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		<title>Obesity Behind Rise of &#8216;Phantom&#8217; Brain Tumors in Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ariyes</dc:creator>
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When Ashley was 5, she felt intensive pain in her eyes.
After checking the doctor recognize that her brain tumor due to abnormal enlargement of optic nerve, which is use to send information to brain from retina.
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-355" title="Brain Tumor" src="http://ehealthcounselor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/original-280x210.jpg" alt="Brain Tumor" width="280" height="210" />When Ashley was 5, she felt intensive pain in her eyes.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">After checking the doctor recognize that her brain tumor due to abnormal enlargement of optic nerve, which is use to send information to brain from retina.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Now she is 15 and living in his home city Ohio bases in Gahanna, was later suspected as pseudo tumor cerbri, an awful situation in which without any definite reasons the pressure inside the brain builds, and cause blindness.<br />
Pseudotumer cerbri was once an adult’s disease but now rising in children and doctors think that obesity is the main reason for this, as the statistics show about 2/3 of the child victims are excessive weight, however Ashley is remaining 1/3 of them.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Dr. E. Steve Roach, who is neurology chief and vice chair of pediatrics at Nationwide Children&#8217;s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, strongly believes that due to increasing rate of obesity in children, pseudo tumor cerbri is raising among them, but there are no clear statistics to prove that reason.<br />
He further said, it was the spike in children that motivated his colleague and him to build that’s believed to be the first phantom tumor clinic in the country for children. At the time of opening, the clinic has the services of an ophthalmologist, neurologist and endocrinologist for treatment. Now Nationwide is treating 80 children with pseudo tumor cerbri.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In Pseudotumer cerbri the loss of vision is so slow that the kids don’t feel of losing site until the vision is almost gone, we have the capabilities to cure it but one thing the patient has to do is treat in early stage, said by Roach.<br />
After taking seven prescriptions daily, more than 30 surgeries to replace stop working shunts, and more than 50 times admitted to hospital, Ashley Lauren is still suffer from awful pain.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Ashley Lauren thinks about himself that thought out her life she never lived normal life like other do, and all I remember is awful pain that is with me.<br />
People and doctors think I am normal but they don’t understand the actual condition.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Diane Ashley (Lauren mother) with  the help of other effected families  started a new foundation (ihgraymatters.org)  to inform people and gather money to help suffering families and Diane says that , when more people will know, the more the chances of new researches  and more doctor will come through to provide their services.</p>
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		<title>Men with HPV at Higher Risk for HIV, Study Finds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ariyes</dc:creator>
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HIV /AIDS have evolved as a serious threat to human kind in a form of epidemic worldwide. Be it a developing or developed nation this has become a serious concern for the government and nongovernment agencies to control the spread of AIDS as there is no vaccine available for this syndrome. In this context research [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-348" title="HIV AIDS" src="http://ehealthcounselor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/HIV-211x280.jpg" alt="HIV AIDS" width="211" height="280" />HIV /AIDS have evolved as a serious threat to human kind in a form of epidemic worldwide. Be it a developing or developed nation this has become a serious concern for the government and nongovernment agencies to control the spread of AIDS as there is no vaccine available for this syndrome. In this context research and statistics show that HPV affected men are at greater risk to get infected with HIV.</p>
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A study was performed on 2,168 men who do not have circumcision and in the age range of 18 to 24 was performed in Kenya. At the beginning of the men were examined for HPV. The men were sexually active without AIDS and were monitored for 24 months. Majority of them were under supervision for next 42 months.</p>
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The study revealed around 50 % of the population had developed HPV infection on their penis skin counting to 1,089.  About 5.8 % of these HPV infected men were found to be HIV positive at the end of 42 months in comparison to 3.7 percent of population who were not HPV infected.<br />
The Journal of Infectious diseases published the outcomes of this study in the June 1 print issue and prior to this the results were out on internet on April 23.</p>
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A news released quoted the lead  author of this study Jennifer S Smith expressing  that though the controlled study was carried for several factors like circumcision and other infected cases like herpes including the consideration for social and demographic factors, those with HPV infection were found to be at maximum risk of acquiring HIV. Jennifer worked as a research associate professor of epidemiology in the Gillings school of Global Public Health at University of North Carolina. Adding to this she said if this finding is supported by other studies then the outcome would prove to be instrumental in prevention and control of HIV.</p>
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Smith told, though the absence of a vaccination for HIV is the major hurdle in the path to control AIDS, if the link between HPV infection and acquiring HIV infection could be established, then it would be another step towards taking a preventive measure for this pandemic as a vaccine for specific types of HPV is available. Making a provision for vaccinating young population before they active in sexual life could be one potential step for control of HPV and in turn a control measure for AIDS by preventing the spread of HIV.</p>
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		<title>Vitamins</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kayes</dc:creator>
