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Updates on theyears biggest healthconerenceWHAT Medicine 2009pg 27

Pain & AgingRun away romAlzheimers pg 18Cell Phones

Why children andteens should stay awayrom them pg 21

Breakthrough in astpain relie pg 14


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From the editors desk

PAIN is the sign o lie. It is a signthat lie is not going the way it

should. Your body screams inpain when things are not right

inside.

The ear o pain is horrible. There are all kinds

o pain. Cancer pain is the most horrible kind.The pain rom aching joints is not too ar behind.

ALTERNI is coming up with something better

than TURMERIN to help you cope with painActually our times better!

We call it NACOX. It is short or Natural Cox

Inhibitor.

It is nothing but natural turmeric. However, asyou may know, turmeric is poorly absorbed

less than one percent. NACOX is the turmeric

molecule wrapped in a unique natural

compound to enhance absorption 4,000 times.

This gives you blood levels o an active

compound in turmeric called curcuminoid

that is able to clinically inhibit the Cox enzymesystems and douse pain without side eects.

Also, a big event or ALTERNI is the Worlds

Health & Asian Traditional Medicine(WHATmed) Conerence that will be held at

Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur rom

19th to 21st June 2009.

We have invited one o the top 10 experts in

the world, Proessor Yves Henrontin o Belgium,

to talk about turmeric research and the birtho NACOX.

We welcome you to this talk, on 20th June

(2pm) which is open to the public.

This issue ocuses on pain.

Happy reading.

Dear Dr. Rajen,

I have been an ALTERNI customer since August, 2004. I started with Moo,

then Bonex Gold, Iristal and Turmerin. I am most happy with the ALTERNIsupplements.

Its amazing how much Bonex Gold and Iristal have improved my health.

Also I see ewer oaters and my bone density has improved.

I used to take a lot o pharmaceutical drugs but I have reduced my

dependence on them since I was introduced to ALTERNI supplements.

I am now very happy or both physical and psychological reasons

because ALTERNI products are all natural supplements, not like the

synthetic drugs that are sold by the pharmaceutical companies.

Thank you ALTERNI or my continued good health.

Mrs Tan,

Kuala Lumpur

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Dato Dr Rajen. M

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COVER STORY

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STAYING SHARP

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PARENTING

C O V E R S T O R Y

PAIN & AGING

H I S T O R Y O F H E A L T H

PAIN: THE GREEK GODDESS OF REVENGE

P A I N D I A R Y

BREAKTHROUGH PAIN DIARY

L E A R N M O R E

RESOURCES FOR PAINMANAGEMENT GUIDELINES

N A T U R A L R E M E D I E S

PAINKILLER: BRING ON THE PURPLE STUFF

ANTIOXIDANT-RICH JUICES

N E W P R O D U C T

NACOX

N A T U R A L R E M E D I E S

AN AYURVEDIC REMEDY THATACTUALLY WORKS

PEGAGA: THE STAR OF ASIA

S T A Y I N G S H A R P

RUN AWAY FROM ALZHEIMERS

FISH OIL WORKS BETTER THAN A STATIN DRUG

P A R E N T I N G

PARENTAL CARE COUNTS MORETHAN BIOLOGY

M E D I C A L U P D A T E S

CELL PHONES: WHY CHILDREN AND TEENSSHOULD STAY AWAY FROM THEM

CHOLESTEROL BUSTER OSTEOPOROSIS DRUGS:

PROLONGED USE RESULTS INWEAKENED BONES

9 THINGS THAT MUST NEVER HAPPENTO YOU IN HOSPITAL

Q & A

EXPERT ANSWERS TO YOURHEALTH CONCERNS

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PAIN is the most common symptom or which

the elderly seek medical treatment.

It aects between a quarter and hal o all older

adults. It generally increases as we get older.

The world is aging. Most industrialised nations

have more older than younger adults. Japan

is a case in point. China, because o the long

standing one-child policy, is another example.

Indeed, all over the planet, older adults are setto overwhelm the healthcare system.

