www.bogotafreeplanet.com Bogota Free Planet Medical Pages en Bogota Free Planet Copyright 2012 2012-02-05T15:51:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/10892 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/10892#When:11:05:55 Contact: Eileen Leahy adajmedia@elsevier.com 732-238-3628 Elsevier Health Sciences Philadelphia, PA, August 26, 2011 – Eating and physical activity habits for a lifetime can develop at an early age. As the use of preschool child care increases and the prevalence of childhood obesity is at an all-time high, the opportunity to positively impact eating and exercise habits within this setting presents itself. A review in the September 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association describes and evaluates research addressing opportunities and strategies for the prevention of obesity among preschool children in child-care settings. It examines the current status of state regulations, practices and policies, and interventions for promoting healthy eating and physical activity. Nutrition 2011-08-26T15:58:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/10086 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/10086#When:22:09:45 AMD Alliance emite un llamado mundial a la acción para mejorar el cuidado de pacientes con degeneración macular relacionada con la edad (AMD) del tipo húmedo, una de las prinicipales causas de pé. Un nuevo informe resalta las consecuencias de tratar la AMD húmeda como una enfermedad aguda y la importancia de reconocerla como una enfermedad crónica que requiere de intervenciones repetidas y continuas para minimizar la pérdida de la visión. NUEVA YORK, NUEVA YORK--(Marketwire - April 18, 2011) - AMD Alliance International (AMDAI) emitió hoy un llamado mundial a la acción dirigido a la comunidad asociada con el cuidado de la visión, a fin de garantizarles el acceso a cuidados médicos a los pacientes que tienen degeneración macular relacionada con la edad (AMD) del tipo húmedo, una afección en la que los vasos sanguíneos crecen en la parte posterior del ojo y ocasionan daños severos a la visión y para brindar apoyo a la investigación continua de opciones de tratamiento mejoradas.  Medical News 2011-04-19T03:02:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/9718 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/9718#When:12:48:57 For the first time, scientists say they have been able to monitor a bear’s vital signs continuously during a six-month period of hibernation. To their surprise, the researchers discovered that despite lowering its metabolism by 75 percent, a hibernating bear’s internal temperature barely drops at all. Medical News 2011-02-18T17:46:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/9632 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/9632#When:09:59:40 It has been more than 2,000 years since a Roman merchant ship foundered off the west coast of the Italian peninsula and almost 40 years since the wreck was discovered. Now, the DNA trapped in medicines found aboard the ship is yielding secrets of health care in the ancient world. Samples from two tablets analyzed at the Smithsonian’s Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics reveal a dried concoction of about a dozen medicinal herbs, including celery, alfalfa and wild onion, bound together with clay and zinc. Medical News 2011-02-01T14:51:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/9350 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/9350#When:18:05:44 Why hasn’t there been any progress at all in drug selection through the use of molecular diagnostics and biomarkers? Simply put, they do not work! Little progress has been made in identifying which therapeutic strategies are likely to be effective for individual patients by molecular prognostic and predictive markers. Cancer 2010-12-26T22:59:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/9082 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/9082#When:12:51:06 After decades of reminding people about the dangers of cigarettes, offering nicotine gum or patches and making smokers huddle outside, the government is turning to gruesome pictures. Federal health officials Wednesday unveiled plans to replace the warnings cigarette packs began carrying 25 years ago with new versions using images that could include emaciated cancer patients, diseased organs and corpses. Medical News 2010-11-11T17:48:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8964 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8964#When:14:45:04 Como todos Uds. ya saben, Viagland mr es un producto único en su tipo y generación, siendo un “ Suplemento Alimenticio coadyuvante auxiliar en la Regeneración Osteoarticular y el Anti-Envejecimiento en general del Organismo Humano “, según lo han demostrado los muchísimos Casos Clínicos que se tienen a través de los años así como la vasta Experiencia Médica y Clínica obtenida con los espectaculares y sorprendentes resultados comprobados por la H. Comunidad Médica Mundial en la administración del mismo, en ésta clase de Padecimientos del Ser Humano Viagland mr, está conformado por 4 Suplementos Alimenticios: Viagland mr:  Glándula Salival de Bovino y Proteína de Soya ( Glycine Max ). Transvit mr:  Ajo Deshidratado ( Allium Sativum ). Lecifosfan mr:  Caseinato de Calcio y Lecitina de Soya (Glycine Max). Asvit mr:  Oseína Gelatina. Medical News 2010-10-28T18:00:01-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8869 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8869#When:23:26:43 Are you headed for a heart attack because of “marginal scurvy”, a condition resulting from a lack of vitamin C? Moreover, if vitamin C is sound medicine for gorillas, why isn’t it good for us? And in the 16th century, why did the ship’s cat survive long sea voyages when its sailors died from scurvy? Today, we know that sailors of old, lacking vitamin C, died of this preventable disease. A shortage of fresh fruit in their diet resulted in degeneration of blood vessels, hemorrhage and death. Vitamins 2010-10-21T04:23:01-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8868 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8868#When:23:23:18 “Do you want Ford or Cadillac vitamins?”, I asked readers in a previous column. It triggered many requests, revealing much confusion about vitamins. Some readers had stopped taking vitamin E due to scary headlines. Others had tossed out calcium as being ineffective. Still others wondered if it’s possible to get too much of a good thing, and where to obtain more information on vitamins. An excess of anything can be poisonous to the human body. Too much vitamin A can cause fetal defects in pregnant women and in others, severe liver damage. Hunters who eat bear’s liver which contains large amounts of vitamin A have suffered from liver failure. We need no more than 10,000 IU of A daily. Vitamins 2010-10-21T04:22:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8867 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8867#When:23:18:06 “Do you want Ford or Cadillac vitamins?”, I asked readers in a previous column. This column triggered many requests and showed there’s much confusion about vitamins. Some readers had stopped taking vitamin E due to scary headlines. Others had tossed