Sick traveler raises fear of US measles spread
Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – A woman infected with measles traveled from Europe through three airports in the United States, health officials said this weekend.
The unidentified woman first traveled to Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, D.C., then to the Denver International Airport and to the Albuquerque International Airport in New Mexico, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Tom Skinner, a CDC spokesman, told CNN the woman was diagnosed in New Mexico.
State health departments are contacting passengers and people in the airports when the woman passed through about the possibility of contamination.
Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment issued a statement that people who were working or traveling through the Denver airport’s Concourse C on Tuesday, Feb. 22, may have been exposed to the measles.
The statement said the woman arrived at Gate C39 Tuesday night at around 9 p.m. and stayed for several hours. People in the area at or around that time should monitor themselves for early symptoms of the disease from March 1 to March 12, according to the statement. Fever is the main symptom to look for, health officials say.
People with any symptoms should not go to work, school or out in the public. Measles is a very contagious viral disease and is spread through coughing, sneezing and secretions from the mouth. The disease can remain in the air for about two hours. It can develop seven to 18 days after exposure.
Other symptoms include runny nose, cough and red, watery eyes. The Colorado health department statement also said that within one to four days, a red rash appears on the face and spreads to the rest of the body. A person is contagious beginning four days before the rash appears.
People born in the United States before 1957 are considered immune to the disease. Others considered immune are those who had measles or those who had two measles shots.
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What Do Fats Do In The Body
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Feds blame US health care system, not poor diet and lack of exercise, for widespread heart disease
(NaturalNews) Political agendas often make the government say some pretty strange and illogical statements at times, including a recent announcement from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that the U.S. health care system, not a poor diet and lack of exercise, is responsible for causing heart disease. The announcement was conveniently made as the U.S. Congress and numerous U.S. states are challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare. The CDC began playing logical gymnastics when it started blaming a lack of universal health care coverage on excessive rates of high blood pressure and cholesterol. According to the agency, two-thirds of people with these conditions are not being treated effectively for their conditions. So, the CDC is pushing for “policy and system changes” to address this. Of course, such changes infer things like universal coverage and more government involvement in telling people when and how to be treated, including taking blood pressure and cholesterol medications for their conditions. But the agency also says that many of the people with such heart conditions already have health coverage. They are just not prescribing to the CDC’s preferred methods of treatment. But it hardly stops there. The CDC took its argument further, insisting that Obamacare will help fix the situation by requiring health insurers to pay for blood pressure and cholesterol screenings for patients, as well as encourage the use of electronic medical records. Nevermind the fact that the majority of patients with these conditions already have health coverage; the CDC is convinced that if people roll over and accept the new health care system without question, health will somehow improve. And it remains unclear exactly how using electronic medical records, which happen to be highly controversial, will lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels. But this hardly matters to government officials who seem willing to do anything to get them imposed. If the CDC was really concerned about lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels, as well as stemming the tide of heart disease that kills hundreds of thousands of Americans every year, it would start working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to eliminate things like chemical additives and trans fats from food, fluoride from water, and artificials sweeteners from beverages. It would also work to eliminate harmful genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) from the food supply, as well as get rid of the dangerous chemical pesticides and herbicides used on food crops that continue to destroy health. But the federal government’s agenda is to control the U.S. health care system, not to actually improve health. So it will instead grasp at straws to scare the public into conceding with goals that will do nothing to stop disease and everything to increase its control over how people deal with it. Sources for this story include: http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2011/02/02/2011-02-02_us_healthcare_system_deserves_blame_for_heart_attacks_high_blood_pressure_in_ame.html?r=lifestyle/health
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CDC: 26 million Americans now suffering from diabetes
Atlanta, GA, United States (AHN) – According to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nearly 26 million Americans have diabetes. Additionally an estimated 79 million U.S. adults have prediabetes, a condition which raises a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke.
The CDC also reveals that the latest statistics show 8.3 percent of Americans of all ages are affected by the disease. Furthermore 27 percent of those with diabetes – 7 million Americans – don’t even know they have the disease.
“These distressing numbers show how important it is to prevent type 2 diabetes and to help those who have diabetes manage the disease to prevent serious complications such as kidney failure and blindness,” said Ann Albright, Ph.D., R.D., director of CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation. “We know that a structured lifestyle program that includes losing weight and increasing physical activity can prevent or delay type 2 diabetes.”
In a study published last year, the CDC projected that as many as 1 in 3 U.S. adults could have diabetes by 2050 if current trends continue.