According to the latest United States Census

Study, about 13 percent o the population

is 65 years and older. By the year 2050,

approximately 20.6 percent will be 65 years

and older.

Additionally, the oldest among them, those

above 85, presently account or just two

percent o the population, but are projected to

account or ve percent by 2050.

You may want to read

this, even i you are not

old, because i you want

to die o natural causes

my aim in lie! you

are going to have to getold and probably have

to eel some and, maybe,

quite a lot o pain

CO

VERSTORY



This would mean that, understanding the

challenges and unique needs o older adults with

pain, there is an urgent need to ensure there is

eective healthcare or them in the years ahead.

Common Sources o Pain in the ElderlyThe most common sources o pain in the elderly

involve one or more o the ollowing:

- Osteoarthritis

- Neuropathy- Lower back pain

- Malignancy

Additionally, the sources o pain can be broken

down into two major classications:

Nociceptive Pain

This involves pain as a result rom direct

stimulation o pain receptors rom either

visceral (organs) or somatic (bones, muscles,

skin) sources.

Examples include myoascial pain, inammatory

disorders, and traumatic injuries. Such pain is

Pain&

Agingusually aching or throbbing in quality, and is

well localised.

Nociceptive pain is part o normal pain

processing and typically responds well to

traditional analgesics, such as acetaminophen,

NSAIDS (non-steroidal anti-inammatory drugs)

and opioids (morphine type drugs).

Neuropathic Pain

This involves abnormal processing o sensoryinput by the peripheral or central nervous

system, and entails pathological changes in the

nervous system itsel.

Painul disorders such as complex regional pain

syndrome, post-herpetic neuralgia, phantom

limb pain and post-stroke pain are examples.

Neuropathic pain is poorly localised and

associated with burning, stinging, and

electrical type sensations. It oten responds tonon-traditional analgesics such as antidepressants,

anticonvulsants, and occasionally, opioids.

By Dato Dr. Rajen M.



Barriers to Eective Pain ManagementPain is sadly oten unrecognised and under-

treated in older adults. To make matters worse,

the under-treatment o pain is associated with:

Depression

Anxiety

Sleepdisturbances Decreasedphysicalfunctioning

Socialisolation

Worseningofotherexistinghealthproblems

The reasons or this under-treatment may

be divided into patient-specifc actors and

physician-specifc actors.

Patient-specifc Factors:

Expectationthatpainispartofaging

Fearofadditionaltesting

Perceptionofbeingaburdenortroublesome patient

Communicationbarriers(i.e.,dementia)

Physician-specifc Factors:

Concernforadversedrugeects

Concernfortoxicityand/orpolypharmacy

Fearofaddictioninthecaseofopioids

Medicine and the ElderlyOlder adults have many age-related changes

that increase the risk o drug treatment o pain.

Age-related changes as in:

pharmacokinetics

(what the body does to the drug)

pharmacodynamics

(what the drug does to the body)

This leads to dierences in drug absorption,

distribution and elimination. For example,

kidney or liver disease will oten lead to a

prolonged duration o the eect o many drugs

that are metabolised by either o these organs.

Bleeding in the stomach and intestines is also

more likely as we age.

As such, a smaller initial dose, or a less requentdosing regimen may be needed to avoid

overdosage and toxicity (undue side eects)

rom the medication.

Side EectsSide eects rom the medications can severely

limit their use. NSAIDS, or example, can lead

to gastrointestinal bleeding in susceptible

patients; thereore, this side eect would limit

its eectiveness.

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As a pharmacy student, I was oten reminded

that older adults are more susceptible to

adverse drug reactions rom drug interactions

and polypharmacy (many drugs or a

patient) as a result o the greater number o

medications taken with increasing age.

It is the same enzyme systems that break

down most drugs. When many medicationsare competing or breakdown by the same

enzyme, delayed metabolism o one or both

drugs may occur.

Thus, you many end up experiencing the

toxicity o one or both medications.

