Water is the most essential element to sustain life on the planet. 70 per cent of the human body is made up of water. You may not know that in ancient times, our ancestors followed the practice of storing water in containers made of copper. Their aim was to safeguard drinking water, but there is more to the story.
In today’s modern world where we have UV filters and RO purifiers to purify water, the storage of water in metal containers may sound old-fashioned and not needed. However, this age-old practice is now supported by several scientific studies.
Storing water in a copper vessel creates a natural purification process. It can kill all the microorganisms, moulds, fungi, algae and bacteria, present in the water that could be harmful to the body, and makes the water perfectly fit for drinking. In addition, water stored in a copper vessel, preferably overnight or at least for four hours, acquires a certain quality from the copper. Copper is an essential trace mineral that is vital to human health. It has antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-carcinogenic and anti-inflammatory properties, and also helps neutralise toxins.
Unlike some nutritional elements, the body cannot synthesise copper, so you need to get it from dietary sources. The best dietary sources of copper include seafood, organ meats, whole grains, lentils, nuts, seeds, chocolate, cereals, potatoes, peas and some dark green leafy vegetables. Drinking 2 to 3 glasses of water that has been stored in a copper vessel is another easy way to supply your body with enough copper.
1. Helps the digestive system work efficiently.
Copper has properties that helps kill harmful bacteria and reduce inflammation within the stomach. This makes it a great remedy for ulcers, indigestion and infections. Copper also helps cleanse and detox your stomach, regulating the working of your liver and kidneys, and ensures the absorption of nutrients from food.
2. Aids weight loss
To lose weight faster, try drinking water stored in a copper vessel regularly. Apart from fine tuning your digestive system, copper also helps your body break down fat and eliminates it more efficiently, thereby helping your body keep only what it will use and throw out the rest.
3.Helps heal wounds faster
Known for its immense anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-inflammatory properties, copper is a great tool for healing wounds quickly. Copper is also known to strengthen your immune system and aid in the production of new cells. But its healing properties don’t cease with helping the body externally; copper is also known to help wounds heal within the body, especially in the stomach.
4. Slows down ageing.
Packed with very strong anti-oxidant and cell forming properties, copper fights off free radicals, one of the main reasons for the formation of fine lines on the skin.
5.Helps maintain heart health and beats hypertension
Copper may help minimise your risk of developing heart disease. According to the American Cancer Society, copper has been found to help regulate blood pressure, heart rate and lower bad cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
6. Mitigates the risk of cancer.
Copper has very strong antioxidant properties that helps fight off free radicals and negate their ill effects – one of the main reasons for the development of cancer.
7. Protects you from infection.
Copper is known to be oligodynamic in nature (the sterilising effect of metals on bacteria), and can destroy bacteria very effectively. It is especially effective against algae, moulds, spores, fungi, viruses, prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms, even in relatively low concentrations. These are bacteria that are commonly found in our environment and known to cause severe illnesses in the human body.
8. Regulates the working of the thyroid gland.
Health experts believe that one commonality among people with thyroid diseases is that they usually have low levels of copper in their body. While this is most commonly seen in people with hyperthyroidism (excessive thyroid hormone), those with hypothyroidism (low levels of thyroid hormone) may also suffer from this deficiency.
9. Beats arthritis and inflamed joints.
Copper has very strong anti-inflammatory properties. These properties can help to relieve aches and pains caused due to inflamed joints – like in the case of arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Copper also has bone and immune system strengthening properties, making it a powerful remedy for arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis in many patients.
10. Boosts skin health and melanin production.
Copper is the main component in the production of melanin (a pigment that mitigates the colour of your eyes, hair and skin) in our bodies. It also aids in the production of new cells that help replenish the top most layers of your skin leaving you with smooth and supple skin.
The most amazing fact about copper is that it is required in most processes that occur in our body. From cell formation to aiding in the absorption of iron, it is an essential mineral for the functioning of your body.
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The opinions expressed within this article have been put together from various resources and opinions including doctors, nutritionists and other health professionals. Naked Pools is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, suitability, or validity of the information in this article but we encourage you to research for yourself.


If you practice in the Bradford and Airedale area, this section will provide you with local referral guidelines, contact details and useful information on services available in the area.
Please use the local referral forms where possible.
**NEW** Information on Low Vision Services available in the area can be found in this section
There is the BRI Email Enquiry Service for Optometrists in the Bradford area to ask questions about their patients eye condition and possible referral.
Emergency referral guidelines can also be found in this section.
There is also a dedicated WET AMD pathway for suspect WET AMD patients. There is now a choice of 3 providers for this service.


