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PENIS SIZE: MEMBER MYTHS

admin — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:49:52 +0000

African-American men are bigger. Caucasian men are smaller. Asians are smallest. The circumference of a man’s fist is proportional to his penis width. The size of his shoes has a direct bearing on his penis length.
These and countless other myths have been bandied around locker rooms and barrooms for ages. Irwin Goldstein, M.D., professor of urology at Boston University School of Medicine, has heard them all, but be has never seen any proof. So he set about getting some. At this writing, He’s conducting one of the largest scientific surveys of penis size among the races as well as correlations between penile dimensions and the measurements of other body parts. Here are some preliminary results.
“Big thumbs, well-hung” remains a myth, as do other old maxims about penis size in relation to other body parts. “For all ages and races, we found no correlation between penis size and arm length, height, weight, finger length or shoe size,” says Dr. Goldstein.
African-Americans ARE bigger at least when flaccid. Dr. Goldstein’s research says that, on average, a Black man’s flaccid penis is a couple inches longer than a White man’s. “There’s some truth to the myth,” he says.
White men CAN jump in penis size, once they become erect. “We found men whose penises can get as much as four times bigger than when they’re flaccid,” says Dr. Goldstein. “So we’ve found that Caucasians are more likely to have small flaccid penises and have significantly larger erections by comparison, whereas African-Americans are pretty sizable to begin with and get just a little bigger when erect.”
Asians ARE smaller than the average Caucasian, by as much as an inch, says Dr. Goldstein. But remember, these are flaccid measurements. “Once the blood starts pumping and the penis gets erect, the playing field starts to level out,” he says. Indeed, all men are created equal.
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IMMUNE POWER DIET: ARE YOU IN A ZINC DANGER GROUP?

admin — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:48:24 +0000

Do you take oral contraceptives? If so, that may mean zinc problems, according to some research. Belgian scientists found that many women taking oral contraceptives have weak immune responses. After taking zinc for a month, the immune response of these women was completely re-energized.
Are you pregnant? If so, research by Dr. Lucille Hurley, at the University of California, may be important for you. She found that when female animals had chronic zinc deficiencies, their offspring had severe immune system problems throughout their whole lives. Moreover, even if those offspring were given enough zinc in their diet, their babies still showed severe immune damage. In fact, it took three full generations until animals with normal immune systems could be produced. This research is so new that we don’t yet know if the same thing happens in humans, but it does suggest that zinc levels are crucially important for pregnant women. If that’s you or someone you love, it may be time to sound the zinc alarm.
Are you overweight? If so, your extra fat is probably depleting your body’s zinc bank accounts, throwing you into a vicious immune-fat cycle. Low zinc levels disturb your immune system, which makes you binge when eating even more. Binging further damages your immune system, so that you gain weight and fall even further into the low-zinc danger zone.
Kelly’s case was one of my best zinc success stories. She was one of those patients with nothing and everything wrong with her. “I feel silly coming to see you, Dr. Berger,” she said. “There’s really nothing specifically wrong.”
Then she went on to describe a series of minor, fleeting, but bothersome ailments. In the six months before she came to see me, Kelly went through a series of low grade infections, a skin rash, and a prolonged case of athlete’s foot. She suffered from recurring vaginal and urinary tract infections and scratches she had gotten while hiking during the summer hadn’t healed several weeks later. Lately, she had felt her energy flagging, and had been finding it hard to concentrate at work. Because she was an air-traffic controller, she knew she needed to be razor-sharp on the job, and she was afraid that the lack of focus she was feeling could be dangerous.
Two things stood out: first, Kelly worked in one of the most stressful of jobs. That stress meant her vitamin and mineral reserves were taxed to the limit, and zinc is especially sensitive to stress levels. Second, she was taking an oral contraceptive, further lowering her reservoir of zinc. I put her on an immune power nutrition plan that included high zinc.
Kelly called six weeks later. “I feel like a new woman! I’m back to my old self at work, and I’ve got more energy than I’ve had since I was a kid. That stuff’s magic!” It’s not magic, I told her, just another example of immune power healing.
There are other symptoms that low zinc can cause. If you have any of the following, you may have a zinc deficiency:
Food doesn’t taste as good as it used to
Your sense of smell seems dull
Your fingernails have white flecks or spots on them
Scratches and wounds take a long time to heal
You feel mentally dull, find it hard to concentrate
You are losing your hair
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EVENING PRIMROSE OIL AND ATOPIC CONDITIONS (ASTHMA, HAY FEVER, ALLERGIES AND OTHERS)

admin — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:59:46 +0000

On the face of it, eczema, asthma, hay fever and allergies all sound like very different conditions. But in fact they have a lot in common – they are all to do with an abnormal body defense system. Doctors call this condition ‘atopy’.

