Friday, 31 May 2013

Relax to avoid high blood pressure medication

Learning stress management techniques can help people who suffer from a depressing kind of high blood pressure is common among the elderly to eliminate their need for anti-hypertension drugs, according to a new study.
People who experience the condition, known as isolated systolic hypertension, who participated in relaxation training had a better chance to be able to eliminate at least one of their high blood pressure medication compared with those who did not join the training relax. Thus the findings of Dr. Jeffery A. Dusek of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and colleagues.
If their findings are confirmed in patients with other types of high blood pressure. Dusek and colleagues conclude, the benefits in the prevention of stroke, heart attack, heart failure and other ill effects of high blood pressure.
As people age, their systolic pressure is high (the highest number in the blood pressure reading) tends to rise, semetara their diastolic blood pressure, or lowest number, often drops, Dusek and his team explain in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
As many as 75% of elderly people suffer from high blood pressure have isolated systolic hypertension, which is a therapeutic challenge to treat effectively, given the risk is too low diastolic blood pressure, as well as the fact that many elderly people take multiple medications, they said. To ascertain whether the study the stress management techniques can help people with systolic hypertension without drugs, the researchers took 122 men and women who suffer from high blood pressure and aged 55 years and older during the eight weeks of relaxation response training or a control group.
Everything is taking at least two antihypertensive drugs at the study's outset. People who are in the relaxation response group participated in weekly sessions that include 15 minutes of instruction on how to generate a reaction (such as mindfulness meditation and deep breathing), as well as 20 minutes of relaxation reaction activity.
They were instructed to listen to the recording of the relaxation response for 20 minutes every day. Patients who were in the control group listened to a series of recorded instructions regarding treatment techniques for 20 minutes.
At the end of eight pecans, 44 people in the relaxation response group and 36 participants of the monitoring group had lowered their blood pressure to the target level and qualify for further training which includes eight pecan disappearance monitored antihypertensive medications. A total of 32% of the study participants in the relaxation group can maintain their blood pressure at the recommended level while eliminating one or more anti-hypertensive medications they are, are those who were in a monitoring amount to 14%.
After pre researchers monitor the various traits of people in each group, they found that the relaxation is didalamkelompok increase the chances of a person to be able to eliminate at least one medication more than four-fold.

Paracetamol is not as safe as people think

Some time ago, the regulatory body the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning that a painkiller containing paracetamol and sold freely, can be dangerous because it could potentially damage the liver.
Paracetamol is an analgesic ayng popular drug used to relieve shortness of breath, fever or mild pain.
Previously under the recommendations of the FDA doses paracetamol is not safe to consume more than 4000 mg in a 24 hour period for adults and children aged over 12 years.
Unfortunately due to paracetamol including drugs are easily available, drug overdose intentionally or unintentionally often occur. For example, people who suffer from arthritis or joint pain that can easily overdose when he was taking arthrtitis every 4 or 6 hours and added more pain medication and are usually sold containing paracetamol free. Obta joint pain such as Tylenol contains 325 mg paracetamol and 500 mg for the kind of extra strong.
For years consumers feel safe in choosing paracetamol as a pain reliever. Unlike the type of painkiller ibuprofen or asetasal (acetylsalicylic acid), paracetamol does not cause inflammation. That's why these drugs are considered safe.
But in fact, recent studies showed high doses of paracetamol can cause liver damage, even death. To avoid these side effects, the FDA lowered safe dose paracetamol, which is 3250 mg for adults (some experts feel this is still too high dose) and to a single dose of no more than 650 mg.
In addition a combination of paracetamol and alcohol Due to poison the liver, then the people who consume more than three alcoholic drinks are advised to reduce their intake of ordinary doses of paracetamol.
Consumers are also expected to be aware of the possibility of overdose by consuming some types of medicines containing paracetamol at the same time to reduce symptoms such as fever, headache, menstrual pain or influenza.

10 headache triggers (part 2)

6. Posture

Not just sports sweat which can cause pressure on the muscles of the neck and head. Posture formed from daily habits can also cause headaches. Call it a habit of sitting with shoulders hunched position, stool, staring at a computer monitor too high or low position, or flanking phone between ear and shoulder. If lately you often attacked headaches, time to improve your posture daily.

