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Archive for December, 2009

From the following amounts on the same day it is estimated that there may be a risky drinking. For men is considered a risk that consumption is greater than 40 grams of pure alcohol a day and, for women, from 24 grams of pure alcohol per day.

These amounts are approximate. Alcohol consumption can cause damage to person depending on many variables: gender, age, weight, physical condition, mental condition, etc.. Read the rest of this entry »

Composition:

Ethyl alcohol in different proportions (expressed in grams of pure alcohol):

Glass of wine: 9.6 grams

Pint: 8 grams

Beer Tube: 13,32 grams

Cubata: 22.4 grams Read the rest of this entry »

This report presents the main results of the Survey on Drug Use State Secondary Education in 2008 (ESTUDES08) to Asturias.
The data provides us with the survey suggest a stabilization in the consumption of alcohol and snuff, with prevalence virtually identical to those obtained in the previous year for 2006.
There was a decline in the use of cannabis and cocaine, continuing the trend begun in 2004.
The hallucinogens and amphetamines increase their consumption slightly, from a low utilization much lower than those of previous substances. Read the rest of this entry »

Natives of the New World have developed an extensive materia medica of local medicinal herbs to treat common medical problems. Finally they are accepting and studying herbal medicine in the new world, let’s see some examples.

Herbs “New World” have played a leading role, as food, fiber and medicine worldwide. Many herbs are now the focus of researchers around the world originated in the Western Hemisphere. Read the rest of this entry »

Many People talking about what a full breakfast and breakfast as it should, but we have never given a concrete example. Taking advantage of the healthy recipe section we present a breakfast that blindly follows the nutritional recommendations as to quantity and quality of nutrients and calories:
650 K cal
66% Carbohydrate
15% Protein
19% Fat Read the rest of this entry »

General concepts in Is the leading cause of school absenteeism and the most frequent reason for consultation in pediatrics (16.5% of consultations), despite a high percentage of cases resolved with self-medication in the family.
A size proportion of telephone consultations poison control centers is related to cough and cold medications. It appears not to be of mere placebos but hazards associated with certain medications. Read the rest of this entry »

World Diabetes Day 2008 He writing “held” in quotes because I do not think it is an occasion to celebrate. It is a very sad fact that more and more people with diabetes, and especially that they are dramatically increasing cases of children with diabetes.

For me personally, and with all due respect to those who strive to change things, I think a failure of our health systems and government. Why else have a technology thousands of times more advanced than 50 years ago, the number of people suffering from diabetes is increasing exponentially? Is not is supposed to be the reverse: it improves the technology and science = better health? Then think not. In this case improves the technology and science while worsening the health of people. Read the rest of this entry »

A few months ago we discussed the existence of Avian Influenza A (H1N1). And while it is a global phenomenon that has mobilized nearly all the nations, many still think that is an invention of the Indonesian government and nothing happens.

My suggestion:
As if the flu is better to follow the recommendations of health authorities. Read the rest of this entry »

Nephrotic syndrome idiomatic constitutes about 90% of cases of nephrotic syndrome in childhood, one can find three histologic types: minimal change disease, mesangial proliferation and focal segmental glomérloesclerosis.
Some experts believe that these three entities represent three different diseases with similar clinical features, while others are different presentations of the same disease.
To make a diagnosis of this disease is very important to have the urine test. The latter reveals the presence of proteinuria (presence of bacteria in urine) of 3 + or 4 + and 20% of children observed microscopic hematuria. Read the rest of this entry »

The Committee for Medicinal Products for (HUEMA), has decided to authorize the use of Spanish antitumor Yondelis for tumors of recurrent ovarian cancer. Yondelis is the trading name of trabectedin, ET-743 or as named in the laboratory. It is a synthetic derivative of a marine compound, the ‘Ecteinascidia turbinata’, already used in European countries today to treat other cancer. Read the rest of this entry »