20% of Mexicans at risk of COPD

In the world, there are 210 million people who suffer from it. It is the sixth cause of mortality at the planetary level and, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is reversible if the...

6 measures against drowning

Drowning in Mexico is estimated as the second cause of death in children under five years of age and in adolescents between eight and 15 years of age; however, young adults and the elderly are also...

Ahued rules out epidemic for H1N1 influenza

The Secretary of Health of the Federal District, Armando AhuedHe assured that there will be more cases of influenza until March of this year, because it is the normal season where the virus.Ahued...

Antibiotics do not fight sinusitis

The antibiotics they do not help to fight most of the infections sinusals, although doctors routinely prescribe them for that purpose, a US study revealed.According to information published in...

Learn how to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation

It is essential that all people know the steps to follow in a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), in case someone in your environment suffers an accident or heart attack.According to information...

Asthma grows 30% in winter

The asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the respiratory tract, which affects more than 5% of the population and is among the top 10 causes of health services utilization, in accordance with...

Asphyxia and the respiratory problems that it causes

Causes of asphyxia or respiratory problemsAsphyxia occurs when a person accidentally lodges a foreign object, such as food, in the trachea resulting in obstruction of air passage. There are different...

Lung cancer detectable by dogs

According to a study published in the journal European Respiratory Journal, guide dogs in addition to detecting illicit products and drugs can identify the lung cancer, thanks to your smell.This has...

How to perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

CPR is an acronym that means Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It is a method that is practiced universally as part of an emergency procedure. The goal of CPR is the introduction of oxygen into the...

How to deal with a suffocation victim

Choking can occur while the person is eating or drinking. When a person is drowning, he will probably cough. This is the body's natural reaction to remove food stuck in the airways.Conventional...

How to treat and prevent respiratory obstructions

There are different risk situations for obstruction of the airways, among which stand out: the intake of food or foreign objects; bronchoaspiration, which is when the patient breathes secretions such...

Asthma crisis requires timely attention

When a person has asthma, your respiratory tract he inflaman and irritate, which can be aggravated when a asthmatic crisis.There are different factors or triggers that can cause a asthmatic crisis...

Pharyngeal exudate detects infections

The pharyngeal exudate is a laboratory test that aims to identify and isolate those microorganisms that are the cause of a infection in the throat.Also called pharyngeal swab, can help determine the...

George Michael is hospitalized in Vienna

The British singer George Michael, 48, was hospitalized in a university clinic (AKH) in Vienna, for a possible pneumonia, according to information provided by the public television ORF.According to...

Nosebleed

The nosebleeds they are very common and most occur due to cold or minor irritations. These hemorrhages They can be alarming for some patients, but they are rarely life-threatening.There are two types...

Spanish flu the most lethal epidemic of the Revolution

It is well known that in 1910, Mexicans lived in a society deeply unequal; the wealth was concentrated in a privileged minority formed by foreigners, bankers, landowners, merchants, manufacturers and...

Fireworks smoke harms health

The year 2010, in Mexico, has been characterized by a number of Celebrations because they are commemorated 200 years of the beginning of the struggle Independence Y 100 years of the beginning of the...

The first attention in case of asphyxia by object

It is common that when we are in the office, on the street, in a restaurant or at home, someone of those present is the victim of a respiratory obstruction; either by food or by some object, this is...

Leonora Carrington dies at 94 years old victim of pneumonia

Leonora Carrington, one of the most representative artists of the twentieth century, died in the early hours of this Thursday, May 26, 2011 in Mexico City, just over a month after turning 94 years of...

Babies

At any time accidents can occur and in young children more.When there is a total airway obstruction in children, the procedures to clear the airways are not very different from those used in adults,...