Drinking can lead to alcoholic liver disease which can progress to fibrosis of the liver which in turn can potentially lead to liver cancer Murray said.
I emphasize'can'it's not even clear to the best scientists what are the triggers that allow that progression to happen he said noting that why some people have a higher risk than others of developing liver disease from drinking is understood not medically or biochemically.
Unlike alcohol Baler said the effects of chronic marijuana use are established not as well. Animal studies have indicated some possible impact on reproduction.
Additionally there is evidence marijuana can worsen psychiatric issues for people who are predisposed to them or bring them on at a younger age.
because the drug is smoked typically it can bring on bronchitis coughing and chronic inflammation of the air passages.
But while early studies showed some evidence linking marijuana to lung cancer subsequent studies have debunked that association.
but there are health benefits observed in moderate drinkers including lower rates of cardiovascular disease and possibly fewer colds Murray said.
and researchers understand their effects on the body then they could be put in clinical trials for use in cancer multiple sclerosis diabetes glaucoma
and other diseases he said. There are segments of the population that want to bypass the entire process grabbing this nugget of truth
Public health researchers have said studying rates of injuries accidents mental illness and teen use in the wake of the new laws will lead to a better understanding of marijuana's public health effects.
which has been linked to cancers cardiovascular disease and diabetes. In March 2009 a 10-year National Cancer Institute review of studies that followed half a million Americans found that those who ate 4 ounces of red meat
or more daily increased their overall risk of premature death 30 percent compared with those who consumed less.
On the other hand choosing more healthful sources of protein in place of red meat can confer significant health benefits by reducing chronic disease morbidity and mortality.
and is acknowledged to be a major factor in causing obesity and diabetes both in the UK and worldwide.
It s clear this sugar plays a part in soaring levels of obesity and diabetes.
According to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) this will have reduced stroke and heart attack deaths by a minimum of 9000 per year with a saving in health care costs of at least £1. 5bn a year.
If we can persuade the Department of health that this programme is very likely to help considerably with the obesity epidemic
while also reducing the incidence of dental disease and (very likely) the number of people developing Type 2 diabetes it should have a good chance of success. Graham Macgregor set up
and is Chairman of both Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) and World Action on Salt and Health (WASH).
He is also chairs the Blood pressure Association sits on the board for the World Hypertension League
and recently served as President of The british Hypertension Society Sonia Pombo is a member of Consensus Action on Salt & Health (CASH).
and productivity on farms as well as help us monitor for any biosecurity threats including Colony Collapse Disorder a global phenomenon where worker bees from a beehive
and disease-transmitting animals like domestic sheep. 6 Extinct Animals That Could Be brought Back to Life The fossilized poop was found in a cave in the Sierra Kunkaak mountain range of the eastern side of the island
'Long Winter Worsens Allergies in Spring This year's long brutal winter may mean the country's headed for pollen eruption
and a harsh allergy season in the spring doctors say. The freezing temperatures of the prolonged winter may have delayed the blooming of trees
and now that it's finally warming up trees are expected to bloom at the same time as grasses causing a dramatic rise in pollen allergy experts said.
People who may have both tree allergies and grass allergies are probably going be impacted doubly because both of those things are going to be said blooming at the same time Dr. Lolita Mcdavid a pediatrician at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland Ohio.
The 5 Most Common Allergies About 8 percent of U s. adults suffer from seasonal allergies according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Symptoms of these allergies typically include stuffy and runny noses watery and itchy eyes sneezing
and wheezing especially on days with high pollen counts. The allergy seasons seem to be getting intense in the last few years.
We are not quite sure why Mcdavid said. We don't know if it's the climate change.
Some doctors also contend that people have more allergies today perhaps because they are exposed less to allergens such as pollen than they used to be said Mcdavid.
The severity of each year's allergy season depends on the temperatures precipitation and amount of flowering grasses in an area that year studies have shown.
which can worsen allergies Mcdavid said. To fight off an intense allergy season Mcdavid suggests people who have allergies change their clothes
when they get home so that they don't walk around the home with the pollen they brought in.
