miercuri, 6 iunie 2012

Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Pain Treatment - Health - Fitness

<p>In the United States the prevalence of overweight and obesity dramatically increasing the incidence of diabetes. According to W.H.O. in the year of 2010 it would be 220 million people with diabetes worldwide. This statistics demonstrate the necessity of physician education not only in the treatment of diabetes but also in the managing of diabetes complications. Nearly a quarter of diabetes patient is already suffering from diabetic peripheral neuropathy and up to 50% of all diabetics develop peripheral neuropathy after 25 years of having this disease. Patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy often presenting with pain that characterize as burning, aching, tingling, cold, allodynia and/or numbness.</p>

<p>There are numerous therapeutic agents are available but there is no single therapeutic agent available that is without adverse side effect and it is completely effective for the general diabetic population. Tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline, imipramine, desipramine, and nortriptyline are useful in treatment of diabetic neuropathy. Pregabaline, gabapentin, tramadol and many others also are available for the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. When the right agent is determined, it does not necessarily relieve the pain in 100%. The physician must manage the patient on multiple levels using all available modalities in multi-functional strategy to alleviate initial pain and manage progression to other complications.</p>

<p>Percutaneous minimum invasive pain management technique is part of continuous strategy of permanent pain treatment that is widely use in nova days implanting the leads into epidural space and connecting them to subcutaneously positioned of spinal cord stimulator. Spinal cord stimulation applies electrical current in the form of short bursts or pulses to a specific area of the spinal cord. The pain control is very satisfactory in peripheral diabetic neuropathy patient population. Spinal Cord Stimulation has been used for many patients with failed back surgery syndrome after laminectomy as an alternative to re-operation. It has also been used to treat Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (former Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy), post herpetic neuralgia, spinal cord injury and many others.</p>

<p>Traditionally, Neurostimulation was reserved as a late modality in the pain treatment continuum. In nova days, Spinal Cord Stimulation treatment implementing in pain treatment in earlier stage can enhance multidisciplinary care by facilitating participation in activities, such as physical therapy, which is essential for rehabilitation.
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marți, 5 iunie 2012

Chronic Low Back Pain Treatment - Health - Fitness

<p>Chronic low back pain was the second most common cause of disability in the US at the end of the 20th century. The precise diagnosis of low back pain is very difficult because lumbar strain, degenerative disk disease, spondiloartrosis, spinal stenosis and degenerative joint disease are often expected explanations for the low back pain. Despite of the complexity of the structures of the low back and the diagnostic ambiguity, the doctor must provide the patient with the treatment options.</p>

<p>The US Congress has declared 2001-2010 the Decade of Pain Control and Research. Despite an increased awareness of the under treatment of pain, the adequate management of pain remains a daunting task. An estimated 1 in 4 Americans suffer from chronic pain, and 1 in 10 Americans take proscription pain medications. The prevalence of common forms of chronic pain is expected to increase as the American population ages. Low back pain is often associated with tension and stiffness in the joints, muscles, and nerves of the lumbosacral area of the spine and it may present with or without leg pain. The pain can be specific or nonspecific. As estimated 70% of people in developed nations experience low back pain and 1 in 20 people hospitalized with each new episode. Risk factors for low back pain include heavy physical labor, frequent bending, twisting, or lifting, and prolonged status postures.</p>

<p>The assessment of pain is critical to proper diagnosis and treatment. The goals of a clinical assessment include achieving a diagnosis of pain, identifying the underlying causes of pain and co-morbid conditions, evaluation psychological factors and functional status, developing a targeted treatment plan, and determining when to refer to a specialist or multidisciplinary pain clinic.</p>

<p>Treatment strategies often focus on medications, although many other options are available that may be just as effective. Patients often have tried over-the-counter medications first, topical agents, the application of ice and/or heat and may seek medical care only when these have failed. Current pain management agents interrupt or modulate the pain signal, reducing the pain information the brain receives.</p>

<p>The goals of the treatment of chronic pain including chronic low back pain are to reduce suffering, improve physical and social functioning, and improve quality of life. The main objective of pain management is to relieve pain so that patients can return to a normal or near-normal level of function. Numerous studies support the use of antidepressants, antiepileptic drugs, and local anesthetics, including non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), as a first line approach to the treatment of chronic pain. For the patients with mild to moderate pain, the second step involves the addition of opioids to non opioid medications. For the patients with moderate to severe pain, the third step involves the addition of lumbar epidural injections and implantable spinal cord stimulator.</p>

