ANOTHER POSSIBLE BENEFIT OF FISH OIL OMEGA 3 FOR THE HEART THIS TIME IN HEART FAILURE

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Omega 3 may yet turn out to be a "wonder drug". You already know that Omega 3, a fatty acid has been suggested for everything from the heart to the head with the strongest evidence for the heart. I thought that this new study about a benefit of fish oil for heart failure is really exciting if it proves to be true. Heart failure can have many causes such as long term high blood pressure or damage by a heart attack. Whatever the cause the common denominator is that what happens in heart failure is that the heart pump pumps less well. Thus people with it can experience fluid backup. That's one of the reasons diuretics like Lasix ,furosemide are prescribed. Scientists published a study that seemed to imply that some heart failure patients would live longer if they took omega 3 fish oil capsules. The capsules they used on the study contained 1 gram of omega 3 fatty acids.



"Across the whole group of almost 7,000 participants there was a 9 per cent reduced risk of death in those on fish oils. But when the researchers looked at 5,000 patients who followed the once-daily regime more closely, the effect was bigger and the risk of deaths was reduced by 14 per cent".



Fish oil from fatty fish like salmon and tuna contains a type of omega 3 fatty acid. Fatty acids are important chemical building blocks in the body. You should be aware that there are different kinds of omega 3. Thus, omega 3 from certain plants is different than the omega 3 from fish oil.




"The study, carried out in Italy, was presented at the European Society of Cardiology congress in Munich, Germany.Patients in the study took the supplements on top of their normal drugs.The supplements also helped to reduce the risk of being admitted to hospital for cardiovascular problems. When the risk of dying from heart problems or being admitted to hospital were taken together, there was an 8 per cent reduced risk for those on fish oils".



"Prof Luigi Tavazzi from the research centre of the of the Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists based in Florence, said: "Our study shows that the long-term administration of 1g per day of omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acid was effective in reducing both all-cause mortality and admissions to hospital for cardiovascular reasons".



Watch this Related Video about types of Omega 3 Click the arrow to start

Daily fish oil capsule can reduce risk of death in heart failure patients by 14%

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A POSSIBLE NEW OVARIAN CANCER TEST AND PROBLEMS DEVELOPING DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO DETECT OVARIAN CANCER AT AN EARLIER MORE CURABLE STAGE

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What tests are available to detect ovarian cancer and concerns about a new blood test for ovarian cancer

A problem with ovarian cancer is that it may not be detected until an advanced stage. The NY Times reported on concerns about a new test to detect ovarian cancer originally developed at Yale University called Ovasure. I had also previously written about another new test designed to sample the urine for signs of ovarian cancer. That test was from the University of South Florida. In general, the earlier a cancer is detected the easier it is to treat. Early detection is especially important for ovarian cancer. Although many people have heard of the well established CA 125 as a test for ovarian cancer detection, it has not been enough to detect it early. CA 125 is more often used as a test to follow the progress of treatment. So the search has been on for ways to detect ovarian cancer at an early stage.

UPDATE READ ABOUT FDA WARNING Letter to LabCorp Regarding Ovasure Ovarian Cancer Test



According to the Times,the test from Yale, "OvaSure measures the level of six proteins in a sample of blood, some produced by a tumor and some produced by the body in reaction to a tumor. It then calculates a probability that the woman has ovarian cancer. One of the six proteins is CA-125, which is used by itself as a test to monitor disease progression in women who already have ovarian cancer but is not good at picking up early disease".

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"In a study published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research in February,2008 the test correctly classified 221 of 224 blood samples taken from women with ovarian cancer or from controls. It identified 95 percent of the cancers, and its false positive rate — detecting a cancer that was not there — was 0.6 percent".

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But the story goes on that there are questions about who would be good candidates for the test and the possibility of false positives. This is where the test comes back positive but in reality the person doesn't have the problem being tested for.

The Ovasure Ovarian Cancer Test Cancer Test for Women Raises Hope, and Concern

What are Scientists at University of South Florida Studying for Ovarian Cancer?

Scientists at the University of South Florida have been evaluating a urine test for a protein called Bcl-2 in urine as a method to detect ovarian cancer at an early stage. Bcl-2 is a chemical, a protein that may appear in greater quantities with many cancers but the USF scientists were looking at Bcl-2 in urine and it's association with ovarian cancer. Geo Pharma, a pharmaceutical company has licensed the rights to use the University of South Florida work as an early stage diagnostic urine test for ovarian cancer.



As Dr. Kruk of the University of South Florida said in an interview in 2006 "BCL-2 is a protein that normally prevents cell death. In your normal cells, there is constantly a homeostasis between cells that have to die or survive depending upon how much damage or trauma they might have experienced. For cancer cells, there are unique characteristics. Obviously cancer cells have a tendency to be able to survive in situations where a normal cell would not. As a result, the protein that we have been looking at, called BCL-2, is normally a protein that prevents cell death. We have found in a lot of other people that this protein, BCL-2, is over expressed in a lot of cancers, not just ovarian cancer, but our study has focused on ovarian cancer. Where we have found BCL-2 is expressed in high levels in the urine with women with ovarian cancer".

How is Ovarian Cancer Detected and Diagnosed?

If a woman or her doctor suspects ovarian cancer, diagnosis begins with a medical history of the patient, review of her symptoms, and complete physical examination, including a pelvic exam, in which the physician feels the vagina, ovaries, fallopian tubes, bladder, and rectum to check for any growths. A Pap test may also be done because, even though it cannot reliably detect ovarian cancer, it may detect cancer cells that have migrated to the uterine cervix from the ovaries.

Click for healty medical A Video About Ovarian Cancer



Blood and urine tests may also be done, as well other procedures, depending on the woman's symptoms and results of her physical exam. Procedures that might be done in the search for ovarian cancer include:

abdominal or transvaginal ultrasound--helps distinguish fluid-filled cysts from a solid tumor

CT scan--produces x-ray images of cross-sections of body tissues

lower GI series (barium enema)--visualizes the bowel on x-ray to detect abnormal areas that may be caused by ovarian cancer

intravenous pyelogram (IVP)--produces x-ray pictures of the kidneys, bladder and ureters (tubes carrying urine from the kidneys to the bladder). Often, ovarian cysts or tumors can cause pressure on these organs, which may show up on an IVP.

