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HIKES ARE FOR ALLERGY SUFFERERS, TOO The American Hiking Society has declared Trails for Health as this year’s theme for the 10th annual National Trails Day, celebrated nationwide on the first Saturday of June. Taking advantage of the nation’s more than 170,000 miles of trails can be enjoyable and healthy, organizers said. “Spending time outside, whether I’m hiking or climbing, enables me to incorporate exercise into my life in a way I love,” said event organizer Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind mountain climber to scale five of the world’s seven tallest peaks, including Mt. Everest. “I also want people to know that a common condition that I suffer from -- seasonal allergies or hay fever -- does not have to stop them from enjoying the great outdoors.” More than 35 mil- lion Americans experience seasonal allergy symptoms, but they need not stay home if they prepare in advance and know what triggers lurk on their hiking route. “Seasonal allergy symptoms such as sneezing and itchy, watery eyes can be a major deterrent to enjoying the outdoors, especially in the spring,” said Dr. William Silvers, a physician at the Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Clinic of Colorado. “The good news is that people who suffer can manage their seasonal allergy symptoms with medica- tions like Allegra® (fexofenadine HCl), an antihistamine that helps manage symptoms without causing drowsiness.” ------------------------------------------------------------
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POSITION MAY IMPROVE CANCER DETECTION Placing the patient in the proper position while taking a mammogram may make a difference in the accuracy of detecting breast cancer, a study shows. In fact, patient positioning may be an even greater factor in getting an accurate picture than breast compression, radiation exposure and sharpness and contrast of the mammogram, according to the study pub- lished in the American Journal of Roentgenology. In the study of 152 women whose breast cancer was diagnosed within two years of a negative mammogram, Dr. Stephen Taplin of the Center Health Studies at Group Health Cooperative in Seattle found that the missed cancers were more than twice as likely to be associated with films that had deficient positioning. He said 43 percent of the films were of women improperly positioned for getting the full benefits of the screening technique. “Proper positioning depends on how the technologist works with the patient during the screen- ing,” Taplin said. “Providing technologists with more train- ing in positioning may improve quality.” DISASTER SPELLS MARRIAGE, BIRTH, DIVORCE An area hit by a hurricane, a terrorist attack or some other disaster is likely to see an increase in marriages, births and divorces the following year, a study indicates. There- fore, relief efforts should include family and mental health counseling, the authors said. Catherine Cohan and colleagues at Pennsylvania State University looked at marriage, birth and divorce records in South Carolina in 1990, the year after Hurricane Hugo struck the area. They found increases in all three. “For some people, these changes may be the best thing they ever did,” said Cohan, author of the study in the Journal of Family Psychology. “But, it is also impor- tant to say a word of caution because these major changes in one’s life have permanent consequences, and some people may later regret such a big decision made in the midst of upheaval and emotional turmoil.” Preliminary reports about the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon and the Twin Towers in New York have started to provide anecdotal evi- dence that the aftermath of that tragedy could be similar to that of Hurricane Hugo, Cohan said. ------------------------------------------------------------
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CHOLESTEROL BATTERS BRAIN, TOO The heart and cardiovascular system are not alone. The brain, too, is adversely affected by high cholesterol levels, a University of California, San Francisco, study suggests. The survey of elderly women indicates that with increasing chol- esterol comes greater risk of cognitive impairment, the pre- cursor to Alzheimer's disease. Women who used cholesterol- lowering drugs called statins scored higher on tests of basic cognitive skills, such as memory, attention and language, according to lead author Dr. Kristine Yaffe, University of California, San Francisco, assistant professor of psychology, neurology and epidemiology, and chief of geriatric psychiatry at San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center. "The higher cholesterol these women had, the worse they did on cognitive testing. And using statins, which reduce cholesterol, seemed to be beneficial to their performance on these tests," Yaffe said. Declining scores on cognitive tests are a symptom of early stage Alzheimer's disease, she said. ------------------------------------------------------------
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