Showing posts with label health care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health care. Show all posts
Thursday, 23 August 2012
Green Tea Extract Can Cure Skin Cancer
Friday, 17 August 2012
Hepatitis C and Baby Boomer
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Center For HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI)
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Dr OZ Health 1 Million
Dr OZ Health 1 Million - "The Dr. Oz Show" said Monday that it had netted its 1 millionth participant in its "transformation nation" health effort, and the number is climbing. One of those people will win a $1 million prize in May.
Since September, Oz has urged viewers to participate in his health challenge, done together with Weight Watchers. The number of registrants has increased steadily to a point that Oz said he'd never imagined the program would reach.
"It is one of the most rewarding experiences of my life," Oz said.
Oz's program has seven steps, starting with the simplest: Tell a friend to get some moral support. Participants are asked to register with Weight Watchers and go to a center to have their body mass index calculated. Other steps include connecting with a doctor, learning your family's health history, getting more sleep, managing stress better and starting new fitness habits.
A sample of 96,000 registrants who had weighed in at Weight Watchers determined they had collectively lost 672,000 pounds, or an average of 7 pounds per person, the show said.
The show will select 10 finalists that it believes best embody the effort — not necessarily those who lose the most weight — and viewers will choose a favorite this spring for the $1 million prize. People need to register by Feb. 26 to be eligible.
Participants are sent weekly email reminders by the show of things they need to do to reach their goals, tailored to their individual circumstances.
"Fundamentally, it's about making it easier to do the right thing," Oz said.
Oz also said he hoped the project would be a model for using TV to accomplish worthwhile goals.
Source: yahoo
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Metformin Side Effects PCOS
Metformin is a drug that has been used to help control blood glucose levels in people with Type 2 Diabetes. Although Glucophage has been used in Europe for over 25 years, it was not available in the US until 1995. The FDA has approved metformin only for the treatment of Type 2 Diabetes. Consequently, some physicians don't have much clinical experience with Glucophage, or are reluctant to use it unless the patient has diabetes.(1)
Metformin appears to work in three ways. First, it decreases the absorption of dietary carbohydrates through the intestines.
Second, it reduces the production of glucose by the liver.(2) The liver uses the raw material in your food to create a reserve supply of blood sugar. When your body experiences stress, the liver releases the reserve glucose to supply your brain and muscles with an immediate source of energy to cope with the stress. Glucophage suppresses the production of this reserve fuel.
Third, and perhaps most importantly, metformin increases the sensitivity of muscle cells to insulin.(2) Insulin is the hormone that delivers glucose into your cells to be burned as fuel, or stored. Women with PCOS frequently have "insulin resistance", a condition where excessive amounts of insulin are required in order to get blood glucose moved into cells, where it belongs. Glucophage helps your body to ransport glucose with relatively less insulin, thus lowering your insulin levels. Chronically high levels of either glucose or insulin in your blood contributes to obesity, heart disease, infertility, and certain cancers, as well as the development of diabetes.
Metformin is available in three different forms:
1. Generic Metformin Hcl
2. Glucophage (brand name)
3. Glucophage XR (brand name)
Glucophage is available in 500 mg, 850 mg, or 1,000 mg tablets. The usual dose is 850-1,000 mg twice daily. The maximum safe dose is thought to be 850 mg three times daily. To minimize GI upset or diarrhea, it's recommended that you start with a low dosage and work your way up to the recommended dose.
Glucophage XR, an extended-release version of Glucophage, allows you to take only one dose a day. The slower release of long-acting Glucophage XR may help to reduce stomach upset that may occur with the regular Glucophage or metformin.
Glucophage is chemically identical to generic metformin, so you can save money by using generic metformin.
Read More: http://www.ovarian-cysts-pcos.com/glucophage-metformin-pcos.html
Saturday, 7 January 2012
Dash Diet 2012
This is the second year in a row the DASH diet, which aims to prevent and lower high blood pressure, has won the category of "best diet overall."
"While it may have started as a [blood pressure] lowering diet, it really has incredible nutritional value," said Deborah Enos, a certified nutritionist in Seattle and a MyHealthNewsDaily contributor.
Second place was won by the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes diet, which aims to lower cholesterol, and third place went to the Mayo Clinic diet, which focuses on weight loss.
"TLC is another example of a wonderful 'medical' type of diet that has gone mainstream," Enos said. But while it's low sodium requirement means it boosts heart health, it may be difficult for some to follow.
The U.S. News & World Report description of the diet's strengths and weaknesses noted that "The TLC diet takes work and a certain aptitude for reading nutrition labels."
"The easy-to-follow aspect is almost more important than the weight lost on a program," Enos said. Her clients, she said, have a difficult time sticking with diets that are hard to follow. "Now, for my clients who need to lower their cholesterol levels, this is an amazing and necessary diet for them to consider."
