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Breast Cancer and How it Affects Hispanic Women | Prevention
Also, remember that there are many habits you can adopt to prevent the occurrence of breast cancer, especially if you know your mother, your grandmother or some woman in your family have had.
The three main factors you must take to prevent breast cancer are:
- Bring a healthy diet: the American Cancer Association recommends a diet low in fat. Moreover, not only helps you maintain your weight but also to prevent other diseases such as diabetes, high cholesterol and hypertension. Read the rest of this entry »
Breast Cancer and How it Affects Hispanic Women
Is there any relationship between the mortality rate of breast cancer and ethnicity of the patient? Here we have a new study that was presented at a conference, in which Hispanic women may be more likely to die from breast cancer compared with non-Hispanic white women. See more details on this and how you can prevent breast cancer.
Breast cancer is not only more common among women around the world but also, including the most common cause of cancer death. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in the so-called developed and those in developing countries, reported about 690 thousand new cases per year.
In particular, it is estimated that in 2008, 1.38 million women were diagnosed with breast cancer, which is also the fifth leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Year, about 458 thousand people die of breast cancer. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables and Cancer Prevention
What is the truth about the consumption of fruits and vegetables and cancer prevention?
It has long stressed the idea that eating lots of fruits and vegetables play an important role in cancer prevention. While a diet rich in vegetables and fruits is essential for good health, a new study notes that there is no concrete evidence that increased consumption of these foods protect against cancer. Here I tell you what it is this new study, which anyway does not mean you should stop eating healthily. On the contrary, as obesity in contrast, does increase the risk of cancer.
Whenever we talk about good health, come to light two necessities in a healthy diet: fruits and vegetables. If you incorporate these foods into your daily diet, surely will be more healthy in every way: have a healthy weight, you will help your heart health, increase your chances of having normal pressure and cholesterol under control. Read the rest of this entry »
Why is it good to drink alcohol in moderation?
Surely you’ve heard it’s good to include in the diet a moderate dose of alcohol, because they bring health benefits, especially for the heart. But, how much is moderate and what are the benefits of taking a drink or a drink from time to time? Read on to find out.
When you go to take with your friends and the next day you wake up with a hangover, you remember the famous phrase: “you have to drink in moderation.” Although it is too late to think about moderate drinking because you took all the shots of the night, and do not head to spinning, never too late to learn why drinking in moderation is beneficial to health.
The problem arises when you want to define how much is “moderation.” A cup, two, four? What does it depend? Read the rest of this entry »
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The Symptoms of Lupus
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In some people, lupus can be presented in a mild but sometimes can be very serious and even fatal. And as you can attack various parts of the body, symptoms are varied. Among them, for example:
- Fever, malaise and nausea.
- Loss of appetite and weight.
- Muscle pain, with pain and inflammation (swelling) of the joints.
- Rash (rash) as a butterfly on the cheeks and nose.
- Skin sensitivity to sunlight, causing a rash (rash) extended (this is known as photo-sensitivity of the skin). Read the rest of this entry »
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First new drug to treat lupus in more than 50 years
Benlysta is the name of the new drug to treat lupus recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA by its acronym in English). It is an injectable drug designed to treat the rash and pain caused by lupus, a condition of the immune system (defense) that for some reason causes some cells to attack others. And although this disease can happen to anyone, it is known that lupus is more common in women.
For the first time after 56 years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA for short) approved a new drug to treat lupus, an immune system disease that causes the body to attack its own organs and tissues and in some cases be fatal. Read the rest of this entry »
Vitiligo Treatment
Vitiligo, like we said before, no cure. From the medical point of view, it is not necessary to treat you because you do not cause damage that threatens your life. Of course, you must protect your skin from sun exposure no. The always apply yourself a sunscreen protects your skin and improves its appearance. If you burn, the difference in color between skin pigment and is not pigmented, they note.
There are some treatments that can help improve, from the aesthetic point of view, the appearance of skin with vitiligo:
- Topical corticosteroids (local) can promote repigmentation of the skin (color back), especially if applied at an early stage of the disease, while still expressed only in small areas. This treatment should be closely monitored by the doctor because it produces other side effects such as skin atrophy and stretch marks. Read the rest of this entry »
Vitiligo | When the skin loses its color
The skin is the largest organ of the body and our letter of introduction to the world. So, having vitiligo can seriously affect the self esteem of people who think they are beautiful when they are these white spots that take away the original color to the skin. If you have vitiligo, here we give you information about its causes, treatment and how you can do to feel better with this condition.
Remember when the late Michael Jackson lost its black color on the skin and turned white as a ghost? Everyone said it wanted to remove the pigment of their skin, not wanting to be black. But he defended himself by saying that in fact, had vitiligo. The truth is that it may be true, because the vitiligo affects a high percentage of people with dark skin, but really, can occur in people of any race. It affects those who suffer emotionally because he can not hide and can affect your self esteem. Read the rest of this entry »
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Additional Care for Psoriasis Treatment
Other additional care for the treatment of psoriasis:
- Avoid stressful situations and conditions that make you worried.
- If you want to get rid of psoriasis, tell goodbye to cigarettes and alcohol. It has been found that the cigarette worsens this condition, particularly in women.
- Dry and cold climates may contribute to the onset of psoriasis.
- Infections of the throat can cause psoriasis to appear suddenly.
- Some medicines, such as those to treat high blood pressure, can make psoriasis appear.
- Consult your doctor for treatment to take. Read the rest of this entry »
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Home Remedies for Psoriasis
Is psoriasis contagious?
The first thing to know is that psoriasis is NOT contagious disease is more common than you think and there are ways to treat but not cure. What is important to know is that psoriasis may be inherited, so if your parents or grandparents or other close relatives have suffered from psoriasis, you should pay attention. There are some things that can help set it off as stress, alcohol, smoking. Things that, to some extent, are under your control.
Are there any home remedies to cure psoriasis?
Everything depends on the level of development of psoriasis you have. In early cases, you can help improve the quality of your skin, but remember that this disease requires professional treatment. In most cases is used for topical creams (local) with corticosteroids. Here we give some tips you can follow to improve the quality of your skin if you have psoriasis.
- Keep your skin well hydrated. Find lotions, creams and other products, preferably aloe vera (aloe vera), hydration guarantee you most of the day.
- Bathe daily to remove the flakes (flakes) of the skin.
- Avoid if possible bathe with hot water as it dries out your skin.
- Take special care when buying soap for your body. Select those that are for sensitive skin.
- After bathing, apply a generous layer of moisturizer or oil on wet skin.
- If possible, get into a tub, add Epsom salts or Dead Sea salts.
- Avoid exposure to ultraviolet rays of direct sunlight so as tanning beds.
- If possible, try to remove the flakes that are formed. Use cream to moisten so that will be easier to remove. Do not try to remove them by force, and that hurt your skin.