Age-well Blog

May 14, Osteoporosis Treatment

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:07:47 GMT

Living with Osteoporosis means finding the correct osteoporosis treatment and find ways to limit its negatife effects.

May 14, Stroke Symptoms - Treating and Preventing a stroke

Mon, 14 May 2012 08:53:44 GMT

Stroke symptoms all about stroke or brain attack, what is is, what are the symptoms and how to prevent it.

May 14, Anti-aging-developments-April-2012

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:40:55 GMT

Anti-aging-developments-April-2012

May 9, Deprovera.......long term effects risk of osteoporosis

Wed, 09 May 2012 07:57:16 GMT

I have been diagnosed with osteoporosis , im only 44 and lead a fairly healthy lifestyle, iam going through early menopause but surprised to read on a

Apr 25, Hair Loss Prevention - causes of hair loss and how to prevent it.

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:53:45 GMT

hair loss prevention - the reasons for hair loss, prevention and treatment and when we should consult a doctor

Apr 24, Fibromyalgia Symptoms

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:47:29 GMT

Fibromyalgia Symptoms, all about fibromyalgia, what causes the disease and how to prevent and and how to treat it

Apr 24, Shingles Symptoms and the treatment of Herpes Zoster

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:20:35 GMT

shingles symptoms, treatment and prevention, what is shingles? what causes shingles and what can be done to treat the disease

Apr 20, Anti-aging developments March 2012

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:42:22 GMT

Anti-Aging Developments - March 2012

Apr 19, New Study Offers Hope for Future Treatment of Osteoporosis

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:52:10 GMT

According to Science Daily, a new technique to stimulate the bodies own stem cells to promote new bone growth has recently been tested successfully on mice by a team led by UC Davis Health System scientists and published on-line in the "Nature Health". The study shows that the molecule increases bone density and prevents bone loss associated with aging and estrogen deficiency. "There are many stem cells, even in elderly people, but they do not readily migrate to bone," said Wei Yao, the principal investigator and lead author of the study. "Finding a molecule that attaches to stem cells and guides them to the targets we need is a real breakthrough." This technique uses a hybrid molecule developed by a research team led by Kit Lam, professor and chair of the UC Davis Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine. When injected into the bloodstream this molecule has the ability to direct the patient’s stem cells to the bones where they differentiate into bone-forming cells and synthesize proteins to enhance bone growth. "Our study confirms that stem-cell-binding molecules can be exploited to direct stem cells to therapeutic sites inside an animal," said Lam, who also is an author of the on-line article. "It represents a very important step in making this type of stem cell therapy a reality." The study has only been conducted on mice for the time being and clinical trials will be necessary before it can be authorized for use in humans. "These results are very promising for translating into human therapy," said Jan Nolta, professor of internal medicine, an author of the study and director of the UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures. "We have shown this potential therapy is effective in rodents, and our goal now is to move it into clinical trials." Researchers are currently exploring stem cells as possible treatments for a wide range of conditions including peripheral artery disease and macular degeneration and for the treatment of blood disorders, skin wounds and diseased organs. Directing stem cells to travel and adhere to the surface of bone for bone formation has been among the elusive goals in regenerative medicine. Funding for the study came from the Endowment on Healthy Aging and the National Institutes of Health. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has given the team a planning grant to develop a proposal for human clinical trials. "This research was a collaboration of stem cell biologists, biochemists, translational scientists, a bone biologist and clinicians," said Lane. "It was a truly fruitful team effort with remarkable results."

Apr 19, Guidelines on Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis pubished

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:05:27 GMT

Oral glucocorticoids which are often the drug of choice for illnesses including obstructive pulmonary disease, inflammatory bowel disease and rheumatoid arthritis, unfortunately have a serious side effect. In the first months of therapy they often provoke rapid bone loss, leading to fragility fractures. Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (GIO) has grown in recent often goes under-diagnosed and under-treated, leaving patients at at risk of potentially serious fractures. The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) have recently published a document which provides a framework for the development of national assessment and treatment guidelines. Professor Juliet Compston, chair of the Guidelines Working Group and lead author of the paper, warns that "Clinicians need to be aware that bone loss occurs rapidly in the first three to six months after glucocorticoid therapy is initiated. To prevent fragility fractures in their patients, doctors must make primary prevention a priority in high-risk individuals." Management of patients may include reducing the dose of glucocorticoids, or using alternative treatments and immunosuppressive agents, increasing levels of dietary calcium and vitamin D, appropriate physical activity, and advising patients to give up smoking and limit alcohol consumption. Regular monitoring is also advised, including regular BMD and height testing and vertebral fracture assessment and assessment of compliance with therapy. Stressing the need for the implementation of these guidelines, Professor Bente Langdahl, president of the European Calcified Tissue Society, stated, "In a multinational study of more than 60,000 postmenopausal women, as many as 4.6% were reported as currently taking oral glucocorticoids." The paper, authored by 26 experts from 17 countries, has been published in the journal Osteoporosis International. It also includes Information about the management of GIO in younger men and pre-menopausal women.

