The researchers have done another wonder in the world of medicine where they have made up the urinary bladder from the patients’ own cells and have fixed those bladders in the seven patients who were children and those children are now reportedly doing pretty well and have achieved good long term results from this transplantation.

The researchers have added that it takes about two months for the new bladder before it can be implanted into the body. After that, the bladder enlarges within the body of the individual receiving it. The researchers have also commented that the implant is going to last for the life of the individual. The doctors added that if there would be any complications, these will be more evident when the children will grow.

This is such a remarkable breakthrough that the individuals who are in need of the organs and are unable to get a donor can now have the organ transplanted into them that is cultured from their cells and there is no chance of rejection of organs that are being implanted.

Another big hope is that, since this had been a very successful experiment, there can be different organs that can be cultured that way and this will then lead to a new era where the people can get the organs from their own cells and can go through pretty safe procedures and there will be little or no usage of the immunosuppressant drugs that put individuals at extreme risk for infections.

It was also mentioned that the children who got the bladders transplanted were the ones who were suffering from a defect of the spine known as myelomeningocele. Because of that defect there was incomplete closure of the spine and there was impaired function of the nerves due to which there was incomplete contraction of the bladder, which leads to the different problems in the urinary tract.

The cells with which these organs were grown were taken from the inner lining of the bladder and from the muscles as well. These cells then were grown in a laboratory and then were placed in a scaffold. The scaffold structure was especially made to construct the bladder so that it attains its normal anatomy.

This achievement is going to open new avenues for the transplantation of the different organs and will bring the light of hope to those who are at the verge of life and are waiting to get the transplant for years. I hope that this will bring life to a lot of people.

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One important question that you need to ask is that who is responsible for your health, the answer to that question is that you are responsible for you own health and no one else. There are a lot of things that we adopt in our life and we do not have a clear idea as to why we have adopted it such. Have you felt that you are gaining weight or not, if yes, have you asked yourself that what is the reason that you are gaining weight. I think you must know the answer, but if the answer is still clouded, then you must know that the junk food that has gotten into your life is the basic cause of your increased weight.

Different people have different views about junk food, some say that they find the junk food really cool and it just keeps them energized throughout the day, but on the other hand some people say that they do not know as to how they can get rid of this habit that they have gotten into. These people or the group who want to get out of this habit realize that they have gotten in this habit without knowing it and they are finding it really difficult to come out of it, because they did not seem to tell themselves no when they have the sight of the junk food.

Thus the point that arises from these comments is that the sight of the junk food makes it irresistible for them to say no to it and they just buy it out. These people also mention that their spending has increased since they have started on the junk food and they are going out of the budget at the end of the month and they are finding it really hard for them to quit eating junk.

There are a lot of psychologists who add the biggest reason that we got into different habits that are not good for our health is because we usually say yes to them and then we just cannot seem to say no to them because we have gotten ourselves into it pretty seriously to the point we can get offended if we are asked to quit that thing or to keep a low profile on that. The psychologists say that if we tell ourselves that what this junk food is doing to us then we can come to an understanding that we can get out of this habit, else it is going to be really tough to get out a habit, which is only by force, which might cause the individual to go towards it with more force.

You can tell your mind as to what are the harmful effects that you are going through by having the junk food being a part of your life and how much weight have that caused to increase in the past few months since you started having that kind of food. You need to convince yourself on the positive things that you can earn when you will quit the junk food and you can make that as a source of constant motivation and can get yourself stick to that commitment statement.

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If we take a look at our society, we will see that there are a lot of people who are into different addictive habits using alcohol and other illicit drugs and if we have a chance to look into their persona lives, we will see that they are suffering through a lot of emotional imbalances, their family suffering from their habit. There are a lot of people who are at different financial status and they are in their addictive behaviors just destroying to what they are owning.

Lets Peek In The World Of Addictives:

In simple words that can be said is the word, Disaster. It is true that these people have put themselves in a state where they are totally dependent. These people are living in their own world, totally isolated, and where they do not allow one near them, except the ones who share their habits. These people are in the habit of stealing money and when they are not given the money, they become aggressive and will beat their family members to give them money. These are a few glimpses of the life of these people and they can do anything to get their fix.

