Published on 04/02/2012

Saturday was World Cancer Day. the whole world needs to focus and reflect on a disease that is claiming thousands of lives globally everyday and giving tremendous stress to health delivery system in almost every country. once it strikes, cancer is expensive to treat and difficult to manage. many types of cancer can still not be cured by either traditional or modern medicine: they are the number one enemies of humankind.

Yet it is now known that cancer can be prevented through proper and good nutrition, a balanced life style, keeping oneself fit physically, mentally and spiritually, and keeping the environment clean.

The news that Kenyans might have been consuming vegetables contaminated by a cancer causing pesticide for the last 20 years is therefore both disturbing and hurting. the chemical known as dimethoate, reported to be in about 25 pesticides, is mainly used in keeping pests off vegetables and fruits. It was banned in Europe in 2009, but we Kenyans are banning it only now!

Following the call from Dr Songa of the Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya should not only ban pesticides but also step up measures for reviewing the use of chemicals in crop and animal production so as to eliminate any that may cause cancer.

In this regard, the Pharmacy and Poisons Board has its job cut for it; so are other stakeholders in this field like the Pests Control Product Board, Agro-Chemicals Association of Kenya, Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya and USAAID’s Kenya Horticultural Competitive Project. the umbrella body, the Horticulture Crop Development Authority, needs to ensure that Kenyans grow and consume healthy products free of cancer causing elements either in pesticides or fertilisers.

There are at least 90 different types of cancers that affect human beings in various parts of the body such as skin, the central nervous system, the head, the neck, the thorax, the breast, the digestive system, the genitourinary sites, the gynecologic sites, the lymphomas and myeloma, the musculoskeletal sites and pediatric tumors.

Although facilities for diagnosing and treating cancer in Kenya are still very few compared to the needs of the people, it is now known that the most prevalent types of cancer here are breast, throat, stomach, colon, pancreatic, cervical and prostate cancers. the Africa Cancer Foundation has taken awareness about these cancers as its primary responsibility. how does one take precautionary measures to prevent them, what are their symptoms and where does one go for help when afflicted?

While medical science is capable of tracing the origin and causes of these various types of cancers, there are now good reasons to believe that dietary and environmental factors have a lot to do with the spread and escalation of cancers today. It is therefore better to err on the side of caution by encouraging proper and healthy diet and keeping our environment as clean as possible.

That we make money by producing and eating cheap food may only satisfy our needs for today; in the long run it kills most of us. that we rush to the urban areas to crowd there looking for elusive jobs while living in torrid conditions may be behaviour compelled by circumstances; but we as a people need to go an extra mile and ensure that life is not endangered by abject poverty. Society as a whole needs to give protection to the less fortunate.

Kenyan towns and cities are full of garbage and pollutants; in fact, in the highly populated sections of our urban areas squalor competes for space with human beings in a way by which the human beings themselves ensure that the density of squalor progresses algebraically on a daily basis! This is a tragedy.

Just as we have gathered courage to improve our infrastructure after many years of slumber, we must now gather courage to improve our health system by establishing Universal Health Care as well as improving on our social determinants of health such as good and clean water, proper habitation, clean environment, good nutrition for all and minimal violence in society.

In all this, the Government and the private sector must be good partners. It is always the role of the Government to take the lead and show the way, making it possible for investors to make money while conscious of the basic needs of society. One basic need that is always forgotten — or taken for granted — is health. This can no longer be so.

The health of every Kenyan is not his or her personal affair; it is the affair of the individual extended into society. very soon the degree of poor health of individuals in society begins to affect the degree of health in society as a whole: its health in terms of economic growth as well as its health in terms of how healthy individuals make use of their disposable incomes.

It is almost certain that every Kenyan who earns a salary spends a good part of it on harambees that seek to pay the health bills of the sick or the mortuary/burial bills of the dead. Cancer is fast becoming a major contributor to these bills, and we can avoid this phenomenon by taking preventive measures earlier and using Universal Health Care to take this “sickness load” off our individual backs.

The steps that the NHIF has taken to have more robust health insurance schemes with the teachers, civil servants and the disciplined forces is a move in the right direction that we need to applaud. but more work still needs to be done by the Ministry of Medical Services to ensure that all Kenyans have universal health cover. the framework for this must be put in place this year as we establish the devolved system of Government. This must be done; it will be done.

