Why is there no hibernation in humans?
Hibernation in humans – yes, why not? The persistent fatigue in the dark season let almost suspect that just would not be the worst idea. Or is it? Researchers have brought light into the darkness. There are winter rest, the winter torpor and hibernation. The Hibernation is a phase that is strongly shut down in energy demand and thus the consumption. They exist in animals and plants. The hibernation, however, applies only to cold-blooded animals whose samtliche life processes are temporarily reduced significantly. Hibernation is only a minor sleep. The body temperature is reduced and the throttled energy requirements. Not uncommon is an interrupted hibernation, be included in the water and feed supplies. The length of hibernation is dependent on many factors. And in humans? To fall into hibernation, certain biochemical processes have experience dictate. These heard that surrounded...
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Help of Mindfulness Training in case of pain and burnout?
At this year’s congress, the American Pain Society accent attention on the efficacy of mindfulness training for chronic pain and stress. In case of burnout is often a disturbed stress management center. Likewise, chronic pain are often associated with stress and mental health problems. Mindfulness training can help to reduce stress. This allows to help with both, burnout and chronic pain. In mindfulness meditation, the patient learns not-judgmental deal with pain and stress. Thereby it can develop an attitude of acceptance, the tendency to avoid or control decreases and the orientation on your own values rises again. This also allows feel the sensation of meaning in life, which seems to be often lost during burnout and chronic pain, to strengthen again. American Pain Society emphasizes sense of mindfulness training. The useful effect of mindfulness training in case of various...
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Spring fever: an issue for all ages
Spring fever are often mocked. He who walks with rising temperatures courting, can almost be sure that the environment describes his behavior with spring fever. But what’s really behind it and the feelings are very young people subject? As soon as the days get longer, the content of the hormone melatonin decreases. The “sleep hormone”, which in the cold and dark winter months especially likely paralyzes most people now recedes into the background and leaves room for enjoyment of life. This can lead to euphoric emotional outbursts, but raises total guaranteed the mood. The thyroid reacts and the organism is in the spring then correspondingly more active. This has an effect on the personal mood. However, the most important factor is the environment assign: Finally now begin the first flowers to bloom and the green trees replaced the somber...
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Can Tai Chi improves the quality of life in COPD?
People who suffer from COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) often have to face with shortness of breath and weakness condition. As a study now revealed, Tai Chi can help them. More and more people, unfortunately, suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Typical symptoms are: stronger cough, phlegm and shortness of breath during exercise. Tai Chi can enhance physical performance and quality of life for people with COPD. This result was received in a recent study. Accordingly, the flowing movements of Tai Chi are alleviate the complaints of lung disease. Tai Chi composed from simple movements and can be learned by the people of all ages: the so-called Sun-Style. 42 patients will take part in the study. Half of them will visit Tai Chi program during three months, twice a week. The other half served as a control group...
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Can a smile reduce stress?
Smile helps to reduce stress in the heart rate and thereby you become calmer. The reports of the professional association established by Cardiologists (BANK). Those who experiences short-term stress, eg because he is stuck in traffic or in acute time pressure, can reduce their heart rate and thus relieve his heart by deliberately touches of smile. The results of a recent study: It was found that those subjects, who were smiling in a stressful situation, could effectively reduce their heart rate. The study participants were different: tasks associated with stress were performed, either, persistently smiling, not smiling or forced smile mechanically. Then their heart rate was measured. The results: The smiling participants, compared to the control group with a neutral facial expression, reported about consistently lower heart rate, regardless of whether their smile was genuine, enforced artificially. Smile decreases...
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Spring Tired? What’s behind it?
Spring fatigue almost everyone knows. Finally, it is warmer and place of joy and zest, a leaden fatigue spreads in the limbs, which complicates everyday life. But what exactly is the spring fatigue and what can be done about it? The spring fatigue is not an illusion. It is the result of a biochemical process, and thus certainly no excuse, just when the force seems to be lacking to do something. Reason is typical for spring hormonal changes. This physiological change is initiated by the increasing sunlight. The body gets the signal that winter is over. As a result, men make more testosterone and women have more estrogen. At the same time, the formation of the sleep hormone melatonin decreases and the happiness hormone serotonin. Actually, people must now be especially alert and energetic, but this change is stressful...
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