#spacing September 2010 ~ Men's Health Medicine

Friday, September 17, 2010

Fat Men Risk Of Heart Disease And Diabetes

A research done in 9 years on 100,000 people aged 50 and above revealed that men with bigger waists line are likely to die from respiratory disease followed by heart disease than cancer.

It is well known that excess visceral fat increase the risk of health issues such as heart diseases and diabetes.

Visceral fat builds up and wraps itself protectively around vital organs including that in the abdomen.

When visceral fat caused a men’s girth to get wider, he may face with an earlier death shows a study conducted last year by the Journal Archives of Internal Medicine.

Visceral fat protect abdominal organs but too much of it can be hazardous to your health.

Visceral fat breaks up more easily than subcutaneous fat which can be found below the skin.

When visceral fat breaks up, it releases free fatty acids into the bloodstream.

The fatty acids then travel to the liver where they would block certain pathways.

Problems like insulin resistance and diabetes may arise.

Your waist line is a good indicator of the amount of visceral fat in your body.

Anything more than 102 cm will increase your risk of problems related to excess visceral fat.

Many men might not be aware of the dangers of visceral fat.

Half of them do not know that obesity is linked to problems like diabetes and hypertension and the dangers of visceral obesity.

Many men may not realized the dangers of visceral fat as it is hidden underneath the muscles and not as visible or cosmetically disturbing as subcutaneous fat which can show up as flabby thighs.

More men than women tend to accumulate visceral fat because of factors like genes and hormones.

As you grow older the battles of the bulge gets fiercer as your basal metabolic rate (the rate at which your body burns energy at rest) decreases.

This makes it easier for you to gain weight if you overeats or leads a sedentary lifestyle.

The good thing about visceral fat is that, they are easier to lose than subcutaneous fat because it breaks down faster.

Low to moderate intensity aerobic exercises like walking, swimming and cycling for at least 30 minutes a day, five times a week are recommended.

Fat is one of the metabolic fuels burnt only when you engage in prolonged exercise.

If you exercise for only 10 to 20 minutes, you would burn only the carbohydrates.

Sound diet and an active lifestyle can achieve a relatively quick result.

Visceral fat summarized

1 Lies deep within the body and cannot be felt by
   pinching your belly while subcutaneous fat lies
   under the skin and shows up as flabby body parts.

2 When it breaks up, it releases free fatty acids into
   the blood stream and travel to the liver where they
   block certain pathways causing insulin resistance
   and diabetes.

3 Your waistline is a good indicator of visceral fat in
   your body. Anything more than 102 cm increases
   your health problems.


Posted by: Mo Salle



Wednesday, September 15, 2010

12 Health Risks Of Cigarette

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Smoking is a form of long and painful suicide.

It slowly robs you of your health and wealth and also many of your life’s pleasure.

Smoking is an ancient ‘modernized’ lifestyle, started donkey years ago by ‘uncivilized’ tribes deep in the jungle of the earth long before the great explorer Columbus and other white men discovered the new world.

Smoking promises you a wide array of health problems including cancer, heart disease, stroke and lung disorders.

Here’s how smoking can ruin your body.

1. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Cigarette smoking is the main cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

COPD is a progressive and incurable disease in which the airways and lungs are damaged due to chronic bronchitis (inflammation of the tubes that carry air into the lungs).

If you are a COPD patient, you will be suffering from breathing difficulties which can leads to your death.

2. Osteoporosis

Cigarette smoking leads to decreased in bone density or osteoporosis.

When your bone becomes porous the risk of a fracture is higher and more complications occur taking longer time to heal.

3. Atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) increases the risk of heart attack and stroke due to accumulation of fatty deposits on the inner walls of the arteries.

Atherosclerosis occurs more severely when you smoke.

4. Skin

Smoking speeds up your aging process and increases the appearance of premature wrinkles.

5. Angina pectoris

Smoking reduces the amount of oxygen circulating in your body.

Angina pectoris (chest pain) happens when your heart muscle doesn’t get enough oxygen during exertion.

Smoking makes your heart beat faster and increases oxygen demand, so your heart need to pump and worker harder.

6. Infertility

Cigarette smoking leads to infertility.

Male smokers tend to have lower sperm count and motility and also increased abnormalities in sperm shape and function.

Erectile dysfunction is common among smokers.

7. Stroke

The Framingham Heart Study has found that smoking 40 sticks of cigarette a day have twice the risk of stroke than smoking 10 sticks a day.

