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Yesterday as I sat under a hair dryer waiting for the highlighting bleach to do its magic, I scanned an issue of Glamour magazine since it was within reach once I was under the dryer. I haven't looked at one in more than a decade. I usually bring my own reading material to distract me from the heat, but happened to forget to do so yesterday. I was really struck by the intensity of the images, different from those in the People magazine that sits in my therapy office waiting room. Sure, there are make up and hair care product ads, but the ones in Glamour just jumped off the page. I sat there thinking about how incredibly difficult it is for teenage and twenty-something females to feel good about their face and body with these amazing images of perfection. Air brushing finished off what actual physical beauty failed to offer in reality.
Yesterday as I sat under a hair dryer waiting for the highlighting bleach to do its magic, I scanned an issue of Glamour magazine since it was within reach once I was under the dryer. I haven't looked at one in more than a decade. I usually bring my own reading material to distract me from the heat, but happened to forget to do so yesterday. I was really struck by the intensity of the images, different from those in the People magazine that sits in my therapy office waiting room. Sure, there are make up and hair care product ads, but the ones in Glamour just jumped off the page. I sat there thinking about how incredibly difficult it is for teenage and twenty-something females to feel good about their face and body with these amazing images of perfection. Air brushing finished off what actual physical beauty failed to offer in reality.
Scientists at Emory University studying how vitamins and minerals in the diet can stimulate or prevent the appearance of colon cancer have found that supplementing the diet with calcium and vitamin D can influence colon cancer risk. Their findings on biological markers that could influence colon cancer risk will be presented in three abstracts at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in San Diego: [...] In a clinical study of 92 patients, supplementing diet with calcium and vitamin D appeared to increase the levels of a protein called Bax that controls programmed cell death in the colon. More Bax might be pushing pre-cancerous cells into programmed cell death, says Emory researcher Veronika Fedirko, who will present her team's results.
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BiPar Sciences, Inc. announced positive preclinical data demonstrating the activity of its lead poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, BSI-201, in ovarian cancer models. The results highlight the anti-tumor activity of BSI-201 through PARP activity inhibition, tumor growth suppression, and extended survival in multi-drug resistant xenograft models of ovarian cancer.
Bionovo, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNVI) will present seminal information on a new drug candidate for the treatment of vaginal dryness at the 7th Annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals & American Society of Pharmacognosy 4th Interim Meeting, April 12-16, 2008. Scott Baggett, Ph.D.
Teenagers from some minority groups who stick to their family customs have better mental health, a study finds.
According to a new Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) analysis of the latest data released from the 2008 American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey of Hospitals, U.S. hospitals continue to implement palliative care programs at a rapid pace. The CAPC analysis shows that 1299 hospitals (31%) nationwide provide palliative care programs today. This is compared to just 632 programs in 2000.
The care of older people should be a central priority in the NHS but too often it is marginalised, neglected and plays second fiddle to initiatives or targets designed to appeal to younger voters, says a paper in this month's Journal of the Royal Medical Society.
Dr. Matthew Narrett, the chief medical officer for Catonsville, MD, - based Erickson Health system, will discuss aspects of medical homes today at the 2008 Health Braintrust/National Minority Quality Forum Leadership Summit being held at The Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. "Medical homes represent an approach rather than a location per se," said Narrett.
The theme of Older Americans Month for 2008 is "Working Together for Strong, Healthy, and Supportive Communities". Working together, communities can improve older adults' overall quality of life by helping them make changes in their lifestyles that can reduce the risk of disease, such as sleep. Unfortunately, many older adults often get less sleep than they need, for a number of different reasons.
Rush University Medical Center, in conjunction with the 2 BigHearts Foundation, is offering a free women's heart screening to help women assess their cardiovascular risks. The screening includes an echocardiogram, an ECG, fasting blood sugar, lipid panel, height/weight/blood pressure, evaluation of waist circumference and BMI, health risk assessment, and a consultation with a cardiologist or cardiology clinician.
The theme of Older Americans Month for 2008 is "Working Together for Strong, Healthy, and Supportive Communities". Working together, communities can improve older adults' overall quality of life by helping them make changes in their lifestyles that can reduce the risk of disease, such as sleep. Unfortunately, many older adults often get less sleep than they need, for a number of different reasons.
For elderly and disabled rheumatoid arthritis (RA) sufferers, the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA) brought the promise of better disease management with "biologic" drugs. Prior to its passage in 2006, Medicare covered only one of the tumor necrosis factor a (TNFa) inhibitors, the infusion drug infliximab, also known by its brand name, Remicade.
With the graying of America's Baby Boomer generation, arthritis is a growing health concern. Traditionally associated with the elderly, this common joint disease currently afflicts over 20 million men and women in the United States. To aggravate matters, arthritis is also prevalent among the overweight - which describes nearly 65 percent of our nation's adult population.
The government of South Korea is investigating fresh outbreaks of bird flu, including one only 70 kilometers from the capital, Seoul.According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on Monday that the latest outbreak was reported after sudden deaths in birds on a chicken farm in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, less than 70 km from Seoul.
The Joy to Life Foundation will host its seventh annual "Walk of Life" on Saturday, April 19, at Cramton Bowl in downtown Montgomery. Over 2,500 people are expected to participate this year. The "Walk of Life" is a fun-filled event that includes a 5 kilometer run/walk, the Mighty Kid's Dash, music, food and prizes.
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have uncovered the first clues about the ancient origins of a mother's intricate lifeline to her unborn baby, the placenta, which delivers oxygen and nutrients critical to the baby's health.The evidence suggests the placenta of humans and other mammals evolved from the much simpler tissue that attached to the inside of eggshells and enabled the embryos of our distant ancestors, the birds and reptiles, to get oxygen.
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