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Your Good Health: Treatment of high blood pressure depends on patient

September 29, 2020

Dear Dr. Roach: With all the different medications available for high blood pressure, what factors determine the medicine a doctor will prescribe?

J.E.P.

The first consideration is whether the person has any other medical conditions that would make a particular medication more advantageous. Someone with diabetes and protein in the urine would benefit greatly from an ACE inhibitor; a person with blockages in the arteries to the heart should be on a beta blocker; someone with migraines might benefit from a calcium channel blocker or beta blocker. When a practitioner can treat two conditions with one medication, it is usually the first choice. Similarly, if there is a condition that would make a particular antihypertensive inappropriate, the clinician avoids prescribing it. Examples include thiazide diuretics in people with gout, and beta blockers in a person with depression.

If there is no particular reason to pick a class of drug based

Drinking my way to good health

September 29, 2020

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MY mom is 81 years old and the only maintenance medications she is on are for her borderline cholesterol level and her asthma. Up until the pandemic and the quarantine that followed, my mom was very active and would go out often. She also looks younger than her age so people have always asked me what her secret was. Honestly, I think it is the number of vitamins and supplements she takes everyday.

Aside from her multivitamins and vitamin C, my mom takes other supplements like biotin, calcium + D, collagen, lutein, glucosamine, fish oil and others. Of course, she also eats well and wears sunscreen everyday, even when she is just indoors. My doctor said taking the right vitamins and supplements, assuming you don’t get them all from your diet, does not just ensure a healthy body but also helps skin look healthy and youthful.

For my part, I’ve

4 Tips for Keeping Your Pet’s Coat Healthy

September 28, 2020

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Consider these four tips to help keep your dog or cat’s coat healthy to ensure he looks and feels his best. For more details on bringing out your pet’s unique best, visit IAMS.com.

1. Routine Grooming – Check with your veterinarian for a recommendation on how often you should bathe your pet, based on his breed and coat, and stick to that schedule. When selecting shampoo for your dog or cat, pick a product that matches your pet’s hair and skin type. For example, some pets may require moisturizing products to combat itchy or flaky skin, and some may benefit from a shampoo that prevents fleas and ticks. After finding the product that works, get ready to enjoy snuggles with your clean and healthy pet.

2. Daily Brushing Ritual – Brushing your pet’s coat every day can offer a number of benefits. Beyond being a daily bonding moment, it also

Community support part of solution to childhood obesity

September 28, 2020

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Mark Mahoney, Guest columnist
Published 2:19 p.m. ET Sept. 28, 2020

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As we begin to enter the school year with some students studying from home it is important to maintain a focus on the health of our children.

We should not lose sight of the fact that about 1 in 5 (19%) children in the United States suffers from obesity. In Florida, one out of three children is overweight or obese. Certain groups of children are more affected than others.

We are just ending a particular focus on children through National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month which provides an opportunity for all of us to learn more about this serious health condition. Although this major health problem has no simple solution, there are many ways communities can support children with their journey to good health.

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Journey to health begins with awareness of childhood obesity

September 28, 2020

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As we begin to enter the school year with some students studying from home it is important to maintain a focus on the health of our children.

We should not lose sight of the fact that about 1 in 5 (19%) children in the United States suffers from obesity. In Florida, one out of three children is overweight or obese. Certain groups of children are more affected than others.

We are just ending a particular focus on children through National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month which provides an opportunity for all of us to learn more about this serious health condition. Although this major health problem has no simple solution, there are many ways communities can support children with their journey to good health.

Obesity in childhood poses immediate and future health risks including:

Children with obesity are at higher risk for having other chronic health conditions and diseases, such as

Donald Trump needs to take credit for the no-longer-good economy to distract us from his failures

September 28, 2020

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No president can be given credit for all the good luck on his watch without having to take some of the blame for the bad luck as well. With the possible exception of Donald J. Trump.