Psychological & Physical Dependence

The drugs have both the psychological and physiological dependence. There are some drugs which do not cause any physical dependence such as marijuana. Psychological dependence means that there is a want of that drug by that individual but if that drug is not available to that person, then his body would not be showing any physical signs such as biting of the hands or cutting the tongue etc.

Depression Caused By The Street Drugs:

There are studies that have been conducted, which show that the individuals who are on street drugs are the ones who are suffering from high levels of depression. The researchers say that these drugs lower the levels of the serotonin levels in the brain. When the levels of the serotonin are lowered this leads to depression and since these individuals use high amounts of drugs, this leads them to have increased levels of depression.

Blowing Out The Budget:

These people who tend to get into addictive potentials, they just tend to blow out their budget pretty quickly. We all live by certain rules where we have some specific spending that we are to make in order to live a balanced financial life and if that balance in any way just turned over, then we face the financial blows, which are really tough to bear. These individuals do not care about their financial limitations and just go forward and burn out to what they have and finally drain themselves out.

What Do We Need To As A Society For Them?

This is a very crucial question that we all need to ask from ourselves. We can either turn our back away from them or we can just pursue further and help these people out and let them know that what is going on in their lives and how we can help them out and what do they need to do in terms of gaining their life back. We need to tell them as to what they have lost and how much they are left with and what is best for them so they can revert back. If for any reason they do not want to be free of addiction, we can contact with professionals who are into helping people these people and can ask them to help so that these people can be freed from the clutches of addiction in a way they are willing to do that.

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Living our lives in a fast paced world, there are a lot of people who fall victim to health issues because of lack of sleep and poor nutrition. The individuals tend to lose balance in their daily requirement of sleep and nutrition because they do not find enough time to maintain a balance.

Reports From Latest Researches:

There have been latest researches that have been conducted to see as to what are the effects of lack of sleep on health. It was noted that the individuals who sleep less than six hours a day are at high risk to suffer from diabetes. It was also found by the researchers that the lack of sleep inhibits the production of a hormone that is responsible to suppress the appetite. Because of this the individuals who have less sleep tend to eat less and thus have a detrimental effect on their health.

Suggestion Of Professionals:

The professionals suggest that it is necessary that the individuals must take at least from six to eight hours of sleep so that the individuals can maintain a healthy lifestyle and have a healthier life. They also suggested that it is important that the individuals follow a specific pattern as the body will follow that pattern as well, but if there are abrupt changes in the routines of sleeping or eating habits, then the individuals will have see a negative impact of it on their lives and would have to suffer its aftermath.

What To Care For:

The researchers suggest that it is not wise to have large meals before one is going to rest. It was mentioned that eating before bedtime will cause a feeling of fullness in the morning when the individual wakes up as well as can cause them to suffer from gastroesophageal reflux disease. It is really important that we should watch as to what we eat because it is directly going to affect our life and we can see its impact in a matter of days.

Summary:

As a last word, I would say that it is really important that we should know that sleep and nutrition is really very important aspects of our life and a proper balance in them is going to help us achieve a better and a healthier life, which people dream of. We generally do not understand the value of health until we become ill and see how important it is for us that we stay healthy and enjoy our life.

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At this day and age a lot of people have become conscious regarding what to eat and what not. Diet plays a very important role in our health and we need to select the foods, which will help us to stay healthy and live a healthier life. These days people have become aware that they should not eat food that is very high in meat and must eat foods that are lighter and are more balanced.

The Changing Trend To Vegetarian Diet:

These days a lot of people are coming to know the benefits of the vegetarian diet and have found that really effective in keeping them healthy and helping them stay fit. The vegetarian diet is also preferred because it is pretty much cost effective. There are a lot of people who have switched their diets from meat to a totally vegetarian diet and have found a great deal of change in the way they are spending their lives now.

