The Wall Street Journal Online posted that Jeremy Lin has a torn meniscus. Today, read the following WSJ article and learn about the meniscus.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303816504577319603407585304.html?mod=e2tw
Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day: If you have a torn meniscus, you most likely do not require surgery. Have your orthopaedist order an MRI. If surgical reparation is not necessary, acupuncture and low level laser therapy is quite effective in treating those minor meniscus tears. Just ask some of my patients who were referred to my by their surgeons who said 'go get acupuncture - you don't need surgery'. They're all back to playing golf, basketball, running marathons and enjoying life.
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Monday, June 20, 2011
What Daughters of Breast Cancer Patients Should Know
A repost from the WSJ Health Online. http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2011/06/13/what-daughters-of-women-with-breast-cancer-should-know/
"...General advice for lowering breast-cancer risk also applies to the prevention of many chronic diseases: eat a healthful diet, reach and stay at a healthy weight, get regular exercise, cap alcohol consumption at five drinks a week (for those of legal age) and don’t smoke. (other advice includes minimizing exposure to chemicals and hormones that may be associated with a higher risk.) Young women with a relative who has a harmful BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation or who have a strong family history of the disease should talk to a physician or a genetic counselor about getting tested or about starting regular mammograms earlier. The National Cancer Institute says criteria for considering genetic testing include two first-degree relatives — meaning a mother or sister — who have the disease (one first-degree relative for women of Ashkenazi Jewish descent) and other patterns of different types of cancer in the family tree. Relatives diagnosed with breast cancer at an early age — under 50 and particularly under 40 — are more relevant than those diagnosed at 70 or 80. ...Eeven a BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic mutation only raises the risk of developing breast cancer — it doesn’t guarantee it. “The wear and tear of living,” lifestyle choices, and environmental factors also play a role, making advice on that point relevant for everyone."
Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day: Pass on this blog to everyone you know and educate someone today about some breast cancer facts. You could be saving some young or older woman's life.
"...General advice for lowering breast-cancer risk also applies to the prevention of many chronic diseases: eat a healthful diet, reach and stay at a healthy weight, get regular exercise, cap alcohol consumption at five drinks a week (for those of legal age) and don’t smoke. (other advice includes minimizing exposure to chemicals and hormones that may be associated with a higher risk.) Young women with a relative who has a harmful BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation or who have a strong family history of the disease should talk to a physician or a genetic counselor about getting tested or about starting regular mammograms earlier. The National Cancer Institute says criteria for considering genetic testing include two first-degree relatives — meaning a mother or sister — who have the disease (one first-degree relative for women of Ashkenazi Jewish descent) and other patterns of different types of cancer in the family tree. Relatives diagnosed with breast cancer at an early age — under 50 and particularly under 40 — are more relevant than those diagnosed at 70 or 80. ...Eeven a BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic mutation only raises the risk of developing breast cancer — it doesn’t guarantee it. “The wear and tear of living,” lifestyle choices, and environmental factors also play a role, making advice on that point relevant for everyone."
Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day: Pass on this blog to everyone you know and educate someone today about some breast cancer facts. You could be saving some young or older woman's life.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wall Street Journal Reports on Gluten Intolerance
Why are so many people sensitive to gluten in recent years? The journal BMC Medicine recently released a study that may give some insight to the question. The study showed that gluten can trigger a distinct reaction in the intestines and the immune system that can affect people who are not diagnosed with celiac disease.
"For the first time, we have scientific evidence that indeed, gluten sensitivity not only exists, but is very different from celiac disease," says lead author Alessio Fasano, medical director of the University of Maryland's Center for Celiac Research. Gluten has been a staple of human diets for 10,000 years; it now triggers an immune response like an enemy invader in some modern humans.
The symptoms of gluten intolerance include: hives, congestion, nausea or in serious cases, potentially fatal anaphylaxis. Less than 1% of children have the allergy and most outgrow it by age five. A small number of adults have similar symptoms if they exercise shortly after eating wheat.
The symptoms of celiac disease (the case in which the immune system to mistakenly attack the body's own tissue) include: cramping, bloating and diarrhea, and can cause malnutrition, osteoporosis. Celiac's can be diagnosed with a blood test, but an intestinal biopsy will confirm the diagnosis.
The incidence of celiac disease is on the rise affecting 1 in 133 Americans. It's also being diagnosed in people as old as 70 who have eaten gluten safely all their lives. At the present time, a gluten-free diet is the only treatment recommended for gluten sensitivity, though some may be able to tolerate small amounts
Courtesy: WSJ online 3.15.11
Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day: If you are experiencing any of the above symptoms, your first order of business is to eliminate gluten from your diet for at least 2 weeks and re-evaluate how you feel. Here's some food for thought: perhaps mankind is metamorphosizing as a species and that is the reason for this intolerance after milleniums?? Would anyone like to share their own thoughts??
