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.
Thursday 24 April 2014
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.
Sunday 30 March 2014
New Info On Tourette Syndrome
New Info On Tourette Syndrome.
New discernment into what causes the boisterous movement and noises (tics) in people with Tourette syndrome may lead to new non-drug treatments for the disorder, a unfamiliar study suggests Dec 2013. These tics appear to be caused by backward wiring in the brain that results in "hyper-excitability" in the regions that control motor function, according to the researchers at the University of Nottingham in England. "This renewed study is very important as it indicates that motor and vocal tics in children may be controlled by intelligence changes that alter the excitability of brain cells ahead of gratuitous movements," Stephen Jackson, a professor in the school of psychology, said in a university news release.
So "You can believe of this as a bit like turning the volume down on an over-loud motor system. This is mighty as it suggests a mechanism that might lead to an effective non-pharmacological therapy for Tourette syndrome". Tourette syndrome affects about one in 100 children and for the most part beings in early childhood. During adolescence, because of structural and serviceable brain changes, about one-third of children with Tourette syndrome will lose their tics and another third will get better at controlling their tics.
New discernment into what causes the boisterous movement and noises (tics) in people with Tourette syndrome may lead to new non-drug treatments for the disorder, a unfamiliar study suggests Dec 2013. These tics appear to be caused by backward wiring in the brain that results in "hyper-excitability" in the regions that control motor function, according to the researchers at the University of Nottingham in England. "This renewed study is very important as it indicates that motor and vocal tics in children may be controlled by intelligence changes that alter the excitability of brain cells ahead of gratuitous movements," Stephen Jackson, a professor in the school of psychology, said in a university news release.
So "You can believe of this as a bit like turning the volume down on an over-loud motor system. This is mighty as it suggests a mechanism that might lead to an effective non-pharmacological therapy for Tourette syndrome". Tourette syndrome affects about one in 100 children and for the most part beings in early childhood. During adolescence, because of structural and serviceable brain changes, about one-third of children with Tourette syndrome will lose their tics and another third will get better at controlling their tics.
Wednesday 26 March 2014
Experts Recommend Spending The Holidays At Home
Experts Recommend Spending The Holidays At Home.
The celebration opportunity is one of the most dangerous times of the year on US roads. Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve, as many as 900 kinsfolk nationwide could die in crashes caused by drunk driving, sanctuary officials report. "We've made tremendous strides in changing the social norms associated with drinking and driving, but the poser is far from solved," Jonathan Adkins, deputy executive director for the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) said in an group news release.
And "Alcohol-impaired driving claimed 10,322 lives ultimate year, an increase of 4,6 percent compared with 2011. That's an alarming statistic and one we're committed to address". The GHSA and its members - which contain all 50 magnificence highway safety offices - are joining federal and style police to launch the annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over program. The aggressiveness combines high-visibility law enforcement with advertising and grassroots efforts to detect and prevent drunk driving.
The celebration opportunity is one of the most dangerous times of the year on US roads. Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve, as many as 900 kinsfolk nationwide could die in crashes caused by drunk driving, sanctuary officials report. "We've made tremendous strides in changing the social norms associated with drinking and driving, but the poser is far from solved," Jonathan Adkins, deputy executive director for the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) said in an group news release.
And "Alcohol-impaired driving claimed 10,322 lives ultimate year, an increase of 4,6 percent compared with 2011. That's an alarming statistic and one we're committed to address". The GHSA and its members - which contain all 50 magnificence highway safety offices - are joining federal and style police to launch the annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over program. The aggressiveness combines high-visibility law enforcement with advertising and grassroots efforts to detect and prevent drunk driving.
Sunday 23 March 2014
Doctors Recommend Avoiding Over-Drying The Skin
Doctors Recommend Avoiding Over-Drying The Skin.
Dry bark is customary during the winter and can lead to flaking, itching, cracking and even bleeding. But you can prevent and treat fruitless skin, an expert says Dec 28, 2013. "It's tempting, especially in cold weather, to necessitate long, hot showers," Dr Stephen Stone said in an American Academy of Dermatology talk release. "But being in the water for a long time and using hot water can be to the nth degree drying to the skin.