<p>Lumbar epidural injection blocks the pain by delivering the medication (local anesthetics and steroids) to the specific place and therefore reducing inflammation, swelling and irritation of the nerves. Drugs applied epidurally reach their target tissues fast. Epidural blockade is also unique because of special features of the anatomic site of injection and the resultant diverse sites of action of the local anesthetic and steroid solution. The most practical and widely used continuous method of neural blockade is epidural blockade with administration of drug that selectively block pain conduction, while leaving sensation, motor power and sympathetic function essentially unchanged.</p>

<p>Electrical stimulation as a treatment of low back pain achieved the recognition and became very popular in nova days. Low back pain reduction with the use of therapeutic neurostimulation leads to a reduction or even cessation of opioid medications; making the patient feels better and definitely improving the quality of their life. At present time, invasive neurostimulation is regarded as a last resort but is quite likely that better results in the treatment of low back pain would be obtained if it were used earlier. The status of contemporary technology in the field of neurostimulation is more complex today because of computerized remodeling of electrical currency. The therapeutic electrical neurostimulation as a treatment of low back pain is an established, systematic interdisciplinary field of medicine that has an application for the treatment of low back pain.
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luni, 4 iunie 2012

Sex Addiction: How to Overcome Sex Addiction - Society - Social Issues

<p>Sexual addiction is described as a progressive intimacy disorder characterized by compulsive sexual thoughts and acts. Like all other addictions, its negative impact on the addict and on family members increases as the disorder progresses. Over time, the addict has to intensify the addictive behavior to achieve the same results. </p>

<p>For some sex addicts, behavior does not progress beyond compulsive masturbation or the widespread use of pornography or phone or computer sex services. For others, addiction can involve illegal activities such as voyeurism, exhibitionism, obscene phone calls, child molestation or rape. Sex addicts do not inevitably become sex offenders. Furthermore, not all sex offenders are sex addicts. According to psychcentral.com roughly 55% of convicted sex offenders can be considered sex addicts. About 71% of child molesters are sex addicts. For many, their problems are so severe that imprisonment is only the way to ensure society's safety against them. </p>

<p>Society has accepted that a sex offender's actions stems not from sexual fulfillment, but rather out of a disturbed need for power, dominance, control or revenge, or a perverted expression of anger. More recently, however, an awareness of brain changes and brain reward related with sexual behavior has led us to understand that there are also powerful sexual drives that motivate sex offenses.</p>

<p>Overcoming Sexual Addiction</p>

<p>The consequences of sexual addiction may be devastating to not only the addict but also those close to him/her. It can leave an addict isolated, immensely anxious and depressed to the point of being suicidal. Low self-esteem, hopelessness, shame, and despair are also common feelings experienced by sex addicts. The ramifications of sex addiction do not end on an emotional level but rather, continue onto medical, financial and legal ones too.</p>

<p>Medical consequences of sex addiction may include HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) such as syphilis, genital herpes and gonorrhea. In addition, genital injury may result from unnecessary sexual activity or the use of foreign objects for sexual stimulation.</p>

<p>Financial consequences of sex addiction may include the loss of one's job, getting sued over sexual harassment or sexual abuse charges resulting in legal fees. Purchasing pornographic material, use of prostitutes, calling 900 phone numbers and traveling for the individual purpose of sexual contacts can create enormous debt in credit card bills and exhaust the financial resources of an addict often many times to the point of bankruptcy.</p>

<p>Legal consequences of sexual addiction include the arrest and incarceration of sex addict. The addict's out of control lifestyle make him to engage in high risk, illegal activities such as voyeurism, exhibitionism, inappropriate touching and the solicitation of prostitutes.</p>

<p>A basic approach in recognizing any addictive behavior is to assess whether it is creating irresistible trouble in your life and yet you choose to return to it despite the problem.</p>

<p>If your sexual behavior is exhausting your time and energy and it causes you to compromise your core values and the beliefs that you hold dear to your heart then there is cause for alarm.
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duminică, 3 iunie 2012

Free Radicals and Nutrition - Health

<p>Free radicals can pose a major threat to our health because they have the potential to damage our body at the cellular level. But what exactly is a free radical?</p>

<p>A free radical is an atom or molecule which contains an unpaired electron. Since electrons have a very strong tendency to exist in a paired state, free radicals try to steal electrons from other atoms and molecules. The danger they pose comes when they react with important cellular components in our body.</p>

