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Health Risks of Snuff: Cancer and Lung Disease
The cancer risk is usually greater for smokers than nonsmokers in a ratio of 2.24. This is particularly true of lung cancer, throat cancer and mouth cancer, which hardly ever affect non-smokers.
If the snuff disappear occur at least 40% reduction in overall cancer incidence.
Some types of cancer are particularly favored by snuff as the lung, lip, tongue, mucosa of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, and bladder. 85% of all lung cancer cases are related to snuff, and a smoker is 12 times more likely to develop lung cancer than a nonsmoker. If a smoker quits, it will take approximately 15 years before your risk of lung cancer equal to that of a nonsmoker. But there is always a clear benefit to quit since the first day.\
There are other types of cancer are also more frequent among smokers than nonsmokers.
These are:
- Esophageal Cancer
- Kidney Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Cancer of the cervix. Read the rest of this entry »
Benefits of Acupuncture
A new study in the University Hospital of Essen, Germany, suggests that acupuncture transforms the way the brain processes pain.
Using MRI, researchers led by Dr. Nina Theysohn could observe brain areas that normally deal with perception and response to pain.
We studied 18 healthy volunteers who received electronic stimulation painful left ankle, the radiologists found that when acupuncture needles are placed on the right side of the body of individuals, the activation of pain processing areas in the brain was reduced substantially.
“This is just one of the studies confirming that acupuncture helps with chronic pain,” said Dr. Daniel Hsu at AOL Health.
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How acupuncture work?
The Chinese believe that good health depends on the proper flow of a vital energy called qi (chee) that moves through our bodies along invisible meridians, or pathways.
Inserting needles into particular points along these meridians, they say, can tweak this life force into proper balance. Western researchers have their own theories: One is that acupuncture triggers the release of endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers.
This idea hasn’t been proven, but a number of studies show that acupuncture does bring about real physiological changes, sometimes far from the point where needles are inserted.
In one study, for example, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center used advanced imaging equipment to view the brains of nine patients — four pain sufferers and five healthy people — while they underwent acupuncture.
In every case, the researchers saw blood flow increase in the thalamus, a kind of relay station for pain messages in the brain, along with other changes in the brain stem and cortex. Read the rest of this entry »
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Acupuncture Treatment
Your acupuncturist will probably get things started by asking a lot of questions about your personal and family medical history; recent events that might have contributed to your illness; and how you’re responding to various stimuli, such as heat and cold.
During the treatment itself, you’ll sit or lie on a padded table while he or she inserts very fine sterile needles into your skin.
You might feel a small pinprick sensation when the needle is first inserted; once it’s in, you may experience numbness or a tingling sensation that goes away after a few seconds.
Your acupuncturist might also manipulate the needles, apply light electricity to them, or heat them.
Depending on your response and your health problem, you might need just one session or many sessions. Keep in mind, too, that most acupuncturists see needle therapy as just one part of treatment; yours might also suggest herbs, vitamin or mineral supplements, and changes in diet and exercise.
If your acupuncturist recommends an herbal remedy, be sure to mention any other drugs or herbs you’re taking to avoid potentially harmful interactions. Read the rest of this entry »
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What is acupuncture?
The 5,000-year-old Chinese art of acupuncture involves the stimulation of specific points on the body by a variety of techniques-usually hair-thin metallic needles-to treat or prevent illness.
In 1997, after looking at thousands of studies and interviewing leading researchers, a panel of experts convened by the National Institutes of Health concluded that acupuncture is an effective treatment for nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy, surgery in adults and post-operative dental pain. Read the rest of this entry »