National Lipid Day- May 10

National Lipid Day-The purpose of the day is to bring awareness to Dyslipidemia., i.e. an abnormal amount of lipids in the bloodstream. This is often due to diet and lifestyle.  Dyslipidaemia is the major cause of cardiovascular disease.

Prolonged elevation of insulin levels can also lead to dyslipidemia. Likewise, increased levels of O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) may cause dyslipidemia.

Dyslipidemia and is the major cause of Cardio Vascular Disease worldwide.  Preventative measures including health education, emphasis on the role of physical activity, diet, and timely visits to a doctor all aid in living a healthy life.

Strategies that can help include: 

• Doing at least 30 to 45 minutes of moderate exercise 5 days a week (eg a brisk walk)
• Modifying your diet, making sure you have a diet which contains:
• Plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables as well as wholegrain cereals
• A variety of protein sources including fish, lean meat and poultry, seafood, legumes, nuts and seeds
• Reduced fat dairy sources such as low-fat milk, cheeses and yoghurts
• Healthy fats such as avocados, olives and nuts.

How to fight Cancer?

A new drug-free anti-platelet therapy which is reversible could lower the risk of clotting in blood and potentially prevent cancer metastasis. A study reported in Science Translational Medicine reveals that this therapeutic approach involves modification of human platelets to create "decoys" which are still capable of binding to some cells but will not mix-up or carry out the other regular platelet functions, including chemical signaling associated with the coagulation process.

Platelets play a crucial role in resisting the bleeding and help to protect against life-threatening bleeding. Even though the hyperactive platelets are able to contribute various disorders, including severe blood clots, heart disease and cancer, several anti-platelet drugs inhibits clotting and their effects are not easy to reverse the function, leaving patients in dangerous condition if they develop unexpected severe bleeding or are in need of an emergency surgical procedure. Platelets also play an important role in cancer metastasis by binding to cancer cells and protecting them from the body's immune system and shear stress due to their circulations in the bloodstream. Platelets may also help the cancer cells to get rid from the way of blood vessels and seed distant tissues during the process of metastasis.

These studies will be available with the cancer pharmacology studies and the insights of cancer pharmacology and the pharmaceutical aids towards the blood clots are anti-platelet drugs like Aspirin, dipyridamole, cilostazol.