Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Resolved: Get fit for the summer

My finding is that, in the Winter you tended to eat more food. As you need the enery to keep your body warm. When I was living in Wales. When I 1st landed, I was 110 lb. but a year later, I am 139 lb. I hardly eat chips & Potatos, Cheese, I don't go for "Chinese Take-Away nor going to the Chinese Restaurant those days. & yet I still put on 29 LB within a year.

Normally after meal's I would go to the Swansea Beach for a walk for say 1 hour. Yet, I still put on.

The simple resolution is to eat well by mindfulness in your food & Drinks in take.

Don't eat Deep Fried Food
Don't eat Cheese
Don't eat Butter
Don't eat Too Much Meat
Don't eat Red & Fat Meat Especially
Don't eat Food With High Sodium
Don't eat Food with Animal Fat
Don't eat Chips
Don't eat High Sugar Food
Don't Drink Beer





Do eat More Vegetable
Do eat More Fruits
Do eat Steam or Boil Food
Do eat Stir Fried Food Occassionally
Do eat High Fiber Food
Do eat Beams & Seeds
Do eat More Carot
Do drink Soy Milk
Do take Nutritions Supplements
Do some Exercise





Resolved: Get fit for the summer
By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY
Everyone thinks of January as the biggest dieting month, as people face the New Year with fistfuls of resolve and carrot sticks.

But as it turns out, even more people try to lose weight in March, when warming temperatures herald the not-too-distant approach of another beach season.

Last year, about 28% of people surveyed in the last week of January said they were on a diet, compared with about 30% at the end of March, according to the NPD Group, a leading market research firm. "The peak of dieting is in March, because June is just around the corner, and that's when you're going to be wearing fewer clothes," says Harry Balzer, an NPD vice president.

So now is the ideal time for the return of USA TODAY's Weight-Loss Challenge, which ran all last summer and was revisited in January. We'll offer practical tips for weight loss, introduce dieters who are just starting their programs and catch up with people who have been trying to trim down since last summer.

They see the light

Nutritionists believe the dieters who are most successful have a "light bulb" moment when something clicks, and they decide they don't want to live with their extra weight any longer. Their doctors might have told them they have to lose weight so they don't develop diabetes or heart disease. Or they may be motivated by cosmetic reasons such as looking good for a class reunion or landmark birthday.

"The most successful people I've worked with have had it with being overweight, and they want to be in control of their health," says registered dietitian Beth Casey Gold, clinical coordinator of the University of Vermont Behavioral Weight Management Program, Read More....


USATODAY.com - Resolved: Get fit for the summer

Monday, March 28, 2005


Carotenoid is Very Important for Our Wellness & Our Eyes. GAC fruit Have The Highest Carotene amongs all. Casava Leaves is 2nd turn Out Only half the contents in mc gm!!!!! Posted by Hello

Sunday, March 27, 2005

Antioxidants & Cataracts

There are two types of Cataracts

1. The Age-Related (or Senile) Cataracts and

2. The Diabetic and Galactose-induced Cataracts (sugar cataracts).


It is interesting to note that:

Cataracts are so common among older people that the odds are, if you live long enough, you will develop them.

Babies can be born with Cataracts and these are called Congenital Cataracts.

The main cause of Cataract damage is due to the Free Radical.

In the medical finding Cataract is dependant on adequate levels and activities of Glutathione, Superoxide Dimutase, Catalase, Selenium, and Vitamin E and C. These compounds all aid in preventing free radical damage to the lens of the eye.

The process of reducing of Free Radical is by Detoxin & then supplement with AntiOxidants Like Alphaha-Lipoic Acid; Carotenoids & Glutathione; Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Co-Enzyme Q10....

Always must remember that the Eyes root organ is control by the

Liver - Abstract Wood

Kidney - Abstract Water


The illness of the roots must be fix 1st. The Herbs that "I-Medicine Sutra" used to heal Eye disease is

Chrysanthemum,

Lycium Fruit,

Lycium Leaf's,

Jie Min Tze..


It further explained that if the Liver "Fire" it not put off then it would affect on vision.

Eyes is very important in our life. Need to take good care of it for its wellness. Not to lost the eyes wellness & visions.





Antioxidants and Cataracts

ALPHA-Lipoic Acid (ALA) is a vitamin-like antioxidant that is soluble in both fat and water. It is because of its unique structure that Lipoic acid is allowed into both the fatty and watery portions of the cell. This greatly enhances its ability to trap free radicals wherever they may be.

ALA is the only Antioxidant that can recycle all the network antioxidants: vitamin E, Co-Enzyme Q10, Glutathione, and vitamin C. Therefore, Lipoic acid is the antioxidant’s antioxidant and it offers powerful protection against conditions such as Cataracts, Diabetic retinopathy and neuropathy.

A Cataract is a cloudy or opaque covering that grows over the lens of the eye and impairs vision. This is caused by Free Radical damage to some of the Sulphur-containing proteins in the lens. These delicate protein fibres form white spots when they are damaged; much like the Sulphur-rich proteins of eggs when they are fried or boiled. The damaged lens cannot transmit light effectively to the retina.

