Bob Furst's List: health

• 8,000 patients treated with the ozone/oxygen in Italy and elsewhere in Europe.
• He says the analysis suggests that ozone therapy is as effective as surgery for relieving pain caused by a herniated disc, with a much lower incidence of complications and much quicker recovery times.
• He says until rigorously designed studies are conducted, the usefulness of ozone therapy for the treatment of herniated disc pain remains unknown.

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• Its supporters say ozone therapy could become a standard treatment for the condition within the next five years in the United States, but a back pain specialist who spoke to WebMD remains unconvinced.
• The studies suggest that ozone therapy works by shrinking herniated discs
• As many as 80% of adults in the U.S. suffer from lower back pain
• The condition occurs when the spongy cushions, or discs, that serve as shock absorbers for the spine become inflamed and bulge or break open. A herniated disc of the lower spine can cause pain in the back, buttocks, and legs with numbness and weakness when bulging discs press against nearby nerves.

• Ozone First Used in Italy

   

  Murphy tells WebMD that in recent years more than 14,000 lower back pain patients have been treated with ozone therapy in Europe, mostly in Italy, where the procedure was developed.

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• If you can't remove the carpeting, dry it as quickly as possible to minimize mold growth. If possible, use a wet/dry vacuum system and circulate the air with an air conditioner, fans and open windows to inhibit mold growth. A dehumidifier can help remove moisture from the air, but keep windows closed when using a dehumidifier.

   

  When the carpet is thoroughly dry, vacuum the area. Shampoo and repeat the drying process. Keep in mind that most modern carpeting is made of nylon and should not be treated with bleach. When dry, vacuum again.

   

  Reduce a musty smell with the following process:

   
   
  1. Sprinkle baking soda over the carpet, working it in with a broom or sponge mop.
   
  2. Leave the baking soda treatment on overnight.
   
  3. Vacuum the baking soda out. Vacuum twice, moving back and forth in a different direction the second time.

• The following habits may help you lower your risk of developing chronic diseases. They are listed in order of largest to smallest impact on disease risk, as determined by the recent study.

   
   
  1. Maintain a healthy weight. Your body mass index should be lower than 30.  
   
  2. Never smoke. (But if you already do, you should quit.)
   
  3. Get at least 3.5 hours of exercise every week.
   
  4. Follow a healthy diet. Ask your doctor for recommendations.

• 1) Invest in educating the public in self care
• 2) Motivate people by rewarding lifestyle changes that foster health.
• 3) Educate Doctors and other Healthcare Practitioners in nutrition, exercise, stress reduction techniques and natural remedies.
• 4) Reimburse doctors for their time in preventing and managing chronic diseases.
• 5) Practice the Precautionary Principle.
• When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically.
• 6) Protect our food supply and encourage healthy eating
• 7) Feed our children healthily and educate them responsibly.
• 8) Subsidize healthy foods like fruits and vegetables.
• 9) Remove corporate influence from healthcare.
• 1.4 million dollars a day is being spent by healthcare interests
• 4 lobbyists for every Congressman on Capitol Hill. T
• 10) Give everyone freedom of choice

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• Consider that two-thirds of all Americans die from cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes, which are all strongly associated with lifestyle choices.
• Our medical schools must teach health promotion along with disease management and crisis intervention.
• Insurance companies,
• compelled to pay for health-promoting measures.
• new departments within the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services to emphasize health promotion and disease prevention
• We must insist (with the power of our pocketbooks, voices and written words) that television networks, movie studios, radio, the internet and print use their tremendous influence in a positive way. The media showers us with destructive, illness-promoting messages (such as kids devouring junk food and adults popping pills for trivial, transient discomforts) and fear-based news reporting on health. We must use creative messages in the media to counteract this influence.
• In 2005, General Motors paid an estimated $1,525 in health-care costs for each car it made; Japan's Honda paid $97

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• dramatically improves the efficiency of creating stem cells from human adult tissue, without the use of embryonic cells.
• The hope of most researchers in the field is that one day it will be possible to use stem cells - which possess the ability to develop into many other distinct cell types, such as nerve, heart, or lung cells - to repair damaged tissue from any number of diseases, from Type 1 diabetes to Parkinson's disease, as well as, from injuries.

• What's noted can be from very minor such as baby being a slight bit on the small size for the gestational age to very major such as chromosomal conditions such as Down Syndrome.
• These are called soft markers
• The level 2 ultrasound will look for soft markers and structural markers. Structural markers are abnormalities in the bone and or organs.
• But what one has to remember is even though the markers are found it does not mean that you have a diagnosis.

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• level II   scan is ordered include:
  suspected fetal anomaly during a level I   examination, severe IUGR, elevated maternal-serum AFP, Oligohydramnios,   polyhydramnios, two-vessel umbilical cord detected at the level I   examination, fetal cardiac arrhythmia, and exposure to drugs or chemicals   in the first trimester....etc
• One should not not dwell too much on the definitions or   guildlines for a level II ultrasound scan. In a level II scan the   sonologist should try as hard as he can to look for and assess any   abnormality that is present in the fetus. It's meaningless to be thinking   about level III or even level IV scans.

• Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is a term used to  describe a condition in which the fetus is smaller than expected for the  number of weeks of pregnancy. Another term for IUGR is fetal growth  restriction. Newborn babies with IUGR are often described as small for  gestational age (SGA).

• About 5% of cords are shorter than 35 cm, and another 5% are longer than 80 cm.³
• Short cords are associated with fetal movement disorders and intrauterine constraint, as well as placental abruption and cord rupture. Although short cords have been blamed for the inability of some fetuses to deliver vaginally, available data suggest that vaginal delivery can take place with cords as short as 13 cm⁴ , which is much shorter than the normal range. Excessively long cords are associated with fetal entanglement, true knots, and thrombi.¹
• The umbilical cord normally contains 2 arteries and a single vein. Occasionally, one umbilical artery is absent, with the left artery absent more commonly than the right. Single umbilical arteries are associated more commonly with fetal anomalies than normal cords.
• Trisomy 18 is the chromosomal anomaly most highly associated with single umbilical artery.

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• Trisomy 18 is a relatively common syndrome affecting approximately 1 out of 3,000 live births. It is three times more common in girls than boys. The syndrome is caused by the presence of an extra material from chromosome 18. The extra material interferes with normal development.
• large uterus and extra amniotic flui
• Fifty percent of infants with this condition do not survive beyond the first week of life. Some children have survived to teenage years, but with serious medical and developmental problems.
• Prenatal diagnosis of trisomy 18 is possible with an amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling and chromosome studies on amniotic cells.

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• Baby teeth that children traditionally put under their pillow in the hope of finding money left by the 'Tooth Fairy' may now be transformed into valuable stem cells.

   

  Ground-breaking technology is allowing scientists to extract stem cells from teeth which would otherwise be thrown away.
• Stem cells can be extracted both from the umbilical cord as well as bone marrow, and have already been used to treat a number of diseases
• The procedure comes at a cost of €950 plus an annual fee of €90, which covers storage in liquid nitrogen, although paying up-front for 20-year-storage will cost €1,750, including the registration fee.

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• Social Security disability insurance program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program