Apr 19, The spinal column and back problems

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:18:14 GMT

The spinal column and back problems, including upper back pain, lower back pain and cervical pain or neck pain

Apr 19, BLEEP

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:35:09 GMT

The bosses at Tikona Digital Networks Pvt. Ltd. in Delhi, India might be interested to know that one of their employees has enough time to type obscenities

Apr 19, Piriformis syndrome, the lesser known cause of sciatica

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:29:26 GMT

Piriformis syndrome what it is and how to cure it

Apr 18, How do i know if i have Osteoporosis?

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:44:45 GMT

I have been going through the menopause for the past few years and i am wondering if i should be worried about osteoporosis. What tests are available?

Apr 14, author biographies for age-well.org

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:49:05 GMT

his is a list of authors who write for age-well.org, with their biographies

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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:37:51 GMT

Apr 13, Blood Pressure - Continued

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:38:53 GMT

Understanding High Blood Pressure

Apr 13, DASH Food Pyramid - Dietary Approaches to Hypertension

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:33:50 GMT

DASH Food Pyramid - a people who wish to folllow the DASH diet, which helps to lower blood pressure, in addition to many other health benefits

Apr 5, Hot Cross Buns

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:40:06 GMT

BUN DOUGH: 150ml milk 50g butter Zest of 1 orange 1 clove 2 cardamom pods 400g bread flour 1 packet easy-blend yeast (7g) 125g mixed dried fruit 1 teaspoon

Mar 29, New Studies Linking Apnea to Strokes

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:22:51 GMT

Two more studies linking sleep apnea to strokes were presented at the American Stroke Associations International Stroke Conference in February. Although the two conditions have already been lined this is new compelling evidence of the connection between the two. One of the studies links apneas to what are known as silent strokes where there is tissue death in the brain without symptom. The second, found that rapid memory loss before a stroke boosts the risk of the stroke being fatal. In one relatively small study, led by Dr. Jessica Kepplinger, a fellow at the University of Technology in Dresden, Germany, 91 percent of silent stroke victims where found to have sleep apnea. The higher the severity of the apnea, the more likely these silent strokes were found on brain and the less favorable the outcome when the patient was discharged. The patients were on average 67 years old, and just over half of them were women, the study authors noted. While the study found an association between sleep apnea and stroke, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.

In the second study, Qianyi Wang, a graduate student at the Harvard University School of Public Health, and colleagues evaluated nearly 12,000 men and women over 50, enrolled in the U.S. Health and Retirement Study. The study, which was funded by the U.S. National Institute on Aging and the American Heart Association, compared how memory changes over the long-term before and after stroke onset, to individuals who do not have a stroke.

Participants, who were all stroke-free at the start of the research project, were given memory tests every two years for up to 10 years. Over time, 1,820 strokes were reported, including 364 that were fatal. The remaining participants were stroke-free for the entire follow-up period.

Stroke survivors "had memory decline that is nearly twice as fast as stroke-free individuals, even before their stroke," Wang said.

Commenting on the studies, Dr. Ralph Sacco, chair of neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and past president of the American Heart Association said that the connection between sleep apnea and stroke had been mainly shown in small studies, but that this new research goes further by linking sleep apnea with the milder "silent" strokes.

The memory-loss study shows that people with memory loss have a higher risk of stroke and a greater death rate when strokes occur. He said that taking care of our brains can help us survive stroke but cautioned that the data and conclusions of both studies should be viewed as preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
(Source: HealthDay Website)

Mar 29, Omega 3 May Prevent Sight Loss is Over 50s

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:22:51 GMT

The Omega 3 fatty acids found in fish may help to prevent age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of sight loss in those over 50. A recent study shows that women who eat oily fish weekly are less likely to develop AMD. In her most recent newsletter

Dr. Marilyn Glenville reports on more evidence linking the consumption of Omega 3 fatty acids to the prevention of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The researchers followed approximately 38,000 female health professionals in the US for an average of ten years.

The research shows that eating fish such as salmon, tuna and mackeral had an increased protection from the disease by 44% over those who eat these fish less than once a month.
Dr. Marilyn Glenville Newsletter

Mar 27, gingivitis treatment and the treatment of trench mouth and periodontal disease

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:43:16 GMT

gingivitis treatment,gingivitis treatment, trench mouth, periodontal disease treatment and periodontitis

Mar 23, Coffee Could Help Prevent Alzheimer's

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:51:51 GMT

According to Dr. Robert Owen, a new study by the University of South Florida has found that drinking three to five cups of coffee a day may help protect us against Alzheimer’s.

