Health related information and news from around the world.
Listed are the posts for Март 2009.
Using unusual foods in your diet, especially in rotation, can help extend and vary your diet. You are less likely to react to a food if you have never or seldom eaten it. Use substitutes such as goat’s and sheep’s milk and cheese if you can, and unusual grains, such as buckwheat, sago or tapioca. [...]
You have a choice of four ways in which to eliminate chemicals from your environment in order to test what you are sensitive to: • totally avoid one or a small number of specific chemicals • eliminate chemicals in one area of your life (e.g. clothing or cosmetics) • create an oasis in one room [...]
If you are exceptionally sensitive, you may not be able to wear even low-allergen products. You may have to avoid toiletries and cosmetics altogether. It can be very difficult to have to give up something that is a source of self-esteem or pleasure, and can be a hard decision. On the other hand, total abstinence [...]
Various materials are used in cavity wall insulation, in which insulating material is placed between the outer and inner wall of a building. One such material is urea-formaldehyde foam (UFF) which is injected into the cavity and forms a foam which adheres to the wall surfaces. UFF is only ever used on existing buildings, not [...]
You can buy a range of devices which will remove particles and filter the air that you breathe. These can be of real benefit if you choose one that is effective for the things to which you are sensitive (some devices remove some allergens or substances and not others). They are cheap to run, costing [...]
Withdrawal-This is a simple method but it can be frustrated by, or frustrating for, either partner. The man withdraws his penis during the interval between his orgasm setting in and ejaculation starting. Since his instinct at this time is to thrust his penis deep into the vagina he may fail to withdraw in time. As [...]
Although an increasing number of sexual difficulties are known to be the result of physical illness, the majority are probably of psychological origin. It is always possible that discoveries such as the fact that high prolactin or oestrogen production in some men can produce impotence will explain some sexual difficulties but they are unlikely to [...]
Our knowledge of the detail of what really happens during sexual arousal was, until about twenty years ago, very patchy indeed. The pioneering work of Dr William Masters and Dr Virginia Johnson in the USA changed all that and now many other researchers have repeated and extended their work. In a man-A man usually starts [...]
Because there are now so many people around in the remarriage market a whole new industry has arisen to cope with them. Marriage bureaux are, of course, not new but they are increasing in numbers and some deal with specialised groups of the population. Computer-dating is popular and singles clubs and those for the divorced [...]
Many a woman says that her husband will not row with her and that as a result she cannot clear the air. This often happens because women tend to have superior verbal skills and, along with their female logic, defeat men, who then choose not to argue. There must have been a failure of communication [...]
According to a recent study, the most effective way for many older women to ward off osteoporosis may be with hormone replacement therapy. Scientists at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Nedlands, Australia, investigated the effectiveness of three different approaches to retarding bone loss in 120 postmenopausal women whose average age was 56. The methods investigated [...]
According to a recent scientific study, shaving with an electric razor may double a man’s chance of contracting leukemia. The study, conducted at Battelle Memorial Institute’s Pacific Northwest Laboratory in Richland, Washington found that men who used electric razors for 2 1/2 minutes a day were more than twice as likely to contract leukemia than [...]
While the most effective long-term way to deal with stress is to uncover and treat its cause(s), experts say it is also helpful to simply treat the symptoms. Being able to alleviate the symptoms of stress can allow you to improve your chances of relaxing long enough to understand and deal with its cause(s). One [...]
The US Department of Agriculture has recently revised its recommended daily food intake. These new recommendations include more fruits and vegetables. Here are these new recommendations. 1. Bread, Cereal, Rice, and Pasta— 6-11 servings 2. Fruit Group — 2-4 servings 3. Vegetable Group — 3-5 servings 4. Milk, Yogurt, and Cheese — 2-3 servings 5. [...]
Here are eight tips on how you can enjoy many of your favorite fast foods, while cutting back on fat and sodium: 1) Avoid sauce. Have your hamburger, fish, or chicken sandwich without mayonnaise, tartar or other «special» sauces. 2) Eliminate cheese. The varieties of cheese commonly used by fast-food restaurants on burgers and chicken [...]