The rankings were decided by a panel of 22 experts in diet, nutrition, obesity, food psychology, diabetes and heart disease, according to the magazine's website. The experts rated the 25 diets in seven categories: how easy the diets are to follow, their ability to produce short-term and long-term weight loss, nutritional completeness, safety and potential for preventing and managing diabetes and heart disease.
Best diets for weight loss
The top three diets for weight loss are the Weight Watchers diet, the Biggest Loser diet and the Jenny Craig diet, according to the rankings.
"The data show that dieters had the best luck with Weight Watchers for both short and long term weight loss," and the diet ranked highly in terms of how easy it was to follow, Enos said. "The Weight Watchers plan is also the diet that people most often return to — it appears in the article, and in my own experience, to be the diet that people really refer back to over their lifetime."
The experts rated the Weight Watchers diet as a 3.7 out of 5 in the category of easy to follow, whereas the Biggest Loser diet scored a 2.9 in this category, according to the rankings. The Jenny Craig diet scored a 3.6, but fared less well than Weight Watchers in terms of its ability to produce weight loss.
"Let’s face the facts of our busy lives, if a program isn’t easy to follow, we probably won’t," Enos said.
Weight Watchers won the category of best commercial diet plan, edging out the Jenny Craig diet, which relied too heavily on packaged meals and came with a high cost, according to the rankings.
However, when Consumer Reports released its ratings of commercial diet plans in May, Jenny Craig ranked as the winner. Those raters acknowledged criticisms that the diet is hard to follow, but cited a two-year study of 332 people showing that 92 percent of participants stuck with the diet. That study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2010.
Best diets for healthy eating
The DASH and TLC diets topped the category of best diets for healthy eating, which emphasized nutrional completeness and safety. The Mediterranean diet ranked third.
The data show that the DASH diet offers the best overall nutrition, Enos said. "It has one of the highest levels of B-12 and potassium," she noted, whereas the Weight Watchers plan is low in those nutrients, and recommends that its followers take a multivitamin.
The DASH diet prescribes the number of servings of grains, vegetables, dairy and other food types that a person should eat daily, based on their calorie needs. It suggests high amounts of fiber, potassium and magnesium, and keeps sweets to a minimum.
The diet caps salt intake to the recommended daily values —1,500 milligrams for people who are age 51 or older, African-American, or have hypertension, diabetes or chronic kidney disease; 2,300 milligrams for everyone else.
The DASH diet also won in the category of best diabetes diets, while the Ornish diet, which focuses on low fat intake and emphasizes exercise and stress management, won for best heart-healthy diet.
Pass it on: One panel has decided the best diet of 2012 is the DASH diet, which emphasizes consuming lean protein, fruits and vegetables.
Source: yahoo
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Scientists grow sperm
Researchers in Germany and Israel were able to grow mouse sperm from a few cells in a laboratory dish.
In a world first a team headed by Professor Stefan Schlatt, at Muenster University in Germany, scientists grow sperm, were able to grow sperm by using germ cells. These are the cells in testicles that are responsible for sperm production. scientists mouse sperm,
Scientists grew the sperm by surrounding the germ cells in a special compound called agar jelly to create an environment similar to that found in testicles. male infertility,
Prof. Mahmoud Huleihel, who also grew the sperm at Israel's Ben Gurion University in Beersheba, said: "I believe it will eventually be possible to routinely grow human male sperm to order by extracting tissue containing germ cells from a man's testicle and stimulating sperm production in the laboratory."