The writer is Minister for Medical Services

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Getting ready for the Parkinson’s 5K Walk & Fun Run 2008Image by gebl(C)Gebl 2008

The devalue next is display good guarantee not usually for the impediment of Parkinson’s disease, though additionally alleviating of the symptoms.

It’s cheap, of march partial of the food chain, as good as display good guarantee with the diagnosis of the series of conditions in serve to Parkinson’s disease, from Depression to Alzheimer’s, as good as most others.

The devalue is informed to everybody as good as is:

Parkinson’s mildew belongs to the organisation of conditions which start rebate between cigarette smokers than in non-smokers.

Smoking is of march harmful, no the single should take it up to forestall or assuage the disease; however the specific devalue in cigarette smoking which is believed to forestall as good as additionally yield service for suffers is – Nicotine.

Nicotine in Pure Form is protected & non toxic

Nicotine private from cigarettes in the healthy state is the safe, non poisonous as good as is found in most usual dishes as good as vegetables.

Nicotine is right away display good guarantee in healing investigate in conditions of both impediment of Parkinson’s disease, as good as additionally for the lessening of the symptoms.

Nicotine & Parkinson’s Disease Research

Research has referred to which the little of the transformation difficulties gifted by Parkinson suffers have been rebate serious after smoking cigarettes, receiving nicotine resin or regulating nicotine patches.

Researchers have been wakeful for over thirty years which fewer smokers get Parkinson’s diseases than non-smokers.

The regard was initial done in the 1970′s as good as identical formula have been shown in all successive tests.

The protecting outcome is large, active smokers have the 60% rebate in risk compared with those who have never been smokers.

Nicotine is not usually display good guarantee in the surety start though additionally in alleviating the symptoms of suffers who have the mildew already.

How Nicotine can help

Researchers hold which the categorical reason underlying the protecting movement of nicotine might be the capability to enlarge the countenance of neurotrophic factors which have been well known to assistance the presence of dopaminergic neurons, as nicotine increases the series of “nicotinic” receptors in the brain.

These receptors change the prolongation as good as recover of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Parkinson’s mildew occurs when brain cells which furnish dopamine, an critical containing alkali follower die. People do not get Parkinson’s mildew until approximatley 80% to 90% of the dopamine-producing cells have been dead.

Nicotine is believed to strengthen these cells opposite repairs as good as as the effect forestall the disease. Alleviating the symptoms

Nicotine might assistance to relieve mental recall difficulties which start in the little people with Parkinson’s disease.

The series of nicotinic receptors have been decreased in the smarts of people who have Parkinson’s disease.

The nicotine in cigarette smoke, in the nicotine vegetable patch or in resin might lead to an additional kick of these superfluous nicotinic receptors as good as to illustrate assuage the symptoms.

Nicotine is accessible in rags as good as resin as good as multiform companies have looked during nicotine H2O as the protected smoothness process for organic nicotine with no combined chemicals.

Nicotine H2O is already being marketed as good as serve products have been being researched, all with the target of delivering pristine organic nicotine though damaging chemicals.

Nicotine natures consternation drug?

While nicotine has had an picture complaint due to the organisation with smoking.

There is however the lot of fad about the intensity to forestall as good as assistance with the series of healing conditions which embody not usually Parkinson’s disease, though also:

Alzheimer’s disease, Schizophrenia, obesity, basin as good as even the little cancers.

Research is during an early theatre with most conditions, though Nicotine could only be about to get open approval for the poignant illness benefits.

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"Chronic high doses of Vitamin C can precipitate a scorbutic condition when you stop taking them. your body adjusts to the high dosages and develops the signs and symptoms of scurvy when stopped."

GAHHH.
IS THAT TRUE?

i have about 5000mg of vitamin c per day on average.

is that bad?

Most supplements and vitamins are kinda pointless in my opinion. your body cant break it all down normally and most of the vitamins you will take you most likely will piss them out. I stopped taking them just for the fact that its expensive. I would say your fine but I would rather see you just eat fruit and vegetables with what you need. the human body responds best to natural vitamins

that is way too much, you should only be taking about 65mg-70mg a day.

your skin might turn orange

It’s cold and flu season again, so it’s time for a refresher course on what one can do to keep their family healthy.

Most people know colds are less severe than influenza, but they’re often unsure about specific symptoms. For example, the flu is often accompanied by a high fever (between 101 and 104 degrees Fahrenheit), and can cause extreme exhaustion that can last from two to three weeks. a cold usually lasts only a few days.

