Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital may have found a simple test that spots Alzheimeir’s disease before symptoms become obvious.

To date, no sure test exists for diagnosing the disease: Alzheimeir’s disease can be confirmed only at autopsy. Dr. Zaven Khachaturian, director of the Office of Alzheimeir’s Disease Research at the National Institute on Aging, calls the possibility of such a test “an exciting development”. However, experts caution that Harvard team’s results with 58 volunteers must be duplicated in larger studies.

GRAY AREA

According to a recent study, Boston University Medical Center researchers have found that individuals who had 50 percent of their hair turn gray by age 40 were four times more likely to develop osteoporoses. While more studies are needed to confirm these findings, researchers speculate that the link between the conditions may be related to genes that control premature graying and bone mass.

Says chief of the department of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism Dr. Michael F. Holick:”The association between premature graying and osteoporosis provides people with either premature graying or a family history of it with an opportunity to seek advice from the doctor on how to prevent the ravages of osteoporosis.

ASTHMA ALERT

Every year about 5000 Americans die of asthma-related complications. Looking into difference between those who survive and those who die, Japanese doctors found that people with asthma have reduced capacity to sense when they’re in danger.

Most asthma suffers automatically compensate for low oxygen levels in the blood (due to spasm of the airways) by breathing more deeply and more rapidly, but those who have near-fatal attacks fail to do so. They don’t recognize that they were in trouble until almost too late; thus they delay taking medication and seeking medical attention.

Severe asthmatics should know how to monitor their daily exhalation rate with peak-flow meters. If the rate falls by more than 20 percents of their personal best, they should know at what point to take extra medicine, to call the doctor or go straight to the hospital. They should also consider wearing a Medic Alert bracelet identifying their problem.

CANCER UPDATE

1. Lumpectomy. New data from breast cancer studies show that a woman who discovers the disease early and chooses a lumpectomy has as good survival chance as a woman opting for mastectomy. The information update was reported at a U.S. National Cancer Institute conference on the state of breast-cancer treatment. Last spring, falsified reports by a doctor participating in a large trial evaluating lumpectomy’s effectiveness raised questions about the study’s findings: lumpectomy, with follow-up radiation, produced survival rates as good as the more drastic mastectomy. Researchers said that conclusion is supported by reports from worldwide trial and from an audit of original lumpectomy trial. Says Dr. William Wood of Atlanta’s Emory University School of Medicine: “Lumpectomy’s effectiveness appears to stand on the basis of these data”.
2. Gene Flaw in Prostate Cancer. Johns Hopkins University researchers have found what appears to be most common genetic defect linked to prostate cancer. In nearly all of 91 prostate cancers studied, the defect apparently blocked the production of an enzyme that protects against environmental carcinogens. Earlier studies have shown that high level production of protective enzyme is stimulated by consumption of cruciferous vegetables such as Brussels sprouts and broccoli. “We can’t advice people to just eat Brussels sprouts,” adds Nelsons, but these vegetables are a clue we’ll chase after aggressively”.

OF MICE, KIDNEYS AND MEN

Polycystic kidney disease affects hundreds of thousands of people. Victims are born with thousands of microscopic cysts, the growths accumulate fluid and enlarge over three to five decades, and they can eventually destroy the kidney. In the last stages, patients need dialysis and kidney transplants. So far, no known treatment has stopped the disease’s progression. But now researchers, working with mice having naturally occurring form of the disease, have shown that the anti-cancer drug taxol halts the loss of renal function. Compared with untreated mice that died four to five weeks after birth, those that received taxol lived several months.

Though taxol is not yet practical for treating humans with disease, Dr. Jared Grantham, nephrologists at the University of Kansas Medical Center, says, “This is the first time a medication given to an animal with polycystic kidney disease has stopped the codition.