Source: telegraph
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Planet fitness no training no grunting, no deadlift
Saturday, 17 December 2011
Celebrity Health Changers
According to the American Lung Association, 90 percent of lung cancer deaths can be directly linked to cigarette smoking. Cigarette addiction can also a host of other conditions — such as emphysema, heart disease, stroke, infertility, throat, stomach and pancreatic cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The good news? Kicking the habit can radically change that outcome. President Obama tobacco-free at check-up, President Obama used nicotine gum to help quit smoking,
Former President Bill Clinton had a legendary appetite — and a famously omnivorous diet that included extra helpings of fast food, barbecue, french fries and doughnuts. But after being diagnosed with heart disease and undergoing a quadruple bypass operation in 2004, Clinton committed to completely revamping his diet. Now he eats an essentially vegan diet — with no meat, no dairy and no eggs. And that could literally be a lifesaver for him: walter scheib presidents clinton and bush liked beef ribs, bbq, whole grains, vegetables, fruits beans replace nutrients from animal products,
While celebrities with high-profile drug habits (such as Robert Downey Jr.) have their addictions — and related transgressions—tirelessly chronicled in the press, their struggles and health risks are really no different from any other drug users. Take cocaine, for example. This popular recreational drug is responsible for more visits to the ER than any other illegal drug. And that’s not surprising when you consider the drug’s effect on nervous system. Robert Downey Jr. drug use began at age 6 when father gave him marijuana,
Even the notoriously golden browned stars of “Jersey Shore” have wised up to the dangers of ultraviolet (UV) rays. After a dermatologist from The Skin Cancer Foundation visited the cast, former tanning bed addict Snooki renounced her UV habit and now claims to get her glow exclusively from much-safer spray-on tans. Among the scary facts that encouraged the change. tanning + 74 percent greater risk of melanoma, Snooki and Supre Indoor Tan Collection,
It’s one thing when late nights are a partying celebs choice, but for some stars—as well as many regular folks — lack of sleep is due to insomnia, not after-hours clubbing. But no matter what the cause, not logging a full night of zzz’s can contribute to numerous health issues. sleep + 7 to 8 hours + accepted amount, insomnia 50 percent of Americans , good sleep habits consistent bedtime, dark, quiet room limiting electronics, Drew Barrymore + reading + insomnia, Famous insomniacs + Bill Clinton, Margaret Thatcher, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, Abraham Lincoln,
Alcohol fuels many a Hollywood party, but dozens of celebs have also renounced the hard stuff—many after much-publicized trips to posh rehab facilities. And while moderate drinking (how much?) has been linked to some positive health benefits (what are these?), chronic alcohol abuse is nothing but trouble. health improves almost immediately after drinking stops, ben affleck + rehab center,
The pressure to be stick thin is everywhere, but no one feels it more than celebrities — whose most microscopic bulges are under the constant focus of the papparazzi’s zoom lens. But when mere dieting turns into a full-blown eating disorder, that unhealthy obsession can take a serious toll. portia de rossi + 82 pounds + 300 calories a day, portia de rossi + Unbearable Lightness,
Saturday, 10 December 2011
Norway butter
Norwegians have eaten up the country's entire stockpile of butter, partly as the result of a "low-carb" diet sweeping the Nordic nation which emphasizes a higher intake of fats.
"Sales all of a sudden just soared, 20 percent in October then 30 percent in November," said Lars Galtung, the head of communications at TINE, the country's biggest farmer-owned cooperative.
A wet summer which reduced the quality of animal feed and cut milk output by 25 million litres had already limited supplies and the shortage has led some pundits to suggest the world's eighth-largest oil exporter offer some of its plentiful fuel supply in exchange for butter.
"Norwegians are not afraid of natural fats, they love their butter and cream," Galtung told Reuters.
Butter is now selling on Norway's top auction website, with a 250-gram piece starting at around $13, roughly four times its normal price.
Just weeks before Norwegians will be expecting to eat plenty of buttery traditional biscuits and other homemade Christmas treats made with love and the liberal inclusion of dairy products, residents of the world's second-richest per-capita country can't even hope for help from a friendly neighbour who is rolling in butter.
Top dairy producer Denmark lies just across a narrow sea channel, but its stores of creamy butter will be kept out of the country by the high import duties of Norway, the only Nordic nation that does not belong to the European Union.
Still, the problem has certainly provided the Danes with a good laugh over their richly buttered breakfast toast.
Morning TV show Go' Morgen Danmark amid much hilarity offered a paltry 1,000 packets of butter on Wednesday to help ease the pain.
Source: reuters
Friday, 9 December 2011
pope urged pill
The vow of chastity taken by the world's 95,000 Catholic nuns carries with it an increased risk of breast, morning after pill teens, pope urged pill, ovarian and uterine cancers – all of which are more common in women who do not have children. nuns birth control,
It is a problem that has been recognized for hundreds of years. In 1713, Italian physician Bernadino Ramazzini reported nuns had extremely high rates of the "accursed pest," breast cancer. fda yaz,
Kara Britt of Monash University and Roger Short of the University of Melbourne, writing in The Lancet medical journal, argued that taking modern contraceptive pills could be one answer.
Lack of pregnancy and lactation means childless women have more menstrual cycles, which increases cancer risk, while those who have children further decrease their risk if they have first babies while young, have several children and breastfeed. pope urged pill,
Overall mortality in women using the contraceptive pill is around 12 percent lower than in those who have never used it and the risk of developing ovarian and endometrial cancers falls by 50 to 60 percent, the authors said.
"If the Catholic Church could make the oral contraceptive pill freely available to all its nuns, it would reduce the risk of those accursed pests, cancer of the ovary and uterus, and give nuns' plight the recognition it deserves," the doctors said. morning after pill teens,
Although the Catholic Church condemns all forms of contraception, barring abstinence, the doctors argued that using the pill might still be possible under regulations on birth control set out by Pope Paul VI in Humanae Vitae in 1968.
