Vitamin C Content Higher Lower Stroke Risk

Consumption of vitamin C content can be predicted big or small a person is exposed to the possibility of stroke, the results of research involving a group of experts about 20 thousand people and old-age part-elderly people in Norfolk, United Kingdom.

In research that lasted for about ten years 448 cases of stroke occurred among those involved in research projects.

Experts found that they-they have a degree of concentration of vitamin C at the beginning of the most high-risk research has a 42% lower for stroke affected during the period of ten years, compared with those with a concentration of vitamin C content of the low.

Protective effect provided by vitamin C to ward stroke after considering the factors that may influence, among others, age, gender, smoking habits, alcohol drinking habits body mass index, blood pressure, diabetes, heart attack preliminary attack, Feed and social class .

Dr.Pho K. Myint from the University of Cambridge, UK and their colleagues reported the results of research in the medical magazine, The American Journal of Nutrition.

Myint said the concentration of vitamin C content in the blood is one of a bio-consumption of fruits and vegetables provide a lot of food substances that are biologically active and Protective against stroke. Results of research that supports the evidence that a body in the consumption of vegetables and fruits have such a protective effect against stroke. "

In other comments, also associated with vitamin C, Drs. Sebastian J. Padayatty and Mark Levin Institute of the National Health Bethesda, in Maryland, emphasizing fruits and vegetables associated with many health benefits including decreasing the risk of stroke affected.

"We have yet to find out why and how the fruits and vegetables that provide the benefits for the public are encouraged to consumption in many and diverse number of type ," Padayatty and Levin said.

Optimum amount of consumption of fruits and vegetables can reduce the risk of infected heart disease and stroke are still not known, but eat as much as 5 to 9 times the fruit or vegetable dishes every day can provide benefits for health and provide protection for the body to a number of diseases. Because the two types of recommended eat the food as much as possible.

Heavy Rainfall Can Increase Autisme

From the latest research results recorded in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, dikabarkan that the increase in rainfall or associated with it could be related to the development of autisme.

Theory autisme rainfall based on the child's health records and weather from the three states of the U.S., but has been greeted with caution by the UK research charities.

The researchers consider the average annual rainfall in California, Oregon and Washington State between 1987 and 1999, and then examine the prevalence autisme figures in the growth of children during that time.

Studies have found a number autisme higher among children who are part of the country receive higher rainfall during their first three years.

Increasing the number autisme - the increase, based on some measure, from one in 2500 to be between one of the 150 - mainly due to a doctor can diagnose disease, as some scientists opinion.

However, researchers from Cornell University did not concur, and said that such research can not eliminate the factors that may separately increase the number of children who grow in conditions that casually.

They found that the number can be associated with the amount of rainfall in the state they are in-between that date. From the results of the research that found that the prevalence autisme higher for groups that experienced the birth of the rainfall is relatively high when they are younger than three years .

They also explain that no one from all of that more than just theory. However, further research to see if the connection was real is still needed.

Poor Sleep? Beware Cause Cancer!

Exercise regularly can reduce the risk of cancer in women, but the benefits that can escape if the woman is too little sleep, the researchers said some of the U.S., on Monday (17/11). Study involving 5,968 women in Maryland confirms previous findings that people who perform routine physical activities face smaller risks for cancer fell ill.

But when the researchers examine the women who are 18 to 65 years of diligent berolah sport every weekend, they found that sleep appears to play an important role in cancer risk.

People who sleep less than seven hours each night to 47 percent for risk fell ill with cancer than those who sleep more among women who are physically active, so the researchers report in the meeting that the American Association for Cancer Research.

"We think it is very interesting and generate curiosity. This is the first time such research. That is not something that has been widely reviewed," said Jame McClain from the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institute of Health the government, in a telephone interview.

McClain, who led the study, said not clear how indeed too little sleep may make people more susceptible to cancer. "Sleep has been long enough in dealing with health," said McClain.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) call less sleep as a public health problem that is not observed, and claims the United States more or less sleep. CDC says the percentage of adults who reported sleeping six hours or less per night increased from 1985 to 2006.

Experts say lack of sleep on the bed associated with chronic obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease and blood vessel, depression, cigarettes and suck excessive drinking.

In addition, research has shown that people who routinely sport berolah face a lower risk of breast cancer, colon and other types of cancer. Many experts think the impact of exercise on the body's hormone levels, immune function and body weight may play an important role.

Stress The Short Term Reduce Remember

Stress the short term that lasts only a few hours can damage the brain-cell communication in some areas related to the ability to learn and remember the power, said the researchers from Unviersity of California.

