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Hormone Therapy May Increase Cancer Risk
A study by the University of Oxford found that women, menopausal hormone therapy to prevent an increased risk of ovarian cancer (ovarian cancer) have.
Research involving 126 920 women at increased risk in this case is achieved by 25%. This applies to all types of hormone therapy or estrogen therapy or estrogen-progestin therapy.
“This study reinforces previous recommendations that we give women a warning to be careful in the discharge of hormone therapy. We strongly recommend that hormone therapy,” said Konstantinos Tsilidis as Zee News, Wednesday (10/11) reported .
The results of this study at the annual conference of research on cancer prevention RCA meeting of the border is organized
What Causing Sleep So Hard
sleep is one of our primary needs in order to remain able to maintain health and to perform daily activities well. During sleep the body rested for several hours, lowered metabolism so that cells of the body is broken can be repaired and the cells that die can be replaced.
Sleep for some people is an expensive and hard to come by, because some of us have what is called sleep disorders, which may be started sleeping disorders, difficulty maintaining sleep, not sleeping soundly or even can not sleep at all. And surely this situation will cause interference with the body and ultimately lowers the quality of life and can cause disease.
If you have ever experienced sleep disturbances determines the need presumably anything that can disturb your sleep quality, in order to avoid it. Some things are things that can cause insomnia are:
* Television. Many people use television to be able to start sleeping. You might even have a television in your bedroom. But instead of relaxing television will actually stimulate the mind because
television show which presented late at night is usually filled with material violence, let alone debate lately a lot of scandals in our country. Such events would cause our brains to work more actively and eventually cause trouble tudur. Besides, because the show presented, light flickering from the television and also the creation of noise which would interfere with the biological clock is sensitive to light, which in turn causes insomnia.
* Too much food, especially fatty foods. Too much food at dinner cause digestive organs have to work extra hard to digest fat mainly because the stomach takes longer to digest these foods. This situation can cause stomach problems and heartburn at the time of going to sleep.
* Too much to drink. Drink plenty of fluids can cause you to wake up all night to the bathroom, and sometimes after you wake up is hard to start sleeping again.
* Drinking Alcohol. Many people think that drinking alcohol before bed will help them sleep. While it may make you fall asleep faster, alcohol will reduce the quality of your sleep, because you must often wake up at night to a small back to the room. This is because the alcohol will increase urine production in the body.
* Caffeine. Drinking coffee (caffeine) at a time when the afternoon or after dinner will cause sleep disturbance because caffeine stimulates nerve cells in the brain and the brain becomes more active, and you’ll be hard to start sleeping. Besides, the same as alcohol caffeine also increases the production of urine which will cause you often waked up to go to the restroom.
* Smoking. Smoking causes sleep problems in different ways. One of them because nicotine is a stimulant of the brain, in addition to the brain that have been accustomed / addicted to the nicotine effect would have the effect of withdrawal (off drug) at night while you sleep that will lead to sleep disorders.
Benefits Betel Leaf For Health
The leaves are usually used to treat body odor and mouth, thrush nosebleeds, rashes and sores, and treat vaginal discharge in women. This is because the betel contain antiseptics that kill germs. The content of phenols in five times more antiseptic properties effective compared with ordinary phenol.
In Chinese pharmacology, known as the betel plant that has a warm and spicy nature. Traditionally they use betel leaves to shed the fart, stop coughing, reduce inflammation and relieve itching. In the traditional medicine of India, the betel leaf is known as a warm aromatic substances, are antiseptic, and even enhance sex drive.
With antiseptic properties, betel nut is often used to heal wounds in the leg because it contains a styptic to arrest bleeding and vulnerary, which heal the wounds of the skin (skin heal or legs). Can also be chewed for a singer to improve the sound.
From the research, as quoted in a book published by a medicinal plant Medicinal Plant Garden Works disclosed that betel juice also contains arecoline in all parts of the plant. This substance is beneficial to stimulate the central nervous and thinking power, increasing peristalsis and relieving snoring. The leaves contain eugenol which can prevent premature ejaculation, eradicate the fungus Candida albicans, and are analgesic (pain relief). The leaves also contain tannins that are useful to reduce the secretion of fluid in the vagina, protecting liver function, and prevent diarrhea.