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1. America has never seen a public health crisis like the current opioid epidemic.
Last year, more than 64,000 people died of drug overdoses in the U.S., the majority from opioids like oxycodone, heroin, and fentanyl. That’s more than the number of people who died from HIV/AIDS in a single year at its peak (43,000), more than the number of people who ever died in a single year from car crashes (55,000), and more than the number of Americans who died during the entire Vietnam War (58,000).
The rise in opioid-related deaths began in the early 2000s with an uptick in overdoses from prescription painkillers. Then, around 2010, heroin overdoses began to rise as people addicted to painkillers started to lose their sources. And in the past couple years, overdoses from fentanyl, a cheaper and deadlier alternative to heroin, have spiked dramatically.
Unfortunately, the opioid epidemic is still getting worse. Opioid-related deaths increased even more from 2015 to 2016, and experts expect the situation to continue to worsen in the coming years. It’s so bad that the average life expectancy in the U.S. has actually begun to decrease for the first time in decades.
Meanwhile, the companies that manufacture opioid painkillers have seen their profits skyrocket. Big pharmaceutical companies like Purdue Pharma, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson are doing about $10 billion in opioid sales in the U.S. each year. Business has never been better!
2. Doctors used to be cautious about opioids, so Big Pharma launched a massive lobbying effort to get to doctors to prescribe them more often.
Opioids have been around for a long time. Opioid painkillers hit the market in the U.S. for the first time in 1898 with Bayer Co’s “Heroin” cough syrup. Decades later drugs like oxycodone and Vicodin were approved by the FDA for pain management. But with illegal heroin seen as a major public health issue for much of the 20th century, there was a sense of opiophobia in the medical field and many doctors were afraid to prescribe opioids because of their addictive nature. For decades, their use was largely confined to terminal cancer patients.
That changed in the 1990s, when Big Pharma launched a massive lobbying effort to encourage doctors to prescribe opioids more often. Instead of reserving the drugs for cancer patients, they wanted doctors to use them as long-term pain treatments for people suffering from relatively minor issues, like chronic neck pain.
The drug companies promoted their painkillers by purchasing advertisements and funding research in medical journals. They lobbied to get their opioid use recommendations in the pain management curriculum that was taught in continuing education courses for medical professionals at the time. A non-profit funded by the pharmaceutical industry, called the American Pain Society, campaigned to have pain considered “the fifth vital sign,” joining blood pressure, temperature, heartbeat, and breathing. Since 2001 the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has required doctors to ask patients about pain in the same way that they are required to measure their patients’ blood pressure.
Throughout the mid 2000s, drug companies gave the non-profit Federation of State Medical Boards $825,000 to fund a model policy on opioids that would be promoted to medical policymakers in the state. The model policy encouraged aggressive prescribing of opioids and said that denying opioids is bad medical practice. By 2013, the policy was adopted by at least 35 state medical boards.
The companies also used their money and influence to convince policymakers that their products were not responsible for the emerging opioid epidemic. Between 2006 and 2015, the companies spent more than $880 million on lobbying and campaign contributions in Congress and statehouses across the country to fight opioid limits and defend medical policies that encouraged their use. That’s more than 200 times as much as interests advocating for stricter opioid policies spent during that period.
3. The DEA tried to crack down on drug distributors from diverting opioids to fraudulent pain clinics, but pharma-backed politicians passed a bill to strip them of their authority.
In the mid 2000s the Drug Enforcement Administration developed a strategy for stemming the illicit use of opioid painkillers by going after the companies that distribute the pills. For about 10 years the DEA levied fines on distributors that shipped opioids to businesses suspected of filling fraudulent prescriptions. In some cases the DEA was able to freeze shipments from these distributors in order to prevent pills from hitting the streets.
But in April, 2016, Congress passed a bill to limit the DEA’s authority and make it all but impossible for them to halt suspicious shipments of opioids.
The bill was drafted by Linden Barber, a former top lawyer for the DEA who had spent four years prosecuting opioid distributors for the government. After leaving the DEA, Linden spun through the revolving door and took a lucrative job at a law firm representing the very pharmaceutical companies that he had been prosecuting while at the DEA.
“If you have a DEA compliance issue or you’re facing a government investigation,” Barber says in a promotional video for the law firm, “I’d be happy to hear from you.”
Barber’s bill was introduced in Congress by Representatives Tom Marino (R-PA) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), who both represent districts with drug overdose death rates above the national average. The bill was passed unanimously by the House and Senate and signed into law by President Obama.
So why would Congress—especially Marino and Blackburn—sponsor a bill like this while their constituents are dying from the epidemic? The Washington Post provides details on the pharmaceutical money that greased the skids for the bill:
Political action committees representing the industry contributed at least $1.5 million to the 23 lawmakers who sponsored or co-sponsored four versions of the bill, including nearly $100,000 to Marino and $177,000 to [Orrin] Hatch. Overall, the drug industry spent $102 million lobbying Congress on the bill and other legislation between 2014 and 2016, according to lobbying reports.
4. Drug companies poached from the DEA to weaken them and get a leg up on lobbying.
From 2005 to 2015, while the Drug Enforcement Administration was trying to crack down on illicit opioid use, the drug companies were working to weaken the DEA by hiring away DEA agents who had been the architects of the agency’s campaign against them.
According to a 2016 Washington Post investigation, “the pharmaceutical companies and law firms that represent them have hired at least 42 officials from the DEA – 31 of them directly from the division responsible for regulating the industry.”
Poaching the DEA’s employees was an effective way for the drug companies to weaken the DEA, and it also gave them a big advantage for changing government policy in their favor. By hiring from the DEA, the drug companies got employees who had connections to people who still worked at the agency overseeing them. These “revolving door” connections help make lobbying efforts more effective by giving access and providing a personal touch to otherwise transactional exchanges.
Indeed, it was a former DEA agent that drafted the bill, described above, that took away the DEA’s ability to freeze suspicious opioid treatments. If the drug companies didn’t have a former DEA agent with intimate knowledge of the laws and procedures involved in the agency’s operations, they likely would not have been able to draft legislation that looked innocent enough to pass in Congress, while being strong enough to defang the DEA.
5. Marijuana can substitute for opioids, so Big Pharma is spending millions to keep it illegal.
Marijuana is a good alternative to opioid painkillers. Studies have shown that it can effectively treat many of the types of pain that opioids are often prescribed for, and there are no known cases of deaths from marijuana overdoses.
In states where marijuana has been legalized, opioid overdoses have gone down. “Hospitalization rates for opioid painkiller dependence and abuse dropped on average 23 percent in states after marijuana was permitted for medicinal purposes,” Reuters reported in March 2017. “Hospitalization rates for opioid overdoses dropped 13 percent on average.”
That’s great news for combating the opioid epidemic. But for the companies that make opioids it’s a direct threat to their bottom line, so they are funding campaigns to stop states from legalizing marijuana.
In the 2016 election, Insys Therapeutics, the company that makes fentanyl (a deadly painkiller), spent $500,000 to defeat a marijuana legalization ballot measure in Arizona. It was the largest contribution ever made to an anti-legalization effort. The ballot measure failed.
Drug companies have also donated heavily to powerful politicians in states that are considering marijuana legalization. The Democratic Governors Association, a political group that helps elect Democratic governors, has received more than $18 million from Big Pharma over the past ten years. As a result, in liberal states where marijuana legalization is overwhelmingly popular, Democratic governors have stood in opposition. Instead they tend to favor approaches that only legalize marijuana for medical use in processed forms, something the pharmaceutical industry can control on profit on.
The industry has also provided funding to anti-marijuana academics. A 2014 investigation by Vice found that several of the leading academic researchers and writers that advocate against legalizing marijuana have taken money from companies that make and sell opioids. These individuals are treated as independent experts and given the opportunity to promote anti-marijuana talking points through op-eds and press statements while simultaneously taking consulting fees from major opioid companies like Pfizer and Purdue Pharma.


Ancient Egypt did have some form of healthcare, but it was not universally accessible to everyone. Healthcare in ancient Egypt was primarily available to the elite and those who could afford it. Physicians and healers existed in ancient Egyptian society, and they practiced various medical treatments and surgeries, including dentistry, ophthalmology, and wound care. The ancient Egyptians also had knowledge of medicinal herbs and remedies.
However, the average Egyptian might not have had access to these healthcare services, especially in rural areas. Healthcare was likely more accessible to the wealthy and those living in urban centers. The quality of healthcare would have varied depending on one’s social and economic status.
So, while healthcare did exist in ancient Egypt, it was not equally accessible to all members of society.
- Limited Accessibility: Healthcare in ancient Egypt was not readily available to all citizens. Instead, it was primarily accessible to the elite and those who could afford it.
- Physicians and Healers: Ancient Egypt had physicians and healers who practiced various medical treatments, surgeries, and remedies. These skilled practitioners catered to the healthcare needs of the population.
- Elite Access: The wealthy and privileged class had better access to healthcare services. They could afford the services of physicians and specialized treatments.
- Urban Centers: Healthcare services were more concentrated in urban centers, where physicians and medical facilities were more accessible. Rural areas likely had fewer healthcare options.
- Varied Quality: The quality of healthcare in ancient Egypt varied significantly depending on one’s social and economic status. The elite received more advanced and specialized treatments, while the common people might have relied on traditional remedies.
- Herbal Remedies: The ancient Egyptians possessed knowledge of medicinal herbs and remedies, which were often used in healthcare practices.
- Inequality: Healthcare inequality was prevalent, with the wealthy enjoying better medical care, while the less fortunate had limited access to formal healthcare services.


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INTELLiVENT-ASV automatically employs lung-protective strategies to minimize complications from AutoPEEP and volutrauma/barotrauma. INTELLiVENT-ASV also prevents apnea, tachypnea, dead space ventilation and excessively large breaths. Within the rules of this lung-protective strategy, INTELLiVENT-ASV encourages the patient to breathe spontaneously.
INTELLiVENT-ASV provides more time in optimal ventilation ranges (Lellouche 2013) and delivers more variable ventilation in spontaneous breathing patients as compared to conventional ventilation (Clavieras 2013).
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The Ventilation Cockpit on the HAMILTON-C6 mechanical ventilator consolidates the monitoring data and converts it into visual displays. These easy-to-understand displays give a quick overview of the patient’s current ventilation status and provide a reliable basis for therapy decisions.
Hamilton Medical ventilators and ASV can reduce ventilation time and thus treatment costs. They can also reduce the time needed for standard settings and alarm management while maintaining ventilation quality. This frees up time for other aspects of patient care.
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Baby teeth knocked out?
About a 3rd of all toddlers experience some of teeth-associated trauma, usually between 18 and forty months. Right here’s what to do whilst the ones pearly whites take a knock.
If a child teeth is knocked out completely, probabilities are the dentist might not be able to re-implant it. Everlasting enamel, on the other hand, may be re-implanted inside up to 2 hours after being injured.
What to do
In all lacking-tooth cases, follow company, constant pressure to the hole. If bleeding doesn’t stop after 10 mins, see the dentist or visit a&e. Seek advice from the physician approximately painkillers in your toddler.
If the enamel is partially out of the gum or there may be a destroy line jogging up the enamel, or a glob of reddish flesh (the dental pulp) protruding, visit the dentist without delay. If the enamel has simply shifted a bit, your baby will likely push the teeth returned into place together with his tongue. If a enamel has been pushed up into the gum (intruded) but isn’t always broken off or bleeding, ensure you seek advice from your dentist.
After any dental trauma, toddler teeth are probably to change coloration over the direction of a few weeks. Which means that the inside of the tooth has died and might have to be pulled out.
In case your toddler has reduce or bruised his gums or lips, practice bloodless pressure with a small bag of ice or a frozen fruit bar. If the cut is greater than 1/four inch or goes throughout the lip border, take your toddler to see his healthcare provider. The company can make certain that the whole lot will heal nicely. Don’t panic in case your toddler cuts his tongue and you see a whole lot of blood. The tongue has an amazing blood supply, and even though it puts on quite a display, it normally heals itself.
Away with decay
Despite the fact that they’re not everlasting, injured infant enamel nonetheless need interest. Trauma to them can harm the permanent enamel developing below the gum, likely delaying their increase.
It is a very good concept to make a dental appointment before your child is actually off and running. Pediatricians and dentists propose that the primary visit take area by means of his first birthday.


