In order Radiation Therapy Success, Brain Cancer Patient Asked to Fasting

Radiation therapy is a standard treatment procedure for patients with cancer of any kind. But according to the condition of each patient, sometimes this therapy does not always produce the desired results.

A study from the United States also claimed to find ways to increase the effectiveness of radiation therapy for cancer patients is by fasting.

The team of researchers from the University of Southern California successfully concluded this after conducting a series of tests on rats suffering from an aggressive brain tumor.

According to researchers, fasting can increase the effectiveness of radiation therapy in mice with cancer, including extending life expectancy.

"Fasting for some time (short-term) may protect healthy cells as cancer cells are susceptible due to toxic effects from chemotherapy," explained researcher Valter Longo, a professor of gerontology and biological sciences and director of the Longevity Institute, USC Davis School of Gerontology.

Studies that have been featured in the journal PLoS One is the first to show that fasting seems to have an additional effect similar to radiation therapy in treating brain tumors are most often diagnosed glioma.

Moreover, for patients with gliomas is on average only live less than two years.

"When we did a study of chemotherapy, we wanted to see how to protect patients against the toxic effects of therapy. Study of radiation But with this comes the question of what conditions would make the cancer vulnerable to radiation? Then how do we optimize the conditions so that people with cancer need not must often undergo therapy at the hospital? " Longo said as reported by Medindia on Wednesday (12/09/2012).

Longo and his colleagues are also studying the effectiveness of the combination of fasting with a combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy drug Temozolomide fast with the latter used as a standard treatment for brain tumors in adults after undergoing surgical removal of the tumor.

Researchers found that mice that were 'forced' to fast for no more than 48 hours each time after being irradiated proven to increase the effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy to treat glioma experienced.

In spite of aggressive brain tumor growth observed in this study, rats were fasted once received radiation therapy in fact twice as likely to survive at the end of the trial than if only given radiation therapy alone or 'forced' fasting alone.

"The results suggest fasting beneficial for glioma patients when combined with standard treatment is chemotherapy and radiotherapy," added Longo.

Nevertheless, Longo cautioned patients to consult first with the handle oncologist before undergoing fasting.

"If you want to balance the risk then you should do it right. But if you seem to run out of ways to treat your tumor, short-term fasting may provide additional opportunities for some patients," he concluded.

Social Networking for Young Women Causes Depression?

Facebook

Social networks, especially Facebook, triggering depression and low self-esteem for young girls. Thus the results of research in the UK, as preached Dailymail, Wednesday (4/7).

Poll be conducted to the 1096 young women aged 12 to 26 years found that 40 percent are dissatisfied with their bodies. In addition, 60 percent experienced paranoid if their body weight up.

"Our findings demonstrate a worrying correlation between excessive use of media, especially social networking and the internet. Consequently, they will feel more depressed and have low self-esteem is higher," said Amy Slater.

The study be conducted to investigate the role of media in adolescent self-image of women. As a result, in addition to social networking, advertising also has a major influence on them.

Young women become very concerned about the appearance and ambition to have a slim body due to the model in the ad.

Student with Myopia in Asia Rises

Myopia

More than 90 percent of children who left school in the cities of Asia had myopia or myopic eyes, according to one study. The researchers said the sharp increase in this problem because too many school students learn in school and at home so that the lack of sunlight outside.

The scientists said in the journal The Lancet, that one in five students can suffer eye damage and even blindness. They say the free time, the students also spend more time playing computer games and watching television at home.

Researchers say students should spend at least three hours a day to stimulate the production of dopamine, a chemical that prevents children having myopia.

According to Professor Ian Morgan, of the Australian National University who led the study, the average number of myopia in East Asia before about 20-30 per cent. "What we have done in the study of writing is all the evidence suggests that something extraordinary happened in East Asia in the last two generations," said Morgan told the BBC.

Experts say eye disorder where vision is impaired myopia over a distance of two meters. Based on research, the causes of these eye disorders due to various factors, due to the demands of education and lack of outside light.

Professor Morgan said many children in Southeast Asia spent a long time studying in school and doing homework. The demands of education is also increasingly suppress the use of the eye, but the light may help maintain eye, said Morgan. "Exit the house between two to three hours, even though the sun does not shine, it is still important," he added.

So far, the researchers believe there is a genetic problem associated with this eye disorder. It was previously thought, the population of China, Japan, Korea and other countries prone to myopic eyes. However, this study suggests something else. In Singapore, with a large community of Chinese, Malay and Indian, myopia rate is also increasing rapidly. But Professor Morgan said the problem descendants also still play a role, but not the primary cause.

Lots of Sleep Can Lose Weight

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2050, Many People Killed Due to Pollution

Air pollution in urban areas is forecast to get worse every year. In fact, in 2050 a lot of people reportedly killed by air pollution.

According to a report from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), about 70 percent of the world population living in cities by 2050 air pollution will worsen. It happened because of a vehicle with an excessive number of bad waste management, Wednesday (4/4).

Greenhouse gas emissions are expected to rise by 50 percent. In addition, 2.3 billion people will experience water shortages. As a result, about 3.6 million people will die in 2050 because of a hostile environment.

Demand for electricity will increase by 80 percent. At the same time, 85 percent of all energy is derived from fossil fuels will lead to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions.

