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Doctors were 10 rules of healthy active life

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With growing rates of obesity and the alarming spread of passive lifestyle among Canadians relevance health monitoring has never been more important for the country. The experts of the Canadian Association of physiotherapy call inhabitants of the country in the coming year to make significant and long-term changes in lifestyle, especially in physical activity. To promote these objectives specialists were 10 rules that should help maintain the health of the nation. 1. Move - accustomed to the exercises, which include activity to improve the cardiovascular system, strengthen muscles and bone tissue, relieve stress and increase physical endurance. 2. Force your children to move - they need 90 minutes of physical activity every day. At least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise should devote. Serve them an example and is interested in sports - obesity is the most serious threat to the health of today's children and youth. 3. Play with your children in safe places and avoid injury

Named the best position for lovemaking

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Scientists sexologists believe that the traditional pose of "face to face, man on top "(or" missionary ") is still considered one of the most optimal for sexual intercourse. The advantages of this position include its emotional component. Man feels dominant side and at the same time can pay tribute to a variety of weasel. In addition, this position is advantageous in terms of physiology. The woman is well stimulated clitoris, and thus increases the likelihood that it will reach orgasm. Finally, such a posture is good for lazy people: it does not require much flexibility, sexual experience, not too tedious and quite practical, because sex in this position you can do under the covers. In the cold season it is important advantage. When making love in the missionary position man trains the muscles of the abdomen, buttocks and thighs. And if it is lifted by the hands or elbows, then load exposed chest muscles, shoulder and forearm. As for women, in this positio

Meat and fish are useful for men

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Men, especially the elderly, can get a lot of benefits for physical and mental health if they are dieting based on meat and fish. In a study of Japanese scientists, which lasted seven years, attended by more than 1,000 elderly men. Volunteers who "leaned" on meat and fish, thus reducing by 39 percent the risk of reducing the mental and physical functions (compared with men who did not practically eat animal protein). Unfortunately, the same trend was not seen in women. Initially, participants were asked to give details about their diet, including the consumption of animal protein. Health status, as well as social and intellectual aspects of volunteers was recorded twice - at the beginning of the study and seven years later. The volunteers were divided into four groups, depending on how much meat and fish are eating. At the end of about a quarter of the study participants showed a decline of intellectual and other skills. Basically this sad trend was observed among those

A healthy diet reduces the risk of severe depression

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Patients who are depressed, rarely think about the benefits of foods they eat, with anything and usually malnourished. However, until now, the statistical link between diet and the risk of depression was not established. Finnish scientists to fill this gap. It turned out that the above-mentioned risk was significantly decreased in the case if the patient changes the composition of their diet in a side of vegetables, fruits, berries, cereals, chicken, fish and low-fat cheese. In addition, it was found that folic acid (one of the B vitamins) is also in the firing line in the fight against depression. Also among the products with similar properties appeared coffee. Finally, the authors noted that the decrease in body weight progressively reduced the severity of depressive symptoms. What products, in contrast, may worsen depression? Scientists have responded to this question. It turns out that an excessive fondness for sausage, sausages and other processed meats, as well as the e

Milk proteins reduce blood pressure

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Supplementation with whey or casein in combination with physical activity is associated with significant improvements in the readings of blood pressure in young women with obesity and hypertension , according to a new study. Scientists from the University of Florida, USA, reported that the milk protein casein supplements sports training overweight women and helps reduce aortic systolic blood pressure. In particular, taking whey and casein was associated with a reduction in brachial systolic blood pressure by 5 points, and aortic systolic blood pressure by 7 points. Benefits of dairy products for systolic blood pressure has long been known. Thus, the use of dairy product may be an additional tool in the prevention or treatment of hypertension . Scientists explain that the aortic blood pressure, and not brachial blood pressure is considered to be the best predictor of cardiovascular benefits of the intervention using antihypertensives. "To our knowledge, our study is the

Systemic lupus and HIV

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Phenomenal ability of the body of one patient - hope for doctors and patients to defeat HIV. American researchers now hope by studying the patient's unique immunity to create a vaccine against HIV. A patient suffering from a rare combination of diseases - systemic lupus and HIV - has helped scientists to develop the key ideas for new strategies against AIDS / HIV. In an article published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the research team from the Institute Dartmouth College Duke University and Stanford University described in detail how the immune system of this patient produces the desired type of neutralizing antibodies - they will become the basis for developing a new vaccine. Systemic lupus erythematosus or SLE is a disease in which the immune system attacks its own cells and tissues of the body. "For years we were looking for, but have now found a single person with a unique combination of SLE and chronic HIV infection. It was necessary to determine how the

Electronic cigarettes

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One of the main reasons for the manufacturer of e-cigarettes in their defense is the claim that these tobacco products allegedly significantly reduce the risk that their consumer tries real cigarettes. But scientists from the United States found that it is just a myth. Set of arguments fans a new method of administration of nicotine in the body and, of course, manufacturers of e-cigarettes are not very rich, but it all boils down to two main points. As supporters of "electronic smoking" first inhaling vapor enriched with nicotine, which is formed by heating a special cartridge substantially harmless in comparison with conventional products of combustion of tobacco. Second, the ease of administration of nicotine in the body with the help of electronic cigarettes allegedly never force them to go to the ordinary consumer "rough" smoking - this is an obstacle to replenish the army at the expense of youth smokers. But U.S. researchers from the University of C

Apples protect women from cancer

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Scientists from New York came to the conclusion that only one apple a day may reduce the risk of cancer of the breast. However, for this it is necessary to include in your diet and also some other products, write the foreign media. If on apple eat in combination with other fruits and vegetables, it will significantly reduce the risk of cancer in women. It does not really matter what kind of products will be included in the diet further. The study showed that apples contain large amounts of phenolic resin and flavonoids, which are very effective in the prevention of cancer. An experiment was conducted on laboratory mice, the risk of cancer which was 81%. Within 24 weeks of scientists gave rodents 1, 2 or 3 portions apples. When the experiment was over, it was found that the risk of developing cancer in mice who ate one serving of apples a day, up 57% from consuming 2 servings - 50%, while those eating 3 servings - 23%.

App for Google Glass will monitor the health

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Thanks to a group of researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) published an extremely interesting application for Google Glass. Researchers from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Samuel Henry (Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science) created an app for Google Glass and server platform with which users can perform instant wireless diagnostic tests to check various diseases and health conditions. In principle, the owners of Google Glass can take photos of rapid diagnostic tests - a litmus test for which fits fluid or blood, and then they change color, indicating the presence of you of any disease, including HIV, malaria or cancer. Images can be uploaded to the server, developed by UCLA, where the analysis takes a couple of seconds. "This revolutionary technology combined the useful aspects of the immune analysis and laptop. With this application you can real-time monitor the state

Scientists have found the best time to drink coffee

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Biological organism is most susceptible to the effects of caffeine only a few hours after waking up, say U.S. neuroscientists, foreign media reported. "The maximum effect is achieved by the interaction of caffeine that substance with hormone cortisol regulating human biological clock," - explains neuroscientist at the University of Maryland (USA), Stephen Miller. About 7 to 9 am cortisol is at its peak, thanks to this man wakes up in the morning and is able to act consciously. If you drink coffee after waking up when the level of cortisol in the body and so is high enough, develop a tolerance to caffeine, the effectiveness of its impact is reduced. Thus, over time, you need more and more invigorating drink to wake up. After an hour or two after waking cortisol levels in the body starts to decrease, and then the coffee will come to the rescue. Drunk at the time or later a cup of coffee can increase the production of cortisol, causing us to wake up again.