All Night Parties and Breakfast Blues: BoomerYearbook.com

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By Dr. Karen for BoomerYearbook.com

The baby boomer generation has certainly enjoyed its fair share of all night parties. There is something about partying all night long and sharing breakfast with fellow revellers that makes you feel alive and kicking: unfortunately, later in the day it also has the effect of making you feel you have been kicked to death.

It begins so innocently, as we meet up with old friends for a drink and a few tasty things on sticks… We might not have seen our friends for a while, we have a lot to catch up on and we are enjoying ourselves immensely, so why not stay on for a few hours and chat and dance and drink a few more cocktails? Why not stay a few hours after that? The wine runs out, so we move on to spirits…

The baby boomer talent for socializing has made the boomer generation famous. Hey, it’s nearly dawn – hardly any point in going home to bed now, we might as well stay for breakfast, right?

As dawn streaks the sky, we spill onto the sidewalk and hunt for the nearest breakfast bar, full of the party atmosphere and glad we made the decision to be sociable. Great party; great breakfast; great friends! So what’s the problem?

The problem is that around two o’clock the next day we begin to feel like a lab rat. Psychological articles record our symptoms as having a terrible headache; a churning stomach – and we feel we could sleep standing upright. In short, we feel very sorry for ourselves!

The problem here is that when we started drinking in the early evening the night before; we had an empty stomach. The tasty cocktail snacks were insufficient to combat the effects of the alcohol we were drinking and not only that, we might have mixed grape products with grain, either in beer or spirits. As the evening progressed, we neglected our digestive system still further by dumping more and more alcohol on a rapidly dehydrating system.

By morning, we were very drunk, tired and very hungry so we consumed a plateful of greasy food before we crawled to work to try to survive a day at the office.

It’s not surprising we feel a little under the weather.

So what is the cure for eating and drinking to excess without sleep over a 24 hour period? Well we all know the answer to that one! Assuming we manage to struggle though the working day, the best option is to go straight home, drink plenty of water, have a light supper of bland food which includes carbohydrate and protein and not too much fat. And sleep…….

Psychological articles tell us that the festive season and the New Year is a killer for all night parties that start innocently but go on till the early hours. As we get older, our bodies are less able to cope with the pounding of an all night celebration, no matter how enjoyable it might seem at the time.

Try an aspirin and an ice pack for the headache and next time remember you are a baby boomer getting a little older (not a lot – just a little!)

The Psychological Article on All Night Parties and Breakfast Blues is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

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Diabetes is a serious metabolic disease caused by the body’s inability to produce proper amounts of insulin to regulate the usage and storage of sugar in the bloodstream. When your body converts food into glucose, it goes into the blood stream, and the insulin is what helps the glucose get into your body’s cells. If it doesn’t get moved into your cells in an efficient manner, then it is converted to fat. Also, the extra glucose floating around in your blood can make you sluggish, and contribute to other chronic diseases. These include heart disease, kidney failure, increased problems with infections and many types of circulatory problems.

There are two types of diabetes: Type 1 which occurs when the body cannot produce insulin. This tends to develop in children and young adults and requires multiple injections of insulin on a daily basis. Type 2 is by far the more common type (90%) and is strongly associated with obesity, poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle. Type 2 is more common as we age and has a strong correlation with family history. Up until now there had been no apparent leads on a cure.

If you are African-American, Native American, or Latino, your chance of developing diabetes is even greater! Of the 16 million diabetics in America, three million are African-American – a 33 percent increase over the last decade. In some Native American tribes, as many as 50 percent will develop diabetes.

According to recent research carried out in Edinburgh, a team of experts have developed a system that could slash the number of people dying from diabetes-related complications by 50 percent. Experts at the Royal Infirmary believe that a simple heart monitoring system combined with simple medication use could help to save thousands of lives. Dr. Matthew Young reportedly commented, “By applying the principles of cardiovascular risk reduction, and by learning more about a patient’s cardiac health, we were able to offer them a more specialized package of care. These improvements have halved this death rate to under a quarter of foot ulcer patients dying within five years of their ulcer.”

The system could have a future in the treatment of diabetes. Dr. Young reportedly said, “The marked improvement in mortality in our patients occurred at a time when greater attention was given to glycaemic control, blood pressure and lipid management . Therefore it is most likely that the introduction of the aggressive cardiovascular risk management policy has contributed to the improvement in mortality observed.”

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This research may be the answers to many prayers world-wide and we await future results of similar studies.

We at Boomer Yearbook.com are excited and thrilled by the prospect of this type of diabetes treatment. We’d love to hear your thoughts.

