Health for a Lifetime

Studies In Stds, Secrets Of Aging, Etc

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Participants: Don Mackintosh (Host), Dr. Neil Nedley

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Series Code: HFAL

Program Code: HFAL00237B


00:01 Welcome back.
00:03 We've been talking with Dr. Neil Nedley.
00:04 We've been talking about how to avoid
00:06 making big mistakes concerning your health.
00:08 Dr. Neil, I just want to clarify something.
00:10 You know, we were talking about
00:11 sexually transmitted diseases
00:13 and you've talked about,
00:14 you know, females that have had only one sexual partner,
00:19 had a 20 percent chance of having
00:21 a sexually transmitted disease.
00:23 But then you said something
00:24 about two or more partners and clarify for us.
00:28 Yeah, this was a study done
00:29 by the Center of Disease Control, Dr. Sara Forhan.
00:33 And it should among those girls
00:35 who had sexually transmitted disease
00:37 is 15 percent of them currently had
00:39 more than one sexually transmitted disease.
00:42 And among the girls aged 14 to 19,
00:45 who would ever have sex,
00:48 40 percent of them
00:50 had at least one sexually transmitted disease. Wow!
00:53 So that means it's,
00:54 you know, almost a one in two chance.
00:57 If you're going to choose to start having sex
00:59 between ages 14 and 19
01:01 then you're gonna end up
01:02 with a sexually transmitted disease fairly quickly.
01:04 Which could lead to infertility,
01:06 it could lead to your own personal discomfort,
01:08 or worse death. Exactly.!
01:10 Well, let's go to some good news.
01:13 You wanted to tell us about,
01:15 you know, how to avoid the double whammy
01:16 of frontal lobe hits with loud music and alcohol
01:19 and then losing all your money in casinos,
01:20 but what about some good news.
01:22 You have something to tell us about a natural high
01:24 that you can get, that's a positive study.
01:28 Yeah, we actually need to be choosing
01:30 natural methods of getting our highs.
01:33 You know, when we use a drug like a nicotine or cocaine,
01:36 there's a dopamine surge but then,
01:39 and of course that's why people do it.
01:40 It makes them feel great,
01:41 actually higher then they really should be feeling.
01:45 But then afterwards there is a depravation period.
01:48 And the more they do it,
01:49 the more that depravation occurs.
01:51 And this study that's being demonstrated on the screen
01:55 shows one of the ways of getting a Natural High
01:59 is when mothers see their own infant faces.
02:03 And what happen is key areas of the brain
02:05 associated with reward
02:07 actually lid up during the brain scans.
02:10 This is when they smile
02:11 or when they were changing their diaper?
02:12 Well this was particularly when the baby was smiling
02:15 or when the baby was neutral.
02:18 These areas stimulated by side of their own babies
02:20 were involved in thinking,
02:22 movement, behavior and emotion.
02:25 And these are the same areas
02:27 that are activated in other experiments
02:30 by utilizing drugs.
02:32 And so the studies investigator
02:34 Dr. Strathearn mentioned,
02:37 she is from the Human Neuroimaging Laboratory,
02:39 in Baylor College of Medicine at Houston.
02:42 She said maybe that seeing your own baby smiling face
02:47 is like a Natural High.
02:50 Well that sounds good news and of course you know,
02:53 my wife stays with the kids all day.
02:54 So she is able to get
02:57 a whole bunch of Natural Highs.
02:59 I certainly know when I come home
03:00 I look at the kids and I go,
03:02 nothing likes to feel better when your kids coming
03:04 over to give you a hug
03:05 and then spending time with them.
03:07 And now this, you know,
03:09 I think some moms sometimes think,
03:10 oh I'll be down and out,
03:11 but this is a great thing for the brain.
03:14 It's a great thing for the brain
03:15 and the nice thing about it is you don't get
03:17 the depravation period afterwards.
03:19 In other words the more your baby smiles
03:21 and the more you with your baby,
03:23 unlike using a drug where in between times
03:26 you get this big depravation periods
03:28 where there is no joy in life
03:30 even if you're looking at a smiling baby
03:32 or beautiful sunset,
03:34 because the neurochemistry has been altered adversely
03:37 from the use of these drugs,
03:39 this isn't the case with a smiling baby.
03:41 In other words, two years later