See this video at healty medical about detecting another form of cancer breast cancer




The only sure way to diagnose ovarian cancer, however, is through microscopic examination by a pathologist of abnormal-looking fluid or tissue. While fluid can sometimes be obtained by needle aspiration or other techniques, more commonly a laparatomy or laparoscopy is done. Laparotomy is an exploratory operation in which the surgeon examines the abdomen thoroughly and removes fluid or tissue for examination. In laparascopy, a flexible, lighted tube is passed through a small incision in the abdomen, allowing the surgeon to examine the area and extract tissue for a biopsy.

New Ovarian Cancer Screening

Ovarian Cancer

GeoPharma Acquires Rights for an Early Stage Diagnostic Urine Test for Ovarian Cancer

BRAIN IMPROVEMENT GAMES AND STRATEGIES VIDEO ABOUT WAYS TO REMEMBER INFORMATION SUCH AS THE METHOD OF LOCI AND CHUNKING AND OTHER VIDEOS ABOUT MNEMONI

BRAIN IMPROVEMENT GAMES AND STRATEGIES VIDEO ABOUT WAYS TO REMEMBER INFORMATION SUCH AS THE METHOD OF LOCI AND CHUNKING AND OTHER VIDEOS ABOUT MNEMONICS

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Videos about How to Remember and an Almost Unbelievable Brain Training Video

In the previous post I talked about a strategy for brain improvement, not exactly a game but a simple eye movement and displayed a video about research that suggested that moving your eyes horizontally could improve the ability to remember such as during a test. It may work by mental stimulation of areas of the brain by eye movement. In this video below, they review some of the well known principles of how to help the brain to remember information.

Daniel Kish Explains How Blind Kids Can See with Sound




These include the well know method of loci which is thousands of years old. In the method of loci, you think and visualize a route or place you know very well. For example, let's say you think of the route you drive to work every day. Then you associate things you want to remember with places along the route. As you see the places in your mind the things you want to remember pop up. Look at this video about ways to improve remembering.



Video about Ways to Improve Remembering Click the arrow







This video is almost unbelievable the Method of Loci on Steroids Click the arrow







Another principle discussed is chunking. If you try to remember a string of unrelated numbers, for example, it is very hard. But if you group them into meaningful subgroups it's easy.

Previously in healty medical Blog A Video about Eye Movement and Remembering

healty medical Shows 2 Videos about Mnemonic Techniques to Improve Ability to Remember

BRAIN IMPROVEMENT GAMES MOVING YOUR EYES SIDEWAYS HORIZONTALLY MAY IMPROVE RECALL HELP REMEMBER FACTS AND LISTS SUCH AS ON TESTS NO I AM NOT KIDDING S

BRAIN IMPROVEMENT GAMES MOVING YOUR EYES SIDEWAYS HORIZONTALLY MAY IMPROVE RECALL HELP REMEMBER FACTS AND LISTS SUCH AS ON TESTS NO I AM NOT KIDDING SEE THE VIDEO

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BRAIN IMPROVEMENT? HORIZONTAL SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT WORKING YOUR WORKING MEMORY HARDER

People play brain games and brain training exercises to try and improve memory. It is hard to believe but moving your eyes from side to side might help you remember things an easy brain improvement game. What was the post about anyway? Oh, I remember it was about forgetting or rather how not to forget. How do you train your brain to remember, to improve your memory? Watch this video which talks about moving your eyes sideways to help you remember facts and lists such as on a test. No really I am NOT kidding. Andrew Parker at Manchester Metropolitan University in England and Stephen Christman at Toledo University in Ohio have both published research suggesting that horizontal eye movement can improve recall. Parker's study about eye movement and remembering memory was in the April, 2007 issue of the journal Brain and Cognition.


Video How to Move Your Eyes to Improve Recall Click the arrow






Parker presented 102 university students with recordings of a male voice reading 20 lists of 15 words. The subjects were then handed a list of words and asked to pick out those that they had just heard. On average, the students who had moved their eyes from side to side performed 10 per cent better than the rest. Saccadic horizontal eye movement improved recall. Saccadic means rapid intermittent eye movement, such as that which occurs when the eyes fix on one point after another in the visual field. Up and down eye movement was of no use at all to recall.

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BOTOX DERMAL FILLERS AND WRINKLE REMOVERS AND A REVIEW OF WRINKLE AND SKIN AGING TREATMENTS THAT WORK ON COLLAGEN

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What works with wrinkles and skin aging? At least 3 different wrinkle removers and skin aging treatments are reviewed in a dermatology journal article. Actually as I have written in healty medical Blog previously there are a variety of ways to deal effectively with wrinkles. These include Botox injections, radiowave therapy for wrinkles as well as dermal fillers. These methods definitely work. The run away popularity of Botox speaks for itself. But a recent review in the Archives of Dermatology with the catchy title "Looking Older Fibroblast Collapse and Therapeutic Implications" focuses on 3 skin aging and wrinkle treatments. Each wrinkle and skin aging treatment depends on the same mechanism, the interaction of skin cells called fibroblasts with the collagen they produce.




"Clinically proven antiaging treatments such as topical retinoic acid, carbon dioxide laser resurfacing, and intradermal injection of cross-linked hyaluronic acid stimulate production of new, undamaged collagen. Attachment of fibroblasts to this new collagen allows stretch, which in turn balances collagen production and degradation and thereby slows the aging process. Collagen fragmentation is responsible for loss of structural integrity and impairment of fibroblast function in aged human skin. Treatments that stimulate production of new, nonfragmented collagen should provide substantial improvement to the appearance and health of aged skin".

Fibroblast Collapse and Therapeutic Implications




As the NY Times writes, "The key is a growing understanding of the skin’s connective tissue, called the dermal collagen, and a recognition that damage to the mechanical properties of the collagen outside the skin cells, and not necessarily genetic damage to the cells themselves, causes wrinkled skin".



"A recent review in The Archives of Dermatology concludes that three anti-aging treatments are proven clinically effective: the topical application of retinol; carbon dioxide laser resurfacing; and injection of hyaluronic acid, a moisture-retaining acid that occurs naturally in the skin. Each depends on the same mechanism, the interaction of skin cells called fibroblasts with the collagen they produce".



