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Ayurveda the Science of Life
Modern Ayurveda
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Adherence to Healthy Life Habits
Performing the exercise in groups might be preferred for the maintenance phase as the patient will benefit from psychosocial support within the group. Here, patient organizations, voluntary organizations, coronary clubs, etc. are available in many countries. For practical reasons, for some patients home-based or work-site training is an alternative. Yet, regular contact with the CR center staff, phone calls or even via the internet are all helpful in supporting a continued healthy lifestyle.14
Your Health and Weli Being
This survey asks for your views about your health. This information wilt help keep track of how you feel and how well you are able to do your usual activities. Thank you for completing this survey 1, In general, would you say your health is 2. Compared to one year ago, how would you rate your health in general now
Herbal Medicine
There are few published studies of herbal medicine as a pediatric therapy, despite the general popularity of herbal remedies (9) and the likelihood that many are given to children in the home. The only two existing studies that were randomized, double-blinded controlled trials were conducted by Sarrell and colleagues to evaluate a naturopathic herbal extract (NHE) for ear pain associated with acute otitis media (AOM) (55,56). Although well designed, both studies excluded children younger than 5 years of age despite AOM being the most common complaint in ages 2-3 years. Sarrell et al. excluded these children because younger children are not able to report pain clearly and accurately. should be considered a possibly efficacious treatment for AOM-related ear pain in children. Other herbal remedies should be subjected to similar trials.
Ayurvedic medicine traces its roots back 5000 years. This knowledge was developed in ancient Hindu texts, the Vedas. The four branches of the vedic sciences include self-knowledge, yoga, vedic astrology, and ayurveda, the science of healing with herbs, massage, and dietary manip- Ayurvedic Organization of Doshas Vata Kapha ulations. One of the central concepts is the prana, the vital force that all individuals have, akin to the Chinese chi. In ayurveda, the five major elements, earth, air, fire, water, and ether, are combined into three doshas, vata (ether and air), pitta (fire and water), and kapha (earth and water). Each person is endowed with a unique balance of these, the pakriti, which governs physiological and psychological functions. Ayurvedic physicians attempt to identify abnormalities in the patient's pakritic pattern, and apply therapy to guide it back into balance. Patients' personalities and body characteristics are determined, according to which of the doshas is dominant...
The structure of the book
Also included in this important part are other approaches derived from other models of health and illness, perhaps from different cultures. They include acupuncture and herbal medicine. With many of these interventions there is a great opportunity for nurses and other health-care professionals to develop their relationship with the patient. In this way they can become more of a partner with him or her, allowing the sufferer a much more important, perhaps leading, role in the management of their pain.
Oxygen Uptake In The Lung
As an example of an autoregulation experiment, Shephard et al. (1973) studied decapitated dogs, in whom blood pressure was maintained by infusion of epinephrine. When the blood pressure was lowered by either decreasing the epinephrine infusion or reducing the level of venous blood return to the heart, cardiac output fell precipitously to about 60 per cent of its control value. At the same time, the extraction of oxygen in the circulation increased by a comparable amount, so that tissue oxygen consumption ( VO2) was preserved. Thus the end result of autoregulation was maintenance of tissue homeostasis over a range of different conditions.This is a very important concept for transfusion practice, because it suggests that need for a one-to-one replacement of lost red cells is not necessary because of the healthy body's capacity to compensate through a variety of mechanisms. The problem comes in determining when the compensatory mechanisms are stretched to their limit in a given patient.
Habitual Exercise and Cardiovascular Disease
A threshold of intensity is probably required to achieve benefit. Although this threshold cannot be defined from available information, much of the exercise described in published reports that is associated with good health is at least moderate in intensity, such as brisk walking ( 5km h) complete bedrest of three weeks as the extreme form of inactivity has a profound negative impact on physical work capacity similar to that of three decades of aging, as a recent longitudinal follow-up study suggested.20,21 This emphasizes the importance of even low levels of exercise to at least maintain the physical work capacity at a constant level. The age-related decline in aerobic power among five middle-aged men occurring over 30 years could be completely reversed by a more intense 6-month endurance training program. However, no subject achieved the same VO2max attained after intensive training as young men. The improved aerobic power after training was primarily the result of peripheral...
Hereditary Metabolic Diseases
Bleeding within neoplasm mimicking a stroke. A 59-year-old man, in good health, suddenly collapsed. A few hours later, he was lethargic, his left side was paralyzed, a mild right ptosis was present, and the right pupil was slightly larger than the left, indicating incipient transtentorial uncal herniation. Three days later, he died. His medical history was significant for excision of a cutaneous melanoma 9 years earlier. A noncontrast CT scan of the head shows (A) a large right frontal and (B) a small right occipital hyperdense lesion surrounded by hypodense edema with mass effect. The brain shows (C) circumscribed hemor-rhagic lesions corresponding to the large frontal and the small occipital lesions shown on the CT scan, and also a third small parietal lesion histologically, all melanomas.
Retroviruses Rejected for Gene Therapy
In 1977, scientists were able to use gene therapy techniques to deliver a gene into the cells of mammals. American doctor W. French Anderson performed one of the first studies of gene therapy in humans in 1990 on a four-year-old girl who had a rare genetic immune system disorder called severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). The immune system fights off infections from bacteria and viruses, and the disorder made it difficult for her body to stay healthy. Anderson and his team genetically altered her white blood cells and then returned them to her body. The new white blood cells strengthened the girl's immune system and made it possible for her to survive.
Extent of the Problem of Non Adherence
Maintain behavior change in terms of promoting health and it has a beneficial effect on mortality, morbidity, and quality of life. However, despite these proven benefits, many eligible patients fail to attend among those offered CR, the reported uptake rates range from 15 to 50 .3 An evaluation of lifestyle changes among CHD patients in five European countries found that approximately 50 of patients changed lifestyles in accordance with recommendations.4 Similarly, there is evidence that only 50 of patients adhere to cardiac medication (e.g. statins, ACE inhibitors) 1 year after commencing treatment, and of those taking the drug, approximately 50 follow the treatment sufficiently to gain a therapeutic benefit.5 To date the majority of research on adherence among cardiac patients has focused on exercise adherence.6 There is less evidence regarding adherence to other behavioral recommendations of CR.
The Balance between Collagen Dissolving Enzymes and Lysine
A second important fact shown in the illustration is the balance between the collagen-dissolving mechanism (red) and its blocking mechanism (green) during sickness and health. In normal conditions these systems are in perfect balance. When police cells are wandering through the body, the balance is disturbed. But the healthy body then restores the balance within moments.
The Major Degenerative Diseases
Good health late in life depends largely on avoiding the major degenerative diseases associated with getting old. These common disorders greatly accelerate the aging process -preventing these conditions would allow many to live a healthy life well past the age of 100. (A detailed discussion of the nutritional prevention and treatment of each of these important disorders can be found in later sections. Cancer. The chances of getting cancer double every 10 years after the age of 50. The accumulated effects of poor nutrition and exposure to cancer-causing substances in the environment weaken the immune system and impair DNA repair mechanisms - making cancer more likely in lateryears. It is estimated that about 30-50 of all cancers are due to dietary factors.7 Proper eating habits, antioxi-dant supplementation, and a healthy lifestyle can dramatically reduce risk of cancer.
The Optimal Hematocrit
What is the 'optimal' hematocrit Obviously, there is no simple answer to this question and certainly none that would apply to all patients. Because it is easily measured, hematocrit is frequently taken as a surrogate for oxygen transport capa-bility.The bulk viscosity of blood increases exponentially with hematocrit, and increased viscosity raises resistance to blood flow, limiting cardiac output in the absence of compensatory mechanisms. As the oxygen capacity of the blood (hemoglobin or hematocrit) increases, cardiac output decreases, and over a wide range of hematocrit there exists an optimum, defined as the point of maximal oxygen delivery.These principles have been studied theoretically (Crowell and Smith, 1967), in animals (Guyton et al., 1973) and in humans with extensions to high altitude polycythemia (Winslow and Monge, 1987), and the general conclusion is that 35 per cent hematocrit represents the best combination of cardiac output and hematocrit in healthy animals and...
History Of Lead Discovery And Screening
The emergence of this accidental approach to drug discovery has its origins in early history with traditional natural herbal remedies that were passed from generation to generation in local communities or tribes. In fact, the early history of lead discovery is all about natural products and herbal remedies, the use of which dates back thousands of years. It was not until the late 18th and early 19th centuries that an analytical investigation of the active components of medicinal plants and herbal remedies was pursued. This resulted in the discovery of alkaloids such as atropine, morphine, codeine, and papaverine, which eventually became the major constituents of many modern analgesic and cardiac medicines. The discovery of aspirin (from Willow bark), the cannabinoids (from cannabis sativa), and digitalis (from foxglove leaf) also came many years, in some cases thousands of years, after these remedies were being used for pain relief, sedation, and dropsy (5-9).
