Wednesday, July 7, 2010

1927 DR ROBERT BUTLER 2010


DR ROBERT NEIL BUTLER,PSYCHITRIST,GERONTOLOGIST,AUTHOR AND RESEARCHER
b.JAN 21,1927, NYC
d.JUL 4,2010,NYC
OEUVRES:
WHY SURVIVED,1975
AGING AND MEDICAL HEALTH
SEX AFTER 60,then: LOVE AND SEX AFTER 60,co-author with MYRNA LEWIS,his wife,a best seller.
Dr Butler coined the term:AGEISM.here used as a chapter in MEDIRAN/MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA.
He also was featured in the documentary:
I REMEMBER BETTER WHEN I PAINT,2009,on Alzheimer's disease.
Dr Butler grew up with his grandmother who went through hardship and showed him the fortitude of elderlies in stress and distress.
Dr Robert Butler was a graduate of Mount Sinai Med School and Columbia University of New York and founded one of the first Geriatrics department in this country, in Mount Sinai of New York City.

Friday, April 30, 2010

SLEEP HAS NO SECRETS!

Dali :sleep 1937
ماهی و مرغ دوش نخفت از فغان من 
وان  شوخ دیده بین که سر از خواب بر نکرد
HAFEZ    حافظ
.
خواب یک فرایند روانی سازمان یافته است و نه متوقف شدن فعالیت مغزی
خواب مهمترین عامل پیش بینی طول عمر است و همچنین پیشگیری آلزایمر و زوال  عقل . خواب است که  یاخته های مغز کوچک می شوند و فاصله آنها زیاد می شود و مغز فضولات شیمیایی مزاحم  را آسانتر تخلیه می کند و آماده یاد گیری و یاداوری می گردد
 شاید خواب به عنوان عاملی مهمتر از سیگار، ورزش و افزایش فشار خون بر روی سلامت و عمر اشخاص
اثر می گذارد .
١. استرس و فشار به علت بیخوابی سبب افزایش هورمون استرس میشود
 و میزان هورمون رشد را کاهش می دهد
٢. عدم تعادل هورمونی موجب می شود :
افزایش وزن
مقاومت به انسولین مثل بیماری قند
٣.تضیف دستگاه ایمنی :
سرما خوردگی
تا  سرطان
٤.تغییرات ذهن و خلق
مشکل جمله سازی
دقت و تمرکز
قضاوت
دخالت در مهارت شغلی
درمان:رفتار درمانی
رفتن به رختخواب در ساعت معین و بیدار شدن سر ساعت
مدیتیشن
درمان بدون قرص خواب و بدون ساعت شماطه در
بدون اصرار در خوابیدن و ماندن بیرون اتاق خواب
قرص های  خواب آور با این عوارض همراهند :
بالا رفتن فشار خون
نارسایی قلب
چاقی
اسم
مرگ و میر ٤-٥ برابر

William Dement:
"Sleep is the most important predictor of how long you will live...
perhaps more important than smoking ,exercise or high blood pressure."
1-Stress and strain due to sleeplessness to cause higher level of stress hormones
and lower level of growth hormones.
2-Hormonal imbalance brings:
Weight gain
Resistance to insulin,like in diabetics
3-Suppressing immune system:
common cold
to cancer.
4-Mind and mood changes:
disturbance in sentence making
Attention and focus
Judgement
interference with job
Tx:behavioral treatment:
Going to bed and getting up at the same time and only for sleep
Medications: 
Sleeping pills such as
Tempzepam,Zolpidem,Eszapicolone,Zaliepion,Barbiturates,,Antihistamines,Sedatives
 are accompanied with :
Hypertension
Heart failure 
Obesity
Asthma
Higher mortality rate:4-5 times
see more: BMJ Online,2.28.2010
see more:science,oct 2013 


Monday, March 22, 2010

DOCTORS IN REALM OF ART AND CULTURE

doctors in realm of art and culture,cover پزشکان در قلمرو فرهنگ و هنر
mediran.com
DR.MOHAMMAD HOSSEIN AZIZI:
DOCTORS IN REALM OF ART AND CULTURE.-- 1388
DR AZIZI IN THIS BOOK,PRESENTS IRANIAN PHYSUCIANS OF 13TH AND 14TH CENTURY/19TH AND 20TH CENTURY WHO WORKED IN CREATIVE ART AND LITERATURE.Some of his writings are adopted from IAMA Letter,The Buletin of Iranian American Physicians.
also SOME NAMES APPEARED IN THIS VOLUME ARE:
دکترنصرت اله کاسمی،دکترحسین گل گلاب، دکترمجدالدین میرفخرایی\گلچین گیلانی،دکترفرامرزسلیمانی
DR.NOSRATOLAH KASSEMI,DR.HOSSEIN GOLGOLAB,DR.MAJDEDIN Mirfakhrai/GOLCHIN GILANI,DR.FARAMARZ SOLEIMANI,AND...

