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A day to celebrate life

Saturday, October 6th, 2012

Examination. Notice chest hard edges is one of the symptoms of breast cancer ..
The word ‘mammogram’ holds different meanings for different women. Some see it as synonymous with tranquility, while others feel a great sorrow to hear for fear that a simple review ends in detecting breast cancer.
To remove that fear is precisely the aim of the first World Day Against Breast Cancer, to be held on Wednesday, as every October 19.
Because early diagnosis of this disease, which affects one in eight women in Spain, carries almost 100% chance to be defeated.
The prevention and control are the most effective ways to detect the disease early. Explored the breast area, go to the gynecologist once a year and especially periodic mammograms are essential procedures to detect cancer and to overcome it. In fact, it is recommended that women over 45 have a mammogram every one to two years as well as younger women with high risk factors such as genetic.

Diagnosis and treatment.
Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that originates in the mammary gland tissue and has ability to invade surrounding healthy tissues and reach distant organs and implanted in them. Therefore, early detection is essential to treat it before adhering and spreading.
Mammography, a special x-ray of the breast, can detect these tumor cells with very low doses of radiation (0.1 to 0.2 cGy by radiography) have barely even when extended.
Sometimes this test may be bothersome because the machine puts pressure on the breast to make a higher quality image, but in no case
is painful. They usually perform two projections for each breast and if it detects a suspicious image, the diagnosis is confirmed with an ultrasound, MRI or biopsy.
In the fight against this disease, it is imperative that all women, who suffer and those who do not, be aware that there is no cure undiagnosed. And one of the best methods to educate the female population are prevention campaigns and support.

So Pikolin for four years has developed a major awareness campaign on the importance of prevention in breast cancer by donating a portion of sales of one of its products, the mattress Solidarity, to this cause. Sonsoles Suárez was the spokesman of the action taken along with the Spanish Association Against Cancer.

Is there posvacacional sleep?

Sunday, September 23rd, 2012

Back to work. The change in routine can lead to sleep disturbances, one of the symptoms of posvacacional.
During the holidays, often getting in later and even longer naps, which produces a change in the sleep-wake cycle. These lifestyle changes can cause sleep disturbances when resuming the daily rhythm, marked by the early mornings and clocks.

From the Spanish Association of Sleep, Asenarco, noted that teenagers and young adults are the ones who suffer most from these changes, in some cases presenting what is known as ‘phase delay’, when used to fall asleep and wake up later, find it difficult to change that schedule.

These are symptoms that are included within the syndrome called posvacacional, among others, such as lack of appetite, apathy, anxiety, sadness or irritability, suffering of the population. Merman These sleep disturbances, in some cases, preventing or hindering the initiation and, in others, causing the awakening a few hours of being reconciled.

Psychology experts suggest that this syndrome is not responding to a particular medical diagnosis, but is a reaction caused by adaptation to the daily round. In fact, symptoms rarely lead to serious clinical symptoms.

Some councils.
The doctors recommend not reading too much into the physical and psychological discomfort arising posvacacional syndrome, unless they persist for more than two weeks.

To correct a physical alterations, we suggest regulating the body clock hours and the days before starting the work pace. Thus, it should be left at least two days of the end of the holiday as a break-in.

In case of possible, it is recommended to progressively regulate the intensity of activity being performed on the job. It is also important to sleep over those early days and a more regulated schedule.

On a psychological level, it should forget the idea or feeling state holidays are absolutely opposed to the period of work and, therefore, that one is synonymous with pleasure and the other one is unwell and suffering. In this sense, it is very useful for planning activities rewarding days, looking for leisure time and social life and family.

You can also help alleviate the syndrome posvacacional the approach that the new course begins a life span which can develop new tasks for personal and professional enrichment. In short, adopt a positive attitude.

Controlar el nivel alto del colesterol

Thursday, July 26th, 2012

El colesterol es un lípido que se encuentra en los tejidos del cuerpo y en la sangre, se concentra especialmente en el hígado y el páncreas. El cuerpo debe tener una cantidad de colesterol, pero surge el problema cuando esa cantidad de colesterol excede las proporciones normales que el cuerpo necesita.

El excesivo nivel de colesterol en el organismo puede provocar enfermedades cardiovasculares e infartos, por ello es importante mantener niveles saludables de colesterol.
El colesterol lo produce el hígado, pero buena cantidad proviene de los alimentos que ingerimos. También puede ser provocado por cirrosis hepática, desorden de la glándula tiroidea o de forma hereditaria.

A continuación algunos remedios caseros para controlar el colesterol

- Uno de los más recomendados es engullir un diente de ajo partido en ayunas.
- Comer una manzana en ayunas.
- Comer las verduras que las abuelas utilizan en sus comidas como el brócoli, la cebolla, el diente de león, zanahorias crudas, avena, las espinacas, el pomelo, la alfalfa, las almendras, las nueces, el polen y el aceite de oliva.
- Tomar jugo de naranja con unas gotitas de aceite de oliva en ayunas.
- Tomar jugo de piña antes y después de las comidas durante una semana cada mes.

Recomendaciones

- Debemos evitar las grasas saturadas, es decir, evitar alimentos como carnes de vaca y cerdo, manteca, queso, mantequilla y leche que no esté desnatada.
- Comer abundante fruta y verduras.
- Controlar el estrés y la tensión, practicar ejercicios de relajación.
- Realizar caminatas.
- Eliminar el consumo de cigarrillo.

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