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Nevah Surrendah or Controlling the Symptoms of Parkinson’s and Palliative Care, Little Known, Definitely Underused- 10/23/11

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NEVAH SURRENDAH
There is no cure yet for Parkinson’s disease but Paul Green of Westport Connecticut knows that he has discovered a means of controlling his disease through exercise. Paul launched a website that he calls Nevah Surrendah after his World War 2 hero Winston Churchill. The site is packed with resources and information that assists the reader with virtually any facet of diagnosis, treatment and control of the disease.
Paul spent a morning with us discussing his work, the site and how this information will benefit others.

PALLIATIVE CARE
When someone is faced with what could be a life threatening illness, hospice is not the only alternative. PALLIATIVE CARE of which hospice is a subset is available to ease and treat the symptoms while still treating the disease. Little known or misunderstood by many we spoke with Sue Cottle RN who has spent years as administrator of hospice and palliative care services in the southwestern Connecticut area.

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102211 Palliative Care – Broadcast Segment 3

102211 Palliative Care – Broadcast Segment 4

Link to Nevah Surrendah website

Vitamin E boosts prostate cancer risk

admin — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:17:13 +0000

US researchers warned Tuesday of an alarming link between vitamin E supplements and a 17 percent increased risk of prostate cancer, describing the findings as an “important public health concern.

Vitamin E boosts prostate cancer risk

5 Surprising Signs of Breast Cancer

admin — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 02:38:44 +0000

You’ve been told all your life to be on the alert for breast lumps, the primary sign of breast cancer. But a lump isn’t always the first sign of malignancy, or it may not be the first change a woman notices

5 Surprising Signs of Breast Cancer

Dr. Thomas Nero – Cardiology – How Women’s Heart Issues Differ from Men

admin — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:11:51 +0000

Understanding differences in how women are diagnosed for heart issues as well as symptoms they experience is a matter of life and death. Until recently, diagnosis followed a similar path as men. Doctors now know that the two sexes can vary significantly. We met with Dr. Thomas Nero a Stamford, CT based cardiologist to discuss heart health and specifically differences between the sexes. This is the first part of Dr. Nero’s interview. Aired 5-8-10

Dr. Nero is very involved in extending knowledge of NEW CPR techniques to the community and has undertaken an ambitous program of eduction and training. An article about that initiative and a link to the new method follows.

Dr. Thomas Nero is a cardiologist practicing in Stamford, CT. His specialty is Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology. He is a graduate of Ohio State University College of Medicine & Public Health (Columbus). He did his residency at Beth Israel Med Center. His certifications include; – Internal Medicine 1998; Board Certified – Echocardiography 2001 Board Eligible – Nuclear Cardiology (Level II)2001 Board Certified – Cardiovascular Disease 2001 Fellow American College of Cardiology; Board Certified – Diplomat – Interventional Cardiology 2002-SCAI Pending

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Thomas Nero, M.D., F.A.C.C. Consultative and Interventional Cardiology

Doubling, Tripling Cardiac Arrest Survival in Stamford

HANDS FOR LIFE

Learn CPR

Heart Health – How Women’s Heart Issues Differ from Men – Dr. Thomas Nero

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Long Hours at Work May Boost Heart Attack Risk – People who work an average of 11 or more hours per day have a 67% higher risk of suffering a heart attack or dying from heart disease than people who work a standard seven- to eight-hour day, according to a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine. news.health.com

Fish Oil May Prevent Symptoms of Postpartum Depression - Postpartum depression can affect up to 25% of new mothers during the first year after delivery, but researchers say there may be a relatively easy way to lower that risk — starting before women give birth. Healthland.time.com

Decoding Cancer – The first map of breast cancer genomes could revolutionize patient care. Time.com

Report sets new dietary intake levels for vitamin D and calcium –
In recent years, many studies have suggested that we take much more vitamin D than we do now — especially those of us living in northern climes who may get too little sunlight to produce adequate amounts in the skin. Harvard Health Publications

Meat or beans: What will you have? – Ask a red-blooded, all-American guy what he wants for dinner, and he’s likely to ask for a steak or roast. Ask for a second choice, and it might be a burger or chop. Keep asking, and you may eventually come up with chicken or fish. But despite persistent questioning, our average gent is not likely to request beans. Harvard Health Publications

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THE CAREGIVERS CORNER
Gerontologist Sheryl Inglat discusses care giving issues on Value System of the Elderly and Keeping the Kids Visiting and Involved with Mom or Dad.

