Reducing Stress Lowers Risk of Cardiovascular Problems
A Review in The Lancet reveals the importance of healthy lifestyle choices to reduce stressors related to cardiovascular risk factors. Researchers from John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore examined records between 1990 to 2006. They observed how stress affects the sympathetic nervous system, impacts physiology, and the effect it has on the cardiovascular system. Lead author, Daniel Brotman, claims "Acute physical stressors such as sugery, trauma, and intense physical exertion are well known triggers of cardiovascular events. Emotional stressors are increasingly recognized as precipitants of such events."
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Rapid Rise in "Complementary" Medical Services
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Rapid Rise in "Complementary" Medical Services
Have you been to a practitioner besides your family physician? Whether chiropractic care, acupuncture, yoga or homeopathy, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) has become increasingly common in the United States, and 72% of adults use some form of CAM therapies according to the US National Centers for Disease Control and US National Center for Health Statistics.
A recent cover story in The New York Times Magazine highlighted how chronic pain tends to be under treated because doctors worry about over prescribing medications, and being liable for malpractice or even criminal penalties. Many doctors fear entering the field of pain management at all. Many patients are also concerned about becoming dependant on medication or about the invasiveness and dangers of surgery and anesthesia. CAM therapies, which are able to treat pain and help manage diseases without medication or surgery, are rapidly growing services as people search out better, safer approaches.
So how effective are Complementary and Alternative Medicine therapies?
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Children of Smokers Are Less Healthy Than They Seem
Children with smoking parents may not be as healthy as they appear.
A study presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference shows that although children of smokers may not exhibit respiratory problems, they may still be suffering from damage to their airways. Some researchers claim that children of smokers are more likely to have respiratory problems such as puffing, wheezing, and cases of pneumonia. However it is unclear if there is impairment in children who have no respiratory complaints or diagnosed problems.
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Outdoor Secondhand Smoke
Studies reveal the hidden dangers behind outdoor secondhand smoke exposure.
A 2006 U.S. Surgeon General's Report claims secondhand smoke kills tens of thousands of people each year, and it has long been claimed that second hand smoke can be dangerous through indoor exposure. However little is known about the risks of outdoor inhalation. Recent research from Stanford University examines how smoking can affect the quality of air at park benches, sidewalk cafes and other public places. Researchers concluded that sitting a few feet downwind of a smoker can leave someone exposed to contaminated fumes that are much more concentrated than normal air pollution levels.
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HEALTHWRAP SECOND HAND SMOKERS
According to new research out of the American Heart Association, exposure to secondhand smoke results in a disproportionate rise in markers that increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Rather than relying on participants’ self-reporting of exposure to secondhand smoke, researchers measured the level of cotinine in the participants’ blood.
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HEALTH WRAP TEENS AND SMOKING
According to new research, there is a suggestion that school-based programs are not very effective in the long term in preventing kids from taking up smoking.
And the net upshot, it may take more than anti-smoking lessons in the classroom to keep school-age children and teens from lighting up.
A recent review of studies looked at information-giving education programs, where students learned about smoking and its risks.
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New Drug Helps Smokers Quit
27 year old Amanda Lugones puts a lot of effort into maintaining her slim physique. She works out, eats right, but, she knows it’s time to start putting this same effort and attention into what’s past her exterior. Amanda has been a smoker for the past decade. “I worked so hard to have my body where it is now that I am scared if I quit smoking I am going to just gain the weight back, because I will eat more because usually a cigarette will kill my hunger and if I don’t have that what else am I going to do but eat and that is my biggest fear,” says Amanda.
For millions of smokers trying to quit, one of the biggest challenges is weight control. “When you smoke you get a lot of nicotine, it is a stimulant and it revs up your metabolism, when you quit your body has to readjust and that readjustment period if the weight gain is tremendous it will certainly derail people from their goal of trying to quit smoking,” says Virginia Reichert, Director of the Center for Tobacco Control at North Shore LIJ Health System.
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Smoking Study
If you’re a smoker, do you choose light cigarettes to limit your exposure to the dangerous substances in tobacco?
That may be more of a woman thing to do.
There’s a huge difference between the smoking habits and beliefs of men and women--differences that affect their approach to quitting.
“I think it was the general health reasons. I was getting older and I was starting to feel some of the consequences of smoking and I just knew that I had to quit.” Like many women, cigarettes had become a major concern for Mayumi Takatami.
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U.S. government data shows approximately 75% of women daily smokers are interested in quitting, and of these nearly 47% attempted to quit during the previous year.
Unfortunately, among those who do quit, only 7% are still tobacco-free one year later.
Now, new research shows perhaps we need to rethink how we use the nicotine patch.
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