Brain disease lurks in the minds of Seniors

I knew it! It's been lurking in my head, feeding off my memories, insidious little pathogen. Well at least I won't be alone.

clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com NEW YORK Results of a brain autopsy study indicate that most older adults have significant brain disease, regardless of the presence or absence of outward signs of dementia researchers evaluated the spectrum of abnormalities found in the brains of 141 older adults, with and without clinically evident dementia. older persons with dementia had more than one type of pathology in their brain Older persons without dementia also frequently had brain disease, prevention of not only Alzheimer’s disease but these other pathologies, particularly stroke and those things that may increase the risk of stroke, like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cigarette smoking, obesity, “are likely to significantly decrease the prevalence of dementia we may wish to maximize medical management of vascular risk factors in the growing elderly population, regardless of whether cognition is still normal or there are signs of overt dementia The findings are published in the journal Neurology

The Struggle to Find Alzheimer’s Before It’s Too Late

clipped from blogs.wsj.com By the time doctors diagnose Alzheimer’s, the brain is already in big trouble. So researchers are trying to figure out how to detect the disease early on, and come up with treatments that can stop it. Some studies are using an experimental dye called PIB that allows PET scans to detect amyloid, an Alzheimer’s-related protein, in the brain. Others are using MRI scans to look for early changes in the brain. the Health Blog reported on a massive study under way at the Mayo Clinic, tracking thousands of elderly people over many years in an effort to find early signs of the disease. Of course, even if researchers find early signs of the disease, the problem of finding drugs to slow or stop its progress will remain. the Alzheimer’s community is already divided over widespread memory screening tests, with opponents arguing there’s no clear benefit and the possibility of added depression and anxiety.

clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Being fat is ok as long as you're fit A study that followed 2,603 people over 60 years of age in the US for an average of 12 years found that those who were very unfit were most likely to die - regardless of whether they were overweight. "Certainly obesity is a public health problem but...so much attention gets focused on it that people think it is the be-all and end-all and that's not true," said Professor Steven Blair from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, who led the study. The message, said Blair, is that we shouldn't obsess about our weight but instead make sure we exercise regularly. "There are in fact thin people who are sedentary, unfit, smoke and have poor health and there are fat people who eat a healthful diet, don't smoke, are regularly physically active and therefore fit and enjoy better health. So you can't tell by looking at someone whether they are healthy or not," he said.

Honey makes comeback as medicinal agent

This is a good thing. Use of natural agents can help reduce dependence on drug companies

clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com nature's original antibiotic — honey — is making a comeback. Egyptians began applying honey to wounds Medihoney, it is made from a highly absorbent seaweed-based material, saturated with manuka honey manuka honey comes from hives of bees that collect nectar from manuka and jelly bushes in Australia and New Zealand. Antibiotics becoming ineffective Medihoney product has worked on about half the patients with diabetic foot ulcers Medihoney dressing can also prevent the dangerous drug-resistant staph infection known as MRSA from infecting open wounds manuka honey can kill the toughest bacteria even when diluted 10 times and recommends it especially for people with weak immune systems. Iraqi families soon preferred the honey over other treatments because it was natural and because the honey dressings don't need to be changed as often children also healed more quickly and with fewer complications

Chronic Pain

clipped from mind-mart.com The 19th century French surgeon René Leriche said, “The only tolerable painpain.” His statement speaks to a growing epidemic in this country. Right now nearly 10 percent of the people in the United States suffer from moderate to severe pain. The numbers only increase with age – and the Baby Boomers are just beginning to hit their golden years. is someone else’s

Hemp Recipes

clipped from face-natural.com It's pretty easy to add hemp to your diet. You can buy hemp protein powder and add it to smoothies. There's also hemp nut butter, and of course you can add either to various recipes. Here's a few recipes--no charge

Chronic Pain and the Mindbody Connection

clipped from mind-mart.com Mindbody medicine contends that chronic pain is not caused by any physical trauma such as a tear, inflammation, nerve damage, etc. but by unconscious emotional factors. Dr. John Sarno, author of The Divided Mind, has named this condition Tension Myositis Syndrome or TMS.

Health 2.0 Website for Diabetics

clipped from www.readwriteweb.com A Health 2.0 Overview, Through the Eyes of a New Diabetic Defining Health 2.0 As with Web 2.0, there is a lot of debate about the meaning of the term 'health 2.0'. According to the Health 2.0 conference blog, their definition "is currently focusing on user-generated aspects of Web2.0 within health care but not directly interacting with the mainstream health care system." This means things like search, communities, and tools. As yet Health 2.0 user-generated content has not been connnected to the wider health care system - which, according to the Health 2.0 conference organizers, hasn't even adopted Web 1.0 yet! Search Healia Kosmix, Health 2.0 Blogs dLife, Social Networks Tu Diabetes, Facebook groups about Diabetes Diabetes Web Apps SugarStats

CHRONIC PAIN IS AN EPIDEMIC

No library of books or bank accounts drained for money to pay for unsuccessful treatments can begin to speak of the devasting physical, monetary and emotional losses that are at the root of a LIFE unlived, promises unfulfilled, hopes and ambitions that fuel the bonfire of desperations that rage inside the human psyche.

As long as you have your health you can change your circumstances (give up the mind chatter about all the reasons why you can't) and LIVE...just live out the what and who of your Being. Therein lies the answer to you maddening questions, the light in the darkness of the crater you roam endlessly, a lone and weary survivor of despair and melancholy.

