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Health Care News
- Researchers at Penn state have discovered a protein and unexpected process that repairs nerves after severe injury. This could lead to therapies for regenerating nerves with cord injuries and other severed nerves.
- Stem cell researchers in Japan were able to make a paralyzed monkey jump again. Another stem cell researcher in Colorado has devised at method to improve arthritis with a 75% reduction in pain reported. He uses your own stem cells (autologous stem cells).
- Reduced testosterone in men is linked to increased mortality.
- DIABETES IS EXPECTED TO TRIPLE BY 2050. Controlling glucose (the silent killer) dietary options include: low-calorie diet (1400 to 1800 calories/day); Mediterranean diet (lots of resh fruits and vegetables, fish, beans and omega 3s (olive oil); avoid sugary fruit juices and beverages with fructose, sucrose and hi-fructose corn syrup; consume a low-glycemic index and low-glycemic load diet.
- Metabolic syndrome increases heart attack and stroke risk
- Keeping on night lights could lead to weight gain as well as late night eating.
- Luteolin may help prevent memory loss by reducing brain inflammation
- A form of vitamin E (gamma tocotrienol) was found to inhibit prostate cancer regrowth.
- Carnosine-an antioxidant and glycation fighting nutrient has been found in a study to extend the life of laboratory animals
- Gamma Linolenic Acid (GLA)- an omega 6-essential fatty acid has anti-inflammatory properties for control and prevention of diseases such as eczema, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, and major killers such as cancer and heart disease.
Evolutionary Biologist Michael Rose, contents that if we can live long enough we can go into a phase where we stop aging. The trick is to get there in good enough shape to take advantage of it. He proposes the following approach to immortality: From Kurzweil's newsletter.
"Rose’s natural recipe for immortality
- Adopt a hunter-gatherer lifestyle after 35 to 40 if Eurasian, earlier if ancestry is less Eurasian. If younger than 30 and Eurasian, continue on a post-agricultural revolution diet (or Andrew Weil-style diet).
- Use the best modern medicine
- Use autologous (from your own cells) tissue repair as it becomes available in five or more years
- Use next-generation pharmaceuticals in the next 10 or more years
- “With this recipe, I feel, many of you could be alive, basically, indefinitely,” Rose said.
Paleo diet: The paleo diet, sometimes called the “caveman diet,” is one that mimics the diet of our ancestral hunter-gatherer ancestors in the Paleolithic era before the advent of the agricultural revolution of the Neolithic and animal husbandry. - It includes meats, seafoods, fruits, nuts, and vegetables.
- It excludes processed foods (including meats), grain-derived foods such as pasta and breads, and dairy-derived foods such as milk, yogurt and cheese.
Proponents of the diet such as Loren Cordain and S. Boyd Eaton argue that the agricultural revolution caused an “evolutionary discordance” between diet and our “genetically determined biology” as shaped through evolution.
Andrew Weil-style diet
- Andrew Weil, MD, of the University of Arizona, has authored several popular articles and books about health and diet, including best-sellers Eating Well for Optimum Health and Healthy Aging. He also has a popular Web site.
- The “Andrew Weil diet” is one in accordance with more conventional advice from dietitians and nutritionists. It includes eating whole grains, fruits and vegetables (50 to 60 percent of calories); fats largely derived from monounsaturated and polyunsatured oils (30 percent of calories); and protein (10 to 20 percent of calories) mainly from vegetarian sources such as soy."
From Kurzweil's Health Tips column brings you ideas for finding happiness, tips for living to a ripe old age, parenting advice, and new ways to help you lose weight, lower blood pressure, and prevent chronic diseases.
HAPPINESS IS…
- A social life.
- Having frequent sex with your partner. It reduces the likelihood of being irritated with each other
- Meditation. It can also train the brain to reduce sensitivity to pain from arthritis, back pain, or cancer [Universite de Montreal].
LIVING TO A RIPE OLD AGE IS ABOUT…
- Maintaining the right attitude.
- Staying mobile.
- Hiring a dietitian for hospitalized elderly.
FOOD AND SUPPLEMENTS
- Lose weight by drinking green tea after meals.
- Stay heart-healthy with whey protein shakes.
- Prevent colon cancer with apple smoothies.
- Eat fruits and vegetables for stronger bones.
MEDICAL TREATMENTS
- Long-term low-dose aspirin for cancer prevention. Stomach precautions.
- Early physical medicine is best for lower back pain.
- Smoking cessation medicines half the risk of heart attack admissions.
PARENTING ADVICE
- Planning parenthood? There’s an app for that. A new iPhone app called iCyclebeads makes it easy for a woman to know if this is a day when pregnancy is likely or not [Georgetown University Medical Center].
- Help your child get good grades. It’s linked to them taking better care of their health [University of Wisconsin-Madison].
Keep kids away from second-hand smoke. It’s harmful for many reasons, including increased risk of bacterial diseases such as meningitis [PlosOne].
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