Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

Pure pomegranate is the best

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Fruits are the natural resource that comes with excellent properties. It leads the front against herbs as it can be consumed at any time without any restriction. One such fruits, like apple which as tremendous property is pomegranate. Pomegranate juice is getting popular these days due to the awareness of this basic quality.

We can achieve balance in our body with the consumption of pure pomegranate juice. These are used for treating the prostate cancer. It will control and keep PSA level stable in men who are in prostate cancer condition. Pomegranate juice as considered as the best for reducing even the diabetics. It will slowly build the immunity power and restrict the sugar level on our body. Many research papers say that 100% pomegranate juice will have great benefits against the diabetics.

Apart form the medical significance, this juice is good for your health. It will maintain the body temperature when taken it at summer seasons. Pure pomegranate juice has become ideal these days until we prepare it at our home. The response will be rapid as we are taking it in the form of liquid. Hence try to search for pure pomegranate juice and lead your life with healthy body.

Fat Burners for Weight Loss

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Food we eat gets digested by acids present in the stomach. Energy produced in that process is sent to all parts of body. Some essential vitamins and proteins present in food help in strengthening bones and muscles. Fat present in food items is not digested by enzymes produced in the stomach. This undigested fat occupies areas like abdomen, buttocks, and thighs. Fat molecules increase weight of the body. In order to decrease overweightedness people should use fat burners. Fat burners are special diet pills, which break fat molecules and decrease weight of body.

Top fat burners available in the market have the ability to break fat molecules and decrease weight permanently. These products are free from side effects. Top 10 diet pills available in market are Clinicallix, Nuphedragen, 7-DFBX, Noxycut, Curvatrim, Orovo Detox, Ambislim PM, Hydroxy Cut Hardcore, 72 Hour slimming pill, and LipoSeduction 2250. Importance of these products may vary from person to person.

Superdrine is an effective fat burner. Pills of consist of 10mg of ephedra alkaloids. Recently Hoodia has also been added to the top 10 products list. This pill is made from the stem of the Hoodia plant found in the great African desert. Hoodia helps in reducing hunger.

Need a Dog Bite Layer in California? Know Your Rights!

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Everyday, many people are bitten by dogs. Dogs attack for many reasons, and many times the bites are unwarranted. If you are ever attacked by a dog, try to identify it and find out who the owners are. You may be entitled to compensation. You can find out how good your chances are by consulting with dog bite attorneys. Los Angeles is known to be the home of many dangerous dogs, so if you live in or around that area, then odds are you’ve come across mean dogs a time or two.

Getting medical help for a dog bite is expensive. Sometimes even surgery is required. With a good dog bite lawyer in California, you may be able to get all your medical expenses paid for. You should get medical treatment and make your claim as soon as possible. Not only will it help your chances of winning the lawsuit, but you’ll also be bringing other families’ attention to the dog.

Good, experienced dog bite attorneys in Los Angeles will help you every step of the way. All you have to do is contact one right away for a consultation, so that you can learn about your rights and options.

One in six Swedish children overweight: study

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

One in six Swedish five-year-olds is overweight, mainly due to lack of exercise, a study of 17,000 children showed Tuesday.

More than 17 percent of five-year-olds were heavier than they should be, with “12.9 percent overweight and 4.3 percent obese,” the report said.

The study, conducted by doctoral student Karina Huus at Linkoeping University, tracked babies born in southeastern Sweden between October 1997 and October 1999.

They were measured at birth, one year, two-and-a-half years, five years and eight to nine years of age. The parents also filled in questionnaires, including information about their children’s eating habits.

Low physical activity was associated with higher weights while certain foods, such as sugar-sweetened fruit drinks “may contribute to overweight/obesity at five years” of age while porridge may protect children at two-and-a-half years of age.

The report also showed that children whose parents were better educated, especially the father, had a lower chance of becoming fat.

In 2006, Sweden announced it would begin screening four-year-olds as part of their routine check-ups following a slew of reports showing an increased incidence of Sweden’s traditionally healthy children being overweight or obese.

Family: Octuplets’ mother has 6 other children

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

The woman who gave birth to octuplets this week has six other children and never expected to have eight more when she took fertility treatment, her mother said.

Angela Suleman said her daughter expects a big challenge raising 14 children. The good news, she said, is all the babies appear healthy.

“I looked at those babies. They are so tiny and so beautiful,” Suleman told The Los Angeles Times on Thursday.

Suleman’s daughter gave birth to the octuplets Monday at a hospital in Bellflower but has requested that doctors keep her name confidential. Media knew little about the woman until a family acquaintance told CBS’ “The Early Show” on Thursday that the mother is “fairly young” and lives with her parents and her six children.

