09.29.06
Posted in Uncategorized at 8:46 am by chicken
Ninety-seven per cent of married women in the GCC feel there is a dire need to have a stronger information campaign to raise awareness about erectile dysfunction (ED) among their men folk. Ten per cent of males in the region are affected by the problem.
The survey was conducted as part of a study to evaluate women’s perception on the sexual aspect of a relationship and their knowledge about possible sex-related obstacles and challenges in the future.
The sampling included married women of different origins and ages living in the GCC region.
Women’s knowledge about the problem is largely due to the effects they feel because of ED among men. The survey, carried out by a pharmaceutical major, noted that women were more willing to talk about ED as an issue while the men were reluctant or embarrassed to broach the topic with their partners or even their doctors.
Dr Debashish Sengupta, a urologist from the region, said: “A whopping 75 per cent showed that women are more receptive towards treatment believing that medication can restore the sexual ability in case the partner suffers from impotence.”
Although 62 per cent of the women interviewed think that sexual power deteriorates with age, a surprising 46 per cent of the same respondents feel they are no longer attractive enough when their partners start losing interest in sexual activity.
Source:http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com
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09.20.06
Posted in Uncategorized at 10:45 am by chicken
Dr. Mike Stevens doesn’t have many medicines specifically designed to treat his young cancer patients. The U.K.-based professor of pediatric oncology relies on adult drugs, many of which are decades old.
The practice carries some risk. Incorrect dosing is the most commonly reported error in pediatric health care. More than half of medicines administered to children, including diluted Viagra used to treat infants with lung defects, haven’t been approved for young people, according to European Union statistics.
EU lawmakers, following the U.S.’s lead, are trying to change that. They passed rules in June that require companies seeking approval for new medicines to include pediatric data when a treatment may benefit young patients. Legislators increased their scrutiny of the issue after a 2004 study showed adult anti- depressants doubled the risk of suicidal thoughts in kids.
“Children deserve the same right to innovative therapies as adults,'’ said Stevens, who works at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. He often has to tell parents how to split tablets for their children to get the right dose. “We use a whole range of drugs that aren’t actually licensed for them.'’
Source:http://www.bloomberg.com
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09.17.06
Posted in Diet Plans, Diet Plans, dietary antioxidants, raw food, raw vegetables at 8:13 pm by chicken
Serious thought should go into selecting food for your daily diet. Diet has a great effect on our health and ageing process. Food can make us healthy, provide vigor and vitality or could make us unhealthy. Lets have a look at some of the benefits of including raw foods in your diet:
- Helps in normal functioning of the body: Raw food has all the vital ingredients that are essential for maintenance of good health. The nutritive constituents of raw foods provide building material for construction, renewal of cells, produces energy to put these cells into motion and supplies raw materials to the specified cells required for their productive activities. Cooked foods forces body organs to work at about 3-4 times their normal capacity, which in turn brings premature changes in them, thus causing various ailments and shortening of their life span.People who eat more of raw food uses their digestive organs at about 1/4 of their potential capacity. Thus their organs are never overloaded or fatigued.
- Balancing body chemistry: The normal body chemistry contains 20% acid and 80% alkaline. To maintain acid and alkaline balance one should take 20 acid and 80% alkaline forming foods. Fresh raw uncooked fruits and raw vegetables are rich in mineral salts, which are vital for neutralizing acid waste products. Once these foods are cooked, large part of their mineral content is lost. Thus raw food, also known as purifying foods in Ayurvedic terms, possesses eliminating, cleansing and healing properties.
- Antioxidants effects: The most important effect of raw foods on one’s health is its healing and preventive powers as disease fighting dietary antioxidants. Raw foods especially deep colored foods have strong antioxidants. The antioxidants contained in these foods are infused into the tissues and fluids where they help resist oxidant invasion. The dietary antioxidants thus prevents damaging effects of oxidants on health.
- Curative powers: Natural foods have unlimited powers to sustain health and restore it when lost. Degeneration of food happens due to refining and cooking which is one of the primary cause of today’s increase in variety and frequency of diseases.
Dr. Kristine Nolfi of Denmark proved that it is possible to heal even cancer with raw food diet. She recovered from cancer after treating herself with exclusive raw food diet. She even opened Humlegaarden, a institute where she treated patients suffering from cancer and other diseases with exclusive diet of raw foods.
Dr. Joseph Evers of Germany proved it too that raw foods could heal diseases like multiple sclerosis. He treated thousands of patients with multiple sclerosis with diets primarily containing raw vegetables, raw fruits, raw nuts, raw honey, grain sprouts, uncooked coarse rolled oats and whole meal bread.
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09.02.06
Posted in Skin Care, Skin Care, dark circles under eyes at 1:10 am by chicken
Follow the steps below in home made recipe for dark circles under eyes to get rid of those unwanted dark spots under eyes:
Ingredients for the recipe:
- Lanolin: 1 tbsp
- Almond oil: 1.5 tbsp
- Soybean flour: 1 tsp
- Cold water: 2 tsp
Method of preparation:
- Melt Lanolin in medium heat.
- Add almond oil to it.
- Remove the ensuing thick paste from heat.
- Now add soybeans powder and 2 tsp of cold water to it and stir it well for about 10 minutes.
- Beware not to mix fragrance as it might affect eyes.
- Apply it on the affected areas. Ensure that the paste does not go into eyes.
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09.01.06
Posted in Uncategorized at 11:18 am by chicken
Viagra – the little blue pill that has become a symbol for men around the world for improving their sex lives might actually be a life saver as well. According to new research conducted at Johns Hopkins University Viagra can actually help the heart.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore conducted a study to determine the effects of Viagra on the heart. Conducted by Dr. David Kass and his team the study observed how Viagra affected the heart of 35 participants who had no past or present signs of heart disease.
For the study, the participants were injected twice with dobutamine (a drug that increases heart rate and the power with which the heart pumps blood) over a three hour period. The patients were randomly given a dose of Viagra or a placebo after the first injection.
It was observed the heart rate increased by dobutamine dropped by nearly 50% for patients who were given Viagra. Researchers determined this action was on account of Viagra’s ability to block the enzyme PDE-5. The blocking of this enzyme actually helps reduce the effects of stress on the heart and thereby make it healthier.
Talking about their discovery, Dr. Kass, who is the Abraham and Virginia Weiss Professor of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins said, “What we have recently discovered is the enzyme Viagra and drugs like Viagra block acts kind of like a brake for the heart.” Describing the condition further, he said, “the brake does come into action in normal conditions, but if applied when there is stress, you can really blunt stress response in the heart.”
Source:http://www.heartzine.com
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