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stem cell therapy

A better alternative than Arthritis Surgery

August 30, 2016

One of the reasons stem cell therapy holds much hope in the future of medicine is the fact that it is believed that in some years to come, it would be able to manufacture normal adult tissue to replace the damaged and old ones.

Use of embryonic stem cells remains debatable for several reasons. Among them are ethical issues that scientist haven’t been able to address properly. Among the successes of this project includes the use of autologous stem cells which are obtained directly from the patient.

Stem cells have proven to be quite useful in regenerative medicine. However, several scientists are still trying to figure out if it can work for cases related to soft tissue complications such as cartilage.

Autologous stem cells can be obtained from the bone marrow and fat from which after they are removed, they are concentrated. Some institutions go ahead and manufacture them outside the human body using several growth activators, and that is one of the reasons, they are having a hard time agreeing with the FDA.

Some centers have a lot of growth factors that don’t require processing these cells outside the body. They also don’t need to inject these cells into the location of the damage such as the joint. Instead, they’ll involve several procedures that combine the use of diagnostic ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging and lastly, x-rays.

One of the reasons scientists advise the area of injury is that the original purpose of the Autologous stem cells incorporates inducing acute injury that is performed using several tools. These tools activate inflammation in the area that is affected.

 

stem cell therapy

Stem cells combined with growth factors are directly injected to the area affected, and the process of healing begins immediately.

If it is both the scientists and those who don’t like the procedure due to ethical issues can’t arrive at an agreement about the application of regenerative medicine which has been proven to treat damaged cartilage, then there is a high chance that the joint replacement therapy might take time.

Several issues haven’t been addressed. Here are some of them.

  • Will autologous stem cells solve the problem?
  • Must they be incubated outside the human body?
  • Will the ASCs be able to survive the environment that they will be placed in/
  • What more can it do to your body other than treating the targeted disease?

Unless the scientists can give those who oppose the procedure an answer, it will be hard for the world to allow them to continue with their research. One of the main issue here result from the fact that stem cells, unlike any other body cell, can multiply to form other body cells which make it a unique one, but also a risky one. However, scientists are doing what they can to find the answers that will inform the public of its importance.

 

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lose weight faster

High Cholesterol and Cardiovascular diseases

August 29, 2016
High Cholesterol

Burning high cholesterol to help in preventing Cardiovascular diseases

High Cholesterol and Cardiovascular diseases: Causes of Heart Complications

High cholesterol or not, cholesterol is defined as a fatty substance normally found in the blood. Whereas cholesterol is useful in human life, when it is in excess, it becomes chronic and can cause very devastating health conditions. That is why if you have too much cholesterol in your blood, you stand a greater risk of contracting heart diseases and other cardiovascular diseases. These are very serious health problems and to help us understand better the impact of high cholesterol and cardiovascular diseases, we spoke to doctor Dalal Akoury the MD and founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center and she is going to help us bring certain health matters into perspective. Having defined cholesterol in human life as fatty substance carried around the body by proteins, it is important to appreciate that a combination of cholesterol and proteins will make a substance known as lipoproteins. Doctor Akoury explains that with this combination come two types of lipoproteins:

  • Low-density lipoproteins (LDL) are known as the bad type of cholesterol. LDL carries cholesterol from your liver to the cells that need it.
  • High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is known as the good type of cholesterol. HDL carry cholesterol away from the cells and back to the liver to be broken down.

High Cholesterol and Cardiovascular diseases: Concentration of bad cholesterol

Doctor Akoury says that too much bad cholesterol (LDL) in your blood can cause fatty material to build up in your artery walls. This becomes even more risky if the concentration of bad cholesterol is higher than that of the good cholesterol. It must be noted that cholesterol is measured in millimols per liter of blood (mmol/l) and the recommended levels is always under 4mmol/l, this is particularly necessary if you are at risk of or even if you already have heart and circulatory disease. With that done, it is also important that you aim to have your LDL under 2mmol/l and your HDL above 1 mmol/l.

