Health Issues

I think I have probably made it pretty clear on this blog that I am not in favor of Bariatric surgery as a method to lose becuase it is dangerous, not always effective, and diet and exercise are not needed to lose the which means that your health is not improved as much even though the is lost. The problem is however for the morbidly obese this is sometimes the only options. So here are some post surgery tips Weight loss surgery can surely help you lose weight, but it won't help you … [Read more...] about Post Bariatric Surgery Tips

Eczema and Skin Rashes is much less frequent in adolescence than in the first years of childhood. In teen-agers it usually causes a thickening, dryness, and redness of the skin. Itching, and at times pain, may accompany the rash. At this age, eczema is most frequently found in the folds of the elbows and knees and on the wrists. Another common location is the back of the neck and ears. Eczema and Skin Rashes may bring scaling of the skin. At times there is marked splitting of the skin and … [Read more...] about Eczema and Skin Rashes

I have been a contact lense wearer for a lot of years now and always dread buying contact lenses, probably over 25 years and have ran into more and more roadblocks to buying contact lenses over the years. What happens is I will wear contacts for 5 years or so and then switch back to glasses for a couple of years. Here is the process that I go through to get contact lenses. 1. Get an eye exam and new prescription 2. Shop around for a cheap place to buy lenses 3. Pay some sort of fitting … [Read more...] about Buying Contact Lenses Online

Fitness, Health and Earth day seem like maybe they are not very well linked at all but I think that there is a case to be made that being greener is a lot healthier way to live. Being the father of two your kids we have been bombarded this week with Earth day events and stories from school. I remember when I was growing up the whole recycling concept was just picking up steam and a few years later in Vancouver we had curb side recycling, something that my adopted city of Calgary does not yet … [Read more...] about Earth Day and Health

The Daily Mail in England has this very interesting story about Enbrel that seems to give hope to the millions of people worldwide that suffer from Alzheimers disease. Doctors are calling for a clinical trial of an experimental drug treatment that it is claimed can reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease "in minutes". U.S. researchers say the treatment allowed an 82-year- old sufferer to recognize his wife for the first time in years. In the UK, specialists believe the claims should … [Read more...] about Enbrel to try to cure Alzheimers

Fitness is individual. A person knows that he is or is not in shape. He also knows the various degrees of his own fitness. Or he can define his fitness in terms of others of similar age and state of health. He may be proud that he is the only fellow on the block who can go out bicycling for the afternoon, climb three flights of stairs without panting, and shovel his own driveway. And by this comparison he knows if he enjoys normal fitness, which is indeed rare, or only average fitness. There … [Read more...] about Determining your level of fitness

Just caught this long article on Eating disorders on the main MSN.ca site. There are a lot of facts in this article and it is interesting that when people want to better their health sometimes they go to far and actually harm themselves by losing to much . I used to hate the talk of Anorexia and Bulimia being a disease thinking that it was just a way for some people to get attention but have really learned over the last few years that this is something that is a very dangerous disease with very … [Read more...] about Bulimia and Anorexia

Here is more info from my local pharmacy about Cholesterol, its types and preventing high levels of bad cholesterol. Cholesterol is bad. Right? No! A high total cholesterol level is bad. A high level of LDL cholesterol is bad. Cholesterol itself is necessary for good health. And HDL cholesterol is actually good for us. We couldn't live without any cholesterol at all, because this waxy material is used to form cells and produce hormones. About 80% of the cholesterol in our bodies is … [Read more...] about Cholesterol and you

If you are thin and fit or even fit and fat you will cost your medical program more on average then a smoker or fat couch potato. Does that make any sense at all? Well it is true. A dutch research study shows that people in bad shape will die earlier costing less then fit people who will eventually have diseases of the aged which cost more. Dutch researchers have found that smokers and the over actually cost the public health system less than healthy people because they live longer and the … [Read more...] about Fit people cost the medical industry more

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today notified the public that Botox and Botox Cosmetic (Botulinum toxin Type A) and Myobloc (Botulinum toxin Type B) have been linked in some cases to adverse reactions, including respiratory failure and death, following treatment of a variety of conditions using a wide range of doses. In an early communication based on the FDA's ongoing safety review, the agency said the reactions may be related to overdosing. There is no evidence that these reactions … [Read more...] about FDA Warnings about Botox

How many times a day does every man and woman receive an email promoting some kind of pill that is supposed to help with Erectile Dysfunction? Fortunately I do not suffer from this but I know that enough people do that Viagra and Levitra are the biggest spam email products on the internet today. One of the big problems for many of the people taking Viagra or Levitra is that the Erectile Dysfunction that they suffer from is a  by product of but health and the drugs if not watched may cause … [Read more...] about Erectile Dysfunction and products on the internet

I am a bit of a fan of Dr Gabe Mirkin, he has great info on his blog and i used to run across his readio show but sadly I haven't lately. Here are a couple of articles that he recently wrote that I have hung onto but wanted to post today. Animal studies suggest that exercise may be even more important for older people than for younger ones. A report from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shows that exercise significantly decreased wound size and increased healing rate in older … [Read more...] about Gabe Mirkin talks exercise