Social Causes of Weight Loss
Hospitalised AIDS patients, who take in only 70 of resting energy expenditure (REE) needs and 65 of protein needs, excluding the extra needs resulting from the hypermetabolism associated with fever, acute infections, and physical activity. Dietetic deficits in protein and calorie consumption interfere with the natural course of the main disease, emphasising subjective symptoms such as sickness, asthenia, anorexia, emesis, and constipation, which in turn interfere with feeding. A close relationship exists between susceptibility to infectious diseases and nutritional status regular nutrition and general good health make individuals more resistant to infections. Similarly, anergy to cutaneous tests (PPD, candidin, DNCB, etc.) is closely related to body-weight insufficiency and hypoalbuminaemia. The pre-surgical correction of denutrition reduces the incidence of post-surgical infectious complications, favouring the healing of the wounds and a quicker return to health 18-20 .
How Much Sun Exposure Is Enough
Recognising the limitations of existing evidence, a very pragmatic approach was adopted in Australia. Based on evidence relating to bone gracture and vitamin D, it was agreed that one-third of a minimal erythemal dose (MED) to 15 of the body, (e.g. the face, arms and hands) on most days of the week would be sufficient to maintain adequate vitamin D absorption to reduce osteoporosis risk (Newson et al. 2004). In practice this equates in the Australian context to only 10 min sun exposure either side of the peak UV period on most days of the week over summer and 2-3 h per week sun exposure during the winter months. This level was acceptable to the ACOD, as it was considered that the general population were already likely to be exceeding these recommendations as part of their normal day-to-day activity, even if they were always adopting sun protective measures during periods of high ultraviolet (UV) radiation. In addition, all parties agreed that the benefit of some sunlight is far...
Is Increased Physical Activity a Key Part of the Solution
Of significant note is that mildly deficient vitamin D levels (between 25 and 50 nmol l) in the general population has been only during winter periods. Notably, children who were obese had lower vitamin D levels and higher levels of vitamin D were seen in adolescent boys who participated in sport (Jones et al. 1999, 2005). Therefore, by encouraging people to be more physically active outdoors in winter months, we will not only be increasing their vitamin D levels, but also importantly contributing to their overall good health. Increasing levels of physical activity will not be a solution, however, at latitudes where little if any UV is present over winter months.
Clinical Approach
51.3 A 24-year-old woman delivered vaginally at term approximately 2 months previously. She was in good health until 1 week ago, when she began to complain of nervousness, tremulousness, and feeling warm. TSH level is 0.01 mlU L. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis
Myriad Britain and Culture Clash
What happened when Myriad tried to expand its version of BRCA-testing services to Britain and the rest of Europe Would Myriad's technology and way of structuring the identities of clients and health-care professionals be neatly transferable to the British context And how would the British government, British scientists, British clinicians, and British patients respond to Myriad's attempt to insinuate its approach to BRCA testing into their institutions Would they be able to accept Myriad's definition of a good health outcome, or would they remain loyal to the British approach system encompassing the clinical and technical dimensions of the test, particular roles for testing system participants such as clients and health-care professionals, and specific definitions of a good health outcome into a cultural context that differed greatly from the one in which it had been built.
Inhibitory Effect Of Shosaikoto On Hepatic Fibrosis
Several reports concerning the role of Sho-saiko-to with respect to the prevention and treatment of experimental liver damage induced in rats by D-galactosamine (Ymamoto et al., 1985), carbon tetrachloride (Amagaya et al., 1988a), dimethylnitrosamine (DMN) (Amagaya et al., 1988b), and pig serum (PS) (Amagaya et al., 1988b) have appeared. Although the mechanism by which Sho-saiko-to prevents hepatic fibrosis is not at present clear, it has been reported that the preadminis-tration of this herbal medicine protects the liver plasma membrane and HSCs against injury (Sakaguchi et al., 1983). Moreover, Sho-saiko-to was reported to prevent the development of hepatic
Association Vs Causation In Environmental Epidemiology
This raises questions regarding the value of such information for any purpose other than after-the-fact epidemiological analysis, which is not useful for the commander in the field who has the responsibility to complete the mission managing competing risks. Commanders are currently trained to manage risk in accordance with FM 100-14, Risk Management, which applies a probability severity of health outcome matrix to hazards69 (Figure 9.3). Obvious catastrophic events such as a release of highly toxic materials would have severe health risks, although the probability of such a release can only be estimated (Figure 9.4). However, since the most profound preventive action is avoidance, troop locations can be selected with regard to proximity and plume direction from industrial facilities. With respect to exposure to low ambient levels of chemicals, health effects may be delayed or produce little obvious and measurable impact on the immediate mission, but the probability of...
Beyond Breast Cancer Informing Technology Policymaking
Receptive to particular treatment regimens, has stimulated debate about whether it is possible or desirable to create therapies targeted to the individual and if such efforts will re-inscribe race as a relevant biological category.8 Another similar breed of genetics, called nutrigenomics, has already emerged, which promises to identify genetic variants linked to particular body types and health needs and thereby help clients make better health and lifestyle decisions. Sciona, Inc. offers a nutrigenetic test called Cellf to discover The Science of You. The Cellf Report, which is sent to the client after she buys a kit at a retail outlet and sends a cheek swab and payment to the company, explains which gene variations you have, what effects they may have on your health, and what specific amounts of food, nutrients, supplements, and exercise may help tailor-made and written just for you. 9 Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, which allows couples to genetically test an embryo created...
The Body Beautiful
Winslow, The Evolution and Significance of the Modern Public Health Campaign (New Haven Yale University Press, 1923), 30. Winslow was a forceful US campaigner Arthur Newsholme was a key figure in the United Kingdom see John M. Eyler, Sir Arthur Newsholme and State Medicine, 1885-1935 (Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 1997) Newsholme, Evolution of Preventive Medicine (London Baliere, 1927). On public health nursing, see Christopher Maggs, 'A General History of Nursing 1800-1900', in Bynum and Porter (eds.), Companion Encyclopedia of the History of Medicine, ii and Maggs (ed.), Nursing History The State of the Art (London Croom Helm, 1987). On hygiene advertising and industry-led hygiene initiatives, see Nancy Tomes, The Gospel of Germs Men, Women and the Microbe in American Life (Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press, 1998), 117-23, 247-52, and Juliann Sivulka, Stronger than Dirt A Cultural History of Advertising Personal Hygiene in North America (Amherst, NY Humanity...
Approaches To Improve Brain Health
Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and other whole foods, such as blue-green algae, contain thousands of phytochemicals, including polyphenolic compounds that express antioxidant activity and anti-inflammatory compounds 106, 128-130 . Some of these foods, such as the blue-green algae, also contain omega fatty acids, including gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), that can act to reduce lipid peroxidation and also reduce inflammation. Nature has packaged a wide array of phytochemicals that likely act in synergy to promote health. The area of nutritional neuroscience is growing quickly and there are many studies on the effects of whole foods and herbs as neuroprotective agents.
Overview Of Biochemical Markers And Aging Or Frailty
Have been associated with good health status, while reduced HDL-C values are recognized as risk factors for CHD in both middle-aged and older persons. Furthermore, it has been shown that reduced HDL-C also predicts non-CHD stroke mortality in older persons 20. Thus, low HDL-C may also be considered a valid biomarker for chronic disease and poor health status in old age.
Future Developments in Preventive Cardiology The Euroaction Project
So the challenge for preventive cardiology at all levels - for coronary patients, the relatives of patients with premature disease, and for people at high total risk of developing CVD - is considerable. What is required is innovative models of preventive care which can be integrated with everyday clinical practice to help patients and their families achieve a healthier lifestyle, modify their other risk factors, and reduce their total risk of developing or having recurrent atherosclerotic disease.
Exercise Training Combined with Blood Glucose Control
Prevention of diabetes through a healthier lifestyle Another study compared the effect of a healthy lifestyle on the occurrence of diabetes with that of metformin.16 After an average of 2.8 years it was shown that a healthy lifestyle could prevent diabetes mellitus type 2 more effectively (58 ) than metformin (31 ).
Evolution of the Technology
In time, the pharmacopoeia of Indian and Chinese cultures expanded to include a wide variety of herbs. Indian medicine, known as Ayurveda relied heavily on an extensive herbal formulary. Metallic compounds, along with substances derived from plants, animals, and minerals, came into common use in India around a.d. 1,000. At the time of the Dutch trade with India in the late 1600s, there were approximately 800 plants of medicinal value. However, with British colonization, the Indian tradition was suppressed, and the medical colleges established by the British taught only traditional Western medicine. Today, although Ayurvedic medicine is still practiced by some physicians in India, commercial Western medicines command virtually all of the pharmaceutical market. Chinese medicine is more popular in the West than Ayurvedic (Indian) medicine, in part because the Chinese have been more prone to absorb medical practices and pharmaceuticals from other cultures. For example, ginseng (Korea),...