7. Cheese

Aka trigger migraine headaches are the most common cheeses, including cheddar, blue cheese, mozzarella and parmesan. The cause is tyramine, which form of protein that has been broken, which is present in cheese. The longer the process of food or drink, the more tyramine it contains.

8. Red wine

Tyramine can also be found in red wine, and liquor. Drink alcohol contained in it will increase blood flow to the brain, so that the head was dizzy.

9. Skipping lunch

Empty stomach because no time to eat lunch in some people often cause headaches. In addition to dizziness, stomach empty jug amembuat drop in blood sugar, resulting in body felt weak. Immediately lunch with balanced nutrition. Avoid sweet foods, such as cikelat to fill an empty stomach. Sugar from sugary foods will make your blood sugar to soar then fall even lower.

10. Cigarette

Smoking included in the cause of headaches, have not just against people who smoke, but also passive smokers around them. The nicotine content will cause the brain to the blood vessels constrict, resulting in reduced blood flow to the brain.

11. Caffeine

People who frequent headaches usually friendly with coffee. Caffeine can indeed be friend and foe alike. in fact, some types of headache medicine mengandng caffeine in it. But on the other hand, caffeine can cause headaches.

10 headache triggers (part 1)

Headaches often seem simple because it is generally a mild disease symptoms. Approximately 70 percent of headaches are caused by muscle tension. Even so, a headache can not be underestimated, especially if to interfere with work. Anything that triggers headaches?

1. Boss

Boss or work often trigger headaches. In fact, all the things that cause tension or stress will make a we more susceptible to headaches or migraines. Headaches caused by emotional tension headache is called a functional.
This headache sufferers often feel the muscles in the neck and a stiff back stiffened. The section light massage can relieve headaches, but after a while the complaints will rise again.

2. Hot air

The increase in air temperature often leads to the onset of a migraine or severe headache. In a study known to 7.5 per cent of respondents have a headache in the heat.

3. Scent is too strong

Have you ever felt dizzy because of the smell of perfume? Strong aroma, even the fragrance, generally causing headache. It is unknown why this happens, but the experts suspect the smell that has a strong aroma stimulates the nervous system. Jam perfume, the smell of paint, flowers or dust often cause throbbing head.

4. Hair accessory.

The way we treat hair can affect the head. Tie your hair too tight can make head tissues become tense and inviting headaches. Headbands, hairpins jug atopy is too narrow will cause the same effect.

5. Sport

Sports are too heavy, including sex, can also cause headaches. Excessive physical activity can make the blood vessels around the head and neck were swollen and depressed. Headaches caused by sports or sex is easier to attack people who are affected by migraine.

Eliminates the headache and toothache

If you get a headache or aching pain whatsoever, do massage expat and private massages by massage the palm of the hand that is between the thumb and index finger. Then follow with massages or massage in the area is also in the foot. Perform massage to the patient or yourself feel the pain because it massages or massage. This is normal and not sick restraint. Let the pain of this massage place. After that you can feel whether a headache or toothache you can be decreased or not.
As far as the world experience this massage, I felt quite feel grateful for this massage tips, because the results were fairly successful. So if you do not have a pill aspirin or painkillers, just do the massage as sara suggest above.

Tips to keep your eyes healthy

Learn easy ways you can do for the health of your eyes and your eyes will feel and look better.

1. Check the eye every 12 months
Untreated vision problems will grow worse, and wearing contact lenses or glasses are not suitable for you can cause vision problems and headaches.

2. In the hot season, wear glasses
UV rays can create serious damage to eyes. Good sunglasses can prevent this. When buying sunglasses, make sure to reflect at least 98% of UV radiation.

3. Eat good nutrition for you and your eyes
A recent study suggests that vitamin and antioxidant group can prevent or at least slow the growth of cataracts and macular degeneration. Good nutrition for the body is also good for the eyes.

4. If you are reading or working on the computer, make sure the light is right.
Working with minimal light can cause eyestrain, but light that is too bright nor good. Direction of light works best when using a computer is from the side. Reduce the light level monitor. The color is so not sharp but the eyes more comfortable.

5. Rest your eyes.
Almost all people feel their eyes become uncomfortable after sitting all day in front of computer screens. This is due to eye blink 25% less than normal, which causes the eyes to become dry. Sal things you can do is close your eyes and count to 5 adana before reopening. Another was turned away from the screen and focus on a distant object, as often as possible.