Drug InteractionAdditionally, one medication may actually

slow down or inhibit the enzyme required or

the metabolism o another medication. This

prolongs the eect o the drug.

In some cases, it may speed up or stimulate the

enzyme and actually hasten the breakdown o

another medication. This limits its duration o

eect. Thus, higher than recommended doses

may be needed.

Balancing the risks and benets o treatment

is an important aspect o pain medicine in

older adults. On one hand, there are very realrisks involved in instituting pain medications in

older adults.

As the population continues to

age, healthcare providers and

others must accept that pain is

not a normal part o aging.

Concerns o toxicity, sedation, and drug-drug

interactions are well documented in medical

literature.

The End PointThe end result is simply this: good pain

management leads to greater degrees o

unctionality, cognitive improvement, increasedsel-worth, and happiness in older adults.

Side eects can be intelligently anticipated,

prevented, and better managed.

When starting with opioids or other powerul

(and thus toxic) medications, the mantra o

start low and go slow is essential.

Regular patient ollow-up, communication, and

symptom management are essential in catching

problems early and steering clear o potentially

lie-threatening adverse drug reactions.

Reject PainAs the population continues to age, healthcare

providers and others must accept that pain

is not a normal part o aging. Older adults

deserve the same standard o pain control that

one would set or their younger counterparts.

A thorough risk-benet analysis coupled with

an appropriate understanding o each patientsunique needs and a respect or the physiological

changes associated with aging will allow or

optimal pain control and patient satisaction.



HISTO

RYOFHEALTH

SHE is Poine. This is what the ancient Greeks

called their Goddess o Revenge.

Her name is the basis o the awul modern

word pain. Indeed, when you are in pain, iteels like it is divine revenge o some kind.

Humans throughout history have believed pain

to be the punishment or human olly. As such,

they tried to appease angry gods and spirits

with oerings o all types, including human lie!

Superstitious rituals were very common orms

o pain treatment in ancient cultures. Primitive

humans understood pain when it was visible,

like a cut or scrape.They poorly understood it when it was internal.

In some cultures, rattles, gongs and other

devices were used to righten painul devils

out o a persons body.

American Indian healers sucked on pain pipes held

against a persons skin to pull out pain or illness.

SpiritsMany ancient doctors apparently gured their

patients needed a hole in their heads.

Hundreds o skulls with small holes that

have partially healed over have been ound

worldwide, especially in Incan archaeological

sites in South America.

Even Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician

considered the ather o Western medicine,

wrote about the practice called trepanation.

O course, we remember Hippocrates or ar more

than that. He had heard about the pain-relieving

benets o willow bark and leaves and prescribed

chewing willow leaves to women in childbirth.

Willow trees, members o the plant genus

Salix, contain a orm o salicylic acid, the active

ingredient in aspirin. The real wonder drug

proved to be a compound ound naturally romthe bark o this tree.

In 1897 a chemist Felix Homann developed

a stable orm o this natural compound which

could be saely used on most people, without

side eects.

Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) was sold under the

trade name Aspirin, and was the rst reliable

and eective pain killer or analgesic.

Eel the PainThe Egyptians used to take electric eels out

o the Nile and lay them over the wounds o

patients.

Though using electric eels to ease pain sounds

crude, even dangerous, a similar technique is

used today to relieve pain.

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation,

or TENS, is a popular treatment or lower back

pain and arthritis aches.

Both electricity and magnetism have been

used or as long as people have been able to

produce them.

In addition to belts and trusses containing

magnets, a range o balms and liniments said

to contain magnetic properties were available

to gullible suerers.

Traditional medicine uses various modalities to

control and manage pain. The most renownedis probably acupuncture o the ancient Chinese

system o traditional medicine.

PAINThe Greek Goddess o Revenge



Today, acupuncture has even been made into

modern medicines most sacred sanctum the

operation theatre. It is used to ease the pain o

surgery.Pain relie has also come rom other techniques

like chiropractic, osteopathy and similar

massage techniques.