I'm taking tomorrow off from blogging. Have a great weekend and I'll be back with more healthy tips on Monday!
"For the first time, we have scientific evidence that indeed, gluten sensitivity not only exists, but is very different from celiac disease," says lead author Alessio Fasano, medical director of the University of Maryland's Center for Celiac Research. Gluten has been a staple of human diets for 10,000 years; it now triggers an immune response like an enemy invader in some modern humans.
The symptoms of gluten intolerance include: hives, congestion, nausea or in serious cases, potentially fatal anaphylaxis. Less than 1% of children have the allergy and most outgrow it by age five. A small number of adults have similar symptoms if they exercise shortly after eating wheat.
The symptoms of celiac disease (the case in which the immune system to mistakenly attack the body's own tissue) include: cramping, bloating and diarrhea, and can cause malnutrition, osteoporosis. Celiac's can be diagnosed with a blood test, but an intestinal biopsy will confirm the diagnosis.
The incidence of celiac disease is on the rise affecting 1 in 133 Americans. It's also being diagnosed in people as old as 70 who have eaten gluten safely all their lives. At the present time, a gluten-free diet is the only treatment recommended for gluten sensitivity, though some may be able to tolerate small amounts
Courtesy: WSJ online 3.15.11
Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day: If you are experiencing any of the above symptoms, your first order of business is to eliminate gluten from your diet for at least 2 weeks and re-evaluate how you feel. Here's some food for thought: perhaps mankind is metamorphosizing as a species and that is the reason for this intolerance after milleniums?? Would anyone like to share their own thoughts??
I'm taking tomorrow off from blogging. Have a great weekend and I'll be back with more healthy tips on Monday!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
WSJ Reports on Acupuncture
From the Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Despite acupuncture's 4,000-year history, little is known about the biological pathways that enable carefully placed needles to relieve pain in many patients.
The compound adenosine is key to acupuncture's effectiveness, according to a study in Nature Neuroscience. Despite acupuncture's 4,000-year history, little is known about the biological pathways that enable carefully placed needles to relieve pain in many patients. Researchers mimicked acupuncture in mice by placing and gradually rotating a needle at a point just below the knee, for 30 minutes. Levels of adenosine, a neurotransmitter, rose 24-fold in the tissue fluid surrounding the needle. Mice injected with an inflammatory substance in their paws and given acupuncture displayed fewer pain symptoms than mice that didn't get acupuncture. But mice genetically engineered to lack a certain adenosine receptor didn't benefit from the acupuncture session at all—further evidence of adenosine's role. Blocking enzymes that break down adenosine made the acupuncture much more effective, tripling the level of adenosine near the needle and extending pain relief from about one hour to about three hours.
Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day: Acupuncture Works!!!! Call or email me to make an appointment today or you must really like to be in pain!
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Wall Street Journal
Today, The Wall Street Journal featured Acupuncture as a lethal weapon to fight many different types of diseases and health conditions.
Here's a snippet of what the WSJ had to say:
Does It Work?
Arthritis of the Knee: Acupuncture significantly reduced pain and restored function, according to a 2004 government study.
Headaches: Two 2009 reviews found that acupuncture cut both tension and migraine headaches.
Lower Back Pain: Acupuncture eased it in a big study last year
Cancer: Has proven effective in reducing nausea and fatigue caused by chemotherapy.
Infertility: Improves the odds of pregnancy for women undergoing in-vitro fertilization, according to a 2008 review of seven clinical trials.
Addiction: Often used to help quit smoking, drinking, drug use and overeating
Read all about it!
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748704841304575137872667749264-lMyQjAxMTAwMDIwMzEyNDMyWj.html
Here's a snippet of what the WSJ had to say:
Does It Work?
Arthritis of the Knee: Acupuncture significantly reduced pain and restored function, according to a 2004 government study.
Headaches: Two 2009 reviews found that acupuncture cut both tension and migraine headaches.
Lower Back Pain: Acupuncture eased it in a big study last year
Cancer: Has proven effective in reducing nausea and fatigue caused by chemotherapy.
Infertility: Improves the odds of pregnancy for women undergoing in-vitro fertilization, according to a 2008 review of seven clinical trials.
Addiction: Often used to help quit smoking, drinking, drug use and overeating
Read all about it!
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748704841304575137872667749264-lMyQjAxMTAwMDIwMzEyNDMyWj.html
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