Probably heard about the psychosomatic illnesses. If it is not or if you simply want to know a little more about this we will talk about them. In the first place clarify that the psychosomatic diseases occur when a process psychic has influence over what somatic. In other words, are those diseases that have a psychological origin?
Many times happens that the emotions and negative feelings that we cannot externalizing manifested in our body through certain symptoms. To the extent that the emotions or stress are more intense greater will be the responses of our body.
The medicine try taking increasingly to the individual as a whole and understands that the mind and body are not separate elements without which function as a unit. For example, a person who has been depressed for a long time be weakened their immune system. Therefore, his body will be more vulnerable to certain conditions.
The stress on the other hand, increases the levels of cholesterol, high blood pressure and until may cause heart attacks and brain hemorrhages. In the digestive system the psychosomatic illnesses are manifested through the gastritis, ulcers, and diarrhea. Read the rest of this entry »

The new study on the Chinese women, done by a team of the University of Western Australia in Perth, found that women who ate at least 10g of mushrooms, fresh daily were a 64 percent less prone to develop breast cancer.
The dried mushrooms had a little less protective effect, reducing the risk of about half and women who combined with a diet of mushrooms regular consumption of green tea were recorded a larger profit.
The risk among women of this group was reduced by almost 90 per cent; green tea contains antioxidant compounds called poly phenols that have shown combat breast tumors in animals.
The black tea, although in fact is the same plant called Camellia novenas, it is not believed to have the same properties since the leaves are processed in another way, fermentation process to diminish the natural compounds poly phenols.
The Investigator Min Zhang and his colleagues stressed that the study does not prove cause and effect, despite the fact that does not account for other known risk factors for breast cancer, such as the weight of the women, education, frequency of exercise and smoking habits, could be other factors that explain the results. Read the rest of this entry »

There are about 18 million of type 2 diabetics considered to have at least two to three times more risk to develop Alzheimer’s disease in relation to no diabetics.
However, the type 2 diabetes often leads to heart disease and other conditions than before to kill the general strike, Alzheimer’s disease, in the 1970S.
Dr. Ralph Nixon at the University of New York, vice president of the Association of Alzheimer’s Disease of the council scientific adviser, stipulates that the genetics remain the main risk factor for dementia.
“In any way means that you are going to develop Alzheimer’s disease and since then many people with Alzheimer’s disease do not have diabetes,” warns. Read the rest of this entry »

Herpes labials is the result of a simple virus type I, on rare occasions type II, which produces blisters in the mouth, the cheeks or chin. It is usually present in the body of latent form, but factors such as the stress, sunburn and fever, can activate. To prevent the herpes labials should use a sunscreen with protection factor equal to or greater than 15, especially if it is less than 35 years, then that age the probability of generating outbreaks is lower.
If, in spite of care the herpes labials it manifests itself, with its typical symptoms of redness, swelling, burning and/or itching is best avoid direct contact with the skin of other people, preferring the greetings that do not involve closeness of the affected area with that of those who show no symptoms.
Although the herpes labials disappear after completing their cycle, you can eat fruit juice as pear, apple and grapes to combat the cold sores. These, due to their concentrations of tannins help to strengthen the immune system, for that fight with greater ease the current outbreak and that may appear in the future. Read the rest of this entry »

The St. John’s worth (Hypericum perforatum) is a medicinal plant that can fulfill the work of antidepressant. For a long time, this plant was known and used by its benefits as anti-inflammatory, soothing of sorrows by blows or bruises and even came to be used to treat muscle spasms, as well as the cramps.
But it has been during the last two decades it has been studied in depth in Europe and more recently in the United States. . After a study in 1996 was able to show that the grass of San Juan has antidepressant properties. Studies of short-term (between one and three months) indicate that it is more effective than a placebo, and equally effective that tricycle antidepressants (TCA) in the treatment of depression in degree mild to moderate.
The comparisons against antidepressants inhibitors selective re serotonin (SSRIS), such as fluoxetine (Prozac®) or sertraline (Zoloft®) are limited.
The doctors, after seeing the results of these analyzes, began to recommend this grass at the same level that an antidepressant medication. The good thing that has this natural grass is not some the same side effects that can bring a medicine of this style, and until it is much cheaper. Read the rest of this entry »