The research shows that drinking coffee in middle age helps the memory. Studies on mice found that caffeine improved the cognitive function of mice that had been bred to develop Alzheimer’s by stimulating high levels of a protein known as GCSF. This protein helps to improve the immune system and tests on animals show that it can repair stroke damage.

Caffeine-induced GCSF recruits stem cells from bone marrow according the Health Alert that Dr. Owen shared with me. Traveling through the blood to the brain, these stem cells destroy the toxic beta amyloid proteins that are apparently responsible for the damage that causes Alzheimer’s. In addition coffee helps to create new brain connections and may also stimulate the production of new brain cells.

Dr. Owen warns that research is only in the early stages and advises drinking no more than three cups per day until we have further proof that these benefits also work on humans as coffee is also known stimulate the production of interleukin-6, a chemical that may cause inflammation. He suggests that green tea might also carry the same benefits as coffee and besides drinking this can also be taken in capsule form.

Decaffeinated coffee does not have the same properties as the real thing as the decaffeination process takes out the proteins that help prevent Alzheimer’s. Dr. Drinking your coffee black ensures that you are not getting too much fat and calories, so be careful about adding too much fat or sugar to your beverage.

The health alert gave very few details of the study but also mentions a November Health Alert which suggests that coffee could also help prevent cancer. I will try and locate this report and convey my findings in a later blog post.

Mar 21, Facial Exercise Videos - How to get a younger face

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:09:23 GMT

Facial exercise videos you can join in with to rejuvenate your face

Mar 20, Yoga Found to Help Mobility of Back Pain Patients

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:37:31 GMT

Yoga outdid other methods of back care according to the results of the UK’s largest study to date on the benefits of yoga. The study was funded by Arthritis Research UK was led by the University of York. It concluded that study group participants who were offered a specially designed 12 week yoga program did much better than the control group who were only offered traditional care. The group who practiced yoga expereicned greater improvements in back function and were more confident who performing everday tasks. The research focused on participants’ ability to undertake activities without being limited by back pain. This was measured using the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire. Although improvements were more pronounced at three months, researchers found that patients were still improving even after the classes had finished and able to walk more quickly, get dressed without hel and stand for longer periods of time. The trial involved two groups who were both receiving GP care for chronic or recurrent back pain. 156 participants were offered group yoga classes and 157 GP care alone. The findings of the study, which was carried out by researchers from the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York and the Hull York Medical School, were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in February, 2012.

(Source: Medical News Today, Annals of Internal Medicine)

Mar 20, Advances in Cure for Degenerative Back Disease

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:59:21 GMT

Researchers at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome have come a step closer to finding a cure for back problems which are one of the leading causes of disability and lost working hours in adults. According to Medical News Today and a report published in the journal Spine, the Italian scientists have found “an important molecular mechanism responsible for low back pain and other acute vertebral problems like cervical axial pain, all due to aging and degeneration of the vertebral column”. The study led by Dr. Luigi Aurelio Nasto and Enrico Pola was carried out in collaboration with a team from the University of Pittsburgh research team led by Paul Robbins, James Kang and Nam Vo. They have also developed a drug to inhibit this degenerative mechanism, by blocking the molecule, "NF-kB" and initial tests on mice have been successful. Nasto and Pola found that high concentration of NF-kB causes the degeneration of intervertebral discs (the structures that separate and damp the vertebrae), a degenerative process that could affect also young adults, as young as 30, especially if they adopt a sedentary lifestyle. Their experiments on mice that are genetically programmed to age rapidly perfectly mimicked the spine degeneration that occur in old people and young adults who suffer from low back pain. Dr. Nasto says they hope to be able to develop "Drugs that turn off or even only partially NBD peptide, which has already successfully tested by a US team to slow the course of muscular dystrophy in an animal model will be soon tested in a clinical trial (phase I) to study its therapeutic effects on Duchenne muscular dystrophy". However, these drugs could soon be used to counteract the aging of the vertebral column and cure low back pain. "We hope to develop other selective inhibitors of NF-kB to slow the degeneration of inter-vertebral discs", Pola concludes.

(Source: Medical News Today, Catholic University of Rome (http://www.rm.unicatt.it/) Spine Journal (The official journal of the North American Spine Society))

Mar 19, Could Asprin Cause Sight Loss?

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:26:50 GMT

An observational study out at the end of last year shows that participants taking a baby aspirin once a day to protect their hearts were twice as likely to have wet age related macular degeneration than those in the study who didn't. While the numbers in the study were quite large the control group taking the aspirin were relatively small - only about 850 people so doctors are insisting that this is only an observation study and does not prove that the aspirin caused the macular degeneration and the authors (from Holland) did not recommend that patients stop aspirin therapy. Here is a good video discussing the study. Doctors discussing the study insist that you should not stop taking aspirin if doing so for your heart, only that you should have your eyes checked regularly if you are taking aspirin every day.

