Obesity Health Considerations: Arthritis, Joint Pain, Kidney Stones, Gallstones
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Arthritis Disability and Body Weight
When Margaret started experiencing arthritis pain, she felt she needed to slow down, take it easy to alleviate her discomfort. Somehow, the problem just got worse, and on top of that, she gained more weight. And the more she gained, the more she hurt.
I’m Dr. Caroline Cederquist, giving you the Skinny on Your Health.
Millions of Americans suffer like Margaret and try to avoid inflammation. But reducing overall activity is a recipe for arthritic disaster. The inflexibility and weight gain that follows only make arthritis pain progressively worse.
Research shows that incidence of not just discomfort, but actual… Continue reading
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Arthritis Disability and Body Weight
When Margaret started experiencing arthritis pain, she felt she needed to slow down, take it easy to alleviate her discomfort. Somehow, the problem just got worse, and on top of that, she gained more weight. And the more she gained, the more she hurt.
I’m Dr. Caroline Cederquist, giving you the Skinny on Your Health.
Millions of Americans suffer like Margaret and try to avoid inflammation. But reducing overall activity is a recipe for arthritic disaster. The inflexibility and weight gain that follows only make arthritis pain progressively worse.
Research shows that incidence of not just discomfort, but actual… Continue reading
Read More..>>Mast Cells - What Are These Potentially Rogue Covert Immune Cells?
Posted on March 5, 2008 - Filed Under Diseases | Leave a Comment
Mast cells (MC) are a type of blood cell that originally come from your bone marrow. They travel to other areas of the body where they specialize and have various immune and body regulation functions. They do this primarily through the release of various chemical mediators from granules within them when triggered by mechanical, stressful, infectious or allergic stimuli.
First described in 1878, their name is derived from a German term, “Mastzellen” that is interpreted as “feeding-cells” because the scientist Paul Ehrlich who named them thought that since they contain granules and were found near blood vessels and nerves that their… Continue reading
Read More..>>Tragacanth Description - Some Great Medicinal Uses and Benefits of Tragacanth - Herbal Medicines
Posted on March 5, 2008 - Filed Under Alternative | Leave a Comment
Taxonomic class
Fabaceae
Common Trade Names
None known; usually sold as tragacanth or gum tragacanth.
Common Forms
Available as a gel, gum, powder, tablets, and viscous solution.
Source
Tragacanth is obtained by drying the gummy substance that exudes from the cut tap root and branches of Astracantha gummifer or other Astracantha species, low thorny shrubs that belong to the legume family. The plants are native to the Middle East.
Chemical Components
Tragacanth gum consists of two major fractions, tragacanthin and bassorin, with trace amounts of starch, a cellulose-like substance, amino acids, and amino acid derivatives. Tragacanthin is water-soluble and consists of an arabinogalactan and tragacanthic acid; bassorin is a… Continue reading
Read More..>>Uterine Tumors Rarely Cancerous
Posted on March 4, 2008 - Filed Under Diseases | Leave a Comment
A myoma is another name for a fibroid, a benign tumor that develops within the uterine wall or is attached to it. This growth is also called a fibromyoma or leiomyoma.
About 20 percent of women over 35 have myomas. This may occur singly or in groups. Fibroids may be as small as a pea or as large as a grapefruit. Women who have never been pregnant appear to be more susceptible to them.
“Normally, fibroids grow slowly. However, they respond to increased levels of estrogen and so may expand rapidly during pregnancy or if you take oral contraceptives or estrogen replacement… Continue reading
Read More..>>Obesity A Factor In Gallstones
Posted on March 4, 2008 - Filed Under Diseases | Leave a Comment
Chronic indigestion. Upper abdominal pain. Nausea and vomiting. These are the symptoms of gallstones, a condition that runs in families and is common in women between the ages of 20 and 60, obese individuals, and in those who lose weight suddenly.
Gallstones rarely develop in children but this can happen in the presence of an underlying disorder that leads to their formation.
Increased bilirubin (bile pigment) following sickle cell disease or hereditary spherocytosis (a condition wherein the red blood cells rupture easily) can result in stone formation. The latter is usually associated with anemia, jaundice and an enlarged spleen.
The risk of having… Continue reading
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