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Yoga & High Blood Pressure
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HEALTH DA) St W \
toga mas help tcduve hlixxl
pressure tn people who an- at
risk lot developing hvpc-ilen
sum. a nr vs study Iitxls
"Patients with pre hypeiten
sum (slightly elevated hlixxl
pressure i arc likely to develop
hypertension thigh hlixxl pres
sum unless they improve then
lilestvle." said studv authoi IX
Vshutosh \mtrish Hcisjidjdi
ologist at Sir Gangaram
Hospital in Delhi. India
“Both pre-hypcrtcnsitwi and
high hlixxl pressure iik tease the
ilsk ot heart altatk stroke and
tieart tailure ' Sngrish added
Die new studv included N>
people who hast shghtlv rlevat
ed hlixxl (Hcssurc but were oth
erwise healthy Die partic ij'ants
were randomly assigned to
either practice hatha yoga while
also making conventional
lilestvle shanges,or to just make
the lilestvle vhanges tthc con
trol' group) The lifestyle
shanges included moiletatr aet
obic exercise, eating a healthier
diet and quitting smoking
l'he yoga group, average age
56. received yoga instruction lor
a month and then did the octivi
ty at home It included stretch
tug controlled breathing and
meditation lor one hour a day
Ihe average age ol the control
group participants was 32,
according to the researchers
After three months those in
the yoga group had notable
decreases in blood pressure,
while those in the control group
did not. the investigators found
Blood pressure is made up of
two numbers The top number is
called systolic pressure This
measures the pressure in the
aneries when blood is pumped
In an the heart l'he bottom nutn
bet diastolic pressure •• mcas
urcs the ptcssuic between heart
*
strokciby 15 pctcent, Angiish
said
(hit research suggest' that
patients with pre hvpcrtcnsion
should be advised to practice
hatha voga lor one hour dadv It
itiav prevent the developnienl ot
hvpeiienvion and ill addition
give a vensc ot well being, lie
added in a newe release from the
I uropmn Soi irfv of ( unilo/rrgv
l'he findings were presented
Devcmhri ’ait the annual meet
ing ol the ( tirditjitgk at So, irfv
of Irutm in K x hi Research pre
vented at meetings should be
considered preliminary until
published in a peri-tevicwed
journal
heals Blood pressure is
expressed in nullimelers ol met
curv (mm H| i
Angrish and his colleagues
found that people in the voga
group had 24 hour diastolic
blood pressure and night di.o
tolic blood pressure decreases >1
about 4 5 mm Mg and 24 hour
average arterial pressure
Jecrcasev ol about 4 u mm Hg
"Although the reduction in
blood pressure was iiMxlesi it
could he clinically very mean
ingful because even a 2 mm Hg
decrease in diastolic blood (Wee
sure has the potential to
decrease the nvk of cotonarv
heart disease by b percent and
the risk ol stroke arid (mini
Youthful TBI linked to fulltime
SPtllAl. TO I TIT HLKATJt
A traumatic brain injurs may
be linked to a young adult v
higher chances of ending up in
ail. a new ( anadian study sug
gexts
‘ These findings contribute to
emerging research suggesting
traumatic brain injury is an
important risk factor tor
involvement with the criminal
justice sv stemsaid lead author
IX f lora Matheson, ol the
C’entte for l than Health
Solutions at St Michael '
Hospital in Toronto
Malhesun s team analyzed
data gathered from nearly I 4
million Canadians, aged IX to
2K. from |d*T through 2011
This age group was chosen
because H has an increased risk
of severe brain injury and
involvement in the criminal jus
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Bidin injuncs are usually
caused by a violent blow or jolt
to the head or. lew trrqucntly an
iibievt peneti.iiing the vkull A
coocuwion iv oltcn said to be a
mild traumatic btam injury
(Hiring the study period. 0 5
percent ot (hose with a hislorv
of traumatic brain injury ended
up in federal prison That was
more than twice the rate of 0 2
percent among those with no
history ot traumatic brain injurv
according to the study
l'he tesearc tiers emphasized,
however, that the overall nvk ot
jail tor someone with a history
ol severe btam injury was low.
at lew than live in I .000 And
the vtudy vhows only an awnci
ation. not a cause and effect
relationship
Still, the researchers said
knowing of this connection mav
help health care provide!' better
identitv people at risk
'Powder' artificial blood on horizon
SPH l\l TO 7HT HTKUD
THOU HT \l TH PAY StWS
Artificial Mtxxl stored as a powder could
oik day revolutionize emergency medicine
and provide trauma victims a bettet chance
ot survival
Kescatchets have created an aitificial red
hlixxl veil that ettev lively pic ks up oxygen in
the lungs and delivers it to tissues through
out the body
This artiticijl hlixxl can be Ircc/c dried,
making it casiet lot combat medics and para
medics to keep on hand tor emergencies,
said senior reseat c her IH Mian I Hu tor He
is a critical cate specialist at Uiofuzig7on
f rim M/fi Si /i. •/ of Median* 111 St I (Hits
It s a dried powder that look' like papri
ka ha>icall>,' IXxtor said It can be stored
in an IV plastic bag that a medic would cans
Cither in then ambulance ot in a ba. kpack,
lor a scat ot more W hen they need to use it.
