The Relationship Between Asthma And Chronic Nasal Congestion.
A redesigned Swedish inspect shows that severe asthma seems to be more common than previously believed. It also reports that those afflicted by it have a higher extensiveness of blocked or runny noses, a possible standard that physicians should pay more attention to nasal congestion and similar issues. In the study, researchers surveyed 30000 common man from the west of Sweden and asked about their health, including whether they had physician-diagnosed asthma, took asthma medication, and if so, what indulgent of symptoms they experienced.
And "This is the first day that the prevalence of severe asthma has been estimated in a population study, documenting that approximately 2 percent of the denizens in the West Sweden is showing signs of severe asthma," study co-author Jan Lotvall, professor at Sahlgrenska Academy's Krefting Research Center, said in a hearsay release from the University of Gothenburg. "This argues that more demanding forms of asthma are far more common than previously believed, and that trim care professionals should pay extra attention to patients with such symptoms," Lotvall added.
Friday 25 April 2014
Thursday 24 April 2014
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Gives A Higher Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Gives A Higher Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease.
Veterans hardship from post-traumatic accent disorder, or PTSD, appear to be at higher peril for heart disease. For the first time, researchers have linked PTSD with severe atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), as uniform by levels of calcium deposits in the arteries. The condition "is emerging as a significant gamble factor," said Dr Ramin Ebrahimi, co-principal investigator of a reflect on on the issue presented Wednesday at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Chicago. The authors are hoping that these and other, alike findings will prompt doctors, particularly primary anxiety physicians, to more carefully screen patients for PTSD and, if needed, follow up aggressively with screening and treatment.
Post-traumatic anxiety disorder - triggered by experiencing an event that causes intense fear, helplessness or queasiness - can include flashbacks, emotional numbing, overwhelming guilt and shame, being surely startled, and difficulty maintaining close relationships. "When you go to a doctor, they ask questions about diabetes, stiff blood pressure and cholesterol," said Ebrahimi, who is a research scientist at the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Administration Center. "The purpose would be for PTSD to become part of routine screening for soul disease risk factors".
Although PTSD is commonly associated with war veterans, it's now also everywhere linked to people who have survived traumatic events, such as rape, a severe accident or an earthquake, inundation or other natural disaster. The authors reviewed electronic medical records of 286,194 veterans, most of them manful with an average age 63, who had been seen at Veterans Administration medical centers in southern California and Nevada. Some of the veterans had latest been on active duty as far back as the Korean War.
Researchers also had access to coronary artery calcium CT c con images for 637 of the patients, which showed that those with PTSD had more calcium built up in their arteries - a jeopardize factor for heart disease - and more cases of atherosclerosis. About three-quarters of those diagnosed with PTSD had some calcium build-up, versus 59 percent of the veterans without the disorder. As a group, the veterans with PTSD had more simple affliction of their arteries, with an average coronary artery calcification provocation of 448, compared to a score of 332 in the veterans without PTSD - a significantly higher reading.
Veterans hardship from post-traumatic accent disorder, or PTSD, appear to be at higher peril for heart disease. For the first time, researchers have linked PTSD with severe atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), as uniform by levels of calcium deposits in the arteries. The condition "is emerging as a significant gamble factor," said Dr Ramin Ebrahimi, co-principal investigator of a reflect on on the issue presented Wednesday at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Chicago. The authors are hoping that these and other, alike findings will prompt doctors, particularly primary anxiety physicians, to more carefully screen patients for PTSD and, if needed, follow up aggressively with screening and treatment.
Post-traumatic anxiety disorder - triggered by experiencing an event that causes intense fear, helplessness or queasiness - can include flashbacks, emotional numbing, overwhelming guilt and shame, being surely startled, and difficulty maintaining close relationships. "When you go to a doctor, they ask questions about diabetes, stiff blood pressure and cholesterol," said Ebrahimi, who is a research scientist at the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Administration Center. "The purpose would be for PTSD to become part of routine screening for soul disease risk factors".
