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| The most important thing is to avoid the alcohol consumption in the critical years of the adolescence |
| How to prepare the alcoholism |
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Washington Hispanic
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| 17 million persons are alcoholic in the United States, that is to say, one of the 12 adults. |
The experts define the alcoholism as a chronic illness that, in simple terms, provokes a physical or psychological dependency on this substance.
Although it is possible to have a problem with the alcohol, this not necessary means that the persons will demonstrate quite the characteristics of the addiction to the bottle.
There is called he to this “I abuse the alcohol”, what it means to drink excessively and that causes social problems and of health, but not necessary neither an entire dependency on the bottle nor the loss of the control.
Although many persons believe the opposite, the alcoholism is a friendly illness. Medicines, commission and groups of support are some of the therapies that can help to recover of this problem.
Symptoms
Before looking for help, most of the alcoholics deny to need it. Other signs of this illness are drinking only or secretly, not to be able to limit the quantity of alcohol that is consumed, not remember conversations or situations, losing interest in activities or puzzles, to feel the need to drink, irritability if there is no available alcohol, to drink to feel normal or to experience withdrawal symptoms if it is not drunk (morning sickness, sudoraciones, quakes).
If these signs are not sufficient, wonder if he needs such a prompt gulp he wakes up, if he feels guilty after drinking, if he believes that it must take less or bothers him that other persons comment or criticize his habits on having drunk. If he answers positively to two or more of these questions, it is probable that it has a problem with the alcohol.
Risk factors
Drinking in constant form provokes a physical dependency on the alcohol with the time. More than 15 gulps a week for males and twelve for women increases the risk of developing dependency on the alcohol. Other risk factors are:
The age. Those who begin to drink close to 16 years have more possibilities of falling down to the bottle.
Genetics. The information of the genes can determine that someone is alcoholic.
Sex. The men have more risk of being drinkers that the women.
Familiar record. Those who have had alcoholic parents have more possibilities of it being.
Emotional disorders. To be depressed or to have high anxiety, along with adults with atencional deficit and hyperactivity also they can be in major risk of developing alcoholism.
When to look for medical help
Since the denial is a frequent characteristic in the alcoholic, it is slightly probable that the persons who are dependent or abuse the bottle look for medical help for proper will. Often it is a task of relatives, friends or coworkers persuading them on looking for help.
If you create that his habits, on having drunk, are a problem (he feels guilty or cannot control the habit), speak with his doctor about the treatment options. The same if he needs a gulp in the morning or if every time he needs more alcohol to feel his effects.
How to prepare
Identifying a familiar alcoholism record is an important step to look for help rather than the use of alcohol I transformed in abuse.
An early intervention is essential to prepare the alcoholism in adolescents, since the abuse of the drink at this age increases dramatically the possibilities of trasformarse in an alcoholic in the future. At the same time, the deaths of adolescents related to the abuse of alcohol in the country are the highest.
To prepare it, the parents must give the example with his behavior. Also, speak with his son and share with him, but also respect the need for independence of the young man. Establish clear rules and make sure that his son should understand the legal and medical consequences of the abuse of the alcohol.
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| The technology laser of the hand with the beauty |
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| Maria Malouf. Photo: Mitzi Macías/Washington Hispanic. |
For Mitzi Macías
Washington Hispanic
"The laser that we use manages to regenerate the internal textile so that the collagen fibre is activated and into consequence it changes the texture of the skin and the rejuvenation takes place”
Maria Malouf.
The center of esthetics Dermaláser uses laser machines approved to eliminate hair, spots, cellulitis and to mold the figure.
Thanks to the evolution of the technology now the beauty can make use of the properties of the modern laser not only in the elimination of the unwanted hair but also in the rejuvenation of the skin.
The big question is and: how does it work?
“ Nowadays the laser that we use is less invasive and the machines that we use are calibrated to avoid burns and damages to the skin. The laser that we use manages to regenerate the internal textile so that the collagen fibre is activated and into consequence it changes the texture of the skin and the rejuvenation takes place”, tells Maria Malouf, NR.
Farewell to the hair
To eliminate the unwanted hair in the different parts of the body the same laser machine is used, but what it changes is the frequency and the intensity.
“ The big difference is that we manage to change the genetic material of the skin. That is to say if before the treatment it was a cell that was producing hair, after the necessary meetings with laser it will transform in a cell that does not produce hair”, tells Maria Malouf.
The results in the elimination of the hair will depend on the thickness to more thickness, more meetings, but the mitigation is permanent.
With regard to the varicose veins, the laser manages to cauterize them, being employed very well at the varicose veins known as in the shape of chandelier, “if the varicose vein is very big he will need surgery”, affirms the specialist. The machines that are used in Dermaláser are approved by the FDA.
Mold the figure
In the center of esthetics Dermaláser also it offers itself a novel treatment known as VelaShape by means of ultrared beams across which it is possible to mold the figure and to distribute the fat located in unwanted areas, as well as also it helps to fight the cellulitis
“ What does the VelaShape is to generate a major circulation in the body doing that the fat is mobilized. That way we mold the figure of the person and help her to eliminate this fat neither that nor the exercise, nor the diets have achieved to disappear”, tells Maria Malouf.
“ With this machine one does not grow thin, but yes it is possible to achieve the wished figure”, clarifies Malouf.
Other one of the advantages of the VelaShape is that it is possible to use in different areas of the body where the fat accumulates.
For better results a nutritive diet is offered to the patient and 20 minutes are recommended to him on the day of exercises.
| To his health |
| One eat this apple |
For Jane Delgado
The PRESIDENT National Alliance for the Health of the Hispanics
It is necessary to consume carbohydrates with a low content or index glucémico, that is to say, food that are absorbed slowly by the body and slowly they are transformed into sugar and then they are transported by the blood stream”.
