Category: Quality Control (Page 20 of 74)

Straight Talk About The Dangers Of Tanning

April 20, 2012 / Staff

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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!

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Exhaustive Medical Screening Yields Comparatively Few Benefits

April 18, 2012 / Staff

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.

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Anorexia And Bulimia Don’t Tell The Whole Story

April 18, 2012 / Staff

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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Yellowfin Tuna At The Center Of Salmonella Outbreak

April 16, 2012 / Staff

The CDC says that Yellowfin tuna is most likely responsible for an outbreak of salmonella in 20 U.S. states.

The company, the Moon Marine USA Corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California, is voluntarily recalling 58,828 lbs of the product, which is not available to individual consumers, according to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration report also released Friday.

According to a report Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, no deaths have been reported, however, a total of 116 people have been infected with salmonella since the outbreak occurred, including 12 who were hospitalized as a result of the bacteria.

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Treating And Preventing Inflammation

April 16, 2012 / Staff

Inflammation is at the root of so many illnesses that prevention is the key to good health.

Heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, cancer and many auto-immune diseases like arthritis would greatly benefit from preventing and treating inflammation.

According to Liponis, there are blood tests, which can detect low levels of inflammation in the body. Doctors can either look at white blood cell count—the higher the count, the more inflammation—or look at c-reactive protein, which is an even more accurate test that can find levels of inflammation so low a person can’t feel them.
To prevent inflammation, Liponis recommended a few simple steps, including regular exercise, staying at a healthy weight, and taking various supplements such as vitamin D and fish oil.

Also, adding spices like turmeric, ginger and garlic can help keep inflammation at bay.

Dr. Andrew Weil offers and anti-inflammatory diet to fight chronic inflammation disease.