The Different Groups Of Vegetarians:

There are about five groups in which the vegetarians are being divided into. The one group of vegetarians are the ones who would eat white meat but would not eat red meat. Another group of vegetarians are ones who will not eat any meat products at all but would have the dairy products and also have eggs. Then there is another group who does not eat eggs, as they consider egg as flesh since it is being considered as embryo. Another group of vegetarians who eat grains, cereals, as well as vegetables and fish. They believe that the flesh produces a lot of toxins in the body and hence do not want to ingest it. The last group of the vegetarians is that who do not eat flesh at all and are known as true vegetarians.

Benefits That Vegetarians Have Over People Who Eat Meat:

There are a lot of benefits that the vegetarians have over the people who eat meat. Since meat has the most component of proteins, the proteins are being broken down into toxic metabolites that are then being neutralized by the liver and are excreted by the kidney. The meat along with the protein component also has the fat part in it and thus causes the increase of the triglyceride and the cholesterol component in the body, which is very harmful for the heart as well as the blood vessels. The vegetable diet on the other hand poses no such threats or hazards to the individuals and focuses on keeping the individual healthy.

Diet Choices Can Help Prevent Obesity:

If the individuals select vegetarian diet, it would not only prevent them from many harmful effects on health but would also definitely prevent an individual from having increased amounts of weight gain, which in turn lead to a lot of health problems. Therefore it is best to select vegetables as a source of diet because it will keep the health problems away from you and will make you and your life better, healthier and happier.

Try To Balance Your Diet Even If You Are Having Vegetables:

It is really important that you keep your diet balanced because there are some components that are missing in vegetarian diet, therefore it is pretty important that you consult your nutritionist and do take the multivitamins and the diet that covers up the loss of proteins and fats as well because if it is not balanced then it can lead to health problems.

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There are a lot of couples throughout the world who are going through infertility issues, where either the female or the male can have problems in their reproductive system that can be the cause of infertility. Till now the most common method that the people have been using to achieve pregnancy has been in vitro fertilization, which is also known as IVF. Now another method is being introduced known as NaPro Technology (NPT) which has proven to be successful and has been cost effective that assists couples to start their new life. Another very important thing is that NPT restores fertility, which allows the conception to occur naturally.

Effects Of Infertility On The Lives Of Couples:

The desire to have a child by a couple is very overwhelming and this leads them to go through different mind phases such as grief, depression, sadness and the couple both try to strengthen each other through these times, but the suffering increases as the time goes on and the patience runs thin, which in turn leads to a stretch in the relationship. This can also lead to desperation and these couples then use desperate measures such as going for in vitro fertilization also known as IVF without understanding what this procedure is. Some couples find it beneficial but for others this process does not work at all and they get more aggravated with time and their hope falls down.

Research Before You Try To Opt For Any Procedure

You must research on the different procedures that are there before you opt for any one procedure. Lot of people spend on IVF procedure as well as its other form known as intracytoplasmic sperm injection also known as ICSI. Now another new technique that has come in the market is the NaPro Technology, which means natural procreative technology, in which both the medical and the diagnostic technologies are directed towards achieving the pregnancy the natural way through intercourse rather than the other procedures as mentioned above.

Why To Choose NPT Over IVF:

1. Focus Of NPT: The focus of NPT is on the disease to find as to what is the reason that the couple is not achieving pregnancy. This is the first thing that is being worked on. In IVF, the cause of infertility is not being looked into much and the cause is almost totally ignored.

2. Success Rate: It has been mentioned in the medical journals that the NPT has 1.5 to 3 times more success rate than the IVF. There was a study that was conducted over a four year period on about 95 couples who had been in the NPT program and had been trying to conceive for about 6 years had about 176 attempts that failed. The Artificial Reproductive Technique reported that there were about 123 conceptions. There were increasing success rates with the couples staying longer in the NPT program.

3. Higher Risks Of Multiple Births With IVF: According to the ART data, which was conducted from 1983 till about 1986 showed that with the transfer of embryos which were about 3.2 per woman ended up in 81 live births. From this data it was concluded that it required 16.9 living embryos to give birth to one child. When there are higher cases of success reported in IVF means that there is a higher risk of multiple births.

4. Killing Of Child In The Womb: Since there are a lot of chances of having multiple pregnancy with IVF, the women are required to selectively kill the additional babies in the womb.