Other commercial remedies contained varying

quantities o opiates, alcohol or cocaine which

probably made them eective at relieving pain

temporarily.

Breath o RelieThe rst new signicant treatment or pain

occurred in 1846 with the use o anesthesia or

surgery. Beore that, doctors and dentists used

some bizarre techniques.

An old Italian technique involved putting a

wooden bowl over a patients head, and

hammering on the bowl until the patient

passed out.

There was also the practice o holding

childrens head over a gas stove so they wouldbreathe the gas until they lost consciousness.

They would also choke people with carotid

compression until they passed out.

Given that those who passed out would soon

recover, the best surgeons in those days were

the astest surgeons.

It took a British queen to popularise the

concept o relieving the pain o childbirth,

previously thought to be an unavoidable ornecessary part o motherhood.

Queen Victoria was the rst one to have

anesthesia or childbirth she had chloroorm.

Humphrey Davy suggested that the pain and

shock o surgical operations might be relieved

i patients inhaled nitrous oxide, a gaseous

compound discovered by Joseph Priestley, theman who was also the rst to isolate oxygen.

In 1846, William G. Morton made his amous

demonstration o surgical anesthesia at the

Massachusetts General Hospital, using a hastily

rigged apparatus to deliver ether to the patient.

However, the use o anesthesia became

common only gradually because many

physicians were accustomed to relying on the

healing power o pain and were wary o theethics o operating on an insensate patient.

Counter IrritantAnother popular approach to pain relie called or

the preparation o a wet plaster made rom hot

mustard. The plaster was applied directly to the

skin, or on a cloth that was then laid on the skin.

The heat rom the mustard plaster worked on

the principle o counter-irritation the idea that

one kind o pain or sensation could cancel outanother more severe pain.

In the medieval era, pain relie came mainly rom a

wide variety o herbs, used liberally. A whole lot o

plant based remedies have been used over history.

In addition to plant-based remedies, minerals

were also used in the medieval pharmacopoeia.

Even as recently as the early 1900s, some

physicians used gold salts injected into limbs

to treat arthritis. Today there are poweruldrugs that are gold derivatives used in pain

management.

First Public Display o Surgical Anesthesia



Comments (nTreatment or medication used to relieve pain

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LEARNMORE

es or doctor)Massacheuttes General Hospital Services

www.massgeneral.org/painrelie/

Guidelines/Ten 20Guidelines.pd

P&T Journal, May 2005 Issue

Consensus Panel Recommendations or

the Assessment and Management o

Breakthrough Pain by Daniel Bennet, et al. www.ptjournal.com/ptjournal/

ulltext/30/5/PTJ3005296.pd

American Pain Society

Principles o Analgesic Use in the

Treatment o Acute Pain and Cancer Pain.

www.ampainsoc.org/pub/principles.htm

American Academy o Pain Medicine

Position and Consensus Statements.

www.painmed.org/productpub/

statements/index.html

Royal College o General Practitioners

Recommendatons or the appropriate use

o opioids or persistent non-cancer pain.

www.britishpainsociety.org/pd/Pub_

FINAL_opioid_March 202005.pd

American Pain Society

Public Policy Statement on Rights

and Responsibilities o Healthcare

Proessionals in the use o Opioids or

the Treatment o Pain.

www.asam.org/ppol/Opioids or

Treatment o Pain.htm

Resources orPain Management

Guidelineses or doctor)



NATU

RALREMEDIES

Bring On The Purple Stu

RESEARCHERS believe they have ound a group o vegetables and ruits that are

just as powerul as anti-inammatory painkilling drugs.

Vegetables and ruits which are deep blue or purple such as blueberries or

purple carrots have the same anti-inammatory qualities as painkillers such

as NSAIDs.

The magic ingredient appears to be a chemical ound in the ruit and

vegetables called the polyacetylenes.

Source: Journal o Agriculture and Food Chemistry, 2008, 56: 3554-60.

