Many people are worried about the relationship between diet and arthritis. Personally I am a lover of food and especially enjoy meat; with this in mind here are some pork recipes that you may enjoy. Very nice even if I do say so myself 
Anyway back to the link between diet and arthritis. There is increasing interest in attempting to understand what the risk factors are that lead to the development of rheumatoid arthritis and one of the things that has been identified is lifestyle. There is an increased risk of developing the condition if you smoke, have a large consumption of caffeine and have a diet rich in red meats such as pork and beef.
As with everything moderation is the order and having a balanced diet should help to reduce the risk of getting arthritis.
Posted in Uncategorized June 29th, 2007 by admin | No comments
This new paper by TA Lee et al from the From Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, at Hines VA is available on pubmed by using the identifier 17462546
PURPOSE: Diseases are often described and studied in isolation, yet there is increasing recognition of the complex interrelatedness of diseases and treatments in patients with multiple chronic diseases. Our objective was to describe the impact of selected diseases involving chronic inflammation (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis) on mortality.
METHODS: We identified a cohort aged 55 to 64 years with one or more chronic conditions. Clusters of mutually exclusive disease combinations were created. Five-year all-cause mortality was determined and the relative risk (RR) of mortality was estimated when chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis were added to clusters.
RESULTS: In 741,847 persons the 5-year mortality rates were lowest among persons with one condition and increased with more chronic conditions. The presence of osteoarthritis in a cluster was an exception where the risk was lower compared with that cluster without osteoarthritis: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (RR = 0.73 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.65, 0.81]); ischemic heart disease (0.63 [0.52, 0.76]); hypertension (0.77 [0.71, 0.83]); dementia (0.63 [0.42, 0.93]); depression (0.65 [0.50, 0.84]); hypertension plus diabetes (0.85 [0.77, 0.93]); and ischemic heart disease plus hypertension (0.83 [0.73, 0.94]).
CONCLUSIONS: The association between osteoarthritis and lower rates of mortality is notable and replicating these findings to explore causal relationships is important.
Posted in osteoarthritis April 28th, 2007 by admin | No comments
There are many side affects associated with both medicinal and recreational drugs. I am sure that many people are aware of the dismal affects of Heroin and Meth addiction, and most people probably personally know some one who just can’t seem to get off the prozac.
Fortunately there are many clinics that help in dealing with drug abuse, some of these have not even been frequented by Pete Doherty! Although these drug clinics may offer help to suffers, one of the greatest problems is to get the person who is suffering from an addiction to realise that they need help. In addition to offering help to the sufferer, most reputable rehabilitation centres will also offer advice to the abusers loved ones in how to approach the sufferer and let them know that they need treatment.
Posted in Uncategorized April 9th, 2007 by admin | No comments
