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Posted: May 11, 2010 - 6:06am

 hippiechick wrote:
A sports dr. on tv is talking about symptoms of nerve damage and headaches because of texting. Make sure your teen understands the ergonomics and seek chiropractic treatment if symptoms become painful.

 
{#Lol}

Like you are going to get a teen addicted to a Crackberry or iCrack to understand "ergonomics".

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Posted: May 11, 2010 - 6:00am

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And then make them run over it with the car.

 

deal.
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Posted: May 11, 2010 - 5:59am

 oldslabsides wrote:


zactly.  just get the kid one of those Cricket phones that doesn't do texting, or take pictures, or wash behind their ears - it just makes phone calls.

EDIT: and the first time you even THINK they're using it while driving, take it away from them.

 

And then make them run over it with the car.
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Posted: May 11, 2010 - 5:52am

 RASPUTIN wrote:


Or you could just preform a Blackberry Removal and save yourself some doctor's office visits.

 

zactly.  just get the kid one of those Cricket phones that doesn't do texting, or take pictures, or wash behind their ears - it just makes phone calls.

EDIT: and the first time you even THINK they're using it while driving, take it away from them.
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Posted: May 11, 2010 - 5:48am

 hippiechick wrote:
A sports dr. on tv is talking about symptoms of nerve damage and headaches because of texting. Make sure your teen understands the ergonomics and seek chiropractic treatment if symptoms become painful.

 

Or you could just preform a Blackberry Removal and save yourself some doctor's office visits.
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Posted: May 11, 2010 - 5:45am

A sports dr. on tv is talking about symptoms of nerve damage and headaches because of texting. Make sure your teen understands the ergonomics and seek chiropractic treatment if symptoms become painful.
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Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 6:21pm

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I use a spoon. Don't worry, I rinse it off first. 

 



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Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 6:16pm

 romeotuma wrote:


Also, don't push too hard if you are constipated...  be patient...
 
I use a spoon. Don't worry, I rinse it off first. 


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Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 6:12pm

 hippiechick wrote:

How not to get hemorrhoids:

Don't have babies
Eat lots of fiber
 

Also, don't push too hard if you are constipated...  be patient...


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Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 6:10pm

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How To Get Rid Of Hemorrhoids A To Z

At some point in your life, you have a 40% chance that you will develop hemorrhoids, those painful, burning, itchy vein inflammations around the lower rectal regions. They can be one of the most embarrassing and flusterating health problems to have.  Whether you are a long time sufferer looking for a hemorrhoid cure, or are having your first flareup and want some hemorrhoid relief, here are some of the best hemorrhoid treatments and remedies, A to Z.



 
How not to get hemorrhoids:

Don't have babies
Eat lots of fiber

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Posted: Mar 8, 2010 - 3:46am

 romeotuma wrote:


Revising Book on Disorders of the Mind

In a conference call on Tuesday, Dr. Regier, Dr. Kupfer and several other members of the task force outlined their favored revisions. The task force favored making semantic changes that some psychiatrists have long argued for, trading the term "mental retardation" for "intellectual disability," for instance, and "substance abuse" for "addiction."

One of the most controversial proposals was to identify "risk syndromes," that is, a risk of developing a disorder like schizophrenia or dementia. Studies of teenagers identified as at high risk of developing psychosis, for instance, find that 70 percent or more in fact do not come down with the disorder.

"I completely understand the idea of trying to catch something early," Dr. First said, "but there's a huge potential that many unusual, semi-deviant, creative kids could fall under this umbrella and carry this label for the rest of their lives."

 
Ok, we dropped this term about 10 years ago, and adopted Autistic Spectrum for Aspergers about 5 years ago...you guys move slowly.  But we don't have quite as organised way of looking at it - no manual of psychology that everyone has to use.  So some Drs use one set of words, and Social Services use another, and schools use another...

The risk identification is a good plan though.  Identifying people at high risk while they are young could make a huge difference - as long as everyone is sensible about the terms used.  Its crucial that people remember that its a label of a potential risk enabling them to get treatment early, rather than evidence of the disease.  A bit like breast cancer screening.  Being told to have a mamogram doesn't mean you have cancer. 
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Posted: Mar 7, 2010 - 7:56pm

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It is interesting that a lot of surgeons seem to be pushing them there "VIOL's"...  I heard one specific doctor push that brand ReSTOR® to my mother, telling her that she will be happy with the fixed lens, but she would be very happy with the ReSTOR®...  of course, he will make three grand more money if my mother gambles on the ReSTOR®...



 

Trying to stay out of politics here, but cataracts are an example of how Medicare has lowered payments for the procedure so much that Ophthamologists are scrambling for new ways to make money, and willing to put their patients at risk for a lower quality of life, just to make a bigger buck, but ...

These new implants are not covered by most poliicies, the patient must fork over the difference.  Also, while most MD's will push refractive surgery for their patients, they as a whole are unwilling to put themselves through the same procedures, just sayin ...