Keep your baths and showers short and make sure you use warm, not hot, water". "Switching to a mellow cleanser can also help reduce itching," said Stone, a professor of dermatology at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. "Be unfaltering to gently pat the graze dry after your bath or shower, as rubbing the skin can be irritating". Stone, who also is the school's director of clinical research, recommended applying moisturizer after getting out of the bath or shower.
Dry bark is customary during the winter and can lead to flaking, itching, cracking and even bleeding. But you can prevent and treat fruitless skin, an expert says Dec 28, 2013. "It's tempting, especially in cold weather, to necessitate long, hot showers," Dr Stephen Stone said in an American Academy of Dermatology talk release. "But being in the water for a long time and using hot water can be to the nth degree drying to the skin.
Keep your baths and showers short and make sure you use warm, not hot, water". "Switching to a mellow cleanser can also help reduce itching," said Stone, a professor of dermatology at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. "Be unfaltering to gently pat the graze dry after your bath or shower, as rubbing the skin can be irritating". Stone, who also is the school's director of clinical research, recommended applying moisturizer after getting out of the bath or shower.
Thursday 20 March 2014
New Reason For Weight Loss
New Reason For Weight Loss.
The more tribe weigh, the higher their trim care costs, a new study finds in Dec 2013. The findings may give bodies another reason to pledge to shed excess pounds next year, the Duke University researchers said. The investigators analyzed the body greater part index (BMI) - an estimate of body heaviness based on height and weight - and the health care costs (doctor visits and recipe drugs) of more than 17700 university employees who took part in annual health appraisals from 2001 to 2011. The results showed that strength care cost increases paralleled BMI increases and began above a BMI of 19, which is in the modulate range of BMI that's considered healthy.
Average annual robustness care costs were $2368 for a person with a BMI of 19 and $4,880 for a person with a BMI of 45, which is inhumanly obese, or greater. Women had higher overall medical costs across all BMI categories, but men saying a sharper climb in costs the higher their BMIs rose. Rates of diabetes, strong blood pressure and about 12 other health problems rose as BMI got higher.
The more tribe weigh, the higher their trim care costs, a new study finds in Dec 2013. The findings may give bodies another reason to pledge to shed excess pounds next year, the Duke University researchers said. The investigators analyzed the body greater part index (BMI) - an estimate of body heaviness based on height and weight - and the health care costs (doctor visits and recipe drugs) of more than 17700 university employees who took part in annual health appraisals from 2001 to 2011. The results showed that strength care cost increases paralleled BMI increases and began above a BMI of 19, which is in the modulate range of BMI that's considered healthy.
Average annual robustness care costs were $2368 for a person with a BMI of 19 and $4,880 for a person with a BMI of 45, which is inhumanly obese, or greater. Women had higher overall medical costs across all BMI categories, but men saying a sharper climb in costs the higher their BMIs rose. Rates of diabetes, strong blood pressure and about 12 other health problems rose as BMI got higher.
Monday 17 March 2014
Nutritionists Provide Recommendations About Food
Nutritionists Provide Recommendations About Food.
Healthier eating, losing majority and getting more annoy are among the most common New Year's resolutions, and it's important to make a organize and be patient to achieve these goals, an expert says Dec 2013. If you decide to opportunity eating healthier, it can be difficult to decide where to start. It's best to focus on specific changes to sort your goal more attainable, said Kelly Hogan, a clinical dietitian at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
Here are some examples: Replace fried chicken or fish with baked or broiled versions two or three times a week; devour four or five servings of vegetables every weekday; and cook dinner at residence three nights a week a substitute of ordering carry-out food. Instead of raw out all your nightly desserts, plan to have one small dessert one or two nights per week.
Healthier eating, losing majority and getting more annoy are among the most common New Year's resolutions, and it's important to make a organize and be patient to achieve these goals, an expert says Dec 2013. If you decide to opportunity eating healthier, it can be difficult to decide where to start. It's best to focus on specific changes to sort your goal more attainable, said Kelly Hogan, a clinical dietitian at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
Here are some examples: Replace fried chicken or fish with baked or broiled versions two or three times a week; devour four or five servings of vegetables every weekday; and cook dinner at residence three nights a week a substitute of ordering carry-out food. Instead of raw out all your nightly desserts, plan to have one small dessert one or two nights per week.
Saturday 15 March 2014
A Dietary Supplements Are Dangerous
A Dietary Supplements Are Dangerous.
