March 15th, 2010
Vitamin D is vital to activate human defenses and poor who suffer nearly half the world population could mean that T cells that attack the immune system can not eliminate the infection, according to a team of scientists.
The finding of researchers in Denmark would help improve the global fight against infectious diseases and global epidemics, as well as being especially useful for creating new vaccines.
The team found that T cells use vitamin D to activate. When the vitamin is deficient in blood, these cells remain dormant and do not realize the possibility of an infectious threat or presence of a pathogen. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: calcium, diseases, Immune system, Vitamin D
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March 13th, 2010
Time, patience, support and willingness to participate in their health care are the primary requirements to be met by a patient to learn to live with a chronic illness.
It should become an “active patient”, promoting their participation in making decisions about their own health and illness.
According to Dr. Stephen, “the more you learn the patient about their illness, most will understand the treatment options and the emotions they may experience.
The chronically ill person must discover for itself how best to create a healthy lifestyle based on their individual needs Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Chronic illness, Health and illness, Health care, Healthy lifestyle, treatment
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March 12th, 2010
Scientists at the cancer center City of Hope in California (USA) have discovered a chemical component in the shells that may decrease the risk of developing breast cancer positive for estrogen receptors, according to the results of his research papers appearing in the journal Cancer Prevention Research.
Specifically, these researchers have discovered ten natural compounds of this fruit could block aromatase, an enzyme that converts androgen into estrogen and play a “key role” in these tumors, explained Shiuan Chen, author of the research . Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Breast cancer, Cancer, Human and animal, Pomegranates
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March 11th, 2010
Experts define chronic disease as those whose long term purpose or cure can not be clearly predicted or will never happen.
Although there is no consensus regarding the time at which a disease becomes chronic considered on average and every disease is considered to have a duration exceeding three months.
Although hereditary factors also influence the development of those diseases is commonly acquired through a lifestyle inappropriate (snuff consumption, poor diet, physical inactivity …).
The list of most prevalent chronic diseases-with the exception of cancer-are cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, respiratory diseases, mental illness and Musculoskeletal and spine problems and osteoarthritis. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Chronic disease, diseases, Lifestyle, Medical and technological
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March 10th, 2010
The history of goji berries goes back to about 2,000 years ago in Tibet, Korea and Japan, these berries were used by the seventh-century Tang dynasty and Ming dynasty of the sixteenth century for medicinal purposes.
Goji berries derived from two shrub species in the Solanaceae family close together: Lycium barbarum and Lycium chinense, thanks to this fact we can know clearly that the source of goji berries spread from southeastern Europe to Southeast Asia.
The Goji berry (pronounced Goyi) is a dried fruit of a deep red color, about the size of a raisin and a flavor that could resemble a cross between cranberry and cherry. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Benefits, Dried fruit, Goji berries, Health, Medicinal
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March 9th, 2010
When cellulite appears difficult to reverse, but you can go forward and walk to combat it.
The simple exercise is that walking is an effective weapon to slow the hidrolipodristofia, the real name of what is commonly known as cellulite, tissue disruption caused by water clusters of fat and toxins that occurs in legs, buttocks and abdomen mainly.
Cellulite is seen as a functional disorder estéticodel female-although men may also present, which in severe cases leads to a health problem. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Cellulite, health problem, simple exercise, walking
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March 8th, 2010
Technical Argentine milk created a vaccine that helps prevent diabetes and tumor cell formation, the newspaper Clarin.
The milk obtained is treated with chemical additives and obtained by feeding cattle that are based on oil seeds, oils and derived from the grinding as soybean hulls, explained experts from the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA).
Thanks to this special diet, the “super” – as it is called – has lower fat and higher levels of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and vaccenic acid (VA), which strengthen the human immune system and prevent the formation of tumors such as breast and prostate cancer, such as diabetes and fat accumulation in the inner walls of the arteries, the newspaper said. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 6th, 2010
Nutritionally, milk has a wide range of nutrients (of which only the iron is deficient levels) and a high nutritional value in relation to the calorie content.
There is good balance between the major constituents: fat, protein and carbohydrates.
Dairy products from may cover slightly different habits as very different uses of nutritional interest
Cow’s milk contains 3 to 3.5 percent protein, casein distributed, or soluble proteins and non-protein nitrogenous substances.
They are capable of amino acid needs of man and have high digestibility and biological value. Besides the nutritional role, described their potential role as growth factor and modulator. It has an 88 percent water. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: calcium, Cow's milk, fat, high nutritional, lactose, milk, protein and carbohydrates
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March 5th, 2010
Washington (EFE) .- U.S. scientists developed a series of drugs that neutralize hepatitis C virus resistance without the side effects of current therapies, according to a study released today by the Translational Science Medicine.
This is a new type of small molecules that inhibit the spread of hepatitis and open the door to new treatments for disease, said researchers at the School of Medicine at Stanford University in California.
In his report on the research, the scientists showed that in vitro experiments these compounds were able to also inhibit the multiplication of the virus causing the disease.
“The hepatitis C virus is a huge problem,” said Jeffrey Glenn, associate professor of gastroenterology and director of the Center for Hepatitis Stanford. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: disease, Hepatitis C, virus
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March 4th, 2010
London (EFE) .- A group of scientists has developed a genetic test that can predict in which cases would be effective chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer patients, publishes the medical journal The Lancet.
After analyzing 829 genes in breast cancer cells, the scientific team identified six genes that predict the efficacy, as the case may have anti-cancer drugs, especially paclitaxel.
The team of scientists has revealed which genes or by absence or by failure, would override the properties of paclitaxel at the time of attack breast cancer cells. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Breast cancer, cancer drugs, chemotherapy treatment
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