Painkiller

Researchers believe they have

ound a group o vegetables

and ruits that are just as

powerul as anti-inammatory

painkilling drugs.



A Closer Look At

RESEARCHERS rom the University o Caliornia,

Los Angeles have ranked 10 beverages

according to their antioxidant levels.

The claims oating around now o superior

antioxidant activity on beverages can be

misleading, as the testing is usually based on a

limited spectrum o antioxidant activities.

To get to the bottom o which beverages are

best, the UCLA researchers used our tests

o antioxidant potency, a test o antioxidant

unctionality, and an evaluation o the total

polyphenol content o polyphenol-rich

beverages in the marketplace.

Here is how the rankings turned out:

1. Pomegranate juice

2. Red wine

3. Concord grape juice

4. Blueberry juice

5. Black cherry juice6. Aa juice

7. Cranberry juice

8. Orange juice

9. Tea

10. Apple juice

Pomegranate JuicePomegranate is the healthiest o them all,

because it contains the most o every type

o antioxidant.It may protect against some cancers, such as

prostate cancer, and also modiy heart disease

risk actors.

Concord Grape JuiceConcord grape juice is a source o very potent

antioxidants. Theres some research indicating

it may be good or your heart and help reduce

blood pressure.

Blueberry JuiceBlueberry juice contains lots o antioxidants

and bre, and is very high in vitamin C.

Theres some indication that blueberries

may have a benecial eect on age-related

cognitive abilities.

Black Cherry JuiceNot only is it high in antioxidants, but there is

evidence that black cherry juice can diminish

exercise-induced muscle injuries.

Cranberry Juice

Its high in antioxidants and vitamin C. There isevidence that it can decrease the incidence o

urinary tract inections.

Source: Journal o Agriculture and Food Chemistry 2008; 56(4): 1415-1422, CBS News July 5, 2008.

Antioxidant-rich JuicesNATU

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NE

WPRODUCT

A Breakthrough Discovery in the Management oInfammation, Pain & Arthritis by World Class Scientist

Proessor Yves Henrotin will speak about the latest research in cartilage and osteoarthritis, the innovative

technology behind CCE 4800 and the management o inammation, pain and arthritis on 20 June at

WHAT Medicine Conerence & Exhibition. Dont miss this opportunity! RSVP or your FREE PASS @

03-7965 2888 now, limited seats are available!

Visit our booth at WHAT Medicine

rom 19 to 21 June at PWTC and geta FREE Goodie Bag (worth RM50).

Revealing Insights o Natural

Treatment or Osteoarthritis

by Proessor Yves Henrotin

Date: 20th June 2009Time: 2pmVenue: Tun Hussein Onn Hall A,

PWTC, KL

Worlds leading bone health expert endorses new painrelie technology

All Natural Formula

Wellness Goodie!

NEW

Proessor Yves Henrontin

Proessor Yves Henrotin, a world-class scientist

and one o only the 12 members o the

prestigious Osteoarthritis Research Society

International and the International Cartilage

Repair Society, has endorsed the breakthrough

technology behind NACOX.

Proessor Henrotin is an

authority in the management

o cartilage and osteoarthritis.

He is the Director o the Bone

and Cartilage Research Unit at

the University o Lige, Belgium;administrator o the Centre

o Immunology (CIL) and the

Centre or Oxygen Research

and Development (CORD);

head o the Physical Therapy

and Rehabilitation Department

at the Princess Paola Hospital, Marche-en-

amenne, Belgium, since 1991; member o

the American College o Rheumatology, the

Osteoarthritis Research Society International and

the International Cartilage Repair Society; and

President o the Belgium Back Society since 2002.

The Proessor is on the editorial board

o the scientic review, Osteoarthritis

and Cartilage. And he has published

over 100 scientic articles and co-

edited Osteoarthritis: clinical and

experimental aspects.

Proessor Yves Henrotin has alsobeen awarded a prestigious

national prize or his contributions

in the better understanding o

osteoarthritis patho-physiology.

