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Climate changes exacerbates conditions of asthma children
Climate change is not only impacts on environmental, but also have a negative effect on children health. According to researchers from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, the rate of ozone changes can lead to an increased of 7.3% in asthma-related emergency to the kids aged 0-17 months. By using regional and atmospheric chemistry model, Perry Sheffield, MD, assistant professor of Preventive Medicine and colleagues said that their studies showed that the method is an effective way to evaluate the long-term impacts of global climate change locally. This study represents a breakthrough in the evaluation of other outcomes, including costs, doctor visits, school absenteeism, and a general understanding of overall risk of climate changes on children with asthma. Dr. Sheffield and teams concluded that it is the time to determine better steps to reduce … Read entire article »
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Nuts are strong enough to ward off cholesterol
If you don’t want to have high cholesterol, or at least help in keeping your cholesterol levels in check, you should start pay attention to your daily intake of nutrients, especially snacks. Although some snacks are known to raise cholesterol, but there is also certain snacks that can keep your cholesterols remains normal. One of them is the nuts that can prevent or maintain your cholesterol in the blood. A recent studies published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition said that those who consume walnuts as much as 1.5 ounces for a week showed effectively in lowering cholesterol by 5.4%. Walnuts contain lots of polyunsaturated fatty acids that beneficial in keeping blood vessels elastic and remain healthy throughout the day. In addition, almonds also has similar effect to walnuts. If taken regularly, … Read entire article »
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No high cholesterol content from eggs
Consuming eggs often avoided, especially by individual with hypertension because it contains lot of cholesterol. However, the cholesterol content in eggs not as much as we though before. According to recent study conducted by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for nutrient contents of standard size chicken eggs, an average amount of cholesterol in one egg (185 mg) is 14% lower than previous data. Analysis results also show if current big-eggs contains 41 IU of vitamin D, increased 64% from previous data. The findings obtained after Dr. Jacob Exler, from the USDA and colleagues collected samples of eggs randomly from 12 locations around the United States in order to analyze the nutritional content of eggs. This is a regular testing procedure to eggs after last done in 2002. Overall, the nutritional contents of eggs still … Read entire article »
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Low-cholesterol Diet
It is well known if the butter, ice cream, and meats can raise cholesterol levels. However, there are also substitute foods that can control and even lower cholesterol levels. You can try to eat more of certain foods. Some foods that can control and lower cholesterol levels include salmon, tuna, walnuts, oatmeal, oat brain, as well as food that has been enriched with Sterols and Stanols from the plants. Several studies have found a diet that combines with these ‘super foods’ have similar effect to anti-cholesterol drugs in lowering bad cholesterol or LDL. How good these foods? The US FDA has reviewed studies related to these foods. The results, these healthy foods can regulate cholesterol levels. Therefore, you have found healthy food choices to improve your health. In addition, shopping healthy foods definitely more fun than shopping drugs … Read entire article »
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Less water intake leads to diabetes risk
People who drank less than two glasses of water or half liter of water each day will be at risk of developing high levels of blood sugar compared with those who drank more. When a person’s blood sugar level is high, but still unclassified as diabetes person, physicians will assume it to pre-diabetic condition. How can drink of water may reduce the elevating of blood sugar levels? There is a hormone called Vasopressin that plays an important role in this process. Vasopressin or also known as antidiuretic hormone helps regulate the body’s water retention. When people dehydrated, vasopressin levels will arise, causing the kidneys to conserves the water. But research shows that higher levels of vasopressin can increase blood sugar. Vasopressin receptors were presented in the liver, the organ that responsible for producing glucose (sugar) … Read entire article »
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7 simple ways to prevent diabetes
Diabetes is one of harmful metabolic diseases if not prevented or treated early. Unfortunately there are still many people unaware with this risk factor of several deadly diseases such as related to cardiovascular and some others. Therefore, to minimize or prevent earlier, here are seven simple ways you can do easily. 1. Reduce weight. Simply reducing for 5 kg, your risk of diabetes will be reduced significantly. 2. Eat vegetables. Eat vegetables such as salad before meals can help you in good control of blood sugar levels. 3. Run. Every now and then, leave your car and walk to certain destination such as to your office if lees than 2 km or more if you can. While reducing weight, you will be healthier because of this mild exercise helps your body use insulin more efficiently. 4. Cereals. Cereal can … Read entire article »
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Chronic back pain may associated with changes in brain function and structure
Patients with chronic back pain or other chronic pain condition like fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis, and neuropathic pain, can be measured its severity trough changes in brain function and structure measured with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In other words, chronic back pain can alters brain connectivity in certain areas, and therefore, this patients also experienced with anxiety disorders and problem with memory and decision making. Although the real mechanism remain unclear and this findings tends to be speculative, but the study authors from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, see the pain exacerbation induces a temporary disruption in the connectivity pattern. The affected region in the brain connectivity in this study including medial prefrontal cortex, posterior cingulate, lateral temporal cortices, hippocampal formation, and inferior parietal lobule. The study authors compared scan results between … Read entire article »
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Constipation treatment with enemas mixed with sodium phosphate causes kidney failure and death
Constipation treatment by giving liquid containing sodium phosphate into the rectum and colon through anus in elderly individual can be dangerous. This liquid also given to the patients who face medical procedure of Protoscopy to examine the anal cavity, rectum or pelvic colon. Although this therapy beneficial in stimulating bowel movement, relieve constipation, or even cleansing the lower bowel before performing certain surgical procedure, however, the potential side effects also should be watched. Recent studies found that this therapy causes elderly patients with kidney failure and death. According to the findings published in the Archives of Internal Medicine on February 13, 2012, giving enemas containing sodium phosphate via anus for constipation treatment and preparation for protoscopy procedure leads to older patients suffered with metabolic derangement and acute renal failure. Therefore, according to study authors, … Read entire article »
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Impaired glycemia alone does not lead to diabetic microvascular complication
Effect of diabetic to microvascular dysfunction does not associated with impaired glycemia (IG) and should not be used as risk factor. This conclusion in line with current American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommendation that suggested lowest levels of chronic hyperglycemia should be used as low factors for diabetic induces microvascular dysfunction, a disease involving vascular and neural that usually occurs early in diabetes. According to researchers who surveyed some patients with IG, non-IG, and new diabetes patients in Olmsted County by researchers from Mayo Clinic, there were no difference in the incidence of retinopathy and nephropathy between the patients with IG and without IG, except higher in patients newly diagnosed with Diabetes. Their finding just published in Diabetes Care archive for March 2012 issue. … Read entire article »
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Cure ringing ears
Ringing of the ears of tinnitus for some people can occur just within certain time. However, for those who have constant ringing and lasts long, this will affect the quality of life. And if left treated, this hearing impairment can lead to deafness due to complications in the cause. The pattern of this hearing disorder is a high frequency sound (above 2-4 kHz) which is constantly ringing and even raise its amplitude in one ear or both. Various factors identified as causes or ringing ears, starting from the habit of listening to music in a high volume, work environment with high noise levels, up to neurological and blood vessels disorders in the ear and the brain. The medication specifically to cure ringing ears until now has no FDA-approved due to lack of understanding … Read entire article »
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