03:44 getting that Natural High from that smiling baby
03:46 will be just as high experience
03:49 as it was beforehand.
03:50 So what about watching DVDs of your kids,
03:52 Do you think that do the same thing,
03:54 watching them smiling?
03:55 Well actually the study took a look at pictures
03:58 and when the mother was separated from their baby,
04:02 and they saw a picture of their own baby smiling,
04:05 it still lid up in the brain.
04:07 And so there are advantages even at looking
04:10 at your babies pictures at certain times.
04:13 I can hear the photographers out there saying,
04:14 I got to use that study in my work.
04:18 More Time Outdoors!
04:20 By the way that study was published
04:21 in the journal Pediatrics in July of 2008.
04:25 July 2008! More Time Outdoors!
04:28 Yes, this is a very interesting study
04:30 showing that parents now have another reason
04:34 to shoo their kids outdoors to play,
04:36 along with making sure
04:37 they get enough fresh air and exercise.
04:40 This was a study done by Australian researchers.
04:43 And they found that children
04:44 who spend the most time outdoors
04:46 were the least likely to suffer from Myopia.
04:49 Nearsightedness! Which is...right,
04:51 nearsightedness or shortsightedness.
04:53 Our evidence suggests that the key factor
04:55 is being outdoors and does not matter
04:58 if that time is spent in having a picnic
05:00 or playing a sport
05:02 or whatever your child is doing outdoors.
05:04 It actually protects your eyes
05:06 from growing excessively,
05:08 which is the major cause of Myopia.
05:11 I want to know how that works.
05:12 Was that because you have to change your full vision?
05:14 You're looking the things three dimensional,
05:16 things far away, things near.
05:17 They're not sure how it works.
05:19 You know, there is some postulation about it
05:21 and that postulation is that,
05:24 you know, your pupils constrict more
05:27 when it's outdoor light
05:29 and so there isn't the need maybe felt for the eye
05:34 to grow excessively.
05:36 But we do know that nearsightedness
05:39 is a major problem in our society
05:41 and it didn't used to be.
05:43 Back in 1900, the amount of people
05:44 they need to glasses to see far,
05:47 at the ages of 15 and 25 were negligible.
05:50 I mean small percentages.
05:52 And now it's the majority of kids,
05:55 you know, between the ages of 15 and 25.
05:57 We're gonna need, they have corrective lenses
05:59 in order to be able to see far
06:01 or wear contact lenses or get the Lasik Surgery.
06:04 And there is actually more than one reason
06:06 it's not just their lack of exposure outdoor light.
06:08 In order words being indoors all day in school
06:11 and those types of things,
06:12 but also when they have light exposure at night.
06:17 Nightlights, for instance have been shown
06:19 to increase the risk of Myopia in kids.
06:22 And so it's better for them
06:23 to sleep in the dark environment
06:25 or to have very, very low lightning,
06:27 like moonlights okay.
06:29 But if it's anything greater than moonlight
06:32 it's going to decrease their melatonin levels
06:35 and that maybe associated
06:36 with that eye growing excessively
06:38 in Myopia development.
06:40 I know how to get the kids outside?
06:42 You buy them a little kitten
06:44 and you have the kids stay outside. There you go.
06:47 Just get one, and they are outside.
06:49 As soon as they get up
06:50 to see how the kitten is doing,
06:52 how the little kitties are doing
06:53 and they don't want to come in.
06:55 So if you want to try and get your kids outside,
06:56 besides from locking them outside,
06:58 get them small animal.
07:00 That study was from where?
07:02 That study was from the journal,
07:03 Ophthalmology in August of 2008.
07:07 Large waist, as they related to strokes.
07:11 In other words, I think you mean midline the waist.
07:14 Yes, and that has to do
07:17 with actual waist to hip measurements.
07:21 You know, we used to measure obesity
07:24 by stepping on a scale,
07:25 you know, if you're up
07:26 too many pounds now that was it.
07:28 But now we know the waist to hip ratio is even
07:32 more important than how many pounds you weigh.
07:34 And a large waist circumference
07:36 particularly in relationship to the hips
07:39 you have a significantly greater risk of stroke.
07:43 The waist to hip ratio is greater than 0.97.
07:46 You are significantly increase risk of stroke
07:50 and that's if you are man,
07:52 and if it's greater than 0.84
