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Apples against Alzheimer’s
A recent study by the Research Center of Cellular Neurobiology and Neurodegeneration at the University of Massachusetts, found that drinking apple juice could reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
The study is published in this month’s issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s disease, is being hailed as a medical breakthrough by experts.
The researchers gave mice the equivalent of two cups of apple juice daily for one month and discovered that, those who drank apple juice produced less beta-amyloid, a small protein that damages normal cells in the brain and form plaques that found in the brains of people affected by Alzheimer’s disease.
Study author Thomas B. Shea says in its conclusions that, “we recommend regular consumption of apple juice, since not only can help keep the mind in its best performance, but may also be able to delay the key aspects of the disease Alzheimer’s and improve therapeutic approaches.
The researchers did not identify the specific component that is contained in the apple juice, as head of the curative effect.
“These findings provide new evidence linking nutrition and genetics as risk factors for age-related neuro-degeneration,” the researchers say.
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Caffeine against Alzheimer’s
Scientists seem to be united in the idea of publicizing the benefits of coffee and caffeine with various studies, as pointed out in his day health in this blog to say that coffee improves memory.
Another group of researchers with their studies have brought to light the benefits of caffeine against Alzheimer’s.
So looks like we have our word that coffee is good for memory, we, as individuals who consume caffeine regularly are less likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s.
Thus, coffee consumers will be satisfied, since, according to CAIDA study, carried forward by neuroscientists at the University of Kuopio in Finland, in collaboration with other Scandinavian institutions, concluded that regular caffeine consumers who have less risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, among other issues related to central nervous system.
According to the results of the study, those taking high levels of coffee (considered high for three to five cups of coffee a day) have a 65% less likely to get Alzheimer’s and other neural conditions.
The study was performed in 1409 people who had previously been part of two major studies on the subject (the sample is again limited). In total, these individuals remained under observation an average of 21 years to determine how caffeine acts on the neurological system over the years (the time variable may be more effective).
On the other hand, also found that caffeine stimulates the central nervous system positively and promotes mental performance.
Thus, the relationship between coffee, caffeine, memory and Alzheimer again become dormant.
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The Best Anti-Stress Therapies
In these days the word stress has an important place in the lives of all people, from children to seniors. Stress is becoming a way of life that all people have. The idea is to counter it in some way, but, how?
There are natural or alternative therapies that help somehow cope. Some of them are:
- Aromatherapy: is based on the effectiveness of essential oils and the benefits of massage. Oils can breathe or seep through the skin. The essences are effective against stress basil, pine and lavender.
- Dance Therapy: counteracts stress, promotes relaxation and helps to express themselves through the body.
- Hydrotherapy: Hot water is one of the most relaxing for the body, from a good hot shower to a bath can achieve a relaxation massage that any could match.
- Music Therapy: Music is a good choice to relax and freshen up. Sound waves soothe and calm the body and mind. The ideal is to listen in a relaxed atmosphere.
- Laughter Therapy: There is no better way to combat stress, laughing. Laughter loosens thousands of facial muscles. Laughter provides a huge comfort and spread to the environment.
- Yoga is a good therapy to connect with every muscle in your body to understand what hurts and so try to relieve tension. Also improves posture and can connect with one’s body.
- Meditation: in this type of therapy does not involve the body and yoga, but the mind. It is a mental exercise to find peace and spiritual harmony that we all have and avoid falling into stress. You can combine the two to achieve a general well-being for body and mind.
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Easy Tips to Avoid Heartburn Without Drugs
If you often suffer from episodes of acidity or gastric reflux, it is possible to reduce its effects by simple changes in their nutritional habits and life, and that small changes bring big results, like everything in life.
Most people who have acid reflux, you should consider that the foods chosen to consume during night time and will have consequences during sleep or the next morning when generators are incorrect or acidity.
As well as the time of last intake is very important since it is advisable to eat 2 to 3 hours before going to bed, never eat and lie down immediately, as it is source of many digestive problems, resulting in the occurrence of nightmares, insomnia, heartburn, morning headache, drowsiness, and so on.
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3 Tips to Prevent Headaches
The headache is one of the most common ailments and over has increased over the last decade, by the demands of modern life, which inexorably leads to stress and this is often a factor in the condition of this common condition, that can reach serious nature take time, when it becomes chronic.