It is common for a normal person to shed a few strands of hair every day. The process of hairs’ evolution keeps on going like this, spanning an average life of approximately 3-5 years. However, you should start worrying when the amount of shedding hairs increases significantly; say for example, over 100 hairs a day. If that is the case, you should start looking for a suitable hair fall treatment.
Available Hair Fall Treatments.
Following are some most notable and popular hair fall treatments available nowadays. Later, in this article, you will find some tips to select a suitable hair fall treatment that suits you best.
Naturopathy is a relatively simpler hair fall treatment, which focuses on curing the hair loss problems with nature and its ingredients. When compared with other hair fall treatments, this treatment is a relatively safe bet, with little possibility of side-effects.
In naturopathy, the patient is prescribed certain vitamin supplements – for example, vitamin B and Iron – in help stimulating the natural growth of hair. Apart from the above-mentioned vitamins, it is also common to prescribe a few herbs to mitigate the hair loss problem. When going for naturopathy, remember that is a process that takes a bit of time.
An FDA approved medication; Rogaine is a popular hair fall treatment. The overall procedure revolves around a medicine that comes in liquid as well as in the form of foam – which is then applied twice on the affected scalp areas.
Although a negative point of this hair fall treatment is its longevity. The results are not long-lasting and suddenly vanish, as soon as you stop using the medication.
3. Surgical Operation.
You must have heard about Hair Transplantation, which is another popular hair loss treatment. It is done via a surgical operation, in which hairs are implanted into your head. The overall treatment is done in several sittings, which is only decided by the severity of baldness and hair loss. Considered a bit more expensive, the process of hair transplantation is gaining popularity.
4. Shampoos and Conditioners.
Although not very effective as some of the methods mentioned earlier, there are now various shampoos and conditioners that claim to deal specifically with the hair loss problem. Many famous companies like Dove and Pantene have come up with their own series of shampoos and conditioners to combat against the hair fall issue. Visible results are claimed to be achieved within a couple of weeks, although you should be prepared to use the products for a longer period of time. Studies claim that there may be some side-effects too.
5. Home Remedies.
Last, but not the least, there are several home remedies that are believed to work well against the hair fall problem. Consuming more fruits, vitamins, minerals are some of the common steps of home remedies. Moreover, treatments like water therapy and using items like eggs, yogurt, aloe vera, are some possible solutions that fall in the category of natural home remedies.
Tips On Selecting A Suitable Hair Fall Treatment.
There are several things that should be considered when selecting a suitable hair fall treatment.
a. You should consider your type of skin and hair. If you are too sensitive, you should avoid harsh and rough treatments.
b. Avoid using commercial products that you are not so sure about.
c. It is always recommended to start using natural products, herbs and home remedies, before moving on to more severe treatments.
d. Make sure to identify the exact problem and root cause of your hair loss, before deciding the type of hair fall treatment you should get.
e. Consult a doctor to seek his/her recommendation.


Professor Tess van der Merwe
MBChB (UP) FCP(SA) PhD (Wits) – Lead Clinician
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Tess van der Merwe is an Honorary Professor and Researcher in the Department of Endocrinology, University of Pretoria. She is also the CEO of the 11 Centres for Metabolic Medicine and Surgery of South Africa (CEMMS)(SA). She was the Honorary Secretary of the International Association for the Study of Obesity for a period of 8 years and currently remains the Africa consultant for this association. In addition, she is the Chair of the South African Society for Obesity Metabolism (SASSO) and has served this organisation for more than 25 years.
Professor van der Merwe established the CEMMS (SA) in 2005. She is also the Director of the Waterfall City Hospital Metabolic Medicine and Surgery Centre Research group and is a full time clinician at this hospital. Under her guidance, the Waterfalls City hospital was awarded international accreditation to perform metabolic surgery, in November 2011, and is the only hospital in SA that carries this honour to date. She received her MBChB from the University Pretoria, South Africa (1982) and was subsequently awarded an FCP (SA), before becoming a registered Endocrinologist and gaining her PhD at the University of the Witwatersrand.
She was appointed as Associate Professor of Endocrinology at the University of the Witwatersrand 2003 – 2006. From 1989 – 1995, she spent a large percentage of time with Professor P. Lӧnnroth and other esteemed colleagues at the Sahlgrenska Hospital in Goteborg, acquainting herself with various research models in cellular and clinical obesity. She has received numerous research grants. Professor van der Merwe has also received numerous ballet and cultural awards prior to studying medicine. She matriculated with seven distinctions, as the top student in Gauteng in 1976. Currently her primary clinical commitment is in the field of bariatric and metabolic surgery for obese and diabetic patients. She has been invited to chair prestigious international lectures and symposiums, and been invited to do numerous research and keynote international lectures in her field of medicine. She currently serves on the Scientific Board of the International Federation for Surgical Obesity.
Professor van der Merwe has in excess of 110 publications in the field of obesity, metabolism and endocrinology, and has contributed to obesity study modules for the Foundation for Professional Development and IASO. In 2006 & 2010 she wrote a manual on obesity management guidelines for South Africa and currently serves on the editorial board of a number of international journals. In the past, key areas of research interest included investigating in vivo and in vitro adipose tissue lipolysis and relating these findings to intermediary metabolism, quantification of body composition and body fat distribution using computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scanning, obesity genetics and pharmaco-genetics. She conducted a research portfolio in the clinical consequences and outcomes of bariatric surgery as well as MC4R polymorphisms in a South African obese population.
- Director: Centres of Excellence for Metabolic Medicine and Surgery (CEMMS)
- Director: Waterfall City Hospital Metabolic Medicine and Surgery Research Group
- Endocrinologist: Waterfall City Hospital
- Honorary Professor and Researcher, University of Pretoria, Dept. of Endocrinology
- Consultant, Africa Region: World Obesity and SCOPE
- CEO: South African Society for Obesity and Metabolism (SASSO)
- External consultancy on obesity and accreditation for Netcare Health Group


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The Onnit Alpha Brain medical trial led to a 12% enhancement in executive functioning and verbal recall. Additionally, the Alpha Brain individuals revealed a 21% faster reaction time in cognitive function evaluation than the placebo. Onnit 6 Review. The individuals also went through an electroencephalogram (ECG) test to identify the brain wave functions. The ECG information showed among the most compelling findings amongst the Alpha Brain group.
In other words, the outcomes reveal that Alpha Brain helps spoken vocabulary, memory and enhances executive functions and reasoning abilities and it is scientifically 'proven'. Now that the benefits of Onnit Alpha Brain are well-proven, it is time to go more extensive on why you require it. So, Why do you need the Alpha Brain supplement?See, a shortage in anything holds you back from the success you are implied for while enhancing your cognitive thinking capabilities certainly brings a total improvement in your lifestyle, goals, and aspiration (Onnit 6 Review).