"Among the clinical features of photoaging, wrinkles have been a focus of extensive studies over the past decade. Compared with sun-protected skin, such as the buttock, photoaged skin has less procollagen formation. Well-established treatments for photoaging, such as carbon dioxide laser resurfacing or topical retinoic acid, stimulate procollagen synthesis and increase the mature collagen band in the high dermis (papillary dermis). This increase in dermal collagen is associated with wrinkle effacement. Because accelerated skin aging due to excessive sun exposure has marked collagen deficiency and effective treatments for photoaging promote procollagen synthesis, we hypothesized that similar therapies might also improve the collagen deficiency found in intrinsic aging. For intrinsically aged skin, however, use of ablative lasers such as carbon dioxide is not feasible because it induces significant wounding that takes several weeks to heal".

Wrinkle Removers Backed By Science

Improvement of Naturally Aged Skin With Vitamin A (Retinol)

healty medical Blog Besides Botox There is Dermal fillers for Wrinkles

In Vivo Stimulation of De Novo Collagen Production Caused by Cross-linked Hyaluronic Acid Dermal Filler Injections in Photodamaged Human Skin

Connective Tissue Remodeling Induced by Carbon Dioxide Laser Resurfacing of Photodamaged Human Skin

WHY WOMEN HATE PELVIC EXAMS BUT NEED THEM AND EXCELLENT SHORT VIDEO WHAT ARE UTERINE FIBROIDS AND OVARIAN CYSTS CAN OVARIAN CYSTS BE CANCEROUS

WHY WOMEN HATE PELVIC EXAMS BUT SHOULD GET THEM AN EXCELLENT SHORT VIDEO WHAT ARE UTERINE FIBROIDS AND OVARIAN CYSTS AND CAN OVARIAN CYSTS BE CANCEROUS

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A Great Short Video about Uterine Fibroids and Ovarian Cysts

Everybody hates the pelvic exam. Few women like to visit the gynecologist. Some of the topics a woman might like to discuss with her doctor include ovarian cysts and uterine fibroids. Here is an excellent (short) video where a gynecologist explains all about uterine fibroids ovarian cysts. Few women like to visit the gynecologist. It's usually no picnic going to the doctor and unfortunately some doctors aren't the friendliest people in town. And everybody hates the pelvic exam. That's understandable but as I've said repeatedly in healty medical Blog, the pelvic exam and the pap smear are great tests that can literally save your life. Get them! You'll thank me later. If you don't feel comfortable with your doctor find another but get that pelvic exam and pap smear. Anyway, here is an excellent video where a gynecologist explains all about ovarian cysts, uterine fibroids also what are ovarian cysts and how do you treat ovarian cysts? She talks about ovarian cysts, can ovarian cysts be cancerous? What are dermoid cysts? What tests for ovarian cysts? There is also an explanation of what are uterine fibroids

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As a general rule if you have pain in the pelvic area or abdomen you should see a doctor. Ovarian cysts and uterine (womb) fibroids are two common women's gynecologic problems. Ovarian cysts or uterine fibroids are just two of the many possible causes of abdominal or pelvic pain. A cyst is a fluid-filled sac and an ovarian cyst is a fluid filled sac in the ovary. A uterine fibroid is a solid smooth muscle mass that develops in the wall of the uterus aka the womb. The most common type of ovarian cyst is called a functional cyst, which often forms during the normal menstrual cycle. Symptoms may be feelings of pressure or fullness or pain. You need tests to determine what is going on.


Watch this excellent video about Uterine Fibroids and Ovarian Cysts Click the arrow

What are ovarian cysts?

A cyst is a fluid-filled sac and an ovarian cyst is a fluid filled sac in the ovary. On the ovary, different types of cysts can form. The most common type of ovarian cyst is called a functional cyst, which often forms during the normal menstrual cycle. Each month, a woman's ovaries grow tiny cysts that hold the eggs. When an egg is mature, the sac breaks open to release the egg, so it can travel through the fallopian tube for fertilization. Then the sac dissolves. In one type of functional cyst, called a follicular cyst, the sac doesn't break open to release the egg and may continue to grow. This type of cyst usually disappears within one to three months. A corpus luteum cyst, another type of functional cyst, forms if the sac doesn’t dissolve. Instead, the sac seals off after the egg is released. Fluid then builds up inside of it. This type of cyst usually goes away on its own after a few weeks. However, it can grow to almost four inches and may bleed or twist the ovary and cause pain.

There are also other types of cysts

Endometriomas. These cysts develop in women who have endometriosis, when tissue from the lining of the uterus grows outside of the uterus. The tissue may attach to the ovary and form a growth. These cysts can be painful during sexual intercourse and during menstruation.

Cystadenomas. These cysts develop from cells on the outer surface of the ovary. They are often filled with a watery fluid or thick, sticky gel. They can become large and cause pain.

Dermoid cysts. The cells in the ovary are able to make hair, teeth, and other growing tissues that become part of a forming ovarian cyst. These cysts can become large and cause pain.

Polycystic ovaries. The eggs mature within the follicles, or sacs, but the sac doesn't break open to release the egg. The cycle repeats, follicles continue to grow inside the ovary, and cysts form.

VIDEO AUTISM FROM JENNY MCCARTHY TO EINSTEIN TO GRANDIN FASCINATING VIDEO ARCHITECT OF OWN AUTISM TREATMENT

3 VIDEOS HOW THEY DIAGNOSE AND TREAT AUTISM FROM JENNY MCCARTHY TO EINSTEIN TO GRANDIN FASCINATING VIDEO ARCHITECT OF OWN AUTISM TREATMENT

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An Incredible Video of a University Professor who Engineered Her Own Treatment for Autism and Vaccines and Autism also a Video Einstein and Autism

Tired of polite cocktail party banter? Just say the magic word autism. Autism is among the hottest of hot button topics. From Jenny McCarthy to Bruno Bettelheim to Einstein (see the video below) few topics in Medicine can make people go ballistic as quickly as autism, how to treat autism and what causes autism. Do vaccines cause or have a link to autism? I have been watching in fascination a video about Dr. Temple Grandin who is perhaps the most famous person in academia with autism not counting Bruno Bettelheim, who didn't have autism but whose theory of autism was famous and as it turned out famously wrong. Grandin is the expert in animal behavior especially cattle and is very concerned with humane treatment of animals especially in industry. After not being helped by the 1950's era treatments for autism, Grandin discovered her own treatments for autism on a visit to her Aunt's cattle ranch. She is the architect of her own autism treatment and gone on to become an author and consultant.



Grandin Autism Video First Part Click the arrow









Grandin is a Colorado State University associate professor of animal science. "More than half of all cattle in the US, and a growing number in Britain, are moved through handling facilities she designed. Restraint chutes are one of her acknowledged specialities; she also developed the curved lane design used by some yards, intuiting that cattle would move more comfortably through something that made use of their natural tendency towards circling behaviour."



