Marshall Editions See book keywords and concepts | These include tweezing, shaving, waxing, laser treatment, and electrolysis. laser treatment and electrolysis are the only permanent methods of hair removal.
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Diet and supplements: Those who suffer from hirsutism and are overweight may benefit from weight loss. Also reduce the amount of hormone-laden dairy and meat products in your diet. Saw palmetto, a natural herb that blocks, to an extent, the action of androgen hormones, may also be helpful.
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
Herbs: Hirsutism is secondary condition that may be related to other, more serious disorders. | | Pustules sometimes form
• Occasionally, the condition causes a bulbous nose
• Occasionally, the condition spreads and causes inflammation of the eye
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TREATMENT GOAL
• Flushed appearance
• Dilated, spidery blood vessels on the face
• Persistent redness of the face
• Pimples on the forehead, cheeks,
Treatment aims to minimize flushing and improve the appearance of the skin without resorting to laser treatment or surgery. It can take several months for the condition to improve.
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Rosacea must be differentiated from other similarly presenting conditions. | | Several surgical techniques are available including ligation, vein stripping, and laser treatment.
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
Blood stagnation is a typical cause of varicose veins in traditional Chinese medicine. Herbs proven to remove blood stagnation are generally used to treat this condition. Consult with a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine for advice on using herbs.
Herbs: The herbs used to make the following decoction are available online or from a Chinese herbalist or pharmacy. | Bottom Line Health See book keywords and concepts | | Traditional surgical resection has higher morbidity and mortality rates than laser ablation," says Mack. "Laser treatment can be done on an outpatient basis under local anesthesia. Typically, the patient stays only a couple of hours in the hospital, instead of a couple of weeks [as is common] after surgical liver resection," he adds.
In addition, laser surgery can be used to treat tumors in both halves of the liver—often during the same procedure. This is practically impossible in traditional surgery, where only the left or right lobe is surgically excised, the researchers note. | Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron See book keywords and concepts | That may well be enough to fool some women into thinking they are actually getting something akin to a laser treatment. The second product is a lightweight sunscreen with SPF 30 that provides UVA protection via avobenzone as one of the active ingredients. It has a silky finish and is suitable for most skin types. However, for the money, it lacks significant levels of antioxidants or intriguing skin-identical ingredients.
The attention-getting part of this set, however, the Clinical Laser, is a waste of your time and money, especially if you are hoping to get any laserlike skin improvements. | | Brandt recommends that women use this cleanser after a peel or laser treatment, but the last thing that already-sensitized skin that is trying to heal needs is a dose of itritation!
© $$$ Laser Lightning Foaming Cleanser, for All Skin Types ($45 for 8 ounces) is a good though very expensive cleanser for normal to dry skin. Slightly lathering but not completely water-soluble because of the amount of castot oil, this will cushion dry skin and remove makeup easily. The tiny amount of mandarin orange peel oil is not likely to cause problems. | Ray D. Strand See book keywords and concepts | In some cases laser treatment may have only minimal effect.
If you have a loved one who is suffering from Alzheimer's dementia, you are acutely aware of the ineffectiveness of treatments. Watching a parent slowly lose any reasonable function of mind and become trapped in his or her own body is extremely painful.
It's time to go back to the drawing board. If we physicians are truly honest with ourselves, we have to admit that the treatment options we offer many of these patients are poor at best. We are not able to attack these ailments the way we did with infectious diseases. | | He would need to follow it closely in case she would need any laser treatment.
I explained to Faye the research I had done with macular degeneration and how several of my patients were able to actually get visual improvement by taking nutritional supplements. Obviously, she wanted to try them so I started her on the supplement program oudined in Chapter 17.
Within two months Faye shared with me that she had significant improvement in her vision and that it was even getting close to being normal. She was now able to see every face in the choir. | Bottom Line Health See book keywords and concepts | | Moreover, if new tumors are found during follow-up exams, it is easier to do another laser treatment than to subject the patient to another invasive surgery.
"Many surgeons are already performing local ablation instead of resection because they have already recognized the positive effect of it," Mack says.
"I believe that minimally invasive tumor ablation together with chemotherapy will play the most important role in the treatment of tumors in the years to come," he adds.
NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME? | Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D. See book keywords and concepts | A third controlled study reported that spinal manipulation with muscle massage was equally as effective as massage plus a "fake" laser treatment, suggesting that manipulation did not provide additional benefit.42
As mentioned above, two controlled studies found physical therapy (relaxation techniques, self-massage, cold therapy, TENS, stretching, and/or preventive education) as useful as acupuncture in significantly reducing headache pain and frequency. | Phyllis A. Balch, CNC See book keywords and concepts | Of those who receive laser treatment, only 5 percent lose their sight. Persons with diabetes should get annual retinal examinations to check on their condition.
Q Diabetic nephropathy (damage to the kidneys caused by diabetes) is quite common, but is becoming less so as people recognize the necessity of maintaining a stable blood sugar level. It is important to monitor kidney function periodically. Treating high blood pressure is important, as is eating a low-protein diet containing less than 40 grams of protein each day. | James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D. See book keywords and concepts | Unlike atrophic degeneration, this form of the disease can frequently be reversed with laser treatment, as long as it's caught early enough. It can often be prevented altogether, with the same alternative therapies used to treat atrophic degeneration.
Major conventional risk factors for macular degeneration include smoking, atherosclerosis, aging, and high blood pressure. Research in recent years has proven that diet is a critical element in the prevention of this disease. | Phyllis A. Balch, CNC See book keywords and concepts | Most researchers believe that more study should be done to improve effectiveness before laser treatment is routinely recommended.
• Ligation. This is now the most common treatment approach for internal hemorrhoids. A small rubber band is used to tie off the base of the blood vessel. Once blood circulation is eliminated from the offending vessel, it soon detaches and the rubber band is eliminated with body waste. This approach often requires repeat treatments and is painful.
• Surgery. | Doug Dollemore, Mark Giuliucci and the Editors of Men's Health Magazine See book keywords and concepts | Does the laser treatment hurt? Only about as much as the snap of a tubbet band, says Dr. Lowe. Keep in mind that laser treatment is the most expensive weapon against age spots.
Remember that with all these treatments, it is essential to keep using sunscreen. Otherwise, new age spots are sure to form.
Allergies
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Springtime at last, with its flowers, grasses and weeds.
And all that pollen floating through the air, stuffing up your nose, making you sneeze uncontrollably and turning your leisurely stroll through the park into a mad sprint for a box of tissues. | The Life Extension Editorial Staff See book keywords and concepts | The positive effects of the laser treatment may wear off eventually, requiring a second or third treatment session.
For those patients whose eyesight is severely compromised, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes have developed a high-tech video headset that is helping individuals with significant visual impaitment lead mote independent lives.
Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma (POAG)
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is often a bilatetal condition of genetic determination that develops slowly as the drainage canals gradually become clogged. | The Editors of PREVENTION See book keywords and concepts | Conventional treatments for this disease include eyedrops, pills, laser treatment, and eye surgery. If your eye doctor detects early signs of glaucoma, of course you will want to follow his recommendations. If you need laser treatment or eye surgery, you will need to see an ophthalmologist.
Sight-Saving Skills
In addition to traditional treatment, glaucoma can also be controlled through daily mental
Rubbing Away at a Problem
During bus rides, Lula Vee doesn't mind being stared at. | Ralph W. Moss PhD See book keywords and concepts | In November, 1994, she started CoD tea and felt so much better that she canceled the final laser treatment. In January, 1995, she was told by her doctor that there was no sign of any cancer. There was, however, a scar from the tumor on the bladder wall. But perhaps the tumor was completely removed through the laser treatments? One would like to see the physicians' reports.
"The Nurse." (Declined to give name.) Pancreatic cancer. Had surgery. Began CoD tea one month after the operation. | The Editors of PREVENTION See book keywords and concepts | If you need laser treatment or eye surgery, you will need to see an ophthalmologist.
Sight-Saving Skills
In addition to traditional treatment, glaucoma can also be controlled through daily mental
Rubbing Away at a Problem
During bus rides, Lula Vee doesn't mind being stared at. Whenever she begins finger massaging her entire face, other passengers are sure to notice, but their attention doesn't stop her.
Quietly and methodically, she massages in a circular motion. First, she does her eye orbits, the circular bone structure that surrounds the eyes. | Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND See book keywords and concepts | CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT
¦ Surgery or laser treatment may be used to remove the tissue. After removal, the area is injected with a steroid such as triamcinolone (Aristospan) to prevent re-scarring in the area. Repeat injections may be deemed necessary in some cases. The benefits of repeat injections have to be weighed against the adverse effects of steroid treatment, which include thinning of the skin, impaired wound healing, stress to the adrenal glands, and depressed immune response, among others. The results of this type of treatment are variable. | | If more aggressive treatment is warranted, local cryotherapy (freezing), injections of chemotherapeutic agents, laser treatment, or radiotherapy may be used to shrink the lesions and slow the progression of the disease.
