Tai Chi suitable for older people with arthritis

There are many advantages to practice the ancient Eastern discipline of Tai Ji Quan much that could be almost prescribed as a kind of medicine for patients suffering from various diseases, particularly it seems suitable for older adults with arthritis and to generally improve physical performance, while also improving the quality of life thanks to the benefits arising from deep breathing exercises and relaxation accompanied by the characteristic slow movements type fake sweet fighting. In practice Tai Chi it is a slow version of popular martial arts, but with a more static postural attitude for cause of the slow movements and harmonious that force the brain to a mild without stress control of muscles, discipline considered almost as a way of life more than a sport, useful also for lung problems, chronic lung obstruction, breast cancer and heart failure.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Sep 22, 2015              n°:   2948      


First-born most at risk of being obese

There would be a greater risk for the first-born to be obese, especially for women with a forty percent more possibility of this unhealthy condition than their sisters born for second, at least according to a joint study by researchers from New Zealand and Sweden that would have found similarly also a higher percentage of about thirty percent of overweight women. This phenomenon could result from the fact that in the first pregnancy the blood vessels in the placenta have a narrower gauge with consequent reduction of nutrients and imbalances in glucose and fat intake with the risk that with the growth trigger mechanisms of insulin resistance (which promotes diabetes type two). Families are less and less numerous resulting then as many first-born and this discovery could help to explain the causes of the obesity epidemic.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Aug 31, 2015                         n°:   2929      


Diet cutting the fat better than expected

A weight loss regimen that provides for a gradual weight loss by cutting fat works better than one based on reducing the intake of carbohydrates, at least according to a study by American researchers carefully checking every gram of food intake, minute of exercise, amount of air breathed by comparing the two diets cutting a third of calories (fat or carbohydrates respectively); but apparently it's enough difficult normally follow this kind of nutrition and basically is better the diet that best is possible follow. There would be no metabolic reasons to choose a carbohydrate diet since the one with fat reduction in six days showed a net reduction of body fat, however should review the long-term results and then some carbohydrates as those whole and with low glycemic level can be fine.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Aug 19, 2015                         n°:   2919      


Close encounters with sharks

Following an accident without consequences happened to a professional surfer attacked by a shark some have wondered what the behavior to be followed in these cases, whereas it is really rare quantifiable events in little more than seventy cases in a year, including three fatalities, and this means that it is much easier to lose life for a trivial incident. However, experts argue that could be useful to watch the shark in the eye if fear attack and move away quickly, but so cautious, so would seem necessary athletic talents and alertness, then in any case it is better to take action rather than do nothing since the shark intrigued could give a bite. Often a good physical shape also helps in other cases of close encounters with animals considered dangerous, without forgetting that the harmless pets can hold unpleasant surprises.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Jul 22, 2015                         n°:   2894      


Dutch in average a little less obese

Despite a high standard of living also in terms of food consumption seems that the Dutch are a little less obese than other populations in Europe and according to international organisations the percentage of obese in 2030 will be just about eight and a half, and then in a near future will be considered in good shape at least comparison of the Irish, population for which is expected about a fifty percent of obese. Everyone knows that the Dutch do a great use of bicycles, a popular medium with which to travel a pair of kilometers a day, but calculating that burn in average only sixty calories on that distance perhaps is not the secret of this population; then apparently the data used for this study were not just recent, however it seems that the authorities concerned the obesity problem with strategies aimed at different levels of intervention.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Jun 13, 2015                         n°:   2862      


Stronger bones in hunter-gatherers men

With the transition to agriculture which corresponded to a lower mobility the human skeleton bones would become lighter than hunter-gatherers men, at least according to a study by American researchers using a portable X-ray scanners to examine various bone exemplars in the museums of Europe that claim as the style of living is written in bones; so for example to make a comparison between modern man and the Paleolithic times we will consider the arm strength of a professional tennis player. The geometry of the leg bones during the time would have changed making bones less strong since the Mesolithic era (about ten thousand years ago) compared to the Roman Empire era, however less marked difference in arms. Mechanization, urbanization and nutrition would play a minor role on the strength of the bones than the transition to agriculture.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    May 28, 2015                         n°:   2848      


Three hours of exercise a week for a longer life

Would it be possible to lengthen the life expectancy of five years compared with sedentary individuals doing three hours both vigorous exercise and light a week, at least according to a study carried out in Norway to five thousand seven hundred people between sixty-eight and seventy-seven years of age; moreover apparently to do only one hour a week of mild intensity exercises could not have appreciable effects. The beneficial effect of physical activity is comparable to that of individuals who stop smoking and then public strategies aimed at improving the health conditions of the population should stimulate the practice of regular physical exercise. Another study that requires more accurate searches would find a relationship between the grip of the palm of the hand and cardiovascular health so that it can be used as a parameter instead of blood pressure as predictive risk factor.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    May 18, 2015                         n°:   2839      


Popping the finger or do gently massage

There is someone that for to relax spend time to cracking the fingers outstretched pulling or holding clenched compressing the fist and the characteristic noise that is produced by long fascinated researchers who this time in Canada have tried to investigate the phenomenon in a subject with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The equipment has allowed to get a video showing how pulling fingers produce cavities just before the separation of the surface of the bones in the synovial fluid of joints; however then it was not possible to place a microphone during the resonance to record the pop and then remains some uncertainty, then remains also the problem to understand why in many individuals the fingers do not pop. As regards the fitness usually should gently massage the fingers and with stretching (without pop) with targeted movements on the hands.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Apr 18, 2015                         n°:   2813      


Better preparation for severely obese surgery

Obese individuals tend to have health problems such as high blood pressure and formation of blood clots in the cardiovascular system that increase post-surgery risks, at least according to a study done in Canada that reports how much better preparation is required when performing especially on severely obese since seventeen percent of these people in the country do not survive to emergency surgeries. Despite the significant amount of food taken large obese (with a body mass index of thirty-five or higher) are malnourished because they have an unbalanced diet high in calories and low in vitamins and minerals that ends up having critical consequences in case of illnesses or surgeries. Another study, this time performed in Australia, recommend little vigorous physical activity (or combined as intensity) to reduce the risk of sudden death.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Apr 07, 2015                         n°:   2803      


Fit from young to prevent cancers

General health conditions that can be connected to bodily shape from young could have an impact later in life and then twenty, thirty years later, at least according to a study by American researchers who argue that individuals with high levels of fitness (which run on average twelve minutes or walk a mile a day) as well as being less susceptible to some types of cancer seem have more chance of survival after the diagnosis of the disease. Regarding prostate cancer; instead, there would be not significant advantages and it is not clear exactly why there is this exception even though it is hypothesized that individuals with high levels of cardio-respiratory fitness and take care of the nutrition quality are generally more attentive to their health conditions and undergoing tests more often and therefore with a greater chance of cancer diagnosis.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Mar 31, 2015                         n°:   2798      



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