Category: Wellness (Page 18 of 116)

      Hormone Therapy For Menopausal Women Not Recommended

      May 29, 2012 /

      A government panel has found that hormone therapy is not recommended for menopausal women.

      U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are definitively decisive in their findings that the risks of hormone replacement therapy outweigh the benefits to menopausal women over 50.

      The new recommendations are based on a review of data, published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, covering nine clinical trials over the last decade.
      The standard of care shifted for many doctors after the Women’s Health Initiative trial was halted, but updated recommendations from the task force are important because many patients still have questions, and many doctors are reluctant to let go of old prescribing habits, Crandall said.

      Hormone replacement therapy was given routinely to women to mitigate symptoms that might develop and to prevent the development of cardiovascular diseases.

      Doctors, Health Care Policy, Quality Control, Wellness

      Please Don’t Contaminate The Pool!

      May 29, 2012 /

      Summertime means summer fun but beware the germs in the pool.

      The Water Quality and Health Council conducted a recent survey which found that one in five Americans admit to urinating in a public pool and seven in 10 confessed to skipping a shower before going for a swim.

      How can this contamination be avoided? Make sure you shower with soap and water before you jump in the water. Take small children on frequent bathroom breaks. And make sure you have a lifeguard or operator who frequently makes sure the pH and chlorine levels in the pool are up to standard. Proper levels help keep pools healthy by destroying waterborne germs that can cause diarrhea, swimmer’s ear and skin infections.

      Quality Control, Wellness

      New Study Shows Aspirin May Be Effective In Reducing Skin Cancer

      May 29, 2012 /

      Aspirin therapy for skin cancer has been suggested by a recent study to reduce the incidence of some skin cancers.

      Study researcher, Sigrún Alba Jóhannesdóttir of Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark has found that aspirin and other similar anti-inflammatory painkillers such as ibuprofen and naproxen can lessen the risk of three major types of skin cancer

      People who took NSAIDs did not seem to benefit from a reduced risk of developing basal cell carcinoma in general, although they did have a 15 percent and 21 percent reduced risk of developing this type of cancer on less-exposed sites (body areas other than the head and neck) when they took them long term or at high intensity, respectively.

      Low incidence of side affects, affordability and availability make aspirin a promising tool in fighting one of the leading cancers.

      Sunscreen, reduced time to sun exposure and a diet rich in vitamin A have also been shown to reduce skin cancers.

      Quality Control, Research, Wellness

      Little Changes That Can Make A Huge Difference

      May 29, 2012 /

      Sometimes the hardest part about making changes is simply getting started.

      But affecting great change can be accomplished by little adjustments.

      Overhauling your lifestyle to improve your health can seem daunting and, quite simply, impossible so most of us won’t even consider the challenge.

      However, starting with two simple aspects of your routine can snowball into real results that have substantial impact.

      Eating more fruits and vegetables and cutting back on television viewing are two lifestyle changes that can effect dramatic changes in the ability to continue on a path to healthy living.

      To determine which changes were most effective, the researchers recruited 204 adults aged 21 to 60, who engaged in all four unhealthy diet- and activity-related behaviors. The participants were divided into four treatment groups, each of which was assigned two lifestyle changes: increasing fruit and vegetable intake and increasing physical activity; decreasing fat consumption and reducing leisure time spent sedentary; decreasing fat intake and increasing physical activity; or increasing fruit and vegetable intake and decreasing sedentary leisure.

      The participants engaged in their treatment regimens for three weeks and self-reported their progress by logging their data into a personal digital assistant every day and sending it to a coach who communicated with the participants as needed by telephone or email.

      Nutrition, Quality Control, Research, Wellness

      Lost Boys. A Generation Hooked On Video Games And Porn

      May 26, 2012 /

      What may seem like a harmless pastime has proven to be psychologically destructive to a whole generation of boys.

      “Arousal addictions” are just as powerful as addictions to cigarettes, alcohol, food and heroin and they are getting in the way of school work, relationships and ambitions.

      The consequences could be dramatic: The excessive use of video games and online porn in pursuit of the next thing is creating a generation of risk-averse guys who are unable (and unwilling) to navigate the complexities and risks inherent to real-life relationships, school and employment.

      Boys seem to be particularly susceptible and are falling behind in school, college admissions, graduations and in the job market.

      “Failure to launch” has become a real thing not just a movie.

      “Boys Adrift” by Dr. Leonard Sax talks about an epidemic of unmotivated drifters.

      Quality Control, Research, Wellness

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