Consumers should not use Mass Destruction, a dietary addendum second-hand to stimulate muscle growth, the United States Food and Drug Administration warned Monday Dec 27, 2013. The body-building product, nearby in retail stores, salubriousness gyms and online, contains potentially harmful synthetic steroids and anyone currently using it should come to a stop immediately. The warning was prompted by a report from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services involving a no laughing matter injury related to use of Mass Destruction.
A healthy 28-year-old male who used the product for several weeks experienced liver failure, which required a transplant, according to the FDA. "Products marketed as supplements that in anabolic steroids pose a real danger to consumers," Howard Sklamberg, kingpin of the Office of Compliance in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in an intervention news release. "The FDA is committed to ensuring that products marketed as dietary supplements and vitamins do not affectedness harm to consumers".
Consumers should not use Mass Destruction, a dietary addendum second-hand to stimulate muscle growth, the United States Food and Drug Administration warned Monday Dec 27, 2013. The body-building product, nearby in retail stores, salubriousness gyms and online, contains potentially harmful synthetic steroids and anyone currently using it should come to a stop immediately. The warning was prompted by a report from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services involving a no laughing matter injury related to use of Mass Destruction.
A healthy 28-year-old male who used the product for several weeks experienced liver failure, which required a transplant, according to the FDA. "Products marketed as supplements that in anabolic steroids pose a real danger to consumers," Howard Sklamberg, kingpin of the Office of Compliance in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in an intervention news release. "The FDA is committed to ensuring that products marketed as dietary supplements and vitamins do not affectedness harm to consumers".
Wednesday 12 March 2014
Health Insurance At The Last Minute
Health Insurance At The Last Minute.
Attention last-minute shoppers: If you resolve to believe a health plan through one of the new health insurance exchanges, and you want coverage starting Jan 1, 2014, you must personate quickly. In most states, Monday, Dec 23, 2013 is the deadline for selecting a delineate that takes effect on the first day of the green year. "We would really encourage people to start now. Don't wait until the deadline to enroll," said Cheryl Fish-Parcham, spokesman director of health policy at Families USA in Washington, DC People fundamental to leave themselves enough time to gather the information they need to concluded an insurance application, select a health plan and pay the premium by the health plan's deadline, she said.
The pre-Christmas clan to buy health insurance is another consequence of the troubled launch of the Affordable Care Act's HealthCare jot gov website and website difficulties in a number of state-run well-being insurance exchanges. Since the October launch of the health exchanges, sign-up and premium-payment deadlines have been extended to give kith and kin more time to enroll for coverage, but the new cut-offs come amid the celebration rush. Many people aren't aware of the various deadlines under the law, sometimes called Obamacare.
What's more, the deadlines may alter by state and by health insurer, health insurance agents and brokers said. "There is a lot of confusion," said Anna Causey, blemish president of Combined Insurance Services Inc, a Pensacola, Fla-based benefits broker. Some hoi polloi mistakenly feel they have until Dec 31, 2013 to enroll in a plan that takes effect on Jan 1, 2014. Others don't make happen they could pay a federal tax penalty if they don't have health bond in place by March 31, she said.
Under the Affordable Care Act, most adults will pay a $95 fine - or 1 percent of income - in 2014 if they don't have health guarantee coverage. The penalty rises to $695 - or 2 percent of income - by 2016. To sidestep the penalty, people must enroll in a plan by Feb 15, 2014 or limit for an exemption from the penalty. If you're in the market for health insurance, here are some key dates to board in mind: What's the latest I can enroll in coverage for Jan 1, 2014? Consumers shopping on HealthCare stipple gov, the federal portal serving individuals in 36 states, have until 11:59 PM ET on Monday, Dec 23, 2013, to enroll if they want coverage to opt for essence on the first day of the new year.
Attention last-minute shoppers: If you resolve to believe a health plan through one of the new health insurance exchanges, and you want coverage starting Jan 1, 2014, you must personate quickly. In most states, Monday, Dec 23, 2013 is the deadline for selecting a delineate that takes effect on the first day of the green year. "We would really encourage people to start now. Don't wait until the deadline to enroll," said Cheryl Fish-Parcham, spokesman director of health policy at Families USA in Washington, DC People fundamental to leave themselves enough time to gather the information they need to concluded an insurance application, select a health plan and pay the premium by the health plan's deadline, she said.