In fact atopy – or a generalized allergic response – can show itself as any or all of a variety of conditions. As many as one in five of the population suffers from some sort of atopy (though this term is virtually unknown by the layman). Atopy is common in patients with ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, ear problems, nasal polyps, and some obstetric problems.

Atopic eczema is closely linked with other atopic conditions like asthma and hay fever, and it is common to find other members of the family suffering from these things. In some ways, atopic eczema behaves like a type of asthma where the patient is a little short-winded virtually all the time and occasionally has real difficulty in breathing. In one person the atopy shows up as eczema, but in another person it might take the form of, say, asthma.

There are several things in common between eczema, asthma, allergies and other atopic conditions:

1. Faulty immune response. It has been known for a long time that people with eczema, asthma and allergies have something wrong with their immune system. There is some speculation that the abnormalities of the immune system in atopic disease are partly secondary consequences of a disordered fatty acid metabolism. If there is a fatty acid abnormality, various parts of the immune system or things which regulate the immune system are badly affected, particularly PGE1 and the T-lymphocytes. The abnormal fatty acid composition found in people with atopic eczema has similarities with cases of respiratory allergy.

2. Faulty enzyme function. Atopic people may have a defect in the delta-6-desaturase enzyme, which is needed to convert linoleic acid to GLA. The fact that evening primrose oil works in atopic eczema means that the enzyme block can be bypassed, which would indicate that a defective enzyme is the guilty party. This may also be the case with other atopic conditions.

The blocking agents are inhibitors of the delta-6-desaturase enzyme. So people with atopic conditions must be more careful about the things which cause disruption to an already defective enzyme system. The main ones are:

• Trans fatty acids

• Too much saturated fat

• Simple sugars

• Alcohol

• Catecholamines – hormones released by adrenal glands during stress

Evening primrose oil does nothing to correct the actual defective enzyme. But, by starting at step 2 in the conversion process of linoleic acid, it gives the body enough essential fatty acids for everything to be able to work properly.

So evening primrose oil helps correct the faulty immune system in people with atopic conditions. This is because it converts to PGE1, which stimulates the T-lymphocytes, which play a key role in the immune system. T-suppressor lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell which seem to keep other parts of the immune system under control and which make sure that the immune system first and foremost attacks foreign invaders, like bacteria and viruses, and not the body’s own tissues.

It seems that the T-lymphocytes, especially T-suppressor cells, are faulty in people with atopic conditions. When T-suppressor cells are defective, auto-immune damage often happens.

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BARIUM ENEMA

admin — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:57:12 +0000

Medical politics and a demarcation dispute lurk beneath the innocent appearing surface of the Barium Sulfate Enema. The use of flexible fibre optic telescopes by gastroenterologists provides a better view of the lower digestive tract than does the Barium Enema.

If Barium studies are still widely requested by general practitioners it is because competition for the Medicare dollar is fierce. Today’s G.P.s want patients in their own surgeries; and not in the waiting rooms of specialist colleagues. Barium studies bring patients back with a packet of X- Rays and a radiologist’s report. Exit the gastroenterologist. The G.P. rules O.K.

Fortunately over the years the volume of barium swallowed by mouth or introduced in to the back passage as an enema by radiologists has been reduced. Furthermore the difference between Barium studies and endoscopy in terms of reliability is not great. In any event most people prefer Barium studies to the traumatic and uncomfortable insertion of an endoscope.

Home Remedies

Before a Barium Enema the patient undergoes a ruthless purge. It is important for the bowel to be clear of faeces for the test to be accurate. That hurdle and the procedure overcome, many patients complain about the Barium in their bowels “setting like concrete”. At this point a less gentle laxative such as coloxyl with senna for a few nights is in order. This combination will clear the bowel of any remaining Barium.

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RETARDING THE AGING PROCESS THROUGH THE REMARKABLE NUCLEIC ACIDS

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:57:04 +0000

Aging is caused by the degeneration of cells. Our bodies are made up of millions of these cells, each with a life of somewhere around two years or less. But before a cell dies, it reproduces itself. Why, then, you might wonder, shouldn’t we look the same now as we did ten years ago? The reason for this is that with each successive reproduction, the cell goes through some alteration – basically, deterioration. So as our cells change, deteriorate, we grow old.

Dr. Benjamin S. Frank, author of Nucleic Acid Therapy in Aging and Degenerative Disease, has found that deteriorating cells can be rejuvenated if provided with substances that directly nourish them – substances such as nucleic acids.

DNA [deoxyribonucleic acid] and RNA [ribonucleic acid] are our nucleic acids. DNA is essentially a chemical boiler-plate for new cells. It sends out RNA molecules like a team of well-trained workers to form them. When DNA stops giving the orders to RNA, new cell construction ceases – as does life. But by helping the body stay well supplied with nucleic acids, Dr. Frank has found that you can look and feel six to twelve years younger than you actually are.

