WLS Week 31 + 32 Post-Op Update - Surgery Journal
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วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 31 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2555
WLS Week 31 + 32 Post-Op Update
weight loss surgery, wls, gastric bypass, roux-en-y, update, journal, diary, week 31, week 32, post-op, katiejuly
วันพุธที่ 30 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2555
A Soda a Day: How is it Affecting Your Weight?
Many population limit themselves to one soda a day especially those seeing for a quick sugar or caffeine boost. However, new study shows that daily soda may be affecting your weight more than you think. A recent study in the Journal of American curative association showed that women who drink soda or fruit punch every day gain weight quickly and face a primary risk of type Ii diabetes.
The study which analyzed more than 50,000 American nurses found that those who drank just one serving of soda or fruit punch a day tended to gain more weight than those who drank less than one a month. One serving is equivalent to one 12-ounce can of soda or one 8-ounce cup of fruit punch. The bottles of soda and fruit punches you find most often in vending machines are often 2-3 servings, which make these findings even more foremost since many population may be taking in more than one serving a day.
Surgery Journal:A Soda a Day: How is it Affecting Your Weight?
Over an mean of four years, researchers found that the women who gained the most weight were those who increased their intake of quarterly sodas or fruit punch from one or fewer per week to one or more per day. Such women gained an mean of 10.3 pounds, compared with an mean of slightly less than three pounds for those who consumed one drink or less per week.
In addition, those who had one or more drinks containing sugar or corn syrup per day were 83 percent more likely to produce Type 2 diabetes than those who drank less than one such drink per month. It is also curious to note that Type 2 Diabetes rose by 60% between 1990-2001.
The findings in this study recommend that there is something especially unhealthy about fat consumed in liquid form, said Caroline M. Apovian of the Boston University School of Medicine, who wrote an editorial accompanying the findings.
"It seems that when you drink your fat as opposed to eating them, your body may not sense that you've just taken in those fat and your appetite doesn't seem to compensate," Apovian said. "The appetite circuit might not be programmed to register liquid calories."
The take home part is use soda as a once in awhile treat but avoid drinking them every day for your health's sake.
© Meri Raffetto, 2005
Surgery Journal:A Soda a Day: How is it Affecting Your Weight?วันอังคารที่ 29 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2555
1 Week Post-Op
1 Week Post-Op - Surgery Journal
Today is exactly 1 week after having Gastric Bypass Surgery. Just talking about it and showing my incisions. (For Fun open this video www.youtube.com in another window and play it next to this one)
Today is exactly 1 week after having Gastric Bypass Surgery. Just talking about it and showing my incisions. (For Fun open this video www.youtube.com in another window and play it next to this one)
wls, gastric, bypass, surgery, journal, RNY, bariatric, week, update, Post-op, pink, hair
วันจันทร์ที่ 28 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2555
Dr. Beyer - American Health Journal - Partial Knee Replacement
Dr. Beyer - American Health Journal - Partial Knee Replacement - Surgery Journal
Dr. Beyer appears on American Health Journal and discusses partial knee replacement.
Dr. Beyer appears on American Health Journal and discusses partial knee replacement.
Alan Beyer, American Health Journal, Partial Knee Replacement, Hoag Orthopedics, Joint Replacement, Newport Orthopedic Institute
วันอาทิตย์ที่ 27 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2555
Hip Fractures - A Guide For saving
Hip Fracture Basics: Types and Causes of Broken Hips
Hip fractures are serious injuries that often want surgery to repair. Every year in the United States alone over 300,000 population suffer broken hips and want hospitalization. Of that number, over half of those population suffering a hip fracture are over the age of 80.
Bone density, age, and other healing conditions can all conduce to the likelihood of a broken hip, but ordinarily a fracture occurs because of some sort of trauma to the area, like a fall. Most hip fractures in the elderly are caused by falls, while in younger patients - car accidents and other high impact injuries are the most likely causes.
Surgery Journal:Hip Fractures - A Guide For saving
Elderly women and other patients with osteoporosis are at a greater risk of suffering a broken hip in the event of a fall. Because osteoporosis weakens the skeletal law by causing loss of bone mass - bones and joints are at a greater risk of fracturing in the event of trauma.
Hip fractures are of course the breaking of the femur (the bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee) inside or near the hip joint. Hip fractures are ordinarily placed into 2 main classifications - a Femoral Neck Fracture or an Intertrochanteric Fracture. Both of these types of fractures are very serious and in most cases will necessitate surgery to fix the fractures.
Femoral Neck Fracture
The femoral neck is just below the head (top) of the femur. A femoral neck fracture ordinarily occurs within 1 to 2 inches from the end of the femur.
Intertrochanteric Fracture
This fracture occurs within 3 to 4 inches of the head of the femur and commonly requires the use of a metal plate and screw to hold the bone in place while it heals - allowing the head of the femur to continue inviting commonly in the hip socket.
Though hip fractures are ordinarily caused by a serious trauma - a fall or a high impact injury - other factors can conduce to the risk of sustaining a broken hip.
Age
Statistics show that age is a large factor. The majority of hip related injuries and fractures occur in population over 80. There are two main reasons why this may be true: bone density loss and the proximity of other healing conditions affecting balance and mobility. But also effecting elderly patients are normal aging issues like loss of foresight and a decreasing or weakening sense of balance.
Medical Conditions
Osteoporosis puts patients at an even higher risk for breaking a hip naturally because it reduces bone density. There are a number of other healing conditions that will also lead up to and growth chances of developing osteoporosis which in turn can lead to increased risks for hip fractures.
The development of other diseases and conditions like Parkinson's disease which effect a person's mobility and balance can conduce to an increased risk of falling and breaking a hip as well. Diabetes, arthritis, and similar diseases can also effect a person's action levels which in turn increases risk.
Physical Inactivity
Because corporal inactivity can lead to the weakening of bones, tendons, and muscles - it can also conduce to a higher risk of fracturing vital bones and joints. corporal inactivity can in turn lead to other conditions such as obesity and weight gain which can put a larger strain on a weakening bone structure. Maintaining a quarterly corporal action program will often sacrifice a patient's risk of hip fracture.
Mortality Rates and base Problems related with Hip Fractures
Hip fractures are serious injuries that want immediate healing concentration because there are a number of problems and conditions that can arise because of the broken bone. Studies have shown that mortality rates following a hip fracture can be rather high for a number of reasons which consist of the development of other serious healing conditions (blood clots and infections) as well as the age of the patient at the time of the injury (since the majority of fractures occurs among seniors).
A study published in the British healing Journal places mortality rates within one year of suffering a fractured hip at 20%. And this number only increases with the age of the patient - as many as 33% of patients over the age of 80 die within a year of breaking a hip. The 30 day mark following surgery for a fractured hip is high in this population also - advent in at about 10%.
A number of factors conduce to these high numbers. Post-operative complications like infections (i.e. Pneumonia or bronchitis) are hazardous factors. The normal health of the patients involved in the study also contributes to the high mortality rates. Because as we talked about, a number of other conditions can growth a patients risk of breaking a hip. These same conditions (obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis, Parkinson's, and others) can also make rescue more difficult.