Cataracts are so common among older people that the odds are, if you live long enough, you will develop them. Babies can be born with cataracts and these are called congenital cataracts.

Blurred, dimmed, or double vision and a frequent need for new eyeglass prescriptions usually raise suspicion of Cataracts. The individual may also be aware of seeing a scattering of light beams in the glare from a spotlight, headlights, or the sun.

Many factors may cause or contribute to the progression of Cataracts, including Ocular diseases, Injury or Surgery, Systemic diseases (for example diabetes mellitus), toxins, ultraviolet or radiation exposure, and hereditary disease.

There are two types of cataracts; the age-related (or senile) Cataracts and the diabetic and Galactose-induced Cataracts (sugar cataracts).

In Cataract formation, the normal protective mechanisms are unable to prevent Free Radical damage. Free radicals are highly reactive molecules that can react with and destroy protein in the lens. The lens, like many other tissues of the body, is dependant on adequate levels and activities of Glutathione, Superoxide Dimutase, Catalase, Selenium, and Vitamin E and C. These compounds all aid in preventing free radical damage to the lens of the eye.

Glutathione (GSH) is found practically in every cell and is an important weapon in the battle against Free Radicals. It is composed of 3 Amino Acids and is found at very high concentrations in the lens.

GSH plays a vital role in maintaining a healthy lens and has been postulated as a key network Antioxidant that is instrumental in getting rid of Toxins from the body. Glutathione also maintains reduced sulphur bonds within the lens proteins and acts as a Co-Enzyme of various Enzyme systems.

When we reach the age of 40, the production of glutathione begins to decline; it can drop almost 20% by the time we are 60. GSH levels are diminished in virtually all forms of Cataracts.

Alpha-lipoic acid is unique in that it is the only Antioxidant that can significantly boost the levels of glutathione in the cells. Since lipoic acid can recycle glutathione, it is a good thing. This is because, when taken orally, Glutathione is not well absorbed by the body and most of it goes to waste. Therefore, when you take lipoic acid, you are not only getting all the benefits of lipoic acid, but you are also getting an additional dose of Glutathione.

The ability to restore itself (and other Antioxidants) is one of the reasons that Alpha-Lipoic acid is so important in maintaining our Antioxidant advantage, which we need in order to defeat the forces that can age us prematurely and rob us of our health.



The Star Online: Health

Friday, March 25, 2005

The impact of vitamin A supplementation on mortality inequalities among children in Nepal -- Bishai et al. 20 (1): 60 -- Health Policy and Planning

This report finding sumed up is that:

Without vitamin A, girls in rural Nepal experience 26.1 deaths per 1000, which is 8.3 deaths more than the comparison population of boys.

With vitamin A the mortality disadvantage of girls is nearly completely attenuated, at only 1.41 additional deaths per 1000 relative to boys.

Vitamin A supplementation also narrowed mortality differentials among Hindu castes, but did not lower the concentration of mortality across quintiles of asset ownership.

The vitamin A-related attenuation in mortality disadvantage from gender and caste is statistically significant.

It really explained the importance of having Vitamine A supplements for your Wellness & Longevity.

I was not aware of the importance of Nutrition Supplement until I come to America. But there are thousnads of brand of these Supplements on the market.Do you really know what are you eating?? & How effective they are.

Anyway, Pharmanex Bio-Photonic Scanner
would answer to your concern; whether your money invested in Nutrition Supplements is actually flash out to the drain.




The impact of vitamin A supplementation on mortality inequalities among children in Nepal
David Bishai1,*, K C Samir Kumar2, Hugh Waters3, Michael Koenig1, Joanne Katz3, Subarna K Khatry4 and Keith P West, Jr.3

1 Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2 Department of Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal, 3 Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA and 4 Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project-Sarlahi, c/o Nepal Eye Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Correspondence: * Correspondence: David Bishai, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Email:Email: dbishai@jhu.edu; Fax: +1 410 955-2303

Objective: This paper examines gender, caste and economic differentials in child mortality in the context of a cluster-randomized trial of vitamin A distribution, in order to determine whether or not the intervention narrowed these differentials.

Design: The study involved secondary analysis of data from a placebo-controlled randomized field trial of vitamin A supplements. The study took place between 1989–1991 in rural Sarlahi District of Nepal, with 30 059 children age 6 to 60 months. The main outcome measures were differences in mortality between boys and girls, between highest Hindu castes and others, and between the poorest quintile and the four other quintiles.

Results: Without vitamin A, girls in rural Nepal experience 26.1 deaths per 1000, which is 8.3 deaths more than the comparison population of boys. With vitamin A the mortality disadvantage of girls is nearly completely attenuated, at only 1.41 additional deaths per 1000 relative to boys. Vitamin A supplementation also narrowed mortality differentials among Hindu castes, but did not lower the concentration of mortality across quintiles of asset ownership. The vitamin A-related attenuation in mortality disadvantage from gender and caste is statistically significant.

Conclusions: We conclude that universal supplementation with vitamin A narrowed differentials in child death across gender and caste in rural Nepal. Assuring high-coverage vitamin A distribution throughout Nepal could help reduce inequalities in child survival in this population.