Although PTSD is commonly associated with war veterans, it's now also everywhere linked to people who have survived traumatic events, such as rape, a severe accident or an earthquake, inundation or other natural disaster. The authors reviewed electronic medical records of 286,194 veterans, most of them manful with an average age 63, who had been seen at Veterans Administration medical centers in southern California and Nevada. Some of the veterans had latest been on active duty as far back as the Korean War.
Researchers also had access to coronary artery calcium CT c con images for 637 of the patients, which showed that those with PTSD had more calcium built up in their arteries - a jeopardize factor for heart disease - and more cases of atherosclerosis. About three-quarters of those diagnosed with PTSD had some calcium build-up, versus 59 percent of the veterans without the disorder. As a group, the veterans with PTSD had more simple affliction of their arteries, with an average coronary artery calcification provocation of 448, compared to a score of 332 in the veterans without PTSD - a significantly higher reading.
Saturday 19 April 2014
Sometimes, Kissing Cases Of Allergic Reactions
Sometimes, Kissing Cases Of Allergic Reactions.
The orbit of unadulterated love may not run smoothly for some people with highly sensitive allergies, experts say, since kissing or other associate contact can pose risks for sometimes serious reactions. In fact, allergens can dawdle in a partner's saliva up to a full day following ingestion, irrespective of toothbrushing or other interventions, according to Dr Sami Bahna, president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), which is holding its annual gathering this week in Phoenix. Allergic reactions from kissing are extent uncommon, but they do occur.
And "We're talking about those few whose unaffected system can react vigorously to a minute amount of allergen," well-known Bahna, who also serves as chief of allergy and immunology at Louisiana State University Medical School in Shreveport. "For these people, yes, a very not much quantity of food or medicine on the lips or the vent or the saliva can cause a problem. And for these people we're not just talking about a passionate kiss. Even a non-passionate buss on the cheek or the forehead can cause a severe reaction to this kind of extremely sensitive allergic individual".
The ACAAI estimates that more than 7 million Americans let from food allergies - about 2 percent to 3 percent of adults and 5 percent to 7 percent of children. It's not exceptional for common man with allergies to experience a reaction in the form of lip-swelling, throat-swelling, rash, hives, itching, and/or wheezing forthwith after kissing a partner who has consumed an identified allergen. Bahna said some enthusiastically sensitive people can be affected hours after their partner has absorbed the culprit substance, because the partner's saliva is still excreting allergen.
One superb said that when it comes to preventing kissing-related allergic reactions, truthfulness - and a little proactive guidance - is key. "People poverty to know that intimate contact with individuals who've eaten or consumed suspect foods or medicines can also cause problems," said Dr Clifford W Bassett, a clinical don at New York University's School of Medicine, New York City, and an attending doctor in the allergy and immunology office of Long Island College Hospital. "So, for people with a significant food allergy it's always better to engage it safe by making sure that everyone knows that in all situations these foods are strictly off-limits".
The orbit of unadulterated love may not run smoothly for some people with highly sensitive allergies, experts say, since kissing or other associate contact can pose risks for sometimes serious reactions. In fact, allergens can dawdle in a partner's saliva up to a full day following ingestion, irrespective of toothbrushing or other interventions, according to Dr Sami Bahna, president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), which is holding its annual gathering this week in Phoenix. Allergic reactions from kissing are extent uncommon, but they do occur.
And "We're talking about those few whose unaffected system can react vigorously to a minute amount of allergen," well-known Bahna, who also serves as chief of allergy and immunology at Louisiana State University Medical School in Shreveport. "For these people, yes, a very not much quantity of food or medicine on the lips or the vent or the saliva can cause a problem. And for these people we're not just talking about a passionate kiss. Even a non-passionate buss on the cheek or the forehead can cause a severe reaction to this kind of extremely sensitive allergic individual".
The ACAAI estimates that more than 7 million Americans let from food allergies - about 2 percent to 3 percent of adults and 5 percent to 7 percent of children. It's not exceptional for common man with allergies to experience a reaction in the form of lip-swelling, throat-swelling, rash, hives, itching, and/or wheezing forthwith after kissing a partner who has consumed an identified allergen. Bahna said some enthusiastically sensitive people can be affected hours after their partner has absorbed the culprit substance, because the partner's saliva is still excreting allergen.
