Stay away from 'Iced Tea'

The fad of having 'iced tea' is considered an alternative for hydrating the body especially in summers in the US. A study by clinicians revealed that excessive consumption of iced tea results in kidney stones that can lead to painful condition. The culprit chemical that creates the damage is the 'oxalate' present in iced teas.

According to Dr.John Milner, Department of Urology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, III, it's one of the worst things one can drink for people who have a tendency to form kidney stones.

A staggering 1.91billion gallons of iced tea is consumed a year in the US according to Tea Association of the USA. Nearly 128 million Americans have the beverage daily. Would you like to be one of them? Why don't you shift to versions of lemonade tea sans ice for better health?

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Moderate drinking add Cheers to your life

Its great news for people who were under the taboo that alcohol is only bad for health and the habit is only detrimental to health. It’s not so anymore, if studies by University of Texas are any indication. The general perception that 2 drinks a day would do well and anything more than that would harm our health, was beaten by the 20-year old study.

According to the study, three tipples a day may do more good and would even increase the lifespan of people. It has also been reported that those who don’t raise a toast with their wine glasses at all throughout their lives were likely to die early, compared to those who drank the magic dose of three drinks a day. The risk of non-alcoholics was 51% more, when compared to moderate boozers.

Hold on! There is a caveat. Though the news may sound music to the ears, overindulgence anything above the three tipples may give you an earlier call. If you cross over the line of health which stands at three glasses, you enter into the zone of heavy boozers with studies quoting that the risk of dying early increases by 45%. So readers strike a healthy balance so you may live long to read my blogs and add life to years.

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TGA (Transient Global Amnesia)

This is a sudden loss of memory caused by pressure in blood vessels in the brain and commonly triggered by strenuous activities, bowel movements or even sex.

A 59 year old Amer4ican woman ‘Alice’ suddenly suffered a temporary loss of her memory after having sex. She reportedly asked her husband, “Is there an Olympics?” even as Alice and her husband were watching the Beijing Olympics.

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Monitoring your skin has never been so easy

Voila! IT giant Fujitsu's 'skin memory programme' has come as a boon for beauty conscious women who want to keep their skin supple and healthy. It monitors the skin condition of the user, checks blemishes and colour and tracks changes periodically by storing records in the cloud. Maybe it's a bonus that users can share their data on social networking sites too. Reaching for your mobile?

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Unwanted Invasive Breast Cancer Treatments in US detected.

According to a study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, about 1.3 million US women were overdiagnosed of breast cancer between 1976 and 2008 resulting in their unnecessary invasive cancer treatments.

Major medical interventions included surgical procedures, radiology, hormone therapy and chemotherapy, which according to medical fraternity are considered only when they are absolutely necessary. The study got the revelation when it was found that the number of early-stage breast cancers detected doubled and ironically the number of women diagnosed with breast cancer dropped to eight percent.

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Skin and Water 

 A report by the British Nutrition Foundation in Nov 09, claims that a balanced diet and sunscreen are much more effective for a beautiful and plump skin than the popular belief that water does wonders for the skin.

Unlike popular belief even by Hollywood actresses and catwalk models that drinking generous doses of water gives a clearer complexion, the report ‘Food for Skin’ surmises that there is a lack of detailed studies that backs the popular myth. However, the report still advocates drinking plenty of water for a sound health though it may not be entirely related to the health of a glowing skin.

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Know about Down’s Syndrome

Down’s syndrome is a form of hearing defect that may have its effect on speech as well. According to Dr. Patrick Sheehan, ENT Surgeon who runs a clinic for children with Down’s syndrome in the UK, while intervention was important at an early age, it was also necessary to maintain lifelong monitoring of the patient, as the hearing faculty was likely to deteriorate over a period of time. Interventions include removing ear wax, affixing hearing aids, bone-anchored hearing aids and small surgery. It must be borne mind, as even relatively low levels of hearing loss would affect speech and communication, attention to treat hearing defects must be taken on priority.

Intel's  remote medication.

Intel, the computer chip maker proposed in 2008 to enter the ever-growing medical market with high end technology that allows Doctors to provide remote treatments sans their physical presence. And this was being made possible for chronic ailments. Intel health guides will employ gadgets and use the web in offering personalized solutions for chronic health conditions in the home. Intel aims to work with care providers such as Mayo Clinic and the American Heart Association and would focus on people with heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension.