Mobility factors growth risk as well. Because a broken hip makes it even more difficult for patients to get allowable exercise, the total deterioration of the body due to inactivity can bring about other health problems or exasperate existing conditions like heart disease. For patients that are bedridden following surgery, pressure sores and infections become an increased risk.
Overall, the normal health of a patient prior to the sustained injury and following surgery is going to play extremely in determining the likelihood of the patient's unblemished recovery. This is why younger patients tend to recover more fully and swiftly as they are less likely to have preexisting healing conditions that are going to be worsened by the injury.
Mortality rates and other complications decrease significantly in patients that work hard at maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle regardless of age. Often for these folks - a broken hip is a temporary setback, though it is still a serious injury. rescue though will often be a lot simpler if the patient has maintained normal good health prior to fracturing their hip.
How Hip Fractures are Treated
In most cases, a hip fracture is going to want surgery. In cases where surgery is not possible because of an illness or other factor - traction may be used. In those cases without surgery - the main medicine for a broken hip relies generally on pain reduction.
Both types of hip fractures - the femoral neck fracture and the intertrochanteric fracture - want surgery. The exact procedure is slightly dissimilar for each type.
Intertrochanteric Fracture Surgery
When the break is lower on the femur as in an intertrochanteric fracture (occurring 3 to 4 inches from the head of the femur) a dissimilar procedure is ordinarily used. Doctors will attach a metal plate to the side of the femur and insert a metal hip compression screw into the femur. This compression screw and plate allows the bone fragments to compress together and mend themselves.
Femoral Neck Fracture Surgery
With a femoral neck fracture, surgery will ordinarily involve one of three types of procedures: metal screws, replacing part of the femur, or total hip replacement.
Using metal screws, the surgeon will align the bones and fix them in place with three long metal screws which will remain in place and not be removed. These screws serve to allow the bones to mend back together as well as strengthen that section of the femur.
If the doctors are unable to align the bones in a way that will allow them to heal properly, they will commonly effort a procedure known as a hemiarthroplasty. This involves removing and replacing the damaged head and neck of the femur with a metal prosthesis.
Total hip exchange is the most invasive of the three options. If for some reason, the socket joint in the hip is damaged - total hip exchange might be the best option. In this procedure, the surgeons will not only replace the top quantum of the femur, but also the joint section of the pelvic bone. One of the benefits of total hip exchange is that it allows patients to become mobile again sooner after the surgery than other options. This can help to preclude other complications related with major surgery from developing.
Hospital stays after surgery for a hip fracture can vary in length - although the mean stay in the hospital ordinarily lasts a week. The majority of patients will want corporal therapy for a long period following the surgery to recover completely. Older and less mobile patients may even have to look to a long term care premise if they don't have available help or care at home.
Help With rescue and arresting of Hip Fractures
Exercise and corporal action is a key in helping with both rescue from a hip fracture and arresting of those fractures. Because mobility is miniature following surgery for hip fractures, the use of a rolling walker is often a good idea for elderly patients as it will help them get the practice to speed up healing and also help to preclude other fall from aggravating the injury further.
Everyday tasks will probably become a miniature more difficult for a patient recovering from hip fracture surgery. Things like bending over to tie shoes or getting dressed in the morning will want a miniature bit of extra effort. Lifting the affected leg into bed or onto the couch will also become more difficult at times during the recovery. There are quite a few products like extended shoe horns and leg lifters which can ease the pain and strangeness of recovery.
Often times, simple tasks that are taken for granted become more complicated. Bathing for example is an daily thing that becomes tough following hip surgery. A toady on an extended handle or a bath bench become tools which can of course help.
To make rescue easier, the purchase of a "hip kit" is a small venture for quite a bit of help. base items that you'll find in a hip kit include:
- Long Handled Sponges
- Long Handled Shoe Horn
- A Dressing Stick
- Extendable Reachers or Grabbers
- Leg Lifters
Mobility and corporal therapy are both important factors in helping to speed up recovery. Full use of the hip will take some time, but in patients that were healthy prior to the surgery, a full rescue is possible and likely.
Exercise is a major factor in rescue as well as the arresting of other complications arising because of the surgery. Any help that a patient can enlist - either from house or considerable healing practitioners is going to aid them in recovery.
Prevention Tips
Learning how to preclude falls is other factor that is going to seriously limit the likelihood of breaking a hip.
* building railings or ramps to help with stairs around the home is a good idea.
* Installing rails next to the toilet and in the bathtub or shower is other preventative measure. They're also great ideas to help somebody who is trying to recover from hip surgery since their mobility will be more miniature for a time.
* Rearranging furniture to allow for clear paths.
* Check rugs and carpets for slippage or places somebody could trip.
* think the use of a hip protector - a low profile pad that you wear below your clothing and over your hip to help dispell any impact from a fall.
* Keep cords stowed safely away.
* Place used items in easy to reach places - avoid step stools and ladders where balance might be lost.
* Make sure areas of the home and yard are well lit. Being able to see a hazard is half the battle.
* Wear practical shoes that are non-slip.
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can also decrease your risk of breaking a hip. Not only exercise, but allowable food is important.
* Weight Bearing practice - Helps to fight bone density loss and works to speak the force of tendons and muscles that support the joints. Not only that, but commonly walking or exercising will help to speak your sense of balance and agility - development the likelihood of a fall less likely.
* Smoking - Believe it or not, smoking of course works to sacrifice your bone density. So not only can it cause cancer - but it can weaken your bones.
* Calcium and Vitamin D - allowable food and watching levels of calcium in your diet (through foods or supplements) will work to speak your bone density so that in the event of a fall, you are less likely to fracture your hip. Vitamin D is also a key component of this process as it helps your body dispell and process calcium.
Other Hip Fracture Resources
There are a ton of available resources on the web these days that can help you in the arresting of or rescue from a hip fracture. The following is a listing and review of some great web sites and articles if you would like more facts on hip fracture prevention, treatment, and recovery.
The Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic is a extremely respected non-profit society and clinic that maintains clinics in Minnesota, Arizona, and Florida. They also have a very informative web site that is a great resource for countless healing conditions. The section of the web site on hip fractures is very in depth and organized in a way that you can find facts very of course on arresting of hip fractures or help with rescue from hip surgery.
Care.com
Care.com is an inviting web site in that it deals with the care of patients following surgeries like total hip replacement. On this web site you'll find questions and tips related to helping patients or parents who are going through a difficult hip surgery recovery.
Advice on how to deal with the healing health is provided, as well as guidance on how to help the patient mentally get through the rescue is discussed.
This web site also provides way to a network of caregivers and aid providers in your area if you need additional help with recovering from hip surgery. You can find providers for any level of help that might be needed, from full time care to part time help with housework and chores. The great thing about this aid is that you can post your needs and interview possible caregivers as well as look at a background check.
EveryDayHealth.com
Maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle are the best preventative measures that you can take towards avoiding a hip fracture. Working as an online society and resource, EveryDayHealth.com is a great resource and web site to use to speak that active and healthy lifestyle.
Nutrition facts and tools like their 'meal planner' and 'weight tracker' are great ways to make sure you are doing everything you can to stay healthy. Participating in the society forums is also a great way to meet other population facing the same issues or working towards the same goals.
Hip fractures are a base injury, especially among the elderly - so reaching out to a society like EveryDayHealth will give you the chance to find comprehension support of what it is you might be going through following hip surgery.
