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Cancer prostate antigen

Posted on January 7th, 2010 by vie  |  No Comments »

All men should have an annual digital rectal exam beginning around age 40. Another screening technique is a ‘prostate-specific antigen’ blood test which checks for a
special chemical associated with prostate cancer. The test costs about $35 and should be done annually. The newest treatment for prostate cancer and an alternative to surgery, cryosurgery or radiation beams is the implantation of tiny radioactive seeds into the prostate.

Lycopene, a nutrient contained in tomatoes and tomato products such as tomato sauce, tomato paste and ketchup, is an effective prostate cancer deterrent. Studies show that men who eat these foods have less risk of prostate cancer.
Also, studies show that lycopene fights cancer in men who already have the disease. Prostate tumors are smaller and less aggressive in men who are given lycopene.

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Health tips for your life

Posted on January 6th, 2010 by vie  |  No Comments »

Here’s a list of seven health benefits of this tried and true brew:

1. Weight loss

Drinking this beverage helps you feel full, so it can curb your appetite. It may also help you burn more calories according to a study published in November, 1999, by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

2. Anti-Aging properties

Green tea is rich in the antioxidants vitamin E and C. Antioxidants destroy free radicals that damage cell membranes. Damaged cell membranes lead to diseases such as cancer, heart attacks and diabetes.

Drinking it may help relieve the suffering caused by rheumatoid arthritis. This was revealed in a study in April 1999 by researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

3. Asthma relief

Green tea contains a substance called theophylline. It’s a muscle relaxant, so it can cause the muscles supporting the bronchial tubes to relax — thus reducing asthma’s ability to restrict normal breathing.

4. Lowers blood pressure

If you have high blood pressure, you will be more susceptible to a heart attack or stroke. Green tea may prevent the formation of blood clots which lead to heart disease and stroke.

5. Fights cancer

A team from the Mayo Clinic found that three out of four chronic leukemia patients (who were given green tea extract) seemed to experience regression of the disease. The fourth patient also showed some improvement. The doctors gave the extract a try after a 2004 test tube study of green tea revealed that leukemia cells were killed by the substance.

According to the American Cancer Society, “Green tea contains chemicals known as polyphenols, which have antioxidant properties. Catechins are the major group of polyphenols in green tea. The most important catechin seems to be epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG). EGCG may cause cancer cells to die like normal cells do. It may also work by stopping new blood vessels from forming, a process called angiogenesis, thereby cutting off the supply of blood to cancer cells.”

It is interesting to note that there seem to be fewer cancer deaths in Japan than in the United States. Could it be because citizens there drink a lot of green tea?

6. May lower cholesterol

Studies have shown that this drink may help lower cholesterol with no side effects. By lowering cholesterol, the body receives help in fighting heart disease and stroke as well.

7. Guards against infections

In April of 2003 the New York Times reported that its extract has the ability to strengthen the immune system’s ability to fight disease. Microbiologist Milton Schiffenbauer, professor at Pace University (New York) stated, “Our research shows tea extracts can destroy the organism that causes disease. If we can stimulate the immune system and at the same time we are destroying the organisms then it makes sense to drink more tea.”

Green tea treats sunburn, strained eyes, blemishes, rashes and minor cuts because of its antiseptic properties.

Try gargling with it when you feel a cold or the flu coming on. Soak your feet in it for athlete’s foot or just as a refreshing foot bath.

In this article you’ve read an impressive list of claims for the health benefits of drinking green tea. Although not a magic cure, it sure wouldn’t hurt to add this proven ancient beverage to your daily diet.

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Therapy

Posted on January 6th, 2010 by vie  |  No Comments »

Lung cancer or others cancer disease are needs more vitamin and mineral on their body, especially vitamin B and Fe (iron). They can eat foods such as such as whole grains (if no allergy), dark leafy greens (such as spinach and kale), and sea vegetables.
- Avoid kind of food that may you have allergic on them.
- Eat antioxidant foods, including fruits (such as blueberries, cherries, and tomatoes) and vegetables (such as squash and bell pepper).
- Patients with lung cancer they should avoid refined foods such as white breads, pastas, and sugar.
- When you cook, use healthy cooking oils such as olive oil or vegetable oil.
- Lung cancer patients they should avoid tobacco, caffein, alcohol and other stimulants.
- Eat antioxidant foods, including fruits (such as blueberries, cherries, and tomatoes) and vegetables (such as squash and bell pepper).
- Better for the patients who diagnosed as lung cancer to do exercise lightly, at least 3 or 5 days a week.

