A1AT Deficiency & Decompression Syndromes: The Bends

Since June 1, the first level health monitoring of the national heat wave plan is in force. It includes a weather watch and a public information campaign. In hot weather, the institutions are willing to face. National Plan Pursuant caniculePlan national heat wave at the national heatwave (PNC), the Minister of Health and Sport, Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, has triggered, June 1, 2009, the first level of prevention device, called warning and action (MIGA). It comprises two complementary measures. Biometeorological a day, to identify critical thresholds heat of various French regions and to predict the occurrence of a heat wave. A communication component to inform on the pipes has taken in case of severe heat wave. This is based mainly on the number of dedicated toll-free Department of Health and Sports, the 0.800.06.66.66.. Read the rest of this entry »

Each year, it’s the same thing. Of the end of summer, you feel the gloom and fatigue reassert themselves. Have never tried the cures of light? Everything you need to know about light therapy. .
5 % of the population suffers from seasonal affective disorder. Also referred to as seasonal depression. Winter is synonymous with depressed. One reason: the deficit of brightness to this period of the year. This is in fact essential for the proper functioning of our body because it rule our internal clock. At night when we close our eyes, we secrete a hormone that makes us sleep, melatonin. In the morning, simply open your eyes and expose the retina in the light stops the secretion of this hormone. This explains why some of us more sensitive to changes in light, will experience feelings of tiredness and lethargy or persistent in winter the days are shorter and grayer. Thus we propose therefore imagine artificial light cures to regulate these problems and boost morale. Read the rest of this entry »

The victims or witnesses a traumatic event experience an emotional shock that can shake the psyche of a more or less serious. In the case of attacks, adapted therapies help to cross the ordeal. What support? What cure? What support? The management of the patient begins with the establishment of a home in the aftermath of the attack, in a secure and calm, with interviews like psychotherapy or groups for those who request it. We arrived to find a victim in a park, sitting on a bench, not knowing his identity, tells Maya Evrard, specializing in psychological counseling for victims of crime. We intervene when the state of amazement, this psychological defense mechanism whereby the victim has to get away from the unbearable, tends to dissipate precise Does. .
It then becomes possible to resort to psychotherapists experienced and if a phobic disorder (afraid to take the subway) occurs and persists, to propose the intervention of a behaviorist therapist. What cure? With regard to healing, she defines as a return to the previous state (ability to work and live normally), Dr. Maya Evrard is rather positive and accurate that the majority of the victims found a normal life: Fortunately each of us is able to deal with some horrors arise in his life, even though everything depends on the state of personality struck by the attack. Experience shows, however, remain as sequelae (anxiety, irritability, phobic state, depression, etc.), Sometimes in ways far more troublesome and persistent. A recent epidemiological survey commanded by SOS-ATTACKS, even out is a form of depression affect particularly brutal and worse men. Read the rest of this entry »

There are many French who suffer from erectile, which truly affect the quality of life. However, the arrival of Viagra (sildenafil) in 1998 helped to provide a concrete answer to many patients and especially to finally open dialogue about this disease which we never dared to speak, even at his doctor! Thus, after three years of prescribing Viagra , the taboo surrounding erectile dysfunction and dwindling support is improving with the success rate of 82%. Stress is doigtLe shows the dialogue begins at last! The success rate shows the stress elevesLe doigtSelon physicians, more than half of erectile problems have psychological causes, including stress plays a very important hand. Moreover, when other sources are found (cardiovascular, prostate, depressions, diabetes), they are often mild and it is the addition of stress which plays the role of triggering real problems. . Read the rest of this entry »

The flu can be fatal. Frail people get vaccinated early, the autumn. The flu vaccine is free for people over 65 years and for those at risk, but we are all concerned. A savoirEn pratiqueLa flu can be fatal! The last years she was responsible for killing 2,500 people, mostly aged over 75 years. Without being overly dramatic, you must know that each year, in UK, 3 to 8 million people are affected and in many cases the symptoms are brutal (hence the name of flu that grabs) and disabling. The epidemic of influenza in highly contributes to health expenditure: last year it has cost $ 5.5 billion in medical expenses and judgments of coverage worked not exceeding 20%, the vaccine is henceforth free for more 65 years instead of 70 in previous years, in order to systematize the coverage of people at risk and reduce expenditures. . Read the rest of this entry »

At least 15 % of intravenous drug users are seropositive for AIDS. Percentage of seropositive among users of specialized centers in the fight against the results of several investigations toxicomanieLes converge. A very important percentage of intravenous drug users are seropositive for AIDS. According to the populations surveyed and the methods they are between 12 % and 17 %. But all surveys show that serology AIDS among drug users is unknown in almost 20 % of cases. So we can conclude that at least 15 % of intravenous drug users are seropositive for AIDS. Percentage of seropositive among users of specialized centers in the fight against drug addiction.