Key Words: health equity • vitamin A • child mortality • Nepal


The impact of vitamin A supplementation on mortality inequalities among children in Nepal -- Bishai et al. 20 (1): 60 -- Health Policy and Planning

Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Skin Cancer & Sun Tan


Being Born in South East Asia, the Sun & humility is really something that I don't enjoy.

When I was living in Swansea in Wales. During the summer, I always spend an hour walking at the beach after Lunch. I experience & understand the British people like the natural "Sun Tan" at the beach or at the park.

After returning to Asia. I start to research into the cause of Skin Cancer for those who have liking of "Sun Tan" & Skin Cancer.

I am glad that more & more medical report have the finding proving that the Skin Cancer is to do with the Love of Sun Tan .

The following articles would gives you some insight of Skin Cancer.



Skin Cancer Facts

1. More than a million people will be diagnosed with skin cancer this year.

2. More than half of all new cancers are skin cancers.

3. One in 5 Americans will get skin cancer in the course of a lifetime.

4. One person dies every hour from skin cancer, primarily melanoma.

5. Nationally, there are more new cases of skin cancer each year than the combined incidence of cancers of the breast, prostate, lung, and colon.

6. The incidence of melanoma is increasing rapidly in women under the age of 40. It is now the most common cancer in young women aged 25-29, and second only to breast cancer in women aged 30-34.

7. Melanoma kills more young women than any other cancer.

8. In national skin cancer screenings, the majority of screenees found to have melanoma – 44% -- are white men over age 50.

9. The two groups with the highest skin cancer incidence in national screenings are men over age 50 with a changing mole or fair skin, and men under age 50 with a changing mole or fair skin.

10. The incidence of eye melanomas among white males increased 295 percent between 1973 and 1999.

11. More than 90 percent of all skin cancers are caused by sun exposure, yet fewer than 33 percent of adults, adolescents, and children routinely use sun protection.

12. Melanoma accounts for 3⁄4 of all deaths from skin cancer, which adds up to over 7900 American lives each year.

13. The risk of developing melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, has more than doubled in the past decade.

14. One in four persons who develop skin cancer is under the age of 40.

15. Almost 37 percent of white female adolescents and over 11 percent of white male adolescents between 13 and 19 years of age in the U.S. have used tanning booths.

16. The effects of photoaging (skin aging caused by the sun) can be seen as early as in one’s 20’s.

17. While melanoma is uncommon in African-Americans, Latinos, and Asians, it is most deadly for these populations.

18. Putting proven cancer prevention and early detection techniques into action could eliminate at least 100,000 cancer cases and 60,000 cancer deaths in the U.S. each year.


The Skin Cancer Foundation

Monday, March 21, 2005

Protein Key to Skin Cancer Spread Found

According to "I-Medicine Sutra" any form cancer is due to the "Dampness" & the imbalance of "Chi" the "Poison" permuntations.

The Root of Skin & Hair is the Lung. Therefore, people that have Skin Cancer is have to observe the Lung conditions. To heal the Skin illness, it is advised to examine the Lung 1st.

The Skin is mainly consist of Collagen & Elastin. The aging of collagen & Elastin would cause the aging of Skin.

Hence, what the following report finding did reconfirmed the research report of the "I-Medicine Sutra" with the mordern science.

Remember to have a beautiful & healthy Skin. You need to take care of your Lung 1st.



Protein Key to Skin Cancer Spread Found
Researchers say it's a possible target for treatment

By Ed Edelson HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- A study of children with a particularly nasty skin disease has identified a protein that enables the deadly spread of a common skin cancer.

The protein is collagen VII, one of a family of molecules that play an essential role in skin culture, says a report in the March 18 issue of Science by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Collagen VII normally keeps the outer layer of the skin anchored to the inner layer.

The researchers studied 12 children with a rare blistering skin condition called recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, which affects the bottom layer of the skin and causes not only persistent blistering, but also webbing of the fingers and toes that can require surgery.

About two-thirds of the children with the condition develop squamous cell carcinoma, the second most common skin cancer, with more than 200,000 new cases in the United States each year.

Taking tissue samples from the 12 children, Dr. Paul Khavari, a professor of dermatology at Stanford, and Dr. Susana Ortiz-Urda, a postdoctoral scholar, found that samples from four of them did not become cancerous even when molecular cancer-causing mechanisms were activated. Samples from the other eight children did turn cancerous.

Molecular studies showed that the four children whose samples did not become cancerous had a genetic mutation that caused them to have no collagen VII at all. Samples from the other children, with different mutations that produced a fragment of collagen VII, did develop into squamous cell carcinoma.

That work was done in lab tissues. The Stanford researchers then checked out the finding by transplanting human skin cancer cells into mice. Treating the mice with an antibody that blocked collagen VII prevented the cancer cells from spreading.

At least a fragment of collagen VII is required for skin cancer cells to break free and start their potentially deadly spread, Khavari said. "When we blocked this sequence, we also blocked the cancer from spreading," he added.

