Registration deadline is Friday. Topics include perceptions of menopause, symptoms of peri-menopause, risk factors for osteoporosis, breast cancer and heart disease, diet and exercise, hormone replacement therapy and alternative therapies, the benefits of soy for menopausal women and communication. May 12 at Mercy Center for Health and Wellness in Anderson Township. The class will emphasize basic principles of meditation and practice and how to use meditation to manage stress. Ms. Moore, an oncology nurse practitioner, gives tips on easing the stress of cancer treatment with aromatherapy, herbal remedies, massage and yoga.
Tips are organized symptom by symptom.
A gene that helps control blood clotting is part of why African-Americans are six times more at risk for heart disease, according to a new study. The gene studied maps a protein called thrombomodulin, which converts the enzyme thrombin from a clotting agent to an anti-clotting agent. The shift is associated with increased risk of heart attack. Amino acids like alanine and valine join to form proteins, researchers say, and changing the order of those amino acids in genes affects the protein's function. Reduced levels of normal thrombomodulin because of the altered gene may cause a greater risk for blood vessel damage and blood clots.