Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 2003 — Page 27
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3,2003
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How to avoid neck and back pain while using the computer
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Posture ranks at the top of the list for good health. It is as important as eating right, exercising, gettingagood night’s sleepand avoiding harmful substances. Unnatural alignment of the body can cause head, shoulder, neck and back pain. It can also compromise neu-
rological, digestive, respiratory and cardiovascular functioning. “We spend a large portion of our lives sitting, especially during the computer age, so it’s important to learn to sit tall,” says Dr. Marvin Amsdorff, a practicingchiropractor. “One of the most common mistakes we make is that when we move into a sitting position, we tend to aim for the center of the chair. The proper method is to sit deep in your chair.” Unquestionably, children and adults alike spend more time at computers today than 20 years ago. Amsdorff offers nine tips to keep your posture perfect when you’re at the computer: • Sit up straight and deep in the seat. Your feet should be flat on the floor or on a footrest. • Keep your lower arms level
with thedeskand keep your wrists straight. This helps prevent carpal tunnel syndrome. • Sit close enough to your keyboard to eliminate stretching but far enough to avoid leaning. Your shoulders should be back, and your head should be directly over your shoulders. •Tapthe keyboard lightly. Don’t pound. • Place your mouse within easy reachofyourdominant hand. Hold the mouse loosely. • Place the monitor at eye level, 16 to 24 inches away. • Take short stretch breaks every 20 minutes. • Exercise your eyes frequently. Look away and focus on distant objects. • Periodicidly kx >k up at the ceiling to give your [xcsture muscles a break. Good posture and body me-
chanics are important for maintaining a healthy spine and nervous system. They even help boost self-esteem. See www.bodymechanics.com for more information on how kids of all ages can keep their backs healthy. Arnsdorft’is a practicing doctor of chiropractic medicine, a certified injury-prevention specialist and a leader of the children’s ergonomics movement. He is the author of Pete the Posture Parrot: Dinosaur Dreams, the first children’s book to address backpack safety, and co-author of Backpack Safety America: A Middle Grades Curriculum to Promote Backpack Safety and Spinal Health. Distributed by FentureSource.com.
Holidays said to intonsify guilt of drug addiction
Special to The Recorder Guilt is a major component in the life cycle of addiction. Most addicts are basically good people before they become addicts and have some sense of right and wrong with no intention of hurting others. As they become dependent on the chemical, they begin experiencing situations where they are doing and saying things they know deep down aren’t right. ■ They begin to lose their ability to control themselves. They become trapped in a vicious circle of using drugs, lying about it, stealing to support more drug use and at each turn the addict is accumulating memories of each these negative incidents. The addict commits a negative
action and he records a memory of that moment, which includes whomever he was involved with at the time. The addict knows these negative actions are wrong and so feels bad about them after the fact. These memories of guilt can then get triggered in the present or future when he sees the people and places that were involved when the transgressions were committed in and feels bad about it. In time these transgressions are committed more and more often and the people in the addict’s life where these transgressions have occurred become “triggers” of the dishonest act or deed. The people, family members, loved ones and friend’s appearance to the addict triggers the guilt. Family or friends don’t neces-
sarily have to say a word to the addict; just the sight of them can trigger the guilt. To avoid these unpleasant guilt feelings, the addict will use more drugs to insulate himself from the guilt. Addicts will also begin to withdraw more and more from friends and family as the transgressions committed increase in number. They will eventually pull away from the family, seclude themselves and/ or become antagonistic towards those they love. This is a scene that is far too often played out during the Thanksgiving-Christmas-New Year holiday season, which is when families usually reunite. The display of negative emotions and the guilt from the past transgressions typically drive addicts to use drugs heavily directly after time
spent w ith family, attempting to chase away the guilt. According to Luke Catton, president of Narconon Arrowhead, "We see a substantial increase in number of people reaching for help during the immediate w'eeks after the holL days.” Narconon Arrowhead is one of the nation's largest and most successful residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers and uses the drug-free social education methodology developed by American author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard, achieving a success rate many times higher than the national average. For more information, log on to w'ww.stopaddiction.com or call 1-800-468-6933.