High Cholesterol and Cardiovascular diseases: Triglycerides

Triglycerides are another type of fatty substance in the blood. Like LDL cholesterol (the bad type), triglycerides are also bad. They’re found in foods such as dairy products, meat and cooking oils. They can also be produced in the body, either by the body’s fat stores or in the liver. Ideally, your triglyceride level should be less than 1.7mmol/l. If you have high triglyceride levels, you may have a greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease than people with lower levels. If you are very overweight, eat a lot of fatty and sugary foods, or drink too much alcohol, you are more likely to have a high triglyceride level. In all these, one thing remains very outstanding. That is high cholesterol needs to be corrected for human beings to be safe from cardiovascular diseases. If you are wondering how to go about it, we have a definite solution for you. Doctor Dalal Akoury MD and founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center is always there for you if only you can schedule for an appointment with her today.

High Cholesterol and Cardiovascular diseases: Causes of Heart Complications

 

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embryonic stem cells

Reasons you need to start storing and growing your embryonic stem cells

August 28, 2016

There are some reasons scientists are pushing for embryonic stem cells use which leads to the question, what is so special about these stem cells? What makes them better than others?

Embryonic stem cells are quite similar to adult stem cells. What makes them different is that fact that they are still young and can differentiate to form all kinds of body cells. This characteristic enables them to be used to treat a variety of illnesses that include, spinal cord injury, heart failure, diabetes or Alzheimer’s disease.

Scientist thinks that this is possible simply because they can change to any cell in the human body. In certain cases, physicians grow cells in the laboratory that will be used to replace the cells that are either damaged due to an injury or just old to perform their roles.

However, there is still a lot of research being done to find out if this therapy can be used to cure illnesses. Due to this, there is are clinical trials taking place in the US and other countries. In addition to their ability to treat several complications it has also been proven that human embryonic stem cells can be used to recover from surgery, heal burns wound and more.

If you are an in vitro fertilization patient, there are high chances you may have more than one embryo you are planning to use in pregnancy. If you find out that they are of an inferior quality, you might no longer want to use them.

 

embryonic stem cells

When this happens, you might want to grow your discard frozen embryos to form human embryonic stem cells. Just like physicians do when banking cord blood samples, these embryonic stem cells can be kept for future use. Science has proven that, provided the human embryonic stem cells are kept in a -320 degrees Fahrenheit liquid nitrogen, they’ll be able to last a lifetime.

Why do you need to store your embryonic stem cells?

Your cord blood stem cells created will be genetically identical to you are anyone related to you by 50%. The fact that they are created or obtained from a young embryo, it is often assumed that their immune identity isn’t fully functional.

This might be preserved to a point where the cord blood cells can be grown to form specific cells in the body. As a result, the body of a person who is related to you won’t be able to reject simply because they won’t be able to identify it as an outside object.

The bottom line

Having your cord blood stem cells stored may come in handy in future. One of your family members might need an organ replacement, tissue repair and much more, but finding a donor that matches him or her might not be easy, and this is where your human embryonic stem cells might find their use.

 

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sex addiction

Overweight complications and sexual life

August 27, 2016
Overweight complications

It is important that we have the knowledge of overweight complications and sexual life right from childhood obesity

Overweight complications and sexual life: Why you need to deal with obesity

One of the most effects of obesity and overweight complications in families is the impact they have in sexual life of couples. And owing to the nature of the problem, most people often chose to suffer the burden quietly for fear of being ridicule. The impact of obesity and overweight in sexual life is a reality and the sooner we face it as any other problem the better for all of us. If we don’t then we shall be propagating a lot of discomfort in most relationships. At AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center we have noticed this challenge people are having and that among many other reasons is the motivation doctor Dalal Akoury made an informed decision to form a medical center whose main objective is to transform each individual’s life through increasing awareness about health and wellness and by empowering individuals to find their own inner healing power.

