Create an effective cure for deafness

American scientists from Harvard University have created a drug that can save people a perspective of permanent deafness. With it is possible to regenerate hair cells of the inner ear, which picks up sound.

The drug stimulates the inner ear, which is under development, so it is unpronounceable name LY411575. With it is possible to restore the hair cells of the inner ear, which are sound sensors that can be called effective cure deafness . Until recently, scientists could not recover the cells that have died due to various factors, such as prolonged exposure to noise, infections or toxic drugs.

This type of deafness is often accompanied by a well-known rock musicians and DJs. In medicine, the disease is considered incurable. However, the creators of LY411575 were able to partially restore hearing in laboratory mice that are deaf due to exposure to loud sounds. Though the study of the new method treatment of deafness   is still at an early stage, the authors believe that they have managed to create an effective cure for noise-induced hearing loss in humans.

Birds and fish are able to self-regenerate hair sensory cells of the inner ear, but mammals do not have this ability. New cure for deafness reprogram cells by inhibiting a protein called Notch. Earlier laboratory studies found out that the signals from Notch do not give cochlear stem cells to transform into a new sensory cells. LY411575 inhibits Notch, therefore, has nothing to prevent sensory cells to regenerate and restore hearing. (READ MORE)

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Sleep apnea - the cause of every fifth accident

From this sleep disorder affected 5% of drivers, and experts believe that it is the cause of every fifth accident. Obstructive sleep apnea can lead to what is sitting behind the wheel of a person "turns off" in seconds.

Obstructive sleep apnea

Too many motorists suffer from the syndrome Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to experts of the company RAC, rendering technical assistance to the British drivers. The most common victims are people with obstructive sleep apnea are overweight and obese, as their weight puts additional pressure on the throat. The researchers found that 20% of all accidents in the country are due to the fact that drivers simply fall asleep at the wheel or lose concentration, and OSA can be disabling and cause a sharp dip in the dream.

Obstructive sleep apnea   a condition which is characterized by cessation of pulmonary ventilation during sleep for more than 10 seconds. The muscles of the throat relax too much at a time when a person is asleep, and it violates the permeability of air. Sleeping stops breathing for a short time, then suddenly wakes up, recovers breath and begins to sleep again.

Frequent waking at night lead to lack of sleep, and that day the victim OSA is always half asleep. Chronic nevysypaemost exhausting these people, they "chop off" at every opportunity and an awkward case. Victims OSA fall asleep watching TV at home, sitting at a meeting on public transport and in the doctor's waiting room. Of course, they can go to sleep and driving, and right while driving.

But even if such a person does not sleep, he still struggles with persistent drowsiness, which reduces concentration and increases the risk of accidents. It is important that victims of OSA received expert help. Today there are effective methods of treatment of sleep apnea, allowing to cope with the symptoms of the disorder is very fast. (READ MORE)

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Speed ​​intoxicated man speaks of addiction to cancer

People who are long drink without getting drunk, you should carefully monitor their health, habits and diet. Scientists have linked the rate of intoxication and susceptibility to cancer of the oral cavity, pharynx and larynx. It was found that there is a relationship between them, which researchers believe is linked to the activity of the gene that determines the rate of alcohol intoxication.

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Experts from the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom conducted a large-scale international study in which experts have been studied four thousand cases of cancer of the oral cavity, pharynx and larynx among Europeans and Latin Americans. As you know, representatives of these nations possess genetic characteristics in the absorption of alcohol. Thus, the researchers were able to determine the specific role of the gene responsible for the body's ability to metabolize alcohol.

As explained by doctors, to date, science knows many variations of the gene encoding alcohol dehydrogenase - the enzyme responsible for breaking down alcohol. Depending on the variety of genes, inherited person comes intoxication - more active genetics, the easier it is to digest alcohol and more stable man to a state of intoxication. In turn, people are completely lacking this gene experience serious intoxication in the use of minimal doses of alcohol.

The ability to quickly get drunk even small doses of alcohol is extremely inconvenient in everyday life, but research has shown that people with this ability are less prone to tumors of the oral cavity, pharynx and larynx. Resistance to intoxication, on the contrary, increases the risk of these cancers - according to experts, because in this case the person is able to drink quite a sizeable amount of alcohol, and thus its effect on the mucous membrane of these organs is longer ..

This risk is particularly high if the addiction to alcohol or tobacco combined with a small amount of fruit and vegetables in the diet, doctors believe. (READ MORE)

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AIDS is declining

Since the discovery of HIV, the total number of sick people he has reached 60 million people. But AIDS prevention programs still operate and have a huge impact on the spread of the disease. This is stated in the report of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV (AIDS) (UNAIDS), which was announced yesterday in Shanghai.

In 2008, he died from the disease 2 million, and the total number of AIDS victims is thus reached 25 million. In the same year, HIV was detected in 2, 7 million people, which was 33, 4 million cases in general. UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé said that over the past eight years, the number of new human immunodeficiency virus was reduced by 17%.

