Autumnal mood – now recharge your batteries
Autumn has begun and we also note the shorter days. Thus, rain, fog, and cold does not cause the same to sniff nose, cough and Co, you should make your body now weatherproof for fall. Faster than expected and desired summer is over and the autumn begins again the dark and cold season. Even the autumn still attracts with beautiful sunny days and it is usually not really cold, but still now makes many people the typical autumn depression noticeable. The holiday is felt an eternity ago and the prevailing summer energy and vitality seems to have vanished into thin air. To help soul and body now, the autumnal mood hole must be filled and Energy for the coming winter will be refueled. It is particularly important, therefore, already with the last summer days boost the immune system again...
Read More
Can animal fats affect brain activity?
Too many saturated fatty acids in the diet can lead to a slowdown of brain activity. This is the result of a new study by the University. By using animal experiments, the researchers had examined how a calorie equal inclusion of canola oil and milk fat on blood sugar levels, physical activity, the activity of the brain and sleep behavior affects. It was found that the consumption of animal fats urge to move and sleep negatively altered. In addition, the supply of large amounts of milk fat led to increased blood sugar levels and insulin. Also corresponding changes in the brain of mice examined in the study can be found based on imaging procedures. It turned out that those brain regions that are responsible for the feeling of satiety, memory and movement behavior in the mice took a lot...
Read More
Winter time is flu season – a vaccine can help
Each year presents the causative agent of genuine flu in a new guise, because flu viruses are constantly changing their surface. To protect against this disease, therefore adapted to the current excitation, annual flu vaccination is necessary. Unlike the common cold or flu infections that are survived usually harmless and within one to two weeks, the real flu or influenza is much more dangerous and much more intense in their symptoms. In addition, the recovery is usually several weeks. Particularly at risk are the elderly and people with weakened in which an infection can even be fatal. Effective protection against this disease has a flu vaccination, but must be repeated every year with a currently effective vaccine because the flu viruses are constantly changing and are no longer recognized by the human immune system. The flu vaccine itself is...
Read More
Memory problems no need to be
This situation most people know. You meet someone on the street they know, but they do not remember the name. What is amusing in everyday life, the first indication of a serious health condition can be. The proverbial absent-minded professor is the reason why most people take disturbances of memory performance to be taken lightly. Especially in academic circles mentioned the distraction is taken with humor. Indeed, the probability that the person indulges other thoughts high. But it is also possible that there is a pathological process that requires the medical investigation. It is important to distinguish between disorders of memory and the bad memory problems. Who always had a bad memory, is located in the advancing age also can not remember things better, without therefore being sick. The memory performance degrades obviously, it’s time to see a doctor....
Read More
Is smoking harmful for women more than for men?
Women die almost four times as likely as men from the effects of smoking. But quitting smoking is not easy – even though many fear weight gain. Men smoke more than women. But if women smoke, it is more dangerous for them than for men. To average 10.5 years, the lives of women shortened by tobacco consumption. In men, however, are “only” 2.9 years. Why women are at risk from smoking more than men is unknown. Furthermore, there is no scientific study. Perhaps hormonal fluctuations may be a cause. Given the numbers, it is all the more alarming that women smoke more often. On the occasion of this year’s World Non smoking day reported by the Statistical Office, the proportion of women deaths has risen dramatically caused by smoking. An estimated 14,000 women died in 2010 in America from...
Read More
Influence of mobile phones on children
Again and again you hear that the use of mobile communications to be harmful and can be dangerous, especially for children. Now an analysis of previously present on the topic of studies was published. The result is reassuring. Is mobile phone dangerous for children and can make them sick? This question is investigated by group of researchers. In article for the monthly journal illuminated myths and facts surrounding the question of whether children are particularly sensitive to electromagnetic environmental factors and therefore particularly vulnerable to the use of mobile phones. He outlined the current state of knowledge, but also responded to fears and prejudices, which generally have grown up around mobile and electromagnetic radiation. The result of examination says neither from the present basic knowledge even from cell and animal experiments or in epidemiological studies can be concluded that...
Read More