Trump had the wonderful fortune to take office during a period of great economic stability. Job growth was strong, GDP growth was above potential, and inflation was low. Trump’s luck held for three years. The economy was good, but not great, as we shall see.

And then misfortune struck—the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump was faced with the first real test of his leadership and he failed. The U.S. response to the coronavirus has been among the worst in the world. Tens of thousands have died because Trump denied the most serious threat to public health in decades.

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Letter to the editor: Public health history lessons

September 28, 2020

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St. George Spectrum & Daily News

Published 9:21 a.m. MT Sept. 28, 2020

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Public health and masks are the reason for democracy in the first place.

In ages past, kings took poor care of small farmers and villagers. They protected the inhabitants of the castle during outbreaks while others suffered.

Plutarch tells about a group of people who had their property seized for debts and then were sent to colonize a plague-infested area. In quick order, they rose-up and established the famous Roman democracy, so they could have good health like the wealthy

UIC study finds both Biden, Trump likely to be ‘Super-Agers’; Researchers say age shouldn’t be an issue for voters

September 28, 2020

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CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — The Trump and Biden campaigns are raising questions about whether the other is fit enough to be president, but a new report said they’re both likely to be healthy through the next term.

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In a paper published in the Journal on Active Aging, University of Illinois Chicago longevity researcher S. Jay Olshansky and his colleagues conclude that both 2020 presidential candidates — former Vice President Joe Biden, 77, and President Donald Trump, 74 — are likely to maintain their health beyond the end of the next presidential term.

As a result, they say that chronological age and fitness should not be factors in the 2020 election.

“It is our conclusion that chronological age is not a relevant factor for either candidate running for President of the United States,” the authors wrote. “Both candidates face a

To Your Good Health: Could shingles vaccine have caused a spike in CA-125? | Columnists

September 28, 2020

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I have never heard of, and can find no evidence of, transplanting a spleen. He is very conscientious in doing what he can to avoid exposure at this dangerous time, but I am wondering what he and others with his condition can do to further protect themselves. — B.S.

ANSWER: The spleen is an organ that removes damaged blood cells, but it is also an important part of the immune system, and acts as a kind of super lymph node — a place where white blood cells congregate and become activated. People without spleens are primarily at risk due to the immune system effects, as the liver takes over the job of removing worn-out blood cells.

Spleen transplants have been tried, but are not likely to be successful as a single organ transplant. However, in people who are undergoing a multiple visceral organ transplant (stomach, intestine, pancreas, with or without

Your Good Health: Fructose not a common trigger for migraines

September 28, 2020

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Dear Dr. Roach: Is it true that fructose is a trigger for migraines?

L.J.S.

Migraine headaches are a form of episodic headache, often associated with nausea, as well as sensitivity to light and sound. There are many subtypes of migraine, including migraine without headache, and any given person may identify his or her own trigger for migraine. It’s possible fructose is a trigger for some people.

Stress and sleep changes are among the most common. Women sometimes get migraines around the time of menstruation. These are called catamenial migraines (thank you, Dr. Abby Spencer, who taught me that word years ago). Among foods, caffeine and wine are very commonly identified triggers for migraine. Some people identify chocolate as a trigger, but it may not be. It’s possible to get food cravings, such as for chocolate, at the beginning of the migraine syndrome, so although it seems as though chocolate is

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Your Good Health: Treatment of high blood pressure depends on patient

Drinking my way to good health

4 Tips for Keeping Your Pet’s Coat Healthy

Community support part of solution to childhood obesity

Journey to health begins with awareness of childhood obesity

Donald Trump needs to take credit for the no-longer-good economy to distract us from his failures

Letter to the editor: Public health history lessons

UIC study finds both Biden, Trump likely to be ‘Super-Agers’; Researchers say age shouldn’t be an issue for voters

To Your Good Health: Could shingles vaccine have caused a spike in CA-125? | Columnists

Your Good Health: Fructose not a common trigger for migraines

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