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(Health Centre) - Free radicals are at the beginning of many health complaints. They attack our cells and can make inoperable. The more cells of an organ can be damaged in this way, the worse it goes to the institution. Diseases occur. The cell damage caused by free radicals can also lead to degeneration of the cell. Cancer is the result. Antioxidants may protect cells against free radicals. What are antioxidants and protect the most reliable in which foods containing them, you are now reading!

Free radicals attack cells

Free radicals are oxygen containing molecules that are dangerously unstable because they lack one electron in their chemical structure. They are incomplete. So they are looking for a suitable electron to be complete again. In this search for a suitable binding partner, do free radicals very ruthless and, above all in a hurry. When a free radical is formed, it takes a record 10-11 seconds (0.00000000001 seconds) before it will attack any victim. Aggressively takes it from the nearest intact molecule (eg, molecules of the cell membrane, proteins or DNA) that he requires electron. This electron theft is called oxidation. Since oxidation - as soon as they exceed the tolerable level - stress the body, it is called oxidative stress.

Do not skimp on insurance
Wen, an accident or a virus counts out the vacation that is out of luck. Who has to pay the resulting bill itself must, which was stupid. Because even for just 18 euros, the equivalent of a McDonald's visit, a family can quite afford one year of additional health insurance, which assumes such costs.

How the mighty can fail to appreciate, many: Four hundred euros for a folded-over foot in Spain, 1000 U.S. dollars per day in hospital, 75 000 € € on one ambulance flight from Thailand to Germany.
Costs for medications, Klink and repatriation.

More and more Canadians are using self-test medical kits to monitor their health. Considered medical devices, these kits can provide benefits, but they can also be risky.
Context

Technological advances, Canadians can make their own tests to include:

* Diagnose a physical condition: the home pregnancy test is a good example;
* Monitor disease: this type of test used to monitor various health and whether treatment should be rectified, for example, the blood glucose test allows people with diabetes monitor their blood sugar;
* Identify a disease or health problem: these kits can detect various health problems or illnesses in people who appear healthy. For example, one can use this type of test to measure cholesterol or triglyceride. The results can then make choices that reduce the risk of heart disease.

Couple looking at the results of a pregnancy test

Some benefits of medical self-diagnosis kits are obvious. They can help you to play an active role in monitoring or improving your health. They are in the privacy of your home. Often they can get quick results, even in minutes.

However, health and disease are complex issues. It is important to remember that medical self-diagnosis kit is no substitute for a health care professional. The self-test medical kits are useful when used as part of an integrated treatment under the supervision of a healthcare professional.
Safety and effectiveness of medical self-diagnostic kits

The kits are self-diagnostic medical devices and, as such, must be approved by Health Canada before being offered in Canada. The approval from Health Canada ensures that the product is safe and effective when used as directed. It is important to ensure that Health Canada has approved the product. See More ... for information on how to proceed.
Risks associated with self-test medical kits

Some companies market and sell self-test medical kits on the Internet or by mail. In some cases, it is possible that the product offered is not registered in Canada. If you send money to a company that is not trustworthy, you may receive a faulty product or receive nothing. A defective test may indicate a health problem does not exist or, worse, it could fail to detect an existing problem.

Pharmacists taking drugs

Legitimate companies use legal channels to distribute their products. It is likely that a kit unapproved (whether purchased from a foreign or domestic) is not in conformity with Canadian safety and effectiveness.

While the kit is approved by Health Canada, the results may not be 100% accurate. The results can be misleading if the user did not follow the storage instructions and use. Sometimes, for reasons of economy, people cut in two test strips in order to double the time or they combine some parts from different kits. If you alter the contents of a package, it is possible that the results are erroneous.

Also, if you do not see a qualified health care professional, you may misinterpret the results and change your treatment or lifestyle without good reason. Interpretation of results should always be part of a complete medical check.
Reducing risks

The following steps will help you reduce the risks associated with self-diagnostic kits:

Remember that medical self-diagnosis kit can replace a qualified health. It is best to use these tests as part of an integrated approach to health, under the supervision of a qualified health care.

With the purchase of a kit:

* Buy the kit from a reliable source. If you are unsure, ask a health professional.
* Make sure the product is approved by Health Canada (see Further information below). Remember, if you use a kit unapproved, it is possible that the test is not reliable because it is not subject to Canadian standards.
* Check for an expiration date on the package.

Be sure to read and follow the storage instructions, otherwise the result may be wrong.

Before using the test:

* Read the label and instructions carefully. ¬ Make sure you understand what you need to do and follow the instructions exactly.
* Make sure you know the limitations of the test, the meaning of warnings and error messages. Make sure you know what if it fails.

After the test:

Label of a bottle of pills

* Remember that the results are not 100% accurate. They should always be assessed in the context of your overall health, along with a qualified health professional.
* Do not take any decision and do not make radical changes to your treatment before you talk with your healthcare professional.
* Consult your doctor if you feel ill or worried, or if the test instructions recommend.
* Report any problem with a self-test medical kits to medical devices Inspectorate of Health Canada, 1 800 267-9675 (toll free in Canada). Health Canada monitors reported problems, your call will help ensure that medical devices sold in Canada are safe and effective.