This represents a new andpowerul breakthrough inthe management o pain in

osteoarthritis...it has no sideefects and also preventscartilage breakdown that

even drugs dont do

Patented Belgian Technology


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The breakthrough technology that is utilised in NACOX was

developed and patented by the Belgian University Research and

Development laboratory, bioXtract, in collaboration with several

other prominent European universities, such as the University o

Agronomical Sciences o Gembloux (near Brussels) and U.R.O.C.:

University o Liege (Belgium). Proessor Yves Henrotin along withother proessors rom independent universities has led the R & D

o this new breakthrough technology o CCE 4800.

Through this patented technology, the active principles o

the curcumin molecule have been improved by caging it in

a polysaccharide (natural starch) called -cyclodextrin. The

-cyclodextrin increases the mobility o the curcumin which

allows it to pass through our intestine or better absorption into

the blood stream. Curcumin is one o the most important active

compounds that are ound in Curcuma longa (turmeric). It is one

o natures most powerul anti-inammatory agents.

CCE 4800 in NACOX is proven to increase your bodys absorption

o curcumin by 4000. Each NACOX capsule delivers 4800mg

oral dose o pure curcumin, equivalent o 12 cups o turmeric.

In act, NACOX is the only turmeric supplement with proven

absorption into the blood stream, thus oering ast and eective

pain relie or arthritis suerers and sports enthusiasts.

Unlike some other solutions, CCE 4800 cleverly dierentiates between COX-1 and COX-2, and selectively

inhibits only COX-2 which produces excessive PGE2. This is important because COX-1 inhibition has been

known to cause cardiovascular problems, strokes and gastrointestinal injuries or bleeding.

Production o excessive PGE2 is one o the root causes o

inammation and pain. CCE 4800 is as eective as modern

medicine, yet it works better than drugs. And most important,

CCE 4800 has a proven saety prole, with no side eects

compared to other conventional painkillers. This is because most

pain killers cannot dierentiate and inhibit activities o both COX-

1 and COX-2. Inhibition o COX-1 will result in many serious side

eects as mentioned earlier.

Patented Belgian Pain Relie Technology Proven In EuropeanResearch: CCE 4800 has a 4,000 times higher absorption rate.

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We invite you to be the 1st to experience the result o this breakthrough technology at the NACOXLaunch, 20th June 2009 @ WHAT Medicine Conerence & Exhibition. Come nd out more about

NACOX and enjoy exclusive member benets available to you on that day!



WHILE were told that none o the over-the-

counter remedies are worth the money, one

top doctor is using an Ayurvedic treatment that

seems to be doing the business.

The remedy? Andrographis paniculata is being

used by Saul Berkovitz, a consultant physician

at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital.

Not only does it work or the patients or whom

An Ayurvedic RemedyTat Actually Works

he prescribes it, it is also supported by a study

that involved 896 patients.

As Berkovitz pointed out in September last

year, its a successul remedy that other doctors

should be advocating, especially at a time

when we are overusing antibiotics.

Sources: British Medical Journal, 2008; 337: 476; Planta Med,2004; 70: 293-8).

Its a successul remedy that

other doctors should beadvocating, especially at a

time when we are overusing

antibiotics.

For That Nagging Cough

Looking or a cough syrup that might actually work?

ANNALAXNatural herbal cough syrup traditionally used or reducing

phlegm and relie o cough, sore throat and body heatiness.

ANNALAX 240ml (syrup) RM22

ALTERNI recommends

NATU

RALREMEDIES



Pegaga

THE botanical name o the herb Centella

asiatica implies it. Centella means star in Latin

and asiatica is, o course, Asia. Simply put,

it means star o Asia.

When eaten raw as a salad lea,pegaga isthought to help maintain youthulness. In

Thailand, cups with gotu kola leaves is used as

an aternoon pick me up.

A decoction o juice rom the leaves is thought

to relieve hypertension. This juice is also used

as a general tonic or good health. A poultice o

the leaves is also used to treat open sores.

