Archive for the ‘Health News’ Category
Monday, January 22nd, 2007
By starting
treatment for high blood pressure earlier and being more aggressive, physicians in the U.S. control hypertension significantly better than their counterparts in western Europe. Sixty-three percent of U.S. patients had their blood pressure under control -- compared to 31 percent to 46 percent in Italy, the UK, Germany, Spain or France. The authors caution, however, that better blood pressure control in the United States "should not be too quickly praised."
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Thursday, January 18th, 2007
A drug based on vitamin D and is given to patients in the advanced stages of prostate cancer along with chemotherapy drugs could be availiable by 2009. Vitamin D from sunlight improves the prognosis of certain cancers, but taking natural levels of the vitamin has no effect. Novacea, the company that makes Asentar, produced a novel formulation that reproduces the healing effect without the dangerous side-effects of a vitamin D overdose.
ADMIN: The leading authority on prostate cancer is
Dr. Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer.
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Thursday, January 18th, 2007
Some 50 million Americans have hypertension, that is, blood pressure measuring above the normal range (less than 120/80 mmHg). If untreated, it can lead to
heart attacks, strokes, or kidney disease. Lifestyle changes are the first-stage treatment for the disease, but if they fail, medications are prescribed. In a soon-to-be-released study using an animal model, scientists have found that tanshinone IIA, an active ingredient of danshen, reduces blood pressure.
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Natural remedies to relieve high blood pressure.
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Thursday, January 18th, 2007
In spite of the high use of
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among people age 50 or older, 69 percent of those who use CAM do not talk to their doctors about it, according to a new survey conducted by AARP and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health. The survey examined conversations between patients and their physicians regarding CAM use.
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
The next big idea in preventing wrinkles is very, very small. Nano small. A Michigan State University chemical engineer has discovered that nanoparticles can stop thin polymer films from buckling and wrinkling, and that could well work to join the war by warding off dreaded buckles in human skin.
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Sunday, January 14th, 2007
The prostate is a glandular organ present only in males. It surrounds the neck of the bladder and the first part of urethra. The prostate contributes a secretion to the semen. The gland is conical in shape and measures 3 cm in vertical diameter and 4 cm in transverse diameter.
As men age the prostate enlarges. Since the first part of the urethra passes through the prostate any lesion in the prostate will produce difficulty in passing urine. The most common problem is prostate infection, a malady called prostatitis. Although not morbid on its own if left untreated prostatitis can lead to kidney infection. Because so many prostate problems exhibit similar symptoms all men over 50 should have a regular PSA test.
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Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
Unexplained chest pain after a heart attack might be more dangerous than many physicians originally think. In a case study to be published in the January issue of the international journal Clinical Cardiology, physicians at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia report on a seemingly healthy 55-year-old man who had a silent heart attack and subsequent unexplained chest pain.
ADMIN: Is that chest pain
heartburn or heart attack?
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Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
In a new study on Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) -- a distressing or impairing preoccupation with an imagined or slight defect in one's appearance -- researchers from Bradley Hospital and Brown Medical School found that individuals who are concerned about their weight are more impaired than those whose appearance-concerns are not weight-related. This is particularly important, as weight-related preoccupations have at times not been considered diagnostic of BDD.
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eating disorder overview.
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Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
Could a handful of nutrient-rich dried plums each day help keep the doctor away by actually reversing bone loss in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis or osteoarthritis? A unique clinical study under way in the Florida State University College of Human Sciences in Tallahassee, Fla., means to find out.
ADMIN: Chasteberry is a
herbal remedy for menopausal symptoms.
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