6. Find contact lenses with good quality.
Not all contact lenses the same. There is a safe for your eyes, and there is also a risk of eye damage. Know what the modern contact lens industry has to offer will help to make wise choices, not simply follow what the doctor says.

7. If you wear contact lenses, treat well.
Contact lenses not so much trouble, but you also can not ignore it clean. Each time you use or release adana contact lenses, rinse. You also need to replace the fluid, when you put in place when you sleep at night.

8. Wear contact lenses according to the recommended schedule.
There are people who intend to save by wearing contact lenses for longer than intended. This is not a good thing. Although the quality of the lens will not be reduced. Piles of proteins can obscure your vision. Another thing to consider is, the longer you wear your contact lenses. The higher your risk of eye infection.

Food choices uric acid sufferers

Foods that should be avoided by people with gout include:

1. The seafood is just as shrimp, crab, mussels, oysters and squid.

2. Beverages containing alcohol such as tape, bird's wine.
3. Canned food like sardines and corned beef.
4. Offal such as intestines, liver, spleen, lung, brain, heart and kidneys.
5. Several types of fruit such as durian, avocado, young coconut water and chips melinjo.
6. meat broth
Types of food that should be consumed in small amounts is:
1. Tempeh and tofu
2. Fish, mutton, chicken and beef.
3. Some vegetables such as kale, spinach, broccoli, bean sprouts, papaya leaves, asparagus, beans and mushrooms.
4. Fatty foods such as milk, margarine, butter or fried. Fat can inhibit spending uric acid through urine.

Types of food that should be consumed is:


1. Cheese, milk and eggs.

2. Food sources of carbohydrates such as rice, potatoes, cassava, wheat, tapioca, hukwe, macaroni, noodles, vermicelli, bread and biscuits. But the class of simple carbohydrates such as fructose sugar, candy, cotton candy, cotton candy and fructose syrup should be avoided because it can increase uric acid levels.
3. Fruits such as watermelon, cantaloupe, pineapple, star fruit and guava. Other fruits should also be eaten except durian and avocado.

Additionally gout sufferers are encouraged to drink plenty, at least 2 liters or 10 glasses a day. Aims to help spending uric acid through urine and prevent the buildup of uric acid the kidney or bladder. This water could be cooking water, tea or coffee.

9 disease can be tamed by foot

1. Heart attack
The first would reduce the risk of heart disease, more than iru, good cholesterol (HDL) which works as a sponge absorbing Jahl cholesterol (LDL) will increase by walking hurriedly. Not many ways out drugs that can increase HDL levels in addition to the moving body. Walking hurriedly recorded able to reduce the risk of heart attack to just half.

2. Stroke
Despite the benefits of walking hurriedly to stroke not as real influence on coronary heart disease, some studies have shown encouraging results. Just look at the evidence of our ancestors who experienced more walking activities every day, old stroke cases not as much now. One of the studies stu 70 thousand nurses (Harvard School of Public Health) that the work was recorded walking activities dama much as 20 hours a week, their risk of stroke by two thirds.

3. Weight stable
It turned out to familiarize walking routine, metabolic rates increased. In addition to a number of wasted calories by walking activity. Excess calories may be burned by increasing the body's metabolism, making weight gain did not happen.

4. Lose weight
Yes, in addition to maintained a stable weight. Those who start overweight, can be derived by conducting walk hurriedly regularly. Excess fat under the skin will be burned when walking activities diligent enough rate of at least one hour.

5. Preventing diabetes
By getting used to walking around 6 miles per hour, travel time is about 50 minutes, it can delay or prevent the development of type 2 diabetes, particularly in those who are obese.
As we know that cases of diabetes can be treated without the need to take medication, can be done by choosing a regular exercise routine. During the blood sugar can be controlled simply by moving the body, the drug is not diperlukann. That means that walking hurriedly same benefits with anti-diabetic drugs.

6. Preventing osteoporosis
With calisthenics and walking fast, not only the body muscles strengthened, but also bone bekalang. In addition to need exposure to morning sunlight. Not enough extra calcium and vitamin D alone to prevent or slow down the process of osteoporosis. The body also requires body movement and takes at least 15 minutes of exposure to the sun in the morning to be free from the threat of osteoporosis.
Those who exercise since young and consume enough calcium to the age of 70 years is expected to be freed from osteoporosis.