Finding the allowable support, healing care, and tools to aid in the rescue from hip fracture surgery is a key component to reducing the strangeness and likelihood of complications from a broken hip. either you have experienced a hip fracture or are just curious in the arresting of a future injury - there's a myriad of online resources available to help you in that quest.
Surgery Journal:Hip Fractures - A Guide For savingวันเสาร์ที่ 26 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2555
Tommy John Surgery
Tommy John Surgery - Surgery Journal
Brief description of injury to the ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow and surgical treatment.
Brief description of injury to the ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow and surgical treatment.
elbow, Clayton Lane, ulnar collateral, pitcher, injury, pain, orthopedic surgery, bonebreak, Mobile AL, sports medicine, ligament tear, AOC
วันศุกร์ที่ 25 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2555
change is calling
change is calling - Surgery Journal
Congratulations to both Connie and Angie for their surgery dates! Support the WLSFA! Head on out to the mother of them all Meet and Greets... Las Vegas, Baby! Thanks to all of you here on youtube, the wls community on Facebook, and my family and friends for all of your support. Thank you, Simon, my little brother for inspiring me to make this video. Got nothing but love for you, brother! And special thanks to Rolando for allowing me to use "my song" at the end of this video, a song he composed and is playing... I love you for that... And to that little posse of friends.. the 85 boys and girls.. thank you for lifting me up each and every time I needed it.. I love you all and I am grateful to have you in my life... Song featured: "It's times like these" Lyrics: I am a one way motorway I'm the one that drives away Then follows you back home I am a street light shining I'm a wild light blinding bright Burning off alone It's times like these you learn to live again It's times like these you give and give again It's times like these you learn to love again It's times like these time and time again I am a new day rising I'm a brand new sky To hang the stars upon tonight I am a little divided Do I stay or run away And leave it all behind? It's times like these you learn to live again It's times like these you give and give again It's times like these you learn to love again It's times like these time and time again Copyright Notice: The content of this video is protected under ...
Congratulations to both Connie and Angie for their surgery dates! Support the WLSFA! Head on out to the mother of them all Meet and Greets... Las Vegas, Baby! Thanks to all of you here on youtube, the wls community on Facebook, and my family and friends for all of your support. Thank you, Simon, my little brother for inspiring me to make this video. Got nothing but love for you, brother! And special thanks to Rolando for allowing me to use "my song" at the end of this video, a song he composed and is playing... I love you for that... And to that little posse of friends.. the 85 boys and girls.. thank you for lifting me up each and every time I needed it.. I love you all and I am grateful to have you in my life... Song featured: "It's times like these" Lyrics: I am a one way motorway I'm the one that drives away Then follows you back home I am a street light shining I'm a wild light blinding bright Burning off alone It's times like these you learn to live again It's times like these you give and give again It's times like these you learn to love again It's times like these time and time again I am a new day rising I'm a brand new sky To hang the stars upon tonight I am a little divided Do I stay or run away And leave it all behind? It's times like these you learn to live again It's times like these you give and give again It's times like these you learn to love again It's times like these time and time again Copyright Notice: The content of this video is protected under ...
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วันพุธที่ 23 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2555
Breast Cancer The Cure
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Breast Cancer The Cure
There is no known cure for breast cancer. More than 1.5 million citizen will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year worldwide. Scientists don't know why most women get breast cancer, yet breast cancer is the most frequent tumor found in women the world over. A woman who dies of breast cancer is robbed of an average of nearly 20 years of her life. Breast cancer knows no public boundaries. It’s a disease that can affect anyone. Some foremost women who’s lives that have been touched by breast cancer comprise Jill Eikenberry actress age 52; Peggy Fleming age 49 form skater; Kate Jackson age 50 (Charlies Angels); Olivia Newton-John age 50 actress singer; Nancy Reagan age 77 former first lady; Melissa Etheridge age 43 singer; and the gorgeous Suzanne Summers actress. These high rates of breast cancer are not approved to the women of the world and must be met with scientific explore that provides results.
Surgery Journal:Breast Cancer The Cure
Despite over a decade of research, and more than .7 billion spent, hundereds of women worldwide are dying from breast cancer every day. Yet doctors don’t know how breast cancer starts or how to cure it. Doctors are still approaching medicine for breast cancer in the same old fashioned ways: surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Barbarick treatments…And scientists keep doing the same old redundant explore that’s plainly not working. It doesn’t have to be that way. Gen Cells Cures is a scientific biotechnology firm that is focused on a cure for breast cancer. The firm is dedicated to curing breast cancer before it’s too late for you. We’re not interested in a cure in five, ten, or twenty years from now. We want your cure for breast cancer within a year or two. We don’t want you to have to under go surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or take toxic drugs.
Why Gen Cells Cures? You can quest the medical journals; you can quest the internet until your blue in the face. You will find the same old news which is no new news about breast cancer explore and treatments. Breast cancer explore is locked up in a black whole. Gen Cells Cures is approaching the cure for breast cancer from distinct angles and using tomorrow’s scientific technologies today. Our expertise is in stem cell explore and genomics. Malfunctioning stem cells have already been linked to the amelioration of breast cancer. We’re not talking about using generic stem cells from an egg and sperm cell. There is no genetic match for you with the politically controversial generic stem cells that are all the time in the news. The isolation of cancer stem cells, coupled with our understanding of genetic mutations causing cancer, and our knowledge of genomics will result in ways to eliminate cancer cells while sparing normal breast tissues.
Genetics and Breast Cancer
People will tell you to accept what you can’t change…Your genetics, your genes, the genes your mom and father handed you when you were born that came with their singular genetic make-up. Most inherited cases of breast cancer have been linked with two genes: Brca1 and Brca2. The past five years has been a duration of unparalleled discovery in the field of genetics, genomics, and stem cell research, but these discoveries are not being applied to breast cancer treatments. A job that Gen Cells Cures assuredly wants to get our hands dirty in. Recently researchers have found that by blocking a gene called beta1-integrin the increase of tumor cells can be stopped. When this gene was removed the tumor cells quit growing. You don’t have to accept the genes that you were given at birth. Gen Cells Cures will be able to manipulate your genes to cure your breast cancer.
Our Cancer Stem Cell and Genomics schedule will bring together the top scientific minds in the world under one tin roof to maximize the use of diverse approaches to the understanding of cancer genomics fused with stem cell solutions. Gen Cells Cures isn’t finding for a multi-million dollar biomedical explore center like the Stowers originate in Kansas City, which is a medical center to be admired. A rented tin shack will do just fine. Of course, we would accept hand-me down michroscopes from the Stoweres (billionaires who bought their own multi-million dollar biomedical explore center) if they would be gracious sufficient to grant them to us or we would accept a small prime the pump check to move forward with our research. The Stowerses and all the scientists from the Stowers originate have an open invitation to visit our lab in the Caribbean. What we are finding for is a cure for breast cancer to stop the humiliation, pain and suffering this menace to community causes millions of women and thousands of men worldwide, and not a new biomedical center… Every dollar invested with us goes into pure medical explore and equipment. The same offer goes out to all the millionaires and especially the billionaires of the world. citizen that come to mind are: Paul Allen, Bill and Melinda Gates, Jon Huntsman, William and Alice Goodman, Ann Lurie, Jamie and Karen Moyer, Harold C. Simmons, Alfred Mann, Sumner M. Redstone, Michael Milton and the Palm beach billionaires, there are plainly too many to mention. The combined wealth of the three Microsoft billionaires alone is more than ten times the number spent by the U.S. Federal Government on explore to fight cancer and other deadly diseases. We know we’re in the wrong firm to come to be billionaires ourselves. This kind of biotechnology has never produced even one billionaire. It’s the cure for breast cancer that we want.