Celebrex's ulcer link quesHoned
The blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex doesn’t protect the stomach from dangerous bleeding ulcers as well as thought, a study suggests. Celebrex and two similar new' anti-inflammatory drugs are heavily advertised as being safer for arthritis patients based on earlier research that found they caused fewer ulcers and other gastrointestinal complications than older anti-inflammatory medicines. Together, the three new drugs have annual sales exceeding $6 billion. But their safety has been called into question recently. The new study, which focused on arthritis patients at high risk of recurrent ulcers, escalates the controversy involving Celebrex, showing nearly 10 percent each year would develop another bleeding ulcer. The study found the same thing for an older anti-inflammatory-drug combined with ulcer medicine Prilosec, which doctors often give arthritis patients to protect their stomachs. In addition, neither treatment protected as many patients from dangerous kidneycomplications as past studies showed, the researchers said. The Hong Kong researchers and some other experts said the results, while showing the treatments work the same, indicate more study is needed on preventing bleeding stomach ulcers in vulnerable older people who for years ease joint pain with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatorv drugs, or NSAIDs. “I think patients and doctors need to be aware ... there is a risk of gastrointestinal bleeding and
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there is a risk of renal toxicity,” so high-risk patients should be monitored closely by their doctor, said Dr. John H. Klippel, medical director of the Arthritis Foundation. A spokesman for Pharmacia Corp., which makes Celebrex, said the company interprets the findings as showing Celebrex as reducing the risk of gastrointestinal complications in high-risk patients. “It is our feelingthat these findings should guide future research in the area,” spokesman Paul Fitzhcnry said Wednesday. Representatives of AstraZeneca Pharmceuticals LP, which sells Prilosec, did not return calls seeking comment Wednesday. The study, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, included 287 patients w ho 'had a
previous bleeding ulcer and so were at very high risk of developing another, potentially lifethreatening ulcer. Half took the anti-inflamma-tory diclofenac together with Prilosec; half received Celebrex. It is one of three brand-name NSAIDs in a newer class called cox-2 inhibitors because they block the cox-2 enzyme. It produces chemicals called prostaglandins that cause pain and inflammation in the stomach as part of the body’s repair process. These drugs, which also include Vio.vx and Bextra, do not block action ofthe cox-1 enzyme, which protects the lining of the stomach. Older NSAIDs such as diclofenac block both cox enzymes, and so can cause stomach irritation and exacerbate ulcers. Complications from taking older anti-inflammatory drugs
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Glaucoma test urged According to Prevent Blindness Indiana, more than 45,000 Indiana residents age 40 and over have glaucoma. With glaucoma, a fluid doesn't drain correctly through channels in the front of the eye, which can eventually result in reduced vision or blindness. While there is no cure, it is usually a treatable condition if diagnosed early. In the early stages, glaucoma has no symptoms. Prevent Blindness Indiana encourages Hoosiers to get a regular exam. For more information call (800) 232 2551, (317) 955-9580 or visit www.pbeye.org. Little Red Door to offer free mammograms Qualifying women can receive a free mammogram on Monday, Jan. 13 from 9:15 a.m. - 2:45 p.m. at Little Red Door
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hospitalize about 107,000 Americans, and ulcer complications kill an estimated 16,500 each year. Ofthe study patients receiving Celebrex, about 5 percent had recurrent bleeding during the six months of research, compared with about 6.5 percent for those getting diclofenac and Prilosec. However, that equates to annual rates of about 9 percent and 11 percent, respectively, Dr. David Y. Graham of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston wrote in an accompanying editorial. “The results were unexpected: Neither regimen provided a good or even acceptable level of protection from recurrent bleeding," Graham wrote. Both treatments did a good job in reducing pain and enabling patients to perform daily activities over the six-month experiment. But about 25 percent of those in the Celebrex group and 31 percent in the diclofenac/Prilosec group suffered kidney complications, including high blood pressure and swollen ankles; about 6 percent in each group suffered life-threatening kidney failure. Klippel said that shows doctors must monitor high-risk patientson these anti-inflammatory drugs for increased pain and bloody stools indicating an ulcer flareup. They also should watch for swelling in the extremities and elevated blood pressure - signs the kidnevs can’t excrete enough fluid. Distributed by the Associated Press.
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