On days with high temperatures and high pollen counts Mcdavid suggested people with allergies close the windows and turn on air conditioning.
which helps prevent allergic reactions for 24 hours. You can take them at night so that you won't be drowsy in the day Mcdavid said.
#5 Miserable Afflictions to Avoid This Spring As joyful and gorgeous it may be spring brings its own share of seasonal maladies
and nothing can kill the buzz of spring like an allergy or a bacterial infection.
With the warmer weather can come a host of pathogens that are less common during winter's frigid conditions.
Lyme disease Deer ticks (also called blacklegged ticks) which carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease are most active during the spring early summer and fall.
They live in shady and humid environments and are often found at ground level clinging to grass.
The risk of Lyme disease is greatest for people living in New england the Mid-atlantic states and the upper Midwest according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
and Lyme disease avoid walking in places where ticks are likely to live. The CDC recommends using insect repellents with DEET on the skin or clothing or permethrin on clothing.
Allergic rhinitis In the spring trees and grass start to produce pollen to which many people are allergic.
The most common symptoms of allergic rhinitis (also called hay fever) are stuffy and runny nose watery and itchy eyes sneezing wheezing and cough.
There's really no good way to cure or prevent allergies but the symptoms can be controlled.
With allergies there are really good treatments and there's no need to suffer said Dr. Andy Nish president of Allergy
and Asthma Care Center in Gainesville Ga. 9 Weirdest Allergies His first recommendation to people with allergies includes avoiding the outdoors on high pollen days changing clothes
when getting home and keeping windows closed Nish said. Then there are medications to ease allergic reactionssuch as nasal steroids
and antihistamines Nish said. For people who have tried to avoid triggering their allergies but haven't seen improvement
and for those who are allergic to a number of allergens some doctors may recommend trying immunotherapy
and allergy shots Nish said. Eye allergies Another type of allergy to pollen affects the eye
and is called allergic conjunctivitis allergy. In this condition the membrane lining the eye and the inside of the eyelid becomes inflamed.
Doctors recommend staying away from pollen lubricating the eye and taking allergy medicine for relief.
Worsening of asthma & other health conditions Spring allergies can worsen an existing asthma or sinus problem Nish said.
Inhaling pollen can trigger asthma attacks and increase inflammation of the airways in people who have asthma.
Similarly people with sensitive sinuses can be irritated by pollens. Some people may develop eustachian tube dysfunction in
which the narrow tube that runs from the middle ear to the back of the nose gets blocked because of inflammation
and extra mucus Nish said. Flu The flu season is not over yet. National data from the first weeks of April show that
although seasonal influenza activity is declining flu viruses continue to circulate and cause illness in parts of the U s. For example in New york state the numbers from the second week of April show influenza is still widespread with more than 2500 lab-confirmed cases.
To avoid getting the flu people should get the flu shot and take everyday preventive actions to stop the virus'spread the CDC says.
These include washing hands limiting contact with sick people and avoiding touching your eyes nose and mouth.
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Constipation is caused by many factors such as poor diet dehydration lack of exercise jet lag or diet change while traveling pregnancy and certain medications.
and vegetables should remedy constipation. If not a paucity of bowel movements could point to (or lead to) a serious medical condition.
Diarrhea or loose bowel movements also is caused by many factors most commonly by viruses bacteria or an allergic reaction.
Consistently loose bowel movements could be a sign of a chronic disease such as irritable bowel syndrome. 5 Things Your Poop Says About Your Health Misconception No. 2:
A truly awful-smelling bowel movement something admittedly hard to quantify in writing can be either a sign of an infection or something more serious such as Crohn's disease celiac disease or ulcerative colitis.
Giardiasis an infection of Giardia parasites is one well-known cause of horrible-smelling poop. If you experience bad odor over a prolonged period
Common side effects are dehydration rectal perforations air emboli blood infections and a loss of the ability to control the muscles of the bowels.