I have talked about the related Asperger's Syndrome elsewhere on healty medical Blog. As I said autism is a really hot button topic and the hottest button of all is vaccines and autism. From Jenny McCarthy to Bruno Bettelheim few topics in Medicine can make people go ballistic like autism and how to treat autism and what causes autism. Do vaccines cause or have a link to autism? It depends who you ask. Academic medicine in general isn't persuaded that vaccines cause autism. There are however some who beg to differ. For example, Jenny McCarthy wrote a book about her son's recovery from autism. Autism (sometimes called “classical autism”) is the most common condition in a group of developmental disorders known as the autism spectrum disorders including Asperger's Syndrome. Autism is characterized by impaired social interaction, problems with verbal and nonverbal communication, and unusual, repetitive, or severely limited activities and interests. Males are four times more likely to have autism than females.



Grandin Autism Video Second Part Click the arrow









McCarthy has said "We believe what helped (son) Evan recover was starting a gluten-free, casein-free diet, vitamin supplementation, detox of metals, and anti-fungals for yeast overgrowth that plagued his intestines. Once Evan's neurological function was recovered through these medical treatments, speech therapy and applied behavior analysis helped him quickly learn the skills he could not learn while he was frozen in autism. After we implemented these therapies for one year, the state re-evaluated Evan for further services. They spent five minutes with Evan and said, "What happened? We've never seen a recovery like this."




Einstein Autism VideoClick the arrow






There are three distinctive behaviors that characterize autism. Autistic children have difficulties with social interaction, problems with verbal and nonverbal communication, and repetitive behaviors or narrow, obsessive interests. These behaviors can range in impact from mild to disabling. The hallmark feature of autism is impaired social interaction. Parents are usually the first to notice symptoms of autism in their child. As early as infancy, a baby with autism may be unresponsive to people or focus intently on one item to the exclusion of others for long periods of time. A child with autism may appear to develop normally and then withdraw and become indifferent to social engagement.

Facts about Autism

Temple Grandin: 'I'm an anthropologist from Mars'

DRY AND WET FOMS OF VISON LOSS AND A VIDEO ABOUT MACULAR DEGENERATION

THE TWO FORMS OF MACULAR DEGENERATION AND THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF VISION LOSS

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Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of severe vision loss among the elderly. There are two forms of macular degeneration. Age related macular degeneration is the leading cause of untreated vision loss in aging Western societies. In macular degeneration, central vision is lost, but peripheral vision almost always remains intact.The macula is located in the center of the retina. It is the area providing the clearest vision. I have discussed elsewhere on healty medical blog studies of Lutein and the AREDS study for the dry form of macular degeneration.



This video discusses diagnosis and treatment of macular degeneration Click the arrow









If you look directly at something, the light from that object forms an image on the macula of the retina. The retina is the light sensitive tissue at the back of the eye, sort of like the electronic pixels in a digital camera or the film in a regular camera. The retina converts light, into electrical impulses and sends these impulses to the brain. Scientists have been searching for ways to prevent and cure this very common and sometimes insidious eye problem.

Click and Read About the Studies of Lutein and AREDS to Help Prevent Vision Loss


There are two forms of macular degeneration. In people with the dry form of macular degeneration, which is more common, the light-sensitive cells in the macula slowly break down, gradually blurring central vision in the affected eye. In the wet form of macular degeneration abnormal blood vessels behind the retina start to grow under the macula. These new blood vessels tend to be very fragile and often leak blood and fluid. The blood and fluid raise the macula from its normal place at the back of the eye.

National Eye Institute on AREDS

Age Related Macular Degeneration: Update for Primary Care

PHYSICAL THERAPY AND OCCUPATIONAL INJURY MEDICINE FOR TENDON SPRAINS AND STRAINS AND ULTRASOUND PHYSICAL THERAPY

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Doctors often prescribe physical therapy for muscle sprains and occupational injuries. Occupational injury often involves ligament sprains and strains. Physical therapists use many ways,"modalities" to treat these muscle strains and also for joint and shoulder pain. Maybe you had ultrasound therapy for shoulder tendinitis and wonder how ultrasound therapy works. It uses ultra high frequency sound waves.



Common indications for ultrasound physical therapy include treatment of tendon injuries and short-term pain relief. Ultrasound has also been shown to promote healing of some acute bone fractures, venous and pressure ulcers. Higher-frequency ultrasound waves treat superficial tissues for example, the knee patellar tendon which attaches to the knee cap. Lower frequencies penetrate deeper to treat deep muscle bruising, spasms, and strains.



The heating effects of continuous ultrasound therapy are beneficial in the treatment of sports injuries, breaking down scar tissue and helping to stretch tendons. In cases where heating is not wanted in physical therapy, such as with acute inflammation or with wound care, intermittent pulsed ultrasound is used, rather than the continuous ultrasound. Pulsed ultrasound provides mechanical effects such as increased permeability of cell membranes and possibly repair of tissues. Pulsed ultrasound is thought to accelerate tissue healing at the cellular level.




Therapeutic ultrasound is different than diagnostic ultrasound, therapeutic uses higher frequencies than diagnostic. Diagnostic ultrasound is used to produce sound wave images as for example in an ultrasound exam of the heart. I have talked about ultrasound elsewhere on healty medical Blog.




Therapeutic ultrasound can cause burns if applied incorrectly. The therapist uses the ultrasound applicator, which looks like a shower head, to massage the skin with high frequencies that can reach up to five inches below the surface of skin. The therapist applies a gel on the skin before applying the ultrasound machine. The gel works as a conductive medium to allow the sound waves to travel from the applicator head into the body.

THESE VIDEOS EXPLAIN WHAT CAUSE VARICOSE VEINS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR SPIDER VEINS AND VARICOSE VEINS

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These Videos Explain How Varicose Veins Develop and Treatment Options

So what are spider veins and how do they compare with varicose veins? Varicose veins distended, visible superficial veins on the legs are almost always the result of problems with valves within the venous system of the leg. If a picture is worth a thousand words then these varicose vein videos must be at least ten thousand. The videos answer what exactly varicose and spider veins are, how the veins develop and how spider and varicose veins are treated. Varicose veins and spider veins are those not so attractive veins that people develop on their legs and elsewhere. You see all sorts of confusing advertisements in the newspapers for how to treat varicose veins. "Spider veins are similar to varicose veins, but they are smaller. They are often red or blue and are closer to the surface of the skin than varicose veins. They can look like tree branches or spider webs with their short jagged lines. Spider veins can be found on the legs and face".

