Plastic Surgery: Where Science Meets Art

July 19, 2010 by cesar  
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Nowadays, plastic surgery is synonymous with Hollywood and its not at all finale quest to stay put undeveloped and beautiful forever, through mammoplasty (breast reduction otherwise augmentation), mastopexy (breast lift), rhinoplasty (nose lift), chin augmentations, cheek augmentations, stomach tucks, liposuction, and face lifts. These procedures are further commonly referred to so cosmetic surgery. However, the sculpture and science of plastic surgery is not solely inadequate to rally the physical appearance of an aging Hollywood actor. Within truth, this particular division of surgery was developed to correct disfigurement and restore impaired function. This type of surgery became renowned so reconstructive surgery, which can happen defined so the correction of a congenital otherwise acquired deformity; so opposed to cosmetic surgery, which entails the correction of a perceived physical imperfection.

The treat of the word plastic does does not refer to the synthetic polymer material, but is derived from the Greek word “plastikos,” meaning to mold otherwise model. This refers to the truth to facilitate plastic surgeons dallas typically mold and reshape bone, cartilage, muscle, fat and skin to achieve the aesthetic results they covet. These body parts may perhaps happen stirred to fill, change, otherwise cover the appearance of a defect, otherwise completely detached.

Although rudimentary plastic surgery methods were being proficient so ahead of time so 800BC, the techniques being used nowadays are largely attributed to Sir Harold Delf Gillies, a Cambridge-educated surgeon from new-fangled Zealand. He is often referred to so the father of plastic surgery. Gillies joined the Red Cross during World War I and aphorism the need pro a plastic surgery group pro the British troops after seeing the French surgery units within Paris. This war was particularly gruesome since it had the distinction of being the original fully mechanized war, and the advent of heavy artillery, shells and machine guns preordained further devastating injuries than endlessly prior to can happen inflicted. The War Office recognized the prerequisite pro a specialized group of surgery and subsequently sent Gillies to the Cambridge Military Hospital within Aldershot to arranged this up, thus becoming Britain’s first plastic surgeon. Soon men began pouring within to the resource from the deal with hospitals, all with jaw and face injuries to facilitate required reconstruction.

Gillies was indomitable not only to restore the function of these wounded men but to also make the person look so customary so achievable, if not more striking than before. He called his brand of plastic surgery, “ a strange new art.” This melding of function and aesthetics underlined his full body of work. Gillies pioneered many surgical techniques and developed instruments to treat within his operations; many of them are still being used nowadays. Solitary of these techniques is the pedicle tube, within which a skin graft taken from an undamaged part of the patient’s body is sewn into a tube and used to cover the damaged area. Not only was the blood supply maintained to the skin graft, but sewing the edges of skin together meant to facilitate the skin graft was fewer prone to infection, a constant hazard to patients.

Trastorno Obsesivo Compulsivo en niños

July 16, 2010 by cesar  
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Me gustaria hablar un poco del Trastorno Obsesivo Compulsivo y como puede agravarse en el periodo de embarazo. Sin duda, lo mas frecuente es que este trastorno psicologico relacionado con la ansiedad empiesa a manifestarse en la niñez.

Para eso, es mui importante recomandable que los padres esten informados al respecto para realizar la consulta pertinente con el psicologo infantil, ya que cuanto antes se traten, mas sencillo sera para ese bebe sobrellevar su vida sin la carga del TOC.

Este trastorno se manifiesta a traves de obsesiones y/o compulsiones  puede haber las dos cosas o solo una de ellas. Se manifiestan a traves de pensamientos intrusivos, que el bebe en algun momento reconoce como exagerados pero sin duda no puede evitarlos, ni reprimir las acciones que estos pensamientos lo llevan a realizar.

Las obsesiones son ideas, impulsos o imagenes mentales recurrentes, que aparecen en este bebe sin que se lo proponga. No se trata de simples preocupaciones, sino que son realmente exageradas o no tienen asidero con la realidad, son excesivas o absurdas. Producen mucha ansiedad, y para citar tan solo algunos ejemplos, podemos mencionar el miedo a que entren ladrones a la casa, a que algo malo le pase a papá o mamá, a ensuciarse o a los germenes, etcetera.

Las compulsiones son acciones repetitivas que calman esa ansiedad, porque de alguna forma evitan que pase algo malo, aunque no tengan relacion logica con ello que intentan evitar.

Ejemplos:

Obsesiones

1. Temor a contaminarse

2. Temor a causar daño a otros o a que le pase algo a los padres, familia…

3. Ideas agresivas o de contenido sexual

4. Escrupulosidad / religiosidad excesiva

5. Pensamientos prohibidos

6. Necesidad de simetria

7. Necesidad de decir o confesar

Compulsiones

1. Lavarse

2. Repetir una acción hasta hacerla “bien”

3. Asegurarse (de haber cerrado la puerta, de haber cerrado el agua…)

4. Tocar

5. Contar objetos o hasta un determinado numero

6. Ordenar

7. Acumular (no poder tirar nada)

8. Rezar

Tips for Health and Fitness | National Health Care

June 26, 2010 by  
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June 25, 2010 by  
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Importance of Health and Fitness Magazines | No Junk Food

June 24, 2010 by  
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by fofurasfelinas Importance of Health and Fitness Magazines Health and fitness is important to maintain healthy body.