General Electric’s $17 billion healthcare unit  estimated its information technology business- computers that help doctors track everything from X-ray images to drugs. Growth forecast was about $5bn and the overall healthcare technology market was worth an estimated $50bn or more.

Try not to toy with the idea of buying soft plastic toys

The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) warned buyers to refrain from purchase of soft plastic toys and heavy children’s jewellery. While soft plastic toys may contain phthalates that are linked to many health problems – especially choking hazards. A PIRG representative reiterated the fact as she released PIRG’s 23rd toy safety survey in 2008. Heavy metal jewellery contains more of lead, which is the reason to keep them at bay.

According to the research group the toll was 18 US children due to toys in 2007, while 80,000 under 5 landed in emergency care. Companies like Mattel, RC2 et al had to pull back millions of toys due to enactment of stricter U.S. product safety rules, which were signed into law on August 14, 2008 by the outgoing President George W. Bush.

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Ban on fast food ads

It was good news in end 2008 that Sweden, Finland and Norway have put the brakes on fast food advertisements on Television, which would help cut down unhealthy food consumption. The United States also contemplated to impose such a ban to control childhood obesity. But The National Bureau of Economic Research in the United States had raised their doubts about the practicality of the ban.

Researchers in United States had also endorsed the ban stating it may cut the overweight of children by 18%. The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention had projected the figure that 13.9% of children were overweight in the age group 2-6, 18.8% were overweight in the age group 6-11 and more than 17% of children were overweight in the group of 12-19 years.

The ban was expected to reduce children becoming overweight by 18% in the age group of 3-11 and reduce overweight of adolescent children in the age group 12-18 by 14%. There was again the relationship between children watching commercials in the idiot box, which had taken the front seat in the subject of obesity. In this regard, another study suggested that children viewed 20,000 ads in late 1970s, 30000 ads in late 1980s and more than 40,000 ads in the late 90s. This explains the need for a blanket ban on fast food commercials, which of course, may be a subject that junk food manufacturers may not relish.

Marital bliss and health

A study on 16,000 American adults conducted in 2004 based on the factors money, sex and happiness has an interesting find. The study states married couples have heightened libidos and have better sex than single, divorced and widowed of separated persons. The main reason attributed is the commitment to the partner in marital bliss that gives mutual pleasure to the wedded couples. The book ‘A Guide to Christian Marriage’ has also endorsed that better sex is the result of love and commitment. Why delay the nuptial knot? Are you getting your juices flowing for a big bang?

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Weight Dairies

Do your weight management in a professional way, even if you are going to carry a little more weight along with you. Are you perplexed? The negligible weight is nothing but a small diary that researchers are suggesting in which you would record the food items that you are eating and drinking. A study involving 1,685 middle-aged men and women with average age of 55 years revealed that those who cared to keep a record of their food habits lost about twice as much weight as those who did not. Victor Stevans of Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research in Portland who lead the study attributes the success to the fact that the participants are able to see the origin of the extra calories and then develop specific strategies to deal with the problem. The study was conducted on people from US cities Portland, Oregon; Baltimore, Maryland; Curham, North Carolina; and Baton Rouge Louisiana. Those keeping food diaries six or seven days a week lost about 18 pounds (8 kg) compared t0 9 pounds (4kg) who didn’t keep a diary.

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Blame it on calories

New Yorkers could have controlled calories in their food intake with the government’s move a few years ago to enforce strict implementation of display of calorific values in the menus at restaurants. This would have largely averted the growth of diabetes and obesity problems in the city. The display had to be carried out in the menu cards by food chains that had a minimum of 15 outlets across the country to start with. Renowned food chains such as Duncan Donuts and Mc Donalds had fallen under the scanner. The move was expected to protect 30,000 diabetes and 130,000 obesity patients in New York.

Diet and Lifestyle

One billion people globally suffer from high blood pressure, which is categorized to be greater than 140/90 or more. If you wish to be kind to your heart, cut down your salt intake, practice a diet rich in fruits and vegetables to the best possible extent and follow a steady exercise pattern. Animal proteins have high amino acids and ‘aniline’, a chemical responsible for high levels of high blood pressure. People eating more meat have the problem due to this reason. Dr. Jeremy Nicholson and his team at Imperial College of London published these findings studied on urine samples. Posted by Murthy.