Patents Containing Bupleurum
Extract preparation method CN1575810 Chinese herbal medicine for treating intractable headache CN1473626 Chinese herbal medicine health sanitary incense CN1468546 Liver strengthening agent for marine fishes CN1480161 Preparation of Chinese herbal medicine for treating lithiasis as well as its preparation method Chinese medicine and its preparation CN1430999 Chinese herbal medicine combination for treating disease of disorder of bowel function and its production
Revolutionary Hygiene and Naturphilosophie
After 1789 the French Revolution gave hygiene a new political status. Revolutionary French hygienists enthusiastically followed the plan of rational medicine set by the philosophes, and used hygiene and preventive medicine as a stick with which to beat the forces of conservatism. Revolutionary hygiene progressed from being a lengthy article in the Encyclop die m thodique in the 1780s to becoming officially adopted as one of the rights of the healthy citizen, and one of the duties of the state, by the National Convention's Committee on Salubrity in 1793. Behind the scenes public hygiene had been a long time maturing. Plague deaths
Seperation Of Cho From Soft Drinks
The fortification of some foods has been common practice for years. However, the production of soft drinks containing added vitamins was much less common until about 10 years ago. A few fortified products had been available for a long while, such as Trink 10 in Germany, which is a mixture of ten juices fortified with a range of vitamins, but these were uncommon. Also the fortification of beverages can sometimes offer its own challenges, one being to mask the taste of the added vitamins. However, with the concentration on a healthier lifestyle, fortification is now more common, and the highly successful launch of Sunny Delight, which contains vitamins, in the late 1990s meant that there has been a lot of 'me too' activity. The introduction of the revised Fruit Juice Directive in the United Kingdom in 2003 (Anon, 2003b) has led to the possibility of fruit juices fortified with vitamins and or minerals, rather than just fortified fruit juice drinks. Anon (1996c) British Herbal...
The Swiss Heart Foundation
With public events on the World Heart Day or by means of the health platform Rendez-vous Heart (educational seminars and risk of heart attack tests in the Heart Bus ), the heart group members are encouraged to play the role of messengers for a healthy lifestyle and to increase public awareness regarding the heart groups and their activities. Both the internet platform7 and the newsletter mein Herz (my heart) aim at improving the ties within the network of heart groups.8
Nux Vomike Taken Period
The Arab philosophers took over custody of the classical texts concerning medicine and other scientific knowledge. Greek and Roman writings on herbal medicine by Galen and others were copied into vast books which also incorporated the Arab physicians' own discoveries about the natural world. Two notable and massive compilations were the Royal Book of All Medicine (al-Kitab al-Malaki) by Ali ibn Abbas al-Majusi, known in the West as Haly Abbas, who died in 994, and slightly later the Canon of Medicine by ibn Sina known as Avicenna, who died in 1037. As knowledge of the new Eastern drugs trickled westwards, mentions of nux vomica and lignum colubrinum began to appear in the herbals, or books describing different plants and herbal medicines, that were written, first on the Continent, then in England. The first Continental pharmacopoeia was published in Florence in 1498, and the earliest of the English herbals were little more than borrowings from the Continental authors and in the case...
Helictonema Velutinum Chemcal Composition
The dried infructescenes, immature fruits and even the leaf galls are reportedly used as Madras nagakesara (Anandkumar etal, 1986). Nagakesara is a crude drug in Ayurveda, used as deodorant, diaphoretic and stimulant, as an appetiser, brain tonic, anti-medic, anthelmintic, aphrodisiac, diuretic and antidote. Mesua ferrea Linn. (Clusiaceae) is regarded as the real ''Nagakesara' (north Indian nagakesara) by most practitioners, while the dried inflorescence and immature fruits of C. wightii is traded as 'Madras nagakesara'. The dried fruits of Dillenia pentagyna Roxb. are also sold as 'Malabar nagakesara'. Anandkumar et al. (1986) have made a comparative pharmacog-nostic study of the three sources of nagakesara. Rao, R.R. (1981). Ethnobotanical studies on the flora of Meghalaya - some interesting reports of the herbal medicines. In S.K. Jain (ed.) Glimpses of Indian Ethnobotany, Oxford IBH Publ., new Delhi, pp. 137-148.
You Will Be Careful as to the Second Article
The extent of nux vomica's use in traditional Indian medicine is uncertain. There are contradictory accounts. According to one nineteenth century source, it was seldom if ever used by Hindu physicians because of the dangers.4 However, if a modern compilation of traditional remedies is to be believed, it would probably be easier to list those afflictions for which it has not been recommended.5 Typically, in India the nuts were boiled in milk to soften them, then scraped into a paste which can be set aside and softened again when needed. They were also recommended as prophylactics against various diseases. It was commonplace to take nux vomica every day to protect against snake bites. In a paper read by Mr. Baker to the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta in 1823, he related the case of a servant who, while carrying an umbrella for a British officer, suddenly fell down in a fit. He appeared stiff and lifeless, and when he stood up, rested on his heels, with his toes turned upwards,...
Cannabis in India ancient lore and modern medicine
GW Pharmaceuticals, 2235 Wylie Avenue, Missoula, MT 59809, USA Introduction Ayurvedic medicine India is a land steeped in faith and mysticism. Ayurveda, combining the Sanskrit words for life and knowledge, is a system of medicine intertwined inextricably with these traits. That a core of belief combined with empirical experimentation could produce a viable medical regimen still widely practiced after well over 3000 years is astounding to Western physicians. Cannabis was similarly bound to faith and mysticism in India in the past, in the Hindu and Islamic traditions, as well as in numerous other minority religions 1 . Merlin recently explained it well 2 , with the powerful tools of modern science and human imagination, our understanding of our deep-rooted desire to experience ecstasy in the original sense of the word (to break the mind free from the body and communicate with the 'gods' or the ancestors) will become clear with time . This chapter will seek to examine the medical claims...
The Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation CVPR Program Hospital
Adopting healthy lifestyle habits to reduce cardiovascular risk The first degree relatives (siblings or offspring over the age of 18) of patients who present with premature coronary disease (men who present with CHD before the age of 55 and women before the age of 65) are identified by the nurse. Relatives who live in the same household as the index patient are recruited to the program. Those relatives who do not live in the same household as the patient are sent a Personal Support Pack (www.escardio.org EuroAction) in the post. This pack comprises a covering letter, an education booklet, a questionnaire, and a letter to the relative's own physician. The booklet provides information on coronary disease and cardiovascular risk, and advice on how to adopt a healthy lifestyle. The questionnaire has two sections. Section 1 is completed by the relative and includes questions on their current lifestyle regarding smoking, diet, and physical activity. Section 2 is for the relative's...
The Difference between the Diet of Our Distant Ancestors and Our Diet Today
In the industrialized countries diets have changed remarkably over the past 100 years. This dietary shift, combined with an increasingly sedentary lifestyle, is a major cause of many common diseases-heart disease, osteoporosis, tooth decay, high blood pressure, and diabetes. These disorders, so prevalent now, were rare before the 20th century. For thousands of years, humans adapted to and thrived on a diet radically different from today's diet.19,20 Looking at the diet of our ancestors provides an insight into what foods and nutrients humans were genetically designed to consume for good health.
Special Considerations for Type 1 Diabetes
Nutrition recommendations for a healthy lifestyle for the general public14 are also appropriate for persons with type 1 diabetes. Since the body weight of patients with type 1 diabetes is usually normal, energy intake does not have to be modified. Many type 1 diabetic patients are now treated with intensive insulin therapy (insulin pumps or basal-bolus insulin regimen). For these
Conclusion Of Cinnamon
The broad spectrum of pharmacological actions of cinnamon cortex and cinnamon oil, together with its use as a spice, makes it a wonder plant. In the Indian and Chinese systems of traditional medicine cinnamon is used in many therapeutic formulations as a stimulant, a tonic, and in the relief of rheumatic disorders, of stomach disorders, of diabetes, etc. But in these systems an active principle-based pharmacological activity is not considered as the basis of therapeutics. Therefore, investigations employing modern tools of pharmacological parameters have not been undertaken to ascertain the wide range of actions attributed to cinnamon. However, the past two decades have seen a spurt in research activities in Ayurveda medicines and medicinal plants due to the revival of popularity of this system of traditional medicine. Many studies have been reported from China and Japan on their traditional medicines and these investigations provide pharmacological supports for many of the...
