoscope into the airway through the mouth or nose. Once it reaches specific points of the airway, a device known as the Alair Bronchial Thermoplasty System attached at the end of the scope expands to make contact with the interior walls. It then delivers radio-frequency waves for 10 seconds at a time. The heat essentially melts off some of the smooth muscle tissue.

    In asthmatics, the thick layer of muscle tissue is responsible for the constriction of the airway, leading to asthma attacks.

    It took 10 years of study for the FDA to approve the treatment, which was developed by the company Asthmatx. Although asthma specialists say the development of a device and surgical procedure for the condition could be a major breakthrough, there are still some concerns about it.

    Dr. Norman Edelman, chief medical officer for the American Lung Association, agreed that the procedure appears to be effective but cautioned that there's still a lot more to learn about it.

    "The short-term effects appear to be positive, but we don't know the long-term effects," he said. Like any surgical procedure, it has risks, he said, but for now it's suitable only for people with severe asthma. If an asthmatic can control his or her condition with medications, they should stay with that remedy.

    At Hartford Hospital, Dr. James Pope, who specializes in pulmonary disease, calls himself a "hopeful skeptic" about the treatment. Considering how serious a physiological change the surgery causes, he said his hospital is waiting to see the results of the study on long-term effects before deciding whether to offer it to patients.

    "It's a totally novel and fascinating way to treat asthma," he said. "But if we do this to the airway, what does it do to it 10 years from now? We don't know."

    Typically, the entire procedure is done in three sessions about one month apart. One of the downsides is that after each session, the patient's asthma worsens. Conditions return to normal in one to seven days, and then steadily improve, Chupp said. That's why the sessions are scheduled one month apart; doing it all at once could be too much for the patient.

    For each session, the surgery takes about an hour, plus two to four hours of post-surgery observation.

    Chupp said that it's unlikely that patients will improve to the point that they can do away with their inhalers. But it appears to control symptoms enough so that their quality of life significantly improves. One of his patients, he said, completed the procedure six months ago and the improvements in his condition still have not leveled off. He still carries an inhaler, but he now can play a game of basketball without frequent breaks and is able to get his heart rate to a higher level on the treadmill.

    The procedure can cost up to $20,000, and it's not automatically covered by insurance companies.

    "What happens with this kind of new technology is that there's always some resistance from the insurance companies," Chupp said. He added, though, that sometimes insurers can be convinced to cover it after consulting the doctors.

    source: courant

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  • Home Remedies to Raise Protein Levels protein
    Here are some protein packed ingredients which are sure to help you raise your protein levels.

    * Dairy products: Dairy products like milk, curds, cottage cheese and buttermilk are the richest sources of protein.

    * Dals and pulses: Dals and pulses are extremely good sources of protein. Consume at least 2 cups of any of the cooked dals or pulses to cure protein deficiency quickly. These dals and pulses if consumed in combination with cereals like wheat, bajra, jowar, ragi etc. make a complete protein in itself. Steam rice and South Indian dishes are the most common made with a combination of rice (a cereal) and dal (a pulse).

    * Sprouts: Sprouts are extremely good sources of protein. Sprouting mot only makes the digestion easy but also increases the nutrient content. If you are not very fond of sprouts, try the mouth-watering recipe.

    * Nuts and Oilseeds: Nuts and oilseeds like cashewnuts, almonds, sesame seeds (til), groundnuts etc. are also good sources of protein. However, keep in mind that the nuts and oilseeds in excess amount are not healthy due to their high saturated fatty acids. So we must indulge in them sensibly.

    Foods to be Avoided
    * Tea and coffee

    * Refined foods, deep fried foods

    * Aerated drinks

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  • How Testosterone Affects Women Testosterone
    If you thought testosterone was purely a male hormone, think again! Testosterone is the principal anabolic and sex hormone in humans, responsible for sexual desire and function, muscular hypertrophy, densification of bones, and hair growth. And yes men produce 10 times more of it than women do naturally. But to undermine the importance of healthy T levels in the female body is a huge mistake and in order to illustrate its importance lets look at the benefits of healthy testosterone levels in women:

    Sexual Desire - Female libido is linked to testosterone inextricably. A common side effect of hormonal birth control pills is that it binds the sex hormones, mainly testosterone and estradiol, which means less desire for sex. Also, when women approach menopause, they produce far less testosterone than before, which is the reason why they experience far lesser sexual desire.

    Production of Estrogen – Estrogen, that primary female sexual hormone, is made from testosterone. Estrogen is responsible for the maturation of the female sex organs: Thickening of the vaginal wall, production of natural lubrication, growth of the cervical glands, growth of the various walls of the uterus, and estrogen production is crucial for sustaining a pregnancy and avoiding a miscarriage. Testosterone is responsible for the production of estradiol, which is the primary estrogen in non-pregnant women, up until menopause hits. After menopause, estrone is produced, and in pregnant women, estriol is produced. Therefore without testosterone, women would be unable to produce estrogen.