Why do we go on? Despite all our efforts to balance the tangible manifestations of our corporeal existence, we are swept into a maelstrom of futile corrections, ports of call that promise to HEAL, and a bankrupt Soul. We witness the last rites of our simple leaving only to be awakened again and again...still bound.

clipped from www.webmd.com Chronic pain. Pain was once viewed only as a symptom, the consequence of another condition. It was often ignored as doctors focused on treating its underlying medical cause. Pain has emerged as a devastating public health problem. According to the American Chronic Pain Association, pain is the No. 1 cause of adult disability in the U.S. At least one out of six people live with chronic pain. How do you estimate the value of lost self-worth? How do you estimate the loss of family, friends, and a sense of accomplishment?"

Clue to migraine headache cause

First, timing was crucial: to capture an attack as it happened, patients rushed to hospital without self-medicating, arriving on average around three hours after the onset of the migraine.

Second, the observed headaches were spontaneous, and not chemically induced as in other laboratory studies.

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Scientists may be a step closer to uncovering the cause of certain types of debilitating migraine headaches. A French team observed activation in the hypothalamus region of the brain as sufferers had a migraine attack. The hypothalamus has long been suspected as it regulates physiological responses to factors known to trigger headaches, such as hunger. It is hoped the discovery, featured in the journal Headache, could lead to new treatments. The researchers, from Rangueil Hospital, used a technique called Positron Emission Tomography (PET), which contrasts functional activity within the brain, on seven patients with migraine without aura, the most common type of migraine. Previously, activation in the brain stem and midbrain, and a thickening in some areas of the cortex were seen in migraine sufferers. The present study may have seen a more detailed pathogenesis of the condition for two reasons.

clipped from www.earthtimes.org Possible oral treatment for diabetics HAIFA, Israel, Dec. 24 A substance derived from yeast is being tested in Israel as a potential oral treatment for diabetes and its complications. The substance -- glucose tolerance factor, or GTF -- offers promise of inhibiting oxidation processes that can result in strokes and heart attacks. GTF given at early stage of diabetes may prevent or delay renal complications as well as cataracts and retinal damage.

Very basic pressure point try it..

I like G-Jo pressure point 13. Press left for male and right for female to relief headache. Good luck

clipped from www.g-jo.com Basic G-Jo Pressure Points What is G-Jo? G-Jo is the simplest form of acupressure. It is an easy-to-learn, three step process: 1. Find the right G-Jo "control point" for your symptom or health problem . . . 2. "Trigger" that G-Jo point properly . . . 3. Duplicate G-Jo at the identical point on the opposite side of your body (most G-Jo points are duplicated bilaterally).

Breast Cancer: You might not need Chemo

clipped from wbztv.com Thousands of breast cancer patients each year could be spared chemotherapy or get gentler versions of it without harming their odds of beating the disease, new research suggests. One study found that certain women did better - were less likely to die or have a relapse - if given a less harsh drug than Adriamycin, a mainstay of treatment for decades Another study found that a gene test can help predict whether some women need chemo at all - even among those whose cancer has spread to their lymph nodes, which typically brings full treatment now The findings are sure to speed the growing trend away from chemo for many breast cancer patients and targeting it to a smaller group of women who truly need it, We are backing off on chemotherapy and using chemotherapy more selectively" in certain women, Doctors know that chemo won't help most of these women, but they have had no good way to tell who can safely skip its cost and misery.

Psoriasis "cure" found by Irishman

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"It nearly had me destroyed. My scalp, ears, hands were all covered in it as well as my body. I tried absolutely everything. My marriage broke up and I even thought about taking my own life," he revealed.

The condition left David with a constant itch, and he left a trail of dead skin everywhere he went. When they asked, he told children asked what was wrong with him, he told them he had been burnt in a fire.

Four years ago, a friend suggested that he try Argan oil, extracted from the nut of a tree found in Morocco and used widely in cosmetics. Within hours of application, the itch which had troubled him for 14 years had stopped.

David spent the next four years experimenting with different combinations of natural ingredients, using the oil as a base, with remarkable results.

"Within four weeks there was a massive improvement and after seven to nine weeks it was completely gone from my scalp.

"I know this works. It has given me back my freedom. I was a

clipped from www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk Irishman hits on 'cure' for psoriasis Wednesday, December 12, 2007 for the skin condition which was slowly destroying his life. A Sligo man became an amateur scientist in his desperate search for a cure For years, David Duncan lived as a recluse because of the psoriasis which covered 85pc of his body. After trying countless skin specialists,prescriptions and quack cures, the 36-year-old is convinced he has now come up with his own effective treatment. The inflammatory disease, which typically causes red scaly patches on the skin, developed when David was 19 years old

Reasons To Quit Smoking

clipped from www.bbc.co.uk Tar Tar causes cancer of the lungs, mouth and throat. It coats the surface of the breathing tubes and the alveoli. This causes coughing and damages the alveoli, making it more difficult for gas exchange to happen. Cells in the lining of the breathing tubes produce sticky mucus to trap dirt and microbes. Cells with tiny hair-like parts, called cilia, normally move the mucus out of the lungs. Hot smoke and tar from smoking damages the cilia. So smokers cough to move the mucus and are more likely to get bronchitis. Nicotine Nicotine is addictive - it causes a smoker to want more cigarettes. Nicotine also increases the heart rate and blood pressure, and makes blood vessels narrower than normal. This can lead to heart disease. Carbon monoxide Carbon monoxide is a gas that takes the place of oxygen in red blood cells. This reduces the amount of oxygen that the blood can carry. This means that the circulatory system has to work harder, causing heart disease. clipped from www.flickr.com clipped from www.infonature.org