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Admission products containing cranberries, effectively prevents urino-genital infection
In accordance with the work of scientists receiving products containing cranberries, effectively prevents urino-genital infection. These berries contain a substance that prevents bacteria gaining a foothold on the wall of the bladder.

Thus, the likelihood of development of infection is reduced. Of the 10 studies on the subject found that cranberries reduce the likelihood of the development of urinary infection after 12 months of application compared with placebo (relative risk 0.65). However, it is more effectively reduced the infection in women with chronic infection than men, whose infection was caused by the need to periodically catheterization. Only one study has shown the effectiveness of products from cranberries with symptomatic infection. Also, the effect depended on the duration, dosage forms and receiving (juice, tablets or capsules). However, a large number of side effects showed low portability of the product, thus limiting its long-term use.

Tags: cranberries, health, infection, medicine

Artificial sugar substitutes lead to weight gain
Artificial sugar substitutes lead to an increase in weight despite the fact that almost do not contain calories. This show results of a study conducted by members of the University Purdyu.

During the experiment, researchers divided the experimental rats in two groups, one of whom received yogurt containing normal glucose, and the second - such as yogurt with saccharin. This substance is hundreds of times sweeter than sugar, and it contains almost no calories. Animals do not restrict food.

According to the observation, rats received yogurt, typed weight much faster because they ate much more of their brethren.

Artificial sugar substitutes are widely used in so-called diet versions of popular products for consumers concerned about the problem of overweight. However, the result of such a substitute might be expected exactly the opposite.

In normal sweet taste helps the body to estimate calorie foods supplied by running the appropriate metabolism and reducing appetite. In this case, the replacement of sugar sweeteners can lead to a breach of this natural control mechanism. Indirect evidence for this hypothesis is a parallel increase in levels of obesity and the consumption of synthetic substitutes for sugar in industrialized countries.

However, numerous attempts to assess the impact of artificial sweeteners on weight rights until recently led to mixed results. This is partly because, unlike rodents, people can consciously control the number of meals taken on the basis of its caloric content.

Tags: medicine, obesity, research, sugar, weight

Vitamin E may save your capacity and energy
The scientists analyzed the levels of certain vitamins in the blood of 698 volunteers aged 65 and above, and then compare them with the results of three tests - a short walk, balancing on the ground.

People with low levels of vitamin E showed poorer results than the holders of a higher level. Other vitamins - folate, B6, B12 and vitamin D - did not affect the test results, the scientists reported in the «Journal of the American Medical Association». «Low concentrations of vitamin E in the blood associated with the deterioration of physical functions», - said a group of scientists led by Benedetta Bartali from the Medical School at Yale University in Connecticut.

Poorly organized food can lead to physical weakening of rights. Vitamin E is an antioxidant that protects the fiber from the damaging effects of free radicals. In addition, he participates in the formation of red blood cells. Vitamin E can be found in wheat germ, nuts and seeds, olives, green leafy vegetables such as spinach and asparagus, sunflower seeds, soybeans and cotton oil. Additional vitamin E can be obtained from food additives, however, the scientists noted that his excess body lethal dangerous to humans, so keep doses listed on the packaging.

Tags: health, research, Vitamin

The most common diseases in the world
The most common diseases that are complaining about people around the world, it is cold and flu, insomnia, headaches and back pain. But while each country has its own «favorite» disease. This conclusion leads to a global online survey company Nielsen, which was attended by 26 of 486 regular Internet - users from 47 countries.

South Korea particularly suffers from bad digestion, colds, indigestion, toothache, China suffers from insomnia (it complained about 41% of respondents), Latin America annoy back pain, and Ireland and Turkey are most often concerned about the hangover (41% and 38% respectively). Russia is, despite the dubious reputation of the drinker country suffers from crapulent not too often, occupying fourth place in the world (24% of complaints). Not too annoy the Russians, and insomnia (it complained to 24% of respondents). So the three leaders of Russia’s ills are headache, cold and flu, as well as back pain (of those illnesses complained 48% of Russians).

