General Medical Advices

Archive for December, 2010

Mesotherapy is a cosmetic treatment used to remove fat without surgery, exercise or medication. Involves injecting a solution to dissolve the fat in unwanted places in weeks or months, the dissolved fat absorbed by the body disappears. Currently the procedure is not regulated in the United States.

Currently, mesotherapy has been questioned by French experts, who warn in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases that treatment can cause bacterial infections difficult to treat even with antibiotics.

To date we have described several cases of mesotherapy patients who developed painful skin infections and inflammatory diseases, whose resistance to antibiotics has alarmed researchers. For this reason, experts say that more studies are urgently needed and recommend that physicians suspect infection if patients develop similar symptoms after a cosmetic procedure skin.

The dermatologist Robert Weiss, former president of the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery, says he never saw evidence that mesotherapy clinics work as advertised.

Children often complain of sore legs or arms should not be any coup. The causes are diverse but most is due to excessive exercise or due to growth.

The so-called growing pains or functional, are bone pain caused by bone growth, stretching the muscles and their nerves and blood vessels. The persistent discomfort in the thighs, calves, behind the knees and sometimes on the arms. They come in both boys and girls from 4 to 12 years of age with a good development and growth and do not mean that children are sick.

This is usually pain in both legs, especially in the muscles of the thigh and leg. May occur for several months and be more frequent on some days of the week, especially at bedtime.

There are also neuropsychological factors associated with increased individual sensitivity to pain. Parents should be alert to the presence of emotional factors, anxiety or fear caused by special situations that may be going through the child, including the birth of a sibling, changing schools or illness of a loved one. Read the rest of this entry »

Triglycerides are the main type of fat carried by the agency, which used as a source of energy.

Triglycerides from food or may be produced in the body. Normal levels of blood triglycerides vary with sex and age. The older and heavier, they can rise. Women usually have higher triglyceride levels than men, especially in pregnancy.

Normal levels are lower levels of 200 mg / dl (milligrams per deciliter). Levels of 200 to 400mg/dl are considered in the upper or “borderline.”

Have elevated levels of triglycerides causes heart disease, especially when the lift is accompanied by decreased levels of so-called “good cholesterol.” Read the rest of this entry »

No study in Denmark suggested that men who drink a quart or more of a cola drink per day, could cause damage to sperm. The average sperm count of these men was 30% lower than those who did not consume these beverages.

While the World Health Organization (WHO) considered most normal sperm levels, men with low amount of risk would be infertile. For the authors of the study, it is unlikely that caffeine is the cause of the problem because the coffee did not have the same effect, although its caffeine content is higher. Read the rest of this entry »

Cancer patients can benefit greatly from regular exercise programs, although many have limitations due to illness or the treatment they receive.

In these cases influenced by the stage of disease that are, if they are receiving active treatment, treatment for metastatic or are in remission.

To date there are few studies on the parameters of duration, intensity and frequency of exercise best for patients with cancer. The principles of exercise prescription should be used similarly in these patients, while taking care to meet individual limitations.

It has been found that there is a dose-response relationship with fatigue and lack of energy in these patients. Ie those that are compatible with longer sessions (more than 15-20 minutes) feel less fatigue and tiredness that can not reach those levels. Read the rest of this entry »