Have known that the stress of the last several weeks or months can damage cells in the area of communication and memory in the brain's ability to learn, but the study gave the first evidence that short-term stress has the same impact. Study in the Journal of broadcast Neurosicence.

"Stress continues to occur in our lives and can not be dodged," said Dr. Tallie Z. Baram, the leader of the study. "Our findings can play an important role in the development of drugs at this time that might prevent the impact that this is not desirable and offers understanding of why some people forget or have difficulties to maintain the information during the full pressure of the situation."

In their study, Baram and colleagues identified a new process of how stress is causing the impact. They found that not involve hormones, known as the broad causes of stress, cortisol, which flows throughout the body, acute stress the fact that certain molecules called corticotropin releasing hormones (CRH) - which disrupt the process of how the brain collects and stores memories.

The researchers found that these molecules inhibit the interaction with the CRH molecules reseptor eliminate stress on the damaged area involved with learning and memory.

Baram also said that there are groups that show the ability to inhibit reseptor CRH, and studies that can play a role in the establishment of therapy based on the collection in order to handle the loss of memory and learning ability related to stress.

No Salt, No Free Of Salt

Sodium in the amount of harm that can be found in food that is not effective, such as bread and breakfast cereals, the report said Consumer Reports magazine.

Analysis group made up 37 food products, have a cup Raisin Bran Kellogg containing 350 grams of sodium, one of half a cup of cottage cheese contains 360 milligram, and one bread wheat has a 440 milligram.

U.S. food guides recommend that people consume a healthy adult is not more than 2,300 milligram sodium per day and to control high blood pressure, a person must obtain 1500 milligram or less.

Most Americans consume far more than that, and mostly not from the salt on the food ditaburkan but even from the prepared food products.

"Our analysis found that low-fat products may contain more sodium. That happens in part because when fat is removed from the food full of fat, sodium penyedap sometimes used as a substitute," said Jamie Hirsh, parlormaid health editor at Consumer Reports, in a statement.

In addition to sodium chloride, which is better known as table salt, sodium can be found in foods such as disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, sodium caseinate, sodium benzoate, sodium bicarbonate and sodium nitrite.

Prego 'Heart Smart Traditional' Italian Sauce contains 430 milligram salt in half a cup that is presented, even if it berkadar fat low. Vegetable juice 'Heart Healthy' V8 has 480 milligram of salt in one portion, so the report broadcast on Monday (1 / 12).

Prevent Skin Damage with Broccoli Extract

Dr. explained. Paul Talalay of Johns Hopkins University, broccoli sprout seed extract can reduce redness and damage to the skin up to more than one-third. "But, this is not hindsight solar," said Talalay, as cited by Reuters. Extracting this will only help fortify skin cells to fight the effects of UV radiation.

Together with his team, Talalay a test of six people with various doses in some small areas of skin. The part is then displayed with a short wave UV radiation, which causes quite a burn rate that varies.

They then compare the redness on the skin that are given treatment and that is not. At the highest dose, the extract reduced redness and swelling by an average of 37 percent, and long-term effect. Two days after treatment stopped, the effects remain visible.

These effects vary widely among the volunteers, who obtained protection from 8 to 78 percent depending on genetic differences. "What we see important because it also works in humans," Talalay said. However, it still suggests further research is needed on how this should be applied to humans.

"Not like solar screen that provides physical barrier against UV rays by absorbing, obstruct, or otherwise light, the extract helps increase the production of protective enzymes that defend against skin damage related to UV," a time. Especially on people with problems on the immunity system, such as patients in the transplant. However, this still does not replace extract the solar curtain.

During the 15 years, Talalay has been researching sulforafane, component, which is in the broccoli sprout extract. The results of this study indicate that the development of tumors in animals given the amount of material causes of cancer can be prevented.

Low Testosteron Make Quick Death?

A research conducted on 794 healthy men aged 50-91 years (with average age 73.6) for 11.6 years, indicating that the rate of hormone testosteronnya lower, 40 percent tend to die in the years 1985-2004 study period. Results of this study appear in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2007.

These results do not directly encourage men who are older consume supplements testosteron to live longer. Research is, according to Dr. Gail A. Laughlin, as cited by Reuters Health, shows only the relationship between the low rate of testosteron with the death more quickly.
"That's why we do not recommend that men consume supplements testosteron based on the results of this,"Laughlin said.

Relations are, in theory, due to the low rate of testosteron can affect the long-age men through the effects metabolik. Some previous research indicates that the rate of low testosteron can cause abdominal obesity and syndrome metabolik.