<p>Free radicals usually steal from the nearest stable molecule, taking its electron. When the attacked molecule loses its electron, it becomes a free radical itself (because now it is missing an electron), which starts a chain reaction. One free radical starts a cascade of new free radicals in our body, finally resulting in the disruption of the living cell.</p>

<p>Free radicals are generated naturally in the body as a normal part of biochemical processes like breathing and digesting. Sometimes the body's immune system creates free radicals in order to neutralize viruses and bacteria. While free radicals are not all bad, too many of them can lead to a number of problems.</p>

<p>An excess of free radicals can be caused by smoking, sunbathing, fried food, infections, excessive exercise, stress, smog and other environmental pollutants, harmful chemicals, toxins, radiation, etc.</p>

<p>Excess free radicals are a problem because their damage can cause premature aging, heart disease, cancer, autoimmune diseases, arthritis, diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome and a host of other conditions. The type of disease that occurs is dependent upon which of the free radical defenses in the body were not functioning properly and where the free radical attacks occur.</p>

<p>To protect us against the harmful impact of free radicals, our bodies utilize antioxidants. Antioxidants are molecules which can safely interact with free radicals and terminate the chain reaction before any damage is done. Antioxidants donate an electron to the free radical and convert it to a harmless molecule.</p>

<p>Fresh fruits, vegetables and grains are all good sources of natural antioxidants, but you can choose to take a supplement as well. Fruits and veggies that are rich in antioxidants are sweet potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, papaya, turnip, spinach, strawberries, kiwi, cranberries, plums, broccoli, red and green peppers, tomatoes, etc. Different antioxidants work in different areas of the body, so the key is to eat as wide a range of antioxidants as possible.</p>

<p>There are many different types of antioxidants such as enzymes, co-enzymes, vitamins and sulfur containing compounds. The most important antioxidant supplements are vitamin E, Vitamin C, Beta-carotene and Selenium. All are required for optimum health and illness prevention, however, our bodies can not manufacture them so they must be supplied through proper nutrition and supplementation.</p>

<p>Antioxidant compounds must be constantly replenished since they are used up in the process of neutralizing free radicals.
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sâmbătă, 2 iunie 2012

How To Lose Weight Fast Without Starving Yourself - Health

<p>According to statistics, more than 60% of adult Americans (that's more than 120 million Americans) are overweight or obese. Globally, there are more than 1 billion overweight adults, at least 300 million of them obese. Excess weight puts people at risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, certain forms of cancer, sleep apnea, liver disease, diabetes and a host of other conditions.</p>

<p>Because of a large number of different methods claiming to be able to help you lose weight, people often tend to get confused as to which method is best for them. If you are trying to figure out what is the best way to lose weight, here are some facts that may help you.</p>

<p>Why are people fat?</p>

<p>The foremost reason why most people are fat is because they eat wrong foods in the wrong amounts at the wrong times. It's as simple as that. You don't get fat because of a lack of exercising. Regular exercise is off course extremely beneficial and it helps to create a calorie deficit. However, while exercising helps you stay fit and in better health, you don't get fat because you are not exercising, you basically get fat because of the food you eat and the way you eat it.</p>

<p>Do Low Fat diets work?</p>

<p>It seems everything today is low fat, except people. Increasing number of people are still fat despite growing number of products with fat substitutes. How can this be? Well, foods with fat substitutes might have fewer grams of fat, but they don't have significantly fewer calories. Regardless of the fat content of the diet, eating more calories than you need will still lead to weight gain. Bottom line, a calorie is a calorie wherever it comes from.</p>

<p>Do Low Calorie or Low Carb diets work?</p>

<p>You will lose weight on a low calorie or low carbohydrate diet, the trouble is, you will only lose in the beginning. By starving yourself (and by using a low calorie or low carb diet you are starving your body) your metabolism will adjust itself by burning fewer calories, making you feel tired and hungry. In fact, fat cells respond to starvation by holding on to the fat they already have and becoming more aggressive at taking in new fat once the diet is over. You don't have to starve yourself to lose weight. Actually, you shouldn't.</p>

<p>The healthiest way to lose weight is not starvation or bursts of exercise, it's eating the right meals in the right patterns each day. The number one diet secret that will work for most people is called calorie shifting.</p>

<p>Calorie shifting is a way to lose weight fast but without starving yourself. This diet is much easier then other diets because you are not eating less food and you are not sacrificing from any of the four major food groups.</p>

<p>Calorie shifting works by shifting the eating patterns from day to day and thus tricking metabolism so that it remains running high and burning a lot of fat. Because your metabolism is high all the time, you burn more calories. The result is rapid, but safe, weight loss.</p>