One superb said that when it comes to preventing kissing-related allergic reactions, truthfulness - and a little proactive guidance - is key. "People poverty to know that intimate contact with individuals who've eaten or consumed suspect foods or medicines can also cause problems," said Dr Clifford W Bassett, a clinical don at New York University's School of Medicine, New York City, and an attending doctor in the allergy and immunology office of Long Island College Hospital. "So, for people with a significant food allergy it's always better to engage it safe by making sure that everyone knows that in all situations these foods are strictly off-limits".
Monday 14 April 2014
Danger Of Portable Beds
Danger Of Portable Beds.
Caution is required when using vest-pocket bed rails because they put occupy at risk for falling or becoming trapped, the US Food and Drug Administration warns Dec 27, 2013. Portable bed rails lay hold of to a normal, adult-sized bed, often by sliding a composition of the rail under the mattress or by using the floor for support. People can get trapped in or around the rail, including between the bed-rail bars, between the foot-rail and the mattress, or between the rail and the headboard, said Joan Todd, a older nurse-consultant at the FDA.
And "Consumers need to realize that even when bed rails are well designed and used correctly, they can provide a hazard to certain individuals - particularly to people with physical limitations or who have an altered disturbed status, such as dementia or confusion," Todd said in an FDA news release. Between January 2003 and September 2012, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission received reports of 155 deaths and five injuries tied up to little bed rails designed for matured use, according to the news release.
More than 90 percent of the deaths were caused by entrapment. Of the 155 deaths, 129 occurred in nation aged 60 or older and 94 occurred at home. About half of the victims had a medical health such as heart disease, Alzheimer's condition or dementia. The FDA has a new website on bed-rail safety that offers information about the concealed hazards and advice for safe use.
Caution is required when using vest-pocket bed rails because they put occupy at risk for falling or becoming trapped, the US Food and Drug Administration warns Dec 27, 2013. Portable bed rails lay hold of to a normal, adult-sized bed, often by sliding a composition of the rail under the mattress or by using the floor for support. People can get trapped in or around the rail, including between the bed-rail bars, between the foot-rail and the mattress, or between the rail and the headboard, said Joan Todd, a older nurse-consultant at the FDA.
And "Consumers need to realize that even when bed rails are well designed and used correctly, they can provide a hazard to certain individuals - particularly to people with physical limitations or who have an altered disturbed status, such as dementia or confusion," Todd said in an FDA news release. Between January 2003 and September 2012, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission received reports of 155 deaths and five injuries tied up to little bed rails designed for matured use, according to the news release.
More than 90 percent of the deaths were caused by entrapment. Of the 155 deaths, 129 occurred in nation aged 60 or older and 94 occurred at home. About half of the victims had a medical health such as heart disease, Alzheimer's condition or dementia. The FDA has a new website on bed-rail safety that offers information about the concealed hazards and advice for safe use.
Tuesday 8 April 2014
New Rules For The Control Of Food Safety
New Rules For The Control Of Food Safety.
A further regulation to protect the nation's food supply from terrorism has been introduced by the US Food and Drug Administration, the intercession announced Friday in Dec 2013. The proposed statute would require the largest food businesses in the United States and in other nations to take steps to foster facilities from attempts to contaminate the food supply. The FDA said it does not know of any cases where the aliment supply was intentionally tainted with the aim of inflicting widespread harm, and added that such events are implausible to occur.
A further regulation to protect the nation's food supply from terrorism has been introduced by the US Food and Drug Administration, the intercession announced Friday in Dec 2013. The proposed statute would require the largest food businesses in the United States and in other nations to take steps to foster facilities from attempts to contaminate the food supply. The FDA said it does not know of any cases where the aliment supply was intentionally tainted with the aim of inflicting widespread harm, and added that such events are implausible to occur.