7. Relieves arthritic knee.
More than a third of elderly people in America have arthritis knee. By getting used to walking fast or choose to walk in the pool, arthritic knee pain can be eased. For those that need to be done on foot or intermittent, not every day. The goal is for the member the opportunity to joints to recuperate.

8. Depression
It turns out that moving the body with a brisk walk also helps patients with depression status. Walking hurriedly to replace anti-depressant drugs should be taken regularly. Happenings study free of depression by walking has been done over 10 years.

9. Cancer
Cancer can also be canceled arise if we diligently walk. At least a type of colon cancer. We know, moving the agency launched a peristaltic intestinal participate, so that defecation is more orderly. Colorectal cancer is also triggered by a longer fecal retention digestive canals. Other studies also mention the role of walking to a possible reduction in breast cancer risk.

Cervical cancer

Did you know, in Indonesia, Thailand, Phillipina, Vietnam and other developing countries, producers using scrap paper or paper-sawdust are recycled to be used as dressing material. They also use a bleaching (whitening) to whiten these materials. Though dibahan-bleaching materials are included DIOXIN content is very dangerous and can lead to various diseases such as cervical cancer, breast cancer, purse, myom and much more.
Foreign countries (developed countries), although the dressings manufactured from cotton (not of scrap materials), they must include on the packaging that these pads are free of chlorine. Unfortunately this has not become a liability for producers in developing countries.
So after long time usage then the women feel the disease. Starting from a whitish, yellowish, the difficulty of getting offspring, cysts, myom even deadly cancer.

Tips to overcome the pain with natural way

Causes of back pain are:

1. Mechanical disturbance on the structure and function of the spinal unit.

2. Motion or a wrong posture when bending and lifting weights or goods.

3. Use shoes with high heels, because under normal circumstances the lumbar region of the spine has a curvature to the front. When the excessive forward curvature, will cause symptoms of back pain.

4. Sleeping with a pedestal that is too flexible so that makes bending the spine to follow the base laid.

5. Lack of exercise, causing spasticity joints and tissues come down, so the bibs easily injured because a simple gesture just as lifting, pushing or bending.

Back pain can also be caused by the influence of a disease, such as kidney disorders, heart disease, cancer, metabolic bone disease or disorder. Back pain caused by kidney disease is usually due to abnormalities in the urine. The abnormalities of blood in the urine due to damage to the bile duct wall due to injuries caused by kidney stones.

To reduce pain and to prevent more severe consequences of back pain, it is recommended the patient perform gestures. Pay attention to your posture in order to avoid stooped body condition or do activities datau lie or bend on a regular basis for a while. Also should seek a balance between rest and physical activity. Activity must be considered, the body must get enough rest, this includes a healthy lifestyle, including healthy eating, healthy values ​​and patterns of healthy mindset.

Natural ways that can be used to treat back pain are:

1. Red ginger 25 grams, 25 grams of black meeting, 30 grams of cabbage root shampoo, 30 grams of leaves boiled with water gods so that the remaining 600 cc 300 cc. filtered water and drink warm. Kakukan regularly.

2. 30 grams of leaves of the gods, meeting buffoonery 30 grams, 25 grams of hia leaves boiled with 500 cc of water to the remaining 200 cc. filtered water and drink warm. Do it regularly.

3. 10 grains angco, 1-3 pieces sun boi, 15 grams of onion roots boiled with 600 cc of water so that the remaining 300 cc, filtered drinking water is warm do regularly.

4. Takokak 100 grams of fruit, 30 grams of corn silk, red ginger 20 grams, 10 grams of fennel boiled with 600 cc of water to the remaining 300 cc, filtered water and drink warm. Do it regularly.

5. Cayenne pepper and ginger soaked with 75% alcohol for 14 days. After the soaking water is applied to the waist ache. Do it regularly.

6. 120 grams of ginger, 150 grams of garlic and chili powder soaked in 75% alcohol for 14 days. After the soaking water is applied to the affected part. Do it regularly.

7. Moxa lit / burned then hold the affected part with a distance of about 2.5 cm for 10-15 minutes. If it is too hot, is slightly turned away. Do it regularly.