Overweight complications and sexual life: Being open in discussion sexual health problems

Yes it is true that sex is a very private matter, but when it comes to a point where it is causing your relation problems, then the affected individuals needs to seek for help where their problem would be fixed with a lot of confidentiality. It is because of that reason that Dr. Akoury’s practice focuses on personalized medicine through healthy lifestyle choices that deal with primary prevention and underlying causes instead of patching up symptoms. Therefore if you want to know more about the impact of obesity and overweight in sexual life, then you may want to schedule for an appointment with the experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center and doctor Akoury will be there to attend to all your issues professionally.

Overweight complications and sexual life: How obesity affects erection

Erection is one key element that is commonly affected by being overweight and obesity. When one is not able to sustain an erection for sexual performance, medically that act is known as erectile dysfunction (ED). Even though ED is directly affecting men, but its effects are felt seriously by their sexual partners. There are several reasons why ED can happen including diseases which affect the vascular functions like hypertension, heart disease and diabetes. It has been established from various research findings that majority of obese men are vulnerable to these health conditions and in return they become easy targets of these diseases and thereby suffer erectile dysfunction.  It must however be noted that by being just slightly overweight or carrying around just a few extra pounds will not necessarily cause erectile dysfunction, but nevertheless being overweight can pave the way to obesity. Obesity or just excess body fat and a BMI over 30 can cause significant health problems and directly contributes to erectile dysfunction.

Overweight complications and sexual life: Why you need to deal with obesity

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Addiction

Stabilizing brain health for efficient addiction treatment

August 26, 2016
Stabilizing brain health

Stabilizing brain health for efficient addiction treatment.

Stabilizing brain health for efficient addiction treatment: Treatment is all in the mind

In the past few posted articles we have been talking about treatment of drug addiction and particularly heroin. It has become clear that the cost has been steadily on the increase and this to some point has been a hindrance for effective treatment. However in this article, we want to look at the efficient way of overcoming drug addiction not necessarily heroin but in a wider spectrum. The experts have pointed out that when one is struggling with drug addiction, attainment of sobriety may appear to be dwindling to the extent of giving up on hope of ever recovering or meeting your treatment objectives. That is normal and nearly all addicts will have the same feeling but the truth is that addiction recovery is within reach. It may not matter how hopeless your situation may seems to be. Doctor Akoury says that change is possible with the right treatment and support which are tailored to addressing the root cause of your addiction. She says that once you have started, don’t give up even if you’ve tried and failed before. The road to recovery is never a walk on a straight path. There will be good times and bad ones full of bumps, pitfalls, and setbacks. However by examining the problem and thinking about change, you’re already on your way to total recovery if you could adopt the following strategies.

Stabilizing brain health for efficient addiction treatment: Making a firm decision to change

Just like we had indicated in our previous article that for many people struggling with addiction the biggest and toughest step towards addiction recovery is the very first step of making a decision to change. It’s normal to feel conflicted about giving up your drug of choice, even when you realize it’s causing problems in your life. Change is never easy and committing to sobriety involves changing many things including:

  • The way you deal with stress
  • Who you allow in your life
  • What you do in your free time
  • How you think about yourself

Certainly all these will trouble your mind, and among the things that will be disturbing would be whether you’re really ready for all that change or if you have what it takes to quit. Take courage if this concerns you because you are not alone everyone goes through the same process. Remember that recovering from addiction is a long process, one that requires time, commitment, motivation, and support. But in all these your willingness to get help is the most important first step. Now having made that step the next step is to seek for help from the experts who can address your problems effectively. It may interest you to note that doctor Dalal Akoury MD and also the founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center is once such professional who can help you with all your addiction related concerns. All you need to do is to schedule for an appointment with her today and your health will be restored in a very dignified way.

Stabilizing brain health for efficient addiction treatment: Treatment is all in the mind

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