Here are three tips for preventive:
Reduce with estrogen
Estrogen is the main female hormone and a powerful trigger for migraines, if you are taking supplements of estrogen or estrogen with medication (such as oral contraceptive pills), to discuss reducing the dose or replace the medicine with your doctor.Stop smoking
Nicotine and other chemicals in cigarette smoke can cause and aggravate the symptoms of headache, so if you are a smoker, explore options for quitting, as this will not only reduce the likelihood of developing pain head, but also improve other areas of health, much more important, like preventing cancer, for example.
Take prophylactic drugs only by prescription
In some cases people tend to self-medication, since the sale of pills for headaches, are as common as candy, but this is not a solution, therefore must bear in mind that medications like Beta-blockers, antidepressants, ergot, blockers, calcium channel blockers, anti-convulsants, etc.., used to beat headaches, can only be prescribed by your doctor, who will evaluate the need and appropriate dosage of themselves.
Addicted to Sweets
The continuous consumption of sweets can be considered in some cases an unhealthy obsession but a food preference. Some people do not need excuses to eat sweets and feel an exaggerated desire at any time.
This craving is defined clinically as a fervent desire, more than a passing fancy. Besides the obvious risk of gaining weight and developing diabetes and tooth decay, regular and excessive consumption of sweets diminishes the ability of the immune system and prevents white blood cells to address bacterial contamination. The agency also is more prone to colds and various infections such as cystitis and vaginitis.
Vitamins B and Heart Attack
One study suggests that taking vitamins B did not prevent heart attack and stroke (CVA) in people with heart disease or risk factors.
The results, according to eight clinical trials on more than 24,000 people, support the recommendations against the use of vitamins B to prevent heart disease.
The idea that the B vitamins, like folic acid, B-6 and B-12, help prevent cardiac complications from the fact that lower blood levels of an amino acid called homocysteine.
Homocysteine levels increase in people with atherosclerosis, which is the buildup of plaque in the arteries that cause heart attacks and strokes.
But researchers do not know whether high homocysteine levels promote the progression of atherosclerosis or are only an indicator of cardiac risk. No clinical trial showed that vitamin B supplements prevent heart attack and stroke.
To strengthen the evidence, the new review collected data from eight clinical trials on the effects of folic acid, vitamins B-6 and B-12 or combinations thereof.
The trials included 24,210 people with established cardiovascular disease (atherosclerosis or previous stroke or other cardiac complications) or their risk factors, such as diabetes, hypertension or high cholesterol.
The authors found that adding supplements to conventional medical therapy did not lower the risk of heart attack, stroke or death of participants in the seven years of monitoring.
The results appear in the Cochrane Library, a publication of the Cochrane Collaboration, which is an international organization that evaluates medical research.
The review provides “solid evidence” that these B vitamins do not prevent heart problems and stroke, told Reuters Health Dr. Arthur J. Marti-Carvajal, Iberoamerican Cochrane Network, in Valencia, Venezuela.
The recommendation for people who want to take care of your heart health is to drop the B vitamins and either: not smoking, exercising, controlling blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar regularly and eat a balanced diet and a rich in fruits and vegetables and low in fast food and other unhealthy products.
Smoking Can Cause Cancer
An analysis of 11 studies suggests that if one parent smoked before conception, increases the risk of the baby’s child suffering from leukemia.
Smoking snuff can cause cancer of the colon, rectum and ovary according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
“New studies provide sufficient evidence to add the colon, rectum and ovary to the already long list of cancers caused by snuff”, the agency said in a report that corroborates and expands the most common causes of cancers.
He added that snuff could be one of the causes of breast cancer.
On the other hand, four recent studies corroborate that if one parent smoked before conception and during pregnancy the baby, there is “a significantly higher risk that the child suffers hepatoblastoma, a rare cancer that is believed to be of fetal origin .
Furthermore, an analysis of 11 studies suggested that the fact that one parent smoked before the conception of the baby may increase the risk of childhood leukemia suffering child.
In relation to smokeless snuff, the agency noted that “we already know that this product causes oral cancer and pancreatic cancer, but there is now sufficient evidence that it also causes cancer of the esophagus.”
However, he recalled that hundreds of thousands of people are consumers of smokeless snuff, especially in India, Southeast Asia, Sweden and the United States.
In the case of passive smoking, the IACR stated that there is new evidence linking smoke snuff with laryngeal cancer.
Although the consumption of snuff is the leading cause of cancer worldwide, the agency regretted that at present there are over one billion smokers around the world.
Another substance that is known to cause cancer is the betel mouth, which is commonly chewed in India and Southeast Asia.
However, the IARC said that there is sufficient evidence linking the consumption of this product with esophageal cancer and there are indications that could lead to liver cancer.
