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4 Shingles and Age-RelatedMacular DegenerationDr. Hister looks at two different conditions - shingles and AMD -the leading cause of blindness among adults.

5 Healthy Choices For VisionSave on supplements that can help delay the progression of AMD.

6 Sun SafetyPeoples Pharmacist Ian Lloydprovides useful tips on howto be safe and healthy in the summer sun.

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9 Pharmacist RecommendedWhat you need to know about eczema. Health news on howvitamin D may help mobility with seniors.

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Part of the price I pay for being involved in theterrifically enjoyable work I do is that I get huge vol-umes of emails, and unfortunately, some of thoseemails are indeed volumes.In fact, some of the lengthier emails should more

rightly be considered tomes or even epics for therather obvious reason that nearly everyone is utterlyfascinated by their own medical story P be honest,aren’t you completely enthralled by the workingsof your own body and mind, and don’t you justlove to share the details of its occasional sometimesfrequent malfunctions with just about anyone youcan cajole into listening to you? P although as nearlyall of us have learned at a dinner or a party whereone or more of the guests has decided to air theirmost current medical stories, most listeners tosomeone else’s medical history are not nearly asthrilled to hear about another person’s battles withP or conquests over - hemorrhoids or hernias or hys-terectomies as the story-teller of said battles feelsthe listeners surely must be.At least that’s what my wife always lets me know

whenever I try to get her to pay attention to somenew ailment I imagine I’m coming down with.Anyway, the point I want to raise here is that in thevery many emails I get, two pretty common condi-tions stand out for the amount of frustration theyare associated with.Number one is shingles.Shingles is the name we give to the re-activation

of an old chicken pox infection that has stayed latent

in the body for 40 or �0 or even 70 years, but whichcan come back, particularly when immunity islow as in old age or in someone with a malignancy.And very sadly, when shingles strikes suddenly (in

the form of a pretty telltale rash in one delineatedpart of the body), it can unfortunately result in ter-rific pain that can go on for months, even years afterthe rash has disappeared, and which even more un-fortunately is nearly impossible to treat well, al-though doctors, as always, have to do something totry to alleviate the pain, so we dispense all sorts ofmedications to dull post-shingles pain, none ofwhich, if we are to be honest, are very effective.Here, for example, is a very typical story I received

while writing this article: “Dr. Art, I got shingles 3years ago, and despite the use of several medica-tions, I still suffer from ongoing stabbing, burningand sharp pain and I am still very sensitive to lighttouch as the skin feels like a sunburn - and often, es-pecially during the mornings and evenings hours Icannot bear even the touch of clothing on the skin.” In other words, this is a condition you want to avoid

as best you can and to that end, I see it as my urgentpublic duty to let everyone know that there is a shin-gles vaccine available in Canada that offers an esti-mated �0-60% chance of preventing this infection.So I strongly recommend that everyone who

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Thank goodness the sun is finally here� Time to get outsideand soak up some rays� what could possibly be wrong withthis picture? If done right, nothing. While sun exposure isgreat for plants and people alike, being in the sun can posea few dangers. Heat exhaustion, sunburns and even skin can-cer can be some of the drawbacks from too much sun wor-shiping. I am not advocating staying indoors all summer, butjust be aware of all the pleasures and pains that summer canbring.

Sunlight is good for you, it helps your body make vitaminD. Vitamin D has been in the news recently for its ability tohelp prevent certain forms of cancer. There is also some evi-dence that it might play a role in preventing type 2 diabetesand multiple sclerosis. This important nutrient is also essen-tial for the proper development of strong teeth and bones.People thought that vitamin D deficiency was a thing of thepast, after they started fortifying milk with this vitamin. Butthe more I read about vitamin D, the more I think everyoneshould take a little extra. Recently, I read one study whichfound that approximately 2�% of people who lived in South-ern Arizona were considered to be vitamin D deficient. Thisis quite shocking because Arizona is considered to be in the'sun belt.’

