Some Important Things to Understand about Depression Treatment

All our lives we ended up going through these times, sooner or later. External events can provoke strong emotional as the death of a loved one but many times is an internal or external factor not emotional, but that strikes us and produces the dimple.

The routine for example, generates long-term depression. Depression is a defense system of the human being routine and teaches us to move away from the bad. Human beings need to move forward and progress always, if we have spent years doing the same thing seeing that our genes are not moving forward, this is bad for our species so we are involved not knowing how into a depression. When a loved one dies we miss him, think about death and depression that does not teach to fight for survival, to enjoy life. The treatment of depression serves and although this has to be that way most often is not as much or people only Espabila rather little or stay the same. I think we’ve reached a point in society where we are quite divided. Or some people do not add anything or people that brings a lot, it seems that on average there. Continue Reading »

Physical activity and mental health

Several studies support the relationship between physical activity and psychological health, and that physical exercise creates a feeling of control on himself and the functions of our body.

This generates a welfare state in the individual which leads him to be motivated, besides being found that exercise training does away the pressure and anxiety, giving a feeling of physical and mental wellbeing by the secretion of endorphins, so much so that older people who practice physical activity may notice that they feel younger and consequently have a greater degree of social integration.

Furthermore there is a close relationship between physical activity and mental health, which begins in childhood, where children who exercise since childhood and continue into adulthood consolidate this lifestyle and reach a much more pleasant old age.

Physical activity should be understood as part of a person’s life, being intimately connected not only physically but also psychologically and socially. Continue Reading »

Injectable Contraceptives lead to Osteoporosis

Women who use injectable contraceptives lose bone mineral density in the hip and lower spine, according to a study by experts from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (USA). The study, published in the January 2010 of ‘Obstetrics and Gynecology’, also revealed that women also experienced complications with this contraceptive – medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), especially in the hip. Moreover, these experts noted that the loss was greater among women smokers, those who were not mothers or whose daily calcium intake was less than 600 milligrams. The recovery of this loss takes time, especially in those women taking DMPA. Continue Reading »

Four basic nutrients that you should not neglect

While one can rely on multivitamins and supplements, it is always best to care for the most of our diet that is nutritious and not have to walk using these supplements. Also, spend the money on healthy food and balanced, it is always better (and more enjoyable too) to do it in tablets or pills.

In this post we review four key nutrients that belong in your diet, and some of its major sources.

* Calcium. Essential for maintaining blood pressure under control, to the contraction of muscles and have a few bones and teeth healthy and strong.

The yogurt, skim milk and other dairy products, almonds, tofu and spinach are all good sources of this essential mineral.

Although adequate intake of calcium per day is about 1,000 mg., This amount may vary in children and higher in pregnant women and those over 50 years. In the latter two cases, amounts to 1,200 mg. day.

* Magnesium. Another important nutrient that is involved in over 300 metabolic interactions, and is also essential for the formation of muscles.

It is found in cereals and whole grains like brown rice, in almonds, and soybeans. Continue Reading »

Criolipólisis, a new method of reducing localized fat

Have you heard of criolipólisis? Well this is a novel system to reduce localized fat which is just coming to Spain.

It is a new technique, already approved in the European Union and Canada, which is indicated to reduce the volume and get rid of localized clusters of fat (not weight loss), and uses the cold reduction mode. Moreover, unlike other non-invasive system, leaves no marks or skin burns.

As explained in a study published in Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, fat cells are vulnerable to cooling, which can reduce them without causing tissue damage.

This technique was discovered and developed by a group of scientists from Harvard University, and according to its makers say is very promising.

So far, there was only a noninvasive technique to burn stored fat, which is based on heat and ultrasound. But as said Monica Gonzalez, a radiologist at Dermatology Group Pedro Jaen center where he has begun using criolipólisis, the previous procedure is “not having the desired results,” is “a bit annoying and there is also the risk of skin burns . Continue Reading »