Thursday 3 April 2014
Yoga Helps With Heart Disease
Yoga Helps With Heart Disease.
Chances are that you've heard adequate things about yoga. It can put one's feet up you. It can get you fit - just look at the bodies of some celebrities who pipe yoga's praises. And, more and more, yoga is purported to be able to cure numerous medical conditions. But is yoga the panacea that so many credence in it to be? Yes and no, remark the experts Dec 2013. Though yoga certainly can't cure all that ails you, it does extend significant benefits.
And "Yoga is great for flexibility, for strength, and for posture and balance," said Dr Rachel Rohde, a spokeswoman for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and an orthopedic surgeon for the Beaumont Health System in Royal Oak, Mich. "Yoga can staff with a lot of musculoskeletal issues and pain, but I wouldn't state it cures any orthopedic condition. Most practitioners would certain you that yoga isn't just about erection muscle or strength.
"One of the issues in this country is that people think of yoga only as exercise and hear to do the most physically hard poses possible," explained Dr Ruby Roy, a chronic sickness physician at LaRabida Children's Hospital in Chicago who's also a certified yoga instructor. "That may or may not employee you, but it also could hurt you," she noted. "The right yoga can help you," Roy said. "One of the basic purposes of a yoga practice is relaxation.
Your heart take to task and your blood pressure should be lower when you finish a class, and you should never be short of breath. Whatever kind of yoga relaxes you and doesn't know like exercise is a good choice. What really matters is, are you in your body or are you current into a state of mindfulness? You want to be in the pose and aware of your breaths".
Roy said she uses many of the principles of yoga, especially the breathing aspects, to helper children sleep, reduce anxiety, hand with post-traumatic stress disorder, for asthma, autism and as support and pain management during procedures. "I may or may not call dow a appeal to it yoga. I may say, 'Let's do some exercises to relax you for sleep,'" she said. Bess Abrahams, a yoga psychiatrist with the Integrative Medicine and Palliative Care Team at Children's Hospital at Montefiore in New York City, also uses yoga to servant children who are in the hospital for cancer healing and other serious conditions.
Chances are that you've heard adequate things about yoga. It can put one's feet up you. It can get you fit - just look at the bodies of some celebrities who pipe yoga's praises. And, more and more, yoga is purported to be able to cure numerous medical conditions. But is yoga the panacea that so many credence in it to be? Yes and no, remark the experts Dec 2013. Though yoga certainly can't cure all that ails you, it does extend significant benefits.
And "Yoga is great for flexibility, for strength, and for posture and balance," said Dr Rachel Rohde, a spokeswoman for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and an orthopedic surgeon for the Beaumont Health System in Royal Oak, Mich. "Yoga can staff with a lot of musculoskeletal issues and pain, but I wouldn't state it cures any orthopedic condition. Most practitioners would certain you that yoga isn't just about erection muscle or strength.
"One of the issues in this country is that people think of yoga only as exercise and hear to do the most physically hard poses possible," explained Dr Ruby Roy, a chronic sickness physician at LaRabida Children's Hospital in Chicago who's also a certified yoga instructor. "That may or may not employee you, but it also could hurt you," she noted. "The right yoga can help you," Roy said. "One of the basic purposes of a yoga practice is relaxation.
Your heart take to task and your blood pressure should be lower when you finish a class, and you should never be short of breath. Whatever kind of yoga relaxes you and doesn't know like exercise is a good choice. What really matters is, are you in your body or are you current into a state of mindfulness? You want to be in the pose and aware of your breaths".
Roy said she uses many of the principles of yoga, especially the breathing aspects, to helper children sleep, reduce anxiety, hand with post-traumatic stress disorder, for asthma, autism and as support and pain management during procedures. "I may or may not call dow a appeal to it yoga. I may say, 'Let's do some exercises to relax you for sleep,'" she said. Bess Abrahams, a yoga psychiatrist with the Integrative Medicine and Palliative Care Team at Children's Hospital at Montefiore in New York City, also uses yoga to servant children who are in the hospital for cancer healing and other serious conditions.
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