they spike the hag with sterile water, mix it.
and U s tcadv to inject right then and thetc
The artificial blood cell, which is about
one fiftieth the si/c of a normal red blood
cell is made from purified human hcmoglo
bin proteins that have been coated with a
synthetic poly met iXxtot said Hemoglobin
is the component inside red blixxl cells that
carries oxygen throughout the body
It's estimated that as many a' 7<) percent
of battlefield latalilics arc due to shock
caused by blixxl loss rather than life threat
enmg injuncs to vital organs. IXxtot said
Additionally, about 20.<*in itamtia deaths in
the United States occur each year due to
blood loss prior to arriving at a treatment
center
lhe hunt tor an aitificial blood substitute
has been underwav lot more than Ml years,
hut the closest prior attempts have tailed in
two major ways Doctor said
lather versions could ia(vturc oxygen in
the lungs, hut then would not cltcvtivcly
release the oxygen alter traveling out to tis
vuev and organs, he said
There also was an unintended reaction
between "naked" hemoglobin and nitric
oxide a substance released by the lining ol
blood vessels that allows the scsselv to relax
and open up Dixtor noted
"The hemoglobin consumes that mole
culc and causes a constriction ol the blood
vessels IXxtor sjid "When they tried to
(nit naked hemoglobin into the bloodstream,
it caused heart attacks and strokes
lhe synthetic polymer coating ol the lal
cst artificial blood cell ajipcars to solve Kith
thev problems Doctor explained l'he coat
mg was developed hy the study s lead
researcher Dipanjan Pan an assistant pro
lessor ol bioengmeriing with the University
ot Illinois at I rbana Champaign
l'he surface chemistry ol the polyitKr
reacts to (Ik pH level ol blood as n travel'
through (Ik- Kxly, Dovtor said It salutes
oxygen when blood pH is high and release'
oxygen when Mood pH is low
"Hlixxl pH is high in Ihe lungs, is low in
tissue, and is even lower in tissue that docs
n't have enough oxygen." IXxtor vatd "By
linking oxygen jffinity to blood pH we imi
tale the behavior of a normal red cell "
The polymer coating also keeps the
hemoglobin from reacting with nitric oxide
in the bloodstream thus preventing danger
ous constriction of the blixxl scssels. he
added
ITicre s also one m*»rc bench! because
Ihe polvmot coating is "immune silent." the
artificial blood can he used in anyone
regardless ol blood type Doctor said
l ab tests involving mice and ratx have
proven that the artificial red blood cells can
eflectively deliver oxvgen to needy tisvues,
the resc-ate hers reported
Wo replaced 7<1 percent of the mouses
blood voluttK with the Mood substitute
IXxtor said “Those mice were indistin
guishahlc Irom those who received a trans
fusion from another mouse
Besides ettKrgeiKv settings the artilicial
hlixxl also ciHild he used to help keep ilonat
cd organs alive on route to a recipient, and
supplement a hospital s regular blixxl sup
plies during complex cuigeues such ac open
heart bypass he suggested
However the artilkial red blood cells
will ncvci totalis repinec the real thing.
IXxtor said
for one thing thev can’t remain in the
bloodstream anvwhcte near as long as regu
lar red blood cells
\ normal red hhxxl cell circulates aKiut
12») class Ibis cell tight now we project cir
culation for aK*ut a third of a das to half a
day." IXxtor said We may he able to
manipulate that and pet it up to a couple of
days, hut I seriously doubt we ll he able to
get to the circulation time of a normal red
hlixxl cell
The artificial cell alvi is designed solely
to delixct oxygen and leases out a number
of other functions that red blixxJ cells pro
vide
Those i*thct lutkturns include antioxidant
protection ol tissues regulation of Mtxxl
fiow. assistance in immune response, and aid
in forming hlixxl clots and scabs, said
Ikxtor and Dr Man Mast a senior invcsti
gator with the BlixxH entet ot Wisconsin's
Hlixxl Research Institute
I think •>! these more as artilicial oxygen
caniets. because they're not the sank as red
hlixxl cell' said Mast a past president of
the Awe Mi <l/i SixirZV of HftmitoU>g > He
was not mxolscd with the new study "Red
hlixxl cells can do many other physiologic
things “
Nonetheless Mast said the development
of these artilic ial cells is "exciting ”
"Dm could buy time lor iniured soldiers
until they can get them to a hospital Mast
said “Ihe product also could he useful in
rural areas or areas where traumatic events
occur and hlixxl products aren't readily
available "
Don't cx|*cct it to he available anytime
vexin though IXxtor warned It still needs to
he tested in rabbits and monkeys, before pro
seeding to human testing And studies in am
nuts often tail to pfixluce similar results m
humans
"It 's quite a long road, possibly as long as
III years hclorc we have deluutive answers
whether this will work in people." IXxtor
said
findings Irom the study arr scheduled to
he presented Saturday at the American
Sorters of Henuirologs i annual meeting in
San iXego Study results presented at meet
tngs are generally stewed as preliminary
until they Ac been published in a peer
reviewed journal
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