The main consumers of world energy comes from developing countries, including Indonesia, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. State-speaking cultures are reported to be experiencing the worst environment in the coming decades.

Chili Can Fight Heart Disease

Chili and Heart

Recent studies have found that the content in a spicy chili can have significant benefits to protect against heart disease. The study, led by Professor Zhen Yu Chen from the Chinese University of Hong Kong was expressed in forum National Meeting of the American Chemical Society 243, San Diego, USA, recently.

From their testing more and more evident, the compound capsaicin that gives chili spicy taste to increase cardiac work. Capsaicinoid substances in capsaicin can reduce the accumulation of cholesterol in the body, increasing the damage to the bad fats and then throw it out through the stool.

Capsaicinoid blocking cyclooxygenase-2, a gene that makes the arteries contract and can block blood flow to the heart. Capsaicinoid was effective trigger fat loss in blood vessels. This fat can narrow the arteries and lead to heart disease or stroke. In conclusion, a substance classified in capsaicinoid help improve the health of the heart and blood vessels.

However, Chen warned, excessive consumption of chili is also not recommended for the health of people with heart disease. Because chili is not a substitute for medication-existing cardiovascular disease today. "It's basically a good diet is a balanced diet. Retailers may be regarded as supplements," said nutrition expert and food is.

Increasing Number of Female Smokers

Female Smoker

Usually identified cigarettes with the Adam. However, in many developing countries, such as Indonesia, Pakistan, China, Saudi Arabia, and Uganda, the Eve also many who smoke. This makes them vulnerable to the risk of disease and premature death in the next decade.

Douglas Bettcher, representatives of the Institute of the World Health Organization (WHO), said the authorities of developing countries need to act quickly and decisively to reduce the number of women smokers. Tobacco epidemic in these countries is still in its early stages, but can spread rapidly due to global trends.

Every year, five million people in the world die from tobacco. By 2030, this number likely will increase to eight million, unless there is action from the local government.

WHO emphasizes the ban on tobacco advertising that is connected directly to the women. The government should also conduct educational activities by highlighting tobacco kills half of smokers.

Diseases is Associated with Emotion

Kid's Emotion

The idea that a healthy smile may be not just empty statements. In fact, people are happy and love to laugh tend to be healthier. In fact there are many stories about people who survive and escape from a verdict of death due to severe illness (cancer for example) just because he was trying to enjoy life more. It also has been supported by numerous studies and research.

Other facts show that emotions or feelings it can have an impact on physical health disorders. Especially in emotions that are negative, such as feelings of regret, fear of failure, anger, confusion, and so on.

If not acted it will accumulate and can lower the immune system, disrupt breathing, raise the body temperature and cause depression. If it gets worse, it will cause various diseases.

The best way to respond to the emotions, especially the emotion of anger, is to remove it or take it out in a way that is good and decent. To reason with people who make us upset. Do not get otherwise because it would not solve the problem and it will be expanded. After a quiet and emotions subside, can be followed by prayer or worship to soothe you.

Here are some diseases associated with emotions and cause:

1. Allergies, because denial of the power and ability.
2. Inflammation of the joints, because the feeling unloved, rejected and feeling victimized.
3. Fever, because the feelings of anger that can not afford expressed.
4. Kidney, disillusionment, a sense of failure, shame is pressed.
5. Maag, fear, anxiety, feelings of self-satisfaction.
6. Lung disease, desperation, emotional exhaustion, emotional wounds.
7. Back pain, for fear of money, feel overwhelmed.
8. Back pain, a sense of not being loved, needed affection.
9. Heart, a sense of loneliness, feeling of worthlessness, fear of failure and anger.
10. Cancer, as pent-up hatred or chronic liver meal.
11. Diabetes, being stubborn, refusing to blame.
12. Glaucoma, because the pressure of the past and unable to forgive.
13. Acne, because it does not accept yourself, not like in yourself.
14. Aches, because I wanted to be loved and cherished, needed to be hugged and togetherness.
15. Obesity, for fear, to be protected, pent-up anger, unforgiving.
16. Minus the eyes, for fear of the future.
17. Eye plus, unable to forgive the past.

Philip Morris Cigarette Production of Highly Hazardous

As we all know, smoking is dangerous. With smoking, we might as well reap the seeds of disease in the body. Although the government has warned of the dangers of smoking hard, there are still many smokers and tobacco companies are not ignoring it. Moreover, tobacco companies even more incentive in producing cigarettes. Philip Morris, the largest cigarette company in the United States, for one.

As quoted by page zeenews, recently, Philip Morris was judged to have manipulated data on effects of cigarette additives. The company has been hiding the actual toxicity while producing a decent standard cigarettes. In fact, tobacco contains so many additives that are at risk of causing heart disease, cancer, and other ailments. According to research by the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

Research Team headed by Stanton A. Glantz also found hundreds of additives, including menthol in cigarettes Philip Morris. According to him, these substances should be eliminated from cigarettes for the sake of public health. "From the analysis, there are about 20 percent of chemical carcinogens contained in cigarette butts by Philip Morris," Glantz said.

In Indonesia, Philip Morris' Marlboro cigarettes has been producing since 1984. Marlboro is one of the best-selling cigarettes in Indonesia.