Simply put the cancer explore organizations are funding the wrong researchers. It’s time to go covering the normal explore channels. Do something different. The same story year after year after year and no cure. These unmotivated researchers just aren’t getting results. Let man else have a shot at it. It’s time to try something new and different. A distinct approach. There are races for the cure, golf tournaments for the cure, there are walks for the cure, there are foundations for the cure. These foundations have been funding the same ineffective explore for more than twenty years now. These foundations have been betting on the wrong horse. Joining the quest won’t help if the explore being done doesn’t take on a twenty-first century scientific approach. It’s been time to move forward scientifically for five years now. But today’s breast cancer researchers are stuck in a twentieth century mind-set. The Excuse is someday we’ll find the cure, but someday doesn’t help today’s victims of breast cancer. We need top notch scientific activity today.
The genetics are out of the bottle and stem cell explore is intelligent forward either the U.S. Government likes it or not. Gen Cells Cures has moved off-shore to the Caribbean to avoid the political controversy over stem cell research. I am sure you won’t mind a walk on the beach with me to talk about your cure for your breast cancer. Once we have the cure we can take the cure from the bench to the outpatient without a long and high-priced wait for Fda approval. There are many advantages to not having big brother breathing down your neck. The governments of the United States and Western countries have nothing to offer except road blocks, red tape and detours. Our patients don’t have time for political smoke and mirrors. With a itsybitsy luck we could have your cure before the time comes that you need that dreaded surgery and chemo.
Our gifted world-class researchers are visionary and have been schooled in winning and have courage, creativity, can-do attitudes, burning desires, unfaltering belief and an obsession that they will be there first. By first we mean years ahead of the other biotechnology companies. Like determined, fighting Nascar drivers our scientists are living to take the chequered flag of biotech and win the coveted race for the cure for breast cancer.
Focused on breakthrough discoveries, Gen Cells Cures nurtures a culture that encourages high standards of excellence, primary thinking, hard work and a willingness to take risks. Our world-renowned scientists believe in themselves and its belief that gets us there. The firm will seek to originate a work environment that is results focused and team-orientated. We compete against time. Though we compete intensely we say high ethical standards and trust and respect for each other. Ability is the cornerstone of all our activities. We seek the highest Ability information, decisions and people. Our success depends on excellent scientific innovation. We see the scientific recipe as a multi-step process which includes designing the right experiment, collecting and analyzing data and rational decision making. It is not subjective or emotional but rather a logical, open and rational process.
Our success comes from one simple fact; we are committed to being a science-based, patient-driven company, driven by that one special breast cancer patient…you.
Gen Cells Cures lost most of our one million dollar start-up money in offshore bank scandal and currency devaluation last year. We are now actively pursuing financial support. Unfortunately, the Gen Cells Cures team is made up of great scientific minds and not great marketers, salesmen, or fund raisers. Yes, we are finding for a millionaire or billionaire without a cause to sustain our work, but if you are not our wealthy saviour, we welcome any help, be it financial or a donation of your time. The scientific team is on stand-by. What we’re lacking is the funding to go forward. We could use motivated salesmen to sell our research, fund raisers, skilled internet marketers or man just to pass out flyers or mail out promotional material. We could use help from the media with publicity stories, ads and promotions to get the word out. We are particularly interested in finding for aid from the billionaires of the world; there are almost 600 in the world. Billionaires like Sergey Brin and Larry Page (Google billionaires), Rupert Murdoch, Ted Turner, and Oprah Winfrey and others who control the media could get our life-saving message to the world fast. We are also hoping that some of my celebrities friends will come forward and spread their wings to help sustain our breast cancer research: Steven Seagal, Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes, Danny Glover, Erik Estrada, Tom Arnold, Dolph Lundgren, Roger Clinton, Bill Clinton, Usher, Hulk Hogan, Ivana Trump, John Secada, Sylvester Stalone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mike Reno, Richard Branson, Cindy Crawford, Cher, Demi Moore, Michelle Pfeiffer, and other stars that I have had the good fortune of meeting in man and others celebrities that I hope to meet in the future. (Photos of Gerald and the stars can be viewed at his promotional group listed below.) I am waiting to get my photo with Suzanne Summers!
Gen Cells Cure offers more than hope. We can do the job. If you’re going to eradicate cancer you have to have the right citizen doing the right research. One thing is for sure. We couldn’t do any worse than what the scientists before us have done. Which is virtually nothing! Help us alleviate the pain and suffering. Together, with your help, we can cure breast cancer.
Article by Gerald Armstrong- scientist0707@yahoo.com
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Surgery Journal:Breast Cancer The Cureวันอังคารที่ 22 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2555
Waiting for approval
Waiting for approval - Surgery Journal
Waiting for approval finally at the Pending Authorization stage
Waiting for approval finally at the Pending Authorization stage
wls, gastric, bypass, surgery, journal, RNY, pre-op, bariatric, preparation, liquid, diet, insurance, approval, easy, way, out, waiting
วันจันทร์ที่ 21 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2555
Honestly, Does Penis Size absolutely Matter to Women?
Some habitancy may say that it's the "motion of the ocean" that matters and not the size of the penis. Though that may be true at times for the most part studies show that bigger is better; so yes, size does matter to women.
However, you may be surprised to know that studies consistently show that women prefer increased girth over length, meaning women prefer a thicker penis over a longer one when it comes to sexual stimulation.
How Do I growth My Penis Girth?
Surgery Journal:Honestly, Does Penis Size absolutely Matter to Women?
Increasing your penis girth is literally quite easy and you can do it without any costly drugs, surgical operation or devices.
Male enhancement supplements have literally been found to contain harmful substances. In Julia Angwin's Wall street Journal story, Some Male Enlargement Pills contain a collection of Impurities, she found that discrete male enhancement pills contained "significant levels of E. Coli, yeast, mold, lead, and pesticide residues."
Various devices and surgical operation also being costly can be quite dangerous.
The safest way to growth your penis size is still doing penis exercises. Exercising the penis is quite favorite nowadays and practiced by thousands of men.
How Do I practice My Penis?
Penis exercises are very easy to do, but you must make sure you give yourself enough time to rest or you may injure your penis. Done properly habitancy have gained a thicker penis and an median growth in length of 1 inch in a span of 2 months.
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Surgery Journal:Honestly, Does Penis Size absolutely Matter to Women?วันอาทิตย์ที่ 20 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2555
How to infer Your Risk For Breast Cancer
Using known risk factors for breast cancer, mathematical models can be advanced to help rejoinder foremost questions. These mathematical models are beneficial tools for researchers and for patients as follows:
1. Explore on risk factors - The Claus risk estimate model was used to study the subpopulation of population who had an autosomal dominant genetic allele that increased their risk from 10% to 92%. This led to the discovery of the Brca genes related with breast, ovarian, and prostate cancer.