Doctor Says Not Treating Varicose Veins Leading to Complications

Read about Radiowave therapy for varicose veins here





Varicose veins distended, visible superficial veins on the legs are almost always the result of problems with valves within the venous system of the leg. All leg veins contain one-way flap valves which are designed to help the flow of blood in the veins in an upward direction on its return to the heart. When one or more of these vein valves fails to function correctly (incompetent), some blood is able to flow back down into the leg in the wrong direction and tends to overfill and distend branches of superficial veins under the skin. Over a period of time, this additional pressure of blood causes the veins to stretch, bulge and become visible varicose veins.





This video talks about how varicose veins develop Click the arrow to start







Sclerotherapy is the most common treatment for both spider veins and varicose veins. Foam varicose vein therapy is a new variation of injection sclerotherapy. Because foam has a greater surface area than liquid,the foam that is injected is able to adhere to the vein walls more effectively and cause faster shrinkage of the damaged veins. In sclerotherapy, or ‘injection therapy’,a mild chemical solution is injected into the incompetent varicose vein. The sclerosing agent irritates the walls of the vessel, causing it to collapse. The body then absorbs the vein and blood is re-routed to a healthy vein, restoring proper venous circulation in the area. Other methods to treat varicose veins include radiowaves, lasers and as mentioned below the foam sclerotherapy.

Read healty medical Blog about the newer foam sclerotherapy of varicose veins

Medical Cartoon #4

From WrongDiagnosis.com. Har har!

2 VIDEOS EXPLAIN GFX RADIO WAVE WRINKLE TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES TO BOTOX TECHNIQUE SMOOTH FACIAL WRINKLES USING PSRN RADIO FREQUENCY ABLATION

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Watch 2 Videos about Alternatives to Botox for Wrinkles Radio frequency Nerve Ablation

Cosmetic procedures for wrinkles are wildly popular. And Botox for wrinkles is probably the king of the hill. But competition is knocking at the door. I have talked in healty medical Blog about a number of other methods to try and smooth wrinkles. These include radio wave ablation and dermal fillers. GFX for wrinkles is a relatively new procedure, at least for wrinkles. One advantage touted is that the effects of GFX may last one or two years rather than several months as is the case with Botox. On the face GFX uses radio frequency energy resulting in relaxation of the tense frowning muscles of the forehead. Radio waves have been used in other medical procedures. You can watch 2 videos about the uses and technique of GFX technique for wrinkle removal called radio wave ablation.




Video About GFX technique Radio Frequency Ablation of Wrinkles Click the Arrow

Avoid Causes of Premature Wrinkles







Botox is a well known chemical method to temporarily smooth wrinkles on the face by carefully calibrated injections of Botox botulinum toxin that paralyze the muscles in the face. The radio wave ablation procedure has been approved by the FDA to smooth wrinkles using radio waves called GFX. The radio waves target the nerves attached to muscles associated with facial expression wrinkling. In one video they contrast Botox with GFX. Radio wave energy has been used in various medical procedures previously in places such as the heart.

Dermal Fillers for Wrinkles and Botox

How GFX Works

GFX for wrinkles,joins methods such as dermal fillers and Botox injections for treatment of wrinkles. As I said above one advantage may be that the effects of GFX may last one or two years rather than several months as is the case with Botox. The GFX pen is held by the treating doctor and placed under the skin through a single puncture site. The doctor then delivers the energy selectively resulting in an immediate relaxation of the tense frowning muscles of the forehead. It would probably be difficult to find many dermatologists or plastic surgeons who practice it currently since it is so new. The manufacturer is Advanced Cosmetic Intervention, Inc.



Video About GFX RADIOWAVE ABLATION OF WRINKLES COMPARED WITH BOTOX Click the Arrow










The process is called Percutaneous Selective Radiofrequency Neuroablation (PSRN). Radio waves have been used in other medical procedures, for example in the heart but this is the first I have heard of them being used to smooth wrinkles."GFX is FDA cleared as a subcutaneous lesion generation system utilizing bipolar radio frequency technology to target motor nerves".

3 VIDEOS HOW THEY DIAGNOSE AND TREAT AUTISM FROM JENNY MCCARTHY TO EINSTEIN TO GRANDIN FASCINATING VIDEO ARCHITECT OF OWN AUTISM TREATMENT

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An Incredible Video of a University Professor who Engineered Her Own Treatment for Autism and Vaccines and Autism also a Video Einstein and Autism

Tired of polite cocktail party banter? Just say the magic word autism. Autism is among the hottest of hot button topics. From Jenny McCarthy to Bruno Bettelheim to Einstein (see the video below) few topics in Medicine can make people go ballistic as quickly as autism, how to treat autism and what causes autism. Do vaccines cause or have a link to autism? I have been watching in fascination a video about Dr. Temple Grandin who is perhaps the most famous person in academia with autism not counting Bruno Bettelheim, who didn't have autism but whose theory of autism was famous and as it turned out famously wrong. Grandin is the expert in animal behavior especially cattle and is very concerned with humane treatment of animals especially in industry. After not being helped by the 1950's era treatments for autism, Grandin discovered her own treatments for autism on a visit to her Aunt's cattle ranch. She is the architect of her own autism treatment and gone on to become an author and consultant.



Grandin Autism Video First Part Click the arrow









Grandin is a Colorado State University associate professor of animal science. "More than half of all cattle in the US, and a growing number in Britain, are moved through handling facilities she designed. Restraint chutes are one of her acknowledged specialities; she also developed the curved lane design used by some yards, intuiting that cattle would move more comfortably through something that made use of their natural tendency towards circling behaviour."



As I said autism is a really hot button topic and the hottest button of all is vaccines and autism. From Jenny McCarthy to Bruno Bettelheim few topics in Medicine can make people go ballistic like autism and how to treat autism and what causes autism. Do vaccines cause or have a link to autism? It depends who you ask. Academic medicine in general isn't persuaded that vaccines cause autism. There are however some who beg to differ. For example, Jenny McCarthy wrote a book about her son's recovery from autism. Autism (sometimes called “classical autism”) is the most common condition in a group of developmental disorders known as the autism spectrum disorders including Asperger's Syndrome. Autism is characterized by impaired social interaction, problems with verbal and nonverbal communication, and unusual, repetitive, or severely limited activities and interests. Males are four times more likely to have autism than females.