Researchers say type 2 diabetes, a condition where the body slowly loses its ability to use and produce insulin is responsible for 90 percent to 95 percent of the aforementioned cases.
Risk factors for type 2 diabetes include older age, obesity, family history, having diabetes while pregnant (gestational diabetes), a sedentary lifestyle, and race/ethnicity. Groups at higher risk for the disease are African-Americans, Hispanics, American Indians/Alaska Natives, and some Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders.
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NHS Not Routinely Testing For Killer Disease, UK
100,000 people in the UK are at risk from an undiagnosed heart condition called familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), says the Royal College of Physicians. FH is an inherited condition causing high levels of LDL cholesterol, which causes early heart disease. Roughly half of men with FH, if untreated, will have developed heart disease by the age of 55 years, and roughly one third of women by the age of 60. Crucially, half of their first degree relatives (brothers, sisters and children) will be similarly affected but are often unaware of the condition…
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Lowering blood pressure in middle-aged women reduces heart disease risk
Middle-aged women worldwide lowering their blood pressure could prevent a substantial amount of cardiovascular disease. High systolic blood pressure is the most powerful predictor of heart disease in these women, followed by high cholesterol and smoking. Diagnosing and treating high blood pressure in midlife could improve their health and quality of life.
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Diabetic Renal Diet for CKD Patients Diet
Diabetic Renal Diet Guidelines Made Easy! Being that one of the most common extrarenal diseases affecting the kidney is diabetes mellitus, diabetic renal diet has become a topic of interest nowadays. Diabetic nephropathy, a progressive process, commonly leads to renal failure. About 30% of clients with end-stage renal disease have diabetes mellitus. Researchers estimate that 25% to 50% of clients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or type 1 diabetes have end stage renal disease within 10 to 20 years of beginning insulin therapy. Renal disease can also occur in the non-insulin-dependent diabetic client. The incidence of proteinuria (protein in urine) is about 25% after the 20 years of diabetes. This diabetic renal diet is a nutritional therapy to emphasize the need for a team approach to enhance the ability of each patient with diabetes to achieve good metabolic control. In this way, by controlling diabetes mellitus, we can manage the progressive worsening condition to our kidneys thereby preventing end stage renal disease. The kidney metabolizes 30% to 40% of insulin, and as renal function decline the degradation of insulin also decreases, resulting in a lower insulin requirement. Renal failure may be initially identified when the client is evaluated for recurrent insulin reactions. Researchers hope that exacerbation of renal disease can be slowed by the following: o Carefully controlling hypertension. o Adjusting insulin therapy and carefully monitoring blood glucose to maintain normal sugar level. o Restricting dietary protein Regardless of diabetic control, however, renal failure inevitably develops within 5 to 10 years after the appearance of significant proteinuria.
These are some recommended dietary modification for patients with diabetes mellitus: a. Total calories-sufficient to maintain/achieve reasonable weight in adults, or meet increased needs of children, adolescents, pregnant and lactating women and individuals recovering from catabolic illness. b. Caloric distribution of 50-70% of carbohydrates, 20-30% of proteins and 20-30% of fat. c. Cholesterol limit to 300 mg/day or less. d. Carbohydrates and sweetness e. Sodium limit to about 300mg/day, less for people with hypertension if renal complications. f. Alcohol-moderate amounts may be allowed, contingent on good metabolic control. g. Vitamin and mineral supplement-not necessary but may be given to individuals on reduced calorie diets (1200kcal/day or less) There is no one diabetic diet that will suit the individual and the special need of a person with diabetes. The diet for an individual with diabetes can only be defined as a “dietary prescription based on nutrition assessment and treatment goals”. However, the diabetic renal diet can serve as a guideline on how to manage and control diabetes mellitus thus prolonging renal disease.
Diabetic Renal Diet for CKD Patients Diet
Diabetic Renal Diet Guidelines Made Easy! Being that one of the most common extrarenal diseases affecting the kidney is diabetes mellitus, diabetic renal diet has become a topic of interest nowadays. Diabetic nephropathy, a progressive process, commonly leads to renal failure. About 30% of clients with end-stage renal disease have diabetes mellitus. Researchers estimate that 25% to 50% of clients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or type 1 diabetes have end stage renal disease within 10 to 20 years of beginning insulin therapy. Renal disease can also occur in the non-insulin-dependent diabetic client. The incidence of proteinuria (protein in urine) is about 25% after the 20 years of diabetes. This diabetic renal diet is a nutritional therapy to emphasize the need for a team approach to enhance the ability of each patient with diabetes to achieve good metabolic control. In this way, by controlling diabetes mellitus, we can manage the progressive worsening condition to our kidneys thereby preventing end stage renal disease. The kidney metabolizes 30% to 40% of insulin, and as renal function decline the degradation of insulin also decreases, resulting in a lower insulin requirement. Renal failure may be initially identified when the client is evaluated for recurrent insulin reactions. Researchers hope that exacerbation of renal disease can be slowed by the following: o Carefully controlling hypertension. o Adjusting insulin therapy and carefully monitoring blood glucose to maintain normal sugar level. o Restricting dietary protein Regardless of diabetic control, however, renal failure inevitably develops within 5 to 10 years after the appearance of significant proteinuria.