5. Difference Of Mode: In IVF the sperm and ova are being fertilized and then placed in the womb, whereas the NPT program just follows the natural process to achieve the pregnancy.

6. Cost Effective: Another very important difference between the NPT and the IVF is that NPT is more cost effective than the IVF procedure. The median one cycle of IVF costs about $9226. On the other hand, the NPT costs approximately $9,290, which includes the evaluation by a physician, the hormone and ultrasound, as well as outpatient surgical treatment of infertility.

7. The Outcomes Of Pregnancy: There have been growing concerns with the procedures of IVF and ICSI, as it is being noted that the children who are being conceived with this procedure are likely to have a birth defect at the end of the first year of life. The birth defect is about 8.6% to 9.0% with IVF and ICSI than the 4.2% through the natural procedures.

8. You Can Get Pregnant Again: With the NPT you can get pregnant again through the natural way while on the other hand with IVF or ICSI, the process of planting in the embryo is the only way to get pregnant again because with these processes the cause of infertility is not corrected.

Summary:

You must go through all the available options and then select the one that you think suits you the best according to your budget and with the guidance of the doctor. We pray that you will have all the health and happiness in your life.

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A recent study suggested that illness of husband or wife can hasten the death of the other.

The reason for hastening the death includes stress, loss of companionship, practical help, income, and losing a part of oneself are what that strikes the mind when a spouse gets sick.

The researchers say that it is not necessary that it is not necessary that you can die because of your partners death, but you can also die of their severe illness.

In the past, the researches have shown that the spouses of the sick people are at much higher risks of illnesses and death and this data showed that there were a wide range of illnesses.

They found that the men were at much considerable risk of dying than women because according to the statistics, men were most likely to die after their wives were hospitalized.

The data also showed that if the spouse dies, the risk of death of the partner increases up to five folds, which rises by 21 percent among men and 17 percent among women. The data also shed light that the risk of death was pretty high in the first six months after the spouse was hospitalized.

There were increased rates of hospitalization with dementia and psychiatric problems raising the death risk to about 52.5 percent in men and about 57.5 percent in women. The older partners were the ones who were making big numbers in those percentages.

It is suggested that the spouses are connected and therefore their health is connected as well and this affects either one of them if any of them get sick.

It was also found that the most types of cancer except the ones with a more poor prognosis, the cancer did little or nothing to increase the risk of death of a companion because a lot of people are able to live a better and healthier life after treatments.

The researchers added that the numbers of the sexes who were dying from the severe illness of their spouses were not comparable, but men tend to die sooner.

The researchers also found that the risk was also at a larger level to not only the spouse but also involving the children and close friends.

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People from all over the world describe the feeling of love as euphoria, exhilaration, elation etc. The feeling of love is an intense craving that one person has for the other that they love. The researchers just dug out as to what are the brain processes through which it responds in romantic love.

The researchers studied the reason as to what makes the feeling of love so intense. They found out that the brain just perceives romantic love as a reward and stimulates the brain activity in the reward area of the brain, which occurs to any reward such as getting a chocolate, money etc.
The researcher mentioned that in her view, the romantic love was a drive, which is pretty strong and intense.

The researchers studied about 17 people who have fallen in love and to explain that, according to them they were unable to think of anything else for the most of the day than the one they love and the average time that these people have been in love was about seven months.

The researchers developed a questionnaire in which they asked about questions regarding passionate love and if they would die for their partner and the researchers said that they were amazed to hear that all of the people who were interviewed said that they would and they responded to that in a very casual way.

The participants of the study were then asked to look at the photograph of their love while they were put in an MRI machine to see as to what parts of their brain are responding to when they see the pictures and they saw that the part of the brain that lit up after they saw the pictures was the reward and pleasure area.

It was astonishing to find that the reward area got lit up when the researchers were trying to find out as to what areas of the brain are going to respond when the people would see the pictures of their lovers. So that meant that love is just a reward, which is like chocolate or money.

The area of the brain that lit up was in the brain stem, which is known as the ventral tegmental area. In that area, the pigmented cells contain the neurotransmitter dopamine, which sends messages to the part of the brain known as caudate nucleus.