According to Dr. Frank, we need 1 to 1 1/2 g. of nucleic acid daily. Though the body can produce its own nucleic acids, he feels they are broken down too quickly into less useful compounds and should be supplied from external sources if the aging process is to be retarded, even reversed.

Foods rich in nucleic acids are wheat germ, bran, spinach, asparagus, mushrooms, fish [especially sardines, salmon, and anchovies], chicken liver, oatmeal, and onions. He recommends a diet where seafood is eaten seven times a week, along with two glasses of skimmed milk, a glass of fruit or vegetable juice, and four glasses of water daily.

After only two months of RNA-DNA supplementation and diet, Dr. Frank found that his patients had more energy and that there was a substantial diminution of lines and wrinkles, with healthier, rosier, and younger-looking skin in evidence.

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GENERAL HEALTH

SOME PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:55:45 +0000

Although knowing the research will not ease your suffering, use it to ease your anxiety. If you have strange or frightening sensations they are probably normal, not signs you are going crazy or breaking down. (The exception is strong fantasies of hurting yourself or someone else physically. Then you must get professional help.)

Confidants help. Feel free to lean on as many people as you can. If being alone is very difficult, call someone. But be selective – call someone who will make you feel better, not worse. If you want help with specific things, ask. If you genuinely would prefer to be alone, don’t be too polite to refuse invitations. Let people in on what you need. Give others the chance to be helpful by not forcing them to read your mind.

If you focused your whole life on your husband or wife, don’t let my emphasis on the importance of planning depress you. Most of us are more resilient emotionally than we think. And even when people enter widowhood with everything against them, they often adjust remarkably well.

Don’t have unrealistic expectations about what you should be feeling or when you will be your old self again. Understand that getting back to “relatively normal” can take as long as a few years. Don’t be disappointed if you seem to be getting better one month and the next are overcome by grief. It is not normal to just improve and improve. Everyone takes two steps forward and one back. If possible, plan for the days you know will be difficult: birthdays, your anniversary, Christmas. Would having a friend over help? In the past, what strategies have gotten you through difficult times? Feeling especially vulnerable on special occasions is normal; it would be shocking if nature made us so malleable that we could completely forget.

Make the thirteenth month a time to assess your progress. How were you at the beginning compared with now? What can you do today that you couldn’t do a year ago? In what concrete ways has your pain lessened? You might list what you have accomplished: “doing the taxes; eating in a restaurant alone; stopped crying every night.” And since you may have trouble being objective, ask your family and friends: “How do I seem now compared with the first few months? Do you see signs that I am getting over Jack’s death?”

Most likely, making this assessment will boost your morale. You will realize you are indeed better in many ways, even though you are far from being over your loss. But if it does not, knowing this is important too. Do you still think about your husband twenty-four hours a day? Are your eyes just as red rimmed and about to brim over? Do you feel just as incapable of loving? Are you still wracked by guilt? If more than a year has passed and all of you still seems to have died along with your spouse, consider getting professional help.

Expect some lack of understanding from others. People may get angry because it is more than six months later and you are not reciprocating for all those dinners. They may not realize you still feel too disorganized even to cook for yourself. They may feel hurt because you would rather be alone than go out. You may meet the opposite type of censure: ‘ ‘How dare he insult Mother’s memory by marrying so quickly?” “It’s appalling the way she goes out with different men all the time!”

Friends and family may also pressure you to do things or make decisions, feeling strongly (but wrongly) that it is best not to ”dwell on things.” Out of their natural urge to do something helpful, they may advocate your taking all sorts of concrete actions: selling your house, moving to Florida.

Although ultimately making dramatic changes may be important in building a new life, experts recommend not undertaking any radical life changes during the first six months. People in the midst of grieving are not in a good position to decide how their lives should go. And being widowed itself is a tremendous change; piling on more changes will multiply the stress.

During the first year, take most advice about how you should behave with a grain of salt. There is no single best way to act. The way you are feeling and acting is likely to be best for you. If you prefer to be alone, don’t capitulate to a friend who urges you to keep busier or get out more. Your next friend is likely to counsel, “It’s better to be by yourself to think.” Neither judgment is necessarily right. At the same time, don’t get angry at friends and relatives. You need their support. Educate them.

Try to cultivate at least one sympathetic widowed friend. Talking to another person who has gone through what you are dealing with can be a great relief. And coming from someone who has been there, the platitude “things will get easier” is not empty. It carries real weight.

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GENERAL HEALTH

YOUR CHILD’S HEALTH CARE/ GENITAL, GROIN AND URINARY TRACT PROBLEMS: BLOOD IN THE URINE (HAEMATURIA) AND ERECTIONS

admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:29:53 +0000

BLOOD IN THE URINE (HAEMATURIA)

Blood in the urine (haematuria) can be due to many causes, including trauma and infection. If you suspect that your child has blood in his urine (if it is pink, red or brown in colour), see your doctor as soon as possible. Take a specimen of urine with you so that it can be tested for the presence of blood.

