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The relationship between mother and child can determine whether obese adolescents to reach

Obesity in adolescents not only be related to lack of exercise and a diet high in calories. According to a recent study, a bad relationship with the mother during childhood may also increase the risk that these children are obese as they grow. Do you have children? Well you should keep reading.

Childhood obesity is a sure path to an adolescent, a youth and adult health problems. Helping your children to fight or prevent it from a young age is not a matter of vanity or coquetry, but to prevent a problem that affects the entire body and can cause conditions that previously only of concern to adults, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, depression, asthma and other respiratory diseases, skin infections, liver problems and the list goes on. Read the rest of this entry »

In addition to reward yourself with food and exercise, other factors that can affect your weight. Here we tell you what they can do to gain weight, which do not relate to food. You’ll be surprised!

Wondering what happens to you that despite almost obsessively take care with food and exercise twice a week you are unable to lose weight or do it very slowly? Is it hard to understand why that friend who keeps taking soft drinks (sodas, soft drinks) and eating chips and chocolates is kept so thin, even without doing gymnastics?

The answer is that, in addition to diet and exercise, there are other factors causing obesity which in general is poorly understood. If you are the type who spends dieting for weight control, here are some facts that might interest you: 7 factors that can increase your weight, not related to food. Read the rest of this entry »

Different treatment options are:

* Medications that can help relieve pain and these include acetaminophen (Tylenol and others), nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin and others) or naproxen (Aleve and others). Some studies have also shown that certain antidepressants may decrease the pain associated with spinal stenosis. When the pain is severe, doctors may prescribe medicines containing narcotic consumption over a short period. Read the rest of this entry »

When back pain is constant or slowly gets worse, the cause could be spinal stenosis, says the January issue of the “Mayo Clinic Health Letter”.

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of one or more areas of the spine. There are different types of problems that can decrease the space inside the spinal canal, but most are related to age. Read the rest of this entry »

How is the diagnosis?

The diagnosis is established by measuring blood glucose. If levels are below 54 mg/dL makes the diagnosis of hypoglycemia.

If you suspect a tumor in the pancreas, the patient should be monitored in the hospital, which often measure blood glucose levels. If it drops too low, also measured insulin levels. If insulin levels are elevated, you should look for a tumor in the pancreas and, if found, remove it surgically.

Exercise and diet

Exercise lowers glucose levels but usually does not produce hypoglycemia in healthy people. If symptoms of hypoglycemia during exercise, take carbohydrate or slowly absorbed complex (pasta, rice, pulses) before starting work, during the exercise can take simple carbohydrates such as glucose or sugar. Read the rest of this entry »

What happens during an episode of hypoglycemia?

Hypoglycemia can produce some of the following symptoms:

- Paleness

- Tremors

- Sweating

- Feeling of weakness

- Palpitations

- Hunger

- Agitation

- Difficulty concentrating Read the rest of this entry »

What is hypoglycemia (low blood glucose)?

Hypoglycemia is a clinical condition characterized by decreased glucose (sugar) levels below 45-54 mg/dl (2.5-3 mmol/l). Usually associated other symptoms disappear within 10-15 minutes after taking sugar.

What causes hypoglycemia?

Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas, which stimulates the body’s cells, especially liver to absorb glucose from the blood. Normally, blood glucose rises after a meal, the pancreas responds by secreting insulin which in turn lowers blood glucose.

Disproportionate production of insulin and other diseases can cause episodes of hypoglycemia also known as “low blood sugar.” Read the rest of this entry »

How is neck pain?

Acute pain at the base of the neck sometimes disappears without treatment.

In problems of limited duration on therapy is recommended (by the rehabilitation or physical therapist) and analgesics.

For problems of longer duration (eg three or more months) is the following treatment options:

- Physical therapy and chiropractic

- Intensive muscle training

- Rehabilitation treatment. Read the rest of this entry »

What can you do yourself?

- Be as active as possible. Try to go to work and maintain their normal daily activities, bed rest is not necessary.

- If given a collar, do not try to use more than one or two days.

- Remember that neck pain is rarely caused by a serious health problem and most often disappear within a week.

- If you have had neck pain for longer periods is a good idea to consult your family doctor or a physiotherapist. Read the rest of this entry »

What are the symptoms of neck pain?

- Widespread pain in the cervical area and stiffness in the neck muscles.

- The pain may radiate down to the shoulders or between the scapulae (shoulder blades).

- You can also radiate to the arm, hand, or up towards the head, causing a unilateral or bilateral headache.

- The neck muscles are tense, sore and hard to the touch.

- Severe pain can cause abnormal posture of the neck where the head is pushed to one side, which is called torticollis.

- Pain at the base of the skull may be accompanied by a feeling of weakness in the shoulders and hands.

- There may be also a tingling sensation in the arms and fingers. Read the rest of this entry »