2. Clinical trial eligibility - The Gail risk estimate model was advanced to help researchers determine who to enroll in the Nsapb Breast Cancer arresting Trials
where chemoprevention was shown to sell out breast cancer risk.
3. Guidelines for doing Brca testing - Brca testing is very high-priced and almost worthless if done on everyone (because it is so rare to be homozygous for Brca1 or Brca2). Mathematical models such as the Brcapro, Boadicea, and Tyrer-Cuzick models can help determine what patients should undergo Brca testing. The decision for testing is ordinarily made when one of these models predicts a 10% or greater occasion that there is a mutation of the Brca1, Brca2, or both genes.
4. Guidelines for doing Mri screening for breast cancer - Mri screening for breast cancer is not a cost effective screening test for the normal population, but in definite groups, there are clear cut reasons to do so. In general, screening Mri is recommended for women with 20-25% or greater lifetime risk of breast cancer. The Brcapro and Tyrer-Cuzick models have been used to help make clinical decisions about ordering Mris for breast cancer screening.
5. Guidelines for breast cancer therapy - The Gail model is used clinically to help
determine who should be put on tamoxifen or raloxifene for chemoprevention. Other models have been used to help make decisions about breast cancer risk allowance with inhibitive mastectomy.
For these reasons, it is foremost to understand these models. These models are collectively referred to as "risk estimate tools". The following paragraphs summarize the most favorite and most widely used risk estimate tools. Keep in mind that none of these risk estimate tools apply to breast cancer survivors. No mathematical model has been widely standard to determine cancer risk in cancer survivors.
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General Risk estimate Tools
Gail Model: The Gail model is a validated risk-assessment model that focuses primarily on nonhereditary risk factors, with little information on house history. It was advanced by scientists at the National Cancer institute and the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel scheme (Nsabp) to sustain condition care providers in discussing breast cancer risk to determine their eligibility for the Breast Cancer arresting Trial. The tool allows one to scheme a woman's individual estimate of breast cancer risk over a five-year duration of time and over her lifetime. It also compares the woman's risk calculation with the median risk for a woman of the same age. The Gail Model is an on-line quiz that has 13 questions and is interactive. This calculator is based on published risk statistics and methods gathered from peer-reviewed journals, and has been extensively tested for its validity.
The major limitation of the Gail model is the inclusion of only first-degree relatives, which results in underestimating risk in the 50% of families with cancer in the paternal lineage and also takes no inventory of the age of onset of breast cancer. It may underestimate risk in distinct groups, such as obese patients.
National Cancer institute Model: The Nci risk estimate tool is essentially a simplified Gail Model that also factors in race. Race is a factor in determining breast cancer risk but is excluded when determining eligibility for clinical trials. This tool is probably the most favorite risk estimate tool ready to the group as an on-line, interactive risk calculator. The on-line quiz is a shorter, nine-point questionnaire that includes multiple factors, giving a woman her time to come five-year risk of breast cancer and her lifetime risk of breast cancer.
The Nci tool does not inventory for a lot of risk factors that can be modified. For this reason, it is difficult to use this test as a motivation tool to show population how lifestyle can alter their risk of breast cancer. It also cannot be used in breast cancer survivors, in patients with Dcis, Lcis, or population who carry one of the Brca genes.
Brcapro model: This is a statistical model ready as a computer agenda that uses two dissimilar algorithms to rate house history and helps a doctor determine the likelihood of finding either a Brca1 mutation or a Brca2 mutation in a family. The results of this can be used to determine if Brca testing is indicated. This is very beneficial in light of the high cost of Brca testing (,000). None of the nonhereditary risk factors can yet be incorporated into the model, however. In a comparison of four dissimilar methods for estimating breast cancer risk in patients with a house history of breast cancer, the Brcapro model was the least accurate. It imaginable only 49% of the breast cancers that in fact occurred in the screened group of patients with a house history of breast cancer.
Harvard center for Cancer arresting Risk estimate Tool: This is someone else breast cancer risk estimate tool that includes more lifestyle factors than the Nci or Gail Model tools. It has not been studied as extensively as the Gail Model or the simplified Nci model, but it is promising in that it includes many lifestyle factors that population can do to modify their risk of developing cancer. It is also an on-line questionnaire that can be used by both women and men to estimate their breast cancer risk.
Making all this practical
Now after a standard and confusing seminar of all these statistical models, it's time to make all this information practical. What is the best way to help a patient accurately collate her risk of breast cancer and if possible, show her what distinct factors are reducing her risk and what negative factors can be changed to sell out her risk? If possible, it would also be great to show the patient the value and indications for testing, imaging, chemoprevention, and in some cases surgery. A seminar of the practical aspect of each of these is addressed in a Q & A format below:
Q: What (free) online programs can be used to help a patient collate their risk of breast cancer?
A: several of the risk estimate tools mentioned above can be accessed for free by the public. Here are the tests and their websites:
1. Your Disease Risk - English version: www.diseaseriskindex.harvard.edu
This is a great interactive questionnaire that calculates five-year and lifetime risk of breast cancer advanced by the Harvard center for Cancer arresting and made group online in 2000. In 2005, they launched the Spanish version of the site, "Cuidar de su Salud". The risk calculator includes lifestyle factors such as weight, dietary vegetables, alcohol intake, as well as Jewish ethnicity. It does not contain other ethnicities, however, and is not definite for Brca mutation carriers or breast cancer survivors. Despite these issues, this is by far the best free online risk calculator since it is very interactive and gives you a personalized article of your risk in the form of a colored bar graph, which they can electronically manipulate to perceive "virtual" risk reduction. The bar graph is a seven-level scale that compares users to a typical man or woman your age. Users learn where to focus their arresting efforts and how to make lifestyle changes by "clicking on" personalized strategies. With each click, the bar graph shrinks, and the user watches his/her imaginable risk drop. This is a great belief to motivate population to partake and comply with lifestyle modification measures.
2. The Nci Risk estimate Tool -regular web: www.cancer.gov/bcrisktool
This is the easy to use, on-line questionnaire based on a modified Gail model that also includes ethnicity. It does not factor in a personal history of breast cancer, Dcis, or Lcis. It does not inventory for other factors such as Brca status, hormonal exchange therapy, lifestyle factors, breast feeding, menopause, or mammographic density. Despite these issues, it is a very beneficial tool that gives a woman her five-year and lifetime risk of breast cancer. It is the only risk estimate tool that can be used via mobile handheld devices (any type). A version of this can be downloaded for Pdas with Windows Pocket Pc operating law as well.
Q: What programs can be used to help a doctor make decisions about ordering a breast Mri?
A: The American Cancer community has advanced some very good guidelines for breast cancer screening with Mri. It should be emphasized that Mri is an adjunct to mammography, not a replacement. Some programs can be used to help in clinical decision making. Please look up the American Cancer community website.
