February 26th, 2010 by Stand Team

According to studies presented at the World Congress on Antimicrobial Agents, held in Chicago, United States, starting in mid-year beginning to be marketed the flu vaccine in the form of nasal spray in that country.
Marketed only in Switzerland since October 2000, the new vaccine called ‘Nasal flu’ just is compared with the vaccine injection in 240 people, 110 of them over 60 years. In terms of efficiency, responded to all the criteria of the European authority’s taxes to the vaccine by intramuscular injection.

The vaccine with spray revealed have even an advantage on the vaccine injection: because of its mode of administration, causes in the nostrils a strong response of the agency against the virus. This effect supplementary to the vaccine of nasal spray prevents the multiplication of the virus in the nose and throat, which would avoid the contaminations of people living or working in the environment of the patient, affected mainly by the projections of the virus during the sneezing.

February 22nd, 2010 by Stand Team

Enzymes are protein substances that produce living cells and to be played as a catalyst accelerating several chemical processes in our agency, or make it possible. Each enzyme plays a special role and determined in the body.

So, some provided to the cells all substances needed to live and other, divided into portions microscopic the nutrients that make it or provide the oxygen throughout the body. Since ancient times, the medicine has used substances animals and plants that contain enzymes.

At present, has not stopped investigated the effects in our body enzymes of plants, mammals and fungi, which has allowed use for therapeutic purposes: to increase the body’s defenses, for the treatment of injuries, inflammation and pain, and as complementary therapy in cancer cases. Read the rest of this entry »

February 21st, 2010 by Stand Team

When it came to house the first thing I do is pump the shoes. There is nothing as comfortable as feel that my feet are released footwear that remained locked throughout the day. And now that i integer walking barefoot has its benefits; I believe that my usual remain for a long time.

According to experts, walking or running without shoes develops more strength in the muscles of the feet, legs and hips. This means an improvement in the form of walk, with more agility and balance. By something athletes end their exercise routine barefoot on the grass.

Of course, a street paved with wells and pebbles on the road is not the best place to walk barefoot: in addition to uncomfortable, it is painful. The ideal sites are the soft surfaces, such as the sand or golf courses. Read the rest of this entry »

February 20th, 2010 by Stand Team

Studied the influence of the depression and frustrations work and family in the victims of a heart attack, in addition to the belonging to a particular socio-economic level.

The factors that contribute to increasing the risk of heart attack, especially among children under 50 years, and plays a key role in one in two cases before that age.

The study results were presented in the course of the meeting
Annual Italian Society of Cardiology, and prove that the anxiety and dissatisfaction are determining factors in the emergence of cardiovascular disease. -According to researchers, between the elements that increased stress cause among young people is the account of not having a purchasing power satisfactory. As a recommendation, the doctors Milanese highlights the importance of sport to achieve a good quality of life, worrying about finding a strong motivation to cope with calm the everyday concerns.

February 5th, 2010 by Stand Team

These days in which approximates the delivery of the Oscars I am sure that many of us are going more often than ever to the cinema, only in order to discuss and decide if we agree with the elect of the Academy.

However, a pastime as fun as go to the cinema can become a problem for our diet if every time we enter a room we do accompanied by large buckets of popcorn and drinks “extra large”.

These are supposed to super buckets of pop are to be shared among several people, although the reality is that generally the proportion is: a big bucket of popcorn for every person who enters the room.

Is there when the problem, because each of these delicious snacks can reach to add more than 1,800 calories and not only the sweet, salty easily reach the 1,779 calories per bucket or bag of “pop”.

The myth that “the popcorn not fatten” has been completely knocked down by The Food Standards Agency of the United Kingdom who recommend to the cinemas reduce the portions that are sold and provide information about the content in caloric snacks in the boxes, buckets or bags.

They would be very useful in the fight against obesity that carries on the United Kingdom, taking into account that several investigations say that for the 2020 eight of á men and nearly seven out of 10 women will be obese or at least suffer overweight.

Of all forms, while we hope that in the cinemas give us information about the calories each product, we could go making use of our common sense and not always choose the “super bucket of popcorn”, and in the case that you do you can also choose to share it. Read the rest of this entry »