"The good news is that we have a recession proof pandemic," - said Sidibe. The biggest progress has been achieved on the African continent. Since the incidence of HIV since 2001 in East Africa fell by 25%, in the central part of the continent by 15%, which was in the last year, the total reduction in the number of cases to 400,000 cases.

In the south and south-east Africa, the number of infections with the HIV virus has dropped by 10% over the same period. But the amount of antiviral drugs delivered to these regions has increased over the past five years, ten times. This led to the fact that the death rate from AIDS since 2001 is reduced by 18%.

And yet every day the next 7400 people become infected with HIV.

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From tinnitus helped meditation

A resident of Great Britain, John Snow had a health problem, greatly complicates his life. Whistling and noise in the right ear allowed him to work normally and relax. To solve the problem, John drew unconventional therapies.

Initially, the problem noise in the ear   It was due to an infection. Physicians prescribed antibiotics to John Snow and drops. But conventional treatment has not worked. Sometimes John could not sleep all night.

John Snow was one of the 5,000 Britons suffering from tinnitus . Often this state is described as hum, whistle, hum. Slight irritation grew into a serious problem. Hard work as a teacher in the school was a source of constant stress. A lack of proper rest Englishman made nervous and short-tempered.

Came to the aid Nontraditional methods of treatment . Specialists advised to take a course of meditation. Meditation techniques   effectively used to treat anxiety and depression. Now she tried to treat tinnitus . Brain scans showed that the brain tries to drown out annoying sounds. This leads to an increase in brain activity. In other words, the more the brain is trying to deal with the problem, the stronger the other sounds. Meditation techniques   It teaches patients to reduce anxiety - and thus, reduce the stimulus. The patient begins to pay less attention to the problem, and it gradually disappears.

But supporters of the traditional treatments do not believe that meditation   drug can be in this case. Tinnitus is caused by damage to the nerves in the ear. The reason for this - the impact of cold temperatures, infection, or loud music. John Snow is paying attention to skeptical statements. For him, the effectiveness of Meditation treatment tinnitus   already proved. According to him, it is the first time in many months, he feels healthy and rested.

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This helps oriental medicine?

About six thousand years ago, the submission of all the civilizations of "healthy lifestyle" were about the same: you want to be healthy - seek harmony in everything. But in the XI century BC under the influence of European medicine religion he decided to go on "their way." Today in search of health, we are increasingly looking to the East ...

Modern medicine - western "drug" and eastern "natural" - continues to have little in common. No answer, what is more effective: recipes thousand years ago or the latest technology. However, if you look at the statistics - in Asian countries is much less than in Europe, people die from cardiovascular diseases and cancer problems, several times less likely to suffer from diabetes, hypertension and impotency ... Perhaps only to infectious diseases all people are equal.

What is the difference?

The principal difference between the so-called "western" and " Eastern "medicine   It lies in the fact that "Westerners" think the aim to cure the suffering body, and "Easterners" are confident that he will recover as soon as the whole body with harmony.

Some skeptics believe that Oriental medicine is not unfounded, since it does not rely on classical anatomy and physiology, in contrast to Western. Oriental doctors say naked anatomy without a spiritual component like a car without gasoline - a set of components that will not go anywhere. The circulation of vital energy and human life as an integral part of the universe - the basic idea of ​​all the Eastern medical practices.

Medicine is not for everyone

Incidentally, there is a certain category of people, it is immune to the eastern methods. As a rule, it turns out in the first session, and then the doctor himself (if he is not a charlatan) is obliged to abandon the treatment. As they say Oriental doctors Sometimes people internally as opposed to therapy, so drowns favor skepticism that feels worse after sessions. Simply put - go to Asian therapists need only with an open heart. But for this we need a very responsible approach to the choice of hospitals and doctors.

The main disadvantage of "kitayschiny" and "indiyschiny" ...

Alas, Russia is practically impossible to distinguish yourself is really a true professional Oriental Medicine from the charlatan or simply ill-prepared self-taught. Hundreds of clinics offer services for "acupuncture", "cleansed chakras" and "normalization of life energy" - and how to find out where a team of true professionals?

Until now, the surest way is, sadly, "word of mouth" - no "licenses" and "certificates" will not help to calculate the true physician. There are a few points that you should pay attention:

- During the first visit a real doctor should ask not only your current physical condition, and emotional balance, mood;

- If this is the doctor of Chinese medicine, it must ask your heart rate and breathing rhythm;

- Most importantly - the treatment is given progressively, not "heap", as they like European doctors.

Being determines consciousness - or vice versa?

