Posts Tagged ‘disease’
Healthy Mind, Body and Spirit in Coomealla, NSW
July 29th, 2011 | 
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A healthy mind, body and spirit was the focus of a recent Live Longer! Healthy Community Day hosted by the Coomealla Health Aboriginal Corporation. The team shared its passion for healthy living with the local Dareton community.
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People Who Snore Loudly at Risk of Heart Disease
People who snore loudly, have difficulty falling asleep, or often wake up feeling tired may also be at increased risk of developing heart disease and other health problems say researchers at the University of Pittsburgh.
They asked more than 800 people between the ages of 45 and 74 about the quality of their sleep. Three years later, the people who reported snoring loudly were more than twice as likely to have metabolic syndrome — a cluster of risk factors for heart disease, diabetes, and stroke that includes high blood pressure, high blood sugar, low “good” cholesterol, high triglycerides, and excess belly fat.
Overall, 14 percent of the study participants developed metabolic syndrome. African Americans were more susceptible than whites, as were sedentary people.
The findings, which appear in the journal Sleep is said to be the first study to follow people with sleep problems over time to see if they develop metabolic syndrome.
Virend Somers, M.D., a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, says that sleep deprivation is an “epidemic” that is “almost in parallel” with the obesity epidemic and the widespread rise of risk factors for heart disease and diabetes.
Hormoz Ashtyani, M.D., medical director of the Institute for Sleep-Wake Disorders at Hackensack University Medical Center, in New Jersey, says that doctors should begin asking patients about their sleep quality in order to gauge their risk for heart disease and diabetes.
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Gerson Therapy – Tape 4_clip4.flv
Gerson Therapy – a new “old” way to fight human diseases including terminal ones. This method relies on the detoxification by naturally grown food, lowering fat and meat consumption to strengthen and improve the individual’s immune system – the only way to cure and prevent development and spreading a human targeting diseases into the body systems. That’s the only way to improve the one’s quality of life too.
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Australian man with an unbearable genetic disease, Erythropoietic Protoporphyria (EPP)
http://www.clinuvel.com/skin-conditions/rare-skin-conditions/erythropoietic-protoporphyria
Adrian was diagnosed with the genetic disease Erythropoietic Protoporphyria (EPP) when he was 5. Exposure to light causes him excruciating pain. He has absolute light intolerance.
EPP is characterised by the accumulation of toxic compounds in the body of patients. Exposing an EPP patients skin to light, particularly blue light, causes excruciating pain: intense burning, stinging heat. Adrian describes EPP as similar to having badly sunburnt skin scrubbed with a wire brush. Swelling and blistering can also form after extended time exposure. Even artificial lights, such as those in supermarkets and laptop screens can cause acute pain.
EPP is a lifelong disorder presenting in early childhood. The onset of the disease is traumatic for both children and parents.
Sun avoidance is the mainstay of treatment for EPP: patients are often forced to remain indoors, severely affecting their quality of life. Eventually a nocturnal existence is the only way of life for many porphyria patients.
Currently, there is no proven effective treatment or prevention method for EPP.
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For more information on EPP visit:
http://www.clinuvel.com/
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Duration : 0:7:53
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Assessing Venous Disease: Severity of Illness Scores and Quality of Life
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Michael A. Vasquez, MD, FACS, RVT
Assessing Venous Disease: Severity of Illness Scores and Quality of Life – American College of Phlebology
ACP 2008
The American College of Phlebology’s 22nd Annual Congress, was designed to interest everyone, from beginner to the advanced skilled practitioner. This annual congress brings together internationally recognized experts on all aspects of venous disease, including diagnosis, pathophysiology and treatment with the objective to provide those attending with the most current knowledge for effective clinical management of venous disease.
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Duration : 0:2:4
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