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Archive for July, 2008

Anti Aging Natural Skin Care Products.

Thursday, July 31st, 2008
by Giselda Marcua

Anti aging natural skin care products are the best anti aging skin care lotions and creams. Naturally occurring compounds are always the best, but synthetic is cheaper and that’s why manufacturers use them.

Most consumers are interested in anti aging natural skin care products, but the cosmetic companies have enticed and brainwashed us with their commercials, clever advertising, attractive labeling and pretty bottles that contain synthetic products that are not the best for us.

Even, dating back to the fourth century BC, people had been aware of the existence of great anti aging skin care products. Traders from other surrounding areas brought different roots, spices and medicinal remedies to the local markets. People could find natural products and learn how to use them. Of course, there were also snake oil salesmen that were quick to make a sale and move on to the next town.

The most effective anti aging natural skin care products are derived from plants, fruits, vegetables, seeds, oils and waxes that have been in existence for thousands of years. But, don’t rely on today’s cosmetic companies to give you good advice.

The cosmetic companies are no better than the snake oil salesmen, but instead of disappearing, they introduce their anti aging skin care as “new and improved”. Just using those words is an advertising trick that has been used for years, but still attracts unsuspecting customers.

Instead of something new and improved, the safest anti aging natural skin care products rely on the “tried and true”. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration regulates the cosmetic industry, but not in the same way that they regulate food and drugs.

Since cosmetics are not to be taken internally; they don’t have to be safe. Just a few ingredients are prohibited. With regards to the use of the term “natural”, the substances only need to be naturally occurring. But, some naturally occurring substances are bad for your skin’s health. Others substances are suspected of being carcinogenic, and a few are “known” to cause cancer and birth defects, but the companies keep still using them.

The best anti aging skin care systems do not contain anything that could be hazardous to your skin’s health. It’s counterproductive. You want to improve your skin’s health, so that it will create new cells, new collagen and elastin fibers.

Unhealthy cosmetics won’t induce the reproduction of new cells, elastin fibers or collagen. Their production will continue to decline until you either die or find better anti aging natural skin care products.

Read the labels. There are some things that should be avoided when buying anti aging natural skin care products. The complete list is long and contains a number of unrecognizable and difficult to remember chemical names. But, there are some that are relatively easy to spot, once you know what to look for, and they are also commonly used in cosmetics and skincare products of all kinds.

Mineral oils, petrolatum, paraffin, liquid paraffin and paraffin wax should be avoided for many reasons, but when it comes to the best anti aging skin care they inhibit the skin’s ability to regenerate. Fragrances and preservatives are the most common allergens, and parabens are the most commonly used preservatives. They have been linked to cancer in numerous studies.

Anti aging natural skin care products should at least include natural vitamin E, because it is not only a moisturizing substance that provides a series of benefits, but because it is a natural preservative. We can discuss this subject in future articles.

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Metastatic Breast Cancer Symptoms

Thursday, July 31st, 2008
by Roselyn Capen

The stage of breast cancer when cancer cells do not remain in the original cancer site and spread out to other parts of the body is called metastatic breast cancer. This is the stage when the cancer is fully advanced. Even if you have been successfully treated for breast cancer, there is a chance that some cancer cells do not die, and later spread out through blood and lymphatic vessels to other body organs. This process is known as metastasis of breast cancer.

Metastasis can occur due to three reasons. The first reason has already been stated, that is, when some cancer cells escape from treatments and make cancer recur. The second is when, during a treatment, the cancer goes on advancing, and starts developing tumors in other organs, and sometimes, when cancer is diagnosed so late due to carelessness of the patient or inefficiency of medical professionals, that it has already metastasized to other parts of the body.

Unfortunate as it may be, breast cancer has the maximum chances of metastasizing. When this happens, bones, and organs like the lungs and brain starts showing abnormal changes, which means they’re starting to develop cancer cell growth. If you get lung cancer or liver cancer or any other cancer after getting breast cancer, it is probably just breast cancer metastasis and not a new cancer. This is good news, since breast cancer has low mortality rates and can be treated. However, if the new cancer if in the breast which did not have cancer previously, it may be a new cancer.

It is very important to know about metastatic breast cancer because around 30% of women with breast cancer are later diagnosed with metastatic cancer. Metastatic breast cancer is best treatable when no organ, specifically the lungs and brain, develop cancer, or when the cancer cells show traces of estrogen or progesterone hormone receptors, or, when tumors still respond to therapies, or when there have not been many treatments the patient has already availed.

Since a total cure of metastatic disease is very difficult, the treatment involved is very long and cumbersome. A combination of Systemic therapy and regular monitoring is needed. This involves chemotherapy, hormonal treatment and radiation therapy, and for monitoring, regular mammograms, breast ultrasounds, CT scans, MRIs, PET scans, bone scans are done. Treatment also varies with purpose, chemo and radiation therapies concentrating on the whole body cure, surgeries like lumpectomy and mastectomy on specific body parts, and oral aspirin intake along with other drugs focusing on lessening physical pain of the victim.

Because metastatic breast cancer means cancer spreading to various parts of the body, complete sure is very difficult. There will come a point when you will have to stop undergoing treatment, even when your cancer is not fully cured. You have the choice of being treated indefinitely, but you have to know, the more number of therapies you take, the more the side-effects are. Also know that many women have lived fruitful lives while taking the treatment for the metastatic disease. It is hard to take decisions when your life is at stake, but it is also necessary that you do it. There is research going on for prolonging lives of people who have this disease, and that research will surely help you.

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The Benefits of Professional Salon Hair Care Products…

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
by Jennifer Summers

Looking after your hair is a top priority if you pride yourself on having clean and healthy looking hair, and using quality hair care products (i.e. shampoo and conditioner) is a must. However, when it comes to getting the best value for money should you buy professional salon hair care products, or would cheap high street hair care products be just as good?

Cheap hair products available from the average high street store might appear to be better value for money because of their lower cost, while professional salon hair care products often appear to be pricier, with the average salon hair products priced at $20/10, and a similar size cheap hair care product costing $4/2.

Comparing these prices it seems as if the high street products are better value at about a fifth of the price of salon professional hair care products, giving the impression that they are much better value for money, because you would be getting 5 times the amount of product as you would compared with professional salon hair products.

But when you look into this further, and take into consideration the quality and the effectiveness of the different hair care products, do the figures actually stack up in favour of the cheaper products, or are cheap high street hair care products a false economy? Let?s find out?

To discover which in the long term out of cheap hair care products from the high street and professional salon hair care products proved the best value for money, we decided to test the products to find out how the high street hair products compare with the salon professional hair products.

In our test we compared a 300ml bottle of an average high street shampoo, and an equivalent 300ml bottle of salon professional shampoo. The high street shampoo needed about 50ml per application to clean the hair to our required standard, whereas the salon shampoo needed only 10ml per application to clean the hair to the same required standard.

Needing 50ml per application, a 300ml bottle of cheap high street shampoo would give you about 6 applications. But using only 10ml per application, the professional hair care shampoo gives you approximately 30 applications in a 300ml bottle. Comparing the prices, the price per application of the professional salon shampoo is $0.66c/0.33p per application, and the cheap average high street shampoo worked out at $0.64c/0.32p per application.

Result: although the high street shampoo appears to be better value, in truth there is very little difference in cost compared to the professional hair shampoo. The professional shampoo is of much higher quality and more effective in cleaning your hair. Buying cheap high street hair shampoo is a false economy. Q? Why would you want to use an inferior product on your hair?

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