Two possible explanations of the effect were offered by Dr. Ervin H. Epstein Jr., a professor of dermatology at the University of California at San Francisco, and co-author of an accompanying commentary.

"One is that in order to invade surrounding tissue, cancer cells must be able to hold on," he said. "Maybe they can't hold on tightly enough. But cancer cells respond to their external environment. Without collagen VII, they could be deaf to the surrounding signals that should be given to the cells."

Epstein said he sees a "glimmer" of possible medical uses of the finding, "but whether there are immediate possibilities, I don't know."

Targeting the molecule with antibodies that would counteract its activity or prevent cancer cells from making it might help prevent their spread, "but if the skin fell off, that would not be so good," Epstein said.

Any medical application might be a "Pyrrhic victory," in which more is lost than gained, Epstein wrote, "perhaps winning the battle against squamous cell carcinoma but losing the battle against the disfiguring skin defects of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa."

More information

The facts about squamous cell carcinoma are explained by the Skin Cancer Foundation Skin Cancer Foundation
.

SOURCES: Paul Khavari, M.D., Ph.D, professor, dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif.; Ervin H. Epstein, Jr., professor, dermatology, University of California, San Francisco; March 18, 2005, Science

Thursday, March 17, 2005

Apples reduce breast cancer risk

"An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away."

As the saying above apple have many vitamin s & minerals & amino acids that good for our health.

This report certainly give good encouragement for ladies.


Apples reduce breast cancer risk

Researchers from Cornell University have found supporting evidence for the adage "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." They found breast tumour incidence fell 17%, 39% and 44% in rats fed the human equivalent of one, three or six apples a day respectively over 24 weeks. Professor David Jacobs, of the University of Minnesota, said there was "extensive evidence that extremely important health aspects of food work through the combination of substances that make up that food, a concept we call food synergy. Risk of many chronic diseases in modern life appears to be reduced by whole foods but not by isolated large doses of selected food compounds. The current work on apples and breast tumours in rats is a perfect example of this principle."

National Business Review (NBR) - Business, News, Arts, Media, Share Market & More

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Taking vitamin E 'could raise risk of heart failure'

The "I-Medicine Sutra" have said that any Herbs would have 30% of poisons characteristics.

With this report it further confirm the old saying that everything should not be over the limit. & also cannot be not be insufficient.

When in doubts please consult your health specialist.


Taking vitamin E 'could raise risk of heart failure'
By Celia Hall, Medical Editor (Filed: 16/03/2005)

Taking vitamin E to cut the risks of heart disease or cancer has no effect and might even increase the chance of heart failure, doctors said yesterday.

Researchers in Canada strongly advise against people with existing heart disease or diabetes taking vitamin E supplements.

Their study in the Journal of the American Medical Association followed patients for almost seven years and is one of the longest trials of vitamin E supplement use.

The trial, by Dr Eva Lonn of Ontario's Population Health Research Institute and McMaster University and her colleagues, involved more than 700 patients aged at least 55. They all had vascular disease or diabetes already.

Those studied received either a high dose of vitamin E or a placebo. Dr Lonn said in the journal: "Daily administration of vitamin E had no clear impact on fatal and non-fatal cancers, major cardiovascular events or deaths.

"We observed an increase in the risk of heart failure, which is of concern. Although this adverse effect of vitamin E was unexpected and cannot be confirmed at this time by other trials, our data are internally consistent."

The researchers recommend testing this finding by studying all existing trials.

"With its lack of efficacy, the potential for harm suggested by our findings strongly supports the view that vitamin E supplements should not be used by patients with vascular disease or diabetes," Dr Lonn warned.

"Our study also has wider implications. There is a tendency to accept 'natural products' [vitamins] as being safe, even if they have not been proven to be effective.

"Our findings emphasise the need to thoroughly evaluate all vitamins, natural products and complementary medicines before they are widely used for presumed health benefits."

Pamela Mason, a Health Supplements Information Service adviser, said that people with health conditions should consult doctors before taking supplements.

But she commented: "This study featured high vitamin E doses, well above the recommended daily allowance, in older patients with vascular disease or diabetes.

"There is no evidence to suggest that moderate doses of vitamin E taken by healthy adults pose any risks at all."

Telegraph | News | Taking vitamin E 'could raise risk of heart failure'

Monday, March 14, 2005

Vital Signs: Symptoms: What Blood Counts Can Tell

Women with the highest counts had twice the risk of dying from heart disease as women with the lowest counts did!!!!!

This is a very interesting study. Also, the researchers noted, that chronic inflammation may play a role in the thickening and hardening of the arteries, or atherosclerosis.

So for the Wellness, A healthy heart is very important. My recommendations is take:

Less Meat

Not Red Meat

Less Oil

No Deep Fried Food

Less Salt

Less Sugar

Take 7 to 9 Portions of Fruits & Vege

Meditations

Walk half an hour a day.

Take Carotene Supplements.



Symptoms: What Blood Counts Can Tell
By ERIC NAGOURNEY

Published: March 15, 2005

A simple look at white blood cell counts in women ages 50 to 79 may help doctors tell if the women are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, even if they have no symptoms, researchers said yesterday.