There are no toxins in the colon that get absorbed in the blood to cause disease.
Studies have shown a connection between toilet reading and hemorrhoids. The theory dating back to a 1974 study is prolonged that toilet sitting during
This can lead to hemorrhoids or inflamed veins in this area. A study published in The Lancet in 1989 reported that patients with hemorrhoids were more than twice likely to read on the toilet.
A study from 1995 in the journal Colon & Rectum found that 40 percent of patients with benign anorectal disease read on the toilet.
And a 2009 study published in Neurogastroenterology & Motility also found hemorrhoids sufferers more likely to be toilet readers.
What's not clear however is prolonged whether toilet sitting causes hemorrhoids or is the result of this.
Nevertheless doctors recommend more dietary fiber not more sitting to facilitate bulkier and faster bowel movements.
What is Hay fever and Why Do You Have It? This article was published originally at The Conversation.
Hay fever or seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis to give it its official name is caused when our bodies produce allergic antibodies to the proteins in tree and grass pollens.
The antibodies then sit in the immune cells we have on all surfaces of our bodies in contact with the outside.
and sore eyes that make hay fever a misery In the longer term airways can become inflamed and blocked causing permanent nasal stuffiness snoring lack of sleep and susceptibility to infections and sinusitis.
Hay fever especially to non-sufferers can sound like a trivial disease. But it can wipe out weeks of useful functioning in the summer is the fifth most common cause of lack of sleep in the pollen months
which has resulted in theories that this allergy epidemic has been driven by environmental changes: fewer infections in childhood living away from environments such as farms
which seem to inhibit the development of allergies and modern changes in diet and lifestyle (for example overheated poorly ventilated homes).
Some years are worse for hay fever sufferers than others. This partly reflects the overall amount of pollen floating about but also individual circumstances:
for example people living near coastlines are often better off because the prevailing winds tend to carry pollen away.
which can lead to acute outbreaks of hay fever. The curious thing about hay fever is that it s a disease that some people seem to grow out of
while others don t and scientists don t yet understand why this is. Typically children who are susceptible to hay fever may start off with eczema in childhood
and then develop food allergies when they start to eat solid foods then develop hay fever as school children then asthma in their teens.
Sometimes these diseases fade away as the person grows up but sometimes they persist Sometimes they also develop for the first time later in life.
It is known not why these problems sometimes go away and curiously it is not because people stop producing the allergic antibodies.
Because of this development pattern people with hay fever are at greater risk of developing asthma. Because the susceptible cells line the lower airways as well as the nose patients with hay fever
and asthma often find that their asthma is worse during the pollen months because histamine release in the airways causes them to constrict.
This seasonal#or pollen#asthma can be quite severe. When treating asthma it makes sense to treat any associated hay fever as well
since having a blocked nose all the time bypasses the nose s natural filter function and allows more pollens and other irritants into the airways
which my make asthma more difficult to control. Nevertheless there is no good evidence that neglecting hay fever treatment causes#asthma:
the diseases are simply more likely to occur together. The first line of hay fever treatment is with antihistamines to counteract the histamine your body produces.
Over the counter ones like cetirizine and loratadine are effective and generally non-sedating but must be taken regularly to be effective.
They take about four or five days to reach effective levels in the circulation if taken once daily so taking the odd one
when the symptoms are really bad does not work half as well. Steroid nasal sprays are also excellent for anything other than mild symptoms:
when used regularly these drive the relevant cells from the lining of the nose and so abolish the release of histamine in the first place.
They are safe and effective when taken every day usually starting a few weeks before the pollen turns up.
But for those with persistently bad symptoms immunotherapy (a series of injections or a course of under the tongue drops or tablets) can alleviate the disease better still.
Although there is not yet an absolute cure for hay fever it can be managed so if you re showing symptoms it s worth seeking advice from your GP
or an allergy specialist so that you can get out and enjoy the sunshine. Chris Corrigan lectures for Glaxosmithkline and Allergy Therapeutics and consults for Novartis Stallergenes and Allergy Therapeutics.
