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Taking the pulse of the nation

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:19:10 +0000

This year has seen the seventh opinion survey by the American Dietetic Association. In this most recent, the headline is that three-quarters of those surveyed refused to give up the food they liked, with 80% stating there was no need to change their current diet. Now, as headlines go, this could be good or bad. If everyone liked healthy food in smaller portions, they would not have to give up anything they liked in order to maintain a low body weight. Since the ability to lose weight depends on a willingness to change what you eat, the headline is more likely bad news. No matter how good a drug like acomplia - in clinical trials, participants lost an average of 10% of their body weight - it only works in conjunction with diet and exercise. For the purpose of analysis, the survey divides people into three groups. The remainder fell into the group unable or unwilling to struggle against the enormity of the problem. There has been a slight reduction in the number of people falling into this last class, but the percentage of those who claim to be taking positive steps remains fairly steady. All the Association can say is that more people seem to be aware of the need to think about their diet and the need to take some exercise. The majority, however, seem focused on the belief that there will soon be a miracle cure. As it stands, acomplia and the other appetite suppressants rely on the individuals to diet and exercise. Both sexes seem to have a slightly better awareness of health issues such as those involving the use of trans-fat, but this is yet to translate into action to eliminate “bad” foods and eat smaller portions on a less frequent basis. Unfortunately, television is the most popular source of information and, with advertising interests so strongly represented, this is not the most reliable source. It all comes down to convenience both in the food itself and the source of information. When that seems to be failing, it is convenient to try a tablet like acomplia. You never know, it might work - actually, it does work, but only when people confront the reality and both diet and exercise.

WADA changes its mind on baldness

admin — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:17:47 +0000

Perhaps I don’t watch enough television these days, but I have not noticed any sudden increase in the number of bald athletes or sports persons. Imagine all that sweat under a heavy crown of artificial hair. Or is that why many people wear these caps - I always thought that was to help keep the sun out of their eyes. The World Anti-Doping Agency is in the business of devising tests to detect drug cheats. These are the people who enhance their performance by training with anabolic steroids and other banned substances as part of their regime. It gives them an unfair advantage. One of the substances thought to mask the use of steroids was finasteride which is sold under the name of propecia. This is a perfectly legitimate drug used to treat male pattern baldness. It has an excellent track record for effectiveness and safety only requiring that the man takes one tablet per day for as long as he wishes to retain his hair. Thus, propecia was duly added to the List of Prohibited Substances and Methods. Over time, a number of athletes were banned for using propecia. WADA publishes its list. Propecia was clearly identified on it as a banned substance and these athletes broke the rule. Whether the rule was a good one or not cannot change the wrongfulness of the athletes’ decision. As to those of you athletes who are threatened with hair loss. Propecia is a great product and you can use it without breaking the rules as from January 1, 2009.

If you prick me, do I not bleed?

admin — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:37:53 +0000

When Shakespeare was writing The Merchant of Venice, he was talking about the extent to which people are the same under the skin. But culture is more than skin deep and what one group of people find an everyday treatment, others find extraordinary. There are complex diagrams identifying all the key points round the body and, by inserting needles at just the right points for each condition to be treated, you produce relief or a cure.

To those in the West who are used to the idea of taking a tablet, acupuncture just looks like masochism, i.e. you feel so much better when the pain stops. But in China, there are more than two thousand years of experience in administering treatment this way and many medical hospitals in Asia and ASEAN include acupuncture as one of the therapies available to treat patients. Some are available over the counter while others require a prescription. Accutane, being the most powerful treatment for acne, usually requires the approval of a dermatologist before it is prescribed. The treatment for acne in TCM relies on acupuncture, herbal preparations and a change in diet to food with a low fat content, low spiciness and not fried. Various infusions are also used together with a general recommendation to drink more dandelion tisane or chrysanthemum tea - popular drinks in the region to promote good health.

There is increasingly sound scientific evidence about the effectiveness of TCM as more Western researchers begin to study these century-old techniques. As it stands, the drug of final resort for the treatment of acne is accutane which has significant problems associated with its use by women of child-bearing age. If the same improvements seen among those who use acupuncture could be replicated in the West, would this not be a better way to treat a serious skin problem rather than having to rely on heavy-duty drugs with sometimes dangerous side effects?

Come on, give us a song

admin — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:55:55 +0000

Whenever you wake in an armchair and find the television still on, one of the nightmare experiences is finding yourself watching one of the shows set in a summer camp. Your timing is impeccable. One of those perky leaders has everyone sitting expectantly round a camp fire and she calls for a song. OK, so how many times has that happened to you?

Tramadol hydrochloride (hcl) is a weak opioid used as a painkiller. No matter what you read, the usual story is that it has fewer side effects than any of the other painkillers. Thus, it’s one of the most widely prescribed painkillers in the world and, even though I’m about to report an unusual event, it’s the exception that proves the rule. Tramadol hcl has fewer side effects than the other painkillers. None of the possible interactions affect him. But when the hospital decide to introduce tramadol hcl, he began to hear someone singing. This was distressing to a man of his age.

He thought his mind had finally given up and he was demented. When the tramadol hcl was withdrawn, the music faded and was gone after two days. Musical hallucinations are not uncommon in the elderly, more usually affecting women, the depressed and those with hearing difficulties. If this should happen to you, do not panic. Either you have left your television on, or you are an almost unique person reacting to tramadol hcl with an auditory hallucination.