The weekend of 7 and 8 July 2001, by organizing Solidays reiterated once more shows and events to raise funds to support research and patients. The day passes for Saturday has been fixed at 150 francs, or 120 to 180 on Sunday the whole weekend or to attend a few more than 40 concerts spread over 4 scenes installed at the Longchamps racecourse and many least when speaking of solidarity. Always a disease of news which must be guarded imperatively! The program of this new weekend Solidays is pretty impressive! More than 40 concerts in four scenes take place at the Longchamps racecourse in Paris or succeed Stars: Iggy Pop, Rachid Taha, Kool and the Gang, Rita Mitsouko. A great evening bringing together large techno DJ will also take place. Associations implicated in this long struggle will be presented (ACT UP, Sol Si.), which will combine restaurants, rides and street performers. . Read the rest of this entry »

Benjamin is a very clumsy child. It often falls, bumps, drops his fork or spoon by his terrea. He also has trouble getting dressed alone, it takes him hours and done it all wrong because he does it badly. His clumsiness is also evident in all that is practical: he can hardly use scissors and everything he does seems Bacle, his drawings and everything related work manuela. What is dyspraxia? A dyspraxic child is clumsy, and then it’s not that embarrassing? Why should we screen for dyspraxia? The dyspraxic child until 10 years environApres 10 years, we embark on strategies of contournementLe course of vocational guidance of a child dyspraxiqueQu’est Does dyspraxia? His parents feel that it makes no effort to perform well. However, Benjamin does not, in reality, a child who does not listen and who care what others think..Benjamin is dyspraxic. What does that really mean? Herve Glasel, neuropsychologist and specialist development of the child and adolescent, explains clearly what is a little complicated! Dyspraxia is a disorder of development, one has difficulty acquiring a behavior that is normally present in people’s same age. This behavior is difficult to acquire, it is the actions, and particularly the motility fine.Benjamin had no trouble to learn to walk, or later, to swim. For it is at the finest gestures he is in trouble. Why? Is that he understands very well what to do, his mind unable to control his body well coordonnee.En way because when you realize a gesture, it is a result of movement programs. You must first learn what the gesture and then integrate them home page into your repertoire of mental quasi-automatic way. At that time the, you no longer need to think this movement, since the internal autopilot has done for you.

Our students will soon find themselves in an exam room, only to face an utterance. It’s time to give them some tips to fight against panic and maximize their chances of exam success. On the day, do not let the panic euxLa decide to watch the examenJuste before examenPendant examenL’examen oralPositiverLe the D-Day, do not let them decide for panic An entire year of learning and preparation can be reduced nil by a few hours of review. It’s hard, but it is a reality that we must learn to cope. Especially, do not let panic take over, spoil the moment and decide the future. Certainly, the achievements play an essential role in the success of an examination, but the mental preparation also plays for many. The night before the exam Do not overload the last day of revision, the risk of fatigue, to confuse and generate unnecessary panic. . Read the rest of this entry »

A Finnish study (1), food allergies suffered by a child could be related to her birth month. Some explanation. Month of birth is it binds to food allergies? Pollen, allergies and birth month alimentairesLe birth month there an impact on health? The month of birth is it binds to food allergies? Finnish researchers have developed report food allergies in 5973 children and their birth month. It appeared that 5 % of children born in June and July with food allergies, against 10 % of those born in October and November. Food allergy most influenced by these differences is seasonal allergy to milk and egg allergy. What could explain these changes? For scientists, it is a matter of pollen exposure during pregnancy. Pollen, month of birth and food allergies food allergies The frequency was highest for children who were at the eleventh week of pregnancy in April and May, the period when the air concentration of birch pollen and alder is the most important. It seems, according to researchers, an immune system that develops when the mother is very exposed to pollen will be more at risk of food allergies..