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Plastic Surgery is the Answer for Many Seniors

August 9, 2011 / Staff

As the baby boomers age they find themselves in good health looking forward to decades of life after retirement.

Some don’t even retire but continue in jobs they love or start up new ventures to fill the time in the golden years.

What to do when all of this energy and vitality doesn’t match the face in the mirror?

Plastic surgery is the answer for many.

There are as many reasons for getting plastic surgery as there are older patients, experts say. Some people are living longer and remaining healthier, and they want their physiques to align with their psyches. Some are preening for potential mates and want their feathers to look their freshest. Some are still working or looking for jobs and want to be seen as more youthful contenders.

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Soy Offers No Relief for Symptoms of Menopause

August 8, 2011 / Staff

For middle-aged women searching for a safe alternative to hormone therapy to prevent bone loss and ease the symptoms of menopause, they are in for another letdown.

The latest in a series of disappointing studies finds that soy supplements, an increasingly popular substitute for hormone therapy, do not stave off hot flashes, night sweats, and other uncomfortable menopausal symptoms.

Nor did the supplements reduce the aging-related bone loss that can lead to osteoporosis, the study found.

“Isoflavones, the plant-derived estrogens found in soy, are very weak estrogens, so it is not surprising that they have not shown to be as effective…as hormone therapy,” says the lead author of the study, Silvina Levis, MD, the director of the osteoporosis center at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine.

Back to School! Healthy Tips to Keep Packed Lunches Safe and Cool

August 8, 2011 / Staff

A Texas study which tested more than 700 preschoolers’ lunch packs found that less than two percent of the meats, vegetables and dairy products were in the safe temperature zone by the time children were eating their lunches.

If you are packing a lunch for your child chances are that the food will be too warm to be consumed safely.

The report suggests using ice packs and placing perishables in a refrigerator at school.

This doesn’t seem practical for most however, packing less meat and dairy and using insulated lunch boxes may help.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, perishable foods kept between 40 degrees and 140 degrees Fahrenheit (4 to 60 degrees Celsius) for more than two hours are no longer safe to eat.
Although 45 percent of the packed lunches included an ice pack and 12 percent were kept in refrigerators, nearly all of the perishable foods were in the danger zone.
That means bacteria that cause food poisoning — like E. coli and Salmonella — could be multiplying quickly inside the sandwiches that kids eat.

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Obese Diabetic Men May have Improved Erectile Function with Weight Loss

August 5, 2011 / Staff

The news is good for obese men with diabetes suffering from erectile disfunction.

Minimal weight loss have been shown to improve function and overall health.

At a time when oral drugs are very popular, it can now be shown that weight loss is an important non-pharmacologic therapeutic intervention in restoring erectile and urinary function and cardiovascular health.

The new study gives hope to millions.

“Everything that makes your blood vessels bad is also bad for erectile function,” says Ronald Tamler, MD, PhD, clinical director of the diabetes center at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. “The small arteries around the penis go down the drain first.”
Symptoms often include difficulty getting or keeping an erection, low libido, infertility, and problems with urination, including the need for frequent, sleep-stealing trips to the bathroom in the middle of the night.

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Grow Your Own Spare Parts?

August 5, 2011 / Staff

A study reported in The Lancet makes it pretty clear that growing your own spare parts may be a real possibility in the near future!

Growing technology is allowing science to put stem cells hard at work growing those hip and knee joints that we’re wearing out as we age.

In a decade or so, people now clamoring for metal and ceramic replacement joints may instead be able to have a fully functional biological replacement — a joint grown within their own bodies to their specific physiology.
To date, researchers have successfully grown replacement shoulder joints in rabbits, using an implanted biological “scaffold” upon which new cartilage developed, according to a study reported in The Lancet.