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Wine prolongs life

Wine prolongs lifeAs Dutch scientists believe if every day to drink about 20 grams of a wine it’s possible to live by 5 years more. But the conclusion of the Dutch scientists is concerned only men exceptionally.

As the scientists say the lifetime begin to come down sharply if wine is consumed in the lager quantities then 20 grams. “A wine is associated with a decrease of risk of death because of the coronary deficiency and problems of the cardiovascular system“, reads the article published in the edition of the Journal of The Epidemiology and Community Health.

The researchers have found that men drinking not more then 20 grams of alcohol per day live about two years more then those who do not drink at all. On the contrary, life of those who drink more then 20 grams begins to decrease.

At the same time, who drinks only a wine lives two and half years more then lover of beer and other strong drink. And five years more then a teetotaler.
The research is based on data that was got during the observation of 1373 men between 1960 and 2000. Women were not taking into consideration.

The scientists focused not only upon a kind and quantity of beverages, as well as upon a presence of the cardiovascular system diseases, body weigh changes, diet and smoking. The results have been found correct for all socio-economic groups, type of diets and way of living.

It’s need to mark another conclusion of scientists: number of Dutch men, that consume alcohol, almost has doubled for four decades from 45% in 1960 to 86% in 2000. During this period of time number of wine lovers has increased from 2% to 44%.

In addition to a wine consumption there are others heart-disease prevention techniques: the reduction of the cholesterol level in the blood, the blood pressure and body weight control, the physical training and correct nutrition.

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The Death awaits in the house

The Death awaits in the houseFor each person his house is a place where it is possible to hide from dangers. And subconsciously a person does not feel threat from the house. But as it has appeared, even the most daily subjects are deathly dangerous for us. Let’s see what the most dangerous places in the house are. Ironical as it may seem but the refrigerator bears in itself great threat. Incorrectly frozen products can poison us, besides pathogenic bacteria from meat, fish and other perishable food can infect all food in the refrigerator. The majority of people do not use tight packing or at least a food film. Be vigilant, always close food in a refrigerator, never put in a refrigerator hot food as it can non-uniformly be cooled and become a favorable environment for bacteria. The second dangerous place in the house is the sink. In one standard sink there can live up to 100 billion pathogenic bacteria. Therefore if you store a tooth-brush in a glass on a bowl, urgently buy a locker. We also bring a lot of bacteria ourselves on footwear sole. Therefore do not walk in the house in street footwear, and store it in a special case. And in general cleanliness is next to godliness daily damp cleaning will rescue you from many illnesses.

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Pig Flu or Swine Influenza

Pig Flu or Swine InfluenzaAnother pandemic is here to threaten the human being, all to the difficulties with economical crisis. The pig flu or swine influenza. This is a virus typical to pigs and that doesn’t usually infect humans, although it has happened in history, in 1918-1919 years when millions of population died because pig flu transmitted from animals to humans, and all of them died. And now? Time is changed and what changed about the Pig Flu?

The CDC reported that the current virus is the mixed strain typical to humans, pigs and birds, one at the same time. The strain is called H1N1 virus. And it is easily transmitted all the way, even when shaking hands or having your change after you bought something at the moll.

Some time ago the whole mankind was threatened with the bird flu that infected millions of people all over the world, then atypical influenza and now this virus. It has already infected natives of Mexico, California, and Texas. The particular cases are examined to prevent spreading.

CDC and WHO suspect this virus to grow into the one of the great pandemics of the international level though they do not officially report on all results.

Thus, the only thing that is worth doing is to be very careful about health and report on every case of severe flu or pneumonia cases. They still think if the case is pandemic or not? And how to consider tha closed schools and educational institutions? All people walking in the streets of Mexica are given gauze bandages. So, all the forces including international assistance, should be put to isolate the influenza in Mexico, kill the virus while other countries stay armed to struggle with this pig flu, the most terrible and unpleasant appearance of pig for humans.

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Celebrities battling cancer

No matter how untouchable and god-like many celebrities seem to be, we begin to recognize their humanity through their weaknesses. Whether it is substance abuse, scandalous divorce or an incurable disease- we are able to relate more to the celebrities when they go through the “bad” time in life. Increasing awareness has been awarded to celebrities battling and dying from the decease of the 21st century-cancer. The phenomenon has received vast media attention and nowadays no star is able to go through diagnosis or treatment without the whole world finding out about it. The most recent cancer victim is Christina Applegate a young, talented start of sit-coms and movies. Diagnosed early in 2008, she was able to keep the information private for some time, but eventually doctors and media have begin to spill the beans. Although Christina has fully recovered from cancer, the world has lost many talented stars to cancer’s poisonous existence. Amongst the victims are Luciano Pavarotti, Paul Newman and the unforgettable Shirley Temple.

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