This is the moment of the year in which we try to recover or support a healthy weight. But it is difficult to achieve it when we come to house tired from the work and have to prepare a fast food.
Sometimes the food in the shop seems to be more expensive when they are healthier. But the true thing is that this assertion is false. There is many food that we can consume and that are healthy, we must only think about different form.
Often what we do is to concentrate only on the calories and we avoid what we believe it are eaten that put on weight. Although some of them have no problem with this approach, other persons find her problematic.
To control our weight and to do exercise are important actions that you benefit not only our bodies but also to our family. These are steps towards being healthy independently if we have or not diabetes.
An alternative way of understanding how we feed is a knowledge of what form the food impresses our body or why we feel famine.
The index glicémico or glucémico it provides a frame of reference that is especially useful for the Hispanics since many of us we worry about a possible diabetes development. This index classifies to the meal in accordance with his effect in the sugar level in the blood.
Although our bodies need carbohydrates and sugar, also it is true that problems of health will produce a high quantity of both substances. What means this?, let's Say that you had not lunch because you had no time but yes it managed to consume a pair of sugary donuts. Immediately of consuming them, you feel satisfied or at least it is provided with the energy of keeping on working. But these sensations are erroneous. What happens is that the donuts are turned quickly into sugar by the body and are absorbed by the blood stream but after a little bit, you will feel more famine. It is as if the body was delivering to him the information that he needs: to be healthy and satisfied he needs to consume meal that his body could absorb gradually.
Specially, it is necessary to consume carbohydrates with a low content or index glucémico, that is to say, food that are absorbed slowly by the body and slowly they are transformed into sugar and then they are transported by the blood stream.
When we consume food low in index glicémico these deliver to us energy more slowly and therefore in stabler form, for the same, we will think that we will not feel famine.
To find this index, look in the nutritional tag of the food what so rapid the carbohydrates as the bread, the rice, the pasta or the omelettes that we consume are absorbed by the body and the effect in the level of glucose of the blood.
This helps us to understand porqué an apple juice glass and an apple they have more or less the same caloric content but there are different experiences. The juice is consumed and absorbed quickly by the body, while the apple needs to be processed and enters the organism of a different way.
In fact, the index glicérico of the apple is 34 and that of the juice is 56.
Other interesting indexes are that of the broccoli (20), tomatoes (23), handle (86), melon (103), roast potato (158), white potato (104), jam (73), sweet pope (63), maltosa (ingredient of the beer) (150), glucose (137), fructose (32), honey (83), beans painted (55) and zapallo (107).
In spite of everything, the best way of eating healthily is to avoid everything what is white, a white bread, white rice, pasta and white potatoes.
Also enjoy moderately the food that are integral, like wholemeal bread, brown rice and pasta of the same type.
Finally, enjoy a fruits portion instead of the juice.
Remember that the target is to be more conciente of the effect of the meals. On having consumed food that are low in index glicémico, we will give him to our body the necessary nutrients, will feel less famine and we will be successful in controlling our weight.
If he wishes more information about this topic, 1-866 can call to the Telephone Line HIS FAMILY (1 866 783 2654) of 9 am 6 pm from Monday until Friday.
| The WHO expresses pessimistic document on this illness |
| The tuberculosis refuses to disappear |
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| Million 300 thousand persons endure tuberculosis in China. Foto:AP. |
For Bradley Brooks
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1.3 million persons died for tuberculosis in the world, according to the WHO.
The incidence of the tuberculosis is diminishing, but to a step so slow that thousands of years will happen before it disappears, as an investigation determined it.
The annual study of the World Organization of the Health, spread in Rio de Janeiro, presented a panorama with many pessimism motives: the number of persons infected with TB and the virus of human immunodeficiency (VIH) doubled to 1.5 millions and there grows the number of cases of tuberculosis resistant to medicines. The informants clarified that this is due to the fact that more nations are reporting of such cases.
“ We have a situation with very little progress, particularly in Africa and oriental and central Europe”, said Tido von Schoen-Angerer, executive director of Doctors Sin Border, who did not take part in the survey. “In this report there is no any margin for congratulations”.
According to the survey of the WHO, 9.27 million persons were enduring tuberculosis in 2007 compared with 9.24 millions in 2006. That means a valuation of 139 for every 100 thousand persons in the world, says the report, a casualty lower than 1 % per year.
“ This means that it will take several milleniums to eradicate the tuberculosis”, sentenced Mario Raviglione, the director of the program antituberculosis of the WHO.
The number of cases of TB linked to the VIH-1.4 millions — doubled in the report of this year, an increase that the authorities said was based on more precise reports of many nations, particularly on Africa, where 79 % of the cases was brought.
In 2007, 1.3 million persons they died of TB, like also another 465 thousand persons who had both TB and VIH.
The cases of TB resistant to medicines also increased in 2007 to half a million, cases that are more difficult to treat and that have major mortality valuation. Raviglione added that a conference on TB in China next month will focus in these cases.
What aggravates the struggle against the TB is the world financial crisis.
Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund for the Struggle against the AIDS, the Turberculosis and the Malaria endorsed by the UNO, said that this year there will be a deficit for thousand 600 million dollars in the financing of the struggle against the TB. He calculated that it might increase for less four billion dollars in 2010.
“ The crisis affects severely to the developing countries”, he said. “But the nations should realize that the costs in the health are investments for the development and not a mere load in the budgets”.
Asia registered most of the cases of TB in 2007, 55 %, while Africa had 31 %. Between the nations, India had most of cases with 2 millions, China 1.3 millions and Indonesia 530 thousand cases.
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