Couver Health Journal

Archive for March 3rd, 2010

The heart is the most important muscle in our body and all muscle as we should exercise regularly, this would remain strong and healthy.
A weak heart does not pump blood with the same vigor exercised heart, leading inevitably to suffer from any heart ailment. Besides lack of exercise are other factors that increase the likelihood of heart disease:
Hypertension
High cholesterol
Diabetes
Obesity and
STRESS
The good that all these evils can be fought with physical exercise, your body needs 30 to 60 minutes of daily physical activity, aerobic exercises being suited to strengthening the heart, because you are the increase in heart rate, these can be strenuous hiking, jogging (running or jogging), swimming, dancing, cycling, rowing, stair climbing.
I recommend you start out right from less to more, if you’ve been inactive for a long time and you are over 40 years, 20 minutes will be fine. When you feel physically better increases to 30 minutes and on down to the hour
Remember that whatever exercise you choose you above all Warm up and stretch and end of the session back to stretch, because otherwise you could risk injuring your muscles.
Stress and heart are intimately linked, conveyed the stress and do not let them accumulate. Exercise more therapies like meditation and massage are effective ways to counter it.
If you suffer from any heart problem consult your doctor before taking any exercise program For a Healthy Life

What you ever get sick? Or your family member had been ill and treated in the hospital? How much do you spend on health costs? Almost everyone has or will get sick, which it can happen anytime, anywhere, so while we face that then we must have more funds for health costs, both for medical check-up in doctor, buy medicine or even pay the cost of hospital care.

Today, health costs are rising, which is a concern to many people. Because of ongoing Advances in medical care and in technology, medical treatment is more expensive. Advances help these people to live longer and healthier than before.

Because of these reasons is need to have life insurance. Life Insurance is a very specific type of insurance. With this type of insurance the Insurer pays the medical costs of the Insured if the Insured becomes sick due to covered causes, or due to accidents. The Insurer may be a private organization or a government agency. Life Insurance can protect a family from financial devastation in case of serious illness.

A drug company developing a new hair loss treatment has seen the product stall after they became involved in a law suit. Histogen, who develop experimental drugs, have created a medication called Hair Stimulating Complex but are currently being sued by another company SkinMedica, who claim that Histogen are using their trade secrets.

SkinMedica previously bought a drug from Advanced Tissue Sciences called  Nouricel. At the time, Gail Naughton was the founder of ATS. The suit alleges that when she left the company to found Histogen, she took with her colleagues who had trade secrets about SkinMedica’s newly purchased hair loss remedy.

Histagen are now eagerly awaiting a ruling from a federal judge in South Carolina, crucial to their future. When SkinMedica first launched the law suit many of the investors in Histogen panicked and withdrew their money from the company.  They lost $2.4 million when a group of angel investors withdrew and Histogen were forced to lay off 36 employees.

The news of the law suit came just as Histogen were getting ready to release early-stage results from clinical trials to see how 24 men with male-pattern baldness responded to the hair loss remedy. They are still hopeful that if they are successful in the courts they will be able to begin a larger trial of the drug in Singapore.

The product, previously known as Regenica, is given as a single injection.  It is a liquid that uses the culturing of newborn fibroblasts, cells that form the basis of connective tissues,  which are then harvested for their naturally secreted growth factors and proteins to stop hair loss.

Currently there is only one medication that has been clinically proven to stop hair loss and is available with a doctor’s prescription, Propecia. Propecia works by halting the production of dihydratestosterone, which attacks the hair follicles on the scalp and therefore causes baldness. There is also a hair loss remedy called Regaine, which is available over the counter.

As there are relatively few hair loss remedies that are proven to stop hair loss, if Histagen win the law suit and further clinical trials are successful, they stand to make a considerable amount from the Hair Stimulating Complex.

It is estimated that 35 million men in the U.S alone suffer from hair loss and surveys have shown that male-pattern baldness and impact considerably on men’s happiness and self esteem. Over recent years, hair transplants have become one of the most popular forms of cosmetic surgery, so a cheaper and less invasive solution would certainly be of interest to consumers.

Creatine Pyruvate is a compound of bonded creatine and pyruvic acid. Pyruvic Acid can be paired with creatine to enhance the use of both compounds within the body to produce more enhanced benefits. Pyruvate is actually the buffered form of pyruvic acid and is a product created in the body during the metabolism of carbohydrates and protein.

Pyruvate is formed in the body as a by-product of the normal metabolism of carbohydrates and protein. It is also present in several foods, including red apples, cheese, dark beer, and red wine. The compound is believed to help athletes lose weight, improve their metabolism and help increase endurance.

Pyruvate essentially speeds up the metabolic energy process. It’s the combination of energy system depletion, along with a lowering blood acidity that causes a person to crash during their training. It has been found that supplementing five to six grams of pyruvate, increases the formation of ketones to be used for energy.

It may sound strange, as we are always told to keep away from saturated fats, but actually an increase in dietary fats and pyruvate is done by doing just this. By switching one of your white meat protein meals to a red meat protein and adding another tablespoon of smart fats to balance out the saturated fat increase, will actually speed up metabolism. Finally, supplement five grams of creatine pyruvate taken in divided dosages with food.

Creatine Pyruvate is an energy producer, known for building muscle and reducing body fat. The performance enhancing effects of this formula are supposed to boost energy and endurance, as creatine acts as a buffer by delaying the point when lactic acid causes muscle discomfort, making your workout last longer. In clinical studies, pyruvate reduced body fat, without reducing muscle protein.