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Drugs, General

Could Sildenafil Increase Skin Cancer Risk?

Sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, was originally developed to treat heart conditions, but during original trials it was found to be more effective at treating erectile dysfunction (also known as impotence).sildenafil

But now, scientists have warned that the drug could increase the risk of melanoma – the deadliest form of skin cancer.

Researchers at the University of Tübingen in Germany have discovered that Sildenafil can encourage tumors to grow more rapidly.

A recent study found that Sildenafil can stimulate skin cancer growth.

Sildenafil has a stimulating effect on the messenger molecule cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), which promotes the growth of existing malignant melanomas.

The scientist came to this conclusion through animal experiments and human cell cultures.

Cells normally contain an enzyme called phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5), that ensures the newly-formed cGMP is continuously broken down.

But, Sildenafil belongs to a group of medicines called phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE 5) inhibitors.

Study author Professor Robert Feil said: ‘Taking sildenafil basically disables this brake.’

Consequently, the melanoma begins to grow more aggressively.

However, the study noted that there is no reason for men to stop taking PDE5 inhibitors to treat erectile dysfunction.

The researchers also have to take into account that the possibility that a higher incidence of skin cancer may be due to lifestyles, including sunbathing on holiday.

Professor Feil warned: ‘Ultimately, we should all be thinking about reducing our risk of skin cancer and cutting our exposure time to the sun, as well as using effective UV protection.’

Sildenafil is marketed as Viagra and was approved by FDA (The Food and Drug Administration) on 27th March 1988. Pfizer’s patent on Sildenafil expired on 21 June 2013.

If you are concerned that Sildenafil (Viagra) could increase the risk of skin cancer then there is other alternative prescription only  medication for erectile dysfunction such as Cialis and Levitra.

For further information about Sildenafil (Viagra) and other erectile dysfunction medication, please go to www.ukmeds4u.com.

To read the full article, please click here.

 

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New Breast Cancer Treatment Eradicated Tumors In Just 11 Days

A new treatment for breast cancer has been discovered that wipes out tumors in just 11 days.breast cancer

A team from the University of Manchester and the Institute of Cancer Research in London announced the results at the European Breast Cancer Conference in Amsterdam.

The UK team said that they have never seen breast cancer patients respond so quickly to a cancer treatment.

The trail involved recently diagnoised women with an aggressive form of breast cancer and they were given two existing cancer drugs – Tyverb and Herceptin –  at 23 UK hospitals.

The test showed that the cancer had stopped producing more cells in 87% of the particpants.

But to the surprise of surgeons, the tumor had completely vanished
in 11% of women.

The team initially aimed to shrink the tumors in the few days before surgery, but when the surgeons tried to remove the tumors they found that the tumor had vanished in some women.

In the UK, 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer at some point in their lives.

Breast cancer is the second most common cause of death from cancer in women in the United Kingdom.

To read the full article, please click here.

If you have any concerns about breast cancer please see your GP.

Erectile dysfunction, General

Pearling Can Cause Erectile Dysfunction

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In recent years there has been a rise in men turning to ‘pearling’ to enhance sexual pleasure for their partner during intercourse. pearling cause erectile dysfunction

Pearling entails the men to insert plastic beads or pearls under the skin of his penis by either a piercing professional or by the man himself. This is meant to boost physical stimulation by applying extra friction to a womans clitoris.

Dr Tobias Kohler, men’s sexual health expert, has warn that pearling can be dangerous as it can damage the urethra (a tube that carries urine from the bladder) and cause chronic pain, and even cause erectile dysfunction and scar tissue formation.

It has been reported that a 19 year old  man from Flordia tried inserting a pearl into his penis, but seven hours after making the incision he was rushed to hospital with swelling and worsening pain to his penis and blood in his urine.
Doctors had to remove a hematoma (a deep swelling of clotted blood) and cauterized the wounds to stop the bleeding.

To read the full article, please click here.

For information on erectile dysfunction, please go to: www.ukmeds4u.com

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Talc Can Increase Risk Of Ovarian Cancer

Scientists have warned women who regularly use talcum powder on their genitals that they have a higher risk of ovarian cancer. talc

Researchers studied 2041 women with ovarian cancer and 2100 women who was free of the disease.
They found those who used talc were 33% higher risk of ovarian cancer.

Dr Daniel Cramer, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, thinks there should be warning labels on talcum powder as talc can get into the vagina and the upper gential tract if applied to the genitals.

The study came a week after Johnson & Johnson had to pay $72 million to the family of a women who allegedly died of ovarian cancer after using their baby powder.

Ovarian cancer is the 5th most common cancer in women and most common in women who have been through the menopause.

Around 7,100 women in the UK are diagnosed with ovarian cancer every year.

To read the full article, please go to: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3476966/Talc-linked-ovarian-cancer-Risk-disease-ONE-higher-women-use-talcum-powder-genitals-experts-warn.html

For information on ovarian cancer, please go to: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/type/ovarian-cancer/

Please CLICK HERE to take the BEAT test to check for signs of ovarian cancer.

Diet, General

Carbohydrates Could Increase The Risk Of Lung Cancer

It has been revealed that carbohydrates could be bad for your lungs aswell as your waistline.lung cancer bagel

A study found that there was a 49% increased risk of lung cancer in people with a high glycemic index diet compared to those with a low glycemic index diet.