Writing in Archives of Internal Medicine, the researchers said that in postmenopausal women, an elevated white blood cell count, a sign of inflammation, appeared to be linked with greater incidence of coronary heart disease death and heart attacks.

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The study was led by Dr. Karen L. Margolis of the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.

The study is based on a review of more than 72,000 women around the country over a six-year period. The researchers correlated the women's white blood cell counts, taken at the beginning of the study, with the incidence in later years of cardiovascular disease.

The study found that women with the highest counts had twice the risk of dying from heart disease as women with the lowest counts did. They also had a 40 percent higher risk of heart attack and a 46 percent higher risk for stroke.

There is a growing body of evidence, the researchers noted, that chronic inflammation may play a role in the thickening and hardening of the arteries, or atherosclerosis.

What is not clear, the study said, is whether the higher white blood cell counts contribute to the problem or just signal it.

The New York Times > Health > Vital Signs: Symptoms: What Blood Counts Can Tell

Friday, March 11, 2005

More Ventilation May Reduce In-Flight Disease Risk

This is a valid statement. In 1994-1999, each year I flawn about 345,000 Air miles per year.

I found that if the Plane air is fresh & temperature is right, when I touch down , I have less chances of falling sick.

However, if the plane air circulation is no good, whenever I touch down, I would need to go to the doctor.

Therefore, Shuttle Bug's need to beware of these. The other thing is that the Airline's need to ensured that the inflight air quality need to be monitored constantly.


More Ventilation May Reduce In-Flight Disease Risk
Reuters Mar. 11, 2005 - By Charnicia E. Huggins

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The risk of catching an infectious illness on commercial aircraft may be reduced if the cabin air is refreshed more frequently, a new report suggests.

"Mathematical modeling of existing epidemiological information suggests that increasing the ventilation rate within the cabin can reduce the risk of infection," Dr. Mark Gendreau, of the Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Massachusetts told Reuters Health.

In the report, published in this week's issue of the Lancet medical journal, Gendreau and co-author Alexandra Mangili discuss the risk of infectious disease and methods of disease transmission during commercial air travel.

Each year, more than 1 billion men and women travel by air, and 50 million of them travel to developing nations. From the moment these passengers are strapped into their seats and an aircraft begins its ascent, they are exposed to dry humidity, close proximity to strangers and a number of other health risks.

Yet, studies show that the risk of diseases being transmitted from one passenger to another is greatly reduced by ventilation systems within the cabin, according to Gendreau and Mangili.

Much of the air in passenger cabins of commercial aircraft is recirculated, usually through a high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter so that any dust, vapors, bacteria, fungi or viral particles can be removed. However, even though most air carriers use them, HEPA filters are not required by the Civil Aviation Authority or the Federal Aviation Administration, the report indicates.

Researchers have not yet determined the risk of disease transmission inside an aircraft. Yet available data, most of which is associated with the in-flight transmission of tuberculosis, suggest that passengers seated within two rows of an affected individual on a flight that lasts more than eight hours have the greatest risk of infection.

At least one exception has been found however, when during an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), passengers who sat seven rows away were also affected.

"As the first severe contagious disease of the 21st century, SARS exemplifies the ever-present threat of new infectious diseases and the real potential for rapid spread made possible by the volume and speed of air travel," the researchers note.

Cabin ventilation may also affect the risk of disease transmission within an aircraft, the report indicates. One exchange of air is known to remove nearly two-thirds of airborne organisms and air is normally exchanged up to 20 times every 60 minutes in airline cabins. In contrast, typical office buildings have only 12 air changes during the same amount of time, the researchers note.

Results from tuberculosis-associated mathematical modeling experiments show that the risk of infection can be reduced by half by simply doubling the rate of ventilation within an aircraft cabin. What's more, that increased ventilation was shown to nearly eliminate the infection risk of passengers seated 15 seats away from an affected individual.

"Clearly ventilation provides a crucial determinant of risk, and efforts to increase ventilation will reduce risk," Gendreau and Mangili write.

Overall, the actual risk of infection is less than the perceived risk, Gendreau noted, but travelers should help protect themselves and their fellow passengers by refraining from traveling while sick. They should also follow basic precautions like washing their hands and using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer before eating and after using the bathroom, he said.

Gendreau and Mangili's review is based on a compilation of findings from previously published studies as well as information obtained from international air carriers and medical representatives from the Civil Air Authority and the Federal Aviation Administration.
ABC News: More Ventilation May Reduce In-Flight Disease Risk

Thursday, March 10, 2005

ISLET transplantation to help diabetes sufferers

This report talk about a 61 years old man have been healed with Islet transpant!!

It is a good news for all.

But my advise is that take care of the food & drinks you take & you serve to your love one. So that all can free from suffering of diabetic!!

Less Sugar is the key!!