Richard Lucas claimed in a book published in

1979 that a subspecies, Hydrocotyle asiatica

minor, said to be rom Sri Lanka, and also

called Fo ti tieng, contained a longevity actor

called youth vitamin X.

This has been used as a tonic or the brain and

endocrine glands and extracts o the plant are

said to help circulation and skin problems.

Several scientic reports have documented

Centella asiaticas ability to aid the healing owounds.

The herb has been widely used in the

traditional treatment o leprosy. Upon

treatment with Centella asiatica, maturation o

the scar is stimulated by the production o type

I collagen.

The treatment also results in a marked decrease

in inammatory reaction and myobroblast

(having some o the characteristics o smooth

muscle cells, such as contractile properties)

production.

The Star o Asia

When eaten raw as a salad lea,pegaga is thought to help

maintain youthulness.

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ACCORDING to the rst ever study into the

link between mental cognition and physical

activity, researchers have discovered that

regular exercise in middle-age can help

prevent dementia and Alzheimer s.

Its enough to walk or 50 minutes a day, three

days a week to reduce your chances o mental

decline, researchers have ound.

They tested the theory on a group o 170

individuals aged 50 or older, who were in

reasonable health.

Hal were assigned to minimal activity over a

24-week period, and the rest had to perorm

some physical activity that lasted or at least 50minutes, and which they did three times a week.

Most in the activity group decided to walk

or 50 minutes, although some included light

strength-training exercises.

During the six months, those in the activity group

improved their score on a cognitive test by 1.3points compared with those who were inactive.

By comparison, people taking the anti-

Alzheimers drug Aricept (donepezil) see an

improvement o just 0.5 points when they used

the same test.

The benets continued or 18 months aterwards.

Source: Journal o the American Medical Association, 2008;

300: 1027-37.

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Fish oilworks better than

a statin drugTHERES something better you could be doing

or your heart than just popping a cholesterol-

lowering pill.

Fish-oil supplements work better than a

popular statin drug at preventing chronic heartdisease, researchers have ound.

In the study, researchers tested a daily omega-3

pill against a placebo, and the statin drug Crestor

(rosuvastin) against another placebo,

on two groups.

Those who took the sh oil ared marginally

better than those taking the statin drug.

The sh oils increase the bodys HDL goodcholesterol levels, which also helps prevents

abnormal heart rhythms, whereas statin drugs

work on attacking bad LDL cholesterol.

Source: Time magazine, August 31, 2008.

Chronic Heart Disease Protection

Those who took the sh oil ared

marginally better than those

taking the statin drug.

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SO is it all down to nurture or nature?

In other words, do parents make their childrenbad, or are they just born that way?

A brave group o researchers last year decided

to try to answer this vexed question when

they assessed the impact o positive parenting

techniques on a group o 330 th-grade girls

with an average age o 11 or so.

Levels o aggression rose

depending on parental involvement

in areas o nurturing and

communication.

Parental CareCounts MoreTan Biology

Nature or Nurture

P

ARENTING

Around a quarter o the girls were early

maturers and prone to delinquent behaviour,

but those whose parents who took little or nointerest in their development were also more

likely to behave aggressively.

Levels o aggression rose depending on

parental involvement in areas o nurturing and

communication.

In short, nurture was much more important

than nature.

Source: Archives o Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2008;

162: 781-786.



THE Toronto Department o Public Health

has advised teenagers and young children to

limit their use o cell phones in order to avoidpotential health risks.

The advisory is the rst o its kind in Canada.

Ofcials have warned that because o possible

side eects rom radio requency radiation,

children under eight should only use a cell

phone in emergencies, and teenagers should

limit calls to less than 10 minutes.

Cell PhonesWhy Children And Teens ShouldStay Away From Them

For many years, most government health

agencies were dismissive o any risk.

But with more studies, a pattern is emerging

that suggests people who have used their cell

phones or a long period o time are at greater

risk o certain kinds o brain tumors.

Sources: Health Zone July 12, 2008, CBC News July 12, 2008.

