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Sports that can be practiced

Sport for excellence in the elderly is swimming, or if gentle exercises in water. The movements are so harmonious, without impact, the thrust of the water reduces body weight unloading joints, the usual climate of modern swimming pools and a pleasant temperature can be tolerated by most.

The lungs increase the filling capacity of air and the heart tones. Muscular work strengthens the veins and prevents thrombosis.

If the doctor allows cycling the usual recommendation is to go flat roads with a developing medium, which avoids overloading over the ball joints and lower back.

Likewise, jogging on flat ground should be practiced, elastic (grass) or otherwise using viscoelastic or shoe insoles with air chamber, that absorb the impact of the stride.

In golf long shots should be avoided or the sand of the banker. Read the rest of this entry »

When there is advanced disease of the internal organs sport in general is contraindicated because the risk of decompensation is high: myocardial infarction, acute respiratory or renal failure, strokes or cerebral hemorrhages. Yes they can be useful depending on the circumstances specific physiotherapy exercises under the strict supervision of health professionals.

If you suffer from the disease that is articulate, it is usually osteoarthritis (joint wear) that usually affects the hip and knee, and avoid all sports that require travel rough terrain (eg trekking), impacts (brakes and starter occur in football, tennis) and sudden movements (watch golf for the quick turn of the knee, hip and shoulder that occurs when you throw the ball) as it produces a higher friction of articular cartilage. Read the rest of this entry »

Should a senior sports?

The saying “The function creates the organ” is still fully valid for the elderly. Reduced capacity and tissue degeneration does not stop but slows with the right sport and practiced in a measured way.

Should a check before the start of a sport?

The GP plays a key role. It is very important to know the real state of health to address the limitations discussed above, which vary from person to person and depend on two factors: the diseases that have or have had and the previous practice of sports.

The older person usually has a number of diseases, which often are unknown because no symptoms or are apparently irrelevant. Among them, hypertension, which can severely damage the heart, kidneys and brain, causing death. All this is avoidable by going regularly to the clinic for blood pressure and, if it rises, fulfilling the appropriate diet or medication prescribed by your doctor. Read the rest of this entry »

Consequences of aging of the body

The agency eventually undergoes a series of transformations that can be summarized in two basic consequences.

On the one hand, the tissues lose a significant percentage of water in its composition, which is replaced by scar fibers and deposits of various substances, becoming more rigid and less useful. Bones become more brittle then, tendons break more easily, develop less power muscles, joints lose their shape and mobility capability, etc..

The other consequence is decreased homeostatic capacity. The concept of homeostasis is essential for understanding the functioning of all living beings and refers to the body’s ability to “offset” or “stay the same” even though the external environment changes. Read the rest of this entry »

For unprotected sun exposure, hormonal changes as a result of waxing the skin of the face usually stained, usually on the forehead, upper lip and cheeks.Depending on the case, you may rinse with homemade masks, which must be used consistently as being natural, it takes a little longer to give results that creams cosmetic.

It is important to use at night and always protect your skin with sunscreen during the day to prevent staining to intensify or re-pigmented skin.

Natural masks to lighten skin:

Glycerin and lemon juice

Mix equal parts of both ingredients until a homogeneous preparation. You have to apply the mask in the affected areas and allow the skin to absorb it. Remove the excess with a tissue. Read the rest of this entry »

Millions of people around the world, young or not, suffer daily because of acne, which seems to have no end, no definitive cure. There are a variety of products and homemade recipes for combating acne , whose effectiveness may vary depending on the person and the severity of your problem. However, there is a universal truth and proven, is that the healthier the skin, the fewer the problems of acne. Therefore, in this note we tell you the 10 rules you must follow to have a clear complexion, healthy and free of bumps .

1. Wash your face twice a day, preferably using a special soap for acne. For high-fat skins you should use a soap with benzoyl peroxide. Do not use abrasive sponges or brushes.

2. Caring for your diet : Avoid a lot of fat and spicy food, sugar, dairy products, fried foods, meats, creams, nuts, etc.. Milk can also cause acne because it contains hormones as well as seafood with relatively high levels of iodine. Read the rest of this entry »

A study is in an early stage suggests that this plant-based drugs (marijuana) may one day help fight the disease.

The medical use of cannabinoids or active chemicals found in marijuana, has gained interest in recent years, opening new horizons for the exploration of potential drugs.

Researchers at the University of Alcalá de Henares found evidence that certain chemical components of cannabis stop the growth of prostate cancer cells. The research was published in the British Journal of Cancer. However, experts say the research is still at the exploratory stage and still need many more years of testing to determine the application of the findings in the treatment of human cancer.

After working at first with human cells, Inés Díaz-Laviada and his team also tested a compound in mice and found that it significantly reduced tumor growth. Read the rest of this entry »

Material studied: Blood taken from the vein of the elbow. Patient time spent: 5 to 10 minutes.

Purpose: To evaluate thyroid function. Detects the presence of anti-thyroglobulin antibodies in the blood, indicative of thyroid disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Graves’ disease.

Advance preparation: it is not necessary.

Description of the test is performed by indirect immunofluorescence method.

Results:

normal value: less than 1:100 Titles for thyroglobulin antibodies and anti-microsomal fraction (10% of the population have low levels of these antibodies and 20% of the population above 70 years Deed.

Abnormal values may indicate: Graves’ disease subclinical autoimmune thyroiditis, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, pernicious anemia.

Time required for the determination of the test: a few minutes.

Reliability of results: low specificity.

The vaccine works by “wrapping” to cocaine so that it has no effects on the brain, heart or other organ, “” this is the first successful controlled trial of a vaccine against cocaine, say scientists.

According to previous studies conducted with animals and humans, high levels of anti-cocaine antibodies in the blood can prevent addicts experience that feeling.

However, the researchers stressed that the vaccine who managed the high level of antibodies, only maintained it for two months, so it would need repeat injections. Read the rest of this entry »

Iodine is a mineral essential to the process of converting food into energy (metabolic process of cells). It is an important mineral for the proper functioning of the thyroid and the production of thyroid hormones.

Important sources of production of iodine

• Iodized salt (table salt) or sea salt (see note at end).

• Seafood (salmon, tuna, cod, haddock, pollock are good sources of iodine)

• The brown seaweed or kelp, marine plant is very common with high iodine content. If taken algae algae are best used with a uniform content and amencionada iodine as kelp (kombu) or hijiki.

• If you take iodine supplements, you should consume between 100 and 150 micrograms per day to reach a total intake of between 150 and 200 micrograms (or Czech table below adequate iodine intake by age). Read the rest of this entry »