An Ophthamologist generally takes 12 years to finish their degree and incurs one hell of a debt along the way.  The equipment is so expensive now that most of it is rented or leased.  It takes a lot of procedures to pay for a million dollar laser before it either becomes obsolete or no longer is serviceable.  Factor in the office rent, utilities, furniture, other equipment and support staff.  So is there a motive to push these procedures ?  If they want to stay in business, they kinda have to ...

Buyer beware.
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Posted: Mar 7, 2010 - 7:07pm

 kurtster wrote:
 
I have been watching this closely throughout the past several years.  It will be the future, make no mistake, but that future is a good 10 years or more down the road.  We are just now seeing the horror stories about Lasik, just as we saw the the horror stories about RK (Radial Keratotomy).  Refractive surgery is a high risk elective procedure.  The ongoing failure rate still hovers around 10%, too much of a risk.

Fixed IOL's or interoccular implants have just really become a routine low risk procedure in the past 10 years.  These new variable focus IOL's (VIOL's) have other side effects beside the ones you cite such as chronic dry eye as well.  Lord only knows what happens if there should be sugar problems or glaucoma or some other age related degenerative situation develop later on.  I have spoken with some actual patients and they are not happy.  The VIOL's are an extra profit opportunity for MD's.  Someone has to be first, but not me or any one I know. 

Remember, the eye is an exposed part of the brain.  It is hard wired straight back to the occipital lobe in the rear of the head.  This lobe is also one of the biggest and most complex.  Google the optical chiasm or go here and here .  There is just too much going on with the whole visual process and perhaps age contributes the the lack of sucess as the mature brain is not up to the task of making all these new processing requirements the VIOL's require.  Just as I write, this makes me wonder what could happen if something like Alzheimers develops and the brain simply cannot handle the input, then what ?  The more I dig, the more questions I end up with as opposed to answers.

I oppose the VIOL'S.  Take the safe route.  I have been against most all refractive surgery.  Time has supported my opposition.  Don't forget to ask the potential doctor how many procedures they have under their belt and how many and what kind of negative outcomes happened along the way.  The implants, at least the old fixed style only cost about $20 per, so it's really about the skill of the surgeon putting them in.  A medical school is ok, but you want the doc teaching doing the procedure, not someone learning it.  Vision is just too complex to assume that anything really is routine.  As I am facing how to resolve my own premature cancer induced cataracts, I was really hoping these VIOL's would work, but I am not willing to risk wishful thinking against the realities I have learned about the product.  There are more options available in Europe that seem to work better than our options stateside, yet there are many of the same post op stories revolving around these as well. 
 

It is interesting that a lot of surgeons seem to be pushing them there "VIOL's"...  I heard one specific doctor push that brand ReSTOR® to my mother, telling her that she will be happy with the fixed lens, but she would be very happy with the ReSTOR®...  of course, he will make three grand more money if my mother gambles on the ReSTOR®...


kurtster

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Posted: Mar 7, 2010 - 6:43pm

 romeotuma wrote:


Kurt, what do you think about this?

"Another advanced Intraocular Lens is called ReSTOR®. ReSTOR® is an innovative lens design that uses a technology called diffractive optics to give patients the ability to see at all distances without being dependent on glasses."


I Cannot See with my Restor Lens

by jennypig, Jun 28, 2009 03:19PM
I am 60 years old, could see well in distance, used readers for reading.  When the Dr. told me I had cataracts and needed surgery, he reommended the Restor Lens implants (at an additional $3000. over what insurance would pay.  I choose to get these after reading the material they put out.  That was 8 months ago.  I cannot see well now at all.  Difficulty in using computer, reading, reading music (I am an organist) and my nighttime vision has so many halos that I don't drive at night.  My Dr. thinks I should be satified as when I am in his office, he says I read the charts well.  When I leave his office, I know I cannot see well at all  My intermediate vision is terrible, my close-up vision is also bad and neither can be helped with reading glasses anymore.  He even gave me a -1 reader, no luck. and with not being able to drive at night, I am very distressed and wish I had never had this surgery.  What could have gone wrong?  What should I do?  Get a second opinion? Live with it?  Could my Dr have made a mistake in the strength of the lens? HELP.
Jennifer

I had ReStor IOLs installed and it was the biggest mistake I ever made...

by Susan12345, Nov 20, 2006 12:00AM
If you had trouble adapting to bifocal glasses DON'T go for a multifocal IOL.  I had ReStor IOLs installed and it was the biggest mistake I ever made, I regret it daily. I asked the doctor before whether not being able to adapt to bifocals would have any effect on not being able to adapt to multifocal  IOL's and he said no, but he was clueless.  I'm still constantly switching glasses (I can't read with the ReStors's at all without reading glasses (same strength I had before surgery) so it's still back and forth switching glasses) and there is a frequent fluttering which drives me nuts as my eyes and brain try to catch up with each other.   I still haven't figured out HOW these are supposed to work, but they sure don't work for me.  Susan12345



  
I have been watching this closely throughout the past several years.  It will be the future, make no mistake, but that future is a good 10 years or more down the road.  We are just now seeing the horror stories about Lasik, just as we saw the the horror stories about RK (Radial Keratotomy).  Refractive surgery is a high risk elective procedure.  The ongoing failure rate still hovers around 10%, too much of a risk.

