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Clean the ears with caution
Ear wax that sticks visible from the outside in the ear canal, not only looks unkempt, but can also lead to a blockage of the ear canal. But how can the ears clean properly without damaging the sensitive eardrum or the ear canal? Although it is perceived by many people as disgusting, has ear wax, medically referred to as cerumen, important functions in the human ear canal. The yellowish wax produced by special glands in the ear canal not...
Read MoreCan a worm parasite protect against autoimmune diseases?
Allergies and autoimmune diseases caused by a dysregulation of the immune system. Researchers have succeeded in reprogramming with intestinal parasites the relevant immune cells. Allergies, multiple sclerosis, diabetes mellitus type 1 – in many diseases play a role autoimmune reactions. The body directs its defense cells against itself, and it comes to excessive inflammatory responses. Researchers at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg have now found a new approach, such as autoimmune reactions can be inhibited. The unusual helper is a...
Read MoreIncreased blood fat levels – an alarm signal
Healthy over 30? Actually a self-intelligibility, when it comes of interviewed according to view young adult. And often it is the incidental finding, of the shows a very different picture. Meant are high blood fat levels values, which are detected not only in the higher years of life always more frequently. Basically, people need fat. He takes it in their diet, and when they consume too much of it, the weight increases, because fat is stored as a life-saving...
Read MoreHelps of blood donations for hypertension
It has long been the bloodletting in naturopathy as spin recovery method known. Now a preliminary study at the Charité has provided evidence that blood donation can reduce high blood pressure. Conventional medicine has thus classified another method of naturopathy by a clinical study as likely to be effective. bloodletting long time belong to naturopathy to the diverting method. And also regular blood donors repeatedly report a better body image, increased performance and more vitality. Until now, the health...
Read MoreKeep cool with a high fever and febrile seizures in infants
When the immune system has to deal with pathogens, the self-healing of the body is often supported with fever. If fever is also a natural and very sensible defensive reaction, so high fevers and febrile convulsions should be closely monitored in infants and taken seriously. Of febrile seizures that occur only when the fever thermometer reads 39 degrees Celsius, mostly babies and toddlers aged 6 months to 5 years are affected. Where boys get frequent febrile seizures than girls....
Read MoreChristmas shopping free from stress
The closer to Christmas, the more stress threatens the gift purchase. But there are tricks to make the last shopping trips not dampen the mood and still be successful. First up is the meticulous preparation of purchases with room for downtime. Christmas Shopping without stress? Especially families fear the recent purchases, when the shops are full and time is short. Helpless “Something purchases” are not the solution, because they miss the sense of the gift. The trick then is...
Read MoreCan pure oxygen relieve cluster headaches?
There are 176 different types of headaches. Cluster headaches are the worst among of them. Pure oxygen can alleviate pain effectively. BFor many years, experts recommend the inhalation of pure oxygen at cluster headaches. Since 1999, the cost of the therapy be paid by health insurance. Nevertheless, their effectiveness is far known to all physicians and affected patients. A study by researchers from London and San Francisco has now provided the most compelling evidence to date for the benefit...
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