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Systemic lupus erythematosus (S.L.E.), commonly called lupus, is a chronic autoimmune disorder that can affect virtually any organ of the body. In lupus, the body’s immune system, which normally functions to protect against foreign invaders, becomes hyperactive, forming antibodies that attack normal tissues and organs, including the skin, joints, kidneys, brain, heart, lungs, and blood. Lupus is characterized by periods of illness, called flares, and periods of wellness, or remission.

Because its symptoms come and go and mimic those of other diseases, lupus is difficult to diagnose. There is no single laboratory test that can definitively prove that a person has the complex illness. All the anatomical heart structures can be affected, and multiple pathogenic mechanisms have been reported. Non-organ-specific auto antibodies have been implicated in immune complex formation and deposition as the initial triggers for inflammatory processes responsible for Libman–Sacks verrucous endocarditis, myocarditis and pericarditis.

Anti-phospholipid antibodies have been associated with thrombotic events in coronary arteries, heart valve involvement and intra-myocardial vasculopathy in the context of primary and secondary anti-phospholipid syndrome. Antibodies-SSA/Ro and anti-SSB/La antigens play a major pathogenic role in affecting the heart conduction tissue leading to the electrocardiographic abnormalities of the neonatal lupus syndrome and have been closely associated with endocardial fibroelastosis. In many sources lupus is said to have no cure. But recent studies have suggested that this statement might be wrong.

New research provides clues about the causes of lupus symptoms and suggests specific new targeted treatment strategies, according to Nilamadham Mishra, M.D., from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, in presentations this week at the American College of Rheumatology in Boston. The studies looked at premature atherosclerosis in lupus patients as well as accelerated cell death that seems to be behind many of the diseases symptoms. Lupus is an autoimmune disorder that can involve the joints, kidneys, heart, lungs, brain and blood. An estimated two million Americans have a form of lupus.

In one study, Mishra and colleagues looked at the potential mechanisms of premature atherosclerosis, which is one of the leading causes of death and disability in lupus patients. Even when they take drugs to lower their cholesterol, lupus patients still develop fatty buildups in their vessels, which can lead to heart attack and stroke. Previous research by Mishra found that a new class of drugs being developed (histone deacetylase inhibitors) were effective at preventing atherosclerosis in mice prone to develop the disease. In the current study, Mishra and colleagues explored whether it is a specific histone deacetylase, Number 9 (HDAC9), that causes the problem.

In a separate study, scientists found a potential explanation for why cells in lupus patients die at an increased rate and accumulate in tissues. This accumulation of cells is believed to trigger the inflammation that causes symptoms. The study examined microRNAs, chains of ribonucleic acid that are involved in cell proliferation and cell death. The goal was to explore the possibility that aberrant expression of microRNAs is responsible for the abnormal cell death in lupus patients.

The scientists analyzed blood samples from five patients with lupus and seven healthy people of the same ages and sex at two points during a three-month period. A particular microRNA, miR-16, was consistently increased in lupus patients compared to the healthy participants. The scientists suspect that having too much miR-16 inhibits genes that control cell death and may also inhibit natural cell progression resulting in the accumulation in tissues.

This potential cure for lupus excites us at BoomerYearbook. We’d love to hear your thoughts on it.

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Do you ever punish yourself for someone else’s wrong doing? Is harming yourself a natural reaction to people’s incompetence, ungratefulness or annoying habits? Are you extremely careless about your health? Do these questions sound ill logical? Perhaps they do, but they illustrate how people behave when angry.

Though anger is a natural human reaction, when uncontrolled, frequent anger is a cause of concern. If you get irritated easily, get involved in heated arguments often, lose your temper at the slightest provocation, then anger is a problem you need to deal with.

How to Manage your Anger

Acknowledge your problem

Most of us with anger management issues do not even realize or acknowledge that we have a problem. Admitting you have a problem is the first major step in solving it.

Understand how poisonous and futile anger is

All of us go to a doctor when sick. We don’t deliberately go and consume toxic substances. We try to take care of our health. We watch movies, read books or do something or the other to get rid of stress. Why? Well, because we are rational human beings and we value our lives. Isn’t it strange then, that we forget rationality and our love for our lives the moment we get angry?!

High blood pressure, insomnia, depression, anxiety, increased risk of heart attacks; anger has the potential to bring all these diseases into our precious lives. In fact some research studies also suggest that prolonged anger can actually lower the body’s natural immunity, thereby making it more susceptible to diseases. Isn’t it surprising then that we don’t view anger as a poisonous substance?

Anger is our reaction to certain stimuli. It could be a situation or a person. We get angry when a colleague/team member is inefficient, or at the annoying habits of other people, or when things don’t go our way. We can even get angry with day to day life routines.