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McCarthy has said "We believe what helped (son) Evan recover was starting a gluten-free, casein-free diet, vitamin supplementation, detox of metals, and anti-fungals for yeast overgrowth that plagued his intestines. Once Evan's neurological function was recovered through these medical treatments, speech therapy and applied behavior analysis helped him quickly learn the skills he could not learn while he was frozen in autism. After we implemented these therapies for one year, the state re-evaluated Evan for further services. They spent five minutes with Evan and said, "What happened? We've never seen a recovery like this."




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There are three distinctive behaviors that characterize autism. Autistic children have difficulties with social interaction, problems with verbal and nonverbal communication, and repetitive behaviors or narrow, obsessive interests. These behaviors can range in impact from mild to disabling. The hallmark feature of autism is impaired social interaction. Parents are usually the first to notice symptoms of autism in their child. As early as infancy, a baby with autism may be unresponsive to people or focus intently on one item to the exclusion of others for long periods of time. A child with autism may appear to develop normally and then withdraw and become indifferent to social engagement.

Facts about Autism

Temple Grandin: 'I'm an anthropologist from Mars'

5 POSTS ABOUT GASTRIC BYPASS FANTASTIC RESULTS DANGERS PROS AND CONS VARIATIONS OF BARIATRIC SURGERY BLOGS AND VIDEOS

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Could Gastric Bypass Improve Diabetes? Watch this video and also You look fabulous! This woman's video before and after GB

I have written a number of posts about gastric bypass surgery. If you want to see what kind of amazing results are possible with gastric bypass surgery then look at this video by a young woman whose results were just fantastic.

A Woman Who Was Fat Gets A Gastric Bypass and the Results are Fantastic a Video. When you have seen that video about her surgery then go to the blog of a formerly overweight surgeon who had gastric bypass surgery on himself. Read

A surgeon writes a blog about his own gastric bypass surgery.

Here is an update about a New Experimental Weight Loss Surgery involving no Cutting of the Abdomen




Gastric Bypass Might Improve Diabetes Click the arrow









There have been studies that suggest that gastric bypass surgery may decrease other medical problems such as this study about gastric bypass sequelae.

A Canadian study said that morbidly obese patients who have bariatric surgery to lose weight have their cancer risk significantly reduced. The decision to get bariatric surgery is not an easy or casual one. The gastric bypass surgery and bariatric surgery in general while often successful can fail. People may get complications or worse. Some people opt for a variation called the adjustable band around the stomach. You can read about the adjustable band weight loss surgery at

An Adjustable Band Around the the Stomach Makes People Feel Full and you can get a good overview of the pros and cons of bariatric gastric bypass surgery by watching this video which includes the doctor who did the original laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery.

A FASCINATING EXPERT VIDEO ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS OF GASTRIC BYPASS WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY HOW THEY DO BARIATRIC SURGERY AND WHAT TO EXPECT

COMBINATION OF SURGERY AND DIET AND THE FATTEST HEAVIEST MAN IN THE WORLD LOSES HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF WEIGHT HE PLANS TO STAND AT HIS WEDDING

I am fascinated or at least very interested in weight loss gastric bypass surgery. I thought about gastric bypass and obesity again while I was watching a report about the world's fattest, the world's heaviest person Manuel Uribe. I know two teenagers who have recently had gastric bypass surgery and have lost a lot of weight and are happy with the results. Even so, any surgery including gastric bypass surgery has significant risks and these must be considered.

Video of World's Heaviest Man Out With His Girlfriend Click the arrow






Anyway Uribe, the world's fattest man or at least he was the world's heaviest has dropped a lot of weight through a combination of surgery and a diet. It's quite an inspiration to read his story. Uribe has a girlfriend. Apparently his romance is a big part of his motivation to lose weight. One of his goal's is to stand at his wedding. And of course it helps when you have people, like his girlfriend, who care about you and are there for you. Uribe "dubbed the world's fattest by the Guinness Book of World Records has dropped 570 pounds, nearly half his body weight, according to a report from the French news agency". Uribe had surgery but it was not gastric bypass weight surgery rather it was surgery to remove a tumor and some tissue. The surgery did remove more than a hundred pounds of fat and tissue. He has however with the help of doctors lost an additional hundreds of pounds of weight.











"Manuel Uribe, 42, weighed 1,257 pounds at his heaviest. He was bed-ridden for five years and doctors from the United States, Italy and Mexico have been helping Uribe lose weight through dieting and exercise for the past two years, it is reported". According to the Wikipedia entry "Uribe was halfway to a picnic near his Monterrey-area home on March 9, 2008, to celebrate his girlfriend's birthday, when one of the posts holding a tarpaulin over his bed to shield him from the sun hit an overpass, so he had to return home for health reasons. His weight loss efforts continue.

Click to see expert physicians discuss pros and cons of gastric bypass



This video talks about Uribe world's heaviest man and his surgeons discuss his surgery Click the arrow




It goes on "devotion to the Zone Diet has been the only weight loss program to have such a positive impact on the Mexican man, whose weight once topped 1,200 pounds. Dr. Barry Sears, along with Dr. Silvia Orozco Avina and Dr. Gustavo Orozco Avina, are at the helm of the interdisciplinary team of doctors, nutritionists and exercise physiologists who continue to work diligently to help Manuel reach his goal and his birthday".



"Manuel's current diet consists of about 2,000 calories per day broken up into six meals. His specially designed menu includes a wide variety of meals including egg-white omelets, fresh salads, chicken fajitas and fish fillet in a bed of spring greens".

THE FIVE MOST COMMON RUNNING AND JOGGING INJURIES A VIDEO DETAILED DISCUSSION ABOUT SHIN SPLINTS ILIOTIBIAL BAND SYNDROME RUNNERS KNEE AND MORE

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A lot of people are some time runners. Some time they jog or run and sometimes they don't. They are setting themselves up for various running injuries. But it turns out that even people who run regularly can over train and injure themselves, too. Overtraining and muscle imbalance cause many problems with running. For the average recreational runner who is steadily training and occasionally participates in a long distance run the overall yearly incidence rate for running injuries is between 37 and 56 percent!






What are the Five Most Common Running and Jogging Injuries?
Probably 90% of the running and jogging injuries are one of these.

