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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.
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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