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6758. robertjayb - 3/19/2007 3:57:35 PM breath test for lung cancer?
Boston (eCanadaNow) - A new study has shown that a breath test could possible detect lung cancer in patients.
The breath test device would be very small, the size of a coin actually and can detect up to 75% of all people with lung cancer according to researchers.
One negative to the test though is that it found many people with lung cancer who did not actually have the disease. Too many false positive test results.
A very unsatisfactory account of an interesting prospect...
6759. judithathome - 3/19/2007 4:22:08 PM Keoni received a call from a former co-worker last night and learned a 50 year old man he once worked with had committed suicide over the weekend. The guy was on the list to receive a liver transplant and evidently, some computer glitch or missing paperwork caused him to be dropped off the list...it's unclear what caused the change in status...but he became extremely depressed and shot himself in the head. 6760. thoughtful - 3/19/2007 5:20:47 PM how horrible. I wish more people signed up as organ donors...I mean if you're not using them any more, why not let someone else get some milage out of your pieces and parts.
We got a nice letter from the eyebank telling us that 2 people can now see who couldn't before because we donated my SIL's eyes. 6761. thoughtful - 3/19/2007 5:27:34 PM Wow Arky, you've got a good memory.
I think the plan I was referring to was the XBX for women and 5BX for men...it was developed by the royal canadian air force. I looked on line and don't see it posted neatly anywhere though there are links to buy one of the books.
Only thing is I stopped doing them as it was shortly thereafter I needed neck surgery. Have no idea if it was causative or not, but I figured I'd better quit.
Instead I now do weight lifting in the evening and walking in the a.m. to keep fit. I use an old joyce vedral book to guide me on the weight lifting...done at home with free weights. 6762. thoughtful - 3/19/2007 9:42:59 PM I've been very concerned about hubby as doc has him on statins to lower his cholesterol. Well it worked...his total cholesterol is 168!
But I understand it blocks co Q10 and I'm concerned about hubby and dementia as it runs in his family. Turns out that statins seem to help prevent dementia, which is a good thing. Even tho doc says it's not necessary and there's no evidence that it helps, I think I'll start hubby on co q10 supplements anyway. Can't hurt.
and just another excuse for tmesis to hate me. 6763. wonkers2 - 3/19/2007 10:34:13 PM I managed to get my cholesterol and the other measurements under control by reducing my intake of fat and taking a low dosage of Lipitor. As far as dementia is concerned, I worry, too, because Google is slowly destroying my memory. I never tried to remember phone numbers because they were easy to look up. Now Google has compromised my memory of people's names (actors, politicians, et al) as well. 6764. thoughtful - 3/19/2007 11:09:14 PM wonks, reducing intake of fat won't do it...it's the lipitor, and it's reducing sugar shock and insulin rush that will help your heart. Rather, shoot for a balance of fats in the diet.
See for instance Atkins diet best for weight loss - US study
"Compared with women who were assigned to follow diets having higher carbohydrate content, women assigned to the diet with the lowest carbohydrate content had more weight loss and more favourable changes in related metabolic risk factors at two and six months," wrote lead author Christopher Gardner in JAMA.
Despite previous concerns over low carbohydrate diets adversely affecting blood lipid profiles, the current study did not report any such adverse effects.
This is also consistent with the research on 'syndrome x' which suggests that diabetes, with excess carb intake and excess insulin, excess weight around the abdomen and high blood pressure go hand in hand with heart disease.
Frankly it will take time for heart docs to catch up with what the endocrinologists know about the damaging effects of excess insulin and the low fat diet cannard that pushes people into excess carb intake and increased risk for obesity and heart disease.
My MIL always said if you want to lose weight, cut out the bread and pasta and desserts. It's taking another 40 years for the medical profession to catch up with what we knew back then. 6765. wonkers2 - 3/19/2007 11:58:47 PM Well, I try not to eat a lot of carbohydrates, either. One or two pieces of toast and a lot of vegetables and salads. My wife has turned into a semi-vegetarian. I sneak out for a couple of sliders or a Coney Island a couple of times a week. We eat a fair amount of fish and fowl. I do miss steaks, lamb chops, etc. Whatever I'm eating my blood tests are all okay according to my internist, cholesterol, HDL, LDL, etc. That's why he okayed my taking a Lipitor 10mg pill every other day instead of every day. 6766. wonkers2 - 3/21/2007 4:44:07 PM For temesis--Are you getting your "fair" share of this loot? Pharmaceutical companies bribing our doctors 6767. wonkers2 - 3/23/2007 4:01:54 PM Diagnosis as Art, Not Rocket Science 6768. judithathome - 3/23/2007 8:34:48 PM One or two pieces of toast and a lot of vegetables and salads.
Wonk, try Pepperidge Farms Very Thin sliced breads...two of them are about 18 grams of carbs and 80 calories. (A serving is 3 slices but I always do only two...brings the numbers down that way and is still satisfying.) Toasted, they give you that crunch and a bread fix without a lot of damage to your numbers. 6769. wonkers2 - 3/24/2007 3:02:10 AM That makes a lot of sense. It's amazing that for the past couple of weeks we've been buying unsliced bread from Breadsmith, a local franchise bakery, and slicing it thinner ourselves. That way I can still have two slices for breakfast and a grapefruit. How does that sound? 6770. judithathome - 3/24/2007 7:35:22 AM Sounds great! I like my toast very crunchy and with this thin stuff, it's perfection every time. I can't stand a piece of toast that is limp and chewy. 6771. wonkers2 - 3/24/2007 2:47:52 PM Same here. 6772. thoughtful - 3/24/2007 3:41:42 PM great ideas...but make sure you're eating whole grain breads...far healthier than the white stuff.
I so enjoy whole grain breads now that I skip the white stuff even in restaurants...tastes like eating paper and it isn't the least bit filling or worth the calories.
We've been making our own homemade graham crackers and they are wonderful. They are crispy and chewy at the same time. Easy to make with honey and molasses...yum and no trans fats. 6773. judithathome - 3/24/2007 4:01:52 PM Yes, I thought "whole grains" was a given...can't imagine eating white bread myself, either.
However, I will do it at restaurants...our fave Italian place makes THE best garlic yeast rolls and I always have one even though I know it's "waisted" calories. 6774. judithathome - 3/24/2007 4:03:09 PM Wonks, I can't recall if you are on cholesterol meds or not but I am and mine had a warning that I not consume grapefruit at all. 6775. wonkers2 - 3/26/2007 1:58:29 PM Insurance companies make money by not paying claims So what else is new? 6776. robertjayb - 3/26/2007 5:45:22 PM Drugs for "good" cholesterol fail tests...(NYTimes)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The hot new strategy of trying to prevent heart disease by raising good cholesterol had more setbacks Monday as new studies showed that experimental drugs didn't work and also had safety problems.
The news follows Pfizer Inc.'s abandonment in December of an $800 million investment in torcetrapib, the leading contender in this class of drugs, because it raised the risk of heart attacks and deaths.
Heart specialists have been anxious to know whether the problems extend to all such drugs and doom this approach.
6777. thoughtful - 3/26/2007 6:02:58 PM won't be long before they figure out that reducing cholesterol is not the way to avoid heart attacks...
I'm keeping hubby on the statins though since I read that they can postpone the onset of dementia...
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