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Thursday, March 24, 2011

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From Elizabeth Scott, M.S., your Guide to Stress Management
Having goals can help you to create the life that you want. However, when your goals are unrealistic or your attitude is unhealthy, you can cause significant stress for yourself as you try to reach these goals. Here are some tools to help you to create a healthy attitude about achievement, succeed in college, and generally relieve stress. (Scroll down for more.) You can find additional resources for stress relief on Facebook. Enjoy the rest of your week! -Elizabeth

Quiz: Are You A Perfectionist?
Perfectionists take excellence to a different, more stressful level than that of mere high achievers. Perfectionists tend to stress more, and enjoy life less. Do you sometimes wonder if your desire for excellence crosses the line into perfectionism? This fifteen-question perfectionist test can help you to better understand yourself, see the distinction between perfectionism and high achievement, and find out where your tendencies lie.

Perfectionist Traits: Do These Sound Familiar?
If you're wondering whether or not you're a perfectionist, there's a good chance you are one, at least to a degree. (Take The Perfectionism Quiz if you want to know for sure.) Perfectionists are a lot like high achievers, but with some key differences. These differences are important, as perfectionists tend to experience more stress! The following are ten telltale traits of perfectionists. Do any of these sound familiar?

Learn to Be Perfectly Imperfect!
Are You A Perfectionist? Perfectionism can rob you of your peace of mind, enjoyment of life, and self esteem. Though it's a process that may take a little time, shedding the burden of perfectionism can greatly decrease the level of stress you feel on a daily basis. Here are some important steps you can take to maintain a healthier attitude.

College Stress: How To Manage It
The college experience can represent one of the most exciting stages in a person's life--new goals, perspectives, friends, and freedoms can be exciting, and can change the direction of your life! But college brings a significant amount of stress as well, and if you don't know how to manage that stress, it can become overwhelming. Here are some effective resources for college stress relief.

 


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The benefits of oil of cloves can be attributed to the antimicrobial, antifungal, antiseptic, antiviral, aphrodisiac and stimulating. The oil is used to treat a variety of ailments such as toothache, indigestion, cough, asthma, headaches, stress and blood impurities.
Clove is an evergreen tree that produces a flower bud that has many medicinal properties. It is often referred to as clove. clove bud has a stem and a head, and has the Latin name that means clavus nail. The tooth is widely used in ancient civilizations, India and China, and spread to other parts of the world, including Europe, during the seventh and eighth centuries.

Clove is rich in minerals such as calcium, hydrochloric acid, iron, phosphorus, sodium, potassium and vitamin A and vitamin C. The benefits of clove oil are:

Dental Care: The main use of clove oil is dentistry. The germicidal properties of the oil, it is very effective for relieving dental pain, toothache, sore gums and sores in the mouth. Clove oil contains eugenol compound, which has been used in dentistry for many years. Gargling with diluted clove oil help in relieving neck. The characteristic smell of clove oil helps removing bad breath. Therefore, clove oil added to many dental and medical products, including mouthwashes and toothpaste. Dentists also oil of cloves mixed with zinc oxide and prepare a white filler as a temporary alternative to root canals.

Infections: Due to its antiseptic properties, clove oil is useful for wounds, cuts, scabies, athlete's foot, fungal infections, bruises, prickly heat, scabies, etc. You can also use insect bites. Clove oil is very strong in nature and therefore should be used in diluted form. In addition, it should not be used on sensitive skin.

Skin Care: Clove oil is often recommended for skin care, especially for patients with acne.

Stress: Clove oil aphrodisiac in nature, and therefore provides an excellent cure against stress. It has a stimulating effect on the mind and removes mental exhaustion and fatigue. When taken internally in adequate amounts, it refreshes the mind. Clove oil also induces sleep and is useful for patients with insomnia. It is useful for the treatment of psychiatric disorders such as memory loss, depression and anxiety.

Headache: oil of cloves, mixed with salt, and applied on the forehead, gives a cooling effect and provides relief from headaches.

Respiratory: Clove oil has a cooling effect and anti-inflammatory and thus eliminates the nostrils. The expectorant is useful in various respiratory disorders including coughs, colds, bronchitis, asthma, sinusitis, and tuberculosis. Chewing a clove relieve sore throat.

Earache: A mixture of oil of cloves and hot sesame oil is a good remedy for earache.

Indigestion: Clove oil is effective for stomach problems such as hiccups, indigestion, dizziness and bloating. Therefore, a clove spice largest food from India.

Nausea: clove oil is useful for nausea and vomiting, and is often used for vomiting in pregnancy.

Blood flow: oil of clove increases the body's metabolism by increasing blood circulation and reduce body temperature.

blood purification: oil of clove also helps purify the blood.

Diabetes: In addition to blood purification, clove oil also helps to control blood sugar in the blood and is useful for diabetics.