Why is too much sunlight bad for us? The main reason isthat, over time, excessive exposure to sunlight can lead toskin cancer. In the short term, too much exposure to sunlightcan lead to sunburns, heat stroke or heat exhaustion. So whatshould one do? Sunlight is just like everything else in life,enjoy it in moderation and follow these tips:Q Try to limit your exposure to the sun during its most in-tense times, between 10am and 4pm.Q Seek out shade whenever possible. Some people use anumbrella to make their own shade.Q Wear light-coloured, long-sleeved clothes and a broadbrimmed hat to protect your face.Q Wear your sunglasses.Q Apply sunscreen at least 30 minutes before going out into

the sun. Use a sunscreen that has a sun protection factor(SPF) of at least 1�. Don’t forget to apply it to the exposed,sensitive area(s) of your body, such as your nose, ears, neckand lips.Q Reapply your sunscreen every 2 hours while in the sun andafter swimming or excessive sweating.Infants and toddlers should not be exposed to direct sun-light. Sunscreen use is not recommended for little ones underthe age of 6 months.

The next major problem with getting too much sun is anincreased risk of developing skin cancer. There are about13,000 new cases of non-melanoma skin cancers discoveredin BC every year. Much of the sun exposure and skin damageis thought to occur before the age of 20� this is why it is bestto teach children to be 3sun-safe.’

What does skin cancer look like? Contact your physician ifyou notice any growths or skin changes and remember the“ABCD’s” of skin cancer. Watch for lesions that are asymmet-rical-one half is not a mirror image of the other. Border irreg-ularity: The edges are blurry or ragged. Colour is not uniform:the lesion is not the same colouring throughout. Diameter:watch for lesions that are larger than a pencil eraser. If you no-tice any of these signs, or wounds that bleed and won’t healproperly, contact your physician promptly. Early diagnosisand treatment lead to better outcomes.

So what else should one think about when out in the sun?The first thing I always tell people is to wear proper sun-glasses. Sunlight can play a role in the development of vari-ous eye disorders including cataracts, cancer of the skinaround the eye, and may contribute to age-related maculardegeneration. Whenever you are out in the sun, you shouldbe wearing sunglasses, especially your children. My little onehas been wearing sunglasses since she was 6 months old.Some eye care experts believe that �0% of our lifetime sun-light exposure occurs before age 18. This does make sense�kids are told to go outside and play. When choosing a pair ofsunglasses, look for a pair that states that it blocks 100% of

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Too little vitamin D has been linked to a host of healthproblems, including diabetes, obesity, and hypertension, andrecent research now suggests that a lack of this importantnutrient may also contribute to mobility problems in old age.

The researchers followed more than 3,000 peoplebetween the ages of 70 and 79 for six years, and found thatthose with the lowest vitamin D levels at the start of thestudy had nearly a 30 percent increased risk of a mobility lim-itation at the end of the study and almost twice the risk of amobility disability as people with the highest levels of vitaminD.

The body produces vitamin D naturally when exposed tothe sun's rays. However, because sun exposure increases therisk of skin cancer, many people limit their sun exposure oruse sunscreen to protect their skin from the sun's potentially

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Vitamin D plays an important role in muscle function, asit's needed to get calcium into the muscles, which is neededfor muscle contraction.

The study recommends that it would be premature to rec-ommend vitamin D solely for preventing mobility issues. But,many people take vitamin D supplements for other reasons.It's difficult to get enough vitamin D through diet alone andthe current recommendations are for 800 international unitsa day for people over 70 years old.