Surgery Journal:How to infer Your Risk For Breast Cancerวันเสาร์ที่ 19 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2555
Pre op #4 Pulmonology
Pre op #4 Pulmonology - Surgery Journal
Went to my pulmonology appointment, thought it would be in and out... Yeah it was but ended up having to do 3 more studies. Chest X-Ray ( which I would have had to have done anyway as part of my gener
Went to my pulmonology appointment, thought it would be in and out... Yeah it was but ended up having to do 3 more studies. Chest X-Ray ( which I would have had to have done anyway as part of my gener
Pre, Op, Gastric, bypass, weight, loss, surgery, pulmonology, chest, x-ray, sleep, study, breathing, test, asthma, exercise, induced, WLS, journey, journal
วันศุกร์ที่ 18 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2555
C5-C6 Herniated Disc
A C5-C6 herniated disc can be a very frustrating and debilitating condition condition for an individual to live with. This record will discuss what a C5-C6 herniated disc is, the most common symptoms related with it, causes, and treatment options for healing this condition.
In order to understand what a herniated disc is, we must first discuss what the discs of the spine are, and how they are put together. There are 23 spinal discs, and they are located between each set of vertebrae (bones of the spine).
These discs serve a incorporate of purposes - first of all, they are a special type of ligament, which holds the vertebrae of the spine together. Second, they act as a upholstery and shock absorbers, so the bones of the spine can move freely without causing you pain.
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Their structure is pretty simple, but very leading because of what they do. Each disc of the spine is composed of a firm outer layer (called the annulus), and a jelly center (called the nucleus). I often refer to them as "jelly doughnuts" because of this.
When a disc herniates, the outer layer tears, and the jelly begins to push straight through the weak area of the disc. This condition can be incredibly painful, but what makes this exciting is that the discs of the spine are designed to not feel pain.
Why? Well, think about it - if they are permanently exciting shock, wouldn't it be best of you don't feel pain with every movement you make? Of course, this leads to the next query - if the spinal discs don't feel pain, what makes this condition so painful and debilitating?
The disc will regularly herniate at the back, which unfortunately is directly by the spinal cord and the nerves of the spine. The nerves operate all in the body, and if there is any pressure applied to them, they come to be aggravated, which can be very painful.
This condition can be very serious, though, plainly because the nerves do operate all in the body. For example, in the case of a C5-C6 herniated disc, the nerves that will be affected operate the arms, heart, lungs, chest muscles, jaw muscles, neck and skull muscles, sinuses, and many other things.
Because of this connection, it is very common that a person suffering with this condition will not only sense neck pain, but may also sense pain, numbness, or infirmity in the arms and hands, chest pains, mystery breathing, headaches, jaw pain, sinus problems, etc.
The cause of a C5-C6 herniated disc is regularly some type of injury or trauma to the neck. Car accidents, falls, sports-related injuries, etc.
However, this condition can also be caused by other, less sure means as well. For example, if you sleep with more than one pillow at night, this puts a lot of strain on the discs of the neck, which over time can lead to this condition.
Essentially, any activity that requires a lot of bending and twisting of the neck can cause damage to a C5-C6 disc. In expanding to this, the discs of the spine can begin to deteriorate over time due to wear and tear, which leads to weakening of the outer wall of the disc. This can also lead to a herniated disc over time.
So, what can be done about this condition? Most doctors will begin by prescribing medications (usually pain relievers and muscle relaxers), which will regularly contribute temporary relief, but also have some problems related with them.
For example, these types of medications can be very toxic to the liver and kidneys and lead to problems with these organs over time. Also, the medications essentially just dull the pain - they do not beyond doubt heal the disc. Because of this, they regularly don't contribute any long-term benefit.
Physical therapy is also recommended in most cases. This is a more sufficient treatment choice than medications, but it is regularly more sufficient when combined with other forms of treatment (such as chiropractic care and massage therapy).
Pain injections are also generally used, such as cortisone and epidurals. These can also be sufficient for pain relief, but comprehend that the problem is the same here as with the medications - any relief you sense is regularly temporary because it is not beyond doubt correcting the cause of the problem.
In expanding to that, cortisone is known to cause the joints of the body to deteriorate more quickly, which is why cortisone injections can only be given a maximum of 3 times a year.
Surgery is the last option, but this is beyond doubt a last resort. The success rate of spinal surgery is only 16% agreeing to a explore study in the healing journal "Spine." The odds are not in your favor, which is why you will rarely find a doctor recommending this as a first option.
There are other alternatives to primary healing treatments that are also very effective. Chiropractic, massage therapy, and acupuncture are probably among the most sufficient alternative treatments for a C5-C6 herniated disc.
However, I've found that these treatments, as well as the healing treatments discussed previously are regularly most sufficient when utilized in specific combinations.
To learn more about C5-C6 herniated disc treatments, please visit http://www.healyourbulgingdisc.com.
Surgery Journal:C5-C6 Herniated Discวันพฤหัสบดีที่ 17 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2555
Diosmin for Circulation & Vein Benefits
Believe it or not, there is a natural ingredient from Europe that can help convert the way your legs feel and the way you feel about the circulation in your legs. Either we realize it or not, the circulation in our legs can have a huge affect on how we feel and what we do everyday and possibly even more so every evening. The comfort level of our legs, or great said, their discomfort level at the end of the day can adversely affect our public life and fitness activities - not to mention adversely affecting our sleep. If our legs felt great possibly we would find it easier to do the things we'd love to do, but find it so difficult to muster the motivation. As if the way our legs can feel at the end of day isn't interesting enough, the changes in the circulation in our legs as we age can seem even more hopeless and discouraging. Now add to that the seeming conspiracy among fashion designers to have us exposing even larger portions of our aging legs and we have a problem that over 80 million Americans with varicose veins understand all too well. (1).
Unfortunately, about half of all American women will manufacture varicose or spider veins at some point in their lives (2). Not only are they unsightly, these leg problems can also cause vital discomfort. Typically, varicose veins are characterized by bulging, blue, sometimes painful and inflamed veins that appear primarily in the calves and thighs. Spider veins, on the other hand, show up as a web of fine lines that can make your legs look like a road map.
While age and heredity play a role in the improvement of varicose and spider veins, weight gain, pregnancy, menopause and the use of hormone exchange therapy can also trigger these vein problems. Development matters worse, lasting inactivity, standing for long periods of time or regularly crossing your legs can make you more prone to injured veins (2).
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Conventional treatments contain surgical stripping, injecting the veins with a chemical irritant or zapping them with lasers. While these approaches can take off existing varicose or spider veins, they will not prevent new ones from developing, since these high-tech treatments do not address the basic problem of poor circulation. Worse yet, these procedures can also cause infection, scarring, nerve damage and pain (26). If these radical treatments are not an option for you, you'll be happy to hear that there is a natural arrival that not only improves the appearance of these ropy, bulging veins, it also fosters leg health to prevent hereafter problems.
Veins Explained
To understand how varicose veins develop, you need to know a puny bit about how blood moves through the body. Essentially, there are two types of major circulatory vessels in the body: the arteries, which channel blood from the heart to the extremities, and the veins, which bring blood from the extremities back to the heart. Of all the veins in your body, leg veins work the hardest to carry blood back to the heart. To perform this difficult task, your legs are adequate with specially designed one-way valves that keep the blood interesting in the right direction. As efficiently as these valves work, your legs still fight a constant battle against the natural pull of gravity. If the veins can't move the blood efficiently or the one-way valves that prevent the blood from backwashing fail to close properly, blood collects in the legs. This pooling of blood then stretches the vein, causing swelling and injury to the vein's walls (3).
