Green Tea and Weight Loss

If you use green tea as a drink then the best time to take this is just before you retire for the night.

clipped from healthyeating-info.blogspot.com Green Tea and Weight Loss Although there are a number of products to help lose weight, it is green tea that is probably one of the most famous; used a great deal especially within the weight loss industry and for products which are used as antioxidants. People requiring a natural product to burn calories will not find anything to compare with green tea weight loss supplements. The affect on the human metabolism is quite amazing as it actually slows down the process of aging if used over a long period by aiding cell regeneration. When used in weight loss products, it shows some amazing qualities like helping the metabolism by ridding the system of toxins and using the natural laxative quality it possesses. To help stop fatty tissue from forming, products using it increase the number of calories we burn by speeding our normal metabolic rate. Get Fit After Kids

Is AIDS an Evolutionary Accident?

clipped from www.scientificblogging.com Is AIDS An Evolutionary Accident? AIDS may partly be the consequence of an evolutionary accident, said Professor Frank Kirchhoff from the University of Ulm in Germany “AIDS is a deadly disease in people that is caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). But similar viruses such as simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), which infects monkeys, usually don’t cause disease in their natural monkey hosts,” says Kirchhoff. The researchers found that the Nef protein of most SIVs removes a molecule from the cell surface that is critical to make T cells responsive to stimulation. Nef proteins in HIV-1 and its closest related SIVs lack this protective function natural SIV infections in monkeys, the ability of the Nef protein to remove a specific receptor means that it can still fight off other diseases. Only the Nef proteins of HIV-1 and its immediate SIV relatives do not perform this function. evolutionary loss of a protective function of Nef may contribute to the high virulence of HIV-1 in humans”

Tai Chi exercises improve type 2 diabetes control

clipped from physorg.com Tai Chi exercises can improve the control of type 2 diabetes, suggests a small study, published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Tai Chi Chuan is a traditional Chinese martial art, which combines deep diaphragmatic breathing and relaxation with gentle movement. The research team assessed the impact of a 12 week programme of Tai Chi exercises on the T helper cell activity of 30 patients with type 2 diabetes and 30 healthy people of the same age. T cells are a key component of the body’s immune system, producing powerful chemicals, including interleukins, which alter the immune response. Type 2 diabetes is associated with chronic inflammation, caused by excessive glucose in the blood (hyperglycaemia). After the 12 week programme glycated haemoglobin (when excess blood sugar combines with the oxygen transporter in red blood cells) levels fell significantly from 7.59% to 7.16 in the diabetic patients.

7 pains you shouldn't ignore

clipped from www.webmd.com 7 Pains You Shouldn't Ignore No. 1: Worst Headache of Your Life Sharon Brangman, MD, FACP, spokeswoman for the American Geriatrics Society, tells WebMD that when someone says they have the worst headache of their life, "what we learned in medical training was that was a classic sign of a brain aneurysm. Go immediately to the ER." No. 2: Pain or Discomfort in the Chest, Throat, Jaw, Shoulder, Arm, or Abdomen "A woman's discomfort signs can be more subtle," says Cohen, who is director of preventive cardiology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. clipped from www.webmd.com Experts describe the types of pain that require prompt medical attention. (continued) No. 3: Pain in Lower Back or Between Shoulder Blades No. 4: Severe Abdominal Pain No 5: Calf Pain No. 6: Burning Feet or Legs No 7: Vague, Combined, or Medically Unexplained Pains

Prostate Cancer Treatment and Detection

Patrick Walsh was recently on Charlie Rose PBS. There's more here about prostate cancer than you think you know.. Good Read..

clipped from www.pbs.org DR. PATRICK WALSH Dr. Patrick Walsh, director of the Jane Fucanon Brady Urological Institute at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, shares his thoughts on prostate cancer treatment and detection. PATRICK WALSH: Well, there's a lot of speculation about it. We know that men that are Asian and grow up in Asia have a 2 percent lifetime risk for developing the disease. But when they move to the United States and live here for 25 years or more, their risk begins to approach that of Caucasian men in the United States. So it has something to do with environment, either things that we do wrong in the United States like possibly eat too much fat, or things that we don't do at all like not eating enough green tea and soy.

What does MRSA look like?

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Big Belly Boosts Risk of Later Dementia

Another reason to get rid of that belly

clipped from www.comcast.net NEW YORK — Having a big belly in your 40s can boost your risk of getting Alzheimer's disease or other dementia decades later, a new study suggests. It's not just about your weight. While previous research has found evidence that obesity in middle age raises the chances of developing dementia later, the new work found a separate risk from storing a lot of fat in the abdomen. Even people who weren't overweight were susceptible. _ Overweight people were 82% more likely if they had a low belly measurement, but more than twice as likely if they had a high belly measurement. _ Obese people were 81% more likely if they had a low belly measurement, but more than three times as likely if they had a high measurement.