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...skin lesions. So starting right away, he should be protected against excessive exposure to the sun." And, the doctor warns, "he may well be susceptible to cardiovascular disease later in life. To lessen his risk, after about age two he should begin a lifelong low-fat, high-fiber diet...
...risk of ovarian cancer, women who test positive may reduce that risk considerably, says Mark Skolnick, who led the team at Salt Lake City's Myriad Genetics that isolated the gene. He suggests they adopt a program that includes, among other things, exercise and a low-fat diet, and that they avoid doses of estrogen after menopause. Some go further, opting to have their ovaries removed or even choosing prophylactic mastectomies...
...years continue to be a blessing rather than a painful and expensive curse, gerontologists are pursuing two different strategies to retard the aging process. The preventive approach accepts biological aging as nature's given but believes attendant disease, disability and decline can be delayed or staved off through exercise, diet and medical advances. The more radical strategy challenges nature to a duel by aiming to halt or reverse degeneration in the body's cells...
...have begun to take notice. Several pay for acupuncture, biofeedback and massage, if prescribed by a physician. One company, American Western Life of Foster City, California, covers a wide range of treatments under a pioneering wellness program. Twenty others even cover Dr. Dean Ornish's yoga, meditation and diet program for reversing coronary heart disease. Says Ornish: "When you compare the cost of an angioplasty to the cost of this program, the insurers are saving $5.55 for every dollar they spend. Moreover, 90% of the people recommended for bypass have been able to avoid it." Chiropractors, long the whipping boys...
...body with excessive force. Untreated, the constant pounding on the vessels can result in hardened arteries and an enlarged heart, both risk factors for a heart attack. Traditionally, doctors could do little for their hypertensive patients other than advise them to adhere to a low-salt and low-fat diet. Today a flood of medications, including diuretics, calcium channel blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme, or ace, inhibitors and beta blockers, give physicians and patients alike many options. Experts are still divided over what medication is most effective for which patients...