Women undergoing cosmetic procedures of feet for
designer shoes’ sake!
Women are now undergoing surgery to fit themselves in
designer shoes better. According to the New York Times, a handful of LA and
NYC-based podiatrists perform procedures specifically designed to help women
fit comfortably into designer heels, Fox News reported. Aesthetic
toe-shortening, fat-pad augmentation, and toe-lengthening procedures are the
most common, according to one Beverly Hills podiatrist, who brands his
procedures with names like ‘the Cinderella’ and ‘Perfect 10!’
A Park Avenue podiatrist, who recommends Prada and Michael
Kors for women looking for a wider shoe, offers injectable fillers for
cushioning and other injections to tame profuse sweating; another NYC
practitioner corrects what he calls Hitchhiker’s Toe (a case of an outsize big
toe) but drew the line at one patient’s request: amputation of a pinkie toe to
allow for a better fit.
And it’s not a new trend: The Times checked in on it in
2003, focusing on the ‘perils on the procedures’—an elective bunion removal,
for instance, that ended up saddling the patient with serious foot pain. Time
points out that woman are doing other ‘gross things’ for fashion’s sake, like
Botoxing their calves to make them skinnier, and thereby better suited for
skinnyjeans and slim boots.
Source: http://health.india.com
30.04.2014
Low blood
sugar can lead to heart attacks!
London,
April 29 (IANS) If
you thought only high blood sugar was bad for your health, think again. A study
conducted in the University of Sheffield shows that low blood sugar levels may
lead to heart rhythm disturbances and even life-threatening heart attacks.
Low overnight blood sugar levels that often go undetected
cause prolonged periods of heart rhythm disturbances in older patients with
type 2 diabetes and associated heart problems, revealed the research.
“What we have found is potentially important in explaining a
possible mechanism by which low overnight blood sugars lead to prolonged, slow
heart rates that could disturb blood flow to the heart, causing
life-threatening heart attacks,” said Simon Heller, a professor from University
of Sheffield in Britain.
Through continuous glucose monitoring and
electrocardiograms, the researchers tracked blood glucose levels and heart
rates over a week in a group of older patients with Type 2 diabetes and a
history of cardiovascular disease.
“While we expected to find some low overnight blood sugars
we were startled to find how extensively it was occurring overnight and that it
was sometimes lasting for several hours,” Heller noted.
Previous research has focused on the effects of high blood
sugars on patients with diabetes, so more research was needed to understand how
low blood sugars in patients with Type 2 diabetes caused irregular heartbeats,
Heller emphasised.
The findings of the research offers new insights into the
‘Dead in Bed’ syndrome – where young people without any history of long-term
complications die suddenly from the disease.
The study will appear in the forthcoming issue of Diabetes,
the journal of the American Association of Diabetes.
Source: http://health.india.com
30.04.2014
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difference between a good day and bad day is our ATTITUDE
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