Paying Attention To Black Box Warnings!
The FDA requires black-box warnings on prescription drugs thatcan have life-threatening side effects. What you may not be aware of is that these warnings aren’t being placed on the pill bottle. Instead, a thick black border is placed around text and it’s placed somewhere in the accompanying printed materials. If you don’t read the printed materials, you may be missing these warnings. It also turns out that doctors don’t seem to be reading them either. About half of the time, physicians prescribe these drugs without following the black box instructions.
So…please read the materials that accompany your prescription drugs because a drug can go from okay to black box overnight. When you see a black box, ask your Doc if he or she is aware of it and ask if you should still be taking it.
(Reported in Prevention October 2008)
Drinking Coke? What Happens In The Next Hour?
It’s not just Coke, but any soda. What happens after the last gulp?
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Within 10 minutes – 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. The reason you don’t throw-up from the overwhelming sweetness is because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor.
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Within 20 minutes – as your blood sugar spikes, your liver secretes a burst of insulin turning this massive amount of sugar into fat.
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Within 20 minutes – caffeine absorption is complete, which means your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises and your liver dumps more sugar into your bloodstream.
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Around 45 minutes – your body increases dopamine production which stimulates pleasure centers in your brain.
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After 60 minutes – you’ll start to have a sugar crash.
So…water, anyone?
(Reported by Nutrition Research Center October 24, 2007)
Hypnosis Can Help You Heal Faster
Doctors at New York City’s Mount Sinai School of Medicine reported that just 15 minutes of hypnotherapy can reduce the amount of anesthesia needed during surgery. It can also reduce the pain, nausea and fatigue afterwards. They even found out that hypnosis patients came out of surgery 11 minutes earlier. To find a licensed hypnotherapist go to www.asch.net. (reported in Prevention February 2008).
Rather than hypnosis, I have twice had hernia surgery and meditated during the surgery. I only had a local anesthetic. My surgeon wrote the results up for me. He said even before he injected the anesthetic, I had reduced my pulse to 60 beats or less. When the surgeon was done, I just opened my eyes and sat up. The nurses were perplexed as they didn’t know where to put me since I didn’t have to go to the recovery room – I had no anesthetic to recover from! They just put me in a room and said after I went to the bathroom I could leave. One hour later, I walked out of the hospital. If you’d like to read my surgeon’s report, just drop me an email.
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The Power Of Shiatsu, Acupuncture & Lifestyle Adjustments In Healing
Research published in Acupuncture Electrotherapy Research (July-Dec 1996) compared the impact of acupuncture, Shiatsu and lifestyle adjustments in 69 patients with severe angina pectoris (chest pain). Shiatsu is a Japanese finger-pressure technique. Forty-nine of these patients were candidates for coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG). The researchers compared the results with a large group of patients that did go through CABG. The incidence of death among the CABG patients was 21%, while the patients undergoing acupuncture and Shiatsu had a death rate of 7%. Sixty-one percent of the acupuncture and Shiatsu patients were able to cancel surgery due to clinical improvement. The annual number of in-hospital days was reduced by 90%.
Interestingly, the men in the study reported significantly less positive expectations towards the outcome of the study – yet there was no gender-based difference in the effects at the end of the study.
So…find someone to do acupuncture and shiatsu and do some lifestyle changes to avoid the knife. By the way, my book Managing Your Stress: How To Relax and Enjoy has a number of Shiatsu treatments in it, too. Click to Order. [ Add link ]
Got Fibroids? There’s Surgery-Free Help Available
For women who are done having children, there’s now a way to avoid a hysterectomy and get rid of uterine fibroids. The new method is high-intensity ultrasound. A three-hour treatment uses a laser to heat and destroy fibroid tissue, easing pain and heavy bleeding. Recovery took 2 days. In clinical trials, over 75% of women felt better after three months (1/3 of the women required a repeat treatment a year later).
(Reported in Prevention December 2007)
Office Printers Are Polluters
Australian researchers found that the air in offices was five times more polluted during working hours due to laser printers. The fine particles from the toner can irritate the lungs and cause cardiovascular problems. Of 62 printers tested, the researchers found that 40% produced fine particles. What should you do? The researchers recommended avoiding the printer after new cartridges are installed, sitting as far away from the printer as possible and placing printers in well-ventilated areas.
(Reported in Prevention December 2007)
Are People Living Longer Going To Strain The Economy?
Appears that the answer is no. According to a research study by the AARP, the cost of entitlement programs, such as social security, Medicare and Medicaid, have remained remarkably steady as a percentage of the gross domestic product. It is even a smaller percentage today than when Ronald Reagan became president 26 years ago.
The researchers found that the real problem is out-of-control health care costs. These increasing costs are due in large measure to advances in medical technology. The AARP’s position is that we have to make the health care system more effective, efficient and affordable, and it has to be done now.
(Reported AARP November & December 2007)
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