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Antipsychotics can increase cardiac risk

April 24, 2015February 26, 2012 by admin

Antipsychotics, which had already given warning signals, increase the risk of developing heart disease by simply taking it for a few months, a new study.

Among patients treated with these drugs are schizophrenics, which usually have a shorter life expectancy, so you have to deal with the role of antipsychotics in heart disease, said Debra Foley, Center for Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, Australia. It is known that the newer antipsychotics are associated with an increased risk of developing diabetes.

According to a new study, published in Archives of General Psychiatry, patients treated with antipsychotics tended to gain weight and suffer monthly increases in cholesterol after three or four months. Obesity, high cholesterol and diabetes increase the risk of heart disease.

Evening primrose oil: Vitamin E and premenstrual syndrome

January 27, 2018February 24, 2012 by admin

Today I remember a fatty acid that give very useful in Orthomolecular Nutrition and helps improve PMS. The evening primrose, associated with vitamin E.

The Evening Primrose is a plant whose qualities have been so little known eighties. But research conducted in the early eighties showed that evening primrose oil has some interesting medicinal properties.

The oil extracted from the seeds of evening primrose is very rich in essential fatty acids among which linoleic acid essential for the stability of the membranes of cells throughout the body, for neural development, to balance the hormonal system and the regulation of blood coagulation among other functions.

Dignicap: an alternative to save the hair in chemotherapy

February 21, 2015February 16, 2012 by admin

For women with cancer, hair loss can be devastating. However, there is a clinical trial a device that can save their hair, Called “Dignicap”. It’s used to cool the scalp during chemotherapy.

According to investigators, the scalp cooling reduces blood flow to this and follicles, to build the capillaries. Less blood means less damage to the follicles, and less hair loss. Before chemotherapy, an investigator placed a cap refrigerator directly on the patient’s head. This cap contains tubes through which coolant is pumped. Above, there is another cap to keep cool. Both are connected to an external refrigerator unit, and reach the temperature of 5 degrees Celsius. The patient must wear the cap during chemotherapy and an hour later.

Natural medicine as a solution to circulatory problems

April 21, 2015February 5, 2012 by admin

No doubt people go to a specialist when illness occurs, get your doctor’s instructions but in many cases do not comply with the letter. Whether the side affects that can produce drugs or the high cost of these, there are a lot of individuals who favor the use of natural products, known as natural medicine.

This term is intended primarily as a preventive medicine, which at the time of attending the event and his constant becomes curative treatment.

People look for natural products for the confidence to fully heal the condition, permanently following their consumption without suffering any side effects, as they often cause some drugs. They are people with circulatory problems who come constantly looking for products.

4 Steps to eliminate fat from your body

April 26, 2015January 31, 2012 by admin

Are you ready to finally remove excess fat in your body, quickly and permanently? Well, take a few minutes of your time and read this article, you will find a few points which would guide easily.

Raise your metabolism, accelerate the same doing to burn the fat faster. Make sure no fad diets (low in carbohydrates, low in calories from fat, etc..). In addition, recommend you avoid diet products. To grow your natural metabolism, recommend that you choose to do with the routine of eating right and most appropriate subject is the natural food.
Speaking of nutrition, make sure you get all types of nutrients in your diet to get best results. Your body loves many types of nutrients and while restricted to get any other, that go into making your body … consequently altered their metabolism slow.

When psoriasis affects the scalp

April 19, 2015January 16, 2012 by admin

In case of psoriasis, it is common that the scalp is affected. However, this location causes the hair to lose its aesthetics and causing a series of itching. In parallel, the treatment of psoriasis is difficult and more specific. It is based on the calcipotriol, an analogue of vitamin D3.

Variable locations of psoriasis
Psoriasis is a disease that can be cataloged benign, but whose impacts on daily life are very important. The disease manifests itself in a number of red patches, covered with pearly white scales, more or less thick. The number, size and location of the plates are very variable and evolve with time even in a same person.

The most common is to be presented at the elbows, the folds, and knees. The scalp is often one of the areas most affected by psoriasis.

Ultrasound used to relieve chronic pain

February 21, 2015January 8, 2012 by admin

There are two distinct forms of the acute pain caused by trauma such as physical and chronic disorders that can cause a person for years, and is currently used ultrasound to relieve chronic pain.

Acute pain can be caused by physical trauma and is usually treated with analgesics.

Reason for study, this type of pain according to the researchers is actually a behavioral state that begins with the actual injury but where the pain lasts more than enough time and then become pathology.

Patients suffering from arthritis for example depends on analgesics are powerful enough to soothe the pain and this commonly come a situation that becomes cyclical pain from inactivity and finally to depression.

The virtues of the cucumber on the Mediterranean diet

April 26, 2015December 9, 2011 by admin

The cucumber is the quintessential food of any self-respecting regime. However, many people who complain of being a product indigestible. Despite this small drawback, you recognize virtues anticancer properties and excellent care skin tone.

The cucumber and slimming regime
Cucumber is a fresh vegetable. Composed of 95% water, is part of food that have less calories. Therefore, it is an excellent ally for those who undergo a hypocaloric diet to lose weight, besides being an excellent satiating to suppress hunger.

Responses of homeopathy to anorexia and bulimia

April 21, 2015December 6, 2011 by admin

Eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia are a real problem not only have the youngest, too many adults today have begun to be affected by this condition.

Many experts speak of the longing that many people have to imitate the “models” socially accepted beauty as well as oppressive family environment as a basis for developing such problems.

Homeopathy has not been kept out of this problem of modern society and offers to those who suffer from eating disorders such as emotional support as drugs that help to successfully overcome these ailments.

Can a person with hypertension to do fitness?

April 19, 2015November 19, 2011 by admin

Exercise is beneficial for everyone, we are healthy or have a disease, but in this case the indication of the doctor or specialist is vital to determine what type of exercise is most appropriate.

Aerobic exercise is best for patients with hypertension because it manages to increase the body’s oxygen demand, increases cardiac output, per minute ventilation and muscle movement.