4 Weird Tool For Diet

Diet Tips February 19th, 2010

alataneh-(abcnews)-dalammany ways used by people in order to lose weight, various tools will be tried. But not necessarily all of these tools can provide maximum results.

There are several weight loss tools that are considered odd, because it will not provide the maximum benefit.  was 4 weight loss products that are considered odd, namely:

Hula chair
Hula chair was designed for the many people who come to dance exercise class. This chair just told people to sit on it and then adjust how much the desired rotation of the chair.

“It obviously makes people sit idle without moving at all, so nearly the same as an ordinary office chair turned around,” said Dr. Steven Blair, a professor of sports science at the University of South Carolina. Blair adds go for a walk around the house area is still more useful than this tool.

Vibrating plate
If you go to a fitness center, may see people standing on top of a device that vibrates and the person does not move at all. The tool is said to improve the performance of muscles needed to do push ups or squats. However, Blair did not support that these vibrations can burn calories. “The effect of this device may only beneficial for bone density alone,” he added.

Heat-producing clothing.
These clothes are usually used to lose weight, because it is able to reduce fat in the body from all the sweat that out. But this tool users will usually feel very thirsty or dehydrated, due to the amount of fluid that comes out of her body. The resulting dehydration will not be dangerous if the person directly consume water.

What makes this tool looks weird as weight loss, because a person lose weight may be reduced after using this tool, but so much water to consume these clothes will not remove body fat quickly. “This is really dangerous, because people will find it difficult to regulate body heat,” said Blair.

Blockage of the tongue.
Tongue obstruction is usually used prolene and a size such as stamps and needed four stitches to tie it. This way you can expect to lose weight for 10 to 20 kg. It does not hurt, but it makes good sense not to chew solid food and can reduce the sense of taste responses.

This tool is used for a month, after which the doctor will cut it again. However, it will make people eat less solid food, thus helping to reduce intake of calories intake. “But this tool will not work in the long run, but only crazy people who want to wear a lifetime,” Blair said.

Vaccines for cancer cells

Cancer December 12th, 2009

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cancer treatment still leaves some cancer cells in the body that are not killed. Now there is a vaccine to eliminate cancer cells that remained in the patients, especially chronic myeloid leukemia (chronic myeloid leukemia / CML).

This vaccine can help some patients with CML who took the drug Gleevec. But the researchers revealed that the results of this research is still tentative or not yet reached the final.

This research is funded by the National Institutes of Health and led by Dr. Hyam Levitsky, a professor yaiu oncology, medicine and urology from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore, Maryland. The results of this research has appeared in the journal Clinical Cancer Research.

Gleevec drug marketed by Novartis as Gleevec in the U.S. and Glivec in Europe and Australia, is one of the targeted cancer drugs successfully treat patients with CML.

These drugs are destroying most of the cancer cells, but for certain patients the cancer cells can still be detected by using a sensitive molecular test. The remaining cancer cells can cause the growth of the cancer returning.

Researchers explain the majority of patients with CML in the Gleevec should consume most of his life, although approximately 90 percent of patients get relief. But about 10-15 percent of patients can not tolerate for long-term use.

Levitsky disclose this vaccine is made to shine CML cells that do not turn into cancer. After that change the genetic material of these cells to produce immune system stimulators known as GM-CSF (granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor) is a substance that can help make white blood cells a particular type.

These cells will also carry antigens that would destroy the CML cells are still circulating in the body. Researchers involving 19 CML patients who were given the vaccine. All patients measured by its level of CML cells and have been taking Gleevec for more than 12 months. Patients are given the vaccine with 4 times the chance of 10 shots in every opportunity.

Cells acquired the remaining cancer has decreased, ie 12 patients found to reach the lowest levels of the cancer cells remaining, and 7 other people is not detected at all remaining cancer cells in the body.

But the researchers realized that the study is still limited, such as the limited number of patients and the lack of comparison with other therapies.

Because it still needs further research to ensure that this vaccine can actually lower the cancer cells that remain. The test was conducted also show side effects such as pain at the injection site, swelling, sometimes pain in the muscles and a mild fever.

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