With regard to food, the agency noted that “salted fish from Chinese cuisine cause nasopharyngeal cancer and may also cause stomach cancer.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer noted that the composition of betel and snuff are highly addictive and lamented that “marketing and certain social factors influence young people to begin this addiction.”
“The choice to begin to consume these substances is often done in childhood and substance abuse require its continuation,” he said the IARC.
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Most Drug Allergies are a Misuse of Drugs
Most drug allergies are caused by unnecessary use of drugs or abuse in their intake, something which is very often, especially in the treatment of respiratory diseases, as outlined in the International Symposium the SEAIC.
Thus, the inappropriate use of antibiotics can lead to prolonged and recurrent allergic reaction.
Joaquin Martin Lazaro Hospital Marcide Architect in Ferrol, Spain, recalled that “any drug can cause a reaction in the body is allergic or not, a reason for not self-medicate”. That applies to the use of analgesics, with or without a prescription, which causes significant increase increasingly allergic reactions.
Rumors spread in the field rather than scientific evidence in the case of childhood vaccines, generally well tolerated and no adverse effects on circulating an unfounded fear the reaction of MMR in egg allergic children, attributed to The vaccine is grown in chicken embryo fibroblasts: “In reviewing the adverse reactions, it appeared that most were in children allergic to eggs and, in a large percentage of them, found allergies to gelatin.
Rabies Vaccine in Humans
Since 1885, when the French chemist and bacteriologist Louis Pasteur successfully administered the first treatment for rabies to humans, numerous studies have been conducted to achieve or improve vaccine antigens that are used to protect the person who has had contact with rabid animals.
The rabies vaccines currently used for the treatment of rabies in humans are made from killed virus, which is why they are called inactivated vaccines. In Latin America, where rabies is a public health problem, government departments employ of vaccine prepared in suckling mouse brain. Intramuscular and applies it in the buttocks.
There are two patterns of rabies treatment for people who have been bitten by a rabid animal or suspected rabies. The classic pattern consists of an initial series of 14 doses, 1 every 24 hours to apply in succession without rest or interruption, and 2 booster doses at 10 and 20 after completion of the initial series.
In the reduced scheme, given an initial set of 7 doses, also applied 1 every 24 hours, and 3 booster doses on days 10, 20 and 60, which are counted from the last dose of the initial series.
There are now other rabies vaccines available, using as a substrate for cell culture virus replication by human or animal. These vaccines require fewer doses but are more expensive administration.
The Guide to the Treatment of Rabies in Man, developed by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) provides that any disease that begins before or during treatment should not be cause for termination of the vaccine series. Pregnancy is not an indication of suspension or denial of limitation.
Treatment clock
From the moment that the person was inoculated with the rabies virus runs an incubation period of about 30 days. This time, you might call appropriate treatment is the most suitable for the implementation of the vaccination series. As time progresses, treatment is not appropriate given that immunizations are started late and it is unlikely that antibodies generated by the vaccine could reach the necessary level of protection.
During the period called ineffective treatment, from approximately day 42, the administration of vaccines will always be late enough to inactivate the virus of rabies, which fatally continue into the central nervous system, which will initiate the symptomatic period of the disease, which leads to death.
How to act in a bite or lick of a rabid animal
Given the bite is recommended immediate medical consultation, it is preferable to wash the wound qualified professional before putting her hand. This is because there are different types of wounds, according to the depth, area affected, etc., which require different specific hygiene.
The professional lava bite area with soap and water, and makes proper medical treatment of the wound. Then evaluate all the factors supporting the decision whether or not the rabies treatment: animal species involved; history of animal aggressor the biting animal observation, confirming the diagnosis in the biting animal, epidemiological status of the area where the accident occurred and severity of the wound.
If during the first ten days of observation the animal shows symptoms of rabies vaccine should not be the person. Also, remember that vaccination is not indicated in cases of contact without injury, or indirect contact with rabid animals.
In general, treatment for those seriously injured or considered at risk (in head, neck, hands or feet), or wild animal bites or whereabouts are unknown, is implemented, along with the first dose of the vaccine, rabies serum. Thus antibodies are transferred to the body to begin to act immediately to combat the virus, until the vaccine generated in the course of days the necessary and sufficient.
The rabies treatment as a preventive in humans is indicated only for those with a high risk of exposure to the virus, either because they live in areas with high prevalence of the disease or from high-risk play. For example, laboratory technicians who handle potentially infected animals, veterinarians, bat cave explorers, garbage collectors or postmen in areas where rabies is not controlled, among others.
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