He has received funding from the Medical Research Council the Wellcome Trust Asthma UK Glaxosmithkline Allergopharma and various other charities
which fund research. This article was published originally on The Conversation. Read the original article. Follow all of the Expert Voices issues
*More people die every year from smoking than from murder AIDS suicide drugs car crashes and alcohol combined.
in order to convey without words the same deceitful concepts of relatively less harm from consuming some cigarette brand varieties compared to others Thrasher told Live Science.
#9 Myths About Seasonal Allergies Like pollens that can spread quickly through the air myths about seasonal allergies also seem to circulate widely.
I hear allergy myths all the time said Dr. John Costa medical director of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Allergy and Clinical Immunology Practice in Boston.
To clear the air of these common misconceptions here are nine allergy myths that may be making the rounds.
Everybody has allergies. Only one in five Americans has allergic rhinitis which in spring is rose also known as fever
and in fall is called hay fever Costa said. While there has been a rise in the incidence of seasonal
and food allergies in the United states over the last 20 to 30 years people who don't have any allergies don't really worry about getting them he said.
And they often have no clue how miserable people with seasonal allergies feel Costa said.
Myth: If you didn't have seasonal allergies as a child you won't develop them as an adult.
The body comes in contact with new things all the time and can become highly allergic to them at any time.
There is nothing innately harmful about tree pollen for example but some people's immune systems look at tree pollens
and say'I'm going to have a reaction to this'Costa said. If you didn't have allergies as a kid it can happen to you as an adult he said.
If you had them as a kid allergies can gradually and unpredictably go away. Myth: Eating local honey helps relieve seasonal allergy symptoms.
It's true that bees collect pollen from plants Costa said and honey has pollens in it from the local area.
But he said the wind-carried pollens from trees grasses and weeds that cause seasonal allergies are very light and stay airborne for a long time.
The pollen in bee honey comes from flowers and is very heavy and falls to the ground.
They are the wrong kind of pollens for causing seasonal allergies Costa said. Myth: Scientists can accurately predict a bad pollen season.
Moving to a different geographic area could ease seasonal allergies. Moving is of little benefit to the seasonal allergy sufferer Costa said
because pollens are shared actually over large areas. Ragweed in New england is the same as ragweed in Texas
and people who are allergic to grass pollen may just be miserable everywhere because this type of pollen is incredibly cross-reactive he said. 8 Strange Signs You're Having an Allergic reaction Myth:
Flowers are a common trigger for seasonal allergies. It's rare for flower pollen to contribute to seasonal allergies Costa said.
Flower pollens are relatively heavy and fall to the ground rather than lingering in the air. In contrast pollens from trees (such as birch oak elm maple and cottonwood) grasses and weeds are very light
and stay airborne for a long time he explained. Unlike with tree and grass pollens you can control your exposure to flowers Costa said.
Topical nasal steroids are usually best for people with seasonal allergies he said. They work by reducing inflammation in the lining of the nose.
You only need to take allergy medication when you start feeling terrible. Allergies are an inflammatory response
and their effects can last for weeks. It makes more sense to use allergy medications on a consistent basis to maintain control over moderate to severe allergies Costa explained.
People should know their allergic triggers and their seasons and then use medications regularly when those pollens are suggested in the air he.
Myth: Allergy shots are not worthwhile. Over the last 20 years allergy shots have become more sophisticated
and fine-tuned Costa said. The shots are given typically to people with the most severe symptoms.
In 2014 we have a much better chance of using the right dosages of allergens than we did with your grandfather's allergy shots he said.
The FDA has approved recently daily tablets that dissolve under the tongue as an alternative to allergy shots
but they are only available for ragweed or grass pollens. Follow Live Science@livescience Facebook & Google+.
and recover from an illness when they are healthy. It is important to make sure our forests are in their most natural healthy condition
so they too are able to endure disturbances like fire insects disease and climate change.