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macies have chosen not to stock it. But if you canfind it, get it. You won’t regret it. Which brings me now to the number two entrant

on that list of most-frustrating conditions I getemails about and which is actually the real topic I’msupposed to cover this month, namely, age-relatedmacular degeneration or more mercifully, AMD.AMD is the name we give to that problem in which“deposits” called drusen accumulate in the centralpart of the retina or the macula, and as the numberof deposits expands, there is further damage in thecentral visual field, and eventually that leads to at-rophy of the retinal lining, which can result in blind-ness. Indeed, AMD is the leading cause of blindnessin seniors. Unfortunately, I don’t have the space here to dis-

cuss treatment options for the two varieties of AMDknows as “wet” AMD (for which, happily, we nowhave a few treatment options and more options onthe way) and the more common “dry” AMD (forwhich, unhappily, we still have few effective thera-pies), because what I really want to focus on here iswhat we know about preventing this difficult-to-treat problem that can rob the elderly of a well-de-served happy last third of life by adversely affectingtheir ability to read, drive, recognize faces, even tobe mobile and independent. So to that end, some of the well-known risk

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at least not much if you want to live to perhaps seethe Canucks win the Stanley Cup one day (it willhappen, you know, although not maybe in yourlifetime). Genes: having a first-degree relative with AMD

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meaning as usual, that if you lower your risk ofheart disease and stroke, you also lower your risk ofAMD, so to prevent AMD, you should do lots ofexercise, eat well, watch your weight, and follow allthose other blah-blah-blah rules for heart disease Ialways harangue you about.Poor diet, and to that end, a recent review deter-

mined that several nutrients including zinc, vita-min C, fish oils and lutein play a key role in overalleye health including lowering the risk of ending upwith AMD, although it’s less likely that taking vita-min supplements has the same powerful positiveeffect on eye health in well-nourished individualsand (no surprise) smoking.Those are the simple, non-contentious prevention

strategies for AMD. More disputatious, based on a recent large study

from Europe, is what to do about ASA, because onthat study people who were taking ASA regularlyhad more than double the risk of the “wet” formof AMD compared to people who didn’t take ASAevery day, so if you’re one of the millions and mil-lions of people currently taking ASA every day inlarge part because you’ve become convinced bythose ubiquitous TV ads that the benefits of theregular use of ASA are potentially huge, so “Hey,why not, Wilma?”, here’s yet another reminderthat ASA is indeed a very powerful drug with, yes,some clear benefits for some people, but ASA canalso lead to some very unwanted complications insome people.So before starting on an ASA regime (and even

if you’ve already begun to take ASA regularly), Istrongly advise that you sit down with your familydoc to work out whether for you, as an individual,those potential benefits of ASA do indeed outweighthe risks. Got to go now, by the way. I feel a powerful

symptom coming on and I have to find my wife totell her about it, although that may be a bit trickybecause she left the house (“stormed out,” my sonsaid sarcastically) as soon as she heard me say thatI was nearing the end of writing this article. I’msure she’s just going to shop for dinner.

Dr. Art Hister can be heard on CKNW and other Corus Radio Networkstations on House Calls on Saturdays at 10 AM, as well as seen onGlobal TV news on Saturday mornings at 9:20.

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When I grow up, I want to be just like $eanne Calment, an en-ergetic French woman who rode a bicycle until she was 100, lovedchocolate, olive oil and cigarettes and lived long enough to lookback on her 122nd birthday. She set the longevity bar higher thanmost and is testament to the wonders of the human mystery. Someattribute her longevity to genetic inheritance, but there is specu-lation that the trump card lay in her attitude and resistance tostress. Calment was once quoted as saying, “If you can’t do any-thing about it, don’t worry about it.” With so much focus thesedays on preventing the aging process, I find great wisdom in thesewords. We have yet to find the eternal fountain of youth so agingis a probable future for most of us� we can either accelerate theprocess by fear and denial, or embrace it with enough awareness and information to maximize the benefits of this precious life.

When we look outside the window and study nature, we ob-serve that the only sure things in this world are change and trans-formation. We are not separate from nature and no matter howhard we try, we cannot remain static. Successful aging requires de-sire and a dash of creativity to constantly reinvent ourselves whileadapting to changing bodies, social circles and environments. Ithelps to focus on the things we have a degree of control over,while finding a way to make peace with those that we don’t. Theability to retain a sense of humour in this process is essential.

