Archive for December, 2008
Many hospitals here in different states are testing different steps to reduce the risk of Lymphedema, according to a report from Washington. These steps include simple exercises for arm strengthening, so that Lymphedema can be treated without surgical procedures. Lymphedema is a painful type of arm swelling. It is an after-occurrence of breast cancer treatment. It sometimes occurs in legs of patients of other kinds of cancers if their groin nodes are damaged and infected.
Other than exercises, wearing elastic bands is being tried. But it is a temporary remedy to prevent further swelling of the organ. Lymphedema is thought to be more dangerous than cancer, as it can occur even after two decades of treatment. Dr. Electra Paskett, epidemiologist at Ohio University is the one who is leading these studies. She aims to develop muscles in the arm in order to leave no room for the fluid to get stored. She herself is amongst the breast cancer treated patients, who faced Lymphedema too.
First time parents got a set of quintuplets here at Staten Island University Hospital on Saturday. Hospital, spokesperson Christian Preston said that the mother and her five children were in perfect health. Out of which are four girls and one boy.
Quintuplet is a set of five children born out of one pregnancy. Twins and more children are born mostly as a result of taking child birth control pills and other contraceptives. This set of quadruplets was definitely a joyous thing that the couple experienced.
Mr. Preston refused to give the names of the family. But Tony Scherillo told the Staten Island Advance that the quintuplets are his grandson and granddaughters, and Jamie and Kevin, the parents are his daughter and son-in-law.
The whole family was extremely excited about the event, “nobody could believe it”, said Tony. The grandfather of the newly born told that “everybody was ecstatic” to learn about Jamie and Kevin expecting five children. Grandfather Tony also told the names the babies were given as: Allesia Louise, Amanda Frances, Ella Lilliana, Emily Ann and Matthew Sabatino.
A major US doctors’ study says that a little bit extra weight and physical inactivity can become the cause of higher risk for heart failure.
The study has been published in the Journal Circulation, Dec.23 issue. Dr. Satish Kenchaiah, who led the study, says in a news release that men who can’t be counted as obese, but are little bit overweight have a higher risk for heart failure.
Sometimes even avid runners have to hang up their sneakers because of chilling winter, but the following tips can help you a lot to continue your healthy activity even in the winter stunted days.
- In winter, the body takes some time for warming up and you and need to give some more time for warm up. A brisk walk before start can help you to be warmed up before starting running.
- Similarly you can put your cloth into dryer for sometime to keep yourself warm.
- There are higher risks of falling and slipping particularly on the icy ways. Take shorter strides and avoid walking on snowy or icy paths as much as you can. Read the rest of this entry
Well, enjoying holidays then do it in a healthier way, and instead of worrying about weight problems just concentrate on some simple ways to keep you fit and steady during holidays.
Jennifer Ventrelle, a dietitian from Rush University Medical Center, says: “If you restrict yourself to some unachievable diet plans during holidays, it means you are setting yourself for personal torture. You definitely need something achievable when it’s about losing weight during holidays.”