    Muscle Building – Just as with men, testosterone is important to build lean muscle mass in women. Without lean muscle, you won’t be able to keep a good metabolic rate going, you won’t be able to burn fat, and you will lose bone density, which will lead to other health problems in the future. And the good news, of course, is the fact that women don’t produce enough testosterone to bulk up, just enough to look good.

    There are a lot of myths surrounding women and testosterone. Some seem to think that it is purely a male hormone produced only in the testicles (when in fact women produce it in the ovaries). Others are scared of it as if eating protein and lifting weights are going to make them look like female bodybuilders. But the fact remains that in order to be healthy and fit, women need to ensure that they also produce healthy levels of testosterone.

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  • Handy must-have healthy kitchen gadgets kitchen gadgets
    Most of us know about the health quotient in different foods. But when it comes to which kitchen gadgets will help us cook food in a healthier way, some are a bit lost.

    Not only is it difficult to cook healthy food without the necessary kitchen equipment, it's also quite time consuming. Perhaps that's why you never got around to grilling those soya kebabs, or juicing those tomatoes for lunch? To help you decide which kitchen gadgets to invest in, here's a handy list of must-have healthy kitchen gadgets...

    Steamer
    A steamer is great must-have kitchen gadget. It helps in cooking vegetables, idli, dimsums, momos, and pohas without adding a single drop of extra oil to it. And to add to it, it also keeps the nutrition and spices intact. Don't forget the mouth watering zero oil steamed fish and other meat dishes that we regularly mention here.

    Oil Mister
    Not very commonly available, you need to hunt for oil misters in high-end kitchen gadget stores, but we can tell you one thing - it is worth it. Oil misters help in weighing your oil consumption, saving you from calories. Yes, you might be eating only healthy oils like Olive or Mustard, but do you know that one tablespoon of Olive oil has around 120 calories and 14 grams of fat? So the less the better.

    Apple Divider
    This inexpensive healthy kitchen gadget, ranks high in our rating of must-have healthy kitchen gadgets. It cuts apples in seconds by removing the core and seeds and producing well-shaped apple wedges in a single stroke. They are small and easy to handle. Carry them to your office or when you're travelling, and you'll never complain of not eating an apple a day.

    Herb Mill
    If you believe in buying fresh herbs from the market, then this is a must-have kitchen gadget for you. Purchase an herb mill and spice up your routine health food. Herbs like oregano, basil leaves and oregano are a great way to add that extra edge to your food and it also helps you in limiting your salt intake.

    Grater or Zester
    Investing in a grater or zester is a smart thing to do. It helps in grating anything and everything. Small amounts of cheese here or chocolate there are easily taken care of by the grater. You can make citrus zest with a lemon or an orange and add it to desserts and bakes. Zests serve as great substitutes for heavy, calorie loaded meal bases or toppings.

    Handheld Chopper
    Handheld chopper is a great way to cut your fresh fruits and vegetables in no time. You can chop carrots, onions, cabbage, bell peppers and anything edible with it. You must also invest in a 'Y' peeler. They help you peel the skin of vegetables such as potato and butter gourd in a jiffy. Make sure you wash them after each use.

    Kitchen Scissors
    A good pair kitchen scissors is a great way to cut the fat off chicken, cut fishes, vegetables, herbs such as coriander in minutes. Before buying kitchen scissors, make sure they aren't too heavy for you to carry. Also, make sure that you sharpen them regularly, since the blades will need just as much attention as your favourite knives.

    Portion Patrol
    Experts advise that 9-10 inches of dinner plates are perfect for you if you are somebody who believes in portion control. Nowadays, you have small glasses and espresso cups available which help in measuring your drinks. Not only do they look pretty but also satisfy your cravings by keep a tab on the calorie count. Along with this a good kitchen weighing scale for foods will help you measure your servings and daily meal portions.

    source: TOI

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  • Gastric bypass encourages heart health in teens gastric
    Gastric bypass surgery for obese teens may be even more effective at reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease than it is for adults who undergo the same procedure, according to a recent study from the School of Medicine led by bariatric surgeon John Morton.

    The study involved 99 adult patients and 33 adolescents who underwent gastric bypass at Stanford between 2004 and 2010. The adults in this group were, on average, 44.4 years old and had a body mass index (BMI) of 52.3, while the adolescents were, on average, 17 years old and had a BMI of 52.7. BMIs more than 25 are considered obese; these patients were described as “severely overweight.”