Patellofemoral Syndrome aka Runner's Knee

Shin Splints

Achilles Tendinitis

Plantar Fasciitis

Iliotibial Band Syndrome

Why Does My Foot Hurt When I wake Up in the Morning Checkout healty medical Plantar Fasciitis

In this video a doctor discusses in detail the five common running injuries that account for as much as ninety percent of running and jogging injuries. He also talks about how you tell the difference between shin splints and a stress fracture and what is patellar taping?



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VIDEO MESOTHERAPY LIPOLYSIS WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR UPPER ARM FAT DEPOSITS AND SKIN THE SO CALLED BAT WINGS INJECTION LIPOSUCTION TO REMOVE FAT FROM THE A

VIDEO MESOTHERAPY LIPOLYSIS WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR UPPER ARM FAT DEPOSITS AND SKIN THE SO CALLED BAT WINGS INJECTION LIPOSUCTION TO REMOVE FAT FROM THE ARMS

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I have written many posts with videos about liposuction. Mesotherapy, liposuction is a method to selectively remove fat deposits. There are a variety of liposuction procedures, lipolysis, smart lipo and even non invasive ultrasound fat removal and so forth. This video illustrates what can be done for people who have fat deposits in their arms where dieting has not succeeded in removing the fat. These fat deposits under the arms and the skin of the arms are colloquially known as "bat wings". Using local anesthesia the doctor can employ injection liposuction and basically syringe out the fat deposits.














Video illustrating injection liposuction for fat in the arms click the arrow

Do you know the Pros and Cons of Liposuction? CLICK

Lipolysis fat melting injections CLICK

LOOK MA NO HANDS MIND CONTROL BRAIN WAVE CONTROL HEADSET TO OPERATE WHEELCHAIRS, APPLIANCES GAMES COMPUTER GAMES VIA THOUGHTS ALONE AND IT SEEMS TO WO

LOOK MA NO HANDS MIND CONTROL BRAIN WAVE CONTROL HEADSET TO OPERATE WHEELCHAIRS, APPLIANCES GAMES COMPUTER GAMES VIA THOUGHTS ALONE AND IT SEEMS TO WORK

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Thought controlled robots, thought and brain wave control for devices, appliances, cars, wheelchairs and machines. I have seen various claims but I think I may have seen a video now of a thought control brain wave control that actually works. I have read about video and computer games that let you use your mind, your brain waves to play the game. You are supposed to think certain thoughts like lift up, go left,go right and the car, wheelchair, skis, airplane or other object is supposed to do as you think without putting your hands on the steering. I have purchased two such purported games in the past few years. I bought one mind controlled game at a store and one brain waves control game over the Internet. Neither was able to levitate anything except the money out of my wallet. But perhaps the day of mind controlled games and appliances is here. Looking at these two videos I was impressed by this NeuroSky demonstration of brain wave controlled devices and technology.


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According to the company in the above video, NeuroSky, Inc. they have "the first commercially available, "consumer-ready", brainwave-controlled headset for the mass consumer market. The product, "MindSet™," reads and interprets different mental states associated with the headset user and transmits that information wirelessly to various platforms. Utilizing NeuroSky´s fully-embedded, ThinkGear-EM™ technology, which manages the brainwave acquisition and interpretation chores, the MindSet communicates equally well with game consoles, PC´s and mobile platforms, including cell phones".








This demo by another company with a mind controlled game seemed to go less well but
if you read the newspaper article the writer seems more impressed.



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"Emotiv's elegant, lightweight EPOC headset is a piece of cutting-edge technology that grants Yoda-like telepathic powers, allowing players of computer games to move items on screen with merely their thoughts". "We're hoping to help evolve the way humans interact with machines," says Tan Le, CEO of Emotiv, an Australian company with researchers in Sydney and an engineering lab here".



"The EPOC is at once intuitive and complex: Slap the sleek white or black helmet on, fit the 16 brain-wave sensors in place, and you're ready to program the device. Software automatically logs in a baseline for a range of emotions (relaxed, tense) and expressions (from winks to grimaces). Then users are asked to imagine 11 cognitive actions — "lift," "push," "pull" — for a few seconds each".




"I had to make the boulder disappear. Same pattern. I did eventually get the rock to vanish if only to instantly reappear. My head hurt. But there was admittedly a moment when my brain did process a rather fantastic and otherworldly sensation. Suddenly, I was one better than Mr. Spock with his mind-meld, or David Copperfield with his illusions. I had thought "disappear," and an object had".

Let video games read your mind with headset

A CUTE GIRL MAKES A VIDEO ABOUT DEALING WITH THE HEAT WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND NEWS ABOUT THE MS DRUG TYSABRI

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Watch this video by a (cute) girl named Lauren who has multiple sclerosis. She is talking about how she deals well with the heat. She also mentions the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri, there is some news about Tysabri (see further). Heat is something that people with multiple sclerosis have to deal with since hot weather and heat can amplify or bring on the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. She certainly looks peppy. Apparently she has it covered.

A Possible New Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis


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By the way, she mentions the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri. This so called humanized antibody drug (antibodies are manufactured by bodies to fight infections) is in the news again because Biogen Idec, a drug company reported that two more patients have come down with PML, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, a brain infection, the first cases since Tysabri was reintroduced to the market in July 2006.



But "despite the news that two patients in Europe were diagnosed with PML, many doctors say they are sticking by the drug. Tysabri remains the best hope for many MS patients who have tried other drugs without success, they said. And some patients on Tysabri seem to agree like the "32-year-old real estate developer who said that since he started using Tysabri 18 months ago, he has felt healthy for the first time in years".Tysabri is thought to inhibit white blood cells from getting into the brain and attacking nerves. Keeping these cells from attacking nerves is believed to result in fewer brain lesions that cause multiple sclerosis symptoms.

Despite risks, many staying with Tysabri

MYSTERY OF MEDICINE A BLIND ARTIST BLIND SINCE BIRTH DRAWS AND PAINTS WITH PERSPECTIVE AND SCALE VISUAL CENTERS IN HIS BRAIN ARE ACTIVE

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So he painted Bill Clinton so what? Well for one thing, he has never and I mean never seen him. Because this artist, this painter has been blind since birth! Watch this video of "the blind artist", Esref Armagan as he draws and paints pictures. On the face of it this doesn't seem to make sense. A man who has been blind from birth is able to paint pictures, art works with perspective and scale. Since he has never "seen" a sailboat, trees, etc how can he draw them? Apparently he can "see" with his other senses like touch. As the video depicts, scientists in the Neurology Department at Harvard Medical School have investigated Esref Armagan, the blind artist. The Harvard scientists did an MRI of Armagan's brain and they were amazed to discover that visual centers in his brain became activated when he is painting. In this video you can watch as they give Armagan a test to see if he can capture the perspective in a building that he has examined for the first time with his hands.






