Archive for May, 2010

Viagra may cause hearing loss. Research by a University of Alabama at Birmington (UBA) professor shows an association between hearing loss and the use of the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra.

Research Studies

The research found a potential for long-term hearing loss following the use of Viagra and possibly following use of other phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitions (PDE-5i) drugs such as Cialis and Levitra.

In 2007, following several case studies potentially linking PDE-5i use and sudden hearing loss, the Food and Drug Administrated announced labeling changes for PDE-5i medications so that the risk of hearing problems was more prominently displayed, McGwin said this is the first epidemiological study to evaluate the relationship between PDE-5i drugs and long-term hearing loss.

The data on 11,525 men over 40 years of age gathered by the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a survey conducted by the federal agency for Healthcare Research and Quality between 2003 and 2006. Men who reported use of PDE-5i medications were twice as likely to also report hearing loss as men who had not used the drugs.

You Can Say

You can say that Viagra is not for everyone. The growing evidence suggests it’s not for anyone. At least 38 men have gone blind after taking Viagra. Drug companies already warn consumers that Viagra and competitors like Levtira and Cialis have several other side effects, like blurred vision, headaches, indigestion, and painful erections that last four hours or more.

Viagra can decrease blood flow to the optic nerve of the eye, causing sudden vision loss. This has occurred in a limited number of people, most of whom had heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or pre-existing eye conditions. Also, people who smoke or are over 50 years old experienced these problems.

Need it now

Millions of men need it now, thanks to our lifestyles. There is a connection that links impotency to health status. There are multiple conditions that cause erectile dysfunction. One is hardening of the arteries, which causes a reduced blood flow to different parts of the body.

Medication especially for high blood pressure is many times the pill behind the pill. The drugs for high blood pressure are known to cause impotency.

Recognizing the cause is a step in the right direction. One little blue pill is not for all, and there is growing concern that it can change more than a chance to perform.

The special effect that you want may be more than you want. Viagra may have a similar effect on similar tissue in the ear, where an increase in blood flow could potentially cause damage that can lead to a hearing loss. It is necessary to question the use of Viagra, since the largely irreversible hearing loss will impact the quality of life.

Medicine impending danger to the public is that it is going to take over every aspect of our lives.

Medicine

Medicine is the looming giant is our mists. There isn’t a human function that can’t be made better by a prescription. From pregnancy, ADHD, toenail fungus, erectile dysfunction, dry eye, pre-diabetes, pre-high blood pressure, pre-high cholesterol readings, behavior problems, bed wetting, pain relief, sleep aids, acid reflux, depression, addictions, constipation, and rashes.

The recent history of allopathic care is one that has evolved to define and treat everything as a medical problem. Most common conditions can be traced to lifestyle. As such are not meant to be treated as medical afflictions. The medical community is standing guard over every human function by introducing pharmaceutical solutions.

Research Into The Cost    

Researchers, let by Brandeis sociologist Peter Conrad, evaluated 12 conditions that have been medicalized by physical organizations, and for which there were medical spending data. The other conditions considered in the study were anxiety, and behavioral disorders; body image; male pattern baldness’ normal sadness, obesity, sleep disorders, and substance-related disorders.

Conrad and his colleagues analyzed medical spending on these types of problems. The payments to hospitals, pharmacies, physicians, and other health care providers, and discovered that they accounted for $77.1 billion in medical spending in 2005-3.9 percent of total domestic health care expenditures.  

 ”We spend more on these conditions than on cancer, heart disease, or public health,” said Conrad. “While medicalzation is unlikely to be a key driver of skyrocketing health care costs, $77 billion represents a substantial dollar sum.”

The Danger Of This Trend

The danger of this trend is in medicine’s growing jurisdiction.

Children can be taken away from parents and put into the states custody if the parents refuse certain treatments.

There is an increase in consumer demands for medical solutions for lifestyle generated problems. More Americans think that health is in an encapsulated, blister packed, shrink and cello wrapped substance. They want the fountain of youth coming from the latest technology. The new consumers think the right ingredients are in packaged cartons with label warnings. What’s in it  for the pharmaceutical company is unlimited opportunity to boost their bottom line. Novel approaches to health are not in a tube, pill, or formulation.

The pharmaceutical industry is expanding into the areas where they see a potential profit, and where there is the greatest opportunity for growth.

When $77 billion is considered unlikely to be a key driver of skyrocketing health care cost, than the spending is out of hand. Our dependence on a pharmaceutical solution is hands down one of the biggest threats to our physical and financial health.

Chefsters creates happy and healthy children. It is a show with style and substance.

Creating  Healthy Children

Creating healthy children makes life simple. It is a challenge to raise content, healthy, and happy children. All parents are optimistic about that prospect, until they stall. It is a tough job that begins in the home and then is shared by the schools.

The values we teach our children must include solid nutritional principles. This is both informational and transformative, and will guide your child in the future.

You can provide them with a disease-free future.

Their emotional state will also depend on their nutritional status. How many parents are tearing out their hair trying to get their children to behave? Most don’t realize that their child’s nutritional status affects their behavior.

Parents Partner

Chefsters is a parents partner in providing the information that this coming generation needs more than ever. Parents have for generations tried to get children to eat healthy.

Chefsters offers hands on experience for children of all ages. The Chefsters tapes and CD’s gives learning tips on how to improve diet and lifestyle is for youngsters, parents, future parents, teachers, and social workers.

Rather than medicating your child, it important to realize that asthma, ear infections, allergies, learning, attention and hyperactivity are food related.

Chefsters is your perfect partner in helping your children recognize healthy food. Chefsters will dramatically capture their attention, and teach them to be smart consumers.

New Developments

The new developments in the last few decades, has presented a challenge to America. We live in a world of faux food that offer sensory pleasures. Biologically most of the innovative food supply doesn’t support our tissues, organs, or glands.

There isn’t a hands on experience when preparing any of the packaged foods. Of course, if you considering opening a package and eating the contents a culinary experience than you are nutritionally challenged and health deprived. 

Great taste and great health aren’t a formulation away. Yet, our children recognize a cereal box before they know the names of fruits and vegetables.

Their future will change dramatically, when they recognize, understand, and know how to prepare what will appear on their dinner plate. Thanks, to the Chefsters team, this can be in their future.