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This recent finding about chocolate confirms other recent
studies, showing that cocoa, which contains antioxidants called
flavonoids, may reduce the risk of heart disease. All of these
benefits may reduce the guilt associated with enjoying that
candy bar. Remember, though, that there is still a downside:
the 200-plus calories found in the average chocolate bar are,
just the same, calories.
Sweet News for lovers, kissing can help prevent cavities. Experts say it stimulates your mouth to produce more sliva, which helps protect teeth from bacteria.
A New Jersey company is preparing to bring back the Today Sponge, the most popular over-the-counter contraceptive for women before it was taken off the market in 1995.
The FDA stressed there never was any problem with the sponges safety, just with the factory.
No contraceptive sponge has been sold in the United States since. Women in Canada, France, Germany and other countries can buy competing sponges made abroad. The Protectaide Sponge is made in Canada
Taking oral contraceptives can alter the metabolism of other drugs, possibly even antibiotics, a study suggests. In comparison, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) appears to have no effect on other drugs -- at least on the medications tested, a US research team reported at the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics meeting here. In a study of 21 young women, those who took oral contraceptives cleared intravenous verapamil (a heart drug) from their body 46% faster than those not taking birth control pills.
Is it true, can it be ..you did say Preparation-H
There is a possibility that Preparation-H with its live yeast cell derivative can reduce wrinkles. Models use it. TV host Conan O'Brian uses it on his face as make-up to reduce the bags under his eyes. However as the company manufacturing the product couldn't prove this, the FDA said remove those yeast cells. The product sells in The US without yeast cells whereas in Canada the product is allowed the cells.Americans should make greater use of Aspirin to prevent heart attacks, according to the American Heart Association's new scientific statement, published in the October 21 Circulation. Aspirin helps prevent blood clots, which can cause strokes and heart attacks.
Up to 10,000 more people would survive heart attacks if they took one Aspirin tablet (325 milligrams) when they had chest pains or other signs of a heart attack, the AHA states. (Enteric-coated aspirin must be chewed or crushed.) Only 60 to 80 percent of heart-attack patients receive aspirin for their condition, studies in the early 1990s found.
In one study, heart-attack patients who took aspirin immediately after their symptoms began and then daily for one month had a 23 percent lower risk of dying and an almost 50 percent lower risk of having a stroke or second heart attack than patients who took a placebo. The patients were followed for 5 weeks after their heart attack.
Heart-attack patients aren't the only ones who should take a daily Aspirin, AHA argues. Anyone who has had a type of mild stroke, called transient ischemic attack (TIA), or who has atherosclerosis also needs to take aspirin, the AHA states. However, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends that only patients who have already had a heart attack need daily Aspirin. The AHA is calling on the FDA to expand its approval for Aspirin's usage.
An author of the statement, Charles Hennekens, M.D., chief of preventive medicine at Brigham Young Women's Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, writes that people who have had a heart attack can also benefit from aspirin use. To help prevent a second attack, these heart patients are advised to take 50 to 100 milligrams of aspirin daily or a commercial baby Aspirin.
Whether healthy people would benefit from an Aspirin a day remains unclear. Researchers are continuing to look into that question. However, don't take Aspirin regularly without first consulting your doctor. You'll want to find out what, if any, amount is appropriate for you.
Aspirin is not a substitute for a healthy lifestyle, which includes eating a low-fat diet, getting regular exercise, and avoiding cigarette smoke, doctors say.
HeartInfo Editorial Comment:
Aspirin is a proven way to decrease risk of heart attack and should be taken by all persons with known heart disease or at high risk for heart disease unless they can't take aspirin. Before taking aspirin, patients should discuss aspirin use with their doctor.
These studies suggest that Aspirin should also be taken at the time of an acute heart attack as it may improve the body's ability to break up the clot that caused the heart attack and appears to decrease risk substantially. This is the 100th anniversary of the discovery of aspirin—who would have ever guessed it would turn out to be such an effective means of preventing heart attacks and strokes?
SOURCES: American Heart Association Scientific Statement - "Aspirin as a Therapeutic Agent in Cardiovascular Disease", Circulation, October 21, 1997;96:2751-2753; AHA Press Release, October 21, 1997.
Knowing which ear to listen with
.Yes, the left ear is better for retaining detail instruction, like learning new computer software. However if your listening to
someone tell you how to do it..Listen with the right ear
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