Today I have good news for you, I got this information from the best resource called foodmag……which inform that; Professor Connie Katelaris from University of Western Sydney who is Professor of Immunology and Allergy, and Campbell town Hospital Allergy Specialist, has said that Australia has topped the list in food allergies as most people believe they are suffering from the same. Australians seem to be the world’s worst food allergy hypochondriacs, blaming food for their bloating, fatigue and other symptoms, when in more than 90% of cases there is no evidence their diet has anything to do with it. However statistics tell a different story. One in 10 Australians believes they have a food allergy, but just 1 to 2% has a true allergy to some types of food. Immunologists and other doctors agree that food allergy is being overblown. “What’s more, these imagined food allergies are far more likely to be reported by women than by men,” Professor Katelaris said at a meeting of dermatologists. “And food allergy is a diagnosis favored by alternative practitioners, despite the lack of evidence showing that it is to blame. Although some of the difference can be accounted for by less dangerous but still unpleasant food sensitivities, both categories still seem to be over-diagnosed. As a result, many people are needlessly limiting their diets in the false belief this does them an element of good. In fact, they are simply putting themselves at risk of malnutrition and further ill-health. According to Professor Katelaris, the popularity of these diagnoses comes from the fact that they are easily understood by the average person, and easily reacted to. An immune system problem, which is far more complicated, I not as ‘attractive’. Although genuine food allergies affect about 6% of children, most of these cases are usually resolved. About 97% of children allergic to dairy products shed their sensitivity by adulthood, while two-thirds of children outgrow allergy to eggs and 20% lose their allergy to peanuts. Professor Katelaris told a recent medical conference that the phenomenon is being fuelled by the popularity of instant tests offered by some alternative medicine practitioners, who purported to detect food allergies by analyzing hair or blood, but are in fact entirely bogus.

Woman’ disease is very much. TODAY there’s an GREAT menu of treatment choices that fight the complex mix of cells in each individual cancer. The decisions—surgery, then perhaps radiation, hormonal (anti-estrogen) therapy, and/or chemotherapy—can feel overwhelming.you YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT:

Planning for Treatment

What types of treatment are available and which might be appropriate for us.

SURGERY

Breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy), mastectomy, and lymph node dissection, and what to expect from each.

CHEMOTHERAPY

We should get it, how it works, different types, side effects, and how to manage them.

RADIATION THERAPY

What it is, who it’s for, advantages, side effects, and what to expect when you get it.

Hormonal Therapy. The link between hormones and breast cancer and how different groups of drugs—including ERDs, SERMs, and aromatase inhibitory.Targeted Therapies

Including Herceptin: How they work, who should get them, how they’re given, side effects that my be happen, and the complete major studies.

COMPLEMENTARY & HOLISTIC MEDICINE

How complementary medicine techniques such as acupuncture, meditation, and yoga could be a helpful addition to your regular medical treatment. Includes research on complementary techniques and ways to find qualified practitioners.

TREATMENT FOR SIDE EFFECT

A complete reference list of side effects and their explanations must be organized. Building Long-Term Health is to be more important action

Why it’s so important to stick to your treatment plan, take the full course of medications, and continue with regular tests and doctors’ visits to keep and protect yourself healthy into the future

One theory of the cause of migraine is a central nervous system (CNS) disorder.

The CNS consists of the brain and spinal cord. In migraine, various stimuli may cause a series of neurologic and biochemical events which affect the brain’s vascular system. Serotonin syndrome occurs when the body has too much serotonin, a chemical found in the nervous system. Serotonin syndrome symptoms may include restlessness, hallucinations, loss of coordination, fast heart beat, rapid changes in blood pressure, increased body temperature, overactive reflexes, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Serotonin syndrome may be more likely to occur when starting or increasing the dose of a triptan, SSRI or SNRI.

This problem is very bad for woman, because woman has much job that use thinking…

Dr. Kenneth R. Bridges, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School says that
“Sickle cell disease and thalassemia are very different disorders . “Both diseases affect red blood cells, but they manifest themselves differently. Each condition has two abnormal genes, but beyond that they have little in common.”

To understand a diagnosis of sickle cell anemia or thalassemia, you have to learn about the origins of each disease. Hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying element of red blood cells, helps your tissues and vital organs receive oxygen. Hemoglobin contains two distinct proteins: alpha and beta and other related that diseases.