Swine Flu Pandemic Concerns?
GENEVA, April 25 (Reuters) - Outbreaks of swine flu in Mexico and the United States have the potential to cause a worldwide pandemic but it is too early to say whether they will, the head of the World Health Organisation said.
The new H1N1 flu strain — a nerver-before-seen mixture of swine, human and avian flu viruses which has killed up to 68 people among 1,004 suspected cases in Mexico and infected eight in the United States — is still poorly understood and the situation is evolving quickly.
There is reason to be concerned because a vaccination does not yet exist and the infection could become a pandemic. The best advice to prepare for a possible Swine Flu outbreak is to make sure your immune system is strong. One of the ways to protect you from the associated illnesses of the Swine Flu is with good nutrition, nutritional supplementation and the use of intravenous (IV) therapy. Intravenous nutrition guarantees that critical vitamins and minerals can bypass barriers to absorption and penetrate deeply into cells to promote repair and efficient metabolism. Intravenous therapy creates “tissue saturation”, the ability to get the nutrients where we want them, directly in the circulation, where they can reach body tissues at a high dose, without loss. Intravenous Vitamin C activates your immune system and responses to infection. It helps prevent and fight various viral and bacterial infections including colds and flu.
Study Recommends Low-Fat Diets To Maintain Weight Loss
A new study suggests that Atkins-style diets may help people lose weight, but diets low in saturated fat are the recommended healthy choice once the pounds have been shed, Reuters reported.
Garlic and Vitamin C May Lower Mildly Elevated Blood Pressure
In a new pilot study, researchers have found that garlic combined with vitamin C can lower blood pressure to normal levels in people with mild hypertension. Scientists studied six subjects with marginally elevated hypertension (140/90). The subjects were asked to consume a placebo for 10 days, followed by a one-week washout period.
Starting an exercise regime after 50 can add years to life
Despite the body beginning to wear out in middle age, there is still much we can do to slow and reverse the trend. As part of a long-term study to determine how post-middle age changes in physical activity affect mortality rates, 2,205 Swedish men were initially surveyed from 1970 to 1973 at the age of 50. Each participant was categorized into one of four groups according to their level of physical activity: sedentary, low, medium or high. Researchers followed up as they turned 60, 70, 77 and 82.
Muscle strength improvements shown in adults undergoing long-term growth hormone treatment
It is widely understood that adults who have a growth hormone deficiency, a condition that affects an estimated 10,000,000 people annually worldwide, tend to have excess body fat and less strength in their muscles. However, little has been known about how prolonged growth hormone therapy can impact muscle strength - until now. Dr. Galina Gotherstrom and colleagues at Goteborg University studied how 10 years of growth hormone treatment affected 109 people with adult-onset growth hormone deficiency. Study participants were an average age of 50. The investigators looked specifically at muscle strength and neuromuscular function.
“The Pill” Reduces Pregnancy, Libido & Muscle Mass
Results of a new study find that the pill contraceptive may reduce muscle in young women who take it to protect against becoming pregnant.
“Bioidenticals” – a safe, proven alternative to synthetic replacement-hormone therapy
For many years, older women with symptoms associated with menopause - a health condition that affects 65 million people in the U.S. - have gone to their doctors for relief. For the most part, physicians have prescribed synthetic hormone-replacement therapy. And over time, FDA-approved synthetic hormones, specifically Premarin, Provera and Prempro (a combination of the two), have become the norm. In fact in 2001, Premarin was the best-selling drug in the U.S., with $2 billion in annual sales for its manufacturer, Wyeth.
Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
The health benefits of an active sex life are abundant, and have received impressive scholarly support from three recent studies. According to researchers at Queens University in Belfast, sexual activity strengthens pelvic muscles, thereby contributing to a decrease in incontinence; scholars at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania found that sexual intercourse strengthens the immune system by up to 30%; and a paper published by the Journal of American Medical Association reported that frequent ejaculation might decrease the likelihood of prostate cancer.
Prostate Cancer Research
Conventional medicine believes that excess testosterone is the cause of prostate cancer. However, the evidence is that estradiol (one of the estrogens) causes prostate cancer.