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Asthma – Dr. Paul Sachs – Help for the Sufferer – Education for Everyone

admin — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:39:41 +0000

Try breathing through a straw ( a thin straw) with a noe clip on and walking up a flight of stairs. That’s the way Dr. Paul Sachs describes the plight of the asthma sufferer. If you never had it, you might not be able to appreciate how it feels. Understanding this condition should help both sufferers and others to deal with it and how a normal way of life is achievable.

Dr. Paul Sachs is Director of Pulmonary Medicine at Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT. A graduate of New York University School of Medicine, he did residency at New York Hospital / Cornell Medical Center and fellowships with Montefiore Hospital and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Sachs is affiliated also with Pukmonary Associates of Stamford.

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READINGS

Parental Stress Increases Kids’ Risk of Asthma
Acid Reflux Drugs No Help for Asthma

What Is Asthma?

Adult-Onset Asthma

Climb Back from Cancer – Alan Hobson

admin — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:15:09 +0000

Few challenges in life are more noteworthy than reaching the summit of Mt. Everest. A mere 2,700 people can claim that accomplishment. Alan Hobson, at the age of 39 achieved that dream. It took hard work, perseverance and sheer determination. Yet for all that accomplishment entails, it pales next to the still bigger challenge in Alan’s life, surviving from a death sentence of leukemia. Alan stands today as a cancer survivor. He is an author (Climb Back from Cancer), a motivational speaker and an adventurer. Through his struggle to overcome a fatal prognosis, Alan shares what brought him back.

Alan has appeared on many national television talk shows, including Oprah. His expeditions have required millions of dollars to finance, organize and execute, and they have stretched Alan’s leadership, team-building, sales and communications abilities even more than they have his physical attributes. 2/13/11

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Climb Back.com

01/09/11 MetLife Mature Markets – Cancer Blood Test – Nasal Humming

admin — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:46:19 +0000

Metlife Mature Markets Institute has been the gold standard in research on issues about getting older. Started in 1997, the information published cover many facets of finance, lifestyle, work and family and how to balance it all. Understanding the stress and the needs of caregiving employees and communicating that knowledge to employers, MMI delves deeply to present trends and options that may now be in place or for which the actual need may not have yet been realized. Our guest, Sandra Timmermann Ed.D a nationally recognized gerontologist is MMI’s Executive Director. A review of the titles of the MMI publications makes clear how committed they are to educating a rapidly aging population in how to do it well.

Humming Can Help Ease Nasal Problems – Keeping the sinuses healthy and infection-free requires ventilation — keeping air flowing smoothly between the sinus and nasal cavities. And what better way to keep air moving through the sinuses and nasal cavity than by humming a tune?

New Push to Develop Cancer Blood Test – Researchers have announced plans to develop a blood test that can detect a cancer cell that has been shed from a tumor.

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Strides Made Toward Early Diagnosing of Pancreatic Cancer

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Researchers have made significant progress in understanding the biology of pancreatic tumors, suggesting that there may be ways of identifying the usually fatal cancer at a much earlier and more treatable stage.

A principal finding is that pancreatic tumors are not aggressive cancers. To the contrary, they grow slowly, taking an average of 21 years to become fatal.
Strides Made Toward Early Diagnosing of Pancreatic Cancer

Red-yeast cholesterol fighters can be worthless

admin — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:35:49 +0000

A little more than a decade ago, a federal court ruled that over-the-counter red-yeast rice products were not drugs — despite the fact that these products contained naturally occurring chemicals that were functionally indistinguishable from lovastatin, a cholesterol-lowering prescription drug. And so a major dietary supplement industry was born. By 2008, Americans were spending $20 million a year on red-yeast rice products, many on their doctor’s recommendation (and perhaps even via their doctor’s offices).

But a new study warns that not all red-yeast rice products contain pharmacologically active concentrations of the fungal products. As such, its authors caution: “Buyer Beware!”

Red-yeast cholesterol fighters can be worthless