A mammogram is an x-ray of the breast which is placed between two plates, gently pressing to get a better picture.
It can detect when cancer is still very small, even two years before the patient, not even the most experienced doctor can feel a lump or hardening.
Almost 90% of women who were cancer detected early, when it still has not spread to other body parts, and given immediate treatment, survive. (more…)
What is it?
Diabetes is a chronic condition that occurs because the pancreas does not produce the insulin the body needs, or the manufacture of inferior quality. Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, is the main substance responsible for maintaining appropriate values of blood sugar. Allows glucose to be transported into cells so that they produce energy or store glucose so that their use is necessary. When it fails, causes an excessive increase in sugar in the blood (hyperglycaemia). In fact, the scientific name of the disease is diabetes mellitus, which means “honey”. (more…)
What is oily skin?
Characteristic of oily skin is that it is shiny and oily. Often have oily skin also visible pores and more likely to develop blackheads and pimples than other skin types. Often oily skin ages slower than other skin types. Oily skin is due to overproduction of sebum (skin oil) in the skin’s sebaceous glands.
What can you do about oily skin?
There are several ways to improve oily skin. Largely affected by oily skin what to eat and therefore such dietary supplements of vitamins, minerals and various polyunsaturated oils reduce the problems. (more…)
What is bulimia nervosa?
Bulimia nervosa, also called simply bulimia is an eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating and then try to compensate for inappropriate methods for weight control (eg vomiting). Inappropriate methods include vomiting, be fasting, enemas, excessive use of laxatives and diuretics, or compulsive exercising. Gorge is when an individual eats a much larger amount of food than they eat most of the people in a similar situation.
Bulimia tends to develop during childhood or adolescence. It affects women more than men. People with bulimia often maintain these behaviors in secret, feeling disgusted and ashamed when they are stuffed, but then relieved once they purge. People with bulimia usually weigh within the normal range for their age and height. However, sometimes they are afraid of gaining weight, people want to lose, or may be completely dissatisfied with their bodies. (more…)
We all know that high cholesterol levels spells trouble for your heart health. If your doctor has informed you of a high cholesterol condition, it is wise to take immediate steps to bring those numbers down. While the cholesterol lowering drugs can result, there is so much you can do to achieve the objective through dietary changes.
Here are some of the best cholesterol reducing foods, herbs and spices to work in the cholesterol reducing diet program. Including ample amounts of these foods and nutrients can whip those numbers in the form with as little as three months. These healthy dietary inclusions also offers a number of other benefits for your overall health. Let’s take a look.
Garlic is a top-notch ingredients for all the cholesterol reducing diet program. Many studies have found garlic equally effective in reducing cholesterol readings, compared with pharmaceutical drugs. Garlic also lowers your blood pressure, is an anti-cancer agent and effective units of colds and flus with better immune system response. Garlic is also a natural antibiotic, proven effective against 27 specific pathogens, including Streptococcus. Douse your salad and the hall with garlic and save money on meds! (more…)
To regain a satisfactory sleep, it is important to adopt good sleep habits. Applied as a whole and consistently, and for a sufficiently long time (several weeks), these strategies are very effective.
1. Allow at least an hour before bedtime to unwind.
This period should not be overloaded with activities (physical or intellectual) is too intense to allow a transition to the level of stimulation of the day. This precaution also allows the state of sleepiness to be felt, sleep is a gradual process. Avoid therefore studying, problem solving, discussions too emotional.
2. Go to bed if and only if you are drowsy.
It is important to distinguish fatigue (subjective feeling of exhaustion does not necessarily sleepy) of somnolence (sleepiness, characterized by itchy eyes, yawning, his eyelids heavy). Increased sleepiness promotes sleep quickly, avoiding spending too much time in bed awake or awake before falling asleep (this opens doors to worry, to planning the next day, etc..). If you are going through a period of insomnia, more delay your bedtime.
3. If you can not fall asleep within 30 minutes, leave your bed.
Leave your bedroom and indulge in a relaxing activity (eg, reading a magazine, listening to soft music), promoting the return of drowsiness. Avoid the study, video games, cleaning … or the trap of sleeping on the couch. Return to bed when sleepy state will be felt again. If you are concerned about worries, put them in writing. Stay in bed when you’re awake or awake and try to sleep contributes only increase your frustration and creates performance anxiety. (more…)
The most important way to reduce the risk of developing skin cancer melanoma is to avoid unprotected exposure to sunlight and other ultraviolet light sources. The easiest way to avoid excessive exposure to ultraviolet light is to stay away from the sun and the shade whenever possible.
This is particularly important at midday when UV light is more intense.
* Protect yourself with clothing, including a shirt and a brimmed hat. In general, tightly woven fabrics offer the best protection against the sun. Sunglasses that offer good coverage, with a percentage of UV absorption of 99% to 100%, optimally protect the eyes and the skin area around them. (more…)
General
Spinal stenosis means narrow spine. For example, due to the disks between the vertebrae has shrunk so that the nerves located in the spine has been crushed. Where can I get a pain in the legs and difficulty walking.
Spinal stenosis is unusual if you are in 50th The discomfort that usually come only in 60-70-age may vary with better and worse periods. For some, the discomfort goes up on its own. (more…)
Diagnosis
Today the only way to make a definite diagnosis of dementia of Alzheimer’s is through the identification of amyloid plaques in brain tissue, possible only with an autopsy after the death of the patient. This means that during the course of the disease can only make a diagnosis of Alzheimer ‘possible’ or ‘probable’. For this reason, doctors use various tests:
* Clinical examinations, such as blood, urine or spinal fluid;
* Neuropsychological tests to measure memory, problem solving, the degree of attention, the ability to count and dialogue;
* Tac brain to identify any possible sign of abnormality;
* These tests allow the doctor to rule out other possible causes that lead to similar symptoms, such as thyroid problems, adverse reactions to drugs, depression, brain tumors, but also diseases of the blood vessels of the brain.
As in other neurodegenerative diseases, early diagnosis is very important because it offers the possibility of treating some symptoms of the disease, both because it allows the patient to plan the future, when it is still capable of making decisions. (more…)
Heart disease include a multitude of diseases related to malfunctioning of the heart or its blood vessels. This fact sheet focuses on two specific cardiac disorders:
* Angina pectoris;
* Myocardial infarction.
Other cardiac disorders, there are problems such as congenital (malformations of the heart), diseases caused by inflammation of the heart muscle (pericarditis, endocarditis, etc..), A weak heart muscle (heart failure) and problems of arrhythmia or heart valves.
Major Cardiac
Angina pectoris. It is expressed by a crisis of pain which focuses on the chest. It is caused by oxygen deficiency in the heart muscle. The term “angina” comes from the Latin anger, which means “to strangle”. Angina may be stable or unstable. Rest and taking nitroglycerin, if any, relieve the symptoms. (more…)