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Free Skin Cancer Screenings in Sterling Heights on May 7, 2012 10:30 AM
Free Skin Cancer Screenings
May 7, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Beaumont Medical Center- Get Directions
44344 Dequindre Road, Suite 350
Sterling Heights, MI48310
Beaumont dermatologists will be providing free skin cancer screenings for adults 18 years and older on May 7th from 10:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. The number of new cases of skin cancer has been increasing for more than 30 years in the United States. Melanoma, a type of cancer that starts in the pigment-producing skin cells, is the cause of most skin cancer deaths. However, with early detection, diagnosis and treatment, this type of cancer can be cured. Adults 18 and older can register for their free skin cancer screening online at classes.beaumont.edu or call toll-free at (800)633-7377. Screenings must be scheduled by appointment. "cbsdetroitevents"
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This was the title of a talk I attended today at the Natural & Organic Products Europe Show in London’s Excel – which is an annual trade event, showcasing a diversity of innovative products and brands – including food, supplements, cosmetics, lifestyle and household goods – many of which are launching into the market. (A report on MI-free household finds can be read here.)
The talk was given by Allergy UK’s Amena Warner, and while we all know that the answer to the question is yes, the range of ingredients to which cosmetic users may be reacting to did remind me that it’s important to look beyond the usual suspects – and put yourself into the hands of a medical expert – if you are concerned about skin sensitisers.
Walker told us that fragrance is the number one cause of skin allergic reactions to cosmetics.
Given that women use several cosmetic products daily, each containing potentially several fragrance allergens (such as geraniol, eugenol, limonene etc – usually listed at the end of the list of ingredients), that’s a sizeable exposure to these potent triggers.
Although self diagnosis is never a good idea, and clearly fragrances are major culprits, of course so are other ingredients, Warner reminded us.
Emollients – essentially moisturisers, useful to those with skin barrier function problems and eczema – are potential culprits as well. Warner named lanolin, propolis, beeswax and (a surprise to me) castor oil, which, although rare, can be related to lipstick use, so is worth bearing in mind if you have reactions in the lip and gum areas.
Naturally, preservatives are a main cause of reactions too – and it’s not just methylisothiazolinone (MI), which I was pleased to see mentioned and discussed – but imidazolidinyl urea and quaternium 15 (as well as phenoxyethanol, parabens and others).
All this did serve as a useful reminder that skin allergies can be caused by a number of ingredients (there are 8000 after all, which the cosmetic chemist can use to create a formulation) and that it may not always be what you think it is. Patch testing is the way to go, if your doctor agrees that there could be a sensitivity that needs to be investigated. Warner pointed out that many women experiment and avoid cosmetics which seem to trigger reactions – this may solve the problem in the short term, but it’s clearly beneficial to get to the root of the problem so that the trigger (if there is one) can be avoided in future. Remember – formulations change, new products come, and old products go. The cosmetic world changes rapidly. It always helps to know the precise nature of your reaction – or whether it’s an allergy at all.
Warner stressed that methylisothiazolinone was such a potent allergen, that Allergy UK do not endorse any products with MI which come into contact with the skin. I covered Allergy UK endorsements and seals of approval in a recent blog post, which you can read here.


NHS Charities Together award £50,000 to St George’s Hospital Charity to support an innovative Community-led Health and Wellbeing Project08 April 2021
In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic struck, with devastating effects emerging across the country. A Public Health report in June 2020 demonstrated the disproportionate toll Covid-19 had taken on our minority ethnic communities, with many friends and family, and elders in our communities lost to COVID 19. It also became clear that both coming from a BAME background as well as having a long term condition were factors increasing the risk of death from the virus.
As part of the pandemic response, NHS Charities Together awarded a generous sum of £50,000 to St George’s Hospital Charity, to work in partnership with South West London CCG on a Community-Led Health and Wellbeing Project, investing in BAME communities and reducing health inequalities in times of Covid19.
The project builds on a successfully piloted community-led health clinic project, building on findings which demonstrated an increased risk in the community of developing Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension. This is a pilot Long-Term Conditions detection project co-produced between Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network (WCEN), South West London Health and Care Partnership and six local places of worship.
Working with communities in Wandsworth and Merton, the project has been lucky enough to form a user group with 8 faith leaders and members from local South Asian, African Caribbean and black African communities to experience the curriculum of the programme first hand. It was also fortunate in securing the support from the highly regarded dietitian, contributor to the renowned World Food book, and practising Muslim, Selma Mehar. Selma will be helping with translating people’s feedback into changes to the curriculum.
Working with communities to co-design and produce the programme has been hugely instrumental in this project, ensuring the result of this project will be a more culturally adapted curriculum which will resonate better with participants from our local communities, increasing buy-in to the programme and generating better health and wellbeing outcomes for participants in the long run.
Amerjit Chohan, Chief Executive of St George’s Hospital Charity said “We are so grateful for the amazing contribution from NHS Charities Together to allow this project to go ahead. We are committed to supporting the local communities surrounding St George’s and Queen Mary’s Hospitals throughout the Covid Pandemic and beyond.”
Thank you to NHS Charities Together for enabling this exciting new project to develop and to our project partners at SWLondon CCG, investing in local BAME communities to improve their health and wellbeing through a community empowered tailored programme!


Apollo Hospitals was established in 1983 by Dr. Prathap C Reddy, renowned as the architect of modern healthcare in India. As the nation’s first corporate hospital, Apollo Hospitals is acclaimed for pioneering the private healthcare revolution in the country.
Apollo Hospitals has emerged as Asia’s foremost integrated healthcare services provider and has a robust presence across the healthcare ecosystem, including Hospitals, Pharmacies, Primary Care & Diagnostic Clinics and several retail health models. The Group also has Telemedicine facilities across several countries, Health Insurance Services, Global Projects Consultancy, Medical Colleges, Medvarsity for E-Learning, Colleges of Nursing and Hospital Management and a Research Foundation. In addition, ‘ASK Apollo’ – an online consultation portal and Apollo Home Health provide the care continuum.
The cornerstones of Apollo’s legacy are its unstinting focus on clinical excellence, affordable costs, modern technology and forward-looking research & academics. One of the most significant technological advancements introduced by Apollo Hospitals is the Proton Therapy Centre in Chennai – the first such centre in entire South East Asia, serving over 3.5 Billion people across the region.
Apollo Hospitals was the first in India to launch the concept of Preventive Health Checks. From the date of inception in 1987 till date, over 20 Million health checks have been completed.
Since its inception, Apollo Hospitals has been honoured by the trust of over 150 million individuals who come from 140 countries. At the core of Apollo’s patient-centric culture is TLC (Tender Loving Care), the magic that inspires hope amongst its patients.
Company Vision: Apollo’s vision for the next phase of development is to ‘Touch a Billion Lives’.
Mission Statement: “Our mission is to bring healthcare of International standards within the reach of every individual. We are committed to the achievement and maintenance of excellence in education, research and healthcare for the benefit of humanity”
As a responsible corporate citizen, Apollo Hospitals takes the spirit of leadership well beyond business and has embraced the responsibility of keeping India healthy. Recognizing that Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are the greatest threat to the nation, Apollo Hospitals is continuously educating people about preventive healthcare as the key to wellness. Likewise, envisioned by Dr. Prathap C Reddy, the “Billion Hearts Beating Foundation” endeavours to keep Indians heart-healthy.
Apollo Hospitals has championed numerous social initiatives – to cite a few which assist underprivileged children – SACHi (Save a Child’s Heart Initiative) which screens and provides paediatric cardiac care for congenital heart diseases, SAHI (Society to Aid the Hearing Impaired) and the CURE Foundation focused on cancer care. To introduce population health into the Indian narrative, the Total Health Foundation, as envisaged by Dr. Reddy, is piloting a unique model of healthcare in the Thavanampalle Mandal of Andhra Pradesh. It aims to provide “holistic healthcare” for the entire community starting from birth, through one’s journey into childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age.
Dr. Prathap C Reddy, Founder Chairman of the Apollo Hospitals Group has been conferred with the prestigious Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian award.


Last Spring we had great hope in returning to in-home classes with COVID numbers going down and many people getting vaccinated. The Adeo Leadership recently met with a medical doctor who serves on the COVID Task Forces of a major medical hospital in New York City and a private school on the Upper East Side. We were advised to teach the Adeo Program virtually this Fall.
The doctor stated the Delta variant emerging in July has been a game changer. There are breakthrough incidences of people getting COVID even though they have been vaccinated. In addition, the exposure time was previously 10 minutes, but the Delta variant is far less. She gave several reasons to not have classes in person now.
- Children 12 and under are not vaccinated and are more vulnerable. Simultaneously, vaccinated adult immunity is wearing off.
- Schools are able to distance children 3 feet apart in rows and put students in pods. This is difficult to impossible to do in host homes.
- Schools have put in ventilation systems to combat the spread of COVID. We are unable to confirm or do the same in host homes.
- Making sure children are masked and wearing the masks properly is a constant challenge.
With this information in mind and the health of our families and teachers as our top priority, we will start the Adeo Program in October with virtual (Zoom) classes. Mid January we will reassess the situation with the hope to switch to in person classes by the end of January.
Please reach out to the Adeo office if you have any questions or need more information.


