General Health
Treat wounds with Coffee
In addition to cheap and easily available, the coffee was safe and effective for treating various types of wounds.
Who does not know coffee? Characteristic aroma of black powder is very liked by some people. But we know if the coffee is not only synonymous with delicious drinks such as warm as the sips? Besides being repellent sleepiness which makes the body feel fresh again, coffee can actually be relied upon to treat wounds.
The experts have proved the efficacy of coffee. And conduct a series of studies on coffee since early 2004. The result? Coffee was very effective and safe to handle various types of injuries! From injuries due to falls, sharps injuries scratches, burns, to wound “scab” who had been infected. Best of all ages can use it, including children. Read the rest of this entry »
Yoga
Yoga only talk about the health benefits of yoga on health, never ceases to have effect, after the world discovered this treasure ancient Hindu, was integrated to all cultures, such as a comprehensive health system that now more than reported never being alone.
The word Yoga means “Union”, no more accurate to define a system that has as ultimate goal the unification of , resulting only in a result that is, “health”.
Records which are the foundations of yoga are the Hindu scriptures like the Bhagavad Gita, Patanjali Sutras, the Upanishads Darshana, etc..
Yoga works on the physical plane through postures (asanas) breathing exercises, plus a complete nutritional system and the mental or spiritual level, through ancient philosophy whose basic tool is meditation.
There are different types, schools or doctrines of Yoga, as Hata yoga, Raja yoga, Bhakti yoga, Kundalini yoga, etc.., But all are based or goal, health, representing a world in itself, which offers various possibilities for all individual tastes or needs, which are sure to find in Yoga, a way forward in the quest for health.
Fantastic Medicine And Free
“Health is not something that can be purchased at the pharmacy with a prescription from a doctor, but something to be achieved and maintained diligently. Reading what was said by Rost, and being familiar with the benefits of physical exercise in our health, it is clear that this is the best medicine of the century, a natural medicine to prevent and combat diseases more frequent, such as those cardiovascular obesity, diabetes, respiratory, musculoskeletal, mental … .. Read the rest of this entry »
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.
Alcoholism, Biomedical Factors of Addiction (Part 2)
Predictions
Studies in children below indicate the possibility of detecting neurobiological labels to assist the prediction of alcoholism in adulthood. The observations provide a glimpse of what the path for finding the specific genes that mediate disease.
The difficulties are not few: the clinical heterogeneity and uncertainty that still surrounds the inheritance of alcoholism, pose tremendous challenges. The Banbury Center is an institution that devotes more efforts on the task of critically assessing these obstacles to make your search, from the hand of clinicians, geneticists and neurobiologists is efficient.
Recent research sponsored by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) recognize the genetic determination, however, examine the environmental factor of each of the people, especially the influence of peers and the availability of alcohol. Genetics and environment are called risk factors, without the risk determines the destination, ie the son of an alcoholic parent does not necessarily develop the disease.
The scientists studied thousands of people from several hundred families who have a greater or lesser degree, with a history of alcoholism. The idea was to identify the location of genes that influence vulnerability. The success of this research is to identify people who are at high risk of alcoholism, and open living spaces to effectively address the problems associated with alcohol.
Another study is analyzing how genetic and environmental factors combine to cause disease. All research that are developing throughout the world will lead to the prevention of alcohol problems, identification of abuse in their consumption in early treatment leading to clearly available to individuals and families.
Practical Differences
The truth about alcoholism was not entirely clear to people, both genetic and environmental components, such as the differences between abuse and alcohol consumption.
Alcoholism is equal to the alcohol dependence syndrome, characterized by the compulsive desire to drink, the loss of control to start drinking, the occurrence of symptoms after abstinence, and tolerance or the need to increase the amount of alcohol consumed to feel drugged. Alcoholism has little or nothing to do with the type of alcohol, quantity or time of consumption.
Alcohol abuse does not have the above characteristics, but simply a pattern that is associated with irresponsible behavior such as missing work, develop dangerous activities, and so on.
Shoes Leave Their Mark on Our Health
The footwear should be comfortable, functional and a heel of no more than four centimeters. Walk with comfort and care for the spine, preventing back pain and spinal arthritis.
