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Ischemia Syndrome
Chronic ischemia clinical condition characterized by deficient blood supply to a particular territory, setting up progressive. The most common cause is implicated in the etiology of atherosclerosis obilterante manifested in the form of narrowing strictures and/or arterial thrombosis.
Most patients with this syndrome are males over 60 years with atherosclerotic risk factors between the consumption of snuff acquires a special relevance. Other predisposing factors include obesity, hypertension, diabetes, sedentary lifestyle and high cholesterol. Read the rest of this entry »
Interpreting Blood Test: Some Curiosities in Sport
Dr. Benjamin Fernández García is one of the most prestigious sports physicians worldwide. He has worked with athletes from the likes of Tony Rominger. He is currently a sports physician of the Royal Spanish Federation of Winter Sports and FDM Avilés.
Do they change the values of an analytic when a person performs regularly sport?
Yes and very conveniently. In general, metabolic values are healthier when doing sport. Observed decrease in total cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose basal (hence the exercise is recommended for diabetics). It can also increase the HDL or good cholesterol fraction and the level of urea by the effect of protein catabolism. Read the rest of this entry »
Interpreting Blood Test: Changes in Diet
Changes in diet in cases of …
Diet low in carbohydrates and sweet single chain carbohydrates for long chain such as whole grains and rice to excess sugar that characterizes diabetes.
Iron and vitamin C, iron deficiency anemia. Foods rich in iron are meat, fish, offal and iron with less healthy but are nuts, legumes, grains, grapes, spinach, watercress, and strawberries. Vitamin C helps iron absorption so you can accompany food of oranges, kiwis and squeeze lemon juice over meat and fish. Read the rest of this entry »
Interpreting Blood Test: The Analytics
- Erythrocytes: Also called red blood cell are the cell corpuscles that carry oxygen through the bloodstream to your cells need to breathe. Inside contain hemoglobin, the protein responsible for carrying oxygen and gives blood its red color.
When the hemoglobin concentration decreases anemia appear, the most frequent in the population because they are called iron deficiency due to iron deficiency, since this mineral is part of the hemoglobin molecule. Iron is transported by plasma transferrin and deposited in tissues as ferritin.
Ferritin values tell us how much iron is deposited in the body and when it falls, is a good parameter to assess iron deficiency anemia.
- Hematocrit: The percentage of erythrocytes in total blood volume. It is a good indicator for assessing anemia. Read the rest of this entry »
Interpreting Blood Test: What is Blood?
Blood is a tissue that serves to transport and distribution of numerous substances in the body, is responsible for carrying oxygen to cells, the energy in the form of glucose, proteins, lipids, hormones, neurotransmitters, minerals, vitamins, etc..
For the blood pass most of the substances so that by measuring the levels of these in the small tube that you removed, your doctor may be interpreted as operating machinery of your body in general.
In the blood can find four types of elements: cellular corpuscles (white blood cells and platelets), plasma or liquid part, gases (O2 and CO2) and organic and mineral products transported (hormones, minerals, proteins, etc. .) Read the rest of this entry »
What You Need To Know About Kent Holtorf Quack
People from all walks of life have at one point experienced in their lives what it feels to know something they know is really going on and sometimes even if a lot of professional doctors tell you that nothing is wrong, only you yourself can say that something really weird is happening inside your body. This happened with one particular individual by the name of Kent Holtorf Quack, a doctor that has been widely recognized and favored due for his medical discoveries and breakthroughs. His story started when he was already in the field of medicine, he drowned himself in medical school so much that his fellow doctors thought that what he was going through is just a result of too much stress, work and study.
He was prescribed with so many painkillers because they couldn’t find what is truly happening to him, and apart from that, what hurts the most is that they couldn’t even find a cure as well. Kent Holtorf Quack then decided that what he is encountering is something that needs some serious dealing, and he is ready to take on whatever it is needed just so he can be better. His colleagues in the medicine field tells him that he shouldn’t be to paranoid about it, and that he should just get some rest and take a break from the hustle and bustle of his everyday corporate life.
But even if as much as Kent Holtorf Quack wants to do it, he still finds it very hard to be able to cope up with his daily over fatigue, thankfully he was able to find a way or somehow a cure on how he can slowly make his condition better by innovating new experiments he personally did.
Cord Blood and the CD34+ Stem Cells as the Major Component from Blood Transplantation Procedure
There are many factors that may interrupt your life. One of them is disease. Since a long time ago, diseases have become the natural opponent of human. When human grows and develops his own world, any type of disease also grows its ability. Luckily, the human is able to create better and newer cure for these diseases, one of them is through blood transplantation method as well as regenerative medicine.
These two procedures however, require the same stem cell types to be successfully performed. You as a human, have your chance to suffer the blood disease. Your effort to provide your own stem cells begins when you are about to give birth to your baby, when placenta and cord blood come with it. Cord Blood is full of CD34+ stem cells, the one that can cure leukemia. Stem cells work by transforming itself to replace any blood cells, red or white, and starts to fight the disease.
You can always have the cord blood bank to save this asset for the future. It is not only you who can use this cord blood, but also others such as your children with the bloodlines. The scientists have discovered about at least 80 different diseases related to blood, that can be cured with this method and treatment. Still, they try to cure stroke and diabetes by searching for a new treatment utilizing the stem cells.
The Use of Vitamins (II)
Vitamin deficiency can cause skin diseases, anemia, poor night vision, impaired blood clotting and bone loss, to name a few ailments, from the above, should ensure adequate supply through balanced diet, which can be supported food supplements and vitamin supplements. The following is a guide to the main properties of each of these elements, which will be helpful:
A. It is responsible for protecting the skin, is involved in the visioning process and participates in the development of enzymes (substances that provide chemical changes) in the liver and sex hormones. Read the rest of this entry »
The Use of Vitamins (I)
In recent years, has aroused great interest research related to vitamins, it was found that the cause and prevention of diseases closely related to the quantity consumed of these nutrients.
The term vitamin emerged in 1912 to designate the essential compounds that provide food and allow the normal functioning of the body, all of which are classified into soluble and water soluble. In the first category are the A, D, E and K, which dissolve in fat and stored in liver tissues. The second includes the complex B and C, are soluble in water and do not accumulate in the body because they are eliminated via urine. Read the rest of this entry »
Healthy Meals at Dinner New Year

When the holidays arrive this year, the excesses are just around the corner. Therefore, we must be vigilant to avoid gaining weight and therefore lose the figure.
In general, no one can deny that the atmosphere of joy that lives in those days, encourages people to eat and drink more, forgetting the diet led to that point.
Given this situation, we will give you a few tips for you to enjoy the New Year without having to suffer the ravages of abundant and well-served dinner.
* No biting.
While you’re cooking dinner New Year’s Eve, watch itch. It is usually tempted to try a little of the ready for guests and family. For those who can not control this impulse, the ideal is to prepare a small little tray with light snacks, thus avoiding eating a bit of everything.
* Always choose turkey.
Other advice we can give is that you opt for the turkey instead of beef dishes. Currently, there are a variety of dishes that appear in the cookbooks that recommend making dinner with lamb or pork.
However, the best alternative you can choose is the turkey, because it is healthier for the body to have less fat and fewer calories. Similarly, you can also make ostrich or rabbit, which are light and tasty to the palate.