ERECTIONS

Erections occur quite often in the newborn and older child and may be the result of a full bladder, or of self-stimulation. In any event it is completely normal for children to have erections. It is important not to tease your child when he has an erection, nor to punish him. Simply pay no special attention to it, and answer any questions from your young son in an honest and matter-of-fact manner.

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YOUR CHILD’S HEALTH CARE/ GENITAL, GROIN AND URINARY TRACT PROBLEMS: FORESKIN

admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:29:44 +0000

FORESKIN, HYGIENIC CARE OF THE

In young boys the foreskin covering the glans of the penis is usually not fully retractable until around the age of 4-5 years. Hygiene of the foreskin is very important and should be taught to your son from an early age. A white secretion (smegma) collects between the foreskin and the glans, and should be cleaned away carefully. In babies, gently pull the skin on the shaft of the penis away from the tip — do not do this more than once or twice a week initially, and never use force. Cleanse the area with water only, so that soap does not collect under the foreskin. If you cannot retract the foreskin at all, do not force it; it will gradually loosen up. Teach the older toddler to retract his own foreskin and wash here carefully once a week.

FORESKIN, PROBLEMS WITH THE

The normal penis Four per cent of boys have a retractable foreskin at birth; 50% at 1 year; 80% at 2 years; 90% at 4 years. The cleaning of the penis should be facilitated by gently retracting the foreskin as far as it goes, but never try to pull it back beyond the point where resistance is met.

Phimosis This is when the foreskin opening is very small, often as a result of inflammation, so that retraction of the foreskin is impossible. Sometimes the phimosis is so severe that there is no stream of urine, and it comes out in a dribble. Usually circumcision is necessary.

Paraphimosis This is when the foreskin is retracted and is unable to be returned to its normal position. This condition is often treated by circumcision too. Balanitis This is an inflammation of the foreskin. If it recurs, circumcision is often necessary.

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YOUR CHILD’S HEALTH/GENITAL, GROIN AND URINARY TRACT PROBLEMS: CIRCUMCISION

admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:29:34 +0000

Circumcision is a simple surgical procedure in which the foreskin, which covers the tip of the penis, is removed. Whether a boy should be circumcised continues to be a subject of debate among parents and health professionals. While exact figures are not available, probably about one third of boys in Australia are circumcised, mostly in the newborn period, although the tendency for this procedure to be done is gradually decreasing.

Arguments for circumcision

1. Cultural or religious practice, for example in the Jewish or Muslim faiths.

2. Hygiene — a penis without a foreskin is easy to clean.

3. Medical reasons (see Foreskin, problems with the, opposite).

4. Prevention of certain conditions. Circumcision is said to decrease the risk of cancer of the penis, urinary tract infection, and perhaps sexually transmitted disease and cancer of the cervix in females although there is no hard evidence for these claims.

5.To be the same as father or peer group. The argument becomes less persuassiveas the number of circumcised boys decreases, and is probably not as important as once thought.

Arguments against circumcision

1. The procedure as performed in the newborn causes significant pain and behavioural changes, such as irritability, which can persist for some time (often days).

2. It is contraindicated if there is a medical condition such as a bleeding disorder or hypospadias, which is an anatomical abnormality of the tip of the penis.

3. There is a small but definite risk of complications, such as bleeding, infection, taking off too much or too little skin.

Ultimately, whether or not to circumcise their child is a decision for parents to make after considering the advantages and disadvantages. While circumcision for religious and cultural reasons continues, routine circumcision is performed less and less. If you are uncertain, you may want to discuss your doubts with the doctor.

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YOUR CHILD’S HEALTH/BOWEL DISORDERS: WORMS

admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:29:20 +0000

Many children suffer from pinworms (Enterobius vermicularis). These are thin, white parasites about 1 cm in length, which live in the digestive tract.

These worms can be seen wriggling on the surface of the skin surrounding the child’s anus, especially at night when the female worms emerge from the anal passage to lay their eggs. Children with pinworms complain of a very itchy anus (see p. 258) which may cause them to wake from sleep. Scratching often leads to reinfection because the child may put his fingers, which are contaminated with eggs, to his mouth.

Treatment

If you suspect that your child has worms, see your doctor who will prescribe anti-worm medicine or tablets. It is wise for the whole family to take these even if others do not have symptoms. Careful washing of hands after going to the toilet and before eating is important to prevent re-infection. Keep fingernails short. Wash all clothing and linen in hot water to destroy eggs, and vacuum or mop the bedroom floor to pick up any eggs that have dropped. Pets do not carry pinworms.

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