Neither the heart nor the brain as to mechanics, the most complex element of the human body is the foot. Or what is the same, a sublime piece of engineering consists of 26 bones, 33 joints, 19 muscles and tendons over 100 making it an SUV that can adapt to any surface you step and walk thousands of kilometers along of our lives.
At the end of the day, a person gives on average between 8,000 and 10,000 steps, which in one year is more than 3 million steps. Well, the way they give these steps is of importance to health. Because beyond serving for us to move from one place to another, the feet bear the weight of the body and make it so that is the primary point of support. No one could argue, arrived here, your feet deserve a little more attention than they receive, not only in summer, to wear sandals or flip-flops, but all year round.
High Heels and unhealthy
The Spanish Association of Physicians and Surgeons Foot says that 70% of the population suffers from some illness in our country pedis, forecast extending Cinfa laboratories, which estimate that 85% of the Spanish experience at least once in their life problems feet. A proper footwear is the first step to avoid them.
We sometimes the mere aesthetics, tracking patterns of fashion and competitive price too heavy to buy shoes, and cornered two essential aspects very obvious: functionality, that is, serve the purpose intended, because a shoe is the same one for rainy weather and comfort, which are easy to carry and do no harm.
Abrasions, ingrown toenails, bunions and calluses are the most common and visible impact of improper shoe wear. But not only are the feet, spine, hips, knees and joints that have both feet or more the consequences of using tight shoes, small, high heels or of poor quality.
It is advisable to devote sufficient time to purchase shoes, think about the role it was going to assign (sport, leisure, business, city life, holiday, summer) and not simply buy the one that attracts us at first.
Keep in mind, at least, these four factual issues: quality of materials, forefoot flexibility, ease of use and heel height, if any. ‘I love heels, I feel safer and more attractive to them. ” Yes, the shoe in addition to their primary function performs other functions, aesthetic and symbolic, while almost the same is true of much of consumer goods.
No high heels that will not endanger the health of the person who often wears
He preaches the high heels that stylize the figure and convey sensuality also is not that always end up coming back into fashion, but never fail to be. The problem is that whatever may have of him are of initially pretty uncomfortable and unhealthy. A master, and even take them with style, you learn with the insistence and over the years.
But no high heels that will not endanger the health of the person who wears it frequently. Here is why. The forefoot and, above all, the heel support the weight of the body, and the use of high-heeled heel height, which changes the weight distribution: the higher the heel, the more you charge the frontal area. So heels of ten or more inches, almost the entire body weight is exerted on the toes, which ultimately causing problems to users.
It is also common for the high-heeled shoe instep is open and low, which means that many women choose a smaller size than usual so that ‘no dancing’ foot. The shoe is fixed better, no doubt, but to be so tight that they receive increasing pressure feet. This uneven distribution of the efforts of the walk also cause excessive strain on the forefoot, to which we must add ingrown toenails, bunions and pain in the foot.
But anyway, the most serious damage caused by long-heeled shoes is that your hips and knees are articulated semi-flexed and static when trying to keep the column there is a strong lordosis (excessive curvature of the body) that will result over from time to back pain and spinal arthritis. Nor at the other end, completely flat shoes, is the solution.
Types of Headaches
The multiplicity of complex tasks and school schedules may contribute to the development of headaches, often parents tend to confuse with other diseases. They suffer the discomfort between 8 and 15% of boys.
Migraine is a neurological pathology and hereditary type, contrary to what many believe, is not only exclusive to the elderly, can also develop as children and teenagers, but also is a symptom not a primary or exclusive to headaches.
Moreover, this kind of presentation is usually accompanied by the advent of visual disturbances, dizziness, sensitivity to light, nausea and even vomiting, a situation that causes, in fathers and mothers, confusions that lead to think that boys can this suffering, for example, an embarrassment or a liver attack.
The prevalence of migraines in children and adolescents varies with age. While early childhood boys are more often affected and the incidence reached 30%, upon reaching adolescence, 80% of boys haves ome experienced. Once the headache and start to become women in the hardest hit.
While the causes of discomfort are unknown, migraines have hereditary or genetic influence, but also are closely related to hormones. However, regardless of origin or the developed factors, most importantly is to diagnose and address the time frame because, as we are facing a chronic and incurable condition, is critical to implement a treatment to reduce the frequency of ‘crisis’, alleviating symptoms and therefore improve the quality of life.