182 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria, on Thursday, May 28, 2020.
According to The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 111 cases were recorded in Lagos, 16 in FCT, 10 in Akwa Ibom, 8 in Oyo, 6 in Kaduna, 6 in Rivers, 5 in Ogun, 4 in Ebonyi, 3 in Kano, 2 in Plateau, 2 in Gombe, 2 in Kwara, 1 in Kebbi, 1 in Bauchi and 1 in Borno State.
In total, Nigeria has recorded 8915 cases of COVID-19. 2592 patients have been discharged from various Isolation centers across the country, while 259 deaths have been recorded.
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The two types of pain fibers enter different layers of the dorsal horn. Ad fibers enter the posterior marginalis and the nucleus proprius, and synapse on a second set of neurons. These are the secondary afferents (purple, below) which will carry the signal to the thalamus. The secondary afferents from both layers cross to the opposite side of the spinal cord and ascend in a tract called (logically) the spinothalamic tract. Tracts are always labeled from beginning to end.
The C fibers enter the substantia gelatinosa and synapse, but they do not synapse on secondary afferents. Instead they synapse on interneurons - neurons which do not project out of the immediate area. The interneurons must carry the signal to the secondary afferents in either the posterior marginalis or the nucleus proprius.
The spinothalamic tract ascends the entire length of the cord as shown above, and the entire brainstem, staying in about the same location all the way up. Below are representative slides showing the tract in the medulla and midbrain. Notice that by midbrain the spinothalamic tract appears to be continuous with the medial lemniscus. They will enter the VPL of the thalamus together.
The spinothalamic system enters the VPL, synapses, and is finally carried to cortex by the thalamocortical neurons. Here is a schematic of the entire pathway:
E. Pain control:
It has been recognized for centuries that opium and related compounds (such as morphine) are powerful analgesics. Several decades ago scientists hunted down the opiate receptor which was responsible for the potent effects. They then reasoned that if there was such a receptor in the body, maybe the body used its own endogenous form of opium to control pain. (It has also been recognized for centuries that under certain circumstances, i.e. the heat of battle, a serious wound may not cause pain.) This hypothetical compound was named "endorphin", from endogenous-morphine. Soon after, an entire class of peptide neurotransmitters was discovered that interacted with the opiate receptor, and now includes endorphins, enkephalins, and dynorphins. Synthetic, exogenous forms of these compounds continue to be discovered, prescribed, and abused, and are classed under the general term, "narcotics".
There are opiate receptors throughout the central nervous system. In the dorsal horn, they are located on the terminals of the primary afferents, as well as on the cell bodies of the secondary afferents. Opiate interneurons in the spinal cord can be activated by descending projections from the brainstem (especially the raphe nuclei and periaqueductal grey), and can block pain transmission at two sites. 1) They can prevent the primary afferent from passing on its signal by blocking neurotransmitter release, and 2) they can inhibit the secondary afferent so it does not send the signal up the spinothalamic tract.
F. The proprioceptive system:
The proprioceptive system arises from primarily the Aa afferents entering the spinal cord. These are the afferents from muscle spindles, Golgi tendon organs, and joint receptors. The axons travel for a little while with the discriminative touch system, in the posterior columns. Within a few segments, however, the proprioceptive information slips out of the dorsal white matter and synapses. After synapsing it ascends without crossing to the cerebellum.
Exactly where the axons synapse depends upon whether they originated in the legs or the arms. Leg fibers enter the cord at sacral or lumbar levels, ascend to the upper lumbar segments, and synapse in a medial nucleus called Clarke's nucleus (or nucleus dorsalis). The secondary afferents then enter the dorsal spinocerebellar tract on the lateral edge of the cord.
Fibers from the arm enter at cervical levels and ascend to the caudal medulla. Once there they synapse in a nucleus called the external cuneate (or lateral cuneate) nucleus, and the secondary axons join the leg information in the dorsal spinocerebellar tract.
The spinocerebellar tract stays on the lateral margin of the brainstem all the way up the medulla. Just before reaching the pons, it is joined by a large projection from the inferior olive. These axons together make up the bulk of the inferior cerebellar peduncle, which grows right out of the lateral medulla and enters the cerebellum.
The figures above outline the course of the dorsal spinocerebellar tract. Surely, there must be a ventral spinocerebellar tract? Naturally, there is, and it travels in approximately the same place - the lateral margin of the spinal cord, just ventral to the dorsal spinocerebellar tract. The two cannot be distinguished in a normal myelin stain. The ventral spinocerebellar tract seems to defy the ipsilaterality of the cerebellum, because the fibers entering it in the spinal cord actually cross on their way into the tract. However, they (somewhat inefficiently) cross back before entering the cerebellum. Therefore the cerebellum still gets information from the ipsilateral body.
A note about generalizations:
There is actually a fair amount of mixing that goes on between the tracts. Some light touch information travels in the spinothalamic tract, so that lesioning the dorsal columns will not completely knock out touch and pressure sensation. Some proprioception also travels in the dorsal columns, and follows the medial lemniscus all the way to the cortex, so there is conscious awareness of body position and movement. The pain and temperature system, although it does ascend to somatosensory cortex, also has multiple targets in the brainstem and other areas.
For a more interactive tutorial on the anatomy, and for stunning three dimensional pictures of these pathways, try the Digital Anatomist in the "Other links" section.


We’ve partnered with H.O.P.E. for Animals of Fort Wayne, Indiana to bring our area a convenient monthly
low-cost option to spay and neuter as many animals as possible.
1st Thursday of the Month
Drop-off Wednesday prior at 5:00pm
Pick-up Thursday 5-5:30pm
Fort Defiance Humane Society
Cash Only – payment due upon registration.
All surgeries include pre-op pain/anti-anxiety medication, post-op pain medication and dissolvable sutures.
The rabies vaccine is mandated by the state of Indiana. You must provide proof of rabies vaccine or your pet will receive vaccine at the time of surgery.
Males (Under 50-lbs.) $80
Males (Over 50-lbs.) $95
Females (Under 50-lbs.) $85
Females (Over 50-lbs.) $100
*Includes microchip, ear tip and rabies vaccine.
Must be in live trap. One cat per trap, please.
Stray indicates a cat NOT living in your home.
There may be additional costs realized at time
of surgery which you will be notified of.
Obese Dogs $15*
Dogs Over 100-lbs. $15
Rabies Vaccine $20**
Females in Heat $15
Pregnant Females $25
Non-descended testes $15
Pyometra***/Spay Section $50
Injectable Antibiotic $5
Capstar (Flea Treatment) $6
*Applies to any pet deemed obese at time of surgery
**Required by State of Indiana
***Pyometra is a uterine infection
Low-Cost, Not Low Quality!
Our clinic adheres to a medical protocol model dictated by the Humane Alliance and the American Veterinary Medical Association. For more information on our medical protocols, please go to: www.humanealliance.org
Spaying and neutering pets means:
• stopping unwanted litters
• making pets less likely to run away
• making pets less likely to bite
• making pets more trainable
• no messy heat cycles
• pets are less likely to urine mark
• pets are less likely to develop certain cancers
Please contact us at (419) 658-2298 OR email@example.com
Partnering with H.O.P.E. for Animals
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Menstruation or period is normal vaginal bleeding.
Menstruation occurs as part of a woman’s monthly cycle.
Every month, woman body prepares for pregnancy. If no pregnancy occurs, the uterus, or womb, sheds its lining.
The menstrual blood is partly blood and partly tissue from inside the uterus. It passes out of the body through the vagina.
Periods usually start between age 11 and 14 and continue until menopause at about age 51. They usually last from three to five days.
Besides bleeding from the vagina, you may have Abdominal or pelvic cramping pain Lower back pain Bloating and sore breasts Food cravings Mood swings and irritability Headache and fatigue