Ofcials have warned that

because o possible side eects

rom radio requency radiation,

children under eight should only

use a cell phone in emergencies.

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CHOLESTEROL-lowering drugs should be

oered only as a last resort, a government-

unded body has reported. Patients should

rst be encouraged to stop smoking, exercise

regularly and improve their diet.

These other options are ar more cost eective

than statins, the amily o cholesterol lowering

drugs, says the NHS Centre or Reviews and

Dissemination.

I drugs do need to be used, doctors should

prescribe aspirin and beta blockers rst, whichare also cheaper.

Only i a patient still has a high cholesterol level

ater trying all the other treatments should a

statin be considered.

And, it points out, a high cholesterol level is in

any case a poor indicator o who will develop

heart disease. Most heart problems occur in

people who do not have raised cholesterol.

The centre is also critical o pharmaceutical

companies which are reluctant to launch

lovastatin in Britain. Lovastatin is an unbranded

(generic) and thereore cheaper statin.

Prescribing it in place o the branded statins

now being used could save the government a

substantial proportion o the 113m (RM620m)

it spends each year on cholesterol lowering

drugs.

Source: Medical Monitor, March, 1998.

Aordable Options Are Available

CholesterolBuster

I drugs do need to be used,

doctors should prescribe aspirin

and beta blockers rst, which are

also cheaper.

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ITS common or drugs to have a paradoxical

eect. This is medicalese or stating that

the drug can cause the very symptoms its

supposed to be treating.

Another example o the paradoxical eect has

just been uncovered by researchers who have

been reviewing bone-strengthening drugs

known as biophosphonates which are regularly

prescribed or osteoporosis.

In addition to helping build bone density, the drugsare also supposed to treat cancer-related bone

lesions, and elevated calcium levels in the blood.

In act, they very oten do the reverse, and they

can dramatically increase the risk o jaw or acial

bone deterioration or inection.

Osteoporosis Drugs

Prolonged Use ResultsIn Weakened Bones

Researchers studied the data on 14,000 cancer

patients who were treated with one o two types

o biophosphonates pamidronate or zoledronic

acid and compared their progress with 28,000

patients who werent given the drugs.

Ater six years, around 5.5 percent or 770

o those taking the drugs needed acial or

jaw bone surgery, or were diagnosed with

inammation o the jaw bone, compared with

just 0.3 percent o the non-drug group.

Source: Journal o the National Cancer Institute, 2007;

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IF it is bad enough that the doctor has let

his orceps in you and stitched up, American

health insurers now will not pay or thebotched job.

There are nine things that must never, ever

happen to you when youre in hospital. I they

happen, health insurers say they will no longer

pay out.

That Must NeverHappen To YouIn Hospital

9Tired o picking up the tab or the vast number

o doctor and hospital errors that happen in

American hospitals every year, health insurershave listed the nine no payout errors.

This means you could be ooting the bill, and as

theyre so commonplace, theres a reasonable

chance you will.

To give you an idea o the scale o the problem,

around two million people get an inection

every year while staying in an American hospital,

and a urther 100,000 will die as a result.

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There are nine things that must

never, ever happen to you whenyoure in hospital. I they happen,

health insurers say they will no

longer pay out.

The nine no payout errors relate to:

Air embolism

Blood incompatibility

Catheter-associated urinarytract inection

Decubitus ulcer(pressure sores)

Vascular catheter-associatedinection

Surgical site inection

Mediastinitis(inection o the chest area)

Falls and trauma

Objects let in the bodyater surgery

The list could be getting longer.

The Centre or Medicare & Medicaid Services

(CMS) is planning on adding a urther nine

errors, including the hospital-acquired killer

inection C. difcile and deep vein thrombosis.

Aside rom digging deep into health insurers

prots, the errors are also going unchecked,

and its almost as though hospitals and doctors

are being rewarded or making them,

the CMS believes.

Source: Journal o the American Medical Association,

June 2008; 299: 2495-6.



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