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However direct evidence of cancer from ancient human remains is compared very rare with that from other medical conditions.
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and type 2 diabetes risk according to a 2011 review in the journal Diabetes Care. This suggests that magnesium may play an important role in controlling blood sugar levels.
which can transmit Lyme disease and other illnesses. Sorry no rat Armageddon The population of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) whose numbers are almost wholly dependent on humans for food may drop somewhat this year as a result of wintry blasts.
#Got Allergies? Avoid These 7 Mistakes Misery loves comfort and with approximately 50 million Americans plagued by seasonal allergies there are plenty of people feeling miserable and seeking comfort
when pollen is in the air. But in an attempt to relieve their sneezing stuffy or runny noses and itchy eyes allergy sufferers might make a few mistakes.
The good news is that seasonal allergies are said totally treatable Dr. Clifford Bassett medical director of Allergy
and Asthma Care of New york. The key is to have a plan in place. Bassett described seven common mistakes that people with seasonal allergies make so you can know to avoid them.
Mistake 1: Spending unwisely on over-the-counter medications When people with allergies feel lousy they may head to the drugstore and try a variety of products such as antihistamines nasal sprays and eye drops.
This isn't necessarily a smart or cost-effective way to relieve their symptoms though.
It's better to see an allergist who can pinpoint exactly what your allergies are
and create an allergy action plan said Bassett a fellow of the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology. 9 Weirdest Allergies Mistake 2:
Opening the windows Wind is not a good friend to people with seasonal allergies Bassett told Live Science.
But when the weather gets warm it's tempting to let fresh air and cool breezes into your home or car.
This is a big mistake for people with seasonal allergies because this allows pollens to visit Bassett said.
He also recommended that people avoid hanging laundry on an outdoor clothesline during allergy season.
Waiting too long to take allergy medications Treat allergies at the onset of pollen season rather than waiting until symptoms get more severe Bassett said.
or two weeks before their allergy season typically begins. A proactive approach works better for many people;
Eating foods that aggravate allergies. When some people with pollen allergies eat certain fresh fruits
and vegetables it may result in an itchy mouth or throat. This is known as oral allergy syndrome.
The allergic cross-reaction occurs shortly after the offending food is eaten. It happens because the immune system recognizes a similarity between proteins in some pollens and those in fruits vegetables nuts and spices.
For example a person with a birch pollen allergy may develop oral allergy symptoms after eating an apple carrot peach almond or hazelnut.
Sometimes peeling cooking or avoiding the food altogether during allergy season may prevent symptoms Bassett said.
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and highly nutritious vegetables because the membrane keeps the plants separated from any pathogens in the culture medium allowing only the water
The primary motivation behind veganism is to reduce harm to all living creatures. It is compassion in action according to the American Vegan Society.
or hypertension and subsequent heart damage the study found. The research by scientists in Japan and the United states was a meta-analysis of 39 high-quality previously conducted hypertension studies from 18 countries with a total of more than 21000 participants.
The researchers found that people who avoid meat had consistently lower and healthier blood pressure levels.
Hypertension is a leading risk factor for stroke heart disease kidney disease and shortened life expectancy. The condition affects one in three U s. adults according to the CDC.
10 Amazing Facts About Your Heart The full analysis led by Dr. Yoko Yokoyama of the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center in Osaka Japan found that meat eaters with hypertension could gain the most by switching
For some study participants plant-based diets lowered blood pressure better than did prescription hypertension medicine and without the medication's side effects.
Just a 5-point drop in systolic blood pressure applied on average across the United states would lead to a 9-percent drop in heart disease
The results are in accord with the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet which the USDA recommends for all Americans to lower the risk of many chronic diseases including obesity and diabetes.
The DASH diet is not vegetarian but does emphasize a diet rich in vegetables and limited meat particularly red meats and luncheon meats.
Hypertension has long been associated with diets high in sodium (salt) and saturated fat and with obesity inactivity alcohol consumption and smoking.
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