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Low Bone Mass & Architecture Poor

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Osteoporosis is a systemic disease characterized by low bone mass and architecture poor, both increase bone fragility leaving it susceptible to fracture.

One in three postmenopausal women in particular have advanced osteopenia francs osteporosis values. Interestingly, this decline in BMD was significantly correlated with levels of sarcopenia, ie loss of muscle tissue, which characterizes the sedentary elderly. This correlation is less significant in men and women of the same age but who remain physically active. Per year in Europe is recorded about 650,000 hip fractures, which cause a 20% mortality and 50% partial or complete disability.

Other variables or factors that may affect bone metabolism, bone would be the use of psychoactive drugs, loss of muscle strength. In fractures, loss of stability and balance, and lost some senses like hearing and sight, predispose to falls and fractures.

In this article we will discuss the relationship between exercise and bone and try to give some idea about the intensity of exercise for optimizing exercise and diet for bone health.

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How Does Our Sensory Systems?

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Our brain, specifically the central nervous system, the area of the midbrain, where are the thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala (not the throat, etc) Organizes the activities of our body to function.

The first major activity is the supply, since it is responsible to send nutrients to the brain to function properly.
Thus, our gastrointestinal system is the most important of our senses the intereoceptivo, where the brain is fed. When food is produced, ie when there are internal processes as nutrient removal and disposal of chemicals is active within our metabolisms, our entire nervous system is avocado to subtract the elements or nutrients and arrange for the organs involved operation and other activities are relegated to remain in operation but are not priority.

The brain is organized in this way to equilibrate internally metabolism to allow our external senses give the information to send us agree, that is at the surface of the brain. Then, if this creates an imbalance in domestic area, the brain, like everything in nature is wise, will increase the performance of its other mechanisms to balance its operation.
And so, as in the case of the blind, the other senses are sharpened and intensified. Thus, when an imbalance occurs in the interoceptive sensory system, ie our sensory system, our senses are sharpened extereoceptivos.

This is the biological cause of attention deficits or stereotyped behaviors many of our children. And so was looking through diet and supplements, balance the functioning of the gastrointestinal system that can organize the midbrain to the thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, sella, and so on. and thus being able to balance the senses and emotions.

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Mesothelioma: a cancerous tumor caused mostly by asbestos

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

mesotheliomaMesothelioma is the name that is called a cancerous tumor that involves the mesothelial cells of an organ. Such are the cells that form a protective coating on the lungs, heart and abdominal organs. The best known of these membranes is the pleura, whose function is to be a surface lubricant that protects the lungs from rubbing against the rib cage.

Asbestos fibers and asbestosis

Virtually all cases of mesothelioma (pleural cancer) and lung cancer are related to the inhalation of asbestos fibers. Inhaled fibers can cause scar tissue inside the lung, which can not expand and contract normally. Annually, between 10,000 and 15,000 diagnosed cases worldwide. In general, most of the victims are men over 50 years.

The main characteristics of asbestos, which is the name given to a group of six different minerals-are long, strong fibers that can be separated and are flexible (can be interlaced) and resist high temperatures.

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Sport is a Priority Tool For Balancing Brain Functions

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

This is how all human beings

Every time we consume foods that contain preservatives or just an intolerance to some food, this machinery will enter into collapse and increase in alerts the brain that are: fight, flight, feeding and mating, and thus will increase compulsive behaviors oral, aggression or hyperactivity (escape) or sexual behaviors.

Sport is a priority tool for balancing brain functions, it develops tools for neuronal regeneration and allows the formation of neuropeptides, which are the substances used by the brain to send messages to different sections of the body for optimal performance.

But we can not only balance within us all the work. Like when you transform coal into diamond, there must be a polished jewel itself and to make it have any value. Well that is what behavioral work, education and parenting.

The work behavior refers to the generation of good habits of reaction (educate our reactions), the educational work concerns the search for potential (not just knowledge) and raising concerns regarding appropriate models and environment similars, ie learning to love. Each area has a specialist, therapist or psychologist who is responsible for the behavioral area, the teacher must educate and raise the father.

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Women, Physical Activity and Health

Friday, January 8th, 2010

women's healthSince a child is born has marked his arrival at physical activity, dictate the pink robe that his first gift will be delicate doll or toy, to be lucid pretty dresses and bows in her hair. It was later barred from climbing the tree in the square and play with boys because they are very stupid. In physical education class in school protect you from falling and will take special care not to hurt the knees is not of girls. In contrast, if a man has dirty knees scraped and can be read that was a day of enjoyment and boldness that manifested in the games that are unique to a child.

The activities of a child are the expressive dances. If they best be sports gymnastics, skating, and aerobics. None of basketball, handball, football much less, perhaps gaining social acceptance was field hockey, but not talking about roller hockey. This is how we arrived at puberty adolescents without motivation for movement with the idea that women who do sport are not socially acceptable or not studying or not have a boyfriend.

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