Earlier today, I came across this story in the on-line version of the Daily Mail (UK) which reports on a theory relating to why the Scotland enjoys a preponderance of redheads. The theory, which the originator herself describes as ‘speculation’, is that a combination of the ‘bad weather’ in Scotland, coupled with a genetic mutation, […] (Source: Dr John Biffa’s Blog)
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Scar healing is the result of biologic wound repair and is a complex process. With the exception of minor lesions, every skin wound causes some degree of permanent scarring.
My breast reconstruction patients often ask for advice on how to improve their scars. While expecting 100% invisible scars may not be realistic, it is possible to influence the body’s scar healing mechanism to improve scar appearance and texture significantly.
The word “scar” comes from the Greek word “eschara”, meaning “place of fire.” Scar tissue is different from normal skin. It is inferior both in appearance and function. For example, scars are much less resistant to the sun’s ultraviolet rays and more prone to sunburn. Scars also lack a blood supply or sweat glands, and they never grow hair.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Vitamin Angels
For a quarter, you can keep a child from going blind due to Vitamin A deficiency.
Over the course of four years, when children are most vulnerable, the total expense for Vitamin Angels is $1.00, whichs covers the cost of two high dose vitamin A and anti-parasitic supplements given each year to a child from the ages of 2 to 5.
Operation 20/20
Vitamin Angels is committed to eradicating childhood blindness due to Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) on the planet by the year 2020. Operation 20/20 is the first major step in this global campaign, which launched in 2007 18 countries.
Vitamin Angels
Vitamin Angels is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing vital nutrition in the form of supplements, to developing countries, communities and individuals in need. Vitamin Angels has s…
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Phys Ed: Can Vitamin D Improve Your Athletic Performance?:Although few studies have looked closely at the issue of Vitamin D and athletic performance, those that have are suggestive. A series of strange but evocative studies undertaken decades ago in Russia and Germany, for instance, hint that the Eastern Bloc nations may have depended in part on sunlamps and Vitamin D to produce their preternaturally well-muscled and world-beating athletes. In one of the studies, four Russian sprinters were doused with artificial, ultraviolet light. Another group wasn’t. Both trained identically for the 100-meter dash. The control group lowered their sprint times by 1.7 percent. The radiated runners, in comparison, improved by an impressive 7.4 percent.More recently, when researchers tested the vertical j…
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Yet another trial shows that the theoretical benefit of “antioxidant supplements” in the prevention of heart disease remains only theoretical and the actual observed effect is that these supplements are useless.
Sesso and colleagues recently published the results of the The Physicians’ Health Study II which was a randomized controlled trial involving 14,641 male physicians who received daily vitamin E (400 IU), vitamin C (500 mg), both, or neither.
The results of the study showed that there was no cardiovascular benefit to be gained from supplementation with vitamins E or C. Moreover, this study raises the possibility of excess risk for hemorrhagic stroke with vitamin E as there was almost double the risk for hemorrhagic stroke was observed in the vitamin E groups (an interes…
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)On Wednesday morning I had a nice chat over coffee with Oliver Gillie, a writer and researcher with a particular interest in vitamin D. We spent much of our time talking about the role vitamin D may have in a wide range of conditions including role in a range of conditions including cancer, diabetes, […] (Source: Dr John Biffa’s Blog)
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)According to the non-profit organization Vitamin Angels, one in three children across the globe are malnourished. Just think of how much that percentage has increased by the Haitian crisis Indeed, Vitamin Angels has already shipped one million childrens’ multivitamins to Haiti since the earthquake.
A viable and invaluable solution to malnourishment is to provide these children with essential nutrients both here at home and abroad. According to research, one, high-dose Vitamin A capsule can reduce the risk of mortality among children under age five by 23%. Moreover, it can provide a sufficient dose to boost immunity for as long as six months, at a cost of only $.02 per capsule.
Multivitamins too, can help combat severe vitamin deficiencies and related diseases among the under five set, …
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)The debate about our exposure to sunlight and what it does in terms on skin cancer has gone back and forth. Recently, a Boston professor of dermatology has been asked to resign because he advocates moderate exposure to sunlight.
Michael F. Holick, MD, PhD, wrote a book describing the importance of being exposed to Vitamin D from the sun. But dermatologists have been telling us for years to stay out of the sun. So, is this doctor crazy? See the full story here: chetday.com/skincancersun.htm;
Truth is, no one is really sure the exact correlation of exposure to the sun to melanoma. Because another study noted that people who have jobs outside, and who are in the sun all day, actually have a lowered chance of getting melanoma. And that study stated that #8220;It is having fair skin, a …
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Moderation is the key in almost anything and with vitamins, it#8217;s no exception. For the most part, people who spend a lot of money on vitamins just end up with expensive urine, but sometimes too much of a vitamin can cause problems. Researchers in Sweden found such a problem among 25,000 women who took vitamin C.
The recommended daily allowance of vitamin C is 45 mg per day, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and 60 mg to 95 mg per day, according to the United States#8217; National Academy of Sciences. The researchers, who published their findings in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition, looked at 24,593 women aged 49 to 83 years old, for a little over eight years. The goal was to look at age-related cataracts and the researchers were looking at supplemental vitamin C us…
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Scar healing is the result of biologic wound repair and is a complex process. With the exception of minor lesions, every skin wound causes some degree of permanent scarring.
My breast reconstruction patients often ask for advice on how to improve their scars. While expecting 100% invisible scars may not be realistic, it is possible to influence the body’s scar healing mechanism to improve scar appearance and texture significantly.
The word scar comes from the Greek word eschara, meaning place of fire. Scar tissue is different from normal skin. It is inferior both in appearance and function. For example, scars are much less resistant to the sun’s ultraviolet rays and more prone to sunburn. Scars also lack a blood supply or sweat glands, and they never grow hair.
Complete scar hea…
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