Depending on the extent of the enlargement, these veins can show up as Either spider or varicose veins. Spider veins are broken capillaries and small veins that appear as jagged red, blue or purple lines on the surface of the skin. While they aren't painful, they can be highly unattractive. Varicose veins, on the other hand, are thick veins that run deeper under the skin. They are far larger and much less interesting than spider veins - and they can make your legs feel fatigued, heavy, achy or even itchy. Varicose veins can also cause burning, throbbing, cramping and restlessness.
While these conditions aren't regularly dangerous, severe cases can lead to lasting venous deficiency - a persistent inability of the leg veins to adequately return blood back to the heart (4). Varicose veins are also connected with the improvement of skin ulcers or a lasting inflammation of a vein - a health known as phlebitis. Phlebitis is often accompanied by formation of a blood clot, a dangerous situation since the clot can move from the leg vein and tour to the lungs (2).
Get a Leg Up with Diosmin
Your strategy for battling vein problems naturally is twofold: enhancing circulation and strengthening the vein walls. The first and simplest quantum to heighten blood flow is to counteract gravity. Standing or sitting all day makes it harder for blood to move up from the legs and back to the heart. But taking a few minutes to rest with your legs higher than your heart each day allows gravity to help return blood to the heart.
Getting in shape can also help comfort varicose and spider veins - and it can even prevent new ones from forming. As we age we lose muscle tone, which adversely affects the health of our legs. Yet adopting a consistent exercise schedule promotes good circulation and can help to keep our leg muscles, and the blood vessels in our legs, toned. Walking, weight training, low-impact aerobics and swimming advance the legs and circulatory system, and help to sacrifice the throbbing and aching often connected with varicose veins.
What you eat can also ease unsightly veins. A low-fat diet filled with fruits, vegetables, beans, legumes and whole grains add key nutrients and fiber to your diet. Eating a fiber-rich diet reduces the chances of constipation which can lead to varicose veins. Constipation restricts the blood as it returns to the torso through the deep veins in the legs. Straining to have a bowel movement closes off the deep veins in the legs and restricts the flow of blood as it returns to the torso. As the blood backs up, it takes someone else procedure through superficial veins, thus the blue streaks in the legs. Eating a fiber-rich diet alleviates and prevents constipation, helping to avoid the damage to the vascular ideas that can result. In increasing to fiber, a diet high in fruits and vegetables also ensures adequate intake of nutrients and phytonutrients, which also help tonify the blood vessels. As a bonus, a salutary diet and exercise schedule can also jump-start weight loss - an leading observation since carrying too much weight creates extra pressure on your heart and blood vessels, interfering with salutary circulation (2).
To advance the veins themselves, take a tip from the Europeans. From Austria to France to Italy, women and their doctors have relied on Diosmin for more than 30 years to treat circulatory problems affecting the legs - and with good reason. Diosmin is a unique bioflavonoid derived from citrus fruits and is closely connected to other citrus bioflavonoids such as hesperiden, quercetin, and rutin (5). Clinical trials have shown that Diosmin is highly productive in boosting circulation and strengthening the veins in the legs (5). Not only does this heighten existing varicose and spider veins, it can also sacrifice the likelihood of hereafter problems.
What makes Diosmin so fabulous is its power to specifically target the blood vessels in the legs. Diosmin improves both blood vessel elasticity and microcirculation while relieving pain and inflammation by inhibiting pro-inflammatory prostaglandins and thromboxanes (21,24). Because of its direct action on the integrity of vein walls, Diosmin also reduces the estimate of fluid that leaks out of them (21,22). Diosmin's protective benefits do not stop there. Because it is a potent anti-oxidant, Diosmin decreases lipid peroxidation and reduces free radical damage that can undermine vein health (23, 27).
In one clinical trial, habitancy who suffered from pain and swelling due to varicose veins experienced vital improvement in their symptoms after taking Diosmin for a few months (6). A divulge of studies also found that, among more than 5,000 patients with vein disorders, the vast majority not only saw a discount in their discomfort, they indeed saw the swelling in their calves and ankles disappear (7). Across the board, explore shows that a daily dose of 500 to 1,000 mg of Diosmin improves the health of leg veins and brings vast relief from pain, night cramps and leg heaviness (8,9,10,11). Both short- and long-term use of this highly productive natural ingredient comes without any side effects. It is also so safe that you need not worry about adverse interactions of Diosmin with drugs, foods, lab tests or interactions with diseases or conditions. (5).
Help for Hemorrhoids
Because Diosmin reduces swelling and bolsters vein health, it can also help habitancy suffering with hemorrhoids - those uncomfortable varicose veins that form in the lower rectum and anus. Along with Development it painful to sit, hemorrhoids can itch, bleed or protrude - and practically half of all Americans suffer from them by the time they turn 50 (12). Ample explore conclusively shows that Diosmin can safely alleviate the pain, inflammation and bleeding of hemorrhoids (13,14,15). Best of all, it offers quick relief, often working its magic within a week or two (16). Plus, Diosmin reduces the risk of a relapse (17).
Diosmin for Cancer?
While no one questions Diosmin's efficacy for treating varicose and spider veins or hemorrhoids, scientists have begun exploring other ways this potent flavonoid may boost health. Their main focus - cancer prevention - especially oral and skin cancers.
Researchers haven't conclusively identified the cancer-fighting component in Diosmin, but initial experiments show that this flavonoid inhibits the proliferation of cancer cells (18). In two studies pitting Diosmin against other flavonoids like rutin, grapeseed extract and red wine, Spanish investigators found that Diosmin was considerably more productive at reducing the estimate of metastatic melanoma cells (a potentially deadly type of skin cancer cells that spread through the body) than any of the other flavonoids tested (19,20). Other studies have found that Diosmin puts the brakes on the spread of cancer cells in the mouth (25).
Although it could be years before science conclusively proves Diosmin's cancer benefit, this nutrient can't be beat for supporting vein health. Along with taking supplemental Diosmin, there are some straightforward strategies you can employ to encourage salutary circulation. Eating a high-fiber, anti-oxidant rich diet and getting abundance of exercise can help keep veins in top form. And remember to take a break and put your feet up every now and again.
References:
1. American community for Dermatoloic Surgery.
2. National Women's health facts Center. U.S. Branch of health & Human Services.
3. American College of Phlebology.
4. community for Vascular Surgery.
5. Diosmin Monograph. Alternative rehabilitation Review. 2004;9(3):308-311.
6. Ting Ac, et al. Clinical and hemodynamic outcomes in patients with lasting venous deficiency after oral micronized flavonoids therapy. Vascular Surgery. 2001;35(6):443-447.
7. Ramelet Aa. Daflon 500 mg: symptoms and edema clinical update. Angiology. 2005;56 Suppl 1:S25-S32.
8. Bergan Jj. lasting venous deficiency and the therapeutic effects of Daflon 500 mg. Angiology. 2005; 56 Suppl 1:S21-S24.