This post is exactly what the title and graphic suggest: it is a post talking about one of the essential vitamins for good health, Vitamin D.
Vitamin D is a sunshine vitamin, and it is made in the skin when exposed to UVB radiation. Unfortunately, our paranoia over skin cancers has led people to believe that any sun exposure is bad. Turns out, as it mostly does with health issues, that there is a happy medium.
Too much sun is bad, but some sun is necessary. This post deals with:
- The problem
- The solution
- Sunlight and vitamin D for bone health and prevention of autoimmune diseases, cancers, and cardiovascular disease
These are two studies by Dr Michael Holick available free online and should be read by anyone who wants to know more. I will be quoting from these studies, so you should get the gist of them by reading this post.
I hope that after reading this post, your interest will be piqued enough to motivate you to download these studies and watch this very long talk by Dr Holick. If not, applying the recommendations from this post will already do you good.
You may also benefit from getting his book, ‘The UV advantage’.
As well, it would be great to watch this presentation: The Vitamin D Pandemic and its Health Consequences
Now, let’s begin.
The root of the problem
This goes back to our ancestors who lived in the tropics. Back in the day, (2,000,000 years ago) our ancestors got all the sun they needed to make enough Vitamin D. Interestingly, it is the Ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation that causes the skin to make Vitamin D in the first place.
Now the problem presents itself. Many parts of the world are now gripped by the icy hand of winter, and thus, people are wrapped up in clothing and don’t go outside as often. Very likely, sun exposure goes down and Vitamin D levels plummet. Furthermore, our lifestyle nowadays revolves largely around indoor work (some professions are exceptions). Furthermore, when many finally do get under the sun, they apply sunscreen, which blocks out 95% of UVB radiation.
Now, Vitamin D also comes from our diet, but only in small amounts. For example, a 250ml glass of milk contains 100IU of Vitamin D. As we will see later, this isn’t enough. As Dr Holick concludes, “more than 90% of the vitamin D requirement for most people comes from casual exposure to sunlight.”
Traditionally, the problem associated with Vitamin D is rickets. In this case, the group affected is children. Administering about 400IU of Vitamin D with cod liver oil a day back in the 1800s was what largely curbed the problem. Unfortunately, what worked for children is not going to work for adults.  So if a small child needs 400IU (4 glasses of milk) of Vitamin D, what would an adult need? I will come back to this later, but now, more bad news.
Not enough Vitamin D causes other problems, both in children and adults. Children may fall prey to rickets of course, and to top that off we have stunted growth, muscle weakness, and many other bad things. Adults not getting enough Vitamin D may have poor calcium absorption, which leads to diseases like osteomalacia. The elderly are particularly affected, and you can imagine that brittle bones and muscle weakness can potentially lead to falls and hip fractures. Furthermore, when you get older, your skin starts to go wonky, and you actually produce less Vitamin D with the same amount of sun exposure.
Enough of that, you can Google the results of a Vitamin D deficiency. But we just need to know that: Not enough Vitamin D = Bad things happen.
There are a couple of things to do, so I will break down the solution into a couple of segments.
There have been a few different requirements thrown out, but they all fall within some pre-set range. Note that there are two common units of measurement for Vitamin D blood concentration. There is the nano-moles per Litre (nmol/L) and the nanograms per millilitre (ng/mL). Make sure you know the units, because the values differ for each unit. Confusing, yes, but that’s the fickle scientists for you.
Anyway, Dr Holick suggests that you keep Vitamin D concentration between 75-125nmol/L (equivalent to about 30-50ng/mL), with others suggesting upwards from 40-60ng/L to even 75ng/L.
Regardless, I must make this note, that problems associated with Vitamin D are due to not having enough of it. Thus, we are better off asking, “How much is too much?”
The answer to that is that studies show that blood concentrations of 250nmol/L (or 100ng/L) is completely safe. Some studies even show levels of 150ng/L not giving signs of Vitamin D intoxication.
Given that most of the American population is Vitamin D deficient , having levels lower than 50nmol/L, there is cause for concern.
This is the shortest but most important section. The only way at present to test for a person’s Vitamin D status is through a blood test which measures the serum concentration of 25(OH)D (pronounced ’25 Hydroxy D’) and not anything else. There are various forms of Vitamin D, but we are only interested in this form.
The last point here is that it would be wise to test your Vitamin D status at its highest and its lowest. Namely, after Winter for the lowest, and after summer for the highest. If you live in the tropics, any time of the year would likely do.
Now that you know your Vitamin D level, its time to boost that to the 75-125nmol/L range.
There are two ways which you can do this. The first would be to get out into the sun, and the second would be to take supplements.
The first is simple, take your clothes off and run around in the sun! On a more serious note, Dr Holick has recommended that fair-skinned folk can make do with about 10-15 minutes of sun exposure at the brightest time of the day (11am – 1pm). After this, sunscreen should be applied to stop the negative effects of over-exposure.
However, darker-skinned individuals need more exposure. Quoting Dr Holick, “It has been documented to require 5-10 times more exposure to produce a 30-fold increase in blood concentration of Vitamin D in an African-American subject compared to a Caucasian subject.”
Hence, the recommendations should change as a result. In this regard, I have not seen precise recommendations. So, it depends.
A final note on the first method is that the amount of sun reaching Sweden in November is going to be much different from the sun reaching Australia at the same time of the year, so this is a very variable recommendation.
Hence, we have our second solution. This is simply to take supplements, usually in a capsule form to boost the Vitamin D levels in the blood. This is arguably easier and more precisely measurable.
You should know your Vitamin D status after you have tested it. Say it is hovering at 20ng/mL and you would like to boost it to 50ng/mL. This is where the general rule applies, that for every 10ng/mL increase you want, you should take 1000IU Vitamin D daily. This varies of course, but it is generally accurate.
So our subject would take 3,000IU every day for 6 months. After that he gets his Vitamin D levels checked, and hurray, its now at 48ng/mL. He’s a big guy, so he needs more Vitamin D, but his levels are now within the recommended range and he’s very happy.
As with anything related to health and especially supplementation, there is bound to be the issue of safety. The first one is the potential for overdose.
If you take pills or powders, make sure you know how much is in each pill and how much you are taking daily. Though rare, vitamin D overdose can happen. You could easily measure your Vitamin D levels to monitor this if you wanted to.
The good news is that this is very unlikely.
As seen in this graph by Michael Holick and colleagues, a 1 time administration of 50,000 IU of Vitamin D in capsule form to normal patients only spiked blood Vitamin D to around 80-90ng/mL; below the level of intoxication.
Note that this is for Vitamin D alone, so also watch to see if your supplements could contain other nutrients which could potentially lead to an overdose of that nutrient. (Eg: Some Vitamin D supplements come with Calcium, and could be overdosed)
A Brief but Important Conclusion
Vitamin D is important for healthy function, and many people do not get enough of it.
The best advice would be to take massive action. Get a blood test to determine your individual 25(OH)D serum concentration. Then get out into the sun more often and take Vitamin D supplements.
With some awareness and of course some cash investment, the problem will be easily solved. For long-term health, I think it is well worth it.
 This is apparently for an SPF 15 sunscreen. Higher SPF sunscreens would block slightly more, approx 98%
 It should be noted that a larger body needs more nutrients, and Vitamin D is no exception.
 1 ng/mL Vit D is equivalent to about 2.5 nmol/L.
 Dr Holick reports the findings of other researchers in his papers. Of which, some include the findings that 54% of nursing home members and 38% of nursing home residents were Vitamin D deficient. Also, another study showed that 47% of white girls aged 9-13 were Vitamin D deficient at the end of winter. Yet another shows that more than 50% of African American teenagers in Boston were Vitamin D deficient, and the list goes on.
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How would you feel about letting 540 needles loose on your face in the name of beauty? Narcissistic masochism? Give you the willies? I totally get it….
What if I told you your reward would be incredibly plump and glowy skin and eventually an improvement in skin texture, scar healing & pigmentation fade.
Now you are listening right?
There is a fine line between the pleasure of good skin and my pain my friends and I have been dabbling…
And by dabbling I mean Derma Rolling.
Micro-needling, Derma Rolling, Collagen Induction Therapy? You may have seen these treatments with their compelling before and afters around the Medispa circuit and the good news is that at home derma rolling devices are gaining popularity and you can start getting some of the skin results at home. Improved skin texture, scar regeneration, decreased pigmentation and the ‘fresh and glowys’. I for one am rolling right up for that!
So what is Derma Rolling?
Derma Rolling is a skin refining procedure that sees hundreds of tiny surgical steel needles rolling across the epidermis leaving thousands of teeny micro punctures in its wake. Read on for how to take the medispa to you and how to use a Derma Roller at home.
Derma Rolling benefits?
This micro-needling method causes a little bit of chain reaction in the skin or ‘wound healing cascade’. Which basically means that by rupturing the skin in this delicate, controlled way we release platelets, these guys are responsible for the regeneration of tissue and storage of collagen and elastin. By rupturing and releasing these cells we also stimulate skin’s ‘growth factor’ much in the same way a laser treatment does and we see a surge of collagen and elastin.
That’s the good juju that gives us plumper, fresher and younger looking skin and over time stimulated in this way the skin can also breakdown and rebuild the collagen and elastin matrixes renewing and healing scar tissue.
The added bonus is all those tiny little microchannels you just punctured into your face actually absorb and make active ingredients in skincare more effective. So be sure to monopolize on this apply your retinol, vitamin C or antioxidant serum straight after rolling and be warned it may sting a little more than usual.
Ouch! Does it hurt?
Its not pleasant but definitely not as bad as you would think. It feels a little rough and almost scrapelike as it rolls over your face and the sting factor sort of amps up p as you near your third or fourth roll and it starts to feel a little hot on that area. Don’t worry with a 0.3mm needle at home roller there is no visible blood whatsoever.
A few minutes after you finish there is a heat surge as blood and your body’s ‘repair alert’ starts to respond. This feels a little hot and stingy almost like when sunburn kicks in. Skin definitely looks pink & flushed. I was really worried the first time as I thought I hadd gone too hard or did too much and my skin was going to looked grazed the next day. But be assured it doesn’t whatsoever. If you Derma Roll at night by the time you wake up the next morning skin looks back to normal.
IN FACT better than normal, it looks incredible. Plump and gloweeeeeee like I’ve never seen my skin look from an at home treatment. This is the hook. This is what will see you roll those 540 needles over your face time and again. To me it’s totally worth it.
AWE Cosmeceuticals Derma Roller
The device I have been using is the newly launched AWE Cosmeceuticals Derma Roller which has 540 x 0.3mm surgical steel needles on a small rollerhead. 0.3mm is pretty much the safest needle length for at home use (in controlled, sterile medispa and salon environments treatments can range right up to 2.0mm needling which obviously increases effectiveness but puncture wounds are deeper so also may draw some blood which means an increased healing time and infection risk)
How to use a Derma Roller at home
In essence you will be rolling the face in multiple directions to cover optimum surface area with the needles. Moving from jaw to cheeks to ear & across the forehead. These are really the zones to focus on unless you have specific scar tissue or pigmentation areas that need a little extra attention
- Right to left = one roll
- 5 x rolls in each axis direction per face section as pictured above
- So from your jaw to cheek you will roll, 5 times vertically , 5 times horizontally, 5 times diagonally inwards towards nose and finishing with five rolls diagonally out towards ear. Finish with the roller in a diagonal upwards direction, to the outside of the face. In this last outward direction, apply pressure in the upwards direction only and finish with a n upward stroke as this follows the natural lymphatic drainage path.
- Repeat on the other side of face and then the forehead
- Be sure to finish with an active serum of your choice (this may sting slightly) and optimise all these little delivery micro channels into your deeper skin layers
- Be meticulous with cleaning your roller by soaking in rubbing alcohol after each use. As you are penetrating the epidermal layer you have to be so careful about hygiene and minimise risk of infection
- You can repeat this about twice a week for best results
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The Food and Drug Administration is punishing several companies that make and distribute kratom, a supplement with psychedelic and pain-relieving qualities that's been connected to a recent salmonella break out.
In a letter launched on Tuesday, FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb contacted three companies in different states to stop selling unapproved kratom products with unproven health claims. In a statement, Gottlieb stated the companies were engaged in "health fraud scams" that "pose serious health risks."
Stemmed from a plant belonging to Southeast Asia, kratom is frequently offered as pills, powder, or tea in the United States. Advocates say it helps suppress the symptoms of opioid withdrawal, which has actually led people to flock to kratom in recent years as a way of stepping down from more powerful drugs like Vicodin.
But since kratom is categorized as a supplement and has not been established as a drug, it's not subject to much federal guideline. That indicates tainted kratom tablets and powders can easily make their method to store racks-- which appears to have actually happened in a current outbreak of salmonella that has up until now sickened more than 130 individuals throughout multiple states.
Extravagant claims and little clinical research study
The FDA's current crackdown appears to be the current action in a growing divide in between supporters and regulative agencies relating to using kratom The companies the company has actually called are Front Range Kratom of Aurora, Colorado; Kratom Spot of Irvine, California and Revibe, Inc., of Kansas City, Missouri.
The claims these three companies have made include marketing the supplement as "very effective versus cancer" and recommending that their products could help in reducing the symptoms of opioid dependency.
There are couple of existing scientific studies to back up those claims. Research on kratom has found, nevertheless, that the drug take advantage of some of the very same brain receptors as opioids do. That spurred the FDA to try here classify it as an opioid in February.
Professionals state that due to the fact that of this, it makes sense that individuals with opioid use condition are relying on kratom as a way of abating their symptoms and stepping down from more effective drugs like Vicodin.
However taking any supplement that hasn't been evaluated for safety by medical specialists can be hazardous.
The threats of taking kratom.
Previous FDA screening discovered that a number of items distributed by Revibe-- one of the 3 companies called in the FDA letter-- were tainted with salmonella. Last month, as part of a request from the firm, Revibe ruined several tainted products still at its facility, but the company has yet to verify that it recalled products that had already delivered to stores.
Last month, the FDA provided its first-ever necessary recall of kratom products after those produced by Las Vegas-based Triangle Pharmanaturals were discovered to be polluted with salmonella.
As of April 5, a overall of 132 people throughout 38 states had been sickened with the germs, which can trigger diarrhea and stomach pain lasting up to a week.
Besides dealing with the risk that kratom products could carry hazardous germs, those who take the supplement have no dependable way to identify the appropriate dose. It's likewise tough to find a validate kratom supplement's complete component list or represent possibly hazardous interactions with other drugs or medications.
Kratom is currently prohibited in Australia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and numerous US states (Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Tennessee, and Wisconsin). Across the US, numerous reports of deaths and addiction led the Drug Enforcement Administration to place kratom on its list of "drugs and chemicals of concern." In 2016, the DEA proposed a restriction on kratom but backtracked under pressure from some members of Congress and an outcry from kratom advocates.


