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Immunotherapy is an emerging technique to kill cancer cells Written by Dr harold Gunatillake FRCS, FICS, FIACS, AM (Sing), MBBS Health writer

Immunotherapy is an emerging technique to kill cancer cells Written by Dr harold Gunatillake FRCS, FICS, FIACS, AM (Sing), MBBS Health writer For decades, cancer has been treated with invasive procedures like surgery, combined with non-invasive- radio and chemo therapy. Some cancers are also controlled through hormone therapy specifically for those hormone dependant cancers of the breast post conventional therapy. If cancer is detected in the early stages excisional surgery could be 100% cure. If the cancer cells have spread beyond its local boundaries, say into the regional lymph glands then regional radiotherapy is planned in addition to primary elective surgery. When spread beyond the regional lymph glands –chemotherapy is added as an adjuvant therapy to kill ‘metastatic cancer cells’ in the distant sites. The problem with non-invasive procedures is that normally functioning healthy cells also get harmed, revealed by hair loss, gastro-intestinal symptoms, tiredness, lethargy loss of appetite, and ...

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Feb 26, 2017 Posted by In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged , , , Comments 0

Influence of Diet on Gut bacteria Vegetable filled diets recommended for longevity Written by Dr harold Gunatillake

Influence of Diet on Gut bacteria Vegetable filled diets recommended for longevity Written by Dr harold Gunatillake FRCS, FICS, FIACS, AM (Sing), MBBS-Health writer The behaviour and the benefits of gut bacteria (microbiota) depend on the production of certain healthy and unhealthy molecules, solely depending on your diet. Studies have shown that people who ate vegetable filled diets have a much higher diversity and higher level of healthy bacteria. Those who eat a diet composed of vegetables having high fibre, your friendly gut allies produce higher levels of molecules called short-chain fatty acids (SCFA), acetate, propionates and butyrate in the large bowel. Humans do not have the enzymes to digest fibre, so these bacteria assists in breaking them down producing fatty acids and other compounds. These short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) are beneficial for your health. All the major SFCA appear to promote the flow of blood through the colonic vascular ...

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Dec 29, 2016 Posted by In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged , Comments 0

Recognizing A Heart Attack Early by Dr. Harold Gunatillake

Recognizing A Heart Attack Early by Dr. Harold Gunatillake If you are over fifty, leading a sedentary sort of life, with stress of life coupled with the junk food you eat and being overweight, may be having diabetes and or hypertension, then you need to be very careful and be aware of early symptoms of heart disease. The early symptoms may be so mild that you’ll not take them seriously and brush them off as aches and pains. If the symptoms are for a second or two, then perhaps it is not indicative of a heart attack. Most active people may not get the typical symptoms, but may be just tiredness progressively getting worse. This is due to the heart not getting enough oxygen through the arterial blood in the coronaries. ...

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Dec 26, 2016 Posted by In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged , Comments 0

Omega-3s can be obtained from cheaper vegetable seeds – by Dr Harold Gunatillake

Omega-3s can be obtained from cheaper vegetable seeds by Dr Harold Gunatillake You are by now taking fish oil capsules or eating oily fish like salmon, tuna at least twice a week for your DHA and EPA fatty acids benefitting your body in many ways, such as lowering your triglycerides, and bad cholesterol numbers which blocks your arteries,, keeping your blood vessels elastic and linked to heart health. Omega -3s also reduce the risk of irregular heartbeats. Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka don’t seem to get enough omega-3s to keep their heart in fine tune and for its other health benefits. Oily fish is so expensive that the average worker can afford to purchase small fish having very little omega-3 fatty acids. The fish oil capsules imported and available in supermarkets contain only about 300mg of omega-3 which is insufficient to maintain the daily body requirement, and most countries sell ...

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Dec 20, 2016 Posted by In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged , Comments 0

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) ad low FODMAP diet

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) ad low FODMAP diet There is no proper medicine to cure chronic irritable bowel syndrome, other than by dietetic discipline. This is a very common malady among Asians including Sri Lankans due to spicy carb varieties of food they eat, and silently suffer with the condition. In this syndrome you suffer with abdominal pain and cramping, a bloating feeling, gaseous embarrassing moments, constipation, followed by diarrhoea and mucus in your stools, with bleeding and with progressing weight loss. These symptoms are present in any chronic abdominal dysfunction, and may take time to suspect IBS through evaluation process. It is a chronic recurrent progressive condition and all investigations prove negative and the diagnosis is made on having a typical history through trial and error. The causes are not known, but many factors can play a part. The walls of the small and large bowel muscles contract and ...

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Dec 9, 2016 Posted by In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged , Comments 0

Are you deficient in Vitamin D ? – by Dr Harold Gunatillake

Are you deficient in Vitamin D? by Dr Harold Gunatillake This is a very important vitamin necessary to every cell in the body for its normal functions in fact every cell has an opening or receptor to vitamin D. Vitamin D is manufactured in your skin from cholesterol in your body. How do you find out whether you are deficient in vitamin D? Dark people make less vitamin D in their skin due to the barrier action of the pigment layer in the basal layer of the outer skin preventing UV rays of the sun getting into the deeper layers of the skin. Furthermore, dark people avoid the sun generally. White people need only about 20 minute exposure to the sun for an adequate requirement of vitamin D ...

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Nov 9, 2016 Posted by In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged Comments 0

High Fibre Foods – Written by Dr harold Gunatillake – Health writer

High Fibre Foods Written by Dr harold Gunatillake – Health writer Fibre is essential for your gut movements. It is recommended that you aim for 38 grams of fibre per day, and women 25 grams per day.   Dietary fibres are carbohydrates in the food you eat the humans haven’t got the enzymes to digest. They are found in all plant foods, like fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and grains. There are two varieties if dietary fibre- the soluble and the insoluble. The soluble ones do absorb water in the gut and forms gel-like paste which slows down the digestion of food. ...

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Oct 25, 2016 Posted by In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged Comments 0

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) ad low FODMAP diet – by Dr Harold Gunatillake

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) ad low FODMAP diet by Dr Harold Gunatillake There is no proper medicine to cure chronic irritable bowel syndrome, other than by dietetic discipline. This is a very common malady among Asians including Sri Lankans due to spicy carb varieties of food they eat, and silently suffer with the condition. In this syndrome you suffer with abdominal pain and cramping, a bloating feeling, gaseous embarrassing moments, constipation, followed by diarrhoea and mucus in your stools, with bleeding and with progressing weight loss. These symptoms are present in any chronic abdominal dysfunction, and may take time to suspect IBS through evaluation process. It is a chronic recurrent progressive condition and all investigations prove negative and the diagnosis is made on having a typical history through trial and error. The causes are not known, but many factors can play a part. The walls of the small and large ...

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Oct 22, 2016 Posted by In Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged Comments 0
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