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It is an overall family concern, as a parent, to ensure the whole family are getting meeting the recommended daily quota of vitamins. Every single day, consumers are bombarded by advertisements on vitamins &#38; it’s a general knowledge that vitamins are helpful for the human body. But, unfortunately, a lot of people are not aware [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">It is an overall family concern, as a parent, to ensure the whole family are getting meeting the recommended daily quota of vitamins. Every single day, consumers are bombarded by advertisements on vitamins &amp; it’s a general knowledge that vitamins are helpful for the human body. But, unfortunately, a lot of people are not aware of the ways they can helps us. Being in the know of how the vitamins can come in handy, and other significant information regarding vitamins can aid almost anyone deciding the perfect vitamins to consume, and exhibits their real benefits.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Kinds of Vitamins</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It is pretty significant to comprehend that there exists two different kinds of vitamins: Fat soluable vitamins and water-soluble ones. The fat-soluble vitamins are preserved in the fat tissues located in your physique in addition to your liver. The vitamins are present right in the body fat unless and until they are required. Whenever the vitamins are asked for, the special carriers carry them directly to the source. The time duration during which the fat-soluble vitamins remain in the physique can be as many as 6 months. The Vitamin A, E, D and K are all belonging to the group of the fat-soluble vitamins.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The other kind of vitamin is the water-soluble one. The water-soluble vitamins are way distinctive from the fat-soluble vitamins owing to the fact that they are not preserved in your body. The water-soluble vitamins are transported via the bloodstream, and whatever is unutilized by your body spills out whenever you urinate. Owing to this fact, all of these vitamins are ought to get replaced seldom owing to the fact that they don’t stay in our body for a prolonged period of time.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So, if you want to get the maximum benefit out of the vitamins then first of al consult with your physician to learn the best suited vitamin for your body.</p>
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		<title>Things to Look For in the Multivitamins</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kayes</dc:creator>
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Everyone require to be consuming the Multivitamin, but are you aware of the multivitamins that is best suited for your physique.  The best multivitamin for you is the one that is capable of replacing the vitamins and the minerals which the regular diet cannot offer.
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Everyone require to be consuming the Multivitamin, but are you aware of the <a href="http://www.naturesbest.co.uk/Multivitamins-CMULT/">multivitamins</a> that is best suited for your physique.  The best multivitamin for you is the one that is capable of replacing the vitamins and the minerals which the regular diet cannot offer.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There are a good number of the vitamins offered on the market, but if you are willing to purchase one bottle for every single vitamin you require taking in with a view to ensure the health, then you would identify that you are in possession of a cabinet filled in vitamins and you require in taking a undesired number of bills at least once or twice every other day. Owing to this, the multivitamin supplement is in fact a great concept for the individuals making an effort to ensure what they receive from the nutrients and the minerals which they require in the healthy diet.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The first and foremost thing which you wish to look at while looking for the best suited multivitamin supplement is the presence of vitamin contents in it. You also wish looking at the extra nutrients which the multivitamin is having. If a specific multivitamin supplement seems to be having all the required vitamins, then you will then wish checking the (RDA) for the vitamins. Vitamins needs minimum of 100% of the RDA in the particular multivitamin that you choose. Minerals need to be at least 50%, excluding the iron; much needed phosphorous, fluorides, and electrolytes. A lot of the multivitamin supplements are devoid of the adequate amount of the minerals owing to the fact that they are way too large with a view to be included in one single pill, therefore ensure to check the mineral contents of a particular multivitamin.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In addition, you wish checking for the respective vitamins present in the multivitamin supplements.</p>
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		<title>Get Rid of your Back Pain Forever</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ariyes</dc:creator>
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Back pain is a problem faced by so many of us. The reasons can be many for the back pains. Some of us work long hours sitting in chairs and fall victim to back pain. And we have a common perception that taking too much rest would solve the problem but it does not. In [...]]]></description>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-314" title="backpain" src="http://ehealthcounselor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/backpain-173x280.jpg" alt="backpain" width="173" height="280" />Back pain is a problem faced by so many of us. The reasons can be many for the back pains. Some of us work long hours sitting in chairs and fall victim to back pain. And we have a common perception that taking too much rest would solve the problem but it does not. In fact, taking too much rest can worsen your back pain condition. You need to start exercising to get rid of the back pain. So, it is not just resting, you have to do certain exercises to recover from it.</p>
<p>There are different exercises that serve different purposes when it comes to resolving the back pain. The exercises not will not remove the existing back pain, but will also prevent any sort of back pain in the future as you are strengthening the back muscles.</p>
<p>But do not just jump into back pain exercise because not all the exercises you suit you and choosing a wrong exercise might have adverse effects. You should visit your doctor and ask for suggestions. They are likely to recommend a few exercises for your back. Exercises that will have a positive effect on your whole body should be given priority while cutting the options down.</p>
<p>Now let us look at the exercises and find out how exactly they can help us to recover from the painful back.</p>
<p>To start with stretching is a very good exercise when it comes to back pain. You have to stretch your muscles ligaments to have a healthier back. You can use the stretching exercises if you even do not have back pains. It will help to strengthen your muscles and back ligaments and make it strong so that it does not fall victim to fatigue or trauma in the future. You have to make a schedule and do the exercises on a regular basis. But be careful not to overdo the exercises because in many cases, back pain educing exercises cause the pain to reoccur.</p>
<p>Other than stretching you will also have to do exercises that would decrease the pressure on your back. You could perform exercises to strengthen your abs and legs so that the amount of stress that the back takes is shared by those body parts.</p>
<p>You might be a young man who thinks you will never have back pain so you do not need to exercise. But trust me, start exercising and when you grow a bit older, you will be thanking be for my advice.</p>
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