New digital mammograms emit significantly lower doses of radiation the conventional study, especially in women with breast cancer, U.S. researchers said.
A study of 50,000 women, filed Thursday, mammography compared both systems and found that the dose of radiation was 22 percent lower with the digital system with the traditional method.
“Reducing the radiation dose is another [...]
The Department of Health has closed the influenza epidemic in the Region. The number of cases is already very low-less than 500 concerned in the last week of December-with what, unless there is a second wave of infections, we conclude that the H1N1 virus is in retreat. However, Public Health stores are between 168,000 and [...]
Anxiety disorders differ from common anxiety expressed in different ways and through various symptoms:
* Overwhelming feelings of panic
* Uncontrollable obsessive thoughts
* Painful memories or nightmares
* Physical symptoms of anxiety such as digestive upset, heart palpitations, muscle tension, shortness of breath, feeling of “a ball” in the throat or dizziness, among others.
If anxiety disorders go untreated, [...]
Some cardiovascular diseases exacerbated by dramatic climatic change. According to experts, the age factor is crucial because, in this case, patients over 70 years with associated diseases like diabetes, hypertension and renal insufficiency are more likely to become unstable to a sudden change of weather.
Thus, seasonal variation, especially in cold weather, can influence bodily activity [...]
The same protein that causes osteoporosis, i.e. the loss of calcium in bone, causes bone to form in the arteries, the discovery by the Renal Research Network (REDinREN) Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Science and Innovation.
The results of this work, published in the latest issue of U.S. scientific journal ‘Circulation Research’, show that [...]
The latest scare-on-health authorities are a new flu virus. From a family that rarely infects humans, H9N2 has been found in a girl of 35 months in Hong Kong. The Chinese authorities have already notified the case to the World Health Organization.
The girl, who lives in Sha Tin District, has already been discharged. He had [...]
For healthy meals made light hunting hidden sugar. This index ranges from 0 to 100 and can exceed 100 in some cases.
The Glycemic Index is the sugar of the food multiplied by the coefficient of absorption of sugar from food into the body, and thus the amount of sugar actually absorbed.
To prevent diabetes and do [...]
How prepare organic grass fed beef? So read this recipe:
Ingredients
* 500g beef fillet, chopped
* 1 tablespoon coriander
* 1 tablespoon parsley
* 1 tablespoon tarragon
* 1 tablespoon chervil
* 1 tablespoon soy sauce
* 1 teaspoon mustard
* 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
* A few drops of Tabasco
* 1 onion
* 1 clove garlic
* Salt, pepper
Preparation
* Peel and chop the onion and [...]
Food preservation techniques is the method and some knowledge of the effects on nutrients. There are natural preservatives, and chemical processes such as dehydration, irradiation and vacuum packaging. A single goal for all these proposals, maintaining edibility and nutrient status of the food
Why are they food perishable?
Over time, the enzymes present in foods that digest [...]
What is a food additive?
Food additives are substances added to food in a specific technical purpose. They are classified according to the function they perform when added to foods: stabilizers, thickeners, gelling agents, anti-caking agents, coating agents, packaging gases and propellants. Only a substance not normally consumed as a food in itself and not used [...]
