Health Information

With the arrival of summer we change our mental chip: Holiday, heat, field, beach, family gatherings or with friends, hiking, etc. Our meals also will be different from the rest of the year.

The summer feeding undergoes changes mainly by two factors: the weather is warmer and we’re on vacation. Crave fresh food and do not want to spend time cooking. During the holidays the hours are much more relaxed. We went to bed later and rise later. But we must not skip breakfast.

Breakfast

A glass of milk and a slice of bread with olive oil and tomato or a yogurt or fruit juice and cereals provide carbohydrates, calcium and vitamins to start the day with energy.

At home and in restaurant

Heat is one of the determining factors when choosing new dishes. The soups, stews, roasts acids, heavy seasonings think we liked better in the winter. Now we crave dishes lighter and more refreshing.

At home, the ideal is to take meals to prepare on the fly or can be prepared in advance and served at the time of going to lunch. Salads and grilled foods meet these requirements. Wield plenty of salads to eat vegetables.

We can also take them in the form of soups or light cream. Another option for cooking vegetables is to use the grill or oven, not to mention how tasty they are cooked. Vegetables provide carbohydrates and plenty of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fiber.

To improve the health of hair and prevent a fall is important to follow certain rules:
* Wash hair frequently. A clean hair helps maintain hair health and beauty. The frequency of washing and the use of a suitable shampoo for our hair type is highly recommended.
* For oily hair, frequent washing is also recommended to reduce the fat of the scalp surface. It is important to a muscle without fat, as tallow containing high levels of male hormones, which could be reabsorbed into the skin and affect the hair follicle.
* A poor or inadequate diet can lead us to lose over 100 hairs a day. It is necessary to follow a balanced diet based on fruits, vegetables, whole grains and fish. See our recommendations for a Perfect Hair Food.
* Nutritional supplements are very useful for hair. They usually contain those amino acids and vitamins that act by promoting hair growth.
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Introduction

Breast cancer is more common in men over 60 years. Few men know and often the diagnosis is made later than in the
women. Therefore, the cancer is usually more advanced when diagnosed and more difficult to treat.

Breast cancer also affects men but in a much smaller percentage (1%) compared to the female population suffer from it. Symptoms are similar to those of that woman, and the prognosis and treatment is the same as theirs and is explained below.

It is generally believed that breast cancer is a disease of women, but about 1 percent of these cancers are in men. Each year are diagnosed with breast cancer about 300 men. Men have a small amount of tissue behind the nipples, and even not being very great as in women, cancer can form in this area also.

The biggest problem is that there is detected a little later then, to be in a few men, you think of other diagnoses before a breast cancer.

In Spain are diagnosed each year and currently 15,000 new cases are handled and figures indicating that one of every 16-18 Spanish have breast cancer. In the age group 45-55 years, breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women in our country, ahead of lung cancer.

The cure rate in Spain is around 60%. In the case of relapse, the survival estimate is around two 2 years of life, which means that in reality there are women with short survival (less than one year) and in other cases this figure is prolonged over four years.

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Breast cancer is abnormal and disordered growth of cells in this tissue. The breast consists of a series of mammary glands that produce milk after birth, and which are called lobes and lobules.

The lobes are connected by pipes, ducts, which are the leading milk to the nipple during lactation, to feed the baby.
The glands (or lobes) and the ducts are embedded in adipose tissue and connective tissue, which, together with the lymphoid tissue, forming the breast.

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Except for diving with air bottles, a child with asthma can play sports. But there are a number of sports less “asmógenos” than others.

The free running, which is the basis of the running, athletics, and sports like football or basketball, is the activity which can produce bronchospasm. As there is usually a refractory period of 2 to 4 hours’ duration in the exercise-induced asthma during which no bronchospasm occurs again, however much they continue to exercise, so running causes an intense and continuous more bronchospasm that perform the exercise intermittently.

Activities that cause exercise-induced asthma. In order of severity are:

• Free Race
• Career treadmill
• Cycling
• Swimming

In addition, sports like swimming in warm pool (hot and humid air), gymnastics, walking, golf, hiking and biking on level ground are much less asmógenos. The tennis and ball games, but require much free running, usually take the form of intermittent heavy exertion, so are also good, like the martial arts (judo, karate, taekwondo), fencing, etc..

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Exercise is necessary for all children, and provide moments of happiness while preparing to teach a healthy lifestyle as adults, therefore, the child with asthma should not be an exception, and should make physical exercise a manner “adequate”.

Benefits of exercise in children with asthma:

• Improved child development
• Improving physical fitness and exercise tolerance itself
• The attacks caused by stress are reduced or are less strong
• The crises are best controlled
• It helps to reduce the nervousness caused by the attacks.

But keep in mind that at least 80% of children with asthma may have a bronchoconstriction with sports, unless appropriate measures are taken). However, given the benefit of sport psycho and integrator, is a great error overprotect the asthmatic child and prevent a normal level of exercise.

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Who is at risk?

Constipation is a very common reason for consultation. Anyone at any age can present season premiere, especially in conjunction with diet changes or travel. The elderly or low activity with this disorder more frequently.

How is it diagnosed?

Given the number of things that may be related to the occurrence of constipation, should be the doctor, after he met the dietary habits, taking drugs and the existence of other diseases, can determine which studies are needed to do. For it appears that the most likely cause may be a tumor, it must be inside the bowel. It uses a colonoscope, which is a tube with a camera device so you see the walls of the bowel and detect the presence of tumors or other lesions.

What is your treatment?

Treatment of constipation depends crucially on the cause that produces it. Most times it is sufficient to add fiber to the diet. If it relates to the taking of drugs, and these can be changed by others, it is advisable to do so. At other times it may be necessary to resort to surgery.

The term constipation rather than a disease itself refers to the assessment of each individual about his bowel habits. Given the wide margin of normal bowel habits, it is very difficult to accurately define constipation. In practice a more objective criterion used as the frequency of defecation, constipation considering the individual who performs fewer than three bowel movements per week.

However, this criterion is not sufficient by itself, because many patients with constipation referred to a normal rate but with other subjective complaints such as excessive straining, very hard stools or a feeling of incomplete evacuation.

What are its causes?

The most common cause of constipation is now what is called simple chronic constipation and is mainly due to dietary factors, and its main cause is a lack of fiber in the diet. Sometimes constipation is associated with various illnesses suffered by the individual and is a common symptom in patients with diabetes and thyroid disease.

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Introduction

Everyone gets sad occasion. When we get older, the reasons for going to be depressed seem so clear and are so frequent that tends to assume that it is normal for older people feel depressed. But is it?. Undoubtedly, the sort of thing that normally associate with feeling depressed are more frequent as we age – we have to stop working, probably have less money, you may feel discomfort or pain from osteoarthritis or other physical problems, we sometimes lose our partner or someone close, or even our pets can die.

However, despite this, fewer than one in six older people suffer from symptoms of depression and are perceived by themselves or by others, and fewer than one in every thirty people over is so depressed that doctors believe has a depressive illness.

Symptoms

Feeling discouraged or sad is not the only symptom of depressive illness. To properly identify a depression is important to know that look. The following are common symptoms of depression:

*A feeling of sadness or discouragement that is more intense than normal sadness lasts days and is present most of the time, but with some improvement frequently throughout the day.

*A loss of interest in life and an inability to enjoy things that usually give pleasure or satisfaction.

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