These are some recommended dietary modification for patients with diabetes mellitus: a. Total calories-sufficient to maintain/achieve reasonable weight in adults, or meet increased needs of children, adolescents, pregnant and lactating women and individuals recovering from catabolic illness. b. Caloric distribution of 50-70% of carbohydrates, 20-30% of proteins and 20-30% of fat. c. Cholesterol limit to 300 mg/day or less. d. Carbohydrates and sweetness e. Sodium limit to about 300mg/day, less for people with hypertension if renal complications. f. Alcohol-moderate amounts may be allowed, contingent on good metabolic control. g. Vitamin and mineral supplement-not necessary but may be given to individuals on reduced calorie diets (1200kcal/day or less) There is no one diabetic diet that will suit the individual and the special need of a person with diabetes. The diet for an individual with diabetes can only be defined as a “dietary prescription based on nutrition assessment and treatment goals”. However, the diabetic renal diet can serve as a guideline on how to manage and control diabetes mellitus thus prolonging renal disease.
Diabetic Renal Diet for CKD Patients Diet
Diabetic Renal Diet Guidelines Made Easy! Being that one of the most common extrarenal diseases affecting the kidney is diabetes mellitus, diabetic renal diet has become a topic of interest nowadays. Diabetic nephropathy, a progressive process, commonly leads to renal failure. About 30% of clients with end-stage renal disease have diabetes mellitus. Researchers estimate that 25% to 50% of clients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or type 1 diabetes have end stage renal disease within 10 to 20 years of beginning insulin therapy. Renal disease can also occur in the non-insulin-dependent diabetic client. The incidence of proteinuria (protein in urine) is about 25% after the 20 years of diabetes. This diabetic renal diet is a nutritional therapy to emphasize the need for a team approach to enhance the ability of each patient with diabetes to achieve good metabolic control. In this way, by controlling diabetes mellitus, we can manage the progressive worsening condition to our kidneys thereby preventing end stage renal disease. The kidney metabolizes 30% to 40% of insulin, and as renal function decline the degradation of insulin also decreases, resulting in a lower insulin requirement. Renal failure may be initially identified when the client is evaluated for recurrent insulin reactions. Researchers hope that exacerbation of renal disease can be slowed by the following: o Carefully controlling hypertension. o Adjusting insulin therapy and carefully monitoring blood glucose to maintain normal sugar level. o Restricting dietary protein Regardless of diabetic control, however, renal failure inevitably develops within 5 to 10 years after the appearance of significant proteinuria.
These are some recommended dietary modification for patients with diabetes mellitus: a. Total calories-sufficient to maintain/achieve reasonable weight in adults, or meet increased needs of children, adolescents, pregnant and lactating women and individuals recovering from catabolic illness. b. Caloric distribution of 50-70% of carbohydrates, 20-30% of proteins and 20-30% of fat. c. Cholesterol limit to 300 mg/day or less. d. Carbohydrates and sweetness e. Sodium limit to about 300mg/day, less for people with hypertension if renal complications. f. Alcohol-moderate amounts may be allowed, contingent on good metabolic control. g. Vitamin and mineral supplement-not necessary but may be given to individuals on reduced calorie diets (1200kcal/day or less) There is no one diabetic diet that will suit the individual and the special need of a person with diabetes. The diet for an individual with diabetes can only be defined as a “dietary prescription based on nutrition assessment and treatment goals”. However, the diabetic renal diet can serve as a guideline on how to manage and control diabetes mellitus thus prolonging renal disease.
New measure trumps HDL levels in protecting against heart disease
A new study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine shows that a different metric, a measure of HDL function called cholesterol efflux capacity, is more closely associated with protection against heart disease than HDL cholesterol levels themselves. Findings from the study could lead to new therapeutic interventions in the fight against heart disease.
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