9. Nicolaides An. From symptoms to leg edema: efficacy of Daflon 500 mg. Angiology. 2003;54 Suppl 1:S33-S44.
10. Smith Pc. Daflon 500 mg and venous leg ulcer: new results from a meta-analysis. Angiology. 2005; 56 Suppl 1:S33-S39.
11. Jantet G. lasting venous insufficiency: worldwide results of the Relief study. Reflux estimation and capability of life improvement with micronized Flavonoids. Angiology. 2002;533:245-256.
12. National Institutes of Health.
13. Lyseng-Williamson Ka, et al. Micronised purified flavonoids fraction: a divulge of its use in lasting venous insufficiency, venous ulcers and haemorrhoids. Drugs. 2003;63(1):71-100.
14. Meshikhes Aw. Daflon for haemorrhoids: a prospective, multi-centre observational study. Surgeon. 2004;2(6):335-338.
15. Kecmanovic D, et al. Phlebodia (diosmine): a role in the supervision of bleeding nonprolapsed hemorrhoids). Acta Chirurgica Iugoslavica. 2005;52(1):115-116.
16. Diana G, et al. action of purified diosmin in the rehabilitation of hemorrhoids. La Clinica Terapeutica. 2000;151(5):341-344.
17. Misra Mc, et al. Randomized clinical trial of micronized flavonoids in the early operate of bleeding from acute internal haemorrhoids. British Journal of Surgery. 2000;87(12):1732-1733.
18. Browning Am, et al. Flavonoid glycosides inhibit oral cancer cell proliferation - role of cellular uptake and hydrolysis to the aglycones. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 2005;57(8):1037-1042.
19. Martinez C, et al. rehabilitation of metastatic melanoma B16F10 by the flavonoids tangeretin, rutin, and diosmin. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2005;53(17):6791-6797.
20. Martinez C, et al. The consequent of the flavonoids dioxmin, grapeseed extract and red wine on the pulmonary metastatic B16F10 melanoma. Histology and Histopathology. 2005;20(4):1121-1129.
21. Ramelet Aa. Clinical benefits of Daflon 500 mg in the most severe stages of lasting venous insufficiency. Angiology. 2001;52 Suppl 1:S49-56.
22. Cyrino Fz, et al. Micronization enhances the protective consequent of purified flavonoidsfraction against postischaemic microvascular injury in the hamster cheek pouch. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology. 2004;31(3):159-162.
23. Bergan Jj, et al. Therapeutic arrival to lasting venous deficiency and its complications: place of Daflon 500 mg. Angiology. 2001;52 Suppl 1:S43-7.
24. Katsenis K. Micronized purified flavonoids fraction (Mpff): a divulge of its pharmacological effects, therapeutic efficacy and benefits in the supervision of lasting venous insufficiency. Current Vascular Pharamcology. 2005;3(1):1-9.
25. Browning Am, et al. Flavonoid glycosides inhibit oral cancer cell proliferation - role of cellular uptake and hydrolysis to the aglycones. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 2005;57(8):1037-1042.
26. National Women's health facts Center. U.S. Branch of health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health.
27. Villa P, et al. Protective consequent of diosmetin on in vitro cell membrane damage and oxidative stress in cultured rat hepatocytes. Toxicology. 1992;73:179-189.
Surgery Journal:Diosmin for Circulation & Vein Benefitsวันพุธที่ 16 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2555
How to Heal Scars Faster with Food
Scars come from numerous sources including surgery, accidents and acne. Regardless of the cause, one thing most habitancy with scars have in base is a desire to take off them as fast as possible. While creams and laser treatments for scars abound, there is still one simple yet overlooked way to compel the curative process of wounds. It's called "proper tissue repair nutrition".
Numerous studies on wound repair rates have exposed the simple dietary adjustments that can expedite the renovation of damaged skin tissue and allow scars to heal faster.
Substitute high-fat foods with reduced fat alternatives
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Consuming high-fat foods like chips, cake, fried chicken, fries and hamburgers could for real slow wound healing.
This past December researchers tested the wound curative rates of rats fed a high-fat diet to rats fed a operate diet and released their findings in the British Journal of Nutrition. All the rats received puncture wounds that were examined three weeks later. The investigators noted the rats on the high-fat diet had higher rates of inflammation, delayed cell repair, reduced collagen production and impaired blood synthesis as compared to the operate rats.
Instead of interesting high-fat foods, try enjoying chicken, fries and beef prepared by baking, not frying. Also, you can mitigate the negative wound curative effects of a high-fat diet by slashing your consumption of fatty foods in half.
Try these foods substitutions to cut a high-fat diet
Fried chicken --- >Baked chicken
Hamburgers ---- >Veggie burgers, turkey burgers, baked beans
French fries & chips --- > Baked potatoes, carrot sticks, toasted wheat bread
Cakes, donuts, high-fat desserts --- > Fresh fruits like apples, oranges and grapes combined with low-fat yogurt
How important is the quality of your food intake to wound repair?
A study issued in Dermatologic Surgery tackled this demand when it compared the diets of elderly patients with continuing leg ulcers to patients who did not experience continuing wounds.
The researchers found that elderly patients with continuing leg ulcers have low levels of vitamins A and E, carotenes, and zinc compared to the patients not predisposed to continuing wounds. Based on these findings, the examiners finished that nutritional deficiencies or increased consumption of nutritional elements in these patients may sway wound curative rates.
Sources of wound repairing foods
Vitamin A
Carrots, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, apricots, spinach
Vitamin E
Sunflower oil, sunflower seeds, walnuts, shrimp
Carotenes
Red and yellow peppers, collards, mustard greens, bok choy, cabbage, kale, mango, orange, onions, carrots, apricots (dark green and dark yellow fruits and vegetables)
Zinc
Yogurt, green peas, beef steak, oysters, black beans, crabmeat
Now, in addition to visiting the local pharmacy for scar treatments, you can now include a gallivant down the yield aisle of you local grocery store for some supplemental wound curative foods.
Sources:
Nascimento, Adriana P. & Andréa M. A. Costa. Overweight induced by high-fat diet delays rat cutaneous wound healing. British Journal of Nutrition, Volume 96, amount 6, December 2006, pp. 1069-1077(9).
Rojas A.I.; Phillips T.J. Patients with continuing Leg Ulcers Show Diminished Levels of Vitamins A and E, Carotenes, and Zinc. Dermatologic Surgery, Volume 25, amount 8, August 1999, pp. 601-604(4).
Surgery Journal:How to Heal Scars Faster with Foodวันอังคารที่ 15 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2555
LASEK Eye Surgery Journal - Part One
LASEK Eye Surgery Journal - Part One - Surgery Journal
This is a record of my laser eye surgery and recovery. I wanted to document what happened to me - the entire process from driving to the clinic through to the end result and the improvement in my vision. This journal was recorded over a period of seven weeks, and although everyone is different I hope the video gives you an idea of what to expect, if you're considering LASEK surgery. If you are thinking of having laser eye surgery, my contact details are in the video - feel free to contact me with any questions, or for a referral code which could save you £500
This is a record of my laser eye surgery and recovery. I wanted to document what happened to me - the entire process from driving to the clinic through to the end result and the improvement in my vision. This journal was recorded over a period of seven weeks, and although everyone is different I hope the video gives you an idea of what to expect, if you're considering LASEK surgery. If you are thinking of having laser eye surgery, my contact details are in the video - feel free to contact me with any questions, or for a referral code which could save you £500
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