Too often we attribute the effects of bad dietary habits andlifestyle choices to the “normal” process of aging. We expect painand disability to be companions in the aging process and don’t re-alize that by taking care to eat well, exercise and get adequate rest,we can actually minimize overall discomfort while enhancing vital-ity. The by products of a healthy lifestyle are increased energy, en-hanced immunity, sharper cognitive functions and an increasedsense of physical and mental well being.

It is never too late to make small lifestyle adjustments on theroad to optimal wellness.

By gradually adopting some of the following new habits youmay find yourself with more energy or perhaps able to emulate$eanne Calment who is reported to have taken up fencing at theyoung age of 8�: 1. As we age, our relationship to food shifts into a somewhat lower

gear as metabolism and digestion slow down. Fibre rich fruits, veg-etables and whole grains will supply energy and fibre to keep thedigestive processes moving along. �� Fresh fruits, berries and vegetables also contain phytonutrientsand antioxidants to help boost immunity and fight inflammation.Inflammation not only makes us feel older it also contributes tothe outward appearance of aging. 3. Adding a broad-spectrum digestive enzyme with meals can helpwith sluggish digestion and optimize assimilation of nutrients. 4. Our senses may not be as sharp as they once were so use freshherbs and spices rather than salt to tantalize your taste buds� toomuch sodium can quickly rob you of your health. 5. Watch the waistline. As metabolism slows and activity wanes,we need to adjust our caloric intake. Choose nutrient dense foodsover empty calories� reduce consumption of processed foods andsugary treats.6. Avoid dehydration. Mild dehydration can be a real energyzap and contribute to brain fog, dry skin, random aches andpains and constipation.7. Daily moderate exercise helps retain muscle mass and agility. Ifyou have been sedentary it is always best to consult with your doc-tor before embarking on a new exercise regime. Find one that fitsyour lifestyle, start slow and build up endurance gradually. Walk-ing and swimming are beneficial low impact options.8. Exercise your brain. Learning something new or solving wordand number puzzles helps prevent cognitive decline and memory problems.9. Reach out and connect with friends and family. Loneliness canlead to depression and isolation. Volunteering is a great way tomake new friends and connect with people of all ages.10. Laugh often� Laughter is an important remedy for pain, stressand conflict� it is also a perfect antidote for the absurdities oftenassociated with the aging process.

Aging well is all about the attitude. Focus on the gains insteadof the losses� you may have run your last marathon but you nowhave the wisdom to appreciate that you have better things to dothan running nowhere fast� Good Health to You�

Aging Gracefully


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This delightfully tangy low-fat dip gets

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gies that complement the shrimp and

crabmeat.

Can of crabmeat, drained, 41⁄4 oz. 120 g

cartilage removed, flaked

Cooked shrimp (peeled and , 4 oz. 113 g

deveined) chopped

Low-fat plain Balkan-style yogurt 2⁄3 cup 150 mL

Finely diced English cucumber 1⁄3 cup 75 mL

(with peel)Finely diced radish

1⁄4 cup 60 mL

Grated carrot1⁄4 cup 60 mL

Mayonnaise1⁄4 cup 60 mL

Chopped fresh dill 1 tbsp. 15 mL

(or 3⁄4 tsp., 4 mL, dried)

Lemon juice2 tsp. 10 mL

Chili paste (sambal oelek)1⁄2 tsp. 2 mL

Grated lemon zest1⁄2 tsp. 2 mL

Combine all 11 ingredients in medium bowl.

Chill. Stir before serving. Makes about 2

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(575 mL).

BEFORE MAKEOVER: 1/4 cup (60 mL): 274 Calories;

25.2 g Total Fat (10.2 g Sat); 624 mg Sodium

AFTER: 1/4 cup (60 mL): 77 Calories; 5 g Total Fat (0 g

Mono, 0 g Poly, 1 g Sat); 35 mg Cholesterol; 2 g Car-

bohydrate; 0 g Fibre; 5 g Protein; 140 mg Sodium

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