"In July of 2004, at the Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston, Armagan agreed to have his brain imaged in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine while he drew with a pencil on a sheet of paper. He explored a set of objects by touch-a coffee cup, a toy elephant, a toothbrush-and then was told to imagine them and draw them all from memory. Each time, his drawings hit the mark.



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''What we saw in the scan was quite amazing," says Dr. Alvaro Pascual-Leone, an associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and director of the center. He and two colleagues in Beth Israel Deaconess's neurology department, Amir Amedi, PhD, and Dr. Lotfi Merabet, conducted a series of scans, each time challenging Armagan with more complex tasks. ''Esref's visual cortex lit up during the drawing tasks as if he were actually seeing," says Pascual-Leone. ''His scan, to the untrained eye, might look like the brain of a sighted person."

Old brain, new tricks New research on the blind is revealing the brain's ability to adapt and may lead to new therapies for everything from strokes to chronic pain

CHRISTINA APPLEGATE AND MRI MAMMOGRAMS DIAGNOSTIC AND SCREENING MAMMOGRAMS VIDEO TO SCREEN AND DIAGNOSE BREAST CANCER

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Applegate had an MRI to detect her early stage breast cancer

Many women understandably when they hear those terrifying words "breast cancer" panic. Do you know what the difference is between screening and diagnostic mammograms? Are MRIs used to screen for breast cancer? The news that Christina Applegate a.k.a Kelly Bundy of "Married With Children" has breast cancer, has resulted in a flurry of stories about her and about breast cancer. Reports are that her doctor ordered an MRI of her breast and that the cancer was detected at an early stage. Many women when they hear those terrifying words "breast cancer" panic. That is understandable. The fact is though, that many times breast cancer can be fought and the battle won. I personally have spoken with women who were diagnosed and treated for breast cancer twenty years ago and more. For example, Olivia Newton John's (who recently got married by the way) breast cancer was detected in 1992. As with cancer in general, vigilance and early diagnosis are key in success. "Applegate's publicist said she had benefited from early detection through an MRI ordered by her doctor".

Read about a Pap Smear Test for Breast Cancer



Mammograms. Do you know the difference between a screening and diagnostic mammogram? For a test that is supposed to clarify things, the whole topic of mammograms and what they are used for is rather opaque. Mammograms are still the most common screening and diagnostic tool for breast cancer. The MRI which is magnetic resonance imaging has been and is now being studied and used for breast cancer screening and diagnosis. MRI is not new. Though the technology and capability of MRI machines is flourishing. Watch this video and the one further down the page about screening and diagnostic mammograms as well as a doctor discussing her views on when to get an MRI for breast cancer, who should get an MRI for breast cancer and how sensitive MRI is for breast cancer.




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Second Video about MRI for Breast Cancer Click the arrow














"Mammography can show changes in the breast up to two years before a patient or physician can feel them. Cure rates are much higher when the breast cancer can be found at this stage. Current guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the American Cancer Society (ACS), the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) recommend screening mammography every year for women, beginning at age 40". However, earlier breast cancer screening is increasingly being recommended for certain women and there is disagreement even within the various medical organizations.

See further healty medical about Mammograms








"The National Cancer Institute (NCI) adds that women who have had breast cancer and those who are at increased risk due to a genetic history of breast cancer should seek expert medical advice about whether they should begin screening before age 40 and about the frequency of screening"

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"Diagnostic mammography is used to evaluate a patient with abnormal clinical findings such as a breast lump or lumps that have been found by her or her doctor. Diagnostic mammography may also be done after an abnormal screening mammography in order to determine the cause of the area of concern on the screening exam".






Watch a Video Explaining Mammogram How Mammogram works Click the Arrow to Start






What is a screening mammogram?



A screening mammogram is an x-ray of the breast used to detect breast changes in women who have no signs or symptoms of breast cancer. It usually involves two x-rays of each breast. Mammograms make it possible to detect tumors that cannot be felt. Mammograms can also find microcalcifications (tiny deposits of calcium in the breast) that sometimes indicate the presence of breast cancer.

How are screening and diagnostic mammograms different?

A diagnostic mammogram is an x-ray of the breast that is used to check for breast cancer after a lump or other sign or symptom of breast cancer has been found. Signs of breast cancer may include pain, skin thickening, nipple discharge, or a change in breast size or shape. A diagnostic mammogram also may be used to evaluate changes found during a screening mammogram, or to view breast tissue when it is difficult to obtain a screening mammogram because of special circumstances, such as the presence of breast implants. A diagnostic mammogram takes longer than a screening mammogram because it involves more x-rays in order to obtain views of the breast from several angles. The technician may magnify a suspicious area to produce a detailed picture that can help the doctor make an accurate diagnosis.

A CUTE GIRL MAKES A VIDEO ABOUT DEALING WITH THE HEAT WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND NEWS ABOUT THE MS DRUG TYSABRI

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Watch this video by a (cute) girl named Lauren who has multiple sclerosis. She is talking about how she deals well with the heat. She also mentions the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri, there is some news about Tysabri (see further). Heat is something that people with multiple sclerosis have to deal with since hot weather and heat can amplify or bring on the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. She certainly looks peppy. Apparently she has it covered.



Listen and Watch Lauren Talk about Handling the Heat with Multiple Sclerosis Click the arrow










By the way, she mentions the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri. This so called humanized antibody drug (antibodies are manufactured by bodies to fight infections) is in the news again because Biogen Idec, a drug company reported that two more patients have come down with PML, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, a brain infection, the first cases since Tysabri was reintroduced to the market in July 2006.






But "despite the news that two patients in Europe were diagnosed with PML, many doctors say they are sticking by the drug. Tysabri remains the best hope for many MS patients who have tried other drugs without success, they said. And some patients on Tysabri seem to agree like the "32-year-old real estate developer who said that since he started using Tysabri 18 months ago, he has felt healthy for the first time in years".Tysabri is thought to inhibit white blood cells from getting into the brain and attacking nerves. Keeping these cells from attacking nerves is believed to result in fewer brain lesions that cause multiple sclerosis symptoms.

Despite risks, many staying with Tysabri