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vineri, 1 iunie 2012

Coenzyme Q10 And Heart Health - Health

<p>The heart is the most important muscle in our body, it's our life pump. It is one of the few organs that are expected to work continuously, without rest, for a lifetime.</p>

<p>The heart beats about 70 times a minute, 100,000 times a day and about 36 million times a year. It pumps the equivalent of 2,500 - 5,000 gallons of blood per day through approximately 60,000 miles (100,000 km) of blood vessels. During an average lifetime, the heart will beat more than 2.5 billion times.</p>

<p>Because of all that the heart muscle requires the highest level of energetic support at all times. And this is where Coenzyme Q10 comes into play.</p>

<p>We all get our energy from food. Food is eaten and than broken down into small pieces called glucose. The blood carries the glucose to every cell in the body, where it is broken down further, releasing energy into the cell.</p>

<p>Coenzyme Q10 is a substance that is involved in the production of energy in cells. Its main function is to carry electrons that are needed in the energy generation process. It is found in high concentrations in tissues and organs that require a lot of energy. And because the heart requires huge amounts of energy, CoEnzyme Q10 plays an essential role in maintaining a healthy heart.</p>

<p>Current research shows that heart disease may be connected to insufficient levels of Coenzyme Q-10. When deficiency occurs the heart may be the most affected organ, which can lead to some serious problems.</p>

<p>Coenzyme Q-10 is found naturally throughout the human body. Small amounts of it are obtained through the foods we eat (the richest sources are meat, poultry and fish), but the majority is created directly by the body.</p>

<p>The typical daily dietary intake of this compound is only about 2-5 mg, which is far below the amount needed for optimum health. Aging and illness deplete the body's stores even further. At the age of 50 we produce half the amount of CoQ10 as we did when we were 20.</p>

<p>Although CoQ10 is available from foods, it is difficult to obtain enough of it from diet alone, especially in our later years. However, it can be taken as a supplement.</p>

<p>Supplementing CoQ10 has many health benefits such as strengthening the heart, improving the immune system and lowering blood pressure. Increasing levels of coenzyme Q10 give cells in the heart the ability to make more energy for pumping blood, which increases strength and output capacity.</p>

<p>CoQ10 is also one of the most potent antioxidants known. It plays a key role in treatment of cardiovascular illnesses, including congestive heart failure. It can also help with a number of other diseases such as diabetes, kidney failure, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, and more. Some doctors recommend it after heart surgery to speed recovery.
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joi, 31 mai 2012

Lose Weight With Neopuntia - 100% Natural Fat Binder - Health

<p>Neopuntia is a natural fat binder, the green alternative to chitosan. It is the first medically effective vegetable fat blocker. Fat blocking or fat binding is a safe method for removing fat from the body before digestion.</p>

<p>Today, thousands of people are losing weight by harnessing the power of natural herbs and supplements. Neopuntia is a 100% natural dietary supplement that works by reducing fat absorption in the body. It is taken in conjunction with each meal and it binds with fats in the stomach, thus preventing them from being digested and absorbed. Unabsorbed fats then travel through the digestive system and are excreted naturally with other fibers contained in vegetables, fruits, grains, etc.</p>

<p>This is a simple yet effective way that can assist you in weight loss. Neopuntia can reduce your dietary fat intake by up to 30%. This can help you achieve long term weight loss safely, without starving yourself.</p>

<p>Neopuntia is a 100% green fat blocker made from dehydrated leaves of cactus called Prickly Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica). Prickly Pear is an everyday consumption vegetable, traditionally used by millions of people all around the world. In recent years, scientists discovered that an extract from the leaves of this cactus possess remarkable lipophilic properties. Simply put, it is naturally attracted to fats.</p>

<p>While the number one feature of Neopuntia is its fat blocking capability, the latest studies revealed that it also offers other health benefits such as balancing cholesterol levels, lowering high blood pressure and decreasing the chance of cardiovascular disease. Because it is 100% natural and organic, you can use it safely. It does not include any animal substance and is approved by the Vegetarian Society, so it's ideal for vegetarians and those prone to allergies.</p>

<p>Neopuntia is patented and manufactured by BioSerae Laboratories in France and has been available to the dietary supplement market for quite a few years now. While somewhat new to the United States, it's already the number one fat binder in Europe.</p>

<p>While neopuntia is not some magic ingredient that is the solution to weight loss, it can, however, be extremely helpful in supporting any serious weight management program.
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