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Concentration of Cholesterol in The Body
Cholesterol has a bad reputation because of its relation to cardiovascular diseases. To be important in the formation of cell membranes, a new drug that presumed level of the lipid levels in the body, in order to avoid adverse implications. Cholesterol comes from two sources: absorption in the intestines and internal production of cholesterol in [...]
Patch for The Treatment of Alzheimer’s
To avoid side effects caused by existing drugs against this tough disease, modern medicine now offers a new therapeutic approach for treatment. A simple view is not just a patch, more efficient solution is a great benefit to Alzheimer’s patients. It provides a better quality of life for both the patient and their families. It [...]
Obesity in pregnancy
It is considered a fat pregnant woman who starts pregnancy at a mean overweight of 20% or more for your ideal target weight. To consider a pregnant obese takes as a parameter an increase of more than 15 kilograms at the end of gestation. Being either case, both are more likely to suffer complications during [...]
Placebo Effect in Allergy and Asthma
In Japan, some people allergic to poison ivy are rubbed his arm with the plant, saying it was safe and the other arm with poison ivy poison claiming it was harmless. The 13 patients had rashes on his arm rubbed with the plant harmless and only two had reactions to poison.Rethink their attitude toward the [...]
The problem of stress
In appropriate situations which may save our lives, it becomes a mortal enemy when it is extended in time. For many, crowded conditions, economic pressures, work overload, the competitive environment, etc., Are circumstances which unconsciously perceived as threats. This leads them to react defensively, becoming irritable and suffer harmful consequences on the entire body: * [...]
Pregnancy Complications
The health of the child is yet unborn, particularly concerned about the mothers of over 35 years, since they are more common genetic problems. There are safe and effective tests to detect genetic disorders that cause subnormality and other problems. The most common test is amniocentesis. In 95% of cases in which they performed, the [...]
Negative Effects of Smoking
Medical studies have determined that the overall mortality rate is two times higher in middle-aged male smokers than nonsmokers, and even higher in those who smoke more cigarettes smoked per day or longer. Among the cancers caused by snuff, leads the lung, so that the rate of this disease is seven times higher in smokers [...]
Causes of Obesity
Obesity is only due to endocrine disorders rarely. In most cases, obesity is the result of an energy intake through food consumption exceeds energy through activity, this excess calories are stored in the body as fat. However, basal metabolism, the minimum amount of energy needed to maintain bodily activities varies from one person to another, [...]
Protein Function
The primary function of the protein is to produce body tissue and synthesize enzymes, some hormones such as insulin, that regulate communication between organs and cells, and other complex substances that govern bodily processes. Animal and vegetable proteins are not used in the same way they are eaten, but digestive enzymes (proteases) must break them [...]
All About Leprosy
Hansen’s Disease or Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease of man which mainly affects the skin, mucous membranes and nerves. The disease is caused by a rod-shaped bacillus, Mycobacterium leprae, similar to the bacillus responsible for tuberculosis. The leprosy bacillus was identified in 1874 by the Norwegian physician Gerhard Henrik Hansen Armauer. In the New [...]