Personal and Social History
The Personal and Social History also conveys lifestyle habits that promote health or create risk such as exercise and diet, including frequency of exercise, usual daily food intake, dietary supplements or restrictions, and use of coffee, tea, and other caffeine-containing beverages and safety measures, including use of seat belts, bicycle helmets, sunblock, smoke detectors, and other devices related to specific hazards. You may want to include any alternative health care practices.
Hepatoprotective Activity
O.gratissimum and O.basilicum are used in a Taiwanese herbal remedy believed to possess anti-inflammatory and detoxication activities. The crude extracts was studied against CC1 - and D-GalN-induced acute hepatitis and were found to be hepatoprotective (Lin et al., 1995).
Variability in Micronutrient Requirements among Individuals
Put simply, each person has unique nutritional requirements. Depending on one's individual genetic makeup, striking variability can exist in the body's biochemistry. A nutrient intake sufficient for one person may be inadequate for another. For example, 2 mg day of vitamin B6 is adequate for good health in most people, yet some individuals with inherited defects in vitamin B6 metabolism need up to 30 to 100 times this amount.25 The absorption and daily requirement for calcium can vary four- to fivefold among healthy middle-aged women.26 Normal plasma concentrations for 1,25 (OH)2 vitamin D (the activated form of the vitamin) vary between 15 and 45 pg ml in healthy adults.9 In the 10 of the population who are heterozygous for the hemochromatosis gene (see pp. 68), dietary iron intakes that normally maintain health may be toxic in the long-term.27
What Happens to Communication
Fourth, this model does not take into account a common observation made with chronic pain families, which is that the actual quantity of communication between the patient and family members diminishes. It is not just the quality of communication that might suffer, but the quantity also seems to decline. Many patients ascribe this phenomenon to their loss of position within the family (see Chapter 7), the notion that when you are sick, you should not be bothered by trivial problems and certainly not by serious ones because this may be detrimental to your health, and to a tendency on the part of the children to leave the patient (parent) alone because that is what they are often told to do. All of this conspires to enhance the patient's sense of isolation and poses a further challenge to an already compromised identity. It is impossible to discuss family communication in isolation from the rest of the family's functioning. For that reason, the cases will be discussed in some depth to...
Who Does What An Exploration of Family Roles
Another study investigated the association between physical symptoms including headaches (79 ), stomach discomfort (62 ), and back pain (61 ) and work and family roles in a group of 403 women, 25 to 55 years of age (Barnett et al., 1991). Work in itself was not a negative factor, but combined with a positive marriage or partnership, women were more likely to reap physical health benefits from the rewards of their altruism toward their fellow workers and from positive support from supervisors. However, worries at work contributed to complaints of high levels of physical symptoms. The authors stated, The significant interactions between women's family roles and particular work factors underscore the need to incorporate into our research paradigm the non-workplace lives of female as well as male workers (p. 99). They also reported absence of studies of male workers examining the effects of either partnership or parental status on the relationship between workplace factors and physical...
Therapeutic interventions
Conclusive evidence that lowering hsCRP levels leads to a reduction in clinical cardiovascular events in primary prevention settings is not available. Nevertheless, many behavioral and pharmacological interventions that reduce cardiovascular event rates are associated with lower hsCRP levels. Behavioral interventions in this category include smoking cessation, weight loss, increased physical activity, and dietary modification (see ref. 6 for a review). Pharmacological interventions are reviewed in the following sections. Because a patient's compliance with recommended interventions depends in part on his or her perception of absolute disease risk and because the addition of hsCRP testing to existing risk algorithms provides an improved prediction tool, a major rationale for hsCRP screening is to help motivate at-risk individuals to adopt healthier lifestyles and to comply with prescribed drug therapies.
The Role of the Nurse in Phase III Rehabilitation
Goal of the cardiac rehabilitation nurse is to educate patients in the means to do this. Phase III rehabilitation mostly concerns maintenance of a heart-healthy lifestyle. The nurse can encourage this by completing the formal aspects to the rehabilitation program. This should include the following recommendations
Energy Distribution Among Nutrients
However, in addition to the importance of controlling the total amount of dietary energy, food choices should be directed towards a balanced distribution of energy among nutrient sources. Epidemiological and experimental studies have led to the establishment of correct energy distribution among carbohydrates, fats, and protein, in order to prevent the onset of chronic diseases and to assure the maintenance of a good nutritional and health status. In this view, in the USA, more than 20 years ago, a Senate Select Committee stated that the energy distribution compatible with good health and that should be reached by the American population (dietary goals) should consist of 58 of energy from carbohydrates, 30 from fats, and 12 from proteins. Among carbohydrates, 15 of calories should derive from sugars and 40-50 from complex carbohydrates, while, among fats, 10 of calories should come from saturated fats and 20 from unsaturated fats 13 .
Case of Chronic Headache
Our literature review, confined to mostly systemic family functioning, will show that there is much evidence of family disruption in the face of parental chronic illness. On the other hand, this body of literature falls somewhat short of defining the optimum functioning of these families. Families of chronically ill patients do not favorably compare with well families, and yet the benchmark of comparison for these families is invariably with well families. What could be construed as healthy functioning for the Christy family in view of the low probability of this family's returning to Mrs. Christy's premorbid level of functioning We shall also attempt to address the critical issue of ascertaining effective family functioning for chronic pain families, whose optimum functioning may be at variance with that of normal families. This particular issue is neglected in the research. The prevailing wisdom is to compare chronic pain families with normal families, and make judgments about their...
Immunomodulating and Adaptogenic Effects
Certain plants widely used in the Ayurvedic and Unani systems of medicine for treatment of chronic infections and immunological disorders were studied on delayed type hypersensitivity, humoral responses to sheep red blood cells, skin allograft rejection, and phagocytic activity of the reticuloendothelial system in mice. An ethanolic extract of O.gratissimum leaves (100 mg kg p.0.) appeared to improve the phagocytic function without affecting the humoral or cell-mediated immune system (Atal et al., 1986).
Choosing the Structure and Content of Your Report
Very little information was provided by Mr. Smith's primary care physician regarding his medical history. During the interview, Mr. Smith described himself as in generally good health. He denied having major illnesses or hospitalizations during his childhood or teen years. He noted that he rarely gets sick and that his employment attendance was exceptionally good. To the best of his recollection, his only major medical problems and associated treatments were for kidney stones (1996) and removal of a benign polyp from his colon (1998). He reported taking vitamins and glucosamine sulfate (for general health and joint pain), but currently does not take any prescription medications. Mr. Smith's primary care physician is Dr. Nancy Jones.
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
In a case reported by Chrisomalis et al.,75 a 30-year-old woman with CLL experienced repeated infections during pregnancy that were treated successfully with antibiotics. She was not treated for the CLL, as she was asymptomatic. In addition to her bone marrow, the intervillous spaces of the placenta were filled with mature-appearing lymphocytes consistent with CLL. The patient delivered a healthy newborn, and the patient and baby remained in good health 1 year after delivery.75 Welsh et al.76 reported a 22-year-old patient with CLL diagnosed at 35 weeks gestation with a WBC count of 45,400 L. She delivered a healthy infant at term. Four months following delivery, her WBC count decreased to 10,300 L without therapy. She continued to have a high percentage of monoclonal lymphocytes, but the absolute number decreased. The authors concluded that this represents an apparent spontaneous clinical but not clonal regression.76
Pretreatment Evaluation And Education
In addition, use of other medication is discussed, particularly the use of Tylenol and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Tylenol is preferred as the drug of choice for the flu-like symptoms associated with IFN, and for the headaches, but many patients are worried about the use of Tylenol and need to be informed that up to 3 g d has little liver toxicity. Patients are advised that, before they start any new therapy, they should inform their caregiver that they have chronic liver disease. Many patients are interested in the use of vitamin preparations and herbal remedies, which are discussed in Chapter 13. The authors do, however, recommend that patients should avoid iron-containing multivitamins and high doses of vitamin A. Antioxidant therapy, such as milk thistle (Silymarin) and vitamin E, are almost ubiquitously used by patients with CHC. The vitamin E is the preferred antioxidant, at a dose of 800 U d. Many patients will not stop their herbal remedies, even...
Overview of the Chapter
Cardiac rehabilitation can be defined as the restoration of physical, psychological, and social functions after a cardiac event. The level of function may not be the same as before the event however, optimal capacity and quality of life should be the goal. Secondary prevention can be defined as the development and practice of long-term strategies aiming at minimizing symptoms, preventing recurrence, and hopefully compressing morbidity and prolonging life. Such strategies entail healthy lifestyle, behavioral and emotional coping skills, stress management, problem solving, and adherence to medication. The involvement of spouse and family members in the rehabilitation has the potential of facilitating the process and improving the outcome.