Health Canada's Role

Medical devices, including medical self-diagnostic tests, must be approved by Health Canada before being imported and sold in Canada. The Medical Devices Regulations require that all medical devices imported and sold in Canada are safe, effective and manufactured to quality standards. This requires an appraisal of medical devices (before approval) and a post-marketing surveillance of adverse events (after approval).
For more information ...

You can report a problem with medical device at the site of the Branch Inspectorate Health Products and Food

For more information, visit the following web pages:

* Medical
* To find out if a medical test Class II, III or IV is approved by Health Canada, search the database of the Ministry medical intruments. If the instrument you are looking for is not on the list, check if a similar instrument was approved by typing the generic name (eg blood pressure) in the name field of the instrument. If there are similar instruments approved, the approval requirement also applies to the one you are looking for. You can also send questions by email at homologation_instruments@hc-sc.gc.ca or by fax at 613 957-6345
* Notice, warnings and recalls for medical devices
* Your Health - Purchase of medical equipment on the Internet
* Problem Reporting for Medical Devices by health facilities, the medical professionals and other users
* Your Health, drug list

The pill is still the safest contraceptive and is therefore most often used to prevent pregnancy. Especially for girls and young women is the pill that contraceptive of choice.

There are many different types of pill. Almost all contain two female hormones estrogen and progestin. There are only a pill - the mini-pill - which contains only progestin. Because of this property will be discussed later in this way more accurate.

Nowadays, the pill low hormone concentrations and other combinations. This is one reason that the side effects and side effects occur less often. Nevertheless, the pill, no matter which product, a drug and should not be taken without medical consultation and without hesitation.

Osteoporosis is a progressive disease that causes bones to become thin and brittle, making them more likely to break. Both women and men are more apt to have osteoporosis if they fail to reach their optimum bone mineral density during the childhood and teenage years, critical times for building bones.

Osteoporosis is related to the loss of bone mass that occurs as part of the natural process of aging.

What is osteoporosis?

Osteoporosis is a disease that affects your bones. It means you have bones that are thin and brittle, with lots of holes inside them like a sponge. This makes them easy to break. Osteoporosis can lead to broken bones (fractures) in the hip, spine, and wrist. These fractures can be disabling and may make it hard for you to live on your own.

See a picture of healthy bone versus bone weakened by osteoporosi.

Sleep well, sleep better

By Karen Asp

Provided by AOLHealth

If sleep has plunged to the bottom of your to-do list, you're not alone. Although the National Sleep Foundation recommends getting seven to nine hours of sleep a night, the average American logs only six hours and 40 minutes.

(HealthDay News) — An older person with knee pain who learns that the cause is arthritis — the wear-and-tear kind called osteoarthritis — probably will do the right things to treat it, and probably won’t consult a doctor or pharmacist, a new Canadian study finds.

“Most of the things they did were appropriate,” said Carlo Marra, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of British Columbia. He is lead author of the report in the April issue of Arthritis Care & Research that followed 190 people who were told they had knee osteoarthritis.

Breakfast: Who’s got time? And if you have a crazy schedule, lunch is a light grab, while dinner’s your one big helping of comfort. But recent research may convince you to flip all that around: Front-loading your day’s calories so that you eat more food—especially more lean protein—earlier in the day will help you drop pounds and feel full all day long, according to a Purdue University study.

Our plan makes it easy to eat this way. Pick one of our options for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack each day—it’s designed so you eat most of your calories by noon.

In a significant shift in strategy in the fight against HIV/AIDS, the Centers for Disease Control recently recommended that tests for HIV be extended to all patients entering hospitals and clinics in the U.S. The CDC also recommended that doctors begin offering routine voluntary HIV tests to patients between 13 and 64.

It is estimated that of the more than 1 million people in the U.S. with HIV and AIDS, about 25% are unaware they have HIV. The new strategy is aimed at discovering these cases before HIV develops into AIDS. It is also hoped these measures will curb the spread of the disease since these 250,000 people are carriers who unknowingly infect others.

This marks a departure from the previously followed strategy of testing only people in high risk categories.

This policy change will also involve a shift away from the promotion of abstinence and condom use to prevent the spread of the disease, towards more emphasis being placed on testing for HIV status and early treatment.

According to a spokesperson for the CDC, what explains this change in policy is that drugs now exist that can prevent the development of AIDS from HIV. Early detection can therefore result in early treatment. In the past early detection did not necessarily mean much since there was very little that could be done for someone infected with HIV.

It is also hoped that early detection will result in less transmission of the disease. A recent CDC survey found that sexually-active adults altered their sexual behavior patterns after they were diagnosed with HIV. They were less likely to engage in unprotected sexual activity, in many cases opting for a condom or for not engaging in sex at all.

Drug companies and makers of oral tests stand to benefit significantly from this change of emphasis. It is expected that tests which are now administered at hospitals and clinics will soon be available over the counter. People interested in testing themselves will be able to do it at home. This should result in a significant increase in sales of HIV testing kits.

There should also be a rise in HIV treatment drugs as hundreds of thousands of people learn they have HIV and begin treatment with anti-HIV drugs. Currently anti-HIV drugs account for about $6-billion in sales in the U.S. That number should increase dramatically if the new testing procedures prove to be effective.

Some argue that as in so many areas within the health industry, efforts aimed at prevention will be replaced by promises of a quick cure brought to us compliments of the incredibly influential and increasingly invasive drug companies.

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