King's breakthrough ISLET transplantation to help diabetes sufferers
09 March 2005

New breakthrough means insulin dependence could be a thing of the past for diabetes sufferers

A multidisciplinary team at King’s College Hospital has successfully achieved islet cell¹ transplantation in a Type 1² diabetes patient. This breakthrough has major implications for diabetes sufferers and has never before been achieved in the United Kingdom. The patient, a 61 year old man, now no longer needs insulin injections, following three transplants of islet cells isolated from cadaveric donor pancreases.

Historically, islet transplants have only been partially successful, in that they have reduced the amount of insulin required, but the need for regular injections still remained. The first reports of insulin independence came recently from a programme in Canada. The King’s programme is the first to report a comparable result for the UK. This patient has proved that it is possible for islet transplants to lead to freedom from administered insulin and diabetes treatment associated problems.

The patient suffered from Type 1 diabetes for over 30 years, experiencing increasing problems with his diabetes therapy. Prior to the islet transplant he endured severe, potentially life threatening hypoglycaemic³ attacks, which profoundly affected his quality of life. Following the islet transplant he is now producing his own insulin and is completely free from hypoglycaemia.

The King’s team, a collaboration between the Department of Diabetes and the Liver Unit’s transplantation team, has to date transplanted three Type 1 diabetes patients with pancreatic islet cells. The first two patients achieved partial success, achieving relief of hypoglycaemia problems, but still requiring small doses of insulin.

Islet cells are obtained from donor pancreases and are transplanted by injection, into the liver of the recipient. Once in the liver, the cells develop their own blood supply and begin producing insulin. This procedure is minimally invasive and only takes around 45 minutes to complete.

There are around 250,000 people in the UK currently suffering from Type 1 diabetes. The patients live with the constant need to be aware of their blood glucose levels and the threat of long term complications such as blindness, renal failure, amputation and cardiovascular disease. Hypoglycaemia is also an ever-present threat. Hypoglycaemia can vary from being mildly uncomfortable to life threatening. People with Type 1 diabetes often live extremely regimented lives, requiring self blood testing four times or more times per day, injecting insulin five times per day and constantly being aware of the food they eat, level of exercise and levels of alcohol consumption.

Professor Stephanie Amiel, Consultant in Diabetes commented: “This breakthough is hugely exciting. The implications for the future are enormous. Eventually, this could mean the end of insulin dependence for all Type 1 diabetes sufferers. In its current state of technology though, islet transplantation is not perfect. We do not have enough organ donors, therefore we cannot extract enough islets to help all Type 1 patients. More research needs to be done to perfect the islet isolation procedures and the drugs we use to prevent rejection of the islets and recurrence of the diabetes. At present we can therefore only offer this treatment to patients, in whom conventional treatments are failing in a major way. However, it is our aim that ultimately all people with Type 1 diabetes would become eligible for islet transplantation and free from insulin dependence.”

Mr Nigel Heaton, Consultant Liver Surgeon, commented: “This breakthrough in islet transplantation is remarkable. King’s is the first centre in the UK to achieve insulin independence in Type 1 patients. The research approach at King’s is totally multidisciplinary, with experts across specialities in diabetes, liver transplantation, cell isolation and radiology all working together.

“The result of this work will have far reaching implications, not only for Type 1 diabetes patients, but also in the wider area of cell research. We have shown that cell transplantation, with both pancreatic islet cells and previously with hepatocyte cells, can offer patients a valuable alternative to conventional treatments.”

The islet cell research has been funded by King’s College Hospital Charitable Trust and Dixons Charitable Foundation. The clinical costs are supported by Diabetes UK.

Information for patients

The islet transplantation team at King’s College Hospital has an active islet transplantation programme

This is still an experimental procedure for people with Type 1 diabetes in which pancreatic islets from human donor organs are infused into the body to try and replace some of the islet function which the patient has lost. In order to prevent rejection of the islet graft and recurrence of the diabetes, the recipient is committed to taking drugs that suppress the body’s immune system.

Islet transplantation is not yet a perfect procedure and cannot guarentee insulin independence. It can however stop recurrent severe hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar) in insulin treated patients, reduce their insulin requirements and give much better glucose control, as long as the islets survive.

You may be suitable for islet transplantation IF:

* You have Type 1 (juvenile onset, insulin dependent) diabetes and
* You are aged between 18 and 65 and
* You are using multiple daily insulin injection therapy (> 3 injections per day) and
* You are experiencing problems with SEVERE HYPOGLYCAEMIA - episodes of low blood glucose you cannot treat yourself and
* You are requiring no more than 0.7 units of insulin per kg body weight to maintain a reasonably good average blood glucose and
* You have good kidney function

If you think you may be eligible, you should discuss your interest with your usual diabetes consultant. We are happy to accept referrals. A questionnaire will be sent to you and your diabetes consultant to complete, to make sure you have no contraindications and, if appropriate, we will then offer you an appointment.

Referrals can be made in writing to:

Professor Stephanie A Amiel
Diabetes Department
King’s College Hospital,
Denmark Hill,
London SE5 9RS

And the questionnaires can be posted to you on receipt of your name, date of birth, date of diagnosis and current insulin regimen to: Sophia.Coker@kcl.ac.uk
King's College Hospital NHS Trust: King's breakthrough ISLET transplantation to help diabetes sufferers
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Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Doctors Cure Man Of Diabetes

This is A great News!!