According to professionals in neurology, headache is one of the most common symptoms, usually caused by an imbalance of chemicals involved in irrigation and other brain functions. Within this context, two main groups.
TWO TYPES OF HEADACHES
First, the primary headaches, tension or migraine, in which no structural changes are apparent, and secondary headaches, nonspecific responding to acute or chronic underlying disease.
With regard to the child population is estimated that between 8 and 15% of boys suffer from primary type headaches or migraines. Worth clarifying that, also taking into account the documents of the SNA, the World Health Organization (WHO) considers that migraine “presents a major social, personal, economic and employment”, because this institution considers that pass all day with this annoyance, is as disabling as psychosis, dementia or quadriplegia.
As for the pictures more “minor”, the first place are tension headaches that cause pain and discomfort but not as intense. These lesions also prevalent among children, is related to the stress of school or family strife.
Overall the kids have very self-demanding or leaders who have a low tolerance for failure and states with strong neck muscle spasms. This sign is the first thing to ‘attack’ to eliminate the symptom, then work through the reasons psychotherapy table cause of stress.
CAUSES
Although the causes are unknown, we believe that changes in the pattern or routine of sleep, as well as the demands caused by the school can make kids stressed and therefore suffer the consequences. To avoid this, then what we can do is to organize a sleep routine and activities that comply as closely as possible, and also design a healthy diet that contains all kinds of food, experts acknowledge.
This conclusion is consistent with the terms of the final considerations of a study published in the journal Headache, whereby children who had sleep disorders were more likely to suffer from migraines. According to the same investigation, regular and excessive consumption of caffeine is also a factor associated with the appearance of this nuisance.
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Does the Cell Phone Cause Cancer?
In the first month’s edition of 2001 of the prestigious scientific journal New England Journal of Medicine published the results of a study conducted by researchers at the National Institute of Health in the United States on using cell phones and the risk brain tumor.
The cell phone contains a small transmitter that emits radiation near the head. This has caused great concern among the population, since it was not known whether this radiation could cause brain cancer or other organs of the central nervous system. In fact, studies are done with reference to this issue since 1994.
That study included 800 patients with this tumor from institutions in the U.S. cities of Phoenix, Boston and Pittsburgh and 800 control cases. Data collection consisted of a personalized comprehensive survey, with very specific questions about the start date of cell phone use, how long you used it, last date and level of use. There was no information about the appliance model. The completed data collected in 1998.
The researchers found no evidence that a person’s risk of developing a brain tumor increased with the number of years to minutes average daily usage of mobile phone. Neither brain tumors tended to occur more often than expected from the side of the head in that reported using the phone.
Among those most used, the average was approximately 15 minutes per day or more for at least three years. Very few people used this type of equipment frequently for more than five years.
Peter Inskip, Sc.D., who was the principal investigator, said they found no evidence that cell phone use caused brain tumors, however, clarified, whether the increased risk occurred after more than five years old or people high intensity of use, this study probably did not detect.
The research was conducted between 1994 and 1998 in which they were most commonly used analog phones. Currently dominated by digital, operating at a higher frequency. However, there is no evidence so far that the risk of cancer differs between these two types of cell.
Similar results were found in two other studies, one published in December 2000 in the Journal of the American Medical Association by Muscat et al, which included 469 cases of brain cancer and 422 controls and another study conducted in Sweden by Hardell et al which included 233 cases and 466 controls. Neither of these two investigations found no association. Only reported a relationship between the side of the head that was used to talk on the phone and location of the tumor, but this association was based on very few cases.
Today, there are also three types of wireless or mobile phones used: cell phones for cars, portable phones and cordless phones. All these involve less exposure to radiation of the brain as the unit that issues it is at some distance from the person.
If very small cell phones that are carried in the hand no higher risk of brain tumor, would be very surprising that these other types of phones do it cause as exposed to a much lower frequency radiation.
The number of mobile phone users has increased tremendously in the last 10 years and trends continue. Because of this, a lot of scientific research studying the relationship between cell phone use and brain tumor, are currently undertaking.
The largest is a multicenter international including 3000 cases and 3000 controls, coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), headquartered in Lyon, France. Still remain several years to obtain results.