CR Maintenance Phase Difficulties
Cardiac rehabilitation, a comprehensive secondary prevention program, is considered to be the appropriate intervention to promote the adoption of a healthy lifestyle, stress management, and risk factor control in CAD patients.5 Today's challenge is to promote a comprehensive long-lasting program, including exercise, education, and secondary prevention interventions, that is affordable and likely to be maintained in the long run.
Nutritional Intervention to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in Overweight Obese Subjects
Because much of the risk of developing type 2 diabetes is attributable to obesity,10 maintenance of a healthy body weight is strongly recommended as a means of preventing this disease. The relationship between glycemic index and glycemic load and the development of type 2 diabetes remains unclear at this time.9
Economic and Political Issues
Today, malaria is becoming a greater health problem than before in many parts of the world. Epidemics are occurring in areas where transmission had been eliminated. These outbreaks are generally associated with deteriorating social and economic conditions, and many victims are in underprivileged rural populations. Demographic, economic, and political pressures compel entire populations (seasonal workers, nomadic tribes, and farmers migrating to newly developed urban areas or new agricultural and economic developments) to leave malaria-free areas and move into endemic zones. These people are often non-immune and at high risk of severe disease. Unfortunately, these population movements and the intensive urbanization are not always accompanied by adequate development of sanitation and health care.
Adverse Effects Of Herbal Therapy
Herbal remedies may be toxic for other reasons. For example, toxic substances, i.e., heavy metals, or substitutes such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications, may contaminate herbal products and cause adverse events. An additional area of concern is the interactions between herbal remedies and medications. Chinese herbal drugs have been found to increase the activity of coumarin other plants high in vitamin K reduce the drug's effectiveness (33). A recent letter to the editor (34) stated that eight patients taking St. John's Wort developed breakthrough bleeding, despite being on oral contraceptives. Because of its efficacy in treatment of mild depression, St. John's Wort has been suggested as a possible addition to IFN regimens, because IFN treatment is associated with the development ofdepression. This has raised concerns that St. John's Wort therapy may result in unwanted pregnancy. This is of concern to hepatologists, because patients on IFN therapy are mandated to utilize...
How Much Vitamin C Do I need A Tolerance Test
The daily vitamin C needs for your body to stay healthy depend on two basic factors your genetic construction the DNA (stretched cone) and the actual health status of your body (short cone). As there is no system to measure the required daily need for vitamin C, we have to learn how to interpret the signals our body gives us. Too much vitamin C and the body will react with the signal of mild diarrhea. The reason the excess vitamin C is excreted and causes fast bowels.
Current Concepts
Greater attention is now being devoted to the educational and counseling components of rehabilitative care, with new techniques being applied in these areas as well. Prominent among these is the behavioral approach to reducing coronary risk this comprises not only transmission of information, but also practical training in the skills needed for adoption of a healthy lifestyle, and provision of opportunity to practice and reinforce these skills. To achieve successful lifestyle changes, patients must actively participate in the management of their disease. Evidence that favorable modification of coronary risk factors can not only limit progression of the disease but even induce regression of the underlying atherosclerosis has encouraged efforts of this area. This is particularly true for individuals with accelerated atherosclerosis, manifest as myocardial infarction or a requirement for myocardial revascularization procedures. The importance of the family - and often the workplace - in...
Series Preface
Global warming and global travel are among the factors resulting in the spread of such infectious diseases as malaria, tuberculosis, hepatitis B, and HIV. All these are not well controlled by the present drug regimes. Antibiotics, too, are failing because of bacterial resistance. Formerly less well-known tropical diseases are reaching new shores. A whole range of illnesses, for example cancer, occurs worldwide. Advances in molecular biology, including methods of in vitro testing for a required medical activity, give new opportunities to draw judiciously upon the use and research of traditional herbal remedies from around the world. The re-examining of the herbal medicines must be done in a multidisciplinary manner. Since 1997, 42 volumes have been published in the book series Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Industrial Profiles. The series continues and is characterised by a single plant genus per volume. With the same series editor, this new series, Traditional Herbal Medicines for...
There is growing awareness that carotenoids may have an important role in the maintenance and promotion of good health and in the prevention of chronic disease (1). Much of this evidence derives from physiology studies that investigate carotenoid function in the tissues of interest or from epidemiological studies that relate various measures of carotenoid levels with disease status. The physiology studies normally employ quantitative analytical methods such as organic solvent extraction followed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis to determine levels with high sensitivity and specificity, but they are invasive assessments requiring tissue biopsies or autopsy materials. Epidemiological studies generally rely on three means of assessment dietary histories, serum carotenoid levels, and adipose carotenoid measurements but these methodologies have many inherent weaknesses. Dietary assessment is an inexact science because it either relies on long-term subject recall...
In the preprotease era, the presence of hepatitis virus infection was not viewed with concern, but now that the healthy life-span of these patients has increased substantially, many patients with concurrent hepatitis C will die of liver disease before succumbing to the effects of HIV. Realistic expectations of long-term survival with HIV disease, especially with early diagnosis and combination antiretroviral therapy, demands consideration of therapy for concurrent chronic viral hepatitis, especially given the large population at risk. The presence of HCV infection not only affects the health status of HIV-infection patients, leading to enhanced risk of mortality and mortality, but the accompanying elevation of liver-associated enzymes limits use of many medications useful in the treatment of HIV disease, because of the threat of worsened liver disease. Research in the past 5 yr has yielded new agents with greater efficacy, greater ease of use, and a lower incidence of adverse events...
The Complex Brain
An electroencephalogram (EEG) is obtained by making electrical measurements on the scalp. The EEG is one of the most important sources of information about the activity of the brain and, not surprisingly, it has frequently been subjected to chaos analysis. The chaotic dimensionality of the EEG varies in different conditions, pathological and normal. For example, the EEG recordings of epileptic patients have been compared during a seizure and during a period of normal brain activity. The EEG has a dimensionality of about 4.5 in normal individuals, but this changes depending on the state, including the mental state, of the person. In epileptics the dimensionality is generally lower, around 4.14 During a seizure it falls further, to about 3.5.15 The finding is consistent with a simpler and less chaotic brain state in epilepsy as indicated by the lowered correlation dimension. Again, chaos is a sign of healthy functioning. Again, too, the conclusion is somewhat surprising, since people...
Target Populations
To enable patients to follow their cardioprotective diet, and generally speaking for the good health of their employees, firms should train their chefs to prepare a well-balanced diet, and offer meals in line with the above recommendations. Studies evaluating the feasibility and the medico-economical consequences of this concept are to our knowledge not available.
Utility Measures
Ment as a side-effect with a pharmacological intervention which will extend life by 3 years with minimal side-effects. The main way in which this has been done is to calculate quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). QALYs are an estimation of the number of life years gained (or lost) because of illness or health intervention multiplied by the change in the HRQoL of those treated. QALYs are calculated from population rather than individual data. HRQoL is rated from 1.0 (best possible life) to 0.0 (dead). Thus a treatment which lengthened life by 5 years and restored or maintained a person in perfect health (5 x 1.0 5.0) would provide a health system gain of 5.0 QALYs. The cost per QALY can be calculated from the cost of the treatment in a traditional health economic calculation. Different treatments can thus be compared for the cost per QALY of the treatment. Comparisons can be done concerning the same patients, for example the cost of treating cardiac patients by medication, angioplasty...
Dietary Intake
Self-sufficient, not self-sufficient and institutionalised 30 . Besides, nutritional examination in a selected healthy elderly population would not show variations in dietary patterns in fact, they try to maintain the food habits because of a reduction of the adaptation capacity with age 31 . Elderly people's associations with food are more emotional than those of younger adults for some, food intake is the main event in the course of the day, often providing the only possibility of social contact 31 . The elderly have repeatedly been told that good food means good health 31 . So, the elderly may eat simply because they know they have to, even if they do not feel like eating, or they may eat because the food is delivered and throwing it away would be wasteful 32 .
The Salerno Regimen
The new universities fed the early medieval 'Romanesque' enthusiasm for literacy, culture, and self-improvement. The message of the health-conscious regimen was strongly promoted by the new university-trained medici, supported by Romano-Islamic classical scholarship such as that of the comprehensive, easy-to-memorize, four-volume Canon of Medicine by Ibn Sina (Avicenna 980-1037). The physicians were eager to get classical preventive medicine on board alongside their other 'cures', and profited well from it their personally tailored regimens and consilia (letters of advice) were available to anyone who could afford them. Throughout Europe there were growing numbers of manuscript tracts and volumes for general readers on all subjects religious and secular and roughly 3 to 4 per cent of these were medical works.16 Evidently one had to be 'wise in science' at court. Encyclopedic 'books of secrets' (such as the famous Aristotle's Secrets) could be read or memorized in short bursts, as well...