Women confront new sexual issues at menopause. The most obvious is that you have physical evidence that you can no longer get pregnant. The relief from having to deal with contraception or worry about periods can mean a new found freedom of sexual expression. Jane recalls, T never realized how much contraception interfered with our [...]
While we’re on that subject, it’s interesting to hear the attitudes of both men and women about penis size and how it relates to sexual performance. There has always been a popular mythology that a huge penis is the symbol of masculinity, potency and sexual magnificence. The comparisons start in the school toilets and are [...]
The nature of the birth process, with the physical and emotional exposure that it involves, means that many of a woman’s previous inhibitions are swept aside. Complete strangers are privy to one of your life’s most intimate and vulnerable moments and some women find they can ‘let loose’ more readily with their partner. For others [...]
A number of different techniques to help fertilization are now fairly commonplace. IVF (invitro fertilization) simply means ‘fertilization in glass’. Apart from being the best-known technique, it is probably also the most emotionally draining. We have become quite familiar with the media images of delighted couples nursing their IVF twins or triplets following years of [...]
Commitment doesn’t have to have a timeframe. Kay has been married to the same man for sixteen years. ‘We met when we were at school and we became good friends. We would sit together in class and have lunch together most days. Then one weekend when we were about seventeen I was invited to a [...]
We have to build up our immunity if we are to resist respiratory diseases, for we cannot always avoid coming in contact with infection. Research specialists are probably correct in their assertion that it is unusual to find a person in Europe who, at one time or another, has not had a mild tubercular infection [...]
In the first place, what you eat is of the utmost importance. This has been proved by experience gained in every part of the world. It is astonishing that people living in the healthiest mountain regions, for example the Swiss Alps, where outsiders go to be cured, may actually contract ТВ themselves. Some time ago [...]
To my astonishment, when travelling abroad, I have encountered a great deal of tuberculosis even in lands which have the best climatic conditions for good health. I was amazed that even Greece, a country with an abundance of sunshine, has had to fight this disease. In Holland too, particularly in the small offshore islands, many [...]
Many of those people who once mocked the idea of eating ‘rabbit food’, raw food, are now beginning to realise that there may be something in it after all. The antibiotic properties of food are destroyed by cooking, because many substances in our food are sensitive to heat; these include not merely its vitamin and [...]
Predictions that more than one out of five Australians will be over the age of 60 by the year 2001 have been worrying health and social service planners. A federal Government report on the needs of older people was released in the mid-1980s. The report brought some contradictions to the stereotype of older people as [...]
During labour a close watch is kept on both mother and foetus so that any problems that arise can be attended to promptly. The mother’s pulse, temperature and blood pressure are measured hourly and any urine passed is tested. Vaginal examinations are performed about every few hours to assess the progress of cervical dilatation. Foetal [...]
Abortion today Worldwide, around 150 000 abortions are performed each day. Three-quarters of the world’s women now live in countries where abortion is lawful and where competent, safe services are available. However, where illegal rackets persist (such as in Latin America), abortion still takes a terrible toll on women’s lives and health, accounting for 25-30 [...]
Pregnancy If pregnancy occurs with an IUD in place, there is a high risk of miscarriage, which may be further complicated by infection (septic abortion). If you become pregnant you will be advised to have the device removed (which reduces the risk of miscarriage) or, if this isn’t possible, to have the pregnancy terminated. However, [...]
When I asked a group of medical students this question a number of years ago, there was such a variety of answers that we decided to look the word up in the dictionary. It wasn’t there (The Concise Oxford Dictionary, published mid-1960s)! Yes, sexuality is a term that has slipped into common use only during [...]
All acne can be improved by treatment, and often completely cleared. Mild to moderate acne can usually be remedied by simple, over-the-counter treatments, but beware! – because it is so common: and distressing, big industries have developed their business around its treatment and many measures advertised for contra’ or cure are misleading. If you try [...]