The good news is that after two years of quitting smoking, the risk of stroke fell significantly and within five years life goes back to normal as per non smokers.

8. Cancer

Smoking is a leading cause of cancer, especially of the lung, oesophagus, larynx (voice box), mouth, throat, kidney, bladder, pancreas, stomach and cervix.

Smoking can also causes acute myeloid leukaemia (a type of blood cancer).

9. Cholesterol

Tobacco smoke interacts with hypercholesterolaemia (high blood cholesterol) to greatly increase the risk for cardiovascular disease.

Besides that, smokers also have a low level of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol-the good cholesterol that helps to reduce plaque formation.

10. Heart attack

Tobacco smoke is one of the major risk factors for heart attack beside hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, obesity, diabetes and a sedentary lifestyle.

The risk of heart attack doubles for men who smoke a pack of cigarette a day and continues to smoke after a heart, risking a second attack.

11. Peripheral vascular disease (PVP)

Smoking constricts blood vessels. When this happens to the arteries carrying blood to the leg and arm muscles it is known as peripheral vascular disease (PVD).

A narrowed artery blocked by blood clot.

This leads to incessant infection or inflammation of a limb which require amputation if severe.

12. Circulation

The nicotine released by cigarette smoke increases blood pressure, heart rate and the amount of blood pumped by the heart.

It also increases blood flow in the arteries of the heart while constricting the arteries in the arms and legs.

Cigarette smoke contains carbon monoxide which reduces the availability of oxygen in the blood, heart and other part of the body.

Tobacco smoke makes blood clot faster as well as multiplies blood clots in the body.

This puts the smoker at risk of cardiovascular diseases more so if you are also hypertensive.


Posted by: Mo Salle



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Saturday, September 11, 2010

The Problem With Men

What is the future for men?

With global fall in sperm count, men’s appalling health records and their relatively short life expectancy, it looks like males are on course for a rapid decline.

These are very real reasons for worries about men’s health.

Men have higher mortality rates for all leading causes of death which include cancer, heart disease, accidents and suicide.

Men are three times more likely to commit suicide than women.

Prostate cancer kills four times more men than cervical cancer kills women.

While rates of obesity trebled in men.

We have seen a rise in psychosocial disorders in men such as alcoholism, addiction, mid-life crisis, depression, suicide and domestic violence.

Sexual difficulties and impotence is surprising common, affecting one in five men.

They may occur alone or part of underlying physical condition such as heart trouble or diabetes.

Men also have shorter life expectancy than women. Women outlived men seven years on average.

Why is this so?

Men social behavior, lifestyle and habit influence their health.

Four out of five men do not visit their family doctor when they feel unwell.

They generally ignore preventive health checks.

Because of their poor health habits, men die earlier than they should.

They live dangerously, take more risks, and involve in accidents, smoke, drugs and drinks.

Men continue to eat, drink and be merry, ignoring warning signs, avoiding the doctor and behaving in self destructive way because looking after their own health, body and mind is their least priorities and concern.

What men should do?

Start taking charge of their life, health, body and mind.

Men must start educating themselves about their own health.

Their health not only affects themselves but everybody around him, especially his partner or spouse, family and friends.

Alcoholism may result in abuse, domestic violent and car accidents.

By product of smoking is passive smoking affects everybody around him when he smokes.

Ignoring their stress level may result in their ability to cope with their job commitment resulting in job lost.

Death has the ultimate impact on your partner or spouse, leaving her alone to take care of the family by herself.

Most men suffer alone, but research has shown that sharing your problem with your partner or spouse and with other men in similar condition has enormous benefits.

For example, the spouse of man with erectile dysfunction may lose out on intimacy, self esteem and trust.

If the spouse is well informed about erectile dysfunction, they will know that it can be a sign or symptom of wide variety of underlying disorder which includes diabetes, heart problems and even impotence itself can be medically treated.

With the involvement from your partner or spouse can have a profound impact on men ability to heal faster after their illness.

Bring your spouse when you see your family doctor.

Women have better vocabulary and communication skills when it comes to explaining symptoms and asking questions on medical issues.

Women help to understand the men approach to health with it accompanying feeling of fear and embarrassments

Men need to take 5 simple steps that will make major impact on their health

1. Do more physical activities.

2 Eat less especially saturated fat and eat more   vegetables and fruits.

3 Have enough sleep.

4 No alcohol.

5 No smoking.

Let’s hope that the male species will continue to survive after all.