However the Key Important for your Wellness & away from diabetes is still beware what you eat.

Less Sugar!! for Your Great Health!!

Doctors Cure Man Of Diabetes

March 10, 2005

Doctors at King's College Hospital, London, have successfully cured a man of Type 1 diabetes by injecting pancreatic cells into his liver.

The patient, a 61 year old man, now no longer needs insulin injections, following three transplants of islet cells isolated from cadaveric donor pancreases. This breakthrough has major implications for diabetes sufferers and has never before been achieved in the United Kingdom.

This patient has proved that it is possible for islet transplants to lead to freedom from administered insulin and diabetes treatment associated problems.

The patient suffered from Type 1 diabetes for over 30 years, experiencing increasing problems with his diabetes therapy. Prior to the islet transplant he endured severe, potentially life threatening hypoglycaemic attacks, which profoundly affected his quality of life. Following the islet transplant he is now producing his own insulin and is completely free from hypoglycaemia.

The King’s team, a collaboration between the Department of Diabetes and the Liver Unit’s transplantation team, has to date transplanted three Type 1 diabetes patients with pancreatic islet cells. The first two patients achieved partial success, achieving relief of hypoglycaemia problems, but still requiring small doses of insulin.

Islet cells are obtained from donor pancreases and are transplanted by injection, into the liver of the recipient. Once in the liver, the cells develop their own blood supply and begin producing insulin. This procedure is minimally invasive and only takes around 45 minutes to complete.
Doctors Cure Man Of Diabetes

A Hearty Laugh Helps Keep a Healthy Heart - Elites TV - Your Elite News Source

This is a very interesting report!! When I was teen till 40, my mom always said I am too serious in my life. never laugh. I may die of heart illness.

This reconfirmed the Guru like Buddha, Lao Tze saying of a person must use laughing to relax him/herself.

Without these scientifically prove study, people would say I just blindly belief in these Guru said.




A Hearty Laugh Helps Keep a Healthy Heart

A new study suggests that laughter actually does help keep your heart healthier by relaxing your blood vessels increasing blood flow through your body.

The study was presented at the American College of Cardiology and conducted by Michael Miller of the University of Maryland Medical Center. 20 volunteers were involved in the study. They were tested for blood pressure, cholesterol, blood-sugar levels and how their blood vessels reacted to stress and humor.

The volunteers were shown scenes from two different movies to cause stress and laughter. First, they watched the opening few minutes of Steven Spielberg's World War II epic 'Saving Private Ryan' with its bloody battle sequences. Then, for laughter, the subjects viewed a scene from the Farrelly brothers comedy 'Kingpin.'

After measuring 160 blood vessels, it was found that laughing relaxed blood vessels in 19 of the 20 volunteers in the study. Miller believes that the reaction is caused by nitric oxide which causes blood vessels to relax.

'The magnitude of change we saw is similar to the benefit we might see with aerobic activity, but without the aches, pains and muscle tension associated with exercise,' Miller said. 'When you laugh, you have less wear on your joints, and you don't have to worry about calories from chocolate. A good belly laugh a day would be a big step toward heart health.'

Miller said he hopes to replicate the study with more volunteers and over a two-to-five year period.

If the results of the study hold up, don't be surprised if your doctor tells you someday to watch two comedies and call him in the morning.

Brad Kurtzberg
A Hearty Laugh Helps Keep a Healthy Heart - Elites TV - Your Elite News Source

Tuesday, March 08, 2005

Milk isn't what makes bones strong

This is a very interesting report that Published in March Issue of The Journal Pediatrics.

No wonder, the Chinese History on acquiring wellness of bone & calcium are more relying on none soup, beans, brown or red rice.



Milk isn't what makes bones strong - (United Press International): "Milk isn't what makes bones strong


WASHINGTON, DC, Mar. 8 (UPI) -- Milk and dairy products do not promote healthy bones in kids and young adults, a Washington-based research group found after analyzing 58 studies.
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The review was prompted by a 'calcium paradox,' the researchers said. Though Americans are some of the world's highest consumers of dairy products, U.S. rates of osteoporosis and bone fracture also are among the world's highest.

The non-profit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine reported there is little connection between calcium and bone health and 'scant' evidence backing current U.S. recommendations on the intake of dairy products.

'A clear majority of the studies we examined for this review found no relationship between dairy or dietary calcium intake and measures of bone health. In the remaining reports, the evidence was sketchy,' wrote Amy Joy Lanou, lead author.

Some studies showed a small impact on bone health but, in some cases, those conclusions were confounded by use of milk fortified with vitamin D, which also is important for strong bones.

The study appears in the March issue of the journal Pediatrics."

Monday, March 07, 2005

Detoxin & Skin Care 护肤饮食排毒挽救你的暗沉肌肤

Talking about detoxin & cleansing I am giving you the following Experience.