07:54 you are significantly increased risk of stroke
07:58 if you're a female.
08:00 And it turned out to be 7.69 times of risk.
08:04 I mean anything that doubles the risk is significant.
08:06 And if it's a 50 percent increase risk,
08:08 which is 1.5 times that's significant.
08:11 This was 7.69 times,
08:14 almost an eight fold increase risk in stroke.
08:17 Just as a result of having a high waist to hip ratio.
08:23 Now it turns out, increased waist circumference
08:26 also showed a strong association
08:28 with the precursor of stroke
08:30 and that is TIA
08:31 or Transient Ischemic Attack.
08:34 And if your waist circumference
08:35 is greater than 40 inches
08:36 and you are a man watch out.
08:38 You dramatically increase risk for stroke.
08:40 If it's greater than 34 inches
08:43 and you're a female increased risk for stroke.
08:46 And so and of course the less you are below that,
08:50 even the lower the risk
08:52 and so it's not just trying to get it to 39 inches
08:55 if you're a man, but try to get down there to the nice,
08:58 slim waistline and the same for female
09:02 and you'll certainly lower your risk of stroke.
09:04 So waist not what not,
09:05 or if you don't want a stroke don't have a big waist.
09:08 So, where was that's study from?
09:09 That study was from the journal Stroke,
09:11 published in July of 2008.
09:14 Okay, you know, we've looked,
09:15 you know, all the way from sexual transmitted diseases
09:17 to, you know, whatever it is more time outdoors
09:21 to what in without a age in a healthy way
09:24 in our last couple of minutes here.
09:26 Yes, and this was a study
09:27 from Great Britain, United Kingdom.
09:29 Finding suggests that lifestyle
09:31 and other modifiable factors can help counter
09:33 social disparities in health and longevity.
09:36 This study came from 10,000
09:39 London Civil Service workers,
09:41 was the 17 years study.
09:44 They were 44 years of age on average
09:46 and they were free of major diseases at the outset.
09:49 In fact, if they did have a major disease,
09:51 they couldn't be enrolled in the study.
09:53 And so with the 17 years study,
09:57 starting out at age 44 and healthy,
09:59 they took to look at several factors.
10:02 And 17 years later
10:03 they found only 13 percent of men
10:06 and 15 percent of women
10:08 were found to be successfully aging.
10:11 That means that they had no major illnesses
10:13 and they had good physical and mental functioning.
10:16 So not too many people are aged in a good way?
10:20 Yeah, and you know that's before retirement even.
10:22 And so lot of people that are 44
10:24 and healthy they think,
10:25 hey this is the way I'm gonna be,
10:26 they don't realize.
10:27 They have over an 80 percent chance
10:30 that they are not going to aged successfully
10:32 in the next 17 years.
10:34 And the odds of successful aging
10:36 depended to some degree in their social position.
10:40 But they also found it was independent of that,
10:43 particularly, if it was related
10:45 to lifestyle factors.
10:47 And the lifestyle factor
10:49 associated with healthy aging,
10:51 healthy diet, avoiding smoking,
10:53 getting regular physical exercise and social support.
11:00 Those four factors were related to successful aging
11:04 in a dramatically increased,
11:07 the likelihood of successful aging.
11:09 So have some friends go out and get on the move,
11:11 have so good food.
11:13 And probably one of the strongest ones
11:15 again those are the friends.
11:17 Strongest ones as the friends
11:18 and also not smoking, exercise and a healthy diet.
11:22 This was publish in the Journal of the American
11:23 Geriatrics Society, in June of 2008
11:27 and it was done by Dr. Annie Britton.
11:32 Well, Dr Nedley these studies,
11:33 you know, all of them that you have covered today
11:35 they are fascinating and of course
11:37 have a lot of take home value
11:38 depending on where you are.
11:40 And no matter what the situation you have,
11:43 you want to stop it and prevent it
11:44 or avoid those different things.
11:46 Thanks for doing this research
11:47 or brining actually the research
11:49 that you done to us today.
11:51 Yes, and it's my pleasure to doing so.
11:53 And thank you for joining us on Health For a Lifetime.
11:55 We know that's there's take home value today.
11:57 And on every episode we want you to come back
12:00 for another episode of Health For a Lifetime.


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