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Healthcare Mistakes Women Make

I found this great article on Bay News 9 the other day and thought I would share it with you ~ who knows, maybe it will help save a life.

All of us make some health mistakes – not getting enough sleep, eating too many calories, and so on…

But there are a few serious mishaps that women most commonly make.

The first concern that females face is an abnormal pap smear.  Not following up with more tests can be fatal.  Believe it or not, nearly half of all women who need to return for more care never do.

“A million women a year have an abnormal pap smear,” said gynecologic oncologist Jennifer Young, MD. “Three-hundred thousand of those require treatment in order to prevent cervical cancer. For some women, it changes something that’s easily treatable as an outpatient to a cancer, to something that could actually kill them.”

Also, there are women who are concerned that birth control pills can raise their risk for cancer.  Actually, the pill has been shown to decrease the risk for ovarian cancer by up to 50 percent.  The myth of a link between the medication and breast cancer comes from studies done decades ago that turned out false information.

Another mistake? Quitting anti-depressants all at once.  Patients should slowly decrease their dose by one-fourth every two weeks to avoid side effects.

Women should also note that alcohol is more toxic to their bodies than to a man’s body.  Females are smaller, their bodies contain less water, and break down alcohol less efficiently.  According to research, women who get drunk just once a month have triple the risk of having a heart attack.

Share this info with the women you know and help stamp out some of these mistakes and misconceptions that can jeopardize lives. 

Posted by Laurie Puckett, Remmel Wellness Center ~ a full service chiropractic and wellness facility in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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CDC Tracking How Environment Impacts Health

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This is really cool.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tracking the impact that different environmental factors have on a population’s health.  This is referred to as environmental health, and for the CDC’s purposes, it is defined as how the environment might affect a person’s health and how people might affect the health of the environment.

Measuring amounts of hazardous substances in our environment in a standard way, tracing the spread of these over time and area, seeing how they show up in human tissues, and understanding how they may cause illness is critical. The National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network is the start of that system.

The environment is our air, our water, our food, and our surroundings.  Tracking describes how the CDC collects data, interprets it, and reports it. They are acquiring data about hazards in the environment, if a person was exposed to one of them, and health problems that may be related to these exposures.

The National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network is a system of integrated health, exposure, and hazard information and data from a variety of national, state, and city sources. On the Tracking Network, you can explore information and view maps, tables, and charts about health and environment across the country.  Check it out at http://ephtracking.cdc.gov/showHome.action.

The data collected is still being developed and studied.  The CDC expects to issue its first report of the compiled data some time this year, so stay tuned.  In the mean time, you can reduce your risk from exposure to environmental hazards by regularly undergoing a body detoxification program to rid your body of these hazards.  There are many different types of detox programs, but at the Remmel Wellness Center we use the ion foot bath to remove toxins from the body.  These hazards build up and act cumulatively, so please discuss a detox program with your health care provider or with Dr. Remmel.

Posted by Laurie Puckett, Remmel Wellness Center, a full service chiropractic and wellness facility in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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The DIY Guide to Taking 12 Years Off Your Life

How-To Guide:  How to age yourself 12 years … 

All you have to do is combine these four common bad habits — smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet — and you too can age an additional 12 years!

This was discovered by tracking almost 5,000 Brits.  I bet they could have found more than 5,000, and I’m positive they could do this study in the US — no problem!  These findings highlight one more reason to adopt a healthier lifestyle ~ unless you are 9 and trying to get a fake ID.

Not everyone partook in all 4 bad habits, but for those who did, 29% of them died during the study. The most common causes of death included heart disease and cancer, both related to unhealthy lifestyles.

 The study also include people who had no “bad habits” (you know; boring people – lol) and only 8% of them died during the course of the study. 

You might think that you don’t really have any “bad” habits, but the way the study defined them might make you stop and think.  The aging behaviors were: smoking tobacco; indulging in more than three alcoholic drinks per day for men and more than two daily for women; getting less than two hours of physical activity per week; and eating fruits and vegetables fewer than three times daily.

When you combine all these risky behaviors, the risk of death increased substantially and made people who engaged in them seem 12 years older than people in the healthiest group. 

The good news is that you don’t need to be fanatical to be in the healthy category.  These behaviors add up and are cummulative, so it should be possible for most people to manage to do it.

For example, a side salad, one apple and a glass of  juice (not fruit punch) would suffice for the fruit and vegetable cutoffs in the study.  The amounts are pretty modest and less strict than many guidelines.  Compare this to the USDA recommendations of at least 4 cups of fruits or vegetables daily for adults, depending on age and activity level; and about 2½ hours of exercise weekly.

Eating healthfuly, exercising, drinking in moderation and no smoking combine to create an Anti-aging lifestyle, and isn’t that what we all want? 

Posted by Laurie Puckett, Remmel Wellness Center, a full service chiropractic and wellness facility in St. Petersburg, Florida. 

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Prevention is the Best Medicine

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I don’t know about you, but I wasn’t really surprised when the AP reported that the cost of treating cancer has almost doubled in the past two decades. 

Americans (and their insurance companies) spend a ridiculous amount of money each year on cancer treatment.  The numbers are reported by the AP state that the total cost of cancer treatments rose from nearly $25 billion in 1987 to more than $48 billion by the end of 2005.   I doubt that these numbers have been adjusted for inflation, but whether they have or they haven’t — WOW!  That is a LOT  of money! 

Sometimes you can do everything right, and you still get cancer.  But for the vast majority of us, there are things we can do to reduce our risk of being diagnosed with cancer.  Take a look at the foods you eat, the beverages you drink, the air you breathe, your exercise levels, your nutritional intake, your environment – and then talk to a healthcare practitioner about what you can do to reduce your risk factors. 

We strongly encourge a body detoxification program to remove toxins and heavy metals from your system.  A detox program will help you boost your immune system because your body won’t be busy fighting toxins and will be better prepared to fight disease.  Many illnesses and diseases can also be tied directly to toxins in your system.  Get rid of the toxins, and your health improves.  Get more info on the body detoxification system we use in our office and what it can do for you:  http://www.remmelwellness.com/Wellness_Services.html 

Tie that in with a good nutritional program (remember my posts on vitamin D? http://blog.remmelwellness.com/wellness/vitamin-d-cures-cancer/) and diet and exercise, and watch your health improve, your disease risk factors decrease and your projected lifetime medical costs to decrease. 

Posted by Laurie Puckett, Remmel Wellness Center, a full service chiropractic and wellness facility in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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