The Private Parts
'The cleanliness of the rest of your person, which, by the way, will conduce greatly to your health, I refer from time to time to the bagnio,' remarked Chesterfield casually, but not urgently.9 He might have known better than to send his son to France with that advice or perhaps he assumed that French aristocratic males merely looked on while their womenfolk bathed and sluiced. In France the aristocratic tendre for cosmetic cleanliness that had developed during the seventeenth century had reached a new peak of perfection by the eighteenth century. It had virtually become a symbol of their class. The cultic aspects of the boudoir came from the French royal ritual of the levee, the morning toilette conducted in the royal bedroom suite with an audience of kin, intimate friends, and favoured counsellors, an old custom of monarchs that had been perfected by Louis XIV, and which spread throughout the French nobility a new and highly favoured grooming pleasure zone, full of objets d'art.10...
Annexins And Cancer
The ubiquitous expression of annexins means that they are superficially unattractive targets for drug development. Recently however it has been shown that Withaferin A, a steroidal lactone derived from Indian Ginseng which has been widely used in traditional Indian medicine, specifically binds to annexin 2 and has dramatic effects on cancer cell lines by modifying their actin cytoskeleton (Falsey et al., 2006). It is cytotoxic to cancer cell lines and is thought to alter the actin binding properties of annexin 2. Derivatives of this compound are finding uses as markers for angiogenesis and the compound itself has potent anti-angiogenic properties (Yokota et al., 2006 Mohan et al., 2004). This is congruent with the observation that the annexin 2 knockout mouse is incapable of pathological neo-angiogenesis, and with the proposed role of annexin 2 in the migration of new blood vessels (via tissue plasminogen activator, plasminogen and matrix metallo-proteinases MMPs) (Ling et al., 2004).
Although herbal medicines are thought to be safe drugs, a complicating factor, which has caused physicians and patients to lose confidence in the safety of Sho-saiko-to, is the development of severe interstitial pneumonia associated with its use, particularly when it is used in combination with interferon (IFN) in treating some Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis C. Interstitial pneumonia is also induced by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), whereas Sho-saiko-to induced G-CSF production in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with chronic hepatitis C (Yamashiki et al., 1997a). These findings suggest that Sho-saiko-to, when used in combination with IFN, may be a cause of interstitial pneumonia.
SF36v2 Standard
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Your Health and Well-Being This survey asks for your views about your health. This information will help keep track of how you feel and how well you are able to do your usual activities. Thank you for completing this survey 1. In general, would you say your health is 2, Compared to one week ago, how would you rate your health in general now
Basic Outcome Report
The basic report consists of an individual patient assessment form and an annual service assessment form. The patient document can act both as direct outcome feedback to the participant and as a base for onward referral after completion of the program. This form should contain a progress report, a summary of the patient's risk factor status, ongoing treatment, and recommendations for a heart-healthy lifestyle.
A functional drink can be defined as one that offers the consumer additional perceived benefits besides its primary function, which is hydration - the maintenance of body fluid at a suitable level. The benefits are usually directed towards some aspect of maintaining good health or coping with the pressures of modern lifestyles. A range of functional ingredients, including herbal extracts, is available to the formulator of functional drinks.
Leland Clark
Leland Clark stimulated medical interest in PFCs with his dramatic demonstration that mice submerged in oxygenated liquid PFC could derive their entire physiologic oxygen requirements via the PFC in their lungs (Clark and Gollan, 1966). Neat PFCs must not be injected into the circulation, for they are immiscible in the blood and become emboli that can cause fatal vascular obstructions. Within a year of Clark's publication, Henry Sloviter reported that PFCs could be emulsified with serum albumin to be compatible with plasma upon intravenous injection (Sloviter and Kamimoto, 1967). Using this emulsion, he was able to extend the electrical activity of isolated rat brains much longer than with perfusion with rat RBCs. The following year, Robert Geyer reported on exchange transfusions of rat blood with an emulsion made of perfluorotributylamine, the surfactant Pluronic F-68 and physiologic salts. Animals survived on this PFC emulsion at high oxygen tensions until sufficient RBC...
Healthy Lifestyle Along with the discussion of screening and promotion of tobacco cessation and prevention of alcohol misuse, other aspects of healthy living should be promoted by physicians. Exercise has been consistently shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, and overall mortality. Even exercise of moderate amounts, such as walking for 30 minutes a day, has a positive effect on health. The benefits increase with increasing the amount of exercise performed. Studies performed on counseling physically inactive persons to exercise have shown inconsistent results. However, the benefits of exercise are clear and should be promoted. Counseling to promote a healthy diet in persons with hyperlipidemia. other risk factors for cardiovascular disease, or other conditions related to diet is beneficial. Intensive counseling by physicians or, when appropriate, referral to dietary counselors or nutritionists, can improve health outcomes. In selected patients,...
Treatment Of Acyesis
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Clinical Pearl
Medications A list of medications, dosage, route of administration and frequency, and duration of use should be developed. Prescription, over-the-counter, and herbal remedies are all relevant. If the patient is currently taking antibiotics, it is important to note what type of infection is being treated.
Modern Well Being
In the 1960s and 1970s naturism and wealth coincided on the warm and sunny Pacific coast of California, and produced a luxurious 'New Age' theology of body culture that ultimately became the 'well-being sector'. 'Hippie' teenagers who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s formed the core group of affluent health enthusiasts who rediscovered multicultural medicine in the 1980s and 1990s and in the United States, where personal health insurance was expensive or simply not affordable, and individual preventive health care strategies were even more essential, New Age holism was rapidly adopted and massmarketed as a new moral 'wellness' crusade 'Your health is your responsibility don't just sit there, do something,' as one American best-seller energetically put it.45
The controversy raised by neurasthenia was remarkably similar to that of the 1980s' 'yuppie flu' debate. Despite affirming that there were no physical signs of the disorder and that neurasthenia was compatible with the appearance of good health, Beard was adamant about the organic nature of the condition. He observed that the illness was most prevalent in the upper echelons of the community and concluded that neurasthenia was a physical response to the demands of industrialised society. In his
Benefits And Risks
In any case we all have eventually to die of something and, even after excessive practising of all the advice on how to live a healthy life, the likelihood that the mode of death for most of us will be free from pain, anxiety, cough, diarrhoea, paralysis (the list is endless) seems so small that it can be disregarded. Drugs already provide immeasurable solace in these situations, but better drugs are needed and their development should be encouraged.
Why Am I Doing This
In the next section, we focus on work directly linking motivational constructs to healthy functioning. Much of this work has grown out of concern over particular motivational problems like test anxiety and learned helpless. We discuss this work first. More recently, researchers have been studying the link between motivational constructs and mental health directly. We discuss this work second.
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The unifying assumption in Newton's essay is that an Edenic fare of fruits and vegetables was created for human consumption and is essential for a full and healthy life span. After the Fall and the discovery of fire, however, humans increasingly partook of cooked meat. The die was cast Thirst, the necessary concomitant of a flesh diet, ensued water often polluted was resorted to, and man forfeited the inestimable The recommended breakfast consisted of dried fruits, whether raisins, figs, or plums, with toasted bread or biscuits preferably without butter , and weak tea, always made of distilled water, with a moderate portion of milk in it. 5 For children the tea was replaced by diluted milk. A typical dinner was potatoes, with some other vegetables, according as they happen to be in season in a sauce of Portuguese onions and walnut pickle macaroni a tart, or a pudding, with as few eggs in it as possible to this is sometimes added a dessert. As to drinking, Newton cautioned that we are...
A 48-year-old G3 P3 woman complains of a 2-yr history of loss of urine four to five times each day, typically occurring 2 to 3 sec after coughing, sneezing, or lifting. In addition, she notes dysuria and the urge to void during these episodes. These events cause her embarrassment and interfere with her daily activities. The patient is otherwise in good health. A urine culture performed 1 month previously was negative. On examination, she is slightly obese. Her blood pressure is 130 80, heart rate 80 bpm, and temperature 99 F. Breast examination is normal without masses. Her heart has a regular rate and rhythm without murmurs. Abdominal examination reveals no masses or tenderness. A midstream voided urinalysis is unremarkable.
Longevity Research
Possibilities for foiling obsolescence are studied by longevity researchers, and their efforts to push the envelope of life-expectancy outward to its limit have been rewarded. Good health care, especially during one's youth, sufficient nutrition, adequate rest, and time to recuperate from exertion, injury, and abuse have already added years to the average human life-expectancy. One can also buy one or another commodity or service or not buy other
This 49-year-old woman had been in good health until recently, when she noted increasing abdominal swelling and discomfort, indicative of ascites. The physical examination is consistent with ascites with the fluid wave and shifting dullness. Her icteric suggests the liver as the etiology of the ascites. Her laboratory studies are significant for hypoalbuminemia and coagulopathy (prolonged prothrombin time), indicating probable impaired hepatic synthetic function and advanced liver disease. She does have prior exposures, most notably a blood transfusion, which put her at risk for hepatitis viruses, especially hepatitis C. Currently, she also has a low-grade fever and mild abdominal tenderness, both signs of infection. Bacterial infection of the ascitic fluid must be considered, because untreated cases have a high mortality.