In their study, Laughlin and colleagues from the University of California, San Diego, U.S., found that low testosteron associated with abdominal obesity and aspects metabolik syndrome. So, while these factors excluded, the rate of low testosteron is still freely associated with early death.

There are still differences in opinion among experts in defining the lack of testosteron. Some of them stated that the measure should be diagnosed below 300 nanogram per desiliter (ng / dl), but other experts say lower.

Unfortunately, there is no evidence that the increase rate of male testosteron above 300 ng / dl can extend the age, so this discovery does not recommend the use of widely testosteron therapy for men with old age.

Is not yet clear whether the increase testosteron in men with a clearly visible defisiensi can safely extend the age. "Only clinical trials that examined the suplementasi hormonal against plasebo can answer this question," Laughlin said.

Many Eat Not Always Fat

The results of a study conducted by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, recently stated that the effort to add weight is not always done with the means increasing the amount of food consumed. However, sometimes things are needed, such as drugs or other nutrients, which can help control weight.

In the descriptions in the Journal of Cell Metabolism, the researchers said that the serotonin, known to be working as a checker appetite and the addition of fat, actually have two channels' signal 'is different.

One set of channel signals is set appetite and fat storage, another checker. Signals received by each channel is controlled by neurons in the brain, which instructs the body to burn fat or store food.

If the mechanism is described in the channel, target drug use the weight is more aimed at the reduction of channel fat and not to reduce hunger, which in fact rarely successful, said leaders of the Research, Kaveh Ashrafi.

"It does not mean that the food is not important. Control of fat that is owned by serotonin is different with the food. Weight reduction strategy focuses only on food consumption, you can. That is why businesses often fail to diet," he said.

The discovery is not against the view that hunger, appetite and obesity are connected to each other under the influence of serotonin and the other signal, which is connected with neurons in the brain. However, the discovery shows that there is the influence of the other. Some medicine for weight has been developed to increase the amount of serotonin, so the appetite suppressants. However, it is even cause problems, Ashrafi said.

Medicines are intended to block the signal point reduction of fat in a separate brain, which is actually useful to control obesity, diabetes type 2 disease, diseases related to blood vessels and others.

"Obesity problems are too skinny and not solely caused by eating patterns. But more than that, eating patterns and to control the fat also regulated by the nervous system that function to respond to the availability of nutrients in the body," the researchers said.

When Health Check Please?

When Health Check Please? How sick? No! All people want is always healthy, but the attitude of our lives are often less effort not to show pain. Eating home satisfied, sports absent hold, break less, and no work stoppage. If you are confused then exposed to the disease and seek treatment wonder about the pattern of healthy living.

Prevent the problem, there are many things that we can do. Avoiding the causes of the disease, became the main strategy. Smoking, for example. Many studies indicate smoking causes cancer tuberculosis.

Not to be cancer tuberculosis, we can prevent it by not smoking. Problem is we all understand, but see it, every day we can still see many people smoking! The second strategy, early detection is a very meaningful step.

In many cases, the screening tests important role in preventing disease. A course of cancer serviks (neck womb). HPV virus infection due to the women's age can be prevented if the conduct routine screening.

Similarly breast cancer and many other diseases. Again, this step is not to be awareness of us as very important. We are reluctant to conduct health checks for various reasons. "Later alone. This is not too severe! "So often heard. Or maybe you know with the self-styled, "Ah, this is only lumbago, why!"

Therefore, to familiarize themselves health checks every few period recommended by health experts.

How often and what should we check?

A. Measure Blood Cholesterol The actual blood serum fat dites to measure total cholesterol level in the blood that consists of LDL cholesterol, HDL, and trigliserida.

What's the point? To measure the degree trigliserida and cholesterol in the blood. The state of blood fat that is not normal will increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. Problems occur when LDL cholesterol (low density lipoprotein) are quite a lot in the arterial wall is marked with meningginya degree level or when LDL cholesterol HDL (high density lipoprotein) decreased.

When and how often? Make at least five years if your normal condition. If not, you should check more often. The test is very important if in the family history have high cholesterol and heart attack, obesity, you rarely exercise, suffering from diabetes, or fatty foods like consumtion high.

What do the numbers that? The National Cholesterol Education Program has created a guide on the cholesterol content. You can read it on the table. Consult your doctor to review the results.

B. Measure Blood Pressure This test measures the peak pressure when your heart pumping blood out through the arterial (sistolik) and the number of arterial pressure in the heart during a break in between detakan (diastolik).

