Malaria is a disease transmitted by the bite of a mosquito, which affects most countries with tropical climate.
Malaria is a disease caused by the Plasmodium parasite is usually transmitted by the bite of certain mosquitoes infected female.
Half of world population 2500 million people live at risk of contracting the disease.
Between 300 and 500 million people become ill with malaria each year and kills about 3 million each year, every minute, for 3-5 children die of malaria. (more…)
For many men, physical beauty with just about everything under the skin. Of course, having a good muscle mass and little fat is essential to display a harmonious body and in tune. But while paying attention to the skin, is a mistake that could neutralize all these other virtues
The industry has seen these changes, what has tried to intensify the marketing process with a change based on feminine connotations of such products, mainly through the names “macho.” In this way, we can see on the shelves of the supermarket or any perfumery, such as a moisturizer for the face Polo, Safari glycerin soap, or apply for grain cleaning and black spots, “special” skin oils men.
So, thanks for the purpose of marketing and changes of biases in many of the men last year was estimated that in the United States, the market for this type of special products for males moved a total of U $ S 3.3 billion in annual turnover. (more…)
When does the heat is good time to get into action and improve skin texture.
When the heat starts, we begin to take our clothes off, and discovered the problems left by the winter dry skin, cracked hands and feet and calluses, extra kilos, etc. Then it is good time to get into action and improve the texture of the skin preparing it for a tan even and hair care before the sun to reach it. But be careful, because this is not achieved with one day of treatment, but steadily, day by day, we reach the summer in top form.
Body Skin
In winter, the skin becomes thickened, therefore a polish for the summer. This is for a dry massage can be done at home, filling the imitating a steam sauna, and stay there for 15 minutes. After making plant with a glove upward circular motions from the feet to the neck. (more…)
Necessary for life, too much sun can be profoundly damaging to long-term health. Emilio Carranza dermatologist interviewed on the most important precautions to take during the hot season.
Why is it dangerous to abuse the sun?
Remain long in the sun without any protection can cause erysipelas and even second-degree burns. But the greatest danger is manifested in the long term: premature aging, appearance of dark spots and the worst: melanoma, malignant skin cancer. (more…)
The use of tissue grafts produced from fetal skin cells quickly allowed to treat severely burned children, according to a study by Swiss doctors published online Thursday by the British medical journal The Lancet.
The eight children were treated to the classic candidate skin autografts of extracting small pieces of healthy skin from one point in the patient’s body to graft in injuries to the skin lining can regenerate. The autograft is applied to deep burns, including third-degree (full thickness of the dermis), which do not allow spontaneous scarring.
The team of Professor Patrick Hohlfeld, University Hospital of Lausanne, is interested in obtaining skin thanks to biotechnologies to improve healing of such burns. (more…)
The cleaning removes dirt, bacteria, fat, dead cells, sweat and other impurities from the skin. Unfortunately, cleaning may also dry and irritate the skin, especially sensitive skin. Use a cleaning product that is soft.
The program for the care of your skin should include the following three steps:
1. Cleaning
Twice a day, morning and night, clean your face with a mild cleanser. Gently massage without rubbing your skin. Rinse. Towel dry applying tap lightly.
2. Hydration
While skin is still wet from the rinse, apply a mild lotion or cream to retain moisture.
3. Protection
Do not forget to apply sunscreen daily. In addition to premature aging, the sun can darken the melasma. Adequate protection against damage from the sun is essential for women with melasma should always avoid exposure to sunlight, sunlamps or UV rays and heat, wind or cold. In case you have to be exposed to these items, use a sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher every day. Brimmed hats can express their style and at the same time create shade for your face. Be sure to wear sunglasses to protect the delicate eye tissue and prevention of strabismus.
The skin, porous border that delimits the inside from the outside world has on one hand the true function of a protective shell on the other hand, the main organ of communication of all external stimuli received by more subtle and delicate they are. It is the largest organ in the human body with 2 square meters, 4 kilos in weight and 0.2 mm epidermis that protects us from heat, cold, dust, thousands of bacteria that are lurking waiting for the right to enter and all kinds of attacks to which it is subjected daily. It’s definitely a brain surface.
The mirror of the body
It is not easy to maintain healthy skin that is not in fact easy to see properly maintain health. The health of the skin depends on the state of purity that has the blood and it is kept in this state, it is necessary to keep the various bodies healthy and in full operating capacity. Signs of the skin are clear signs of state of the body in its entirety. From the point of view of natural medicine to the skin is considered as a third lung by this reference to the function performed by removal of metabolic waste substances and the work of skin breathing, both of utmost importance to health. (more…)
Athlete’s foot is a fungal infection of the skin and the most common fungal infections. Recent studies estimate that 25% of the population of developed countries suffer this evil at some point in their lives.
The most common symptoms are: dry skin, brittle and flaky in the affected area. Itching and burning, sores or blisters, thickening and discoloration of the nails.
This type of fungi, called dermatophytes, thrive in warm, moist areas, so the infection increases in summer time. It is a highly contagious infection that is spread by direct contact with items such as shoes, socks, bedding, carpets and other surfaces such as swimming pools, showers, gyms, saunas and locker rooms, among others.
The disease takes its name probably is more common in athletes by continuous and prolonged use of closed shoes (tennis). It is common for swimmers and suffering soldiers, the most frequent in adult males. (more…)
A new report recently issued by Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, warning of the health hazardscause facial paint that could used especially by children and young people in celebrations like Halloween.
After evaluating ten products facial paint types widely available via the Internet at craft shops or Halloween, the researchers found that:
“The ten facial products containing lead paint, and 6 of 10 had known skin allergens such as nickel, cobalt or chromium, at levels above the recommendations of industry surveys,” said Stacy Malkan, cofounder of the campaign coauthor of the report and author of Not Just a Pretty Face, published in 2007, which talks about potentially dangerous ingredients in cosmetics.
Malkan said the new report that “unfortunately, we found lead in all of them” and according to experts agree the exposure to lead can cause behavioral and developmental problems.
The research found that it had problems with the label as some products claiming to be hypoallergenic, but they were not, while a product “announced in the package as hypoallergenic and nontoxic, and had some of the highest levels of nickel, cobalt and lead, “said Malkan. (more…)
Even in the clean and healthy skin may occasionally appear as black dots. All people have had more than one, since they are common. Here are open comedones, dark spots that form when sebum mixes with dead skin cells. They are black because they are very dense. Suffer from oily skin to a greater extent, so that prevention and proper cleaning is essential to prevent its occurrence and to remove existing ones.
Why did they originate?
On the surface of the skin lead to two types of glands: sweat glands, sweat pouring through a tiny hole or pore, and sebaceous associated with a dryer, where the fat comes naturally to the surface of the skin, outlet which is larger, and which is also known as pore. In parts of the forehead, nose and chin sebaceous flow is more abundant, and just filosebáceos dilating ducts. Just to see how to tighten them a bit of fat removed. Which does not flow and obstructs the process of cell renewal. Black spots on the skin (more…)
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