Another Useful Test
Overall, Myriad characterized BRCA testing as an unprecedented technology that could improve the lives and health care of women and was distinct from other risk-assessment services that had previously been available. Furthermore, it could be offered without specialist care or counseling, because the laboratory analysis itself identified specific risks and could trigger certain treatment recommendations. As the company promoted its novel technology, which identified new risks and disease and could also direct clients to new treatments, it also articulated a specific definition of a good health outcome to identify and treat mutation-positive individuals. The company argued that this identification process was useful not only because knowing one's mutation status would provide peace of mind but also because a variety of clinical management options were available for this newly identified class of at-risk individuals. As we will see, however, this goal was quite different from the one...
Carbohydrates are recommended in each meal of the day. Foods containing carbohydrates from whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and low-fat milk should be included in the diet. Like the general population, patients with diabetes are encouraged to consume fiber-containing foods (such as whole grains, fruits, and vegetables) because they provide vitamins, minerals, fiber, and other substances important for good health. However, there is no reason to advise people with diabetes to consume a greater amount of fiber than non-diabetic individuals.
Outcome Measures
Of disease-free years divided by the equivalent number of years in the current diseased state. The utility value will range from 0 (worst possible health or death) to 1 (perfect health). Clinical outcomes were then adjusted in the form of the QALY as a product of the actual life expectancy multiplied by the patient health utility.
Clinical Trials
In the setting of a poor functional age, serious comor-bid medical conditions, and particularly patient preference, less intensive chemotherapy or aggressive supportive care may be more appropriate treatment options. Drugs such as hydroxyurea (generally given in doses of 500-3000 mg day, adjusted to the degree of leukocytosis and or treatment-related thrombocytopenia) and low-dose ara-C (at a dose of 10 mg m2) are well tolerated and will reduce leukocytosis for a period of time, though neither will impact survival.96 We use the phrase aggressive supportive care to emphasize that symptoms will be treated vigorously and to distinguish this modality from hospice. Blood and platelet transfusions should be administered to alleviate symptoms stemming from anemia and thrombocytopenia, and antibiotics initiated when appropriate. In addition, integrative therapies such as Reike, therapeutic touch, and herbal medicines may be used by the willing patient. These latter interventions often can be...
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This student has come to the Seven Golden Secrets to Writing Class for three years. I am so proud of her that a) that she keeps coming and b) that she loves to write. She has developed many pieces over the years, but this is her first completion of larger project – a short story. There are some grammatical mistakes in this piece but it seemed to flow with the voice of a 14-year-old so they are still in this piece. Here, with a supernatural flare to fit the season, is: No Marks, No Traces, Nowhere. Happy Howling on pumpkin day -- Diana
No Marks, No Traces, Nowhere
By Veronica Gray
The one time I left her house, I didn't know that it would be the last time I'd see her the way she use to be. Some people say she died; others say she was captured.
I still don't know. I still don't know what to believe.
The last night I saw her alive the moon was covered by clouds. There was no noise while Nancy and I walked down a dim street. There was an eerie kind of feeling hanging in the air, but it always feels this way in the area where we live: Black Gate.
My friend, Nancy, wasn't the most social girl on the block. Some people had problems with her. She dressed in all black and had the quote "weird piercings," unquote. She had a weird tattoo of a dark house, it was her house, stained into her pale wrist. I asked her what it stands for, but when I did, she'd shut down and her pale face paled even more. She's had that odd tattoo as long as I can remember.
We were best friends since second grade. Well, not really. In the beginning, we were enemies. Unfortunately, I was the prissy, rich girl and I hated her, but one day my parents gambled away all of our savings and we became dirt poor. So none of my so-called "friends," wanted to hang out with me anymore.
It was then Nancy started to talk to me.
I was sitting alone eating a sandwich watching my "friends" gossip, probably about me.
Nancy came up to me and sat on the other end of the table. I saw she had a pudding cup and I got jealous. I asked if she wanted to change her pudding for my fruit cup. She said no, but continued to talk to me. I got tired of ignoring her so I kept the conversation rolling. Besides, no one else was talking to me.
All through lunch and after school we talked.
"Do you want to be my friend?" she asked me. I got scared by that question. Everything was going by so fast. I didn't talk to Nancy for three days after that. For those three days I was so lonely. I decided to talk to her again. I gathered up my stuff and walked towards her.
"Do you want to be my friend?" I asked her.
She replied with a huge grin, stretching from ear to ear.
"Yes," she squeaked.
Now, I am 14 and after our last fight yesterday, I stormed out of the house.
We fought about the stupidest thing. After history yesterday, during passing period, she didn't wait for me. She left for her class. I got so mad and disappointed that I was speechless. I didn't know what to say until I saw her. I slowly exploded.
"So, where were you after 5th period?" I asked.
"Umm, I left to 6th period," she said looking out into the horizon as if I didn't exist.
"I was looking for you; you usually wait for me," I looked at her. Her eyes met mine.
"Sorry, I had to go, I was going to be late," she veered to the right heading towards her front porch. I followed her. She seemed so aloof.
"Well we all have to make sacrifices," I said. She slipped the key into the lock and the door flung open. We dropped off our stuff.
Finally, she started to explain, but by now my irritation was expanding just because she was acting as if she didn't care.
"Well, if I walked with you and waited for you then I would of gotten lunch detention and I think 30 minutes of lunch is better than two and a half minutes or passing period," she threw her hand in the air.
I couldn't think of a good comeback. If I said "still," then I would lose. I just picked up my stuff angrily and left hoping that it would be a good enough "burn."
I fled her house as it started getting darker. It wasn't very cold or very hot, but I was sweating. My heart was beating so fast. I didn't notice anything unusual because of the creepy feeling that I usually get. The only thing I did notice was that I didn't have a shadow. Then an odd sensation crept over me. I was sure someone was watching me as I left – and it wasn't Nancy.
I stomped home and ran into my room and listened to "Smoke" by Suicide Silence. That was a Monday.
On Tuesday, Nancy didn't come to school. I thought that was odd because Nancy wouldn't miss Taco Tuesday.
I went over to her house when school ended and found it boarded up and a calamitous uproar going on along with flashing lights. The house was hugged by caution tape. Even, the trees had caution tape. It looked almost as if someone t.p.'ed her house with caution tape. The police were there doing whatever police officers do alongside paramedics. Channel 4 news was there with the field reporter who has a peculiar moustache. There was something about him that bothered me, it must have been his nasal voice or the fact that he reminds me of my English teacher.
"Wa-Whats going on here?" I tapped on a police officer's shoulder. He didn't look down; I tapped his shoulder again.
"Little girl, please leave this for people who are supposed to be here," he said. I left and tried to break into the back. There was nothing to block my little secret "breaking-into-Nancy's-house" spot. I snuck in only to find a stuck up police officer: " Young lady, this is a crime scene not a playground," she spat out. "You need to leave now."
My gut told me this was bad, more than bad. I raced home and turned on the news.
"Good evening," said the same guy with a weird moustache that I hated.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm here at Black Gate where a 14 –year-old girl has been reported dead. Nancy Cartwath apparently dropped dead in her home. Adding to the mystery is that her mother, Donna Cartwath, was brought to the police station for questioning, but dropped dead before she walked in the doors. The Coroner's Office will do autopsies on both the girl and her mother. They don't expect any answers for at least a week."
I turned off the T.V. and dropped to the floor and just laid there on my stomach. My arm fell asleep under me, but why should I have move it. Nothing last forever. Everything dies.
"What are you doing on the floor!" my mom asked me as she peeked into the room.
"I like it here," I mumbled quietly. It sounded more like a grunt.
"Jess, get up," my mom ordered.
I got up from the floor and turned on the news for my mom. The story was being reported over and over again on every station.
"Oh, my gosh, Jessica, I am so sorry," as she tried to hug me --- but I backed away and ran into my room.
I slammed my door. My room smelled like sweat and Sharpies. My cycling pants and shirt shabbily were strewn across the floor stinking up my room. I kicked them aside only to find a rotting sandwich. It probably tastes like dog food because it looks like dog food. I couldn't stand it. So I walked out the door and got on my bike to ride to our secret park – mine and Nancy's.
Our secret park is a piece of grass and a big, green, lush oak tree across from the graveyard. I got off my bike and laid on the grass thinking about nothing but Nancy. I heard a noise and I looked up across the street into the graveyard. I saw Nancy behind the gate grabbing the bars and looking right at me like she was stuck there. She looked frightened.
