Gout is generated by high levels of uric acid

The drop, a disease inflammatory recurrent joint, usually associated with men, is generated by the deposit of uric acid in the joints, mainly in the lower limbs, such as toes, ankle and knee.Miguel...

Aging of the skin due to external factors

Aging is a natural process. People, as they get older, develop weak bones and the skin withers. Eventually everything ages but not necessarily at the same time.Some people will develop Wrinkles...

The next epidemic will be neurological diseases

In the next 40 years we could witness a epidemic never before seen, that of the neurodegenerative diseases, points Gregory Petsko, biochemist and researcher of proteins and its biochemical function...

Menopause after breast cancer

There are women who experience menopause and his symptoms after recovering from breast cancer, this usually occurs when cancer is detected and patients discontinue hormone therapy (PHT) or in...

The higher the heart rate, the less longevity in patients

The heart rate has been associated with a more or less life expectancy. The animal species with greater pulsations per minute are the ones that live less time.Dr. Esteban López de Sá explains this...

More women die from heart attack than from cancer

From 50 years of age the first cause of death in women they are the affections of the heart. Even with more victims than breast cancer.While 1 in 8 will develop cancer (regardless of the type)...

Osteoporosis: epidemic in women

In Mexico there are more than five million Mexican women who suffer from osteoporosis ... and do not necessarily know it. According to the health sector, one out of every three women over 50 years of...

Odontogeriatría to the care of the oral health

Regularly a patient odontogeriatric requires the replacement of Dental pieces, since its general physical state is associated with degenerative processes and chronic diseases.In the odontogeriatrics,...

Osteoporosis is the cause of fractures

The osteoporosis it is the most common metabolic bone disease; the bones they become more porous when increasing the number and the amplitude of the cavities or cells that exist in their interior,...

To prevent heart attacks and strokes

As part of the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, the WHO makes some recommendations to prevent the Health and the lifetime are in dangerContrary to what is commonly believed, 4 out of 5 deaths...

What happens with sitting?

Spend too much time sitting and having a behavior sedentary, after turning 60, increases the difficulties to perform activities of daily life such as getting out of bed, dressing and walking. That...

By age, the risk of breast cancer is reduced

The research group of the Mayo Clinic specialized in the oncology field, led by Lynn Hartmann specified that the natural aging of the breast tissue, decreases the risk of breast cancer, because when...

Major death conditions in the elderly

The main causes of death of the elderly include heart disease, malignant tumors and diabetes mellitus. The sum of these three causes adds up to approximately 50% of the mortality of the group and in...

What would you do if you stopped seeing?

Data of the Federal Health Secretariat (Ssa), reveal that 50% of the population of older adults in Mexico they live with waterfalls; However, not all have treatment and support, which reduces their...

Candidiasis

Your intimate area is the most delicate parts of your body, there you can produce bacteria, fungi and viruses, if you do not have the proper care. The vaginal infections they develop easily, but...

Radiation has little effectiveness in lung cancer

A study published by the magazine American Cancer Society, discovered that elderly patients with lung cancer who received radiation treatment did not prolong their lives. The results suggest that...

Restless Legs Syndrome affects more women

Sleep A 'loose leg' could be a simple expression that denotes rest without worry, if it is not associated with Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), which deals with a serious problem of health that...

Hormone replacement reduces the effects of the climacteric

In our country, the Mexican Social Security Institute offers the possibility of providing timely diagnoses, to provide the appropriate treatment and to define the candidates for the "Hormone...

Smoking could cause osteoporosis

The sedentary lifestyle, the malnutrition, the smoking and the alcoholism accelerate the wear of bones, which is generated by a natural process of aging from 50 years of age, indicated Leonel Nieto...

Testosterone against male old age

When the deterioration of the cells, scientists recommend the treatment or replacement of testosterone in the male gender to counteract the effects of andropause, (period in which the production of...