Mar 19, Vitamins for eyes - eating for eye health

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:44:54 GMT

Vitamins for eyes - what to eat to keep your sight as you age

Mar 12, Google Search Results2

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:35:26 GMT

Google Search Results2

Mar 11, Fecal incontinence and urinary incontinence and weakness of the bladder or bowel

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 14:35:57 GMT

fecal incontinence, urininary incontinence or weakness of the bladder or bowel, what you can do and visitors forum on how to cope

Mar 8, Anti-aging developments September, 2010

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:41:49 GMT

Do you want to hear about all the Anti-aging developments reported in September, 2010

Mar 8, Anti-aging Developments Archive

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:26:46 GMT

Anti-aging Developments - Archive of Past News

Mar 8, Anti aging developments, October 2010

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:15:33 GMT

Anti aging developments, October 2010

Mar 6, DASH Diet Mealplan Naturally Eliminates High Blood Pressure

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:03:16 GMT

DASH Diet Mealplan, panning your menus around healthy options to eat well.

Mar 5, Vitamin D and its role in maintaining health bones

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:24:33 GMT

Vitamin D and its contribution to healthy bones and general health

Mar 5, Vitamin D Deficiency and Overdose

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:12:34 GMT

Vitamin D deficiency and overdose and their impact on health

Mar 5, Benefits of a warm bath

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:09:03 GMT

warm bath - bathing can soak away stress

Mar 4, Sugar Effects - Impact of Sugar on Your Health

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:14:57 GMT

Sugar effects - How sugar can have a negative effect on your health and provoke a multitude of diseases including auto-immune conditions and chronic degenerative disease

Mar 4, How Much Sugar in a can of Cola?

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:10:27 GMT

Mar 4, Sugar Blamed for Rise in Chronic Disease

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:53:02 GMT

Scientists from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)started a controversy when they published a paper on March 1 blaming the epidemic-like increase of obesity and chronic diseases like diabetes worldwide, on the increase in sugar consumption. They believe that sugar is as addictive and dangerous to health as tobacco and alcohol and that it should be as highly regulated and taxed. This is the only way of protecting the public in countries where sugar consumption is so heavily entrenched in the culture that education campaigns alone will not be enough to curtail it, they argue. Advertisement laws and even age-restricted sales might be necessary say the scientists, but the food and beverage industry are quick to defend their point of view that sugar alone can not be held responsible for the increase in obesity and chronic It's going to require public policy that gently guides people toward healthier choices and uses brute force to remove sugar from so many of the processed foods we eat every day, according to Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at UCSF. "Everyone talks about personal responsibility, and that won't work here, as it won't for any addictive substance. These are things that have to be done at a governmental level, and government has to get off its ass." "The only method for dealing with this is a public health intervention," he said. In response to the study, the food and beverage industries said that comparing sugar to alcohol and tobacco is "simply without scientific merit" insisting that there is "no evidence that focusing solely on reducing sugar intake would have any meaningful public health impact."

Mar 3, Keeping Intestines Healthy and Avoiding Constipation

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:55:44 GMT

How Healthy Intestines Maintain Your Zest for Life

Mar 2, Lost weight keeps coming back

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:53:38 GMT

Everytime i go on a diet and manage to lose weight it comes back but usually I gain a few pounds into the bargain, so then I'm left wishing I hadn't bothered

Mar 2, What is cholesterol and what are its effects on health?

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:51:28 GMT

An overview of cholesterol

Mar 2, prostate, enlarged Prostate

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:29:41 GMT

enlarged prostate - why - and how to cure it

Mar 1, Alzheimers Eye Test

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:22:48 GMT

Alzheimers Eye Test -New Alzheimers test, Early Alzheimer's diagnosis, eyetest diagnoses alzheimer's

Feb 28, thyroid disease symptoms - the personal experience of one patient

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:26:04 GMT

Thyroid disease symptoms - A look at thyroid disease symptoms and risk factors, from the personal experience of one sufferer, Mary Sofia

Feb 28, age-well forums - share your views on anti-aging, weight loss, beauty secrets

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:32:09 GMT

age-well forums - share your views on a variety of anit-aging subjects including weight loss, losing belly fat, share beauty secrets and healthy recipes!

Feb 26, Facial Exercise to Make You Look Younger

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:06:53 GMT

Facial Exercise to tone and firm facial muscles

Feb 24, Look Well Index

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:09:50 GMT

this page links to various sources on how to look well as you age, learn how to look younger for longer and feeel on top of the world. Looking beautiful is good for the morale - take care of yourself

Feb 23, The DASH diet

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:16:56 GMT

Who else wants to learn about the DASH Diet, your passport to Ultimate Health, a healthy cardio-vascular system and low blood pressure, and long-term weight Loss?