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A good preparation for winter sports reduces the risk of injury
Learned, never, think many who in the winter season plans traditionally a ski or snowboard holiday. In the interest healer bones, ligaments and joints but no one should unprepared start in winter sports. If you drive on wheel throughout the year, jogs, with in-line skaters traveling or wandering that is fit enough to venture out in the winter to ski or snowboard slopes or on the ice rink. Who but the year was not very active, which should prepare...
Read MoreDoes meditation help against loneliness?
Meditation can reduce stress and enhance state of relaxation. But obviously, this technique can do much more, as a new study now shows. Loneliness is not just a feeling, but also an important health risk factor. Loneliness can trigger depression and other mental illnesses, and also leads many people to increased stress levels, which, in turn, is involved in the development of various diseases. Particularly elderly often suffer from loneliness. In the modern world, as well, as younger people...
Read MoreThe proper use of medication determines the success of therapy
Drug package inserts are a horror for the layman: You describe all possible interactions and side effects and the strict rules for the administration are often difficult to understand. It decides the proper intake on the safety and efficacy of a drug. What to watch for? Whether a drug does its job, among other things, depends on whether it is used also in the prescribed manner.The dosage is always indicated on the package insert. The doctor’s instructions are usually...
Read MoreAre overweight people degraded?
Being overweight is unhealthy – everyone knows that. But that besides heart and blood vessels and can affect the brain power. According to the U.S. Data and Statistics, every second American citizen is overweight – with serious health consequences. Being overweight increases the risk for many diseases, such as hypertension, heart attack and diabetes. What many do not know: Even the brain is affected by the excess weight. Numerous studies have shown, that overweight people have very lower brain...
Read MoreHigh blood pressure – the great public health problem
Approximately every fourth American suffers: high blood pressure, also called hypertension. As the disease proceeds asymptomatic sometimes over very long time, many sufferers know nothing about it. Is precisely where the danger, because untreated can cause irreparable damage. The term blood pressure refers to the force generated by the blood to the arteries acts those vessels that carry blood away from the heart. Two data specified in the Unit of mmHg (millimeters mercury column), provide information about the arterial...
Read MoreHow doctors can avoid burnout?
According to studies, 20 percent of doctors suffer in the course of their working lives from a burnout. But there are ways to counteract. The medical profession is undoubtedly stressful and challenging. Studies have even show that every fifth doctor suffer from burnout. But why others stay healthy? In 200 interviews doctors were surveyed about what makes the most to create them in their jobs and how they deal with stress factors. Too much bureaucracy, long working hours and...
Read MoreCold in children: What works?
Whining, a feverish he had, a persistent current or optional nasal congestion, hoarseness, inflamed throat, cough. The smaller the patient, the more he is suffering from the discomfort that is associated with the common cold While adults can quickly get a few home remedies and non-prescription medicines relief, different rules may apply to children. The classical cold in children, which is caused by viruses and their shaping ranging from cold to flu is not to tame with medication. This...
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