Think of every time you’ve been angry at someone or about something, then ask yourself, did it do you any good? Did your anger get you the assignment you wanted? Did you manage to change someone’s annoying habits by getting angry? Did someone suddenly stop driving like a lunatic because you screamed at them? See how futile anger is? It is not only non-productive; it also harms your body and mind.

Tips and tricks to manage anger

Sometimes, no matter how much we try and control ourselves we can’t help but get angry. Here are certain anger management techniques that can help you in such situations:

*Lock yourself in a room and hit a pillow for as long as you want. This will help you let out some steam. Once you are a little calmer, remember how being angry affects you and how the only person you are harming with this anger, is yourself. With time you’ll observe that following this routine will help you control your anger.

*Sit by yourself and deep breathe and imagine that with every out breath you are exhaling your anger. It is simple and effective and if done persistently, it can have an amazingly calming effect.

Additionally, here are some other techniques to help build up anger resistance:

*Take up an aggressive sport- If you are naturally aggressive or have a lot of pent up anger within you, taking up a sport like kickboxing, football or tennis etc can be extremely therapeutic.

*Exercise regularly. During exercise the brain releases chemicals called endorphins, which induce a natural feeling of euphoria. Moreover exercise also helps in letting out steam or built up anger.

*Meditate. Meditating brings you in touch with your subconscious, the exercise lets you spend time with yourself, so that you can reflect and understand yourself better.

All these tips should be able to help you manage your anger; however, if your issues are deep rooted such as childhood trauma, abuse, or death of a loved one, you might have to undergo psychological counseling.

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Tinnitus is basically a noise or “strange sound” that develops within the ear rather than from the outside environment. This can occur in either one or both ears; with a frequent onset during a baby boomers 50’s or 60’s. These sounds have been described as different noises constantly playing in the ear, whether ringing, buzzing, humming, whistling or any similar sound. These episodes are uncontrollable and are often accompanied by various other symptoms; such as dizziness, pain in the ear, a sense of fullness in the ears and headaches. Tinnitus can affect anyone at any given time, but thanks to the wonderful workers at Beltone, we can all kiss our tinnitus problems away with just a little hearing aid.

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Beltone is a worldwide hearing brand that makes it their point of duty to provide quality solutions to the hearing impaired. They develop solutions to hearing problems that keep your needs as the point of focus. They have manufactured and distributed hearing aids that continue to evolve as they study tinnitus more intensively. They have now come up with a different concept of tinnitus. They believe that tinnitus is simply perception in the brain, that upon noticing the tinnitus sound, a strong negative emotional response is triggered. As you begin to focus on the strange sound then your brain loses the ability to filter out irrelevant noises before it reaches consciousness. Due to this fact, they believe that by retraining the brain to filter out these irrelevant noises you should be able to get rid of this disturbance. Your clinician will be able to help you find relief with a combination of counseling and acoustic therapy using their signature Beltone Tinnitus Breaker (a hearing aid).

Acoustic Therapy
During acoustic therapy, the Beltone Tinnitus Breaker is used to help gradually reduce your focus from the tinnitus sound and guide your brain to change its response to the tinnitus. Eventually your negative perception and frustrated feelings will be reduced. Through counseling your clinician will help you understand what exactly tinnitus is, why it affects you and how you can reduce these episodes. He will also urge you to keep in mind that the treatment for tinnitus may take several months. It is also very important that you maintain a healthy lifestyle when combating tinnitus as you will be required to fight the natural inclination to isolate yourself and avoid too many different sounds. Be sure to relax as much as possible, you may find that meditation helps as well as a healthy diet and exercising regularly.

You may be required to wear the Beltone Tinnitus Breaker for up to eight hours a day and improvements can occur in as little as the first three months. However, a long term successful treatment may require you to have acoustic therapy sessions for one year or more as managing your progress is an important part of your acoustic therapy. Simply a small price we must pay to regain our full hearing abilities.
So which would you prefer? Spending a lifetime of irritating sounds, with headaches, and feeling frustrated twenty–four hours a day or enrolling in the Beltone acoustic sessions and beginning to once again hear only the sounds that you want to hear?

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www.boomeryearbook.com is a social networking site connecting the Baby Boomer generation. Share your thoughts, rediscover old friends, or expand your mind with brain games provided by clinical psychologist Dr. Karen Turner. Join today to discover the many ways we are helping Boomers connect for fun and profit.

Boomer Yearbook is a Social Network and Psychological Articles for Baby Boomers. Connect with old and new friends, or expand your mind and ward off senior moments and elderly problems with dream analysis and online optical illusions and brain games provided by clinical psychologist Dr. Karen Turner. Join other Baby Boomers to stay informed, receive weekly Newsfeeds, and let your opinions be heard. Baby boomers changed the world. We’re not done yet!