out calcium. Still others wondered if it’s possible to get too much of a good thing and where to obtain more information on vitamins. An excess of anything can be poison. Too much vitamin A can cause birth defects in pregnant women and in others, severe liver damage. Hunters who eat bear’s liver which contains large amounts of vitamin A have suffered from liver failure. We need no more than 15,000 IU of A daily. Vitamins 2010-10-21T04:16:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8866 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8866#When:23:16:06 “What brand of vitamins should I buy?” is a question readers often ask when I write about them. I’ve never been able to provide any good answer with so many brands available. But I recently read “A Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements” written by Lyle MacWilliam. I was shocked to learn that some well known brands I’d often purchased failed to make the grade. As a Scot, wanting to get value for the dollar, I interviewed MacWilliam who gave me course 101 on how to buy vitamins. Vitamins 2010-10-21T04:14:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8865 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8865#When:23:14:16 Thank God I don’t have to eat broccoli! Thank God that I love tomatoes. Red tomatoes contain lycopene, a natural pigment and powerful antioxidant. And recent research indicates that loving tomatoes fights prostate cancer and other malignancies. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that during 2004 over 340,000 North American males will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. 45,000 will die from it.  Vitamins 2010-10-21T04:12:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8864 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8864#When:23:12:32 Today seven million North Americans Suffer from a devastating disease, macular degeneration. No longer can they enjoy the simple pleasures of reading or watching TV. These unfortunate people have lost their central vision. But there is a way to reduce the risk of this disabling problem. The retina acts like the film of a camera conveying images to the brain. The big picture is sent by sensitive detectors present throughout the retina. The small picture, namely central vision is sent by the macula. It’s situated directly behind the lens, densely packed with visual detectors about the size of the “o”.  Vitamins 2010-10-21T04:09:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8863 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8863#When:23:09:28 “Vanity, thy name is woman”, wrote the immortal bard William Shakespeare hundreds of years ago. He was right. I know, because two years ago I wrote a column dealing with “cosmeceuticals” and mentioned Reversa, a cream that helps aging skin. The avalanche of mail from female readers stunned me and gave the postman a backache. So this week let’s forget about cholesterol and other depressing problems and talk about another cosmeceutical that gets rid of aging spots. Let’s hope it also alerts everyone to the dangers of excessive sun exposure and saves needless deaths from skin cancer. Vitamins 2010-10-21T04:08:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8862 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8862#When:23:08:07 If you asked anyone to stand outside naked during the winter months from sunrise to sunset, they would think you’d gone bonkers. But even if willing to be arrested for doing it, they would still not receive enough sunshine to produce vitamin D. Today we’re constantly urged to keep out of the sun for fear of skin cancer. But most people are unaware that too little vitamin D from the sun may increase the risk of cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Vitamins 2010-10-21T04:06:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8861 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8861#When:23:06:29 Should I believe the study that links vitamin E to a possible premature death? I couldn’t resolve this question and finally gave up. Possibly I needed a holiday from deadlines as during a cruise along the west coast of Mexico on Holland America’s Ryndam, the sea air cleared my mind. It occurred to me that researchers had forgotten vital historical facts.  Vitamins 2010-10-21T04:03:01-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8860 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8860#When:23:03:16 Are there days when you think you need a brain transplant? You’re getting those “senior moments” even though you’re only 40 years age? Or at 70 you’re forgetting things you shouldn’t forget? These days with so much talk about Alzheimer’s Disease, it’s easy to assume you may be “losing it”. But today there are ways to keep the brain functioning the way it’s supposed to. Here’s a story from Tuft’s University that shows you don’t have to be a neurologist to understand what’s happening to the brain. Dr. Robert Russell a gastroenterologist and Director of the Human Research Center at Tuffs, cured a woman with a single pill. Vitamins 2010-10-21T04:01:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8859 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8859#When:23:01:49 I’ve always liked bears. So I find it hard to understand how hunters can slaughter them. That’s why I like this medical story of how the bear, although killed, had the last laugh. Hunters tracked down a bear and shot it. After the kill they were looking forward to a meal. They all loved liver and consumed large quantities. But although great hunters, they were obviously babes in the wood when it came to bear’s livers. They didn’t know that bear livers contains massive amounts of vitamin A. And so I shed few tears to learn that they all suffered from vitamin A poisoning. Maybe they’ll spare the next bear!  Vitamins 2010-10-21T04:00:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8858 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8858#When:23:00:11 Are you headed for a heart attack because of “marginal scurvy”, a condition resulting from a lack of vitamin C? Moreover, if vitamin C is sound medicine for gorillas, why isn’t it good for us? And in the 16th century, why did the ship’s cat survive long sea voyages when its sailors died from scurvy? Today we know that sailors of old, lacking vitamin C, died of this preventable disease. A shortage of fresh fruit in their diet resulted in degeneration of blood vessels, hemorrhage and death.  Vitamins 2010-10-21T03:58:01-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8857 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8857#When:22:58:31 Why do some people die from heart attacks when their blood cholesterol is normal? They’ve never smoked a cigarette, are thin a rail, exercise regularly, take vitamins E and C and don’t suffer from diabetes, hypertension or other cardiac risk factors. Evidence is mounting that the culprit may be increased amounts of homocysteine in the blood. Ah, what sweet revenge for Dr. Kilmer McCully. In 1968 Dr. Kilmer McCully was a pathologist at Harvard’s prestigious Massachusetts General Hospital. He was performing an autopsy on a two month old boy who had died of a rare genetic disease, “homocystinuria”.  Vitamins 2010-10-21T03:57:00-05:00