Immune System: Both clove and clove oil are useful for stimulating the immune system. antiviral properties and ability to purify blood increases your resistance to disease.

Premature Ejaculation: Research has shown that the tooth can be useful for the treatment of premature ejaculation. Further research should be conducted to confirm these results.

Cholera: It is believed that clove oil is useful for the treatment of cholera.

Sty: Clove and clove oil is a very effective home remedy for treating sty. Sty is an inflammation of the foot and is a very annoying condition. Sty is not only painful but also causes difficulties for the proper functioning of the eye.

Other benefits of clove oil are:

* Cosmetics: Clove oil is often added to creams and lotions. Oil is a foot massage relief pain and stress.
* Clove Cigarettes: The use of cloves in the production of cigarettes is a new trend in the world. Traditionally, the nail was added to cigarettes in Indonesia. Smokers (wrongly) believe that the health benefits of many dental cancel the harmful effects of smoking. Flavoring: In addition to its digestive properties, clove oil added to food because of its flavor. Is added to many dishes from India, marinades, sauces, spices cakes, etc.
* Soaps: effect thanks to its distinctive aroma, soothing and antiseptic properties, clove oil added in the production of soaps.
* Scent: Clove oil is also used in the manufacture of perfume.

Many believe that clove oil is useful in the prevention and treatment of cancer. But, says the American Cancer Society, there is no clear scientific evidence of the healing properties of garlic oil. It is also claimed by many that the oil of cloves is useful in the treatment of viral hepatitis.

Be careful when using clove oil. Clove oil is strong by nature, and therefore must be diluted before application.

mixtures of clove and many essential oils, including essential oils, basil, rosemary essential oil, rose oil, cinnamon oil, grapefruit essential oil, lemon oil, nutmeg essential oil peppermint essential oil, orange essential oil, essential oil of lavender, geranium essential oil , etc.
Recombinant DNA technology
This is how recombination technology:

A. recombination technology begins with the isolation of a gene of interest. The gene is inserted into a vector and cloned. A vector is a piece of DNA that are capable of independent growth, vectors used are bacterial plasmids and viral Phags. The gene of interest (foreign DNA) is integrated into the plasmid or Phags, called recombinant DNA.

2. Before introducing the vector containing the foreign DNA into host cells to express the protein to be cloned. Cloning is necessary to produce many copies of DNA from the initial offer is sufficient to insert into host cells.

Three. When the vector is isolated in large quantities, can be brought into host cells such as yeast, like mammals, or special bacterial cells. The host cells and the synthesis of foreign proteins using recombinant DNA. When cells are grown in large quantities, or recombinant foreign proteins can be isolated and purified in large quantities.

Other use of recombinant DNA

Recombinant DNA technology is not only an important tool in scientific research, but has also affected the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and genetic disorders in several areas of medicine. A permit many advances, including:

* The isolation of large quantities of proteins
In addition to follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is used Follistim ® AQ Cartridge (follitropin beta injection) and Follistim ® AQ Vial (follitropin beta injection), insulin, growth hormone and other proteins are now available as recombinant products.

* Identification of mutations
People can be tested for the presence of mutated proteins that may be associated with breast cancer, retino blastoma, and neurofibromatosis.

* Diagnosis of the affected states and the carrier of hereditary diseases
There are tests to determine whether individuals are carriers of the cystic fibrosis gene, the gene for Huntington's disease, the gene for Tay-Sachs, or the gene for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

* The transfer of genes from one organism to another
People suffering from cystic fibrosis, rheumatoid arthritis, vascular disease and certain types of cancer can now benefit from advances in gene therapy.

Distribution of genes on human chromosomes
Scientists are able to link mutations and disease states to specific locations on chromosomes.

Genes

Heredity and variation is the basis of genetics. Humans applied knowledge of genetics in prehistory with the domestication and breeding of plants and animals. In modern research, genetics provides important tools for studying the function of a particular gene, such as analysis of genetic interactions. In organisms, genetic information generally is carried in chromosomes, which are represented in the chemical structure of particular DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecules.

Genes encode the information necessary for the synthesis of amino acid sequences in proteins, which play an important role in determining the final phenotype, or appearance of the body. In diploid organisms, a dominant allele on one chromosome masks the expression of a recessive gene on the other.

To code phrase is often used in the sense of a gene contains instructions on how to build a particular protein, which in the gene that codes for protein. The "one gene, one protein" concept is now known to be simple. For example, a single gene producing multiple products, depending on how it regulates transcription. Genes encoding the sequences of nucleotides in mRNA, tRNA and rRNA, required for protein synthesis.

Genetics determines the amount (but not all) of the appearance of organisms, including humans, and perhaps how they act. Environmental differences and random factors also play a role. