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The Super Bowl is one of the most exciting sporting events of the year. It’s so exciting that some home fans they forget to give proper care to perishable foods.

Food does not care for myself. You have to separate from cooked foods raw, you have to cook meat grilled hamburgers and hot dogs. And that little board that you used to leave raw meat should be used only for that.

The government offers the following tips for staying healthy and their guests, so that all you have to worry about Sunday is that his team take the trophy from Super Bowl 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

A group of researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) led by Professor, Department of Radiology and Physical Medicine, Nicolás Olea Serrano, participates in a European-oriented research to establish the relationship between early exposure to certain chemicals, including some present in plastics and detergents, and the propensity to have diseases such as genitourinary malformations, infertility or testicular cancer.

The academic institution emphasizes that this project differs from similar studies because “the investigation is not done with individual substances, but study the effects caused by the combination of chemical compounds, analyzed independently, seemed innocuous.”

The work, called CONTAM, belongs to the Seventh EU Framework Programme and was funded with 3.49 billion euros through the European administration to develop in the next three years. Read the rest of this entry »

AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is one of the most serious and complex threats to health that humanity has ever faced. Rooted stigma further exacerbates their tragic physical consequences. Furthermore, in the developing world, poverty itself is both cause and effect of a pandemic that refines the physical, social and economic of entire regions.

World AIDS Day, commemorated annually on December 1, offers the opportunity to redouble our efforts in the fight against this devastating disease.

Many people around the world continue to suffer and die from this disease often robs his family, social networks and livelihoods. Young women are at greater risk of infection and assume the major burden of caring for the sick. But many people have found ways to live with dignity in spite of HIV, and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is working to replicate this success. Read the rest of this entry »

Hypotonia or low muscle tone, is a syndrome with characteristics of various diseases. In all cases the main symptoms are: the reduction or lack of movement, muscle weakness and decreased muscle tone.

There are two types of hypotonia:

• Paralytic: reduced or lack of progressive and is due to a problem at the Central Nervous System. Read the rest of this entry »

A few years ago, the typical household remedy when someone is not feeling well was to take a glass of sherry “for the heart.” No one knew if the heart was an excuse for granted that fancy but just in case, we recommend replacing the alcohol by any of these home remedies.

Hawthorn, white miracle

This beautiful plant, with white flowers and small red fruit is a feast for the heart. Balances blood pressure, both high and low, normalize heart rate and very last in banality irregularities of the heart.

Is prepared by adding two teaspoons of leaves or flowers of hawthorn in a cup of boiling water and let stand for 15 minutes. Filtered and take two to three cups of tea a day. Read the rest of this entry »

If you have a persistent blood pressure of 140 systolic and 90 diastolic, which is experiencing high blood pressure? There are various reasons why a person is hypertensive. In excess as a consequence of obesity is a common cause. Factors such as heredity and racial background also predispose an individual to hypertension. People whose parents have a known history of hypertension are more prone to high blood pressure. Black people are more likely to become hypertensive compared with whites. Stress whether physical, social, or those relating to companies is also a known factor in high blood pressure. People living in the city are more likely to develop hypertension compared with those living in rural areas. Smokers also can increase their vulnerability to hypertension. A smoker in May temporarily increases their systolic blood pressure of five to ten times every time you smoke a single cigarette.

Usually, high blood pressures do not occur for demonstrations before the age of thirty-five, even if a person is the practice of unhealthy habits that predispose to hypertension. However, if you are very concerned about your health and take other warning of experience, you will be able to correct the bad habits and prevent any major health emergency in the future. Read the rest of this entry »

A primer in which the user can spell out your personal and health, and people who travel regularly with him in his vehicle, so that emergency medical teams to provide them with the most appropriate treatments in case of accident, is having great success in France, according to the daily Le Figaro.

A year ago that went on sale this document called the (Primer health information to medical personnel on the road), and has already sold tens of thousands of copies in France.

Some companies and organizations provide their employees and members of this card, which can be purchased through the Internet and in pharmacies, and is accompanied by a badge that attaches to the windshield so that emergency teams know that the vehicle user has it. Read the rest of this entry »

Vitamin D deficiency and low estrogen levels increase the risk of cardiovascular

Deficiencies in vitamin D and low estrogen levels are independent risk factors for hardening and narrowing of the arteries and weakened bones, according to a study by Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions has been made public during the annual meeting of the American Heart Association to be held these days in Orlando (USA).

The study is the first evidence that men long-term adverse effects of vitamin D deficiency are amplified by lower levels of estrogen but not testosterone.

Vitamin D is essential for maintaining a healthy body and can be obtained through fortified foods like milk and cereal and through exposure to sunlight. The blood levels below 20 nanograms per milliliter or less of vitamin D are considered harmful to health.

Explains Erin Michos, Study, “Our results confirm a link long suspected and suggested that vitamin D supplements, which are prescribed to treat osteoporosis, might also help to prevent heart disease.” Read the rest of this entry »

Many of you may have oily skin and you do not even notice it, but it’s time you knew.

There are many types of skin of different people depending on their age and health. Dry, oily, normal or even sensitive. All skin types have different ways of being served. In particular, it allows you to search our main skin type (oily skin), that millions of people clamoring for a cure, treatment, how they should be considered and after preventable.

There are many cosmetic products that are in store that markets high heals your oily skin and prevents any outbreak of spots, acne, etc. but are we sure that work? And this depends on you. Since the purchase of creams, lotions that can help you control your oily skin, why not try something that is natural. Having few natural ingredients that you know what an ingredient to make, not 50-odd chemical ingredients in your cream does not know what they are and what they do. It is better to try the natural way of treating the skin is first for cosmetics. Read the rest of this entry »