Can we defeat cancer?
Are you afraid of dying from cancer? I am, because I have a family history of cancer. I also know how much one can suffer with cancer. And cancer is hitting people more and more now. The chance that you’ll die from cancer is about 20 to 25%. That’s a scary statistic. But is there anything we can do about it? Or is it our destiny?
Even though Richard Nixon declared a war on cancer a long time ago --in 1971-- we are still far away from defeating cancer. But what about some official medical sources that are declaring victory over cancer? They claim declining cancer death rates, but many doctors believe that the ...
Source: Doctor Kalitenko antiaging blog - February 12, 2013 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: admin Source Type: blogs
A “Nutrition Prescription” For Fighting Cold and Flu
Medicine isn’t the only way to fight off cold and flu. Food can be your medicine too. I was on Let’s Talk Live recently sharing a nutrition prescription to help you stay healthy. Below are some highlights from the segment.
There are basically two big tricks to beating winter “bugs”: reducing inflammation and boosting immunity. So whether you’re trying to prevent sickness or recover ASAP, all the foods I mention below will help you.
Spicy Lamb Korma
I created this recipe for www.leanonlamb.com – it’s a spicy lamb korma that you make in the slow cooker. Lamb is nutrient rich, and packed ...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - February 4, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking eating healthy food nutrition recipes anti-inflammatory digestive health fermented foods gut health immunity kefir korma lamb pistachios prevent colds prevent flu tumeric vegetables Source Type: blogs
Does taking supplements help IVF patients ?
Practically all women doing IVF are taking supplements of one sort or
another ! These are supposed to improve egg yield, egg quality and
embryo implantation , thus helping to improve IVF pregnancy rates. I
have come across women who take over 10 different supplements daily –
and I wonder how they manage to swallow so many different tablets,
syrups and capsules in a day ! On second thoughts thought, it is not
surprising , because the craving for a baby can make a woman move heaven
and earth; which means taking umpteen supplements is not such a
difficult task to accomplish. I have heard the following qu...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - January 14, 2013 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: Food and Drug Administration Vitamin B In vitro fertilisation Aspirin Polycystic ovary syndrome Vitamin C Antioxidant Vitamin D Source Type: blogs
Catching Some ZZZZs: Safe Ways To Get to Sleep
Have you ever had a night when you just couldn’t fall asleep? It’s a terrible feeling. Tossing and turning, watching the minutes click closer to dawn, dreading how tired you’re going to be the next day—the more you try to sleep, the harder it gets.
Everyone has trouble sleeping sometimes for many different reasons, like stress and anxiety, or disorders like sleep apnea.
Some people are prescribed sleep aids called sedatives, a type of central nervous system depressant, to help them sleep. When used as prescribed—and only by the person they were prescribed for—sedatives are safe and effective for helping people ...
Source: NIDA Drugs and Health Blog - May 17, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Sara Bellum Source Type: blogs
It's All About Hormones
Why do adults seem to blame “raging hormones” for many things teens do? Beyond causing acne and a sudden interest in dating, are hormones responsible for changes in behavior or emotional response?
The answer is yes. The hormones that change around puberty—starting between age 8 and 14—and last until the early 20s when adolescence ends may affect you in more ways than you realize.
NIDA defines a “hormone” as “a chemical substance formed in glands in the body and carried in the blood to organs and tissues, where it influences function, structure, and behavior.”
In preteen and teen years, many new chemicals mo...
Source: NIDA Drugs and Health Blog - January 19, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Sara Bellum Source Type: blogs
The circadian prison
I had no idea my sleep-wake cycle was pathological until I saw a presentation a few years ago by the geneticist Thomas Bourgeron. One of his interests is clock genes in autism. In fact only by speaking with him did it dawn on me that I lack a circadian rhythm.As it turns out, autistics are considered to havecircadian clocks " gone bad. " Two reviews (Bourgeron, 2007; Glickman, 2010) cover the evidence with respect to autism and circadian rhythms, most of it in the direction of comprehensive atypicalities. Glickman (2010) summarizes the problem:Disturbed sleep-wake patterns and abnormal hormone profiles in children with aut...
Source: The Autism Crisis - May 17, 2010 Category: Child Development Source Type: blogs
Up with the roosters
Bud hasn ' t been sleeping well lately. He ' s been falling asleep fairly quickly, thanks to our good friend Melatonin, but he ' s been waking early. He has rarely slept past 5:00 in the past several weeks. He ' s often been up at 4:00. He started one day at 2:30 a.m. - and so, of course, did I.So you can imagine my frustration when yesterday I was awoken, not by a six-year-old climbing on my head, but (Source: MOM - Not Otherwise Specified)
Source: MOM - Not Otherwise Specified - July 26, 2006 Category: Child Development Authors: Mary Source Type: blogs
