www.bogotafreeplanet.com Bogota Free Planet Medical Pages en Bogota Free Planet Copyright 2013 2013-05-22T14:07:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/12020 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/12020#When:10:49:47 Over 36 million people worldwide live with Alzheimer’s with an estimated 600+ billion dollars in health care costs last year (WebMD). It is estimated three quarters; 24 million of 36 million people live with Alzheimer’s but have not yet been diagnosed. This means that not all persons living with Alzheimer’s are benefitting from early treatment and furthermore, from appropriate caregiving. According to Dr. Whitehouse: Aging - Geriatrics 2012-04-23T15:42:00-05:00 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/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 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8856 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8856#When:22:57:03 Am I wasting money taking Vitamin E? I receive dozens of letters every year from readers asking this question. Is it the latest version of the old-fashioned snake-oil? Or are there bonefide medical reasons for spending money on E? For years controversy has surrounded this vitamin. Some researchers claim it’s beneficial for heart disease, diabetes, skin ulcers, frostbite, phlebitis and improves athletic performance. But what should medical consumers really expect to get for their money in 1997? Vitamins 2010-10-21T03:55:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8855 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8855#When:22:55:39 It’s a rare person who hasn’t some knowledge of vitamin C and E. But vitamin D is the poor cousin. Most people couldn’t fill a postage stamp with what they know about this vitamin. Like other vitamins it has a vital role. And today there’s much interest in it’s involvement in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Early in the 1900’s researchers discovered that a deficiency of vitamin D caused rickets. This is a childhood disease in which bones fail to develop normally. The result is bowlegs and knock-knees. Vitamins 2010-10-21T03:53:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8854 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8854#When:22:53:09 Are you headed for a heart attack because you’re suffering from “marginal scurvy” due to lack of vitamin C? Possibly the theory linking cholesterol to coronary attack might be wrong? And why did the ship’s cat survive long sea voyages in the 16 century when sailors died from scurvy?  Vitamins 2010-10-21T03:51:00-05:00 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8853 http://www.bogotafreeplanet.com/index.php/articles-health/8853#When:22:51:44 It’s been aptly said that “Too much of a good thing is worse than none at all.” Today the easy availability of over-the-counter vitamins provides both benefits and perils to medical consumers. Those who decide to be their own doctor should never forget the legal maxim, “Let the buyer beware.” Every year people assume that, if a little vitamin is good for you, more must be better. They often get more than they bargained for. A story goes that hunters who tracked down and killed a bear were celebrating their prowess. But the bear had the last laugh. After they consumed its liver they developed acute vitamin A poisoning. Bear liver contains massive amounts of vitamin A.  Vitamins 2010-10-21T03:50:00-05:00