    Although both groups lost approximately the same amount of weight after their surgery, the teenage patients had a greater improvement in several biochemical markers thought to be predictive of heart problems. Some of the markers the researchers tracked include cholesterol levels, diabetes status and blood pressure. The teenage group showed higher levels of “good” cholesterol and sharper drops in fasting glucose — slower drops are an indicator of diabetes.

    By some counts, one in three adults and one in five adolescents are considered obese. Such excess weight can lead to conditions including high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and shortened life span. Surgery is often the last resort for these obese patients.

    SOURCE: stanforddaily

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  • New technique to detect lung cancer through patient's nose nose
    Boston: Researchers at the Boston University Medical Centre say they have developed a "minimally-invasive” technique to detect lung cancer early by using cells from a patient's nose.

    Epithelial cells sampled from the inside of a person's nose share the same genetic markers that show up in people with lung cancer, the researchers said.

    The "simple technique using cells from the interior of the nose could help clinicians detect lung cancer in its earliest and most treatable stages".

    For their study, the researchers collected nasal epithelial cells from 33 smokers who were undergoing tests for suspicion of lung cancer.

    Of these patients, 11 were found to have benign disease and 22 had lung cancer.

    Brushings were taken from the right or left nostril and profiled on microarrays, a process that allows researchers to study gene expression changes.

    "Our data suggests that evaluating gene expression changes in nasal cells found in the interior surface of the nose may serve as a non-invasive approach for the early detection of lung cancer in smokers," said study author Christina Anderlind, Instructor of medicine at Boston University Medical Centre.

    After analyzing the cells, the researchers found there were 170 different genes whose level of activity was different, depending on whether or not a patient had lung cancer.

    Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer mortality, with an average five-year survival rate of only 15 percent.

    However, survival rates are highly dependent upon how advanced the cancer is when detected.

    "At an early stage, the five-year survival rate is 60 percent compared to only two per cent at a late stage," Anderlind said.

    "Despite this fact, early diagnosis is hard to achieve since the diagnostic tests currently available are highly invasive, such as open lung biopsy.

    "We wanted to determine if a minimally invasive site like the nose could be used to diagnose cancer in its early stages, when there is a much greater chance of long-term survival".

    Anderlind said the results of the current study are an initial indication that simple nasal brushings could offer an alternative to lung biopsy and other invasive techniques aimed at identifying lung cancer in its early stages.

    "The development of a nasal biomarker for diagnosis of lung cancer would make early diagnosis of lung cancer more feasible," Anderlind said.

    source: zeenews

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  • Lost your sense of smell? Loss of these senses is a disability to be taken seriously, but sadly not all doctors would agree, and patients frequently get little attention for this problem.

    It’s thought 50 per cent of people over the age of 60 have a reduced sense of smell, which has a significant impact on their ability to taste.

    There used to be an old party trick where someone would be blindfolded and have their nose pinched.

    They would then be given a piece of raw potato and a piece of apple to chew and asked to distinguish which was which; they always struggled with the challenge.

    That’s because flavour is produced by the combination of taste, texture, temperature and smell, with the most important contribution coming from the food’s aroma.

    Smell is also vital to identify dangers in our environment, for instance detecting smoke, rotten food and leaking gas. So loss of smell has a huge impact, but what causes this to happen?

    The cells that detect smell lie at the very top of the nose, and are connected to nerves that project straight into the brain. These receptor cells are directly exposed to the environment and can sustain damage.

    Nasal and sinus diseases are responsible for about 40 per cent of abnormalities of the sense of smell, and include infection, nasal polyps (swellings inside the nose) and allergic and non-allergic rhinitis (which cause the lining of the nose to become inflamed). These conditions interfere with smell sensation by both direct obstruction and also by inflaming the nasal lining.

    Head injury is the second most common cause — responsible for about 30 per cent of cases of loss of smell. This can be due to either mechanical obstruction preventing access of aroma to the smell receptors, or the shearing of the nerves that carry smell signals to the brain.

    Furthermore, some degenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and other forms of dementia are also associated with loss of sense of smell, due to nerve damage.

    Our taste buds can also become damaged by a number of factors, including viral infections, some medicines (such as amphetamines) and inflammatory conditions in the mouth, such as severe acid reflux.

    Loss of taste can also occur as we age, although not to the same degree as smell. Although your GP has engaged in what we doctors call ‘masterly inactivity’ — to allow spontaneous recovery to occur — I feel a second opinion is called for. It is worth seeking the advice of an ear, nose and throat specialist with an interest in the nose and sinuses.

    It’s possible that the flu virus arrived when you were already suffering from mild allergic rhinitis, or even undetected nasal polyps, and identification and treatment of these could make a lot of difference.

