Month: March 2012

the Department of health of Requena celebrates its traditional Falla acts Requena, March 2012.- the Department of health of Requena celebrates its traditional Falla acts these days. Breakfast with chocolate and doughnuts is one of activities prepared by the workforce. This type of activity helps strengthen relations between professionals and promotes teamwork. We want all our professionals participate and enjoy ”, said Marisa de Reynoso, Manager of the Department of health of Requena. The Hospital of Requena joins as every year this particular celebration, offering chocolate with churros, doughnuts and cake typical of the area for all practitioners. For its part, Requena Health Center welcomes always by these dates the traditional chocolate fritters for downtown professionals. Organized by the Administration and cleaning staff, the breakfast has the collaboration of residents of the health centre. This celebration demonstrates good working atmosphere of the health center and favors relations between fellow ”, notes Eva Carrascosa, Coordinator of the Centre for health of...

Spaniards increasingly rely more on medicinal plants to combat insomnia 16 dream world day of March -A study 10.526 patients who take sleeping pills in the US shows that consumption of hypnotic raises mortality 4.6 times -medicinal plants as the California poppy, passion flower and Valerian allow rest without causing daytime sleepiness Madrid, March 2012.- three of four Spanish with insomnia prefer your pharmacist to recommend a treatment of vegetable origin that a sleeping pill of synthetic origin, according to an analysis of the Research Centre on phytotherapy (INFIT) given out on the occasion of the world day of sleepon 16 March. 4 of every 10 Spaniards have trouble sleeping, according to latest survey INFIT. Medicinal plants can help you get a good night’s sleep without the unwanted effects of the psychoactive drugs ”, according to doctor Sacristán, which emphasizes the positive effects of these medicinal preparations excused in pharmacy against insomnia. The most commonly used include the California poppy, passion flower and Valerian. The California poppy is very effective to relieve anxiety and sleep and passion flower is able to prolong the phases of deep sleep and avoid Nighttime Awakenings, stresses Dr. Alberto Sacristán, specialist in medicine family and a member of the Board of Directors of INFIT. The Spanish are becoming increasingly aware of the side effects of sleeping pills, such as stomach intolerance or the need...

sanitas incorporates the intragastric ball, medical treatment and psychological integral -Medical, nutritional, and psychological assistance key in the success of the intervention. – whether or not clients of the company, patients have access to a programme multidisciplinary. -treatment is recommended for people with problems of overweight or obesity needing to lose 12 to 40 kilos with supervised diet and food re-education plan Spain, March 2012.- overweight and obesity have become a public health problem of the first order for the Spanish health system. These people, as well as see diminished quality of life, have an increased risk for other diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, arthritis or apnea sleep, among others. A diet to reduce your calorie intake and exercise are the most common remedies for weight loss but, on many occasions, these measures alone are not sufficient or their results can be kept permanently. When the exercise and healthy diet fail, recommended by specialists as Alma Fernández, Medical Director of Sanitas new services, resort to other medical treatments such as the intragastric ball, which under the supervision of a specialist and the constancy of the patient, positive and lasting results achieved ”. Multidisciplinary medical program Treatment of intragastric balloon is an effective method to combat overweight and obesity without surgery or hospitalization. reduce the feeling of hunger that the objective of this technique that creates one of early satiety...

snoring and do apnea increases the risk of cerebral vascular disease 16 March: day dream world -up to 90% of patients with sleep apnea are not diagnosed. -63% of people with cerebrovascular problems experience a high rate of apneas during the night. -30% of Spaniards have trouble sleeping. -stress situations spawned by the economic crisis have increased consultations by sleep disorders. Madrid, March 2012.- According to the data managed by the Group of study of disorders of the vigil and dream of the Spanish Neurology Society (SEN) approximately 30 per cent of the population suffer some kind of pathology of sleep and a 4% suffers from chronic. Figures that in recent months appear to have increased due to stressful situations which the economic crisis has led to many families. Sleep apnea is the pathology of sleep more common among people who experience excessive daytime sleepiness. People that suffer from sleep apnea interrupt, for at least 10 seconds, breathing during sleep, this makes the blood oxygen levels fall and the brain is activated so let’s breathe. These episodes can be very frequent during the night and make sleep surface and fragmented. In developed countries, the sleep apnea affects 2-4% of the population, both adult and child. Men of middle-aged women who have already passed the menopause, with overweight are the population groups in which occurs a higher incidence. Suffering from...