Do you care for a child with ADD or ADHD and live in the St Albans area?
Have you heard of ADD-vance?
ADD-vance is a support group for parents of children with ADD and ADHD that meets on the first Wednesday of the month at the St Albans Children’s Centre from 7.30 – 9.30pm.
This gives space for parents to talk with others who share similar difficulties and may help them to feel less isolated. There is a lending library of useful books and literature and the group also organise supportive courses for families. See the article in Carewaves about ADD-vance’s new trained ADHD and Aspergers Syndrome family support coaches available to work with families in Hertfordshire.
To find out more about Add-vance contact Anne Ross on 01727 833 963.


Like any coming of age story, the eight years of Shelby Smoak’s life you experience from reading his memoir, BLEEDER, invoke much of the usual inherent awkwardness and social pressure attributed young college students. But Shelby’s story significantly deviates from the norm when you factor in his medical/health conditions.
BLEEDER raises any questions/issues beyond those that an average, healthy young man or woman might face. Although it may not seem like that long ago chronologically, the 1990s were a lifetime ago for anyone infected with HIV.
Here are some issues to talk/think about when reading/discussing Shelby Smoak’s BLEEDER:
THE STIGMA OF HIV
Although advances in science/medicine were moving quite quickly in the 1990s, acceptance of those infected by HIV was not.
There was a stigma that HIV was a gay disease. Those who revealed themselves as infected, even if they were straight, were physically and mentally ostracized from society.
Teenage HIV/AIDS sufferer Ryan White was banned from his Indiana Public School.
Discrimination was commonplace on many institutional levels, from schools to state governments to the work place.
Even revealing that one was a hemophiliac carried a stigma, as many hemophiliacs contracted HIV through various routine and necessary medical procedures.
Fear and paranoia were the rules of the day when it came to HIV in the 1990s
MORAL & ETHICAL CHOICES
When do you inform a young person that they have a potentially life threatening disease? Shelby’s parents learned he was HIV positive in 1985, but Shelby himself was not made aware of his infection until 1990, when he turned 18 years old.
Would you tell a world that fears and perhaps hates you, that you were HIV positive? Shelby and his family actively chose to hide his HIV positive status from the world outside the medial profession.
When is the right time to start having sex? The 1990s were not like previous decades when the “dangers” or having sex were pregnancy or catching an STD that was for the most part treatable if not altogether curable.
How does an awkward college student tell a potential lover that he has HIV? And what are the consequences of telling or not telling? Shelby describes several of these conversations in the book.
Are you endangering yourself by keeping your medical history and ongoing treatments secret from those around you? Shelby went through college hiding his medicine and his treatments, large and small, from almost everyone around him.
FACTS & DATA
The Center for Disease Control estimates that 20,000 hemophiliacs live in the US.
Approximately 1 in every 5000 male births is affected by hemophilia, so close to 400 hemophilic babies are born each year.
Current estimates show approximately 10-15% of hemophiliacs are HIV positive.
In 1990 AZT was the only treatment for HIV. By 1998 there were other medical options, cocktails, to treat people with HIV.
The constant medical care for a hemophiliac makes health insurance an absolute must. Add in HIV treatments and even with insurance the bills are staggering.


