30, September 2014

High cholesterol linked to breast cancer

In a significant discovery, scientists have found a link between high blood cholesterol and breast cancer in a study of more than one million patients over a 14 year time period in Britain.

"Our preliminary study suggests that women with high cholesterol in their blood may be at a greater risk of getting breast cancer," said Rahul Potluri, founder of the Algorithm for Comorbidities, Associations, Length of stay and Mortality (ACALM) study.

It raises the possibility of preventing breast cancer with statins, which lowers cholesterol, he added.

The researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of more than one million patients across Britain between 2000 and 2013.

There were 664,159 women and of these, 22,938 had hyperlipidaemia and 9,312 had breast cancer.

Some 530 women with hyperlipidaemia developed breast cancer.

The researchers found that having hyperlipidaemia increased the risk of breast cancer by 1.64 times.

"We found that women with high cholesterol had a significantly greater chance of developing breast cancer. This was an observational study so we can't conclude that high cholesterol causes breast cancer but the strength of this association warrants further investigation," Potluri said.

The research was presented Friday at "Frontiers in CardioVascular Biology (FCVB) 2014" seminar in Barcelona, Spain.

Source: www.timesofindia.com

30.09.2014

High heels today, spine therapy tomorrow

An expert here gives valuable tips on what to do if high heels are unavoidable.

Even if the next day is to be spent on painful rehab and exercise, to get relief from calf and lower pack pain, the red carpet seems to deserve high heels. Luckily, there are some actresses who buck the trend.

Top model Cara Delevingne even goes so far as to say that she "hates high heels more than anything." She calls high heels the worst part of being a model. Jennifer Lawrence is one of the stars to speak out against high heels, calling them "Satan's shoes." Emma Thompson asks, "Why do we wear them? They're so painful." Tina Fey writes about high-heeled shoes and other "curses associated with being a woman" in her book 'Bossypants', saying she hopes that her daughter will "not have to wear high heels" in the future.

Dr.Garima Anandani, Chief Spine Specialist at a Spine clinic in the city sees women who come to her for high-heel related back pain on a daily basis, is grateful for the stance taken by some senior celebrities. She says, " Apart from being a major cause of foot and ankle problems in women, high heels may also cause gait imbalance and cause the wearer to walk unnaturally."
High heels, especially those over 2 inches high, may cause body weight to be distributed excessively on the toes and the person leaning forward. To compensate for this, the person tends to lean backwards causing overarching of the lower back. Hence you may be forced to adapt a certain posture of your back and upper body in order to carry off your high heels. All of this results in increase of abnormal stresses on the lower back, hips and knees, which may triggerback pain in the long term.

Source: www.timesofindia.com

30.09.2014

When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know, but if you listen you may learn something new