HealthFirst-Relief for sinus sufferers

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HealthFirst reporter Leslie Toldo says surgery can be risky and painful, but there is a new procedure that has sinus sufferers breathing a sigh of relief.

Little comes between Gary Haman and his golf. He has his 250-yard-drive back in play.

For a while, though, severe headaches and trouble with balance drove him away. Every day I couldn t smell, I couldn t breathe through my nose very well. I couldn t taste food.

There is now new hope for sinus sufferers; illuminated balloon sinuplasty.

Dr. Ashley Sikand is an otolaryngologist who has performed the procedure. It s kinda like balloon angioplasty, like they were doing for the heart.

Guide wire with fiber optic cable leads the way, lighting up the sinus for doctors. A tiny catheter with a balloon on the end follows it. When the balloon is in the right place, it s inflated, expanding the sinus opening.

You re actually moving the bone slightly, and studies have shown that it stays in that position. It doesn t regrow back and close off the sinuses, Sikand explained.

The balloon is removed and the patient goes home the same day. The opening is enlarged and restores it to normal health, said Sikand.

This procedure produces the same results as traditional surgery that would reshape the sinus, but it does so with less tissue trauma, no incision, little bleeding and faster recovery.

Just a few weeks after surgery, Haman is breathing easier. He can smell and taste again.

My head doesn t hurt so blasted bad, so I can focus. It feels like I m just one person instead of like seven, which is a good thing.

Sinuplasty is good for people who do not respond to antibiotics and other sinus problems. The entire surgery usually takes about 15 to 20 minutes.

Britain to a study, eat high-fiber foods can pre-menopausal women suffering from breast cancer to reduce the risk of about 50%.

Responsible for the study said Jenny Te Kaide, high-fiber foods increase the intake of elderly women no protective effect, but the pre-menopausal women have significant effect.

According to the British Independent reported on the 24th, British researchers at the University of Leeds in the past seven years in a follow-up study of more than 35,000 women eating habits and health conditions, during a total of 257 people suffering from breast cancer.

The results showed that those with the daily intake of 20 grams of high-fiber foods than women, the daily intake of 30 grams of high-fiber foods risk of women suffering from breast cancer to 50 percent lower.

The researchers explained that the high-fiber foods rich in vitamins, zinc and other micronutrients, can balance the body and regulate insulin levels of estrogen. Insulin and have high estrogen levels and the incidence of breast cancer-related. They light of the new findings suggested that women should eat more food grains, whole wheat bread, fruit and vegetables. (According to Xinhua News Agency)

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