This document stated that "the Church in no way regards as unlawful therapeutic means considered necessary to cure organic diseases, even though they also have a contraceptive effect."
Of course, the pill can also carry its own dangers, such as the risk of blood clots with the combined oestrogen-progestogen version, so the suitability of nuns would have to be assessed according to their individual medical histories, the doctors added. morning after pill teens,
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/12/08/birth-control-pills-may-keep-nuns-healthy-study-says/#ixzz1g42UsKc5
Nuns birth control
The vow of chastity taken by the world's 95,000 Catholic nuns carries with it an increased risk of breast, morning after pill teens, ovarian and uterine cancers – all of which are more common in women who do not have children. nuns birth control,
It is a problem that has been recognized for hundreds of years. In 1713, Italian physician Bernadino Ramazzini reported nuns had extremely high rates of the "accursed pest," breast cancer. fda yaz,
Kara Britt of Monash University and Roger Short of the University of Melbourne, writing in The Lancet medical journal, argued that taking modern contraceptive pills could be one answer.
Lack of pregnancy and lactation means childless women have more menstrual cycles, which increases cancer risk, while those who have children further decrease their risk if they have first babies while young, have several children and breastfeed. pope urged pill,
Overall mortality in women using the contraceptive pill is around 12 percent lower than in those who have never used it and the risk of developing ovarian and endometrial cancers falls by 50 to 60 percent, the authors said.
"If the Catholic Church could make the oral contraceptive pill freely available to all its nuns, it would reduce the risk of those accursed pests, cancer of the ovary and uterus, and give nuns' plight the recognition it deserves," the doctors said. morning after pill teens,
Although the Catholic Church condemns all forms of contraception, barring abstinence, the doctors argued that using the pill might still be possible under regulations on birth control set out by Pope Paul VI in Humanae Vitae in 1968.
This document stated that "the Church in no way regards as unlawful therapeutic means considered necessary to cure organic diseases, even though they also have a contraceptive effect."
Of course, the pill can also carry its own dangers, such as the risk of blood clots with the combined oestrogen-progestogen version, so the suitability of nuns would have to be assessed according to their individual medical histories, the doctors added. morning after pill teens,
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/12/08/birth-control-pills-may-keep-nuns-healthy-study-says/#ixzz1g42UsKc5
Thursday, 8 December 2011
Plan b pill
"I agree with the Center that there is adequate and reasonable, well-supported, and science-based evidence that Plan B One-Step is safe and effective and should be approved for nonprescription use for all females of child-bearing potential," she said in the statement.
However, Hamburg also said in the statement that the Secretary of Health and Human Services does not agree with the FDA's conclusions, and that the secretary wants Hamburg to "issue a complete response letter, "which means that the supplement for nonprescription use in females under the age of 17 is not approved."
Therefore, Hamburg said in the statement, Plan B One-Step is right now still available for females of all ages, but girls under age 17 must have a prescription from their doctor to purchase it.
Shampoo, check. Garbages bags, check. Plan B, check.
If the federal government approves a request from Plan B's manufacturer, the emergency contraception that prevents pregnancy up to 72 hours after sexual intercourse may soon be available to consumers over-the-counter.
Instead of having to ask a pharmacist for the product, Plan B will be placed on shelves alongside other contraceptives, such as condoms and spermicides. Even more significantly, there will be no age limit to buy the emergency contraception without a prescription.
Currently, you can only purchase Plan B without a prescription if you are at least 17 years old.
Despite claims to the contrary, Plan B and the "abortion pill" are not the same thing. Plan B works by preventing pregnancy. It cannot end a pregnancy.
Plan B One-Step® is your backup plan—emergency contraception in just one pill. The sooner you take it, the better it works. When taken as directed—within 72 hours (3 days) after contraceptive failure or unprotected sex—approximately 7 out of 8 women who would have gotten pregnant will not become pregnant after taking Plan B One-Step®.
Plan B One-Step® is not RU-486 (the abortion pill)—it won’t work if you’re already pregnant, and it won’t affect an existing pregnancy.
Some conservative groups are opposed to the change, arguing that Plan B may be misused by teens, and that a mandatory doctor's visit to get a prescription will help screen for sexual exploitation.
For advocates of increased access to contraceptive methods, bringing Plan B out from behind the pharmacist's counter would be a big success.
As Rep. Diana DeGette and Rep. Louise Slaughter argue in a recent blog post:
If the FDA approves this step, it will reflect the proven science of an important contraceptive innovation for American women. Access to reliable and safe contraception is a fundamental component of basic health care. Yet, directly in conflict with that science, many ideologues are once again trying to stand in the way of this advancement for women's health care.
The FDA should issue its decision on Wednesday.
Source: huffingtonpost
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