Archive for December, 2009

Mark Lubin and Ellice Longo will discuss Arthritis on Holistic Health Show

Monday, December 7th, 2009

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Mark Lubin and Ellice Longo will be interviewed by Dr Carl O Helvie on the Holistic Health Show on Saturday at 3 p.m. EST on Station 1 on BBS Radio (www.bbsradio.com)
Mark is the Founder, CEO and Chief Scientist -of RZN Nutraceuticals, a company with natural products for the relief of arthritis. He is a 25 year veteran of biomedical engineering and research in the fields of orthopedics, joint diseases, implantable cardiac devices, materials science, and material chemistry. He holds over a dozen United States Patents either issued or pending in these fields. His involvement in arthritis and joint problem products resulted from his own joint problems and desire to use natural products. Over those years he had 12 arthritis-related joint surgeries on his shoulders, wrists, thumbs, knees, hip, and feet and was in pain every day. His wife had also developed blunt trauma arthritis and this was another motivating force in finding an arthritis pain reliever because he did not want her to suffer as he had. This resulted in the ARTHRI-ZEN RELIEF productline that includes variants with Glucosamine, Chondroitin, and MSM in various combinations to provide enhanced tissue function and to repair molecules. More information is available at: www.rznnutra.com

My second guest, Ellice Longo, is a certified holistic health counselor and licensed massage therapist who works with arthritis patients. She has been in the health and wellness field for over 14 years and graduated from the Swedish Institute College of Health Science and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She has worked in nursing homes, adult day care centers, and non-profit programs. She is the owner and founder of Enlightened Healthchoice, a wellness company.
Ellice is married and has three grown children who all practice holistic health and organic eating and she loves to cook, read, walk, do yoga, and help others. More information can be found at: www.ellicelongo.com

Ultrasound Used for Rectal Cancer Treatment

Friday, December 4th, 2009

logo1267406_mdResearchers at the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust reported on a patient with rectal cancer who was the first to be treated with ultrasound at Hammersmith Hospital in London. High intensity ultrasound was used to heat up and kill the cancer cells. This procedure can treat tumors up to about 40 cc in volume and can heat the tissue to 90 degrees centigrade. The first patient was given a low dose of 70 degrees centigrade. The advantage of this procedure is that there is no incision made and it is completely non-invasive so recovery is much quicker. It also allows faster and more accurate targeting of tumors that traditional therapy and can be repeated with minimal risk of toxicity unlike radiotherapy.
Plans are underway to use the procedure with 50 additional patients and to carry out further research.

Two Year Follow Up Study of Exercise and Hand Osteoarthritis

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

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A study was carried out and reported in the Journal of Hand Therapy in 2007 on the effects of strength training among people with hand osteoarthritis. In this 2 year study whole body strength training and gripper exercise were evaluated in terms of hand strength, pain and functioning in adults with radiographic evidence of hand osteoarthritis. Fifty five adults age 65 to 78 and 80% women participated in two years of strength training three times a week. Bilateral gripper exercises (isotonic grip strength) isometric grip strength, pain, and self reported hand and finger functioning were reported at the beginning and the end of the 2 year period. Isotonic grip strength increased by 1.94 kg over the two year period which was significant at the p<0.0003 level; the right and left isometric grip increased 3.62 kg that was significant at the p<0.002 level and p<0.0005 level respectively, and hand pain decreased from 4.77 to 2.62 significant at the p<0.006 level. Hand and finger function scores showed minimal dysfunction at the beginning and at the end.
Results suggest that strength train may safely increase grip strength and reduce the pain in older people with hand osteoarthritis.