{"id":220542,"date":"2010-01-24T02:00:36","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T07:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/?p=140029"},"modified":"2010-01-24T02:00:36","modified_gmt":"2010-01-24T07:00:36","slug":"health-bits-nsaids-for-cramps-bp-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/220542","title":{"rendered":"Health Bits: NSAIDs for Cramps, BP Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NSAIDs Better Than Tylenol for Cramps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as naproxen and ibuprofen, might be more effective for relieving period pain than acetaminophen. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiley.com\/WileyCDA\/Brand\/id-6.html?&amp;category=For+Working\">Cochrane<\/a><\/strong> researchers reached that conclusion after reviewing data from 73 trials in 18 countries with a total of 5,156 women. The review revealed that NSAIDs are very effective for treating <strong>menstrual pain<\/strong> compared with placebo, but they also carry a much great risk of adverse effects like indigestion, headache and drowsiness. The review showed that NSAIDs are also significantly more effective than acetaminophen. However, only three relevant studies have been done comparing the two drugs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-140039\" src=\"http:\/\/images1.blisstree.com\/files\/2010\/01\/NSAID-pain-relief.jpg\" alt=\"NSAID-pain-relief\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Scary Side of Radiation Treatment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Serious accidents involving overdosing of radiation during treatment are rare, but they happen, and the consequences can be deadly. <em>The New York Times<\/em> did a great job of bringing a couple of radiation overdose cases to light. The article, which tells the story of two radiation overdose victims, is important for anyone to read. Even if you aren&#8217;t undergoing radiation treatment, one day someone close to you may have to make the treatment choice. Read the article: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/24\/health\/24radiation.html\">Radiation Offers New Cures, and Ways to Do Harm<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Another Reason Women Need to Get BP Under Control<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have high blood pressure when you&#8217;re younger, you might be putting yourself at risk to have dementia when you&#8217;re older, say researchers from the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upmc.com\/\">University of Pittsburgh<\/a><\/strong> Graduate School of Public Health. The researchers say that high blood pressure may put you at risk for dementia later due to more white matter abnormalities in the brain, which are associated with<strong> increased risk for dementia<\/strong>, as well as stroke. Women who had high blood pressure at the beginning of the study had significantly more lesions of white matter revealed on MRI scans eight years later than participants with normal blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p>(Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sxc.hu\/photo\/123390\">stock.xchng<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\">Blisstree<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/health-bits-nsaids-for-cramps-bp-risk\/\">Health Bits: NSAIDs for Cramps, BP Risk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NSAIDs Better Than Tylenol for Cramps Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as naproxen and ibuprofen, might be more effective for relieving period pain than acetaminophen. Cochrane researchers reached that conclusion after reviewing data from 73 trials in 18 countries with a total of 5,156 women. The review revealed that NSAIDs are very effective for treating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2832,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}