Archive for June, 2009
Health Highlights: June 26, 2009 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Liver_detox
Liver is considered to be most important organ of the human. Liver performs important functions which are essential for survival. It helps in digestion and assimilation. It stores essential minerals and vitamins such as copper, iron, B12, Vitamins D,A, E and K. RBC also know as red blood cells are produced inside the liver which carry oxygen around the whole body and the cells known as Kupffer which devour harmful microorganism in blood which helps them in fighting infection. Liver plays an important role in removing foreign bodies also known as toxins from gut, hence liver plays an important role in detoxification. A whole set of complex chemical reactions are used by lever in detoxifying harmful substances. The various enzymes convert toxins which are fat soluble into substance that are water soluble which then could be excreted through urine or bile. It becomes difficult to excrete the fat soluble toxins entering the body. They have high liking for fat tissues and cell membranes which are made of proteins and fatty acids. Toxins could be stored for many years in the tissues of body. The toxins could be released during fast, exercise and stress. The release of these toxins could also be accompanied by headache, stomach pain, fatigue, nausea, palpitations and dizziness and poor memory The liver could neutralise a range of toxic chemicals produced externally (from environment) as well as internally in the body. Due to nutritional deficiencies because of poor diet the metabolic processes goes awry as a result the type and level of toxins produced internally increases. The externally produced toxins which are detoxified by lever come from environmental source like contents of foods and bowels, air and water. Various herbicides and pesticides like DDT, dioxin, PCP, 3-D, and PCB etc. are found virtually in all fat tissues considered. Even eating organic food that is unprocessed requires detoxification as it contains naturally occurring toxics. There are several roles played by lever in detoxification such as 1. Filtering of blood so that large toxins are removed 2. Secretes and synthesis bile full of fat soluble toxins and cholesterol 3. Disassembles toxins using enzymes by either directly neutralising toxins or converting it into other intermediaries which are neutralize then. To prevent cancer lever’s detoxification is essential. Most of the cases of cancer are due to the environmental carcinogens like cigarette smoke, water, food, and air combining with nutrition deficiency which are require for detoxification. The susceptibility to cancer increases with exposure to carcinogens associated with detoxification that is slow.
Mall health centre opens in July (BBC News)
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A new 2m health centre run by a GP practice in a Norwich’s shopping mall will open in July.
House Democrats to open hearings on health bill (AP via Yahoo! News)
House Democrats are pushing forward with a partisan health care bill even as a key Senate Democrat labors to achieve an elusive bipartisan compromise on President Barack Obama’s top legislative priority.
How to Cut Health Care Costs: Less Care, More Data (Time Magazine)
Obama’s diagnosis for health reform would cut costs by rewarding quality care and limiting unnecessary treatments. But one man’s economies are another’s lost profits
Dodd, Graham spar over health care (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
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Sen. Lindsey Graham says the Senate will not let the U.S. “go down the government-run health care road.” The South Carolina Republican was on a Sunday morning talk show repeating the charges of those opposed to President Barack Obama’s attempts to overhaul the health care system.
‘Death Blow’ to Dem Health Plan? (Fox News)
Cost estimates for health care overhaul are putting Democrats in the hot seat over public plan option
Most in US support govt-backed health care: poll (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The overwhelming majority of Americans support substantial changes to the country’s health care system, including a government-run health insurance option, a new opinion poll found.
Beer tax on tap for health care? – Arlington Heights Daily Herald
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WASHINGTON — Joe Six-Pack may have to hand over nearly $2 more for a case of beer to help provide health insurance for all. Details of the proposed beer tax are described in a Senate Finance Committee document distributed to lawmakers before a …
Tax Proposals Draw Critics in Talks on Financing Health Insurance – New York Times
WASHINGTON Even as Congress weighed options to finance health insurance for tens of millions of Americans, lobbyists mobilized Wednesday to head off proposed taxes on employer-provided health benefits, alcoholic beverages and soft drinks. Labor …
Govt blamed for mental health services shortfall – Australian Broadcasting Corp.
The Victorian Opposition says the State Government is responsible for a shortfall in Bendigos mental health services. Oppositions mental health spokeswoman Mary Wooldridge says the central city has fewer acute mental health beds than the state-wide …
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Ph_balancing_body_detox
By ph we mean potential for hydrogen. It is logarithmic scale which helps in measuring the relative acidity and alkalinity of a solution. The scale varies from 0 to 14. 0 is completely acidic and 14 is completely basic. Neutral is 7. Proper diet is an important part of being healthy. We eat lot of junk food which leads to accumulation of various toxins in our body. The refuse that have been accumulated in the body from the, food we eat and the toxins from environment like processed food, household chemicals and pollution and refined foods have to removed first to correct the ph (acid-alkaline)imbalance. These toxins in the body generate acid which causes low energy and pain in body and various other health problems. Detoxification helps in cleansing the body and act as a natural healer. Various food habits of leads to formation acid in our body like consumption of sugar, dairy products, artificial sweeteners, white flour, soda, coffee, hard drinks. Acidic body is the perfect ground for bacteria breeding, fungi and yeast. This leads to delay in functioning of body metabolism and cellular activity and even leads to thinning of bones and muscle weakness, Arthritis, problem of ageing. Ph balancing body detoxification can help to slow down the process of crumbling The favouring detox are those that combat acidic impurities via: – Blood – Skin – Colon – Lungs – Liver – Lymphatic system – Kidney The colon should be cleansed first. The first preference is given to colon because it becomes difficult for body to remove toxic substance from organs and tissues. The body’s first defensive system for toxic substance is colon. The whole body suffers if the colon is toxic. There are various method through which detoxification can be done like: – Intake of vitamins – Special diet or as prescribed by doctors – Exercise – Sauna therapy – Hydrotherapy The acid waste which is not eliminated get reabsorbed via colon and gets into liver and again into circulation and finally gets accumulated in the tissues. Therefore regular cleansing is important and one should always eat healthy foods to keep body’s Ph level balanced. A well balanced diet is must to be in a state of good health. The quantity and quality of food intake is very important which is taught in schools from beginning. The acid in the body is not good for health, it is not safe to skip breakfast as the stomach release acid for breaking the food and in the viscinity of food the lining of stomach gets affected by acid leading to ulcers.