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The weekend pill - A boon for middle-aged men - 2 views

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    Impotence or erectile dysfunction is one of the most commonly experienced sexual problems amongst men.One of the most effective and popular prescription medications used by men for treating erectile dysfunction is Cialis. This pill is also known as 'the weekend pill' as its effectiveness lasts for up to 36 hours after taking the pill.
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Lancet 2010: | Diabetes: Very low HbA1c values may be as harmful as very high values - 0 views

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    "Lancet 2010: There is a U-shaped relationship between glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels and mortality in people with diabetes, say researchers, meaning that intensive glucose-lowering therapy could be as harmful as uncontrolled hyperglycemia.\n\nWriting in The Lancet, Craig Currie and team (Cardiff University, UK) conclude that if their findings are confirmed, then diabetes guidelines may need to be revised to include a lower as well as an upper HbA1c threshold.\n\nCurrie's team used the UK General Practice Research Database from November 1986 to November 2008 to obtain data on two cohorts of patients aged 50 years and older with Type 2 diabetes.\n\nThe patients comprised 27,965 individuals whose treatment had been intensified from oral monotherapy to combination therapy with oral blood-glucose lowering agents, and 20,005 who had changed to insulin-containing regimens."
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Muscles and Mortality | Studies Showing Correlation Between Muscle Mass and Mortality - 0 views

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    "Skeletal Muscle Strength as a Predictor of All-Cause Mortality in Healthy Men," "Strength, but not Muscle Mass, Is Associated With Mortality in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study Cohort," "Decreased Muscle and Increased Central Adiposity are Independently Related to Mortality in Older Men," etc.
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Good Health Insurance + Bad Medical Care | "Hop up on the table, Honey." - 0 views

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    "Hop up on the table, Honey." mThat's how an x-ray technician addressed my 89-year-old mother-in-law in 2001, when we took her for knee x-rays. Mom, who had advanced osteoporosis and arthritis as well as confusion and heart problems, had long since given up hopping. When it became obvious that she needed assistance, the technician grabbed her arm -- as if pulling on another sore appendage would magically raise the rest of her onto the table. It didn't. This incident has become our personal mantra for expressing what is wrong with America's health care system. Having helped our four parents during their final years and having both had cancer ourselves as well as other medical problems, we have had experiences with five nursing homes, two personal care facilities and a half dozen hospitals. We've lost count of the doctors, drugstores and health insurance plans. All of us have had health insurance, though some policies were better than others. Nonetheless, we have experienced incident after incident demonstrating the waste, ignorance and apathy which is rampant in the system. Unable to list them all, I have been heretofore reluctant to write about a handful of them lest the reader be persuaded that the problem is with only that hospital, only that nursing home or only that doctor. There is, however, an increasing crisis of confusion, mismanagement and ill-preparedness which is at the core of our healthcare system. We are all familiar at least with the trend line if not the specifics for healthcare costs. According to WhiteHouse.gov, "The United States spends over $2.2 trillion on health care each year-almost $8,000 per person." That's sixteen percent of the economy. Healthcare costs are projected to increase to almost twenty percent ($4 trillion a year) by 2017. Meanwhile forty-six million Americans are without health insurance (14,000 more each day), premiums and co-pays are rising and more reasons are used to refuse coverage both to those willing to pay and thos
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    "Hop up on the table, Honey." mThat's how an x-ray technician addressed my 89-year-old mother-in-law in 2001, when we took her for knee x-rays. Mom, who had advanced osteoporosis and arthritis as well as confusion and heart problems, had long since given up hopping. When it became obvious that she needed assistance, the technician grabbed her arm -- as if pulling on another sore appendage would magically raise the rest of her onto the table. It didn't. This incident has become our personal mantra for expressing what is wrong with America's health care system. Having helped our four parents during their final years and having both had cancer ourselves as well as other medical problems, we have had experiences with five nursing homes, two personal care facilities and a half dozen hospitals. We've lost count of the doctors, drugstores and health insurance plans. All of us have had health insurance, though some policies were better than others. Nonetheless, we have experienced incident after incident demonstrating the waste, ignorance and apathy which is rampant in the system. Unable to list them all, I have been heretofore reluctant to write about a handful of them lest the reader be persuaded that the problem is with only that hospital, only that nursing home or only that doctor. There is, however, an increasing crisis of confusion, mismanagement and ill-preparedness which is at the core of our healthcare system. We are all familiar at least with the trend line if not the specifics for healthcare costs. According to WhiteHouse.gov, "The United States spends over $2.2 trillion on health care each year-almost $8,000 per person." That's sixteen percent of the economy. Healthcare costs are projected to increase to almost twenty percent ($4 trillion a year) by 2017. Meanwhile forty-six million Americans are without health insurance (14,000 more each day), premiums and co-pays are rising and more reasons are used to refuse coverage both to those willing to pay and thos
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L-Carnitine + Cardiovascular Disease | Meta-Review of Studies - 0 views

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    Angina Pectoris, Heart Failure, Intermittent Claudication in Peripheral Arterial Disease, Atherosclerosis, Ischemia, Myocardial Infarction, Nutrient Interactions (Fatigue + Decreased Synthesis of L-carnitine in Vitamin C Deficiency) =============== carnitine l-carnitine cardiovascular arterial angina ischemia claudication vitaminC fatigue heartfailure heart failure pectoris pain atherosclerosis muscle tissue medicine nutrition ben chest
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Red Wine Drug (Resveratrol) Shows Proof It Combats Aging | GlaxoSmithKline Buys Its Mak... - 0 views

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    Resveratol, found in red wine (etc.) stimulates the SIRT1 gene, which is linked to extended health + lifespan in rodents. Sitris was able to replicate those results in humans. The resveratol formula stimulates the same gene that 'calorie-restricted' diets do. Sitris also found it reduces blood glucose in diabetic patients...But small trial, short duration...
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