Within hours, media had camped out at the family’s home in Whittier, where the babies’ grandfather pulled up in a minivan in the evening and briefly spoke to The Associated Press. Beside him were two children — a 7-year-old and 6-year-old — who said they were excited to have eight new siblings.

But the grandfather warned that media may have a tougher time finding the family after the babies are released from the hospital.

“We have a huge house, not here,” said the man, who would only identify himself as Ed. “You are never going to know where it is.”

The mother also has two children, ages 5 and 3, and 2-year-old twins, neighbors told the Times.

Suleman said her daughter had embryos implanted last year, and after finding out she was pregnant with multiple babies was given the option by doctors of selectively reducing the number of embryos. The woman declined.

“What do you suggest she should have done? She refused to have them killed,” Suleman told the Times. “That is a very painful thing.”

Dr. Harold Henry said the woman was already pregnant when she came to Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center, and she was counseled about the risks of her pregnancy and on the option of aborting some of the fetuses. Doctors had been expecting only seven babies, but an eighth was born in the cesarean delivery.

The six boys and two girls, the second octuplets born alive in the United States, have garnered worldwide attention as media have attempted to find out more about the mother and her family. Hours after media gathered outside the Whittier home, Kaiser issued a statement on behalf of the mother requesting privacy.

“Please know, in our own time, we will share additional details about this miraculous experience,” the statement read. “The babies continue to grow strong everyday and make good progress. My family and I are ecstatic about all of their arrivals. Needless to say the eighth was a surprise to us all, but a blessing as well.”

Dr. Mandhir Gupta said seven of the babies were breathing without assistance. One was still receiving oxygen through a tube in his nose.

Seven of the infants were being tube-fed donated breast milk. One of the boys was expected to begin feedings Friday.

All babies continued to receive an intravenous nutritional combination. They were expected to remain in the hospital for several more weeks.

Some fertility specialists have said the children face increased health risks because they are octuplets and born nine weeks premature. At birth, they ranged between 1 pound, 8 ounces and 3 pounds, 4 ounces.

Doctors say they advise against higher-order births, but acknowledge the decision is not theirs to make.

“Who am I to say that six is the limit?” said Dr. Jeffrey Steinberg, medical director of Fertility Institutes, which has clinics in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York City. “There are people who like to have big families.”

Dr. James Grifo, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the NYU School of Medicine, added: “I don’t think it’s our job to tell them how many babies they’re allowed to have. I am not a policeman for reproduction in the United States. My role is to educate patients.”

Handling the Legal Side of Your Accident

Friday, January 16th, 2009

If you are trying to get the compensation that you deserve after an auto accident, then you are going to have to go a few things. You will have to do a few things for yourself. The first thing could be adopting an attitude of cynicism toward the insurance company. After that, you just have to hire one of the qualified auto accident lawyers Los Angeles. They will be able to handle the insurance company and save you a lot of trouble later on in your case.

The cynicism can even be ignored if you hire a lawyer soon enough. The problem is that the insurance company will usually do everything that they can do to reduce your payout. They are not your friend. This means a lot of confusing paperwork and a lot of secretive efforts to record you discussing the case. Any wrong move could really hurt you down, the line. The best thing that you can do is ignore their efforts and refer them to your attorney. Don’t let them record you and just politely make official meetings with your lawyer.

Auto accident attorney Los Angeles will also make the rest of the case fairly easy. Most personal injury cases don’t go to court. The majority just end in a settlement that is agreeable to both parties. This is actually your ultimate goal, since the strain of a court trial shouldn’t be taken lightly. Having an attorney will do a lot to make them respect you and offer a reasonable settlement early.

Structure of key Ebola protein discovered

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Scientists at Iowa State University have come a step closer to finding how to counter the Ebola virus.key-structure-of-ebola-virus Structure of key Ebola protein discovered

They have now unfolded the structure from a key part of the Ebola protein known as VP35.

VP35 interferes with the natural resistance of host cells against viral infections.

“Usually when viruses infect cells, the host immune system can fight to eventually clear the virus. But with Ebola infections, the ability of the host to mount a defence against the invading virus is lost,” said Gaya Amarasinghe, an assistant professor in biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology, who led the study.

He explained that this is because the VP35 protein interferes with the host’’s innate immune pathways that form the first line of defence against pathogens.

In the research, scientists wanted to understand host-viral interactions and thus used a combination of X-ray crystallography and nucleic magnetic resonance spectroscopy to solve the structure using non-infectious protein samples.