Moreover, it is expected that the results of another study in Denmark that includes 550,000 mobile phone users from 1982 to 1995, to be published. Currently in the U.S. and UK, are providing funds and efforts to continue the development of research on this topic.
The causes of brain cancer are unknown, therefore, scientists from the National Cancer Institute USA, evaluated a wide range of possible risk factors which include environmental, related to lifestyle and genetics. These include occupational exposure to chemicals and electromagnetic fields, dietary factors, family history of tumors, genetic factors, home use of some artifacts, reproductive history and hormonal exposures, viruses, and both medical and dental exposure to ionizing radiation.
The results of these reports will appear in future publications and due to the interest of the population, the use of cell phones will be the first.
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When Vitamins Turn Against Himself
If you do not possess the minimum knowledge about the properties of the vitamins and the risk they represent, or if taken in excess, health may be at serious risk.
Taking vitamins is not an issue as simple as that. It is not close to the drugstore and buy a dozen bottles with labels indicating the benefits of vitamins A, B, C, D, E, and so on. and hundreds of combinations of these with minerals. Before embarking on this crusade, which can be a lot of damage to the body, it is best to consult a specialist and follow his instructions.
Multiplicity of values
Let’s talk about multivitamins: in principle, and before thinking about getting dependent jars of colors, people should be aware that as healthy for your body is eating a balanced diet with all the energy requirements demanded daily activity. But if the idea is to choose a multivitamin, research has determined that, in the case of pregnant women, folic acid prevents birth defects. Consumed by anyone else, helps to maintain low levels of amino acids (often associated to heart disease) in the body. If someone wants to take a daily multivitamin, it is best to choose one that provides 100 to 150% of the values required vitamin A to E, including, of course, folic acid.
Do you hate milk?
To prevent diseases like osteoporosis in adulthood (especially women), people should consume calcium from children. The problem is that not everyone likes milk, and there are those who reject derivatives such as cheese, yogurt or butter, for example. These are cases that is necessary to consume vitamin D which helps maintain calcium levels that demand for fortified skeleton.
Over the years, the human body loses its ability to create vitamin D, a process that is declining and reaches a critical point, upon reaching the fifth decade. The best way to supplement the deficiency is to consume a calcium supplement daily with an addition of 200 IU of vitamin D.
Cold all the time
Those who live sneezing and a handkerchief in her hand because of frequent colds, are likely to have deficiencies in vitamin E. Those whose families have a history of heart disease, should be alert and guide its sails toward the consumption of this vitamin. But what is the correct way to take it? The expert answers: “The recommendation is to consume daily 30 IU. A multivitamin usually does not give anyone that amount, so we must take an extra vitamin E pill to achieve a higher percentage to set. Recent studies show that doses of 300 to 600 IU per day, greatly reducing the chance of heart attacks. ”
Do not overreach
Citrus fruits like oranges, are carriers of vitamin C but if it is one of those people who stay away from fruits (mistake), then you should consider taking a daily tablet containing vitamin. “The recommended daily intake is 60 mg but now, after findings from recent studies, it was determined that the body needs more than that so you can reduce the risk of developing lung cancer, stomach or colon. It is best to consume 250 mg vitamin C per day, not worth taking more because the rest will be evacuated by the body. Moreover, it is known that higher doses harm the DNA. ”
What about minerals?
Vitamins and minerals go hand in hand. So it is worth a brush of information. According to the consulting nutritionist, minerals such as selenium, iron and potassium, are needed to prevent some diseases.
“The risk of lung cancer, colon and prostate, is reduced significantly if the person consumes per day at least 200 mg of selenium. Several multivitamin supplement a small amount of this mineral, but for good measure, it is good to acquire an additional cost without being overstated because more than 800 mg daily can cause nausea, vomiting, fatigue and hair loss. As for iron, multivitamins typically provide 18 mg (good) but, for example, pregnant or lactating require more. If we speak of potassium in people with high blood pressure need more potassium than a multivitamin provides. In this case, it is ideal to take two additional 500-mg pills a day. ”
Before you head to consume a multivitamin or vitamins alone it is best to consult a doctor or nutritionist for mixtures of supplements taken daily that add up to more than 600 IU can cause headaches, kidney stones, calcification of heart valves and fatigue. The best in any case is not self-medicate.
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