Couver Health Journal

Archive for August, 2010

The largest promoter would be the India with 11 projects, South Africa and Uganda, with six each.

This innovative technology would aim to reduce the pressure on the public health systems, says Daniel Carucci, vice president of the health in the Foundation of the United Nations.

In Uganda, for example, a test of multiple choices on HIV / AIDS has been sent to 15,000 subscribers in the network of Celtel of a rural region, inviting them to answer questions and search the evidence.

Users who completed the questionnaire and were given time of free air each time they responded to a question wrong, received a message to inform them of the correct answer.

At the end of the test, an SMS end was sent to motivate the participants to voluntary testing, coming to the advice in a local health center.

One of every five responded and the number of people who came to the evidence in the center, increased from 1000 to 1400 during a period of six weeks, according to the report. Read the rest of this entry »

According to a Swedish study, people with on-weight who suffer from Type 2 Diabetes can maintain its weight and blood pressure under control to follow a diet low in carbohydrates.

Best of all the study is that, according to Dr. Jorgen Nielsen Vesti, this diet has worked in the long term unlike other that they only show quick profits but that evaporate with ease.

The study participants limited their consumption of carbohydrates to only 20 per-cent total calories, which helped reduce significantly the presence of appetite in people.

Since the Diabetes clinic Blekingesjukhuset, Nielsen said that this reduction in consumption of the patient allows your body uses their own reservations of fat and fuel, resulting in a reduction in the weight. Read the rest of this entry »

The constipation is one of the most common problems of the digestive system and also one of the most bothersome. This term refers to various definitions among them the most common when we talk about constipation is referring to those people who move the intestine less than normal.

The constipation can make us feel heavy but above all things very uncomfortable, it could also leading headaches, flatulencies, dizziness, nausea and loss of appetite.

It is natural that we are able to get rid of waste from the body every day, when this is not happening is because we constipated. That is why go to official to the bathroom is more than necessary and many people decide to use natural laxatives to achieve it.

To treat constipation there are several treatments that can, from conventional medicine until therapies and natural laxatives. Also a diet rich in fiber and regular exercise will help your digestive system function properly. Read the rest of this entry »

A large number of people are affected by the acne at some point in your life, while most of its consequences of decrease with time we can never predict entirely when it will disappear. If you look getting rid of acne and you want your skin look fabulous here are some home-made solutions: a couple of natural masks for acne that you can prepare in your own home.

Mask of egg yolk: bud owns proteins and acids that will help your skin to keep it in good condition. Applies the bud with cotton by all the face. Let during 15 minutes and then remove it with abundant cold water.

Mask of honey and oats: Mixed a bit of oatmeal and honey in a bowl, mix and apply the preparation for 15 minutes. The vein absorber fat in your face.

Mask natural: Crushes medium tomato, and vet to add a bit of yogurt, a cucumber, a bit of aloe vera, 3 tablespoons of oats and two mint leaves. Crushes all ingredients and merge them. Apply in your face during 10 minutes. Then wash your face with warm water. Read the rest of this entry »

Start a program to lose weight is difficult, but more difficult it is still keep It, however, there simple measures that can be taken to succeed in this initiative, one of them is composed of natural juices to lose weight.

The fruits and vegetables on the basis of which are preparing natural juices, have the advantage of offering the nutrients the body needs, as well as fructose, a type of sugar to the body metabolizes better, so that its components in general are in accordance with much better to the requirements of the agency, resulting in a good health.

While it is true that natural juices help to lose weight, the time that balanced the agency, it is necessary to remember that accelerate the metabolism, and exercising, and following subsistence to thin chords with the style of life of its own and activities that are made, achieve the desired effect of decline in sizes. Read the rest of this entry »