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PROFNET WIRE: HEALTH & MEDICINE: Heart Disease/OTC Medicine Jan. 21 2005

Posted on: Friday, 21 January 2005, 03:00 CST

ROUND-UPS

Arthritis (continued, 1 expert)

LEADS

1. Fitness: Physical Education Classes Should Be on the Front Lines

2. Health: More Than 35 Million American Women Have High Blood Pressure

3. Health: Does a Patient's Sex Make a Difference?

4. Pharmaceuticals: Read the Label Before Reaching For OTC Remedies

ROUND-UP: ARTHRITIS (continued)

ProfNet has added the following to items posted previously at http://profnet.prnewswire.com/organik/orbital/thewire/lst_leads.jsp?iLRTopicI D=6185

1. DR. EARL MINDELL, master herbalist, registered pharmacist and professor of nutrition at PACIFIC WESTERN UNIVERSITY, is an authority on the proper and effective use of nutritional and dietary supplements. Mindell has new research on the little-known Goji berry, which is found only in the Himalayan Mountains. The Goji berry is the most nutritionally dense food on the planet and has many benefits, including arthritis relief. Mindell can discuss how food affects arthritis, as well as new supplements to control arthritis. News Contact: Jim Drewitz, jdrewitz@comcast.net Phone: +1-972-355-6070 (1/20/05)

LEADS

1. FITNESS: PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES SHOULD BE ON THE FRONT LINES. DEBBIE RHEA, associate professor of kinesiology at TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: "School physical education classes should be on the front lines in the war against obesity. Too often, however, they're 'missing in action.' Nationally and locally, there has been little attention paid to the physical education of students. A new physical education curriculum is being put together that will feature intensive professional development and innovative equipment. America will not reduce health care costs without cutting the rate of obesity among its children. And we will not reduce the number of obese children by keeping the same old attitudes toward physical education that have served us so poorly for so many years." Rhea has headed the federally funded research project, which was built on earlier work to revamp physical education in the schools, and is currently focusing on high schools. News Contact: Shawn Kornegay, s.kornegay@tcu.edu Phone: +1-817-257-5061 (1/20/05)

2. HEALTH: MORE THAN 35 MILLION AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. MARY ANN MALLOY, M.D., clinical cardiologist at the ELMHURST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL in Illinois, founding chairman of the CHICAGO AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION's Women & Heart Disease Committee and current host of "Living Well" on WMAQ-TV (NBC) in Chicago: "It is believed that so many women die from heart disease because it has been predominantly perceived to be a man's disease, and the awareness levels among women, and often their doctors, just isn't there. As the most treatable disease in the world, it's important for women to understand the risks and start screening for hypertension and other early indicators of heart disease as early as in their 20s." News Contact: Gaby Vizcaino, gaby@chandlergroup.net Phone: +1-847-475-7900, ext. 109 (1/20/05)

3. HEALTH: DOES A PATIENT'S SEX MAKE A DIFFERENCE? DENNIS CHEEK, RN, Ph.D., FAHA, Abell-Hanger Professor at TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY's Harris School of Nursing and the School of Nurse Anesthesia, focuses his research on gender differences in relation to cardiac disease: "We have always evaluated a person with chest pain for the typical signs and symptoms of heart disease -- crushing chest pain (with or without radiation down the left arm), heaviness and jaw pain, which has been typical for men. But what we are realizing is that women tend to have fatigue, shortness of breath, indigestion or change in sleep pattern, and these symptoms may have presented early and not been recognized by the person or health care provider." Cheek has also been certified as a nurse in several states, and has received extensive professional certification in nursing, including the American Heart Association. News Contact: Shawn Kornegay, s.kornegay@tcu.edu Phone: +1-817- 257-5061 (1/20/05)

4. PHARMACEUTICALS: READ THE LABEL BEFORE REACHING FOR OTC REMEDIES. FRED M. ECKEL, R. PH., editor-in-chief of PHARMACY TIMES: "OTC medicines may be the only line of defense against the onset of viral cold/flu symptoms this season. Before you reach for your OTC medicine at the pharmacy, read the labels and heed the advice of your pharmacist to save time and money. Ask your pharmacist for help in selecting an OTC medicine for your symptoms. In most cases, the appropriate active ingredient or active-ingredient combination is available in a store brand version, which will treat your symptoms as effectively as the advertised brand but will also provide major savings, up to 60 percent in some cases." News Contact: Heather M. Milazzo, hmilazzo@robinleedyassociates.com Phone: +1-914-241-0086 (1/20/05)

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