The survey identified and the overall pattern of the favorite ways of treatment in different countries. Found that most of those surveyed in the world does not hurry with their complaints to contact a doctor and make a choice in favor of «fast» OTC fund. Only 17% of Russians with their diseases are sent to a doctor, while to get professional advice would most residents of Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. But Denmark and Norway do not like to be treated: 36% of Danes and 33% of Norwegians, rather than go to pharmacies and doctors prefer simply pereterpet pain. Most healthy as the results of this study can recognize the people of India, Japan and Portugal - 25% of respondents in those countries during the month preceding the survey did not sick at all.

Tags: disease, health, medical, social, world

In Madrid hospital “12 October” before the end of the year will be the first bank in Spain mother’s milk. “The creation of mother’s milk bank will help better care for children, especially premature babies and children with serious abnormalities,” - informs Regional Government of Madrid.

On the initiative, which will cost the government € 115 thousand, it became known the eve of International Day of maternal lactation, commemorated on August 7.

“The bank will be stored specially processed and pasteurized mother’s milk, which will be taken and made available free of charge. All bottles with milk will be sorted in time from the date of receipt of milk, and depending on the stage of pregnancy, women - it was easier to choose the most suitable donor “- Said the report. It also notes that information on donor and recipient milk will remain confidential, as is the case with blood donation.

“Milk, in the first place, will be granted premature babies and children as well as children with allergies, subjected to surgical intervention, does not accept artificial milk, infectious chronic diseases, with congenital abnormalities and those whose mothers can not give milk” - clarifies Governments in the message.

Tags: allergies, breastfeeding, kids, medicine

The loss of blood when injury - one of the most common causes of death after the accident. Only in the U.S. for this reason that annually kills about 50 thousand people. A particularly acute the problem is in the midst of war and armed conflict.

Existing bandages and bandages unable to fully solve the problem - they absorb blood, but do not stop bleeding.

The solution was found Thomas Fischer (Thomas Fischer) and his colleagues from the University of North Carolina (USA). Scientists have developed the material, consisting of 65% glass fibres and 35% of bamboo. The new material has the property to stop bleeding, stimulating the formation of blood collapse factors such as thrombin and fibrinogen. These same substance made to the material previously, will further reinforce the effect of hemostatic associations.

Manufacturing products based on new material will begin shortly, reports New Scientist.

Tags: loss of blood, medicine, treatment

Forty percent of deaths worldwide are caused by air pollution, water and soil. These environmental problems, coupled with rapid population growth leads to an increase in the number of cases reported in the press release Cornell University.

Professor David Pimentel with a group of graduate students examined about 120 print works on the impact of demographic and environmental factors in disease. In his report to be published in the December issue of the journal Human Ecology, they argue that the shortage of water resources, land and energy, aggravated, on the one hand, the growing population, on the other hand, environmental pollution, led to increased numbers of illnesses.

According to the Paymentela, 57 per cent of the world’s population, which amounts to 6.5 billion people suffer from hunger (in 1950 hungry 20 per cent of 2.5 billion). Hunger kills six million annually children, and furthermore, malnutrition weakens the body and is an indirect cause of many deaths from ARI, malaria and other diseases. Paymentel devotes several more fundamental reasons for the increase of diseases.

About half of all humanity lives in cities, where sanitation is often not respected the rules and too high population density, which can lead to outbreaks of such diseases as measles and influenza.

80 percent of all infectious diseases transmitted through water, while a shortage of clean water are more than a billion people. In addition, water pollution leads to the propagation of malaria mosquitoes, which annually kills about two million people.

Venomous emissions into the atmosphere killing about three million people a year. Among the major causes of death: cancer, congenital pathology, disruption of the immune system. Contamination of soil leads to the fact that poisonous substances are absorbed by humans, along with food and water.

Paymentel urged to use reasonable strategy for demographic and environmental regulation and not expect that the growth of diseases and food shortage will lead to the need to reduce the population. “It affects the quality of life and is a very risky strategy”, concluded the researchers.

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