And as the structure from a key part of VP35 is now known, the information can be used as a template for anti-viral drug discovery.

“The next step is to use this structure to identify and design drugs that potentially bind with VP35,” he said.

By finding a drug that inhibits VP35 function, it is possible to neutralize the Ebola virus.

“Without functional VP35, the Ebola virus cannot replicate so it is noninfectious,” said Amarasinghe.

The Ebola virus can cause hemorrhagic fever that is usually fatal.

The findings of the study are published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Popular New Year resolutions ‘improve sexual health’

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Finding it hard to stick to your New Year resolutions? Well, then here’s something that would offer you the much-needed motivation: researchers have found that many popular pledges actually improve urologic or sexual health.For men who have vowed to lose weight this year, your New Year resolution can help resolve erectile dysfunction.

Morbid obesity, as well as other conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and smoking can adversely affect sexual dysfunction.

“This study showed that weight loss and other risk factors for ED that are alleviated by weight loss may be keys to restoring sexual function,” said Anthony Y. Smith, MD.

For those who have promised to kick the butt, quitting cigarettes can help decrease bladder cancer risk. The researchers have found that only about 33 percent of people know that smoking is a leading risk factor for the disease,

American Cancer Society estimates that smokers are twice as likely to get bladder cancer as non-smokers.

Men who have pledged to give up high cholesterol food, lowering the levels will not only protect them against heart disease, it will also help in managing the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level. A study of 1,214 men without prostate cancer at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center in North Carolina shows that PSA levels were lower among men with lower total and LDL cholesterol levels.“We don’t understand exactly how cholesterol affects prostate health. But, we are finding that that there is an important link. Thus, managing your cholesterol level may not only reduce the risk of heart disease, but improve prostate health,” said Dr Stephen J. Freedland.

Stress can contribute to erectile dysfunction (ED), the inability to achieve or maintain an erection.

For men who are finding it difficult to reduce stress, experts have cautioned that they should see a doctor if the problem persists.

Improving the overall health will lead to improved sexual and urologic health.

Zimbabwe cholera death toll tops 1,700: WHO

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Zimbabwe’s cholera epidemic is picking up speed, with a total of 1,732 deaths out of 34,306 cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday.

A cholera update dated January 5 showed a further 59 deaths and 731 new cases, up from 32 deaths and 379 fresh cases reported the previous day, it said.

The epidemic is adding to the humanitarian crisis in the country, where President Robert Mugabe and the opposition are deadlocked over a power-sharing deal and the veteran leader is resisting Western calls to step down.

The waterborne disease, which causes severe diarrhea and dehydration, has spread to all of Zimbabwe’s 10 provinces because of the collapse of health and sanitation systems.

On Monday Health Minister David Parirenyatwa said the epidemic could get worse as the rainy season develops.

The rainy season peaks in January or February and ends in late March. Floods, which can affect Zimbabwe’s low-lying areas, may increase the spreading of the disease.

“Social service delivery is collapsing, notably education, health and water supply infrastructure,” said the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

It said the U.N.’s World Food Programme (WFP) planned to help feed 4.5 million people a month until March when the main cereal harvest is due to start, while the Consortium for Southern Africa Food Security Emergency (C-SAFE) would handle another 1.8 million over the same period.

“WFP and C-SAFE pipelines combined will assist more than 50 percent of the population of Zimbabwe with food,” OCHA said.

The ‘not so old’ suffer from Alzheimer’s too: study

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Alzheimer’s disease affects not only the elderly, said a study Monday that found 14 percent of the estimated 500,000 Canadians suffering from dementia are under the age of 65.

The Alzheimer Society warned that an expected doubling of cases in the coming two decades, due to the aging population and the trend toward earlier diagnosis, risks overwhelming Canada’s health care system.

“As it stands today, the number of Canadians living with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia will double within a generation,” Ray Congdon of the Alzheimer Society said in a statement.

“This new data only reinforces the fact that Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are a rising concern in this country, an epidemic that has the potential to overwhelm the Canadian health care system.”

In the meantime, businesses and industry sectors “are also being affected as our boomer generation, a generation of leaders and mentors, are affected by dementia,” said the Canadian society’s chief executive Scott Dudgeon.

More than 70,000 Canadians diagnosed with Alzheimer’s are under age 65, and around 50,000 of them are under age 60, the society said.

Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder that manifests itself as premature senility.

Studies have shown it to be associated with plaques in the brain and according to the Alzheimer’s Society, one in 11 Canadians over age 65 suffer from it.