Clean your face more regulary :

1. Warm Chrysanthemum Tea

2. For Face to be smooth & white.. a few drop of Vinegar into the warm filter water

3. Pincer of salt into honey & apply to the face., after five minutes, clean off.





当肌肤在莫名其妙间产生例如粗糙、暗沉、油腻等诸多问题时,不得不警告你,或许它已经中毒不浅。

  毒素--堪称皮肤的新型杀手,它们四处开花无孔不入,任压力繁多的现代女性何等八面玲珑,竟也无法拒“毒素”于门外,却能毁肌肤于无形。面对如此肌肤,女士们一定会想该买什么样的化妆品来进行肌肤的排毒工作?可是这样女士们的“荷包”就会日渐消瘦!

  这里小编介绍大家是的一种饮食排改毒之法,让你们在享受美食的同时,还可以使肌肤美丽重现!

食盐蜂蜜排毒法

  食盐具有消炎杀菌的功效众所周知,其实它的排毒功效亦很独到。如果你是油性肌肤中毒者,可试着将一小勺盐与蜂蜜调匀后,涂在脸上并轻轻按摩五分钟后用清水洗去。盐有深层清洁皮肤毛孔的作用,而蜂蜜水则能及时补充肌肤营养,每天早晚各一次,可帮助清除皮肤毒素。

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Getting Under Your Skin? - Is How You Care for Yourself!!

In my opinions & research the best thing to preserve the Young look on your face is not by expensive stuffs that you have paid for the Brand.

But is the knowledge of how, you use nature to heal yourself.

Dr Lowe statement below reconfirmed what I said. in my earlier posting.

The use of Night Cream & Day Cream is a must

Washing of Face to keep face clean.

Vitamine C & E can be obtained by eating 5 color of Fruits & 5 Color of Vege

Using the Egg Potein to apply 2 times a week.

Stop Smoking

Avoid expose to Hot sun

Drink enough filtered water

Drink soup every meal

Don't eat sour food.

Stop Deep Fried food

No BBQ

No Alcohol

No Late Night

Facial Massage daily

Eat Steam & boil food & Vege.

These are the common sense have been passed on for thousand of years for the pretty conditions of your Skin.




Getting under your skin?
By Shereen Low, The Journal


Beauty, Skin

Few of us are content with our complexions - how often have you stood in front of the mirror, focusing on your flaws, staring at any wrinkles, lines and saggy skin?

Not only do we start worrying about how old we look, and how youthful we'd like our skin to be, but we're also willing to spend money on products promising to turn back the years.

But according to Dr Nick Lowe, consultant dermatologist and author of Away With Wrinkles, expensive products just aren't always worth it.

"More expensive does not necessarily mean more effective. A great variety of creams can be found containing just about anything and costing a fortune to buy."

Instead, he suggests finding a cream that includes humectants such as glycerine or sodium hydronate, antioxidant mixtures like vitamin E or vitamin C, and low levels of retinoids such as retinol, retinaldehyde and vitamin A. Likewise, moisturisers with the right concentration of fruit acids can also help.

"The best time to apply a rejuvenating cream is at night, so it doesn't mix with day protection," he adds. "As for the serum and cream debate, whichever one you choose will depend on your preference.

"When you're choosing a moisturiser, beware of exotic-sounding names - check the ingredients and insist on testing it on your skin."

And if you can't decide, he suggests visiting a dermatologist. "If you have sensitive skin, skin problems like eczema, or sun damage, see a dermatologist, who will be able to give you impartial and sensible advice on what to use."

You should also start protecting your skin as early as possible, to reduce the risk of skin cancer and ageing, he stresses.

"If you have been exposed to the sun, you've used tanning beds irresponsibly, or you smoke, you may see accelerated signs of ageing. As soon as you see those early signs, you should start using creams or procedures, if that's what is needed.

"The treatments you choose to have will depend on how aggressive those signs are on your skin, and also how it impacts on your life. Chemical peels, microdermabrasion and fillers like Botox can look natural and not grotesque."

If you have your heart set on cosmetic surgery, Nick has some tips. "If you're considering surgery, go and see a trained specialist and don't get hoodwinked into advertising claims.

"Find out about the different skin-rejuvenating procedures, and don't get pushed or rushed into anything. Cosmetic surgery is not an emergency, so take the time to do your homework - arm yourself with knowledge.

"Ask if the specialist will do the treatment themselves - Botox and filler injections should never be delegated."

WHAT REALLY WORKS

It may sound like a cliche, but giving up smoking, wearing sunscreen, drinking plenty of water and reducing your alcohol and caffeine intake really do help.

Eating nutrient-rich foods like fruits, vegetables, grains and beans are natural antioxidants, and exercising will improve blood flow and oxygen delivery to the skin - both can lead to younger-looking, healthier and more radiant skin.

Nick also bursts the myth about facial exercises, saying: "The commonly-held belief that facial muscles should be toned and exercised in order to delay ageing of the face is nothing more than a beauty-industry and media-hyped myth.

"For most of the face, the reverse is true, and exercising the muscles of the upper face by increasing muscle action in that area can lead to a significantly increased number of lines around the eyes, forehead and mouth." Read More.....
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