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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 »

Researchers at the School of Medicine, Yale University, U.S., tested an experimental vaccine with 55 cocaine addicts during a clinical trial that lasted 24 weeks.
The study results were published in Archives of General Psychiatry (Archives of General Psychiatry.) The scientists found that 38% of participants failed to reach adequate levels of antibodies to help feeling a sense of euphoria it produces the drug.

The vaccine works by “wrapping” of cocaine that has no effects on the brain, heart or other organ, “” this is the first successful controlled trial of a vaccine against cocaine, say scientists.

According to previous studies on animals and humans, high levels of anti-cocaine antibodies in the blood can prevent addicts experience that feeling. Read the rest of this entry »

Phytotherapy is one method used for therapeutic, preventive, organic and psychological wellbeing, with the help of the implementation of the special properties of herbs and plants, to specific problems (examples: flu, acne problems, inflammation, arthritis , etc.).

The technique goes back thousands of years ago where the most primitive societies had to meet their medical needs allying of nature is when including medicine takes an unexpected turn (remember that most drugs were made by producing action certain medicinal plants and herbs of course, t

Reflexology is almost a commonplace to refer to alternative medicine. Their tradition, popularity and effectiveness as an alternative treatment are remarkable, and this is due to their inherent properties.

In concrete terms, we apply reflexology to treat a host of problems and diseases such as back pain, constipation and even infertility. In all applications, reflexology produces a feeling of relaxation that defines the controller and from it many benefits are achieved not only for the mind, but for physical health.
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Today everything is possible to be healthy: photographing the aura, locate points electronically activate the meridians and chakras with sound and color. More impossible. No need to go on pilgrimage to Lourdes for good health, any Filipino healer gets in your hands two minutes in the livers or eyes and you out blackish gelatinous masses of negative energy, all of them without causing injury or pain, as that puts his hands in the water and leaves no scar watery.

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Meanwhile dodecahedra have to bring energy, to filter the air ionizers, blood magnetized bracelets and stickers to counter the energy nodes of the undercurrents. We carry a rose quartz in the chest, sleeping facing north, sit on chairs anatomical and breathing essence of rosemary or honeysuckle. It is clear that we do not lack resources for good health and kill any disease.
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The diet of the pregnant affects the baby s health

It’s nothing new that the power of the mother influences the development of the baby, so it is advisable to eat a healthy diet, but a new study by researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia gives us new data about how the pregnant diet influences the health of the unborn baby.

The study examined the effect of a diet rich in fat, the other rich in carbohydrates and a balanced finding that each caused different gene expressions in the placenta of pregnant rats.
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