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Chocolate – the cause of depression?

April 29, 2010 – 1:00 am
experts studying the problem of depression, suggest that people who regularly consumed chocolate, the most frequent subject despondency. The study, published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, say that those who eat at least one chocolate bar a week more depressed than used it from time to time, BBC reports. The conventional wisdom about that chocolate can lift the mood. Researchers from the University of California, this view does not deny, but they say that irrefutable scientific evidence that there is no. They also say that can not exclude the possibility that chocolate may be cause of depression rather than a means of it. Studying thousands of volunteers showed that the more a person eats chocolate, the worse his mood. Participants of the experiment, those who had ...

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The hot peppers will help block the pain

April 29, 2010 – 12:37 am
Scientists hope that studying the properties of hot pepper will help them to develop a medicine that addresses the root cause of pain. A group of researchers from Texas suggest that a substance similar to capsaicin - Home component of hot pepper - is the primary cause of pain in humans, reports the BBC. It capsaicin gives peppers their pungent flavor. And if scientists can block the emergence of similar substance in the human body, they may be able to prevent the occurrence of chronic pain. "We found a family of endogenous molecules, which resemble in their properties of capsaicin . The human body provides them with personal injury, - says head of research group Keneth Hardgrivs. - Now we have figured out how to block these mechanisms with the help of a new class of ...

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Insomnia reduces immunity

April 29, 2010 – 12:00 am
Do men sleeping less than 7 hours, the probability of catching a cold three times higher than those who sleep at least 8 hours. So little to wash their hands, coming from the street and drink vitamin tablets. We still sleep in order to protect themselves from infection. It turns out this is not at all, says AIF. Why do not Do not go to the doctor. The most improper - to hide from the problem, believing that if you do not nap today, I'll sleep tomorrow or after tomorrow. Daily lack of sleep lead to many problems: from the mistakes at work, and depression to obesity and metabolic disorders. On the other hand, the insomnia may be just a manifestation of certain diseases or side effects of some drugs. Not knowing the cause, take a ...

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Fish oil does not affect memory

April 28, 2010 – 11:37 pm
British scientists argue that its effect on memory and performance is equal to the placebo effect, says MP. Once it's not only sang the praises of medical miraculous properties of the notorious unsaturated fatty acids Omega 3! The vessels they make elastic, and nourish the neurons of the brain, and resist age-related changes ... But neurologists from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK) claim to the contrary - the inclusion in the diet of fish fat and fatty sea fish species are useless against age-related changes of the brain. According to Ami-tass, experts in the two years studied the effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids (including Omega-3) on cognitive brain function in 867 participants aged 70-80 years. Scientists gave half of elderly participants of fish oil supplements and half received a placebo. Evaluation of ...

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What foods cause migraine

April 28, 2010 – 11:00 pm
To avoid splitting the head, have to eat right ... From migraine suffered almost everything. But it turns out, to avoid these terrible headaches may be adding to your diet alone and the exclusion of other products, according to AIF. One head - well, as half a head. .. Here's how to describe their suffering with migraine Pontius Pilate: "O gods, gods, why do you punish me? .. Yes, no doubt it was she, she again, invincible, terrible disease ... gemikraniya in which half a head ache ... of no funds, there is no salvation ... try not to move my head ... "The doctor and writer Mikhail Bulgakov not heard similar stories from patients. Very often when migraine pain the whole head, not half: pain - throbbing, growing in all movements, extraneous sounds, forcing to close your ...

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Alcohol reduces the risk of diabetes type

April 28, 2010 – 10:37 pm
Scientists from the University of Wageningen (Netherlands) found that moderate consumption of alcohol may reduce the risk of developing diabetes. diabetes type two - metabolic disease characterized by persistent hyperglycemia , which is the result of a breach of insulin secretion and the mechanisms of its interaction with tissue cells. The disease usually occurs in people in their forties, when the body produces insulin in insufficient quantities, or when production is disrupted. Can be treated with healthy diet and increased physical activity. Often, patients prescribed drugs and / or insulin. Researchers in ten years have seen a 35 thousand Dutch people aged 20 to 70 years without diabetes, heart disease and cancer . By the end of the second type of diabetes research developed in 796 of them, according Kompyulenta. As it turned out, consume an ...

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In Britain, will give heroin on prescription

April 28, 2010 – 10:00 pm
Dr Peter Carter (Peter Carter), general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RoyalCollege of Nursing), United Kingdom, said the NHS should prescribe heroin addicts, and people do injections in specially designated areas, according to Daily Telegraph. This proposal became the subject for discussion at the annual conference of Nursing in Bournemouth, United Kingdom, reported Around the World

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Prepared Food and Soda ages organism

April 28, 2010 – 9:37 pm
Carbonated beverages and ready-made products contain large amounts of salts of phosphoric acid, which can accelerate the aging process. Phosphates are added to drinks to cause a reaction with sodium bicarbonate, and make selection dioxide. In addition, they are used as preservatives, flavorings and improvers appearance of bakery products, meat products and cheese, said Kompyulenta. Employees of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (USA) decided to find out the action phosphates and conducted experiments on mice. The animals were divided into three groups: one deleted gene klotho, the lack of which caused the accumulation of phosphate to toxic levels in the body of rodents, the second defeat of the two genes - klotho and NaPi2a, which led to a reduction of phosphates; a third, too, lacked two genes, but These mice were fed a diet high in phosphates. ...

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Men also suffer from the menopause

April 28, 2010 – 12:00 am
Hag Jones, professor of andrology at the University of Sheffield, believes that 10% of men over age 50 suffer from "male menopause", or the syndrome of lack of testosterone. Patients with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, the figures are 17%, says The Daily Mail. The fact is that after 30 years, testosterone levels in men decreases natural manner by 1% each year. However, unhealthy lifestyle, reducing testosterone levels may occur much faster. Syndrome develops when the testes which produce testosterone, not working properly, or when the total hormones upset. At that testosterone is important not only in terms of male potency and sexual desire, but and to maintain muscle mass, healthy bones, a positive mood and high energy level. As a result, a man can suffer from mood swings, depression or irritability. Plus - weight gain, fatigue, joint pain, ...

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Fans swear sweat of his brow

April 27, 2010 – 11:37 pm
mat for many today has ceased to be profanity. It is now talking. But the mat - not just indecent, these words have a negative impact on the health So says Stanislav Zenin, head of the laboratory of biophysics of water Institute of Human Ecology and Environmental Hygiene them. Sysina writes AIF. SZ: - The words and thoughts can alter the human environment. Sometimes, you come into the apartment and you feel it easily. And in another - uncomfortable. This is the result of relationships of people living in these apartments. If the house is constantly swear and think badly of each other, it is not for the better alter its aura. Today, these "information signs" may be measured by objective physical and chemical methods. Special device - a universal energy-analyzer - determines the state of the environment, ...

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