Heart Diseases Under Stressful Condition

Today Stress is the biggest disease causes heart disease. A stressed person is more prone to heart diseases than a person who lives his life with any stress and tensions. Till now, there has been a very little scientific evidence that stress causes heart disease and the researches are still going on. But, in the recent years many new reports have been gathered by doctors that tell us how stress can cause heart disease and what can we do to counter attack problems created by stress.

Stress can be categorized in two categories physical and emotional. And emotional stress is the main stress that causes heart disease but people often talk about physical stress while talking about their heart problems. When we talk about physical stress it may include exercises or any other physical exertion. These things greatly stress the heart and the risk increases. If there is any underlying heart disease than doing a lot of exercises are potentially dangerous because it can immensely stress the heart and the problem that causes heart disease increases though exercising is recommended to the heart patients. Emotional stress is that today everybody is dealing with. Taking unnecessary tensions is the main thing that actually causes heart disease. Under tensed circumstances emotional stress may contribute in developing chronic heart disease. So this implies more tensions you take more emotionally stressed you are and more easily you will get heart diseases.
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A Miracle Cure for Skin Cancer

Could sap be a miracle skin cancer cure?
The sap of Euphorbia peplus, a common weed found across the UK, Australia, and Canada, has long been used as a home remedy to treat warts, asthma, and even skin cancer. And in a new study, Australian researchers put it to the test. The scientists had 36 patients with 48 non-melanoma skin cancer lesions—for example, basal and squamous cell carcinomas—apply the weed sap directly to their lesions once a day for three days.
After just one month, 30 of the 48 lesions appeared to be cured, suggesting that this might be viable alternative to surgery. Though there was no control group, these lesions rarely disappear on their own.
“An active ingredient from the sap has been purified and is being developed as a potential new drug. If this is approved for clinical use, it would be a great alternative option for skin cancer patients,” explains Andreas Suhrbier, Ph.D. and professor at Queensland Institute of Medical Research. “It might also be helpful for patients who are unsuitable for surgery. So far we have seen no scarring with this drug. It may also benefit those who have lesions but don’t want to go under the knife. But this would be something you’d need to discuss with your dermatologist,” says Suhrbier.
Researchers aren’t exactly sure how the sap-derived drug works but there are two theories. “The drug is applied directly to the lesion and may disrupt and rupture the cancer cell membranes,” explains Suhrbier. “The other theory is that the drug breaks down the blood vessels in the tumor, starving it of oxygen.”
The next step is to finish the clinical trials and produce a user-friendly gel, explains Suhrbier. Researchers hope this happens soon and then they’ll need to wait for FDA for approval.
“The sap shouldn’t be used at home,” advises Suhbier. “Skin cancer is serious and needs to be treated by a doctor.” Not to mention that the level of the active ingredient varies from plant to plant and high doses can be dangerous, he warns.
Even better than a possible scar-free surgery alternative? Not developing skin cancer in the first place.
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