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Alcoholism

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Alcoholism (chronic alcoholism). Disease with a progressive (progressive) course, which is based on a passion for ethyl alcohol. In social terms, alcoholism means alcohol abuse (drunkenness), leading to a violation of moral and social norms of behavior, damage to their own health, material and moral condition of the family, as well as affecting the health and welfare of society as a whole. Alcohol abuse, according to WHO, is the third after cardiovascular disease and cancer cause of death. First, a severe form of intoxication (alcohol poisoning) - are often the cause of death at a young age. Secondly, the abuse of alcohol may occur sudden "cardiac" death due to primary cardiac arrest or cardiac arrhythmia (eg atrial fibrillation). Third, abuse alcohol are more prone to injury - domestic, industrial, and transportation. And suffer not only themselves, but also may contribute to injury by others. In addition, the risk of suicide among patients with alcoholism increased tenfold ...

What can cause smoking and quitting smoking

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Each of us has a history dating to the first cigarette. It is always interesting, sometimes a little uncomfortable, but spanning the occupation. Smoking can, waiting for someone, scoring cigarette smoke awkward pauses in conversation, calm nerves and relax a few minutes of hard work. Parting with this habit is usually difficult and psychologically painful. On the dangers of smoking a lot said and written. In short, the efficiency of nicotine smoke zero, but the effects and side effects of the shaft. Starting with small trouble: yellow nails and shortness of breath, ending a stomach ulcer or cancer of the larynx and lungs - all components of the drug by its very nature depends. Few people know that cigarette smoke is also radioactive elements: polonium and lead. Heart and blood vessels are also very affected by smoking. This habit creates favorable conditions for the development of such diseases like impotence, as well as many others. His weakness we destroy the health of people close t...

How to harden a child?

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How do you properly temper the children? The main thing to understand for themselves the parents - it is continuous, gradual, sensible and individual approach. Methods of hardening there is great variety. This water treatment, air and sun baths, walking barefoot, and more. Sauna, exercise in fresh air, healthy food - is also important components of health in general. After all, if the child pours water every day, but it is the main food of fast food, and the main occupation in their free time or a garden - computer games or cartoons, then neither of which a healthy way of life out of the question. The kid was born. And every mother wants to wrap him up warmly and pouyutney not to freeze, because it's so small and defenseless. Moms who think about the health of their children, will approach the issue of dressing infants is reasonable. Thermoregulatory system in infants is not perfect. To adapt the body to the effects of the environment should be deliberately create contrasts in temp...

7 reasons to start running

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People are starting to run on a variety of reasons. Some want to lose weight, improve your health, someone is preparing for a competition or just trying something new. In any case, if you start running, you will receive physical, mental and emotional benefits of exercise. Consider the major pluses for jogging. A. Running improves your health. When active exercise, such as during jogging, provided an efficient flow of oxygen and blood throughout the body, which helps reduce the risk of heart attack. This exercise, combined with maintaining a healthy weight is one of the best ways to lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Running helps to improve the immune system and strengthens the ligaments and bones. Two. Weight loss. Such vigorous exercise, like jogging, are effective ways to burn calories and lose weight. The basic rule of lowering of body weight - is spending the day in more calories than you consume. The fastest calories burned during aerobic exercise, including during the ...

Cleansing the body. Tips and tricks

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Clogging our bodies a little who is in doubt. Way of life that modern man has lead to the fact that the toxins produced in the body does not have time to be displayed and clog it. This can lead to poor health and various diseases. Cleansing the body is useful to at least a couple times a year. If you do this regularly, often to carry out a purification procedure is needed. Approach to this event should seriously. It is advisable to start preparing for the upcoming cleanse the body has two weeks before the procedure. You can switch to a vegetarian diet and do not forget about physical exercises. There are many various ways to cleanse the body. Everyone can choose one which suits him. At the same time always a good idea to consult a doctor. In any case, it is advisable to choose those methods of treatment that are more lenient. More correct would not change a normal life, because any sudden change to the body is stress. Enough to make some adjustments to the rhythm, to pay special attent...

Steroids and their effect on the human body

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Anabolic steroids are very effective for increasing physical activity and muscle growth. It is also very common to use steroids for medical purposes. Most often, bodybuilders use steroids and athletes in need of a large muscle mass, as well as young people who want to look spectacular and attract the attention of the opposite sex. But is it safe to use as they think athletes who want to speed up muscle growth? How do steroids affect the human body and are reversible if the consequences of their use? Steroids - are biological compounds that are usually derived from the sex hormones testosterone and dihydrotestosterone, which have a very strong impact on the human body. There are currently more than 100 varieties of steroids that are available in tablet form, and in injectable form. The medical use of steroids Medically prescribed treatment with steroids for cancer, AIDS, asthma, certain heart diseases, hormonal dysfunction. Steroids have a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect, which prom...

Genes

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For a long time considered as part of the gene for the hereditary material (one), which provides the development of a particular trait of an organism. But how genes function remained unclear. In 1945, George Beadle and E. Tatum hypothesis was formulated, which can be expressed by the formula "one gene - one enzyme". Later it was shown that many proteins, enzymes have a quaternary structure (consisting of several simple proteins (polypeptide chains, polypeptides)), encoded by different genes. Therefore, the formula that reflects the relationship between gene and trait was somewhat transformed: "One gene - one polypeptide". Thus, the gene is a function of the elementary unit of hereditary material. This means that a fragment of DNA corresponding to a particular gene and determining, by the contained biological information, the possibility of a specific trait is more functionally indivisible. Under the sign of the unit to understand the morphological, physiological, bi...