Summertime means lots of outdoor activities and oftentimes the need of a first aid kit.
The Red Cross has a few tips for stocking your first aid kit and reminds you to keep one in the house and in the car.
Also, remember to refresh supplies as some ingredients may expire or lose effectiveness over time.
Bandages, aspirin and antiseptic as well as analgesics for allergic reactions and wipes for clean up are essential.
Don’t forget to include a list of emergency numbers and contacts.
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Summer is just around the corner and the temptation to tan is, too.
Whether tanning salon or natural rays it seems that you are putting yourself at risk for melanoma.
Women ages 18-35 are more likely to get this cancer than they were 40 years ago.
The good news is that mortality rates from skin cancer are lower today but you can still be left disfigured from the disease.
“Sunscreen” is the mantra for summertime healthy skin!
The idea that getting a battery of medical tests to rule out all types of cancer is not only ineffective but can cause harm.
Certainly, the rationale behind screening seems obvious. The earlier cancers are diagnosed, the more often lives will be saved, right? With enough screening, we might even stop cancer.
If only. Finding cancer early isn’t enough. To reduce cancer deaths, treatment must work, yet it doesn’t always. Second, it must work better when started earlier. But for some cancers, later treatment works as well. (That’s why there is no big push for testicular cancer screening — it is usually curable at any stage.)
And some of the worst cancers aren’t detected by screening. They appear suddenly, between regular screenings, and are difficult to treat because they are so aggressive.
Biopsy, exploratory surgery , radiation and chemotherapy as the result of positive or abnormal results from screening, pose dangers and have side affects of their own to be seriously considered.
A London study has found that that ultrasound used to destroy prostate cancer does so without side affects or residual damage to surrounding tissue.
The experimental procedure called High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (Hifu) to destroy tumours in what they called the “male lumpectomy”.
According to researchers;
None of the 41 men had incontinence, and only 10% had impotence, according to results in the journal Lancet Oncology.
Dr Hashim Ahmed of University College London Hospital said: “Our results are very encouraging.
“We’re optimistic that men diagnosed with prostate cancer may soon be able to undergo a day case surgical procedure, which can be safely repeated once or twice, to treat their condition with very few side effects.
“That could mean a significant improvement in their quality of life.”
The doctors used high resolution MRI scans of the men’s prostates to map the precise location of the tumours.
In the news recently Warren Buffet has announced that he has stage 1 prostate cancer and will undergo surgery with radiation.
Anorexia and Bulimia have been brought into the public awareness by those suffering, however, a broad range of eating disorders occur within the spectrum and can be just as damaging and life threatening.
Orthorexia, Pregorexia, Binge Eating, Anorexia Athletica, and Drunkorexia are the names given to the various disorders of those struggling with body image.
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness and the need to recognize illness and intervene is an important part of the cure.
A catch-all label that includes dozens of subdiagnoses, EDNOS applies to patients who don’t meet the exact criteria for anorexia or bulimia but still have very troubled relationships with food or distorted body images. Today, EDNOS diagnoses significantly outnumber anorexia and bulimia cases. “The atypical has become the typical,” says Ovidio Bermudez, M.D
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