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Headache
Most of us at some point in our lives we experience headaches, for which countless drugs have been invented, but there may be another approach to cope when this is not serious you need professional care, as determined by the sharpness of their and frequency of pain episodes.
So when the headache is a possible source for muscle contractions or vascular irregularities, this information may be useful to address them.
First, it should try to determine what caused the headache, such as linking food, as the excesses in this level can cause it, and the consumption of alcohol or stimulants such as caffeine and energy dense foods combined with others that are formed in explosive formula for our system.
The atmosphere can affect their appearance as cigarette smoke or strong odor, and excess activity, for example when working with monitors blinking, once identified an external cause, which will determine a pain passenger head, we can evaluate using the following simple and natural resources to cope.
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Effects of Meditation on Memory
Meditation is always being studied by science and this time it was discovered that can help improves visual memory, suggests a new study.
For their research, scientists resorted to two types of Buddhist meditation, one in which participants focus on an image of the divine and the other participants at the rally should avoid any image distracting their attention during the process.
In a series of experiments, both types of meditation were performed by professionals who participated in the work and tested their visual memory (e.g., the ability to maintain an image in memory and then identifying among other images).
After completing its first round of tasks, professionals meditated for a period of 20 minutes, while the other control group, no lay meditate, and both groups completed a second round of tasks.
The study results showed that all participants’ meditates achieved similar results in the first round of tasks, but in the second round, practitioners focusing on an image had a marked difference in the performance of your memory, making it more efficient.
According to the authors of the study through these results determined that meditation can make a real promise for treatments for memory loss.
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The Song and Lung Health
Doctors in London are investigating how the song helps seriously ill with lung problems, to improve their breath control, according to the study takes place at the Royal Brompton Hospital.
Hundreds of patients have joined the sessions and 60 have been incorporated into a clinical trial, whose results are expected to publish before the end of the year, but some patients who have received the sessions say that the song has already transformed his life.
At the Royal Brompton Hospital, it is not surprising to hear the sound of music in the hallways, along with jokes, laughter and oral exercises; this is a place that specializes in caring for patients with severe lung disease.
The class begins with some vocal exercises, including sighs, noise and hum, sounds up and down the ladder, and then moves them to the songs.
So amid a festive atmosphere are patients of all ages with a variety of lung disorders, including asthma, cystic fibrosis and emphysema.
It is clear that patients enjoy and researchers are now assessing their impact on patterns of breathing control in those who are conducting the clinical trial.
“We have tried to tackle trying to train people to use their voice and breathing, but with a different purpose through song, with the hope that the knowledge they gain through it, in terms of control of breathing , they are useful in day to day, to cope with their condition, “the researchers say.
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Alcohol and Cardiovascular Disease
A study in Spain found that drinking alcohol daily, in moderately or excessively causes a reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease in men.
This controversial study was done in several health centers in Spain and gotten down to analyze the drinking habits of more than 15,500 men and 26,000 women between 29 and 69 years.
Results were recorded over 10 years and concluded that both moderate and high consumption of alcohol reduces up to 50% rates of heart disease in men.
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Ovarian Pain
Ovarian pain can be caused due to various conditions, ranging from tumors and cysts pain usually felt in the lower abdomen (below the navel region) and the pelvis, so it is very important to check the pain in the pelvic region with the help of an obstetrician, gynecologist or general practitioner.
Ovary pain may be chronic or acute passenger, the latter can be felt for a few minutes or a few days and could disappear in a short space of time, whereas chronic pain usually begins slowly and could still take several months.
The pain may worsen when performing activities such as urination, exercise, jogging for example is very characteristic, there are also some milder forms of pain that could not be perceived by women, while the rate of severe pain may even alter quality of life of women.
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Treatment for Neck Pain
One of the most common physical complaints that affects everyone at some point and today by stressful life to which we are subject, has become commonplace or everyday, the annoying “neck pain.
This common complaint is usually self-treated with painkillers, but there are alternative treatment plans that can be used for medical approval, after evaluation as to its origin, which is usually a common factor, stress, motivating characteristics tension contractures.
The most commonly used alternative treatments include acupuncture, yoga, tai chi, chi gong, shiatsu, massage, herbalism, which have proven their effectiveness in this condition almost chronic for many.
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Divorce Would Damage Health
People going through a divorce, are more likely to suffer health problems, including heart disease and cancer, says a new study has shown.
Divorce and widowhood are long-term commitment, with negative effects on the physical, which is only marginally improved if a person finds a new partner.
The stress and financial uncertainty of separation may continue to wreak havoc in our bodies even decades after specifically, research indicates.
Divorced people have 20 percent more to chronic health conditions such as heart disease, diabetes or cancer, in relation to married persons, the study on 8652 people aged between 51 and 61 years, carried conducted by Professor Linda Waite of the University of Chicago.
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Symptoms of High Cholesterol
You can not feel if you have high cholesterol levels in the same way that you feel a headache, but a high cholesterol level in combination with other risk factors can lead to atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease symptoms.
Atherosclerosis is the buildup of cholesterol and fat (fatty deposits or plaques) in arterial walls, leading to the arteries to narrow and harden, losing its elasticity and therefore the movement is difficult.
These fatty plaques can rupture, causing blood to clot around the rupture, and if this happens the blood can not flow to part of the body, triggering the death of tissue.
The following are the symptoms of cardiovascular disease and depend on the degree of arterial narrowing:
- If the arteries of the lower limbs have a limited supply, this can cause leg pain when walking or running and if a clot blocks the vessel, the lack of blood flow can come to the point of requiring amputation.
- In the brain, a blood clot (thrombus) may block an artery or a smaller blood vessel coming to rupture, causing local haemorrhage (bleeding). Either will lead to a stroke.
- In the heart, narrowed coronary arteries cause angina and plaque rupture, causing blood clots that can lead to heart attack or heart function through damage reduced a significant amount of heart muscle.
- If the carotid arteries in the neck become narrow, clots may form passing floats in the brain, resulting in a stroke or repeated ‘mini-strokes “(transient ischemic attacks or TIAs).
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