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Costos de la cirugía bariatrica

June 24, 2010 by cesar  
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El costo de la cirugia bariatrica pueden ser muy altos.La cobertura medica del seguro varia segun el estado y el proveedor de seguros, y aunque algunos estados tienen legislacion en el lugar que requiere que las aseguradoras para ofrecer la cirugía de perdida de peso para los pacientes, siempre y cuando satisfaga los criterios sanitarios establecidos por los Institutos Nacionales de Salud, otros estados no lo hacen. Esto significa que los pacientes que se beneficiarian de la cirugia bariatrica a menudo tienen que lidiar con los proveedores que aun no han aceptado que este tipo de cirugia para perder peso puede ofrecer nuevas prestaciones medicas que les ahorraran dinero en el largo plazo. Un paciente que tiene este problema puede tener que trabajar con su cirujano para demostrar a la compañia de seguros de salud que la operacion propuesta no es un procedimiento estetico, sino una operación que puede salvar vidas que reduzcan al mínimo los problemas futuros de salud.

Los individuos que esten interesados en la cirugia bariátrica y estan en Medicare estara encantado de saber que cubre la cirugia de perdida de peso en pacientes obesos morbidos con una relacionada con la obesidad o condicion. La obesidad morbida se define como 100 o mas libras de sobrepeso o un indice de masa corporal (IMC) de 40 o mas.

Por supuesto, los costos no terminan una vez que un paciente se somete con exito la cirugía bariatrica. Debido a la perdida de peso puede ser importante, muchas personas se quedan con piel floja, floja que ya no tiene la elasticidad para adaptarse a la nueva forma, mas delgado. Dado que ni el ejercicio ni dieta le ayudara a tensar la piel suelta, muchos pacientes bariatricos elegir la cirugia plástica como remedio. El costo de las operaciones de cirugia bariatrica relacionados con plastico puede variar considerablemente, dependiendo de la condición del paciente, las complicaciones, el tipo de anestesia, y otros factores.

Algunos de los procedimientos de cirugia bariatrica mas populares post-incluyen: abdominoplastia (cirugia plastica del abdomen), elevacion del cuerpo (paniculectomia circunferencial), braquioplastia (elevacion del brazo), levantamiento de senos, aumento o reduccion, la cara y / o estiramiento de cuello, y muslos.

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June 23, 2010 by  
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One of the most annoying health problems a woman can have is called Bacterial Vaginosis.

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The Smarter Approach to Setting Health and Fitness Goals

June 22, 2010 by  
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The reason many people fail to achieve their health and fitness goals is because they fail to define their goals properly. The SMARTER mnemonic can help.

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Eat THIS before your workouts

June 22, 2010 by cesar  
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Note: This article was written by fitness and nutrition author Jon Benson. I have his permission to share it with you.

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One of the most common questions I get asked is:

“What should I eat before my workouts if I want to get rid of bodyfat?”

The answer?

NOTHING.

I’ve been saying this for almost a decade now… and research is catching up with the idea.

It’s nice to be right. : )

Several studies now confirm that exercising while your body is low on food may be a good way to trim excess fat.

European researchers found that cyclists who trained without eating burned significantly more fat than their counterparts who ate. Now, this is important: Cycling requires a LOT of energy. Far more energy than you need to get rid of bodyfat.

Working out with weights and doing moderate to intense (but short) cardio will take care of 99% of your needs when it comes to fatburning.

But with weights, and espeically with the cyclists that were tested, performance may be an issue.

In fact the members of the group of cyclists that didn’t eat performed worse on the intensive training. Still, they burned a higher proportion of fat to carbohydrates than the group that ate. (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the journal of the American College of Sports Medicine.)

Why? Simple. Your body’s blood sugar is lowest in the morning prior to eating. When you train, moderately or with intensity, most of your fuel comes from your bodyfat and NOT ingested carbs. Isn’t that cool?

Which would you rather burn… bodyfat or carbs?

Yeah, me too. : )

About performance: I have found that my performance only suffers slightly when fasting and training for the first few weeks. After that my performance increases. The body starts to burn its own bodfyat far more efficiently so I find I have PLENTY of energy.

This was not a lone study on fasting and training. In a 2008 study, Hespel and colleagues tested the effects on men who did endurance training without eating versus those who ate. In the athletes who hadn’t eaten, the researchers found a spike in the amount of proteins needed to process fat, meaning their bodies had been primed through fasting to get rid of more bodyfat.

So, now you know the answer to the old question: “What should I eat before training?”

Nothing… or as little as possible.

In my next email I’ll tell you what to eat AFTER your workouts to REALLY jack your fatburning through the roof…

… and no, it’s not “nothing”. It’s something special. ; )

P.S. If you want the best diet possible to turn your body into a fat-burning machine along with my personal workout plan for fasting cardio… and a plan that works in your favorite foods too … then look no further than this:

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June 21, 2010 by  
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