I ran to Nancy and I got to the gate. It was starting to get dark.
"Nancy! Nancy! '' I screamed I was so happy to see her.
"Shhhh," she put her fingers to her lips. She then turned around and walked away from me across the graveyard. The flat land was filled with nothing but rotting stacks of bones six feet under. The farther she got away from me, the more blurry she became.
I raced after her. The moon moved behind a cloud and she vanished. I started to freak out.
I didn't know what to do. Why is she there? Didn't she die? I almost passed out. My heart was beating super fast, my adrenaline was pumping. I wanted to jump the gate and hug her, but how can I hug her? She is dead.
I just jumped on my bike and cycled home. I opened my bedroom door, the same awful smell greeted me as I walked in. I grimaced on my journey to my bed. My scrapbooks were all over it. I was wondering how they got there, probably my mom put them there.
I collapsed on my bed looking through the interminable amount of embarrassing baby and family photos of me. Then came the section of me and Nancy:
Me and Nancy in second grade.
Me and Nancy in third grade.
Me and Nancy in fourth grade and so on until ninth grade.
Nancy and I went everywhere with each other. Mavis Park, cousin's houses, even dental appointments. The only time we didn't see each other …or stay in contact…was when we were showering or asleep unless it was a sleepover. The most awful moments for us was when we both had something else to do so we couldn't see each other. That's why it was strange that she didn't pick me up after class. We were inseparable.
My favorite photo of the two of us was when she actually was smiling at the camera. In all of her school photos, she never smiled let alone looked at the camera.
When I came to my favorite photo of the two of us, my face was scratched out. As I went on flipping pages, the only person missing was me. I was torn out of each page. What had happened? Who would do that? I couldn't blame Nancy. She was dead. My mother would never have done that. I didn't have any sisters or brothers to blame.
I closed the book and stared up at the ceiling. My heart was beating so heavily and quickly that I could feel it pound in my toes. I jumped out of bed and ran outside to the safest placed I used to know – Nancy's house.
I ran and ran and ran without stopping until I got there. The place was still boarded up, but one window was broken. There were lights on and I heard laughing like a family. I saw two shadows in the window. The day was gloomy and the sun began fading like the day I stomped out of Nancy's house for the last time. I went to the window and looked inside.
There was Nancy and her mom sitting on the couch with a bowl of popcorn, watching Tosh.0.
"Hey Jess, come inside," Nancy said. Her mom was cracking up about a comment Daniel Tosh said about a YouTube video, almost like everything was back to normal. I climbed through the window trying to look as casual as I could, almost like I climbed through broken windows of my dead friend's house everyday so I could eat popcorn with her.
I sat down on the couch. It looked normal, but I felt that sensation again like someone was watching me. I stayed there even though I was beginning to freak out. I fell asleep and woke up the next morning.
"Oh my God, school! I have to get to school! I shouted as I jumped up. "My mother is going to kill me if I go back to get my backpack. Oh, no I forgot my homework."
I started freaking out.
"Hah, ha, ha…It's Sunday sweetie. You don't have school," Donna gloated.
There was something different about them like something dead or evil. I couldn't stand being in that house a minute longer. I opened the door to go outside. I was surprised when I opened the door that the house wasn't boarded up anymore. The trees, grass and plants were dead and all the shadows quivered toward me – as though they were attracted to me
All the trees and houses in the back and front to me were burning and fell apart into a white background. I was cornered in the house. I walked back in.
'Sweetie, you can't go outside. They will get you,'" Donna said with a giggle and a twinkle in her cold, brown eyes and a big smile showcasing all of her white teeth.
I opened the door to step outside again, but there wasn't any outside, only inside. "Only an inside," my voice repeated over and over.
It's a house in an island of white sea with no way home.
I'm stranded in a house of my dead friend. The same house tattooed on Nancy's left wrist. She held up her left arm as a gesture to sit down on the couch. There was something different. She didn't have the tattoo anymore.
"Where's the tattoo? I asked, quivering with fear. I always hated that thing.
Nancy giggled, more and more, and then so did her mother until their laughter began to echo off the walls, hurting my ears.
I sat stunned as it slowly crept into my brain that we'd all been sucked into Nancy's evil tattoo. I was never going home. There were no marks, no traces of where we went. We were nowhere —except in a house stranded forever on a white sea.


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4 Principles to Build a Virtuous Business Credit Score
It's not a top-secret that discovering exact financing is vital to the well being of your small business. A sufficient amount of capital is available – moneylenders are perched on a record measure of money – however do the highlighted terms make any logic for you? The business financing deals you have been offered, if you are not in love with them then you're not worth it, the first yet forefront priority on your brainpower for your business credit is to carefully looking after its health.
Below we are going to discuss the four chief rules that will assist you to elevate your business record and to found a business financial report:
- Separate Your Business And Personal Funds:
In a perfect world, entrepreneurs will need to consolidate their business. But, in fact single owners company ought to be obtain identification proof number (EIN) and enroll their employer with local agencies as well as state, and get appropriate licenses of business.
Before changing your business' legal structure always consult with a tax advisor. Small company proprietors must likewise obtain a credit card and business account, instead of an individual one. As soon as you've set up a company credit extension, attempt to abstain from plunging into your own funds to sponsor your business. What you have to do is, keep both separate, in this case you don't require to put your own credit on hold each time you're applying for the loan of business.
- Build Up Business Credit Accounts:
Building up a business record needs accounts that report installment history to business credit organizations like Experian and Dun & Bradstreet. Being a small entrepreneur, getting a business credit card is a simple initial step, by reason of the choice is frequently based on the proprietor's private funds and credits.
As stated by the survey of Manta and Nav, more than 66% of small company entrepreneurs don't have a committed business credit line, so for the beginning it's a good place. What's more, it's essential to work with moneylenders as well as sellers that report.
- Keep Up A Virtuous Payment History:
The most vigorously weighted factor in the greater part of business credit scoring models is the 'Payment history', so make a target to pay all of your bills on time. To procure the uppermost D&B Paydex score, organizations should reliably pay earlier. For example, if you have just one month to pay, and you can also pay it, so do it at your earliest.
A few moneylenders may likewise assess cash flow and income (from credit card receipts, bank financial records etc.), keeping up a powerful cash flow can give you extra subsidizing options, however that factor does not directly influence your business Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO scores).
- Know Your Scores, And Check Them Often:
You'll never be punished for checking your own business or personal credit scores. Other than furnishing you with a composite picture of where you remain as far as credit, these scores can indicate any disparities that may hurt your credit profile. For example, if you see a sudden and odd drop in your business financial score starting with one month then onto the next, this may be because of a reporting mistake that you can rectify.
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At the end of March I was invited to the Wessex Fuchsia Group to talk about James Lye and his Fuchsias. This is the most local specialist fuchsia group to where James lived and worked.
On the raffle table I spotted a small bottle of Stergene… This appeared to be an unusual item compared with the usual array of plants and other gifts that members had brought in. I asked some of the members what Stergene has to do with fuchsias, I was informed it helped with controlling Whitefly. The solution ratio mentioned was one teaspoon to a litre of water as a spray. It isn't systemic, but it does kill them on contact. One member said that they sprayed once a week, from below, on the fuchsia plants they keep in their greenhouse, making sure they sprayed on the underside of the leaves, where usually you will find the heaviest infestations.
As we all know Fuchsias are susceptible to several pests including Whitefly, Greenfly, Red Spider Mite, Capsid Bugs, and Vine Weevil. There are several insecticides on the market which will help you keep these under control safely if you follow the manufacturer's instructions.
For those growers who are against the use of chemical sprays, methods used by some of the Victorian gardeners are still as useful today as they were in the 19th century. Sprays made using soft soap or milder detergents, for example Stergene, appear to have very beneficial effects.
Regular use should always be made of any type of spray as they kill the adults only. Repeat spraying, perhaps once every 5 to 7 days, will kill any adults emerging from eggs laid in earlier days.
Other ways of controlling pests:
Natural Predators: Encarsia Formosa can be used to great effect in greenhouses to control whitefly when the temperature and conditions are correct. Though over time the predator will itself die out when all its food supplies have been removed or the use of Nemasys® Vine Weevil Killer which contains the natural nematode, Steinernema Kraussei, which is effective at controlling vine weevil grubs.
Insecticides: Both contact and systemic, should be used carefully. To prevent a build-up in the resistance of the pests to these chemicals it is important to use a few different insecticides in rotation. When your fuchsias are in flower, overhead spraying is likely to cause marking to the flowers, so it will be necessary to use systemic insecticides watered into the compost.
If you have used Stergene, we would love to hear from you. Tell us how long you have been using it and what your thoughts are on how good it is as a preventative.
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