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They promise quick cures and easy solutions to all kinds of conditions, from obesity and cancer to AIDS and Alzheimer’s disease. They can range from herbal supplements to untested devices and health-related treatments.

But consumers who buy some of these products can only lose their money. These products can even cause serious damage to health, and many of them can be expensive for the patient because health insurance rarely covers expenses. Read the rest of this entry »

Eating large amounts of soy may reduce the risk of developing a breathing problem known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), researchers reported.

Smoking is the major risk factor for COPD, the team said Dr. Andy H. Lee, of the Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Australia, in his article published in the journal Respiratory Research.

“Other factors, such as diet and environmental exposures protect or contribute to the development of the disease,” added the experts.

The team studied 278 patients with COPD (244 men and 34 women) between 50 and 75 years, diagnosed in the last four years. The authors also recruited 340 people (272 men and 68 women) without the disease.

The control group consumed more soy per day (about 60 grams) than patients with COPD (about 45 grams). The risk of COPD was significantly reduced among those who ate more soy. Read the rest of this entry »

The study also confirms that people who eat lots of vegetables, fruit and fish are less likely to develop symptoms of the disease.

The study, conducted by scientists at the University of London, analyzed data from nearly 3,500 public employees with an average age of 55. Each participant completed a questionnaire about their eating habits and self-analysis about their risk of depression, and these data were compared five years later with depression levels of participants.

“Our findings suggest that eating fruits, vegetables and fish may protect against the development of depressive symptoms,” say the authors in the Brisith Journal of Psychiatry (British Journal of Psychiatry).

“However, a diet rich in processed meats, chocolates, sweets and sugar, fried food, refined grains and high-fat dairy products may increase the vulnerability of people to this disease,” he added. Read the rest of this entry »

British scientists created a pill tomato baptized with the name “Ateronon”, which is able to break down fatty deposits in the arteries and thus help prevent heart disease and strokes.

The Ateronon or Tomato Pill was developed by Cambridge Theranostics, a biotechnology company that employs scientists from the University of Cambridge.

An initial trial in 150 patients with heart disease found that taking the pill once daily, could not only stop but reverse the buildup of fatty deposits in artery walls in just two months and no side effects.

The large-scale trials will begin this year at Cambridge and in the USA, Italy and Finland.

Today heart disease is one of the biggest murderers in the world. UK has one of the highest rates with 120,000 deaths annually and 70,000 deaths from stroke. Read the rest of this entry »

The doctor diagnosed asthma based primarily on symptoms and family history. He realizacón doctor may tell you a blood test, which may present an elevated white blood cells, eosinophils, and also elevated immunoglobulin E.

Once the diagnosis of asthma, the doctor may base their treatment in three main parts the first being education of the child and their family. The second, control of the factors that induce asthma attacks and the third, the use of appropriate drugs.

There are two types of medications used in the case of asthma and are relievers or rescue indicated when there are acute symptoms such as bronchoconstriction, and accompanying symptoms, and the drivers or maintenance drugs that are prescribed long-term daily to achieve and maintain asthma control.

If your child’s asthma seems to have an allergic basis, the doctor will probably refer you to a pediatric allergist or a pediatric pulmonologist to evaluate thoroughly the allergy and lung function of children. In this sense, may recommend putting your child vaccines for reducing sensitivity to allergens that trigger asthma attacks. Read the rest of this entry »

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by recurrent episodes of obstructive. The tract inflammation aéreasprovoca contractions in smooth muscles around the bronchial tubes with the consequent narrowing making it difficult to breathe. Hence, the patient delivers a hissing sound characteristic of asthma during exhalación.Aunque approximately 85 percent of asthmatics fail to be properly treated after symptoms ofa variable period of years (even in many cases improves at puberty) should not be left untreated child to develop freely.

The factors that precipitate asthma attacks are:

* Viral Infections
* Snuff smoke
* Gases emanating from synthetic paints
* Irritants in general
* Exercise and emotions
* Inhaling cold air
* Allergic reactions to certain foods, medication pollen, spores, hair of some animals, mites, dust and cockroaches.

It is the most frequent haematological disorder in childhood and is characterized by a decrease in the concentration of red blood cells (RBC) and hemoglobin in the blood under the values considered borderline or normal.

The function of hemoglobin, the red pigment of blood, is to carry oxygen from the alveoli to the various tissues of the body and take the waste product, carbon dioxide.

When the amount of hemoglobin is insufficient, this limits the ability to carry oxygen to body cells. This situation affects the functioning of the body and in the case of children, affects their development, growth and school performance until this condition is called anemia. Read the rest of this entry »

The doctor will first determine the existence of an adverse reaction to a food based on detailed medical history.

Then ask the completion of a test to observe the amount of allergen in the blood and skin tests as “prick test” which consists in establishing contact with the allergen skin with a needle, make a small scratch to penetrate in the outermost layer of the skin and cause a reaction if the child is sensitized, or patches with allergen extracts prepared, they keep in contact with the skin 72 hours, and then observe and quantify the reaction.

Once detected the source of the allergy, elimination diet is the first treatment applied which must establish the strictest possible way, but raises questions of compliance, nutritional or psychological.

Drug treatment is symptomatic with antihistamines, beta adrenergic and Corticosteroids.

In cases of severe immediate reactions to be administered epinephrine and other resuscitative measures.

When it comes to infants allergic to cow’s milk formulas are used based alternative protein sources such as soy or cow’s milk hydrolysates and even, on very special occasions, can be used based formulas amino acids.

The food allergy occurs when the body’s immune system reacts negatively to the ingestion or contact of a food. It also produces the allergy partículaso linhalación of an additive or artificial coloring in food content which is well tolerated by most people.

Foods that are most commonly allergic reactions in children are eggs, followed by milk and fish.

Cow’s milk, as the first food a child receives, is likewise the first that can cause adverse reactions. For children older children, predominantly sensitivities to tree nuts such as peanuts, legumes, fish and seafood.

Do not confuse allergy with intolerance to milk, which show different symptoms. Allergy to cow’s milk protein appears with immediate reactions with vomiting and acute onset diarrhea, skin reactions, shock while intolerance to cow’s milk occurs with a less acute symptoms or chronic frankly with a picture of malabsorption, lack of appetite, weight loss, sporadic vomiting, and irritability.

Acne not only occurs during the teenage years including a boy of nine years or so may begin to show signs of acne.

As a result, it is important that these children receive help and attention their parents as soon begin to show the first symptoms in order to avoid future complications.

Interestingly, more than seventy percent of teenagers suffer from it. Acne strikes more boys because most adolescent acne is caused by overactive sebaceous glands, which are stimulated by the male hormone androgen, is mixed with dead cells of the body and clog pores.

Androgen production is more intense during adolescence, and obviously, men produce more androgen. Although girls also suffer from regular outbreaks each month before your period. Hence, the acne does not discriminate both genders

If it is a mild acne, it can be treated at home and to this end, we present some recommendations and very effective home remedies: Read the rest of this entry »