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Overview Influenza A
Sunday, March 14th, 2010What is influenza?
Influenza is a disease of old people and other animals (birds, pigs …) and that causes epidemics every year, mainly during the winter months. This disease is different types of viruses that also can be combined between them to form a new flu.
Influenza is highly contagious and is spread easily from person to [...]
Cardiovascular Disease
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010According to WHO cardiovascular diseases are the world’s highest death rate so it is important to know how to prevent them.
Definition of cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular diseases are those relating to heart problems and circulatory system. They are also known as heart. They also include the stroke, but fall in a somewhat unusual shade so it has [...]
Walnuts help type 2 diabetes patients
Saturday, February 20th, 2010Researchers from the Prevention and Research Center Yale-Griffin, Yale University (USA), ensure that a diet rich in walnuts helps improve endothelial function in patients with type 2 diabetes by encouraging, therefore, better cardiovascular health, according to results of a study published in the latest issue of the journal Diabetes Care.
Previous studies have shown the benefits [...]
Lupus Erythematosus (II)
Saturday, February 13th, 2010It is important that those who suffer from this disease have a varied diet and integral containing plenty of fruits and vegetables, preferably raw, grains, legumes, nuts, seaweed, sea fish and quality virgin oils. As for the red and white-meat, milk and eggs should contain as little fat as possible and be consumed in moderation. [...]
Why is it so difficult to find an effective anti-obesity drug?
Thursday, February 4th, 2010As there is no shortcut without work for the moment, there seems to be no anti-obesity drugs with no side effects nor the possibility of losing weight without diet or exercise. The recent withdrawal of pharmacies sibutramine or Reductil by the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) joined the poor results obtained by [...]
The Development of New Drugs
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010For his work for over 40 years on cellular receptors. His research has made possible the development of many drugs for various diseases such as Parkinson’s, hypertension and diabetes. The BBVA Foundation has awarded the ‘Frontiers of Biomedicine, ascertain in’ Robert J. Lefkowitz, a professor and researcher in the Department of Medicine, Duke University (USA).
This [...]
Traffic noise may increase blood pressure
Monday, January 11th, 2010One of the worst disadvantages of living in the city and the countryside is not pollution. Pollution of all kinds, environmental, light, sound … The latter, which bothers you at nap times and will not let you enjoy your book in peace, you can not only cause discomfort, but also include physical problems.
Hypertension, for example, [...]
