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	<title>Calix : Health and Fitness &#187; Therapy</title>
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		<title>Therapies That May Give a Near Normal Life To a Cerebral Palsy Victim</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your spirit is at an abysmal low because your loved one suffers from the incurable curse of Cerebral Palsy. It is really painful to see the victim not able to overcome developmental disabilities. But wait! There is good news for you and all those who are suffering a similar fate. Though CP is incurable, there [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your spirit is at an abysmal low because your loved one suffers from the incurable curse of Cerebral Palsy. It is really painful to see the victim not able to overcome developmental disabilities.</p>
<p>But wait! There is good news for you and all those who are suffering a similar fate. Though CP is incurable, there are Cerebral Palsy treatments that can help the victim lead a near normal life. These treatments are mostly available in form of various types of therapies. Thanks to such therapies, many children suffering with this incurable disease are now leading near normal life.</p>
<p>Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for example has proved to be one of the most successful preventive treatments for Cerebral Palsy. Research has revealed that as a result of this therapy, the patients had improved vision, hearing, and speech and more significantly, a reduction of spasticity by 50%. In some cases drugs like benzodiazepines, baclofen and intrathecal phenol are applied to control seizures, alleviate pain or relax muscle spasms. Cases that do not respond either to drugs or to therapies are treated with surgery.</p>
<p>But what is a Cerebral Palsy? Cerebral Palsy is a group of non-contiguous disorders that cause physical disabilities in human development. Broadly speaking there are four categories of CP namely, Spastic, Artheoroid, Ataxic and Mixed. The most prominent among them is the spastic cases such that in more than 30% of the cases the Spastic form of CP is found in combination of one or more of other categories.</p>
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		<title>Low Level Laser light Therapy; LLLT</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The low level laser therapy involves the use of photo-biotherapy where laser light is direct to the body cells to stimulate metabolism and protein synthesis. The lasers are of very low frequencies thus are not harmful to the cells. In hair transplants the low penetration stimulates the growth of hair. The real science behind this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The low level laser therapy involves the use of photo-biotherapy where laser light is direct to the body cells to stimulate metabolism and protein synthesis. The lasers are of very low frequencies thus are not harmful to the cells. In hair transplants the low penetration stimulates the growth of hair. The real science behind this is yet to be discovered.</p>
<p>Apart from hair restoration the laser rays can be used in healing wounds and burns very fast and are used in high risk operations as the cardiac operations. Basically in hair operation they are used to generate energy on the little hair on the scalp to reverse the thing and the hair gains thickness.</p>
<p>In the hair transplant before and after the difference is noted very fast for the hair, which had stalled growth suddenly sprouts out normally. Here no incisions are made and not healing time is needed. The patient just has to wait for some months for his hair to resume the equity and shape of the rest.</p>
<p>This type of hair transplant is a bit expensive than the other methods but offers ease to both the patient and the clinic. But caution should be taken for some skins and bodies can react badly. Medical history must be gathered before the operation commences to be on the save side.</p>
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		<title>Advantages Of Low Level Laser Light Therapy; LLLT</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In hair transplants low level light therapy has cu an niche and is proving to be a technology of tomorrow for if has more advantages coming with it apart from the hair repair. In away it increases the blood flow and supply to the scalp by over fifty percent, which stimulates the hair growth. The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In hair transplants low level light therapy has cu an niche and is proving to be a technology of tomorrow for if has more advantages coming with it apart from the hair repair. In away it increases the blood flow and supply to the scalp by over fifty percent, which stimulates the hair growth.</p>
<p>The procedure also curds the continuation of the excess hair loss, which is helpful to the hair restoration. As the formerly stalled hair rekindles its growth it is helpful not to lose more in areas where was not affected. So when the blood is supplied to the hair and other body parts due to the unblocking and slight enlargement of blood vessels by the laser rays you become healthier.</p>
<p>The laser rays also help to eliminate the scalp irritation, which could have been brought by the baldness and other factors as micro organisms which could have infested your hair. The offers the best hair transplant before and after comfort for you do not have any wounds to heal.</p>
<p>The lasers also are very effective in repairing the hair by improving the hair shaft quality making it strong and colorful. In the hair transplant the hair, which has not been touched remains the same especially the thinning ones. I would like to see more research being done to improve the delivery of this service; in equipment size and cost so that the currently high costs can come down.</p>
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		<title>CPAP &#8211; A Life Saving Therapy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ears & Hearing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone will agree that taking care of two active kids and being a housewife is full time job, which is demanding as well as tiring. So, no wonder that I ignored the first symptoms of sleep apnea. I had begun to get tired easily and won’t remember things. I would feel irritated and depressed all [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone will agree that taking care of two active kids and being a housewife is full time job, which is demanding as well as tiring. So, no wonder that I ignored the first symptoms of sleep apnea. I had begun to get tired easily and won’t remember things. I would feel irritated and depressed all of the time and get angry with the kids for small reasons. But I thought that it was only because I had overworked myself and need a break. But things didn’t improve over the time. My husband had started complaining that I snored too loud. This condition went on for about 2 years.</p>
<p>By this time, I had consulted about half a dozen doctors but nothing had worked. My condition had worsened. I would sleep at any hour of the day ignoring the work. Because of depression, I had started isolating myself. My family life suffered a lot because of it. It was when my condition did not improve even after a long course of taking anti-depressants that my psychiatrist suggested I take a sleep test. The sleep test was an eye opener because it revealed that I was actually suffering from obstructive sleep apnea.</p>
<p>I was prescribed the CPAP therapy. So I got a CPAP machine as soon as I could get one. Adjusting to sleep with a CPAP mask took a little time, but I have slept like a baby ever since I have used them. Now I don’t feel tired and depressed all the time.</p>
<p>As a concluding note I would like to say that do not treat sleeping disorder lightly. It can turn out to be fatally dangerous. Make sure to use a sleep apnea machine if you are diagnosed with sleep apnea.</p>
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