The researcher said that it has changed the way that she thinks about love. She says it is a motivation and the individual that we love is a goal. The emotions, they just come and go. The researcher also added that the system that is driving the person that we are in love with is sense than an emotion.

The researchers added that love was not only an emotion, it was a basic mating drive, much stronger than the sex drive. They also added that the early feeling of love just does not remain forever such as the pounding of the heart, thinking about the love all the time, but in good relationships it just crosses onto a different stage of love known as attachment.

There was another pretty interesting comment made by the researcher on love, which was that when love is seen under microscope, it just takes away a bit of the mystery and romance.

The researcher also added that even if we know as to what are the ingredients in a cake, but we still love to eat that cake and even knowing about love, we can feel all the passion and desire of it.

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There was a new study, which showed that women who use Ortho Evra birth control patch are at a double risk of having blood clots than the women who took the pill instead. This study was conducted by the Food and Drug Administration.

The study suggested that the results were introductory and these do not require any immediate action in this regard, but to advise women to discuss this finding with their doctors.

The results of the research were extracted from the studies to compare both the pill and the patch to find as to what are the differences between the kinds of therapies.

There was an investigation that was done by the Associated Pres, which found that there was increased evidence of blood clots in women who were using the patches.

There were no increased risks of blood clots in the initial study, but the results of the second study suggested that there was about a two fold increase in the risk of venous thromboembolic events or clots in the legs and the lungs in the women who were using the Ortho Evra patch.

The researchers said that there was an overlap between the two studies so there might be no increased risk from the patch or there might be twice as more the risk using the patch.

The researchers also suggested that there is risk of a nonfatal blood clot in women is about one in 10,000 per year in one who are not using any contraceptives, but the women who are using the hormonal contraceptive patch or pill, in them, the risk just goes to between 3 and 5.

The researchers also added that a study was conducted before the patch was approved and in that study there were about 3000 women in whom there were two women in which the blood clot was reported and one of the women had recently had had a surgery before the study was conducted.

There are also studies being conducted to look at the risk of heart attacks and strokes in women who are using the two types of contraception. The researchers said that there is no difference currently, but that will take some more time to tell if there is any difference.

It is also being stated that the risk of clots are rare and the hormonal contraceptives do potentially pose a risk of clots.

The results by these studies came about four months after the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning that the increased levels of hormones that are released by the patch can cause increased risk of blood clots and other serious side effects. The company making the Ortho Evra said that they shared the results of the latest studies with the FDA.

There were additions to the patch label that were made in November that warned women that they would be exposed to 60 percent more estrogen than what they get from the birth control pills.

There are about 4 million women who have used the patch since its release in 2002. The investigation done by the Associated Press learnt that the women who use patch die and suffer blood clots at a rate that is three times higher than the women who are taking the pill.

There was also a suggestion that the women who smoke should not use the patch as smoking increase the risk of stroke and heart attack.

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It has been found that the dedicated dog owners do spend more time exercising than their neighbors who are without pet dogs, this was found in the research conducted in the issue of preventive medicine.

When people own a pet dog, they know that they have to give time to them and they need to walk them around and this way they are doing exercise of their own and this is really very positive and helps them to take care of their health.

The researchers just surveyed about 177 men and 174 women that were ranging between the ages of about 20 and 80 and they found that the individuals who own a pet were walking about 300 minutes per week than people who did not have any pets and they walked for about 168 minutes per week.

It was also found out that the people who owned pets were exercising less other than doing the walk with their pets and they were walking because it was an obligation to give time to their pets and not specifically careful about their health. This was a behavior that was being found in the people who owned pets.

It was also found that the women and men spent about equal amount of time walking their dogs.
It is also being stated that people who are living in urban areas are spending a great deal of time walking. It was also stated that the community infrastructure where there are parks for walking dogs can help a great deal to the people who own pets and this will just provide them an environment that they would love to visit every day.

This study shows that it is really positive that one adopts a pet and this will be a great motivation for them to workout and getting a time out in the day where they could spend some time on their health. This would be one great benefit to them and they would keep up with maintaining their health in a very positive way.

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