    You need a more precise and detailed diagnostic examination — I hope that you can be referred for this as it is only by restoring your sense of smell that your sense of taste can recover.

    source: dailymail

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  • How to detect protein deficiency? protein
    Protein is essential in our diet as it carries out an important function of repair and maintenance of body cells and tissues. A deficiency of protein can lead to impaired growth in children and general deterioration in adults. A balanced diet should provide 15 to 20% of our daily calories from protein.

    Ways to Detect Protein Deficiency

    * Weight Loss
    * Anaemia (Iron deficiency)
    * Swollen abdomen
    * Greying of hair
    * Slow healing of wounds
    * Decreased resistance to diseases
    * Muscular pain
    * Overall retarded growth

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  • Why women become weak during pregnancy? pregnant
    Women are normally weak when they are pregnant because they are starting to nourish their baby in their womb, normally your fetus has greater absorption process than you (they can highly absorb vitamin and minerals you are eating)

    Most women feel weak during pregnancy especially in the early and late stages. During the early weeks of pregnancy, your body produces more hormones called progesterone.

    This makes you feel sluggish and sleepy and your body works harder to carry nutrients to the baby. This causes more work for your heart and other organs of your body. Your body undergoes a lot of changes on how it processes foods and nutrients. All of these changes are very stressful for your body and may cause fatigue

    During the late stage of pregnancy the additional weight of the baby results in heartburn, difficulty in sleeping, the need to urinate often during the night, late-night cramps in your legs and could somehow contribute to your feeling of fatigue/weakness of the body.

    All you can do is take a break, rest when you can during the day, go to bed early, don’t push your self to stay awake until your usual bedtime, avoid getting up during the night so drink fluids earlier in the day. Lastly if you are capable, do some exercises such as walking which can restore your energy level.

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  • Paracetamol may cause blood cancer TAKING Paracetamol regularly over a long period increases a person’s risk of developing blood cancer, a new study has shown.

    The research conducted by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in the US has discovered that high use of Paracetamol increases the risk of blood cancer by two-fold.

    According to the study, a chemical in the drug, Acetaminophen, aids the development of blood cancer cells.

    Paracetamol is the most widely prescribed drug locally for relieving pain and fever.

    The common brands of Paracetamol sold locally include panadol, kamadol, renedol and cetamol.

    The new study, published in the ‘Journal of Clinical Oncology’ online on May 9, tracked 64,839 men and women in the US aged between 50 to 76 years over a ten year period.

    The participants had no clinical history of cancer, except melanoma (skin cancer).

    Scientists also examined data on blood cancer from the surveillance, epidemiology and end results cancer registry.

    According to the study, 577 people, who used the drug four days a week for a period of up to four years, developed blood cancers such as myeloid neoplasms, non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas and plasma cell disorders.

    It, however, did not show an increase in chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.

    The link between acetaminophen use and blood cancers was also found to be greater among women.

    The study also showed that high use of aspirin, ibuprofen or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) had no link with the risk of blood cancer.

    It also showed that neither aspirin nor non-aspirin NSAIDs are useful for prevention of blood cancer.

    Most of the health experts in Uganda agreed with the findings, but said the drug may only be toxic if used incorrectly or over a long period.

    Prof Celestine Obua, a pharmacologist at the Makerere University College of Health Sciences, said Paracetamol had the possibility of causing cancer if used in excess.

    “We normally take drugs in form of a molecule which the liver tries to break down or modify. During the process, a toxic substance (metabolite) is formed as a by-product which may lead to poisoning of the liver. Such toxic effects may affect DNA formation. This may lead to cellular changes, thus cancer,” he said.

    Obua, however, attributed this level of poisoning to careless use or consumption of substandard drugs.

    He added that components used in making some of the fake drugs may contain toxic substances.

    But Prof. Willy Anokbonggo, a clinical pharmacologist, said there was no known mechanism for Paracetamol to cause cancer.

    “Paracetamol is one of those drugs that get degraded in the body. Besides, pain killers cannot be used for a very long time,” he said.

    Anokbongo said despite its known side effects, Paracetamol is the only pain killer that does not affect the inner surface of the stomach that allows it to contain acid.

    “The study needs to be repeated with a bigger number of people. There has to be a known mechanism for the drug to cause cancer,” he said.

    Dr. Jackson Orem, the director of the Uganda Cancer Institute, said the findings focused on elderly patients and not the average user.

    Dr. Musa Waisswa, a blood specialist at Mulago Hospital, said the findings did not provide conclusive evidence to show the causative relationship between Paracetamol and cancer.

    An official from the National Drug Authority said they would examine the findings and compare them with other studies before making a proposal.

    source: newvision

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