Monday, February 22, 2010

MEDIRAN NEWSLETTER-5 / MMR AND AUTISM/H1N1 VACCINE

5-1, MMR VACCINE
5-2,H1N1 VACCINE.UPDATED 02032010

LANCT,THE PROMINENT BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL,RETRACTED THE ARTICLE OF LINKS BETWEEN MMR VACCINE AND AUTISM,AFTER 12 YEARS.YES 12 YEARS.DURING THESE YEARS AS PARENTS HESITATED ON VALUE OF THIS EFFECTIVE COMBINATION VACCINE,THE PREVALENCE OF MEASLES INCREASED DRASTICALLY TO 70 PER CENT.ON THE OTHER HAND NO SUCH LINK HAS BEEN PROVEN AS COMPLICATION OF MEASLES,MUMPS,RUBELLA VACCINATION.

IT IS A GOOD TIME AGAIN TO REMIND EVERYONE INCLUDING EMPLOYERS OF VALUE OF H1N1 FLU VACCINE,AS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE,ACCORDING TO RHESE SOURCES,AMONG OTHERS:

AMA,AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

ACP,AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS

ACOG,AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS

AAP,AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS

ACPM,AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

AOA,AMERICAN OSTHEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF HEALTH ASSOCIATION

AMCHP,ASSOC.MATERNAL&CHILD HEALTH PROGRAM

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY

ANA,AMERICAN NURSES ASSOC.

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN

IDSA,INFECTIOUS DISEASES SOCIETY OF AMERICA

NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ASSOCIATION

AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH ASSOC.

NATIONAL ALLIANCE HISPANIC HEALTH

AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOC.

ARC,AMERICAN RED CROSS

CDC,CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

U.S.DEPT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

...

IT IS ALSO A GOOD TIME TO REMIND PUBLIC THAT FLU OF ANY KIND WILL CONTINUE THRU A PART OF SPRING AND NEEDS PROTECTION,IF NOT THE WHOLE YEAR,ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH RISK GROUP,SUCH AS ELDERLY,CHILDREN,PREGNANT WOMEN AND PATIENTS WITH UNDERLYING DISEASES AND CONDITIONS.

MEDIRAN NEWSLETTER-6 / IAMA MEETING 2010,LAS VEGAS

IAMA MEETING 2010,LAS VEGAS
see also:iama.net

Monday, February 8, 2010

LIVER AND GALL BLADDER

NEUROLOGY

CVA/STROKE:
4 S's OF STROKE:
Smile,will be one sided
Speak,deterred
Salute with two hands,unale to do it
Stick out your tongue,asymetrical

PEDIATRICS

*GROWING PAIN IN CHILDREN
GROWING PAIN IS FREQUENTLY SEEN IN CHILDREN 8-10 YEARS OLD AND SOMETIMES IN 3-5 YEARS OLD TOO.IT IS PAIN OF BOTH LEGS AND ITS FREQUENCY IS ABOUT 30 PER CENT.IT IS USUALLY FELT IN BOTH LEGS OR BOTH FEET ,AND SOMETIMES IN GROINS,CALFS OR SOLE.
THE REASON IS USUALLY EXERCISE,PHYSICAL AND SPORT ACTIVITIES,WHICH MAY CAUSE INFLAMMATION OF MUSCLES,TENDON AND LIGAMENTS.IN ADULTS AND GROWN UPS ALSO GROWING PAIN MAY BE SEEN IN LEG MUSCLES AFTER A DAY OF ACTIVITIES.
GROWING PAIN WILL RELIEVE BY MASSAGE,REST AND SOMETIMES PAIN KILLERS.
GROWING PAIN OF TEENAGERS IS BECAUSE OF THEIR FASTER GROWTH OF 3-4 INCHES A YEAR AND ADAPTATION OF ORGANS WITH LEGS.THIS TYPE OF PAIN TOO DOES NOT NEED AN ESSENTIAL TREATMENT AND LIKE GROWING PAIN OF CHILDREN IS A PART OF NATURAL PROCESS OF GROWTH.

GENETICS

Thursday, February 4, 2010

WOMEN IN MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY

A NEW WAVE OF WOMEN IN MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY
FOR STATS
see also:faramarzsoleimani.com
posts 1&2

Thursday, January 21, 2010

BLOOD

*DR.HAROLD T MERYMAN,M.D.,CRYOBIOLOGIST,AMERICAN  RED CROSS PIONEER OF BLOOD BANKING
b.FEB 5,1921,WASHINGTON
d.JAN 10,2010,OLNEY,MD.

Friday, January 1, 2010

MEDIRAN NEWSLETTER-4/EYE HEALTH


JANUARY IS THE MONTH OF EYE AND EYE HEALTH.
THE MAJOR CAUSES OF EYE IMPAIRMENTS AND BLINDNESS ARE:
CATARACT
GLAUCOMA
AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION OR A.M.D.
CORNEAL OPACITIES
DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
CHILDHOOD BLINDNESS
TRACHOMA.
these and other subjects will be discussed over the month of january in this post and also in:
mediran.com/i