Fixed IOL's or interoccular implants have just really become a routine low risk procedure in the past 10 years.  These new variable focus IOL's (VIOL's) have other side effects beside the ones you cite such as chronic dry eye as well.  Lord only knows what happens if there should be sugar problems or glaucoma or some other age related degenerative situation develop later on.  I have spoken with some actual patients and they are not happy.  The VIOL's are an extra profit opportunity for MD's.  Someone has to be first, but not me or any one I know. 

Remember, the eye is an exposed part of the brain.  It is hard wired straight back to the occipital lobe in the rear of the head.  This lobe is also one of the biggest and most complex.  Google the optical chiasm or go here and here .  There is just too much going on with the whole visual process and perhaps age contributes the the lack of sucess as the mature brain is not up to the task of making all these new processing requirements the VIOL's require.  Just as I write, this makes me wonder what could happen if something like Alzheimers develops and the brain simply cannot handle the input, then what ?  The more I dig, the more questions I end up with as opposed to answers.

I oppose the VIOL'S.  Take the safe route.  I have been against most all refractive surgery.  Time has supported my opposition.  Don't forget to ask the potential doctor how many procedures they have under their belt and how many and what kind of negative outcomes happened along the way.  The implants, at least the old fixed style only cost about $20 per, so it's really about the skill of the surgeon putting them in.  A medical school is ok, but you want the doc teaching doing the procedure, not someone learning it.  Vision is just too complex to assume that anything really is routine.  As I am facing how to resolve my own premature cancer induced cataracts, I was really hoping these VIOL's would work, but I am not willing to risk wishful thinking against the realities I have learned about the product.  There are more options available in Europe that seem to work better than our options stateside, yet there are many of the same post op stories revolving around these as well. 

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Posted: Mar 7, 2010 - 6:20pm



Kurt, what do you think about this?

"Another advanced Intraocular Lens is called ReSTOR®. ReSTOR® is an innovative lens design that uses a technology called diffractive optics to give patients the ability to see at all distances without being dependent on glasses."


I Cannot See with my Restor Lens

by jennypig, Jun 28, 2009 03:19PM
I am 60 years old, could see well in distance, used readers for reading.  When the Dr. told me I had cataracts and needed surgery, he reommended the Restor Lens implants (at an additional $3000. over what insurance would pay.  I choose to get these after reading the material they put out.  That was 8 months ago.  I cannot see well now at all.  Difficulty in using computer, reading, reading music (I am an organist) and my nighttime vision has so many halos that I don't drive at night.  My Dr. thinks I should be satified as when I am in his office, he says I read the charts well.  When I leave his office, I know I cannot see well at all  My intermediate vision is terrible, my close-up vision is also bad and neither can be helped with reading glasses anymore.  He even gave me a -1 reader, no luck. and with not being able to drive at night, I am very distressed and wish I had never had this surgery.  What could have gone wrong?  What should I do?  Get a second opinion? Live with it?  Could my Dr have made a mistake in the strength of the lens? HELP.
Jennifer

I had ReStor IOLs installed and it was the biggest mistake I ever made...

by Susan12345, Nov 20, 2006 12:00AM
If you had trouble adapting to bifocal glasses DON'T go for a multifocal IOL.  I had ReStor IOLs installed and it was the biggest mistake I ever made, I regret it daily. I asked the doctor before whether not being able to adapt to bifocals would have any effect on not being able to adapt to multifocal  IOL's and he said no, but he was clueless.  I'm still constantly switching glasses (I can't read with the ReStors's at all without reading glasses (same strength I had before surgery) so it's still back and forth switching glasses) and there is a frequent fluttering which drives me nuts as my eyes and brain try to catch up with each other.   I still haven't figured out HOW these are supposed to work, but they sure don't work for me.  Susan12345


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Posted: Feb 19, 2010 - 5:41pm

yes this stuff is great. 
 
romeotuma wrote:


Unfortunately, I don't get any money for advertising this stuff, but it is soooo gooood for dry winter weather—

Cetaphil

 


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Posted: Feb 19, 2010 - 5:29pm





Get the trans fat facts



Zelman: Trans fats are basically vegetable fats that have been changed chemically by a process known as hydrogenation and typically they take a healthy fat, such as corn oil or soybean oil and make it solid. They're frequently found in foods that contain some kind of fat, such as:

 

  • Cookies
  • Crackers
  • Fried foods (like fried chicken)
  • French fries
  • Doughnuts
  • Margarine
The advantage is that the fat generally has a longer shelf life, or in the case like crackers, gives them a crisper texture. It's a product that's been used in food manufacturing for quite some time.

The problem is that the body treats the hydrogenated fat like it's a saturated fat, similar to butter or animal fat. As most of us know, saturated fat is the culprit that clogs arteries. So in essence trans fats, while initially a healthful oil that's unsaturated, becomes a saturated fat through this process of hydrogenation and is linked to causing heart disease.





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