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Childhood obesity is one of the biggest health problems of the country, particularly for Hispanics.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 20 percent of Hispanic children between 12 and 19 are obese. In contrast 18 percent of all children between 12 and 19 are obese.

“We could say that is the main problem of our community,” said Dr. Philip Lobel, a nutrition specialist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a federal government agency that promotes good health.

“We unfortunately the U.S. group with the highest rates of obesity in adults and children and we must do something about it,” he said. (Download the full interview in. Mp3 (5MB) or read the transcript of the interview.)

That something could be summarized in the following five habits that Dr. Lobelo recommends that parents or guardians who seek to combat childhood obesity at home: Read the rest of this entry »

The term barebacking has its origins in the gay community. Initially used to describe acts of unprotected intercourse, especially anal sex. Today the term encompasses any type of penetrative sexual act in which no condom use (wikipedia).

Although it may seem irrational or silly idea, there are people who want to spread AIDS and to that end they risk “knowingly” participating in this dangerous practice of barebacking or bareback.

The barebacking sex is a new modality that is spreading in big cities and is practiced by homosexuals, bisexuals and heterosexuals. It is a practice that is most at risk in having unprotected sex group in which nobody knows anything about the others, except that one of them is HIV positive. Read the rest of this entry »

Protecting our environment starts at home. The following recommendations are designed to reduce air pollution through simple measures you can implement in your home.

Replace the five most frequently used lights in your house with light bulbs with the ENERGY STAR. In this way you will use less energy and do your part to reduce pollution from power plants. There are over 40 products with the ENERGY STAR, including lights, electronics, air conditioner and heating appliances.

Improving the performance of your air conditioning system. Contact a licensed contractor for annual maintenance and remember to clean or replace air filters regularly. Use a programmable thermostat, ENERGY STAR certified.

The windows and doors with slots, cold walls or ceilings and high energy bills are all symptoms of air leaks (usually in the attic and basement) and poor insulation. Seal air leaks, add insulation and choose ENERGY STAR qualified windows when replacing old windows. Thereby improve the comfort and durability of your home, save energy and help protect our environment.

Talk to your friends or relatives, colleagues or members of the association of parents of school. Discuss how energy efficiency is good for their homes and good for our environment. Let them know five people and together we will help our homes help us all.

According to a study by the National Paraplegics Hospital of Toledo, under the Government of Castilla-La Mancha, the survival of patients with high cervical spinal cord injury, who require respiratory support with diaphragmatic pacemakers have gone from average life expectancy of 13, 2 years in 1998 to 18.18 years in 2009.

The study was conducted by the head of Internal Medicine Center, Dr. Javier Romero, and Ana María Sánchez Aranzueque doctors, Claudia Gambarrutta, María Ángeles Marín, María Elena Diez de la Lastra, María Victoria Merlo, ICU professionals and Pneumology, informed the Board press release.

Pacemakers stimulate the phrenic nerve diaphragm and provide a breathing much better physiologically since it uses negative pressure to draw air into the lungs rather than forcing air under positive pressure, as with a respirator. Read the rest of this entry »

If you would only listen to your family or friends about a health condition, there are chances that they would give you nothing but myths. On the other hand, if you immediately proceed to a health care specialist, there are some who would only get the money out of your pocket especially if they realized how unaware you are with the situation.

Therefore, you should always do a research with the health condition you are experiencing. You can do so by searching in medical Google that can be easily accessed on the Internet. All of the things that you need to know and more will be catered to you in just a few clicks. As long as you have access to the World Wide Web, you can easily look up any kind of ailment on the medical search engine.

The Google medical can also serve as a great solution if you want to know the truth behind the medical controversies as well. If you are separate the fact from what your grandmother is telling, you can always visit these online medical libraries to know the myths and debunk it at the same time.

Knowing the real deal behind every single disease or even a simple condition is now effortless. Just use the medical search engine of your course and all the relevant information is just a click away.

The environmental pollution is an evil that affects us all and that means lower oxygen concentrations. Oxygen is vital for the proper functioning of the body, and its lack leads to health problems. To avoid this in recent times has become very fashionable to oxygen therapy, which is providing greater quantities of oxygen which we find ourselves in the environment.

The lack of oxygen in our body has a number of implications that we should not overlook. These should be stressed heart failure, swelling of feet, malfunctioning of liver, intestine, decreased brain activity … It is therefore important that we give to the body of oxygen needed to successfully perform the basic functions and maintain adequate health . Oxygen therapy can help us a lot. From Vitónica recommend it for several reasons which must be taken into account.
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