Whatever it was, referring to the Chinese or Indian Traditional Medicine   we must be prepared to work hard on their own - and this is also a fundamental principle. In the Western tradition, the doctor treats the patient, and the patient is required only to groan, to complain and to ingest the drug. In the East - on the contrary. Complaining can not be more than that - it is literally deadly. We must always think of good and light, to try to reach inside themselves spiritual purity and harmony - and only on the background of this very harmony begins recovery occurs. Famous meditation - both religious and medical - originally were intended simply to "restore order" in thoughts and feelings. Until now, specialists in ancient Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic believe that as long as one does not get rid of inside the most murderous feelings - envy, jealousy and resentment - vital energy Qi (or Chi) will not be able to circulate freely, and recovery will not occur.

There is another reason that stops a resident of a European metropolis - in order to get the effect of Oriental Medicine Often need a lot of time - weeks or even months. It is believed that the disease destroys a person for a long time, and to restore integrity to the same need considerable period. And it is more difficult to organize than drink three-day course of antibiotics ... powerful

Emergency Medicine

Of course, as in every ancient teachings, in some areas of ancient Chinese and Ayurveda has its extreme flow. They are related, as a rule, a very painful and unsafe manipulation (with the ignition, acupuncture, massage risky), or the use of hazardous substances - poisons of animal and vegetable origin.

Alas, we must say at once that meet in the capital or in the middle lane Russia specialist who can competently carry out such a course of treatment, it is practically impossible ...

Can effectively be safe?

At least one famous oriental teaching about healthy lifestyle guaranteed to be safe - it Ayurveda . It is interesting - despite the fact that this teaching has nearly seven thousand years, there is still no scientific evidence of the academic effectiveness of Ayurvedic principles. But they could not challenge any scientist. In general, I do not know how, but Ayurvedic methods of healing work and never harm a person. Based on the doctrine of the balance of all the natural elements in a man - each man belonged to only one of these very elements. Methods Ayurveda   often look quite paradoxical and strange. However, in the hands of a knowledgeable person, they literally work wonders.

Basic principles of preservation of health in the Eastern

1. Comply with the purity of body, mind and soul.

2. The main symptom of any illness - anxiety.

3. Health in motion.

4. Do you want to stretch the life - stretch the muscles and ligaments.

5. Before you swallow extra - get rid of the existing.

The impetus for the development of most of the "diseases of civilization" (especially depression and chronic fatigue syndrome) Oriental physicians consider the refusal of the human biological clock in favor of "social". Failures in health begin with the failure of biorhythms, which each person individually.

Another interesting point - at a time when European doctors for the treatment of a disease offers a person to add something to your life, eastern physicians recommend the opposite - from something denied. "Man kills superfluous" - one of the basic tenets, in particular, the Indian doctors. And this is the most superfluous - each his own. Incidentally, it is therefore Eastern medicine   there is clearly useful and uniquely harmful substances - someone very nature ordered to eat fat and drink his beer ...

Ivan Kulakov, an expert in Ayurveda:

- On the one hand, indeed, harm the body, using the methods Oriental Medicine , almost impossible .  On the other hand, not every modern European, and especially - the Russians are so able to concentrate on the inner spiritual work on yourself: after treatment begins with the recognition of his own wrong to the world - and it is a very painful moment! In addition, in order to really noticeably improve the quality of their lives with the help of Eastern practices, it is necessary to take their internal philosophy and logic: it is impossible, for example, to make ten sessions of acupuncture and the only reason to become healthy .  Beverages "Chinese teas," will have no effect if during the ceremony you look at the monitor, or swear by phone with the chief .  And expensive treatments with valuable oils and incense will not bring you absolutely no good if you do them in a working lunch .  As long as you do not begin to make personal volitional effort to to get better (rather than cure, for example, ulcers) - no Oriental medicine   You do not heal.

Yulia Polonskaya

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Botox injections - cough medicine

Did Botox and is known throughout the world as the best means to prevent wrinkles, but that its beneficial properties are not restricted. Experts have found that with the help of cosmetic filler can be successfully treated chronic cough.

In recent years Botox injections   He showed his versatility. And now Botox prescribed not only for the "freezing" the facial muscles, but also for depression (Botox paralyzes the "negative" grimace on his face, not allowing to be sad), for the treatment of spastic muscle condition in patients with cerebral palsy, and to combat excessive sweating .

In the latest study found out that Botox injections   It may also be successfully used to treat chronic cough . However, monitoring the medical authorities have not yet approved the use of Botox for this purpose, and in addition the study's authors warn that this facility should not be considered a panacea.

"We have seen the impact of Botox on a small group of patients chronic cough Who do not respond to other forms of therapeutic treatment, despite its intensity and diversity ", - said study author Dr. Michael Chu of Eastern Virginia Medical School.

The authors emphasize that the category includes any chronic cough that does not go after three weeks, even with special treatment. For chronic cough can cause some diseases, such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, or refklyuksa. And like cough usually goes away when it gave rise to improved symptoms of disease.

Some patients received several Botox injections   a pair of muscles located in the region of the vocal cords. All experienced significant relief, because the intensity chronic cough   decreased. In some cases, he was able to completely get rid of.

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