The pre-Christmas clan to buy health insurance is another consequence of the troubled launch of the Affordable Care Act's HealthCare jot gov website and website difficulties in a number of state-run well-being insurance exchanges. Since the October launch of the health exchanges, sign-up and premium-payment deadlines have been extended to give kith and kin more time to enroll for coverage, but the new cut-offs come amid the celebration rush. Many people aren't aware of the various deadlines under the law, sometimes called Obamacare.
What's more, the deadlines may alter by state and by health insurer, health insurance agents and brokers said. "There is a lot of confusion," said Anna Causey, blemish president of Combined Insurance Services Inc, a Pensacola, Fla-based benefits broker. Some hoi polloi mistakenly feel they have until Dec 31, 2013 to enroll in a plan that takes effect on Jan 1, 2014. Others don't make happen they could pay a federal tax penalty if they don't have health bond in place by March 31, she said.
Under the Affordable Care Act, most adults will pay a $95 fine - or 1 percent of income - in 2014 if they don't have health guarantee coverage. The penalty rises to $695 - or 2 percent of income - by 2016. To sidestep the penalty, people must enroll in a plan by Feb 15, 2014 or limit for an exemption from the penalty. If you're in the market for health insurance, here are some key dates to board in mind: What's the latest I can enroll in coverage for Jan 1, 2014? Consumers shopping on HealthCare stipple gov, the federal portal serving individuals in 36 states, have until 11:59 PM ET on Monday, Dec 23, 2013, to enroll if they want coverage to opt for essence on the first day of the new year.
Dangerous Bacteria Live On Chicken Breasts
Dangerous Bacteria Live On Chicken Breasts.
Potentially baleful bacteria was found on 97 percent of chicken breasts bought at stores across the United States and tested, according to a unripe ruminate on in Dec 2013. And about half of the chicken samples had at least one personification of bacteria that was resistant to three or more classes of antibiotics, the investigators found. The tests on the 316 unrefined chicken breasts also found that most had bacteria - such as enterococcus and E coli - linked to fecal contamination.
About 17 percent of the E coli were a category that can cause urinary tract infections, according to the study, published online and in the February 2014 issuing of Consumer Reports. In addition, a little more than 11 percent had two or more types of multidrug-resistant bacteria. Bacteria on the chicken were more unmanageable to antibiotics used to promote chicken growth and to prevent poultry diseases than to other types of antibiotics, the mull over found.
These findings show that "consumers who buy chicken breast at their local grocery stores are very liable to get a sample that is contaminated and likely to get a bug that is multi-drug resistant. When people get upset from resistant bacteria, treatment may be getting harder to find," said Dr Urvashi Rangan, a toxicologist and principal director of the Food Safety and Sustainability Center at Consumer Reports. The armoury has been testing US chicken since 1998, and rates of contamination with salmonella have not changed much during that time, ranging from 11 percent to 16 percent of samples.
Potentially baleful bacteria was found on 97 percent of chicken breasts bought at stores across the United States and tested, according to a unripe ruminate on in Dec 2013. And about half of the chicken samples had at least one personification of bacteria that was resistant to three or more classes of antibiotics, the investigators found. The tests on the 316 unrefined chicken breasts also found that most had bacteria - such as enterococcus and E coli - linked to fecal contamination.
About 17 percent of the E coli were a category that can cause urinary tract infections, according to the study, published online and in the February 2014 issuing of Consumer Reports. In addition, a little more than 11 percent had two or more types of multidrug-resistant bacteria. Bacteria on the chicken were more unmanageable to antibiotics used to promote chicken growth and to prevent poultry diseases than to other types of antibiotics, the mull over found.
These findings show that "consumers who buy chicken breast at their local grocery stores are very liable to get a sample that is contaminated and likely to get a bug that is multi-drug resistant. When people get upset from resistant bacteria, treatment may be getting harder to find," said Dr Urvashi Rangan, a toxicologist and principal director of the Food Safety and Sustainability Center at Consumer Reports. The armoury has been testing US chicken since 1998, and rates of contamination with salmonella have not changed much during that time, ranging from 11 percent to 16 percent of samples.
Tuesday 4 March 2014
Walks After Each Food Intake Are Very Useful
Walks After Each Food Intake Are Very Useful.