Can you prove you have tinnitus?
How do you prove you hear something only you can hear? Audiologists have tests and protocols designed to diagnose and evaluate the severity of tinnitus. Because tinnitus is often linked with hearing loss, a hearing test is usually administered along with tinnitus testing.
How much compensation do you get for tinnitus?
How Much Compensation Can You Get for Tinnitus and Hearing Loss? Most personal injury claims for tinnitus arise in car accident cases. The average value range of a claim based on tinnitus or hearing loss in an auto tort case seems to be $50,000 to $250,000.
How do you get disability for tinnitus?
In applying for disability for tinnitus, veterans generally only need to give their statement of the condition along with connection to exposure to noise in service. There may be the request for a diagnosis of the condition as well. If you have questions about disability or an appeal, contact us at 800-544-9144.
How do you prove tinnitus is service connected?
To prove a VA Tinnitus Claim, you simply have to show the 4 pillars: exposure to noise in service or symptoms in service, a current diagnosis of tinnitus, and the rating should be automatic – 10% is the highest you can get.
How long does tinnitus last on average?
On average, tinnitus will persist for 16 to 48 hours. But sometimes, symptoms can last as much as two weeks.
Do Va tinnitus claims get denied?
Many veterans do not notice that they suffer from hearing loss or tinnitus until years after their discharge, and VA will routinely deny claims for these conditions due to the delay in filing for benefits. An appeal is typically needed to win these claims.
Can tinnitus drive you crazy?
For me, and for the millions of people around the world who live with tinnitus, the medical term for ringing in the ears, the sound never stops and can drive you completely crazy.
Can I claim insomnia secondary to tinnitus?
The Board finds that the evidence supports an award of service connection for insomnia as secondary to the service-connected tinnitus. There are VA and private physicians’ opinions that are against and supportive of the secondary service connection theory of the claim.
How do they test for tinnitus?
During the test, you’ll sit in a soundproof room wearing earphones that transmit specific sounds into one ear at a time. You’ll indicate when you can hear the sound, and your results will be compared with results considered normal for your age. This can help rule out or identify possible causes of tinnitus.
What triggers tinnitus?
The most common cause of tinnitus is damage and loss of the tiny sensory hair cells in the cochlea of the inner ear. This tends to happen as people age, and it can also result from prolonged exposure to excessively loud noise. Hearing loss may coincide with tinnitus.
Is tinnitus linked to sleep apnea?
The link between sleep apnea and tinnitus is somewhat less studied. However, one recent study found that tinnitus was more common in patients who were middle aged and had a sleep disorder, especially sleep apnea. Like hearing loss, damaged cells inside your ear may be to blame for tinnitus.
Can you claim benefits for tinnitus?
If you have been exposed to very loud noise on a regular basis, you could experience a constant sound in the ear accompanied by hearing loss or damage. If someone else was to blame for your exposure to loud noises or caused you to have an accident, you could claim compensation for tinnitus.
What is secondary to tinnitus?
A secondary service-connected condition is one that resulted from a separate condition that is already service-connected. For example, if a veteran is service-connected for tinnitus and later develops one of the above-mentioned conditions as a result, they may be eligible for secondary service connection.
Is erectile dysfunction a VA disability?
Erectile dysfunction is a condition that can stand in the way of a happy, fulfilling life. If you developed erectile dysfunction during or after your military service, you may qualify to receive VA disability benefits.
What are the chances of winning a VA appeal?
The Board of Veterans’ Appeals Annual Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 indicated that the VA disability appeals success rate for veterans was 35.75 percent. Specifically, out of 85,288 decisions issued, 30,492 were allowed, or granted.


Ever had trouble sticking to a diet?
Want to snack, especially at night?
These are all indications that you could have some Leptin issues. Leptin is a master hormone in the body that controls hunger and feelings of satiety. Leptin is secreted by adipose (fat) tissue, so the more overweight a person is, typically, the higher his leptin levels.
According to Mark’s Daily Apple: “Leptin is the lookout hormone – the gatekeeper of fat metabolism, monitoring how much energy an organism takes in. It surveys and maintains the energy balance in the body, and it regulates hunger via three pathways:
By counteracting the effects of neuropeptide Y, a potent feeding stimulant secreted by the hypothalamus and certain gut cells.
By counteracting the effects of anandamide, another feeding stimulant.
By promoting the production of a-MSH, an appetite suppressant.”
It is also directly tied to insulin levels. Many people these days are Leptin resistant and there are many health problems tied to this problem. High leptin levels have been tied to high blood pressure, obesity, heart disease and stroke, as well as blood sugar related problems.
High levels of Leptin and the accompanying leptin resistance can also decrease fertility, age you more quickly and contribute to obesity. If you’re trying to lose weight or improve a health problem, chances are you have Leptin resistance. If you can’t seem to stick to health changes, chances are you have Leptin resistance.
In other words, if you want to make lasting health changes or lose weight and keep it off, you have to fix your leptin. The good news is: if you’ve failed at diets or health changes in the past, it was likely because you failed to regulate your Leptin levels and doing so can help you finally make lasting changes. Leptin resistance and its related problems are a complex problem involving the endocrine system and reversing them requires more than simple calorie restriction or will power.
The Downward Spiral
Leptin is the satiety hormone produced by fat cells, so it would seem logical that those with more fat cells would produce more Leptin, which would signal the body to eat less food and weight would normalize. This over-simplified idea is great in theory, but doesn’t always occur, especially in those with damaged metabolisms or endocrine problems (which includes most overweight people).
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Dial 108 to save a life in Trivandrum
The Health Department of Government of Kerala has launched Kerala Emergency Medical Services Project (KEMP) with the help of NRHM, Government of India. As part of this project, 25 advanced life saving ambulances are deployed at various parts of Trivandrum district. The ambulances are deployed in such a way that, when an emergency call is placed on 108, an ambulance will reach the spot within 10 minutes. A call center has been set up in Technopark, which can be reached by dialing the toll free number 108. The call center is outsourced to a private company, Ziqitza Healthcare operating from Thejaswini building, Technopark.
The ambulances are fully equipped with advanced life saving equipments. These ambulances are monitored from the control room using GPS (Global Positioning System). When a call is placed on 108, the Call Center representative verifies the details and location and contacts the nearby ambulance with the help of GPS and sends it to the location. All these happens within minutes. According to the statistics of 108 service, in most cases an ambulance reaches the location within 10 minutes. Each ambulance has two Emergency Medical Technicians.
Services of the 108 KEMP ambulance is totally free of cost. The 108 helpline can be contacted only for medical emergencies like accidents, snake bites, heart attacks, poisoning, suicide attempts, conditions due to high BP or low sugar levels, drowning etc. The ambulance service through the 108 helpline is not available for carrying dead bodies.
The KEMP project is one of the most helpful project launched by the Department of Health, Government of Kerala. Initially the service is available in Trivandrum, in the next phase, it will be extended to Alleppey. We wish the service is rolled out to entire Kerala state very soon. Next time you see a road accident or come across an emergency medical situation, don’t hesitate, just dial 108. An ambulance will there for emergency medical care and to take the suffered person to the nearest hospital within 10 minutes.