Health and Fitness for Tuesday August 3, 2010

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Ramadan plays havoc with blood donations ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (UPI) -- The holy month of Ramadan plays havoc with blood donations in Abu Dhabi, a consultant pathologist at the blood collection and distribution center said. "Donors are off on holiday, and it is often difficult to maintain our minimum supply of 600 units," Dr. Maria Araneta told Gulf News Web site. Just one blood bank in Abu Dhabi supplies both the capital city and the Emirate's Western Region's daily need for 150 units of blood, Araneta said. "A liver transplant with a recipient and live donor requires almost 100 units, because each patient requires more than 50 units. So on those days we try to plan ahead and have enough blood available," she said. While the supply of blood maybe limited over the summer months, Araneta said she was not aware of it causing delays in surgery. "I am not aware of a surgery being held up because of the lack of available blood, but we do have to run more campaigns on a daily basis to maintain the required levels," she said. She said the bank's stock of blood requires constant replenishment as units in storage expire after 42 days. Currently, the bank has to collect and distribute, on average, 2000 units of blood a month. "We have to keep all the assorted blood groups available based on their distribution in the population. O-negative and AB-negative are the hardest to stock however because these blood types are the most uncommon," Araneta said. Ramadan is the holiest month in Islam and requires observers to fast from dawn to dusk. The holiday is based on the lunar calendar and is due to start mid-August and end in September. Copyright 2010 by United Press International
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Resting brain linked to fibromyalgia pain BOSTON (UPI) -- Boston researchers say they have linked resting-state brain connectivity and spontaneous pain intensity in patients with fibromyalgia. Vitaly Napadow of Massachusetts General Hospital and colleagues at the University of Michigan enrolled 36 female subjects --18 fibromyalgia patients -- mean age of 38.9 -- and 18 healthy subjects as controls with a mean age of 36.1. The fibromyalgia study subjects had been diagnosed for at least one year, reported pain for more than 50 percent of each day, and were willing to limit introduction of new medications or treatment strategies to control symptoms. In addition to widespread pain, fibromyalgia patients report symptoms such as fatigue, sleep disturbances, memory problems and temperature sensitivity. As a part of the study, 6 minutes of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data were collected from study subjects and analyzed. Prior to the MRI scan, participants were asked to rate the intensity of their fibromyalgia pain on a scale of 0-10 -- 0 being equivalent to no pain and 10 the worst pain ever. The study, published in the August issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, found pain scores ranged from 0 to 8.1. "Our results clearly show that individuals with fibromyalgia have greater connectivity between multiple brain networks and the insular cortex, which is a brain region previously linked with evoked pain processing and hyperexcitability in fibromyalgia," Napadow said in a statement. The findings indicate pain arises from a complex interplay among multiple brain networks. Copyright 2010 by United Press International
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Floridians warned of dengue mosquitoes MIAMI (UPI) -- Health officials are warning South Florida residents that mosquitoes carrying dengue fever can breed in a few ounces of water, even indoors. Ed Bradford, head of mosquito control in Palm Beach County, said he found Aedes aegypti breeding in one family's bathroom, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Friday. "They were in the Waterpik," Bradford said. "The family hadn't used it in a while, I guess, and there was a little water left in it." In Broward County, Evaristo Miqueli said the mosquitoes turned up under the water dispenser on a refrigerator. At least 46 people have been infected with dengue fever in Key West in the past 10 months, the first outbreak of the disease in the continental United States in more than 60 years. While all the cases so far have been mild, the disease can be fatal. Experts say Aedes aegypti can be trickier to deal with than other mosquitoes, including the ones that carry encephalitis, malaria and West Nile. Those species tend to bite at night and are most active after heavy rains, while dengue mosquitoes bite during the day and live in and around houses. Copyright 2010 by United Press International
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Why some fad diets may work for some RALEIGH, N.C. (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest a fad diet may work for some people because weight loss is achieved through a combination of genes and diet. Researchers at North Carolina State University in Raleigh say their fruit fly studies show genetic interactions with diet are the source of metabolic variation. Diet alone makes a small contribution to the total variation, while genotype and genotype interactions with diet make very large contributions, the researchers say. The study, published in Genetics, predicts an effective diet will be one tailored to an individual's genes. "Each person has a unique set of genetic and environmental factors contributing to his or her metabolic health," lead investigator Laura Reed said in a statement. "We should stop looking for a panacea and start accepting that this is a complex problem that may have a different solution for each individual." Reed and colleagues measured several metabolic traits, including body weight in 146 different genetic lines of fruit flies as they were fed diets that were either nutritionally balanced, low calorie, high sugar or high fat. Some genetic lines were highly sensitive to diets -- as reflected by changes in body weight -- while flies of other lines showed little change in weight across diets. The scientists say they ascertained what portion of metabolic variation was determined by genetics alone, by diet alone, or by the interaction between genotype and diet. Copyright 2010 by United Press International
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