Older adults at jeopardy for getting diabetes who took a 15-minute footpath after every meal improved their blood sugar levels, a unheard of study shows in June 2013. Three short walks after eating worked better to dial blood sugar levels than one 45-minute walk in the morning or evening, said result in researcher Loretta DiPietro, chairwoman of the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services in Washington, DC. "More importantly, the post-meal walking was significantly better than the other two train prescriptions at lowering the post-dinner glucose level," DiPietro added.
The after-dinner years is an especially unprotected time for older people at risk of diabetes, DiPietro said. Insulin movie decreases, and they may go to bed with extremely high blood glucose levels, increasing their chances of diabetes. About 79 million Americans are at peril for type 2 diabetes, in which the body doesn't pass enough insulin or doesn't use it effectively.
Being overweight and sedentary increases the risk. DiPietro's new research, although tested in only 10 people, suggests that down walks can lower that risk if they are taken at the hand times. The study did not, however, prove that it was the walks causing the improved blood sugar levels.
And "This is among the first studies to really address the timing of the exert with regard to its benefit for blood sugar control. In the study, the walks began a half hour after finishing each meal. The inspection is published June 12 in the journal Diabetes Care.
For the study, DiPietro and her colleagues asked the 10 older adults, who were 70 years quondam on average, to uncut three different exercise routines spaced four weeks apart. At the study's start, the men and women had fasting blood sugar levels of between 105 and 125 milligrams per deciliter. A fasting blood glucose draw a bead of 70 to 100 is considered normal, according to the US National Institutes of Health.
Older adults at jeopardy for getting diabetes who took a 15-minute footpath after every meal improved their blood sugar levels, a unheard of study shows in June 2013. Three short walks after eating worked better to dial blood sugar levels than one 45-minute walk in the morning or evening, said result in researcher Loretta DiPietro, chairwoman of the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services in Washington, DC. "More importantly, the post-meal walking was significantly better than the other two train prescriptions at lowering the post-dinner glucose level," DiPietro added.
The after-dinner years is an especially unprotected time for older people at risk of diabetes, DiPietro said. Insulin movie decreases, and they may go to bed with extremely high blood glucose levels, increasing their chances of diabetes. About 79 million Americans are at peril for type 2 diabetes, in which the body doesn't pass enough insulin or doesn't use it effectively.
Being overweight and sedentary increases the risk. DiPietro's new research, although tested in only 10 people, suggests that down walks can lower that risk if they are taken at the hand times. The study did not, however, prove that it was the walks causing the improved blood sugar levels.
And "This is among the first studies to really address the timing of the exert with regard to its benefit for blood sugar control. In the study, the walks began a half hour after finishing each meal. The inspection is published June 12 in the journal Diabetes Care.
For the study, DiPietro and her colleagues asked the 10 older adults, who were 70 years quondam on average, to uncut three different exercise routines spaced four weeks apart. At the study's start, the men and women had fasting blood sugar levels of between 105 and 125 milligrams per deciliter. A fasting blood glucose draw a bead of 70 to 100 is considered normal, according to the US National Institutes of Health.
Saturday 1 March 2014
The Presence Of Drug-Resistant Staph Reduces The Survival Of Patients
The Presence Of Drug-Resistant Staph Reduces The Survival Of Patients.
Cystic fibrosis patients with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in their respiratory region have worse survival rates than those without the drug-resistant bacteria, researchers have found. The additional study, published in the June 16 debouchment of the Journal of the American Medical Association, included 19,833 cystic fibrosis patients, grey 6 to 45, who were enrolled in the lessons from January 1996 to December 2006 and followed-up until December 2008.
During the con period, 2,537 of the patients died and 5,759 had MRSA detected in their respiratory tract. The undoing rate was 27,7 per 1000 patient-years amongst those with MRSA and 18,3 deaths per 1000 patient-years for those without MRSA.
Cystic fibrosis patients with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in their respiratory region have worse survival rates than those without the drug-resistant bacteria, researchers have found. The additional study, published in the June 16 debouchment of the Journal of the American Medical Association, included 19,833 cystic fibrosis patients, grey 6 to 45, who were enrolled in the lessons from January 1996 to December 2006 and followed-up until December 2008.
During the con period, 2,537 of the patients died and 5,759 had MRSA detected in their respiratory tract. The undoing rate was 27,7 per 1000 patient-years amongst those with MRSA and 18,3 deaths per 1000 patient-years for those without MRSA.
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