Posted by: Mo Salle


Monday, September 6, 2010

What Is Erectile Dysfunction?

Erectile dysfunction, also known as ED, is the inability to achieve and sustain an erection for sexual intercourse.

This condition is not considered normal at any age and is different from other problems that interfere with sexual intercourse, such as lack of sexual desire and problems with ejaculation and orgasm.

In order for erection to occur, the nerves of the penis must be functioning properly, blood circulation to the penis must be adequate and there must be proper stimulus from the brain.

If something interferes with any or all of these conditions, a full erection is not possible.

You can get one, but it’s not hard enough for pleasurable intercourse, while others get a hard erection but lose it before or during sex.

Some men aren’t able to get an erection at all.

Failure to achieve erection less than 20% of the time is not unusual and medical treatment is rarely needed.

Once this stage of erectile dysfunction is reached, medical treatment is required to reverse the situation.

But the causes of this minor problem might lead to a permanent condition where failure to achieve erection occurs more than 50% of the time.

According to the National Institutes of Health, a majority of men at some point in their life experience occasional failure to achieve erection which can occur for a variety of reasons such as drinking too much alcohol or from being extremely tired.

The following men report occasional problems getting and maintaining erections:

* 40% of men in their 40's

* 52% of men aged 40 to 70

* 70% of men in their 70's

At least 20 million American men have some degree of erectile dysfunction and about 1 in 10 adult males suffers long-term from Erectile Dysfunction.

Approximately 5 percent of 40-year-old men and between 15 and 25 percent of 65-year-old men experience erectile dysfunction on a long-term basis.

The following men report occasional problems getting and maintaining erections:

* 40% of men in their 40's

* 52% of men aged 40 to 70

* 70% of men in their 70's

Approximately 5 percent of 40-year-old men and between 15 and 25 percent of 65-year-old men experience erectile dysfunction on a long-term basis.

At least 20 million American men have some degree of erectile dysfunction and about 1 in 10 adult males suffers long-term from ED.

Causes of Erectile Dysfunction

Your risk for erectile dysfunction increase with the following factors:

* Anxiety, where one incidence of ED spirals into fear

   of sexual failure resulting in ongoing ED.

* Atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), accounts

   for 50% to 60% of ED in men 60 and older.

* Depression.

* Diabetes - approximately 42% of men with diabetes

   have ED due to nerve damage caused by diabetes.

* Drinking Alcohol.

* Excess Weight.

* Guilt, caused by inability to satisfy a partner.

* High Cholesterol.

* Hypertension.

* Indifference to Sex.

* Infrequent Exercise.

* Kidney Disease.

* Low self-esteem.

* Low Testosterone Levels, caused by aging or

   problems with pituitary gland, thyroid gland, liver, or
   testes.

* Multiple Sclerosis.

* Recreational Drugs.

* Smoking.

* Spinal Cord Injuries.

* Stress, related to career, money, relationship

   problems.

Posted by: Mo Salle



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Saturday, September 4, 2010

Misconceptions About SEX

Consumers are bombards with ads for drugs to treat erectile dysfunction (ED), a politically correct term for what used to be known as "impotence".

Erectile dysfunction occurs when repeated inability to get or maintain an erection firm enough for sexual intercourse.

This problem affects millions of men around the world.

While many people assume ED is an inevitable part of growing old or something men experience for no particular reason.

Impotence by itself is medically treatable in many ways.

Infertility likewise stems from a problem with men around 50 percent of the time, yet women are to be blame for not being able to get pregnant.

Below are five common myths about male aging and sex.

1. Every man’s erection becomes weaker with age.

    
    However, men with medical conditions like 
    diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol may
    experience erectile dysfunction earlier in their lives.

2. Many male have this misconception that good sex

    requires a long penis.
   
    Procedures to lengthen the penis are merely
    cosmetic and do not enhance erection.

    In fact may even impair erections in some cases!

3. Most men do not have multiple erections.


    After ejaculation, the penis will have a refractory
    period whereby it cannot become erect.

4. Erection drugs do not increase sex drive.


    They increase blood flow in the penis, allowing
    erections to be stronger and more rigid.

5. Deaths from erection drugs are very rare and they

    happen when men take the drugs without medical
    supervision.

    Victims may also have underlying medical
    conditions like heart problems.

    When taken properly under medical supervision,
    erection drugs are actually very safe.

Posted by: Mo Salle



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