To avoid using up those sick days, here are some tips to help people avoid colds and flu:

—Become a germ-a-phobe: maybe one doesn’t need to become a full-blown hypochondriac, but a little fastidiousness in areas of public hygiene can go a long way in avoiding illness this season.

Put distance between oneself and anybody displaying symptoms like coughing or sneezing. Wash hands thoroughly and often, using an alcohol-based sanitizing gel or wipe if water and soap aren’t available. Frequently disinfect high hand-traffic items, such as doorknobs and keyboards.

Be sure to get sufficient rest, exercise and eat right, including plenty of vegetables and fresh fruit. Foods rich in vitamins a, C and E help maintain a healthy immune system.

Most importantly, get the annual flu shot. This year for the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending everyone ages 6 months and older get the flu shot. however, remember it takes a few weeks after getting the shot to begin reaping flu-fighting benefits.

—Give the booster a boost: while most flu vaccines are 70-90 percent effective, efficacy can be less in the elderly or individuals with immune system problems. Either way, people may also want to consider giving the booster shot a boost.

“A unique, natural compound extracted from Japanese medicinal mushrooms, known as AHCC, can enhance the power of the seasonal flu shot. all you need is one gram per day for immune system maintenance and three grams per day when fighting an infection,” says Dr. Lawrence P. Kempf, a New York City internist who recently researched the ability of AHCC to boost the flu vaccine. “AHCC helps increase certain white blood cells, which help the body fight off viruses and infections, and also activates the immune system when the body is under attack.”

AHCC can be easily found at health food stores and natural grocery outlets, and can also be purchased online at kinokoAHCC.com.

—When necessary, admit defeat: If someone does contract a cold or flu, the best thing to do is stay home and avoid spreading it to others. Rest and plenty of fluids will help the recovery more than work and stress.

It’s also important to take any medications prescribed by a doctor, such as antivirals. Different from antibiotics, antiviral drugs can shorten the time someone is sick and prevent serious flu complications.

And if under the weather, make sure to sneeze into a tissue or elbow to avoid spreading germs to others.

For more tips on staying healthy this cold and flu season, visit cdc.gov or ahccresearch.org.

TMJ stands for Temporomandibular Joint. it establishes the connection between the bottom jaw in one’s mouth with the temporal bone tissue in the skull. Nevertheless, this joint has enough mobility which will allow the person to open or close mouth up and down, as well as sideways.

Even having to eat can be a trigger of tmj jaw pain. Chewing robust vegetables or a thick steak or thicker sandwiches can strain your jaw joints.

We all know the significance of opening and closing our mouth on a daily basis. You eat, dialogue and drink through our mouth. on account of TMJ problems if the opening wide and closing of the mouth is inadequate even slightly you feel the brunt of it. considering this joint is positioned very close to the ears, any pain caused to the former will have consequences on the latter.

Signs and symptoms of TMJ Trouble:

Ache when you talk, yawn or chew

Ringing of the ears

Clicking or locking tones while opening or closing the mouth

An abnormal position of the mouth even while biting on or chewing food can be signs and symptoms of TMJ disorder.

Head aches or neck ache

Stiffness in the jaws

Incapability to open your mouth wide

Inability to open your mouth more than a few inches

Think about the following when you are trying to pinpoint why this ache is going on.

Jaw Pain Causes and Trouble:

There are many points that can be made about jaw pain cause-

Quick clenching of the jaws out of temper or eating some thing can bring about such pain. this is mainly because the clenching action puts unnecessary pressure on the flexible and soft joint and creates tight muscles of the face, jaw and neck.

Arthritis can have an affect on any joint. You may really want to go to a medical physician to rule out osteoarthritis of the jaw joint.

Sleeping on your abdomen forces the head to one side and can result in tight muscles and stress on the jaw.

Sometimes the ball and socket retaining the joint in place may slip off from their regular positions triggering the jaw to open and/or close imperfectly.

Chewing gum – if your jaw ball and socket are not correctly located, chewing gum is going to put a continuous strain on your jaw joint and muscles. keep away from chewing gum if you are having jaw problems.

Occasionally when you munch on things like a jawbreaker or stick-jaw candy it can cause the jaws to open or close incorrectly or put a lot of tension on the TMJ leading to lock-jaw. Our immediate kind of response is to pull our jaw open which can bring about even further damage to the TMJ.

It is critical to be mindful of your jaw pain causes and TMJ at the first sign of problems. I was told I would need surgery treatment. Read more on how I got rid of my TMJ through TMJ exercises that I could do myself. You can learn this too.

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