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So many millions of people in China than any health problem becomes enormous size there. However, in the case of diabetes, experts now dare to speak of an epidemic. A major survey conducted in the Asian giant warns that 92 million adults have diabetes in this country and another 150 suffering ‘prediabetes’, a cardiovascular condition that increases the risk of cardiac complications. A team led by Jiang He, the Chinese group for the study of diabetes, has undertaken a herculean effort to evaluate more than 46,000 people between 2007 and 2008 and blood tests in the morning to try to update estimates what is the true extent of diabetes in China. Participants were more than 20 years and came from 14 different Chinese provinces. In total, according to the presence of glucose in the blood, the researchers calculated that the rate of diabetes in China is 9.7% of the total population, ie around 92.4 million adults (about 50 million men and 42 women). But they also warn other 142 million people (15.5% of citizens) would be grouped in the so-called pre-diabetes (when fasting glucose levels rise above normal, but never to be considered diabetes ), a metabolic disorder that increases the risk of cardiovascular complications. Read the rest of this entry »

Only a few months ago scientists discovered what component of semen was primarily responsible for male HIV infection. Now it is time to know what happens in the case of women. A team of McMaster University (Canada) has learned a new way in which the virus enters the female body.

Neither genital ulcers or wounds. Researchers have found that it is HIV itself which alone manages to weaken epithelial cells, in charge of forming a barrier to prevent the entry of  foreign organisms, and pass into the body.

The virus has developed its own strategy for ‘intimidating’ to these cells and pass through without much trouble the genital mucosa, as the authors published in the journal PLoS Pathogens. ” “This is the first time demonstrated that HIV directly attacks the functions of this gateway,” says Charu Laushic, professor of gene therapy and coordinator of this work. Read the rest of this entry »

The journal ‘Nature‘ takes on the pages of its latest issue the first results of the “most potent inhibitor ‘in vitro’ of hepatitis C reported to date.” Those responsible for the development of new drug aspire to, after completion of the research process, is given in combination with current treatment and increase its effectiveness.

But that still will have to wait some years. The compound BMS-790 052 is in the early stages of the race to commercialization and even that has not been tested in a number of patients are not able to confirm its potential. So far, it has been tested in the laboratory – “in vitro” and animal-and small groups of people.

The study was just published by researchers at Bristol-Myers Squibb (the laboratory that owns the new product), received 18 patients. It is, in the words of its authors, “the first clinical validation of NS5A inhibitor, a protein that is essential for virus replication in the cells of our body. Read the rest of this entry »

The first study was prepared on the effects of alcohol on the breast concluded that their use increases the risk of benign breast disease (EBM), a risk factor for cancer.

Around 50% of women experience an EBM, which is characterized by the appearance of a lump or abnormality detected by mammography, and that a biopsy was performed whose result indicates no cancer cells.

“The critical period for certain exposures related to breast cancer occurs between menarche (first period) and first pregnancy, when mammary gland cells undergo rapid proliferation and may be more vulnerable to malignant transformation. Studies in adults suggest that alcohol intake increases by almost three times the risk of developing a breast tumor, “say the authors of the research, led by Catherine Berkey of Harvard University. (United States).

Published in the journal Pediatrics, the investigation involved 6.899 women when they were between nine and 15 years. All had been part of ‘Current Growth Study’ (GUTS, its acronym in English), including 9037 under 50 U.S. states. Information on alcohol consumption was collected through a survey when participants were between 16 and 23. Another interview was also conducted between 18 and 27, who also included questions on diseases of the breast. Read the rest of this entry »

To better understand the concept of diabetes we have to explain more fully what are glucose and insulin:
Glucose
It is a form of sugar that is the main source of energy for the human body and obtained through food. When they reach the intestinal tract, primarily foods contain carbohydrates, fats and proteins, these carbohydrates are those that give rise to glucose.
Insulin
It is a hormone that is responsible for collecting and storing glucose in the liver, muscle and adipose tissue. To enter cells, glucose needs insulin produced in the pancreas when you eat foods containing carbohydrates. However, for insulin to be effective must satisfy two conditions: Read the rest of this entry »

There are two main types of diabetes:
Diabetes mellitus type 1
Type 1 diabetes mellitus are commonly diagnosed before age 35, but can occur at any age. The cells in the pancreas that make insulin are destroyed and fail to generate. Usually has a sudden onset.
Diabetes mellitus type 2
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is usually diagnosed in middle age of life (above 40 years), although infrequently youth. It is produced mainly by the progressive resistance of the cells (especially the liver and muscles) to the action of insulin produced.
There are also two types of short-term diabetes:
Gestational Diabetes
It is diagnosed during pregnancy and may disappear after delivery.
Diabetes induced
For drugs (eg corticosteroids) or rare genetic diseases (chronic pancreatitis, etc.)..

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) lists the following signs and symptoms when suffering from this illness: rash and pustules around the body or confined to a small area, fever of 37.5 º C or higher, headache, backache, swollen lymph nodes, throat discomfort, cough and rapid breathing.

The monkeypox is endemic in West and Central Africa where it spreads primarily by rodents and occasionally infects monkeys. It is thought that due to the importation of Gambian rats, small mammals of this continent to the U.S. in April has been the cause of the origin of the disease in North America. On Wednesday, government officials banned the sale and distribution of these animals.

The monkeypox is much less communicable to humans than common smallpox and other diseases such as chickenpox or measles, as well as to be spreading the virus becomes less able to re-infect until he dies. Read the rest of this entry »

The Monkeypox is a disease caused by monkeypox virus, which belongs to the orthopoxvirus group among which include the smallpox virus (variola), vaccine (used in smallpox vaccine) and the cowpox virus. The monkeypox can spread between animals, these beings and between humans, although it is less communicable than smallpox.
This is a rare disease that occurs mainly in West and Central Africa and owes its name to that first found in 1958 in laboratory monkeys. Subsequently, blood tests of animals in Africa later found that some species of rodents also had, like rats, mice, rabbits and an African squirrel, which could be the common host for the disease. In 1970, first reported on human monkey pox. Read the rest of this entry »

The objectives are to treat the immediate symptoms of withdrawal or removal, prevent complications and to initiate long-term therapy to promote abstinence (no drinking at all).

You will probably have to remain in hospital for constant observation. This will include monitoring of:

* Blood Pressure
* Body temperature
* Breathing
* Heart rate
* Levels of fluids and electrolytes (chemicals in your body, such as sodium and potassium)

Many patients are given fluids or medications through a vein (IV).

Withdrawal symptoms or withdrawal may worsen quickly and become life threatening. You may need drugs central nervous system depressants such as sedatives, often in moderately large doses, to reduce symptoms. Read the rest of this entry »

The goals are to treat emergency symptoms and prevent or treat complications. You may need to stay in the hospital for close observation because of the risk of internal bleeding following a kidney injury.

Nonsurgical treatments for kidney injury may include:

* Analgesics for pain relief
* Bed rest for 1 to 2 weeks or until bleeding is reduced
* Observation and treatment for symptoms of kidney failure
* Dietary restrictions
* Medicines to treat damage caused by toxic substances or diseases (eg, chelation therapy for lead poisoning or allopurinol to lower blood uric acid following the drop)
* Suspension of drugs or exposure to substances that could have injured the kidney
* Drugs such as corticosteroids or immunosuppressants if the injury was caused by infection or inflammation
* Treatment of acute renal failure Read the rest of this entry »