What's the point? To detect the early blood pressure that boast. The longer detected increasingly dangerous. You will fell ill at risk of stroke, heart, heart failure, and kidney damage.

When and how often? At least every two years. When the doctor to check, blood pressure will be checked. When blood pressure exceeds the limit or Ascending, doctors may recommend the test as often as possible. Tests of blood pressure is very important for those aged 35 years and above, obesity, lack of activity, family history and have high blood pressure.

What is the number-number? Figures ideal or normal for every person around 119 millimeter mercury (mmHg) and above 79 mmHg or lower, often written 119/79.

C. Measure the density dislocated The test was conducted with X-ray to see the condition of the bones back down, the thigh, wrist and feet.

What's the point? To detect the existence of osteoporosis, porous bones that can lead to the occurrence of fracture. Several times a scan is required, including the CT-scan and dual energy X-ray

When and how often? If you are a woman, you should be examined themselves. Moreover, when a family member who had experienced osteoporosis. Risk factors that you must know is when menopause, use steroid medications, smokers, too thin, had experienced a broken bone.

T-score is a number that describes how much of bone density.
- When the T-score between -1 and +1 or more means you are normal bone density and osteoporosis risk exposure low.
- When the T-score between -1 and -2.5 means your bone density is relatively low.
- T-score of -2.5 and lower, meaning you get the risk of osteoporosis or a fracture.

D. Check Breast and Mamogram The test is to support each other. Breast Realize the physical test (check your own breasts) can be done alone or by medical experts. To mamogram of medical experts to be done.

What's the point? Detect breast cancer or changes in the breast, for example, the benjolan. Doctors will usually check the lymph gland, changes color, color irregularity, changes to the hilt, there is also swelling in the lymph gland.

When? Before age 40, women should undergo this test at least every three years. Those who are above age 40, must check each year. More often when there is family history.

Mamogram Breast placed on the plastic plate, and then take X-ray image in it.

What's the point? To detect the cancer. Lymph nodes that is a significant increase of cancer. Physical examination is not able to detect this.

When and how often? When a woman is aged 40, should be examined themselves. At least until the age of 49, carried out inspections every two years. Consult your doctor to what should be done. When you are 50 years old, every year is better, especially when there is a history of cancer in your family.

E. Cancer Screening Kolon (colon) Carried out checks on feses, X-ray for kolon, observation or intestine with kolonoskopi SC-scan to see the conditions in the intestine without the need to insert a tool in the intestine.

What's the point? To detect the cancer and the growth (polyp) in the wall kolon potentially cancer.

When and how often? When you include a risk, such as red meat and penyuka often experience constipation, screening should be carried out more than once during the five to ten years.

F. Health Check Doctors check the teeth, chin, tongue, lips, mouth, and network software in the mouth.

What's the point? To detect the existence of interference in the teeth, such as tartar or interference in the mouth showed the cancer.

When and how often? At least once a year or dentist if you request it. Routine check important when you include smokers, alcohol drinker, penyuka sugar.

G. Check Currency You are requested to observe the letters from a distance. Doctors will check the pressure of eyeball tonometri equipment and parts in the eye with optalmoskop.

What's the point? Vision to detect and determine whether you have a risk of vision disturbances such as glaucoma, cataracts and other eye degeneration.

When and how often? If you are the glasses or contact lenses, it is necessary to check once a year. When you have never experienced a problem and the risk of eye disease, check it every two or four years until age 65. Start age 65, start each one or two years.

H. Pap smear tests At this session will include a doctor in the vagina to spekulum to observe the condition of the womb serviks or neck. With a soft brush, a few examples of the network will be taken to be examined in the laboratory.

What's the point? To detect the cancer.

When and how often? Every three years. More often if you are smokers, often bergonta change sexual pair, and have sexual diseases. For women who have made a total histerektomi (lifting the womb), routine pap smear is not needed.

I. Check specific antigen prostat Doctors will insert a gloved hand and pelicin in rektum tasted for enlargement of the gland or prostat physical condition prostat. PSA (Prostate-specific antigen) blood test is to measure the amount of a specific protein that is issued by prostat gland.

What's the point? To detect the existence of prostat enlargement or cancer prostat, particularly on the men above the age of 50 years. The increasing level of PSA indicate prostat cancer or benign enlargement prostat.

When and how often? Before the age of 50 years, a variety of recommendations. You need to consult a doctor. When you are 50 years old, each year need to PSA test, especially with a family history of cancer or prostat enlargement prostat light.

What is the number-number? Every age has a limited degree PSA. The older the higher limit. If excessive, it is necessary to ask doctors to experts urologi.