However the study also found glycemic load had no significant association with lung cancer risk. Therefore it could suggest that it is the quality, not the quantity, of carbohydrates consumed that may increase the risk of lung cancer.

Lung cancer is one of the most common cancer and around 44,500 people in the UK are diagnosed every year.

To read the full article ,please go to: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3481226/Are-CARBS-new-cigarettes-White-bread-bagels-rice-increase-risk-lung-cancer-49-experts-warn.html

For more information on lung cancer, please go to: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/type/lung-cancer/

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One You

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one youOne You is a new campaign organised by the Public Health England to help adults live a healthier life.

Without knowing, everyday we are increasing our chance of becoming ill later on in life by excessive alcohol consumption, unhealthy eating, being unactivate and smoking. All these contribute to an unhealthy you.

Choices we make today have an influence on our health and could lower the risk of suffering from a stroke or living with dementia and prevent diseases such as heart disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes.

One You is here to help, encourage and support you to be a healthier you.

Please CLICK HERE to take part in the ‘How Are YOU’ quiz and start the fight back to a healthier you.

For more information about One You, please go to: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou

For treatments to help with weight loss, please go to: www.ukmeds4u.com

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No Smoking Day – 9th March 2016

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No Smoking Day is on 9th March 2016 and has been organised by the British Heart Foundation.no smoking day 2016

The day aims to help and encourage people who want to quit smoking and help them on their path to be  ‘proud quitters’.

Since the first No Smoking Day in 1983 there has been millions of people quitting smoking.

But there is still around 10 million people in the UK that smoke and around 100,000 people die from smoking-related causes every year.

For help on quitting smoking and information regarding No Smoking Day, please go to: https://nosmokingday.org.uk/

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Could Feeding Babies Peanuts Reduce Their Chance Of Becoming Allergic?

peanutExperts have found that feeding peanuts or peanut butter to babies may reduce their chances of becoming allergic as they get older.

550 children who were considered to be at risk of delevoping the allergy were fed peanut snacks in their first year of life.

British scientists found they were 74% less likely to develop a peanut allergy by the time they were 6 years old.

The children who took part in the study were carefully monitored for signs of illness.

Experts have stressed that parents must consult their doctor before feeding their at-risk babies peanuts.

To read the full article, please go to: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3477039/FEEDING-peanuts-babies-reduce-chance-allergic-older-experts-found.html

For more information about allergies, please go to: https://www.allergyuk.org/

Diet, General

Can Yogurt Help Reduce The Risk Of High Blood Pressure?

yogurtResearch has shown that women who eat five or more portions of yogurt a week are less likely to develop high blood pressure (hypertension) than those who ate yogurt once a month.

Data taken from 100,000’s of men and women have found that the risk of high blood pressure was lowered by a fifth.

The effect was more visible in women as women tend to eat more yogurt than men.

Thoese who ate yogurt 5 times a week saw the benefit more than people who ate lots of fruit, vegetables, beans and nuts.

Another way to treat high blood pressure is medication such as beta-blockers and diuretics. But like every medication they come with side effects. One of the side effects is erectile dysfunction.

If you have any concerns that you have high blood pressure, please see your GP.

If you think you suffer from erectile dysfunction, please go to, www.ukmeds4u.com for your free e-consultation.

To read the full article, please click here

General, Mens Health

The truth about Roll-up cigarettes!

Roll-up’s are just as bad for you!

The UK Chief Medical Officer has now warned that roll-up cigarettes are no less harmful for you than standard pre-packaged cigarettes bought over the counter. This information is contrary to many smokers belief that roll-up cigarettes were less harmful for them than pre-packaged cigarettes.

It has now been claimed by the Chief Medical Officer that any form of smoking, whether it is roll-up or pre packaged cigarettes, is bad for you and will ‘rot’ the body from the inside.

Where’s the fuss come from?

A lot of health officials are getting more and more worried with the rise of people smoking roll-up cigarettes as they are a cheaper alternative to pre-packaged cigarettes. In a recent study, figures showed that 40% of male smokers and 23% of female smokers use roll-up cigarettes.

What is worrying the health officials, is that 49% of the people involved in the study believed that smoking the roll-up cigarettes was less harmful for them than smoking the pre-packaged cigarettes.

What are they doing about it?

In order to get their point across about roll-up cigarettes being just as harmful, the government has started an aggressive advertising campaign that is designed to shock people that smoke roll-up cigarettes and make them think about the damage being caused to their bodies.

Image used by the NHS in their Smokefree campaign
Image used by the NHS in their Smokefree campaign

In one of the adverts, roll-up cigarettes are shown with rotting body tissue coming out of them, whilst in another of the adverts, a smoker inhales from a roll-up cigarette, then you see an x-ray image of their insides with contaminated blood rushing through his body from their lungs to their heart and brain.

Stop smoking and stop the ‘rot’!

The earlier a smoker quits, the better chance they have of reversing some of the damage that has already been done to their body. Recent studies have shown that around one in five british people smoke, which is the lowest recorded figure in nearly 80 years!

It looks like the government and health officials are looking to try and get this figure even lower with their shock and awe advertising tactics.

If you are looking to try and quit smoking, you can get excellent advice and help by visiting the NHS Smokefree website.


Let us know what you think of this campaign by commenting below…