Herbal Medicine

Herbal medicine are commonly usefull strengthen and tone the body’s systems. There are many herbs madicine from around the world such as dried extracts (capsules, powders, teas), glycerites (glycerine extracts), or tinctures (alcohol extracts) that you can find them on the internet or your healthy provider. Green tea (Camellia sinensis), Reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum), Olive leaf (Olea europaea), Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) and Fermented wheat germ extract are most common herbal used for antioxidant, anticancer, and immune effects. So, the patients who has lung cancer disease also suggested for them to use it.

Homeopathy Therapy

Homeopathy medicine aims to stimulate the individual’s natural healing processes through the administration of minute “homeopathic” dilutions of specific remedies. Some homeopathics are derived from plants, minerals or animals, such as venom, tree sap or even coffee. An experienced homeopath can prescribe a regimen for supporting general health during lung cancer. Homeopathy may help reduce symptoms and strengthen overall constitution, reduce the effects of stress during cancer, and also its help the patients in order to decrease side effects of chemotherapy.

Acupuncture Therapy

Acupuncture therapy actually is not use as a treatment for the cancer disease, but based on some research data the acupuncture therapy can be help to reduce pain and shortness of breath which appear on the symptoms of cancer disease including lung cancer cases. Acupuncture and herbal therapy are may become usefull if they start to use them during active chemotherapy or radiation.

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How to treat your acne

Posted on January 5th, 2010 by vie  |  No Comments »

There are several resources available that can treat your acne. You can even find the right treatment for your acne, but it is unclear whether this special treatment work for you or not.

That is quite difficult to understand. Similar is the case with the treatment of acne herbal. They do not know that herbal treatments work for you. Each treatment does not work for everyone.

You have to be a bit careful when choosing drug therapy. This helps eliminate acne also save your money.

There are a number of clinical trials for the treatment of acne herbal that actually works on the skin of almost everyone. There are some simple products that are made from natural ingredients.

But people can suffer from severe acne, is difficult to cure acne with the help of this herbal remedy. You need something much stronger than this.

But people prefer to treat acne herbal treatment because it is light and has no side effects. This tends to the natural balance of the body, improve the treatment of acne.

You can try these natural remedies at home. First, you can take a bit of evening primrose oil as well.

You have to take evening primrose oil three times a day for at least three months to complete. This is available as a tablet. You will notice a good improvement in their skin. The herbal treatment for acne following is the tea tree oil.

This was also found to have much effect on acne. We need to create a solution containing 5 percent tea tree oil and 95 percent water.

This is a treatment for acne herbal great for almost all of you.

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Transfusion for your blood

Posted on September 5th, 2009 by vie  |  No Comments »

In emergency situations, doctors, patients often need a blood transfusion. Such an emergency measure as often happens when an injury causes a patient rapidly losing blood. Cross-matching, is a test carried out by doctors to determine whether the donated blood, the blood of the receptor, which is consistent urgently needed a blood transfusion. There are two ways to make correlations between the test: electronic and manual.

Cross Match mail: You just inject the blood of the donor and the recipient’s blood into a machine connected to a computer. If all the necessary components of blood are compatible, the computer will print a sheet that tells you it is safe to do a blood transfusion. The doctor can not with safety of blood transfusions. The electronic method is preferred because it is fast. This is an important factor in emergency situations when a patient has lost too much blood. The only negative point of this method is its reliability. Doctors question the safety margin. A team that never makes mistakes.

Serological Cross-matching: When is the electronic method available, serological cross-match is the second option. The procedure must do this manually, the physician or technician of blood in their hands to the test to verify the recipient’s blood represents the blood of the donor. Blood is drawn from the template. Blood plasma was extracted by the centrifuge method. The plasma is then injected with a syringe into a test tube with blood from donors. If agglutination occurs, it means that the patient’s plasma contains antibodies against the blood of the donor. If there are no lumps, then a match is in and the Blood Transfusion sure.

In an emergency, doctors, especially doctors in the emergency room is often no time to make a cross-match test. If no time, the doctor to the patient type O, Rh-blood for the patient. Type O, Rh-factor is a universal donor, and therefore it is safe to give to each patient. But Type O, Rh-factor is rare and not widely available. If this situation occurs, the physician should always be ready to take a decision by the infusion of the patient with blood unprecedented. This is a risky decision, but studies have shown that the benefits outweigh the risks. Therefore, a physician is entitled to take action in an emergency situation. If the patient loses blood faster, the better the chance of saving the patient an opportunity and with the same blood transfusion, rather than doing nothing

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