DIETARY GUIDELINES
¦ Eat a healthy high-fiber diet with lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, which contain valuable vitamins, minerals, and, perhaps most important, phytonutrients that may benefit the skin and have anticancer properties.
¦ Avoid sugar and saturated, hydrogenated, and partially hydrogenated fats and oils. These substances foster a toxic internal environment. | | Because laser treatment doesn't cause the pressure and vibration of a drill, this is reportedly the first truly painless method of removing decay. Another advantage is that the laser can make a smaller hole than a drill, so a smaller filling is required.
Many different materials can be used to fill teeth. Most commonly used in the United States are amalgams, which are silver-colored mixtures of metals that contain copper, tin, and zinc, among others, plus approximately 50 percent mercury. | the Editors of PREVENTION Magazine Health Books See book keywords and concepts | If necessary, laser treatment can remove persistently dilated blood vessels and improve your complexion.
Numbness when to see your doctor
• Any unexplained numbness—especially if it is accompanied by symptoms affecting the head, vision or an entire side of your body—needs immediate medical attention.
What Your Symptom Is Telling You
It usually isn't quite as scary as a Stephen King novel, but numbness can certainly be an unsettling experience.
In most cases, the tingling sensation you feel when your arm or leg goes numb is a harmless signal that you've momentarily pinched a nerve. | Gale Maleskey See book keywords and concepts | For some lucky people with this type, laser treatment can destroy the new blood vessels. They won't recover the vision they've lost, but at least the deterioration won't get any worse.
The dry form is more common, affecting 90 percent of those with macular degeneration. In this type, light-sensing cells in the eye are slowly broken down. Scientists still don't know what causes this breakdown, although the free-roaming, unstable molecules called free radicals are partially to blame. | Doug Dollemore, Mark Giuliucci and the Editors of Men's Health Magazine See book keywords and concepts | Keep in mind that laser treatment is the most expensive weapon against age spots.
Remember that with all these treatments, it is essential to keep using sunscreen. Otherwise, new age spots are sure to form.
Allergies
Escape from Snivelization
Springtime at last, with its flowers, grasses and weeds.
And all that pollen floating through the air, stuffing up your nose, making you sneeze uncontrollably and turning your leisurely stroll through the park into a mad sprint for a box of tissues. | Barrie R Cassileth, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts | Realignment techniques include cold laser treatment and craniosacral therapy (see Chapter 35).
Research Evidence to Date
Proponents believe that materials used in traditional dentistry may cause most degenerative diseases, including cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Dentist and patient testimonials to this effect are presented by advocates because no scientific data support their claims. Scientific research has disproved the claims of biological dentistry. | Ronald L. Hoffman, M.D. See book keywords and concepts | There is also a laser treatment that opens up the ocular drainage canals and thus reduces pressure.
One of most therapeutic herbal agents for glaucoma is marijuana. While the incidence of glaucoma is higher in African Americans, there is one interesting exception. The Rastafarians, a religious sect in Jamaica, have an extremely low incidence of glaucoma — much lower than the general population. This appears to be due to their constant inhaling of locally grown marijuana. | Richard Gerber, M.D. See book keywords and concepts | Following laser treatment to the imbalanced acupoints, normalization of meridian voltages was found to be associated with a cure of the paralysis.18
In a more sophisticated approach, some Soviet scientists such as Dr. Victor Inyushin are using Kirlian body scanners before and after stimulation with helium-neon lasers, in order to assess pre- and post-treatment energy states of the acupoints. This research is reminiscent of Dumitrescu's work with electronographic scanning, but the Russians go one step further in utilizing their Kirlian-based technology to assess both diagnosis and treatment. | James F. Balch, M.D. See book keywords and concepts | Laser treatment is not yet available. An implant is then used to replace the lens that was removed. It is quite common for cataracts to recur within a few years and this surgical procedure also raises the risk of macular degeneration.
Sadly, most of the websites for eye-care clinics that we looked at still say that no one knows what causes cataracts. This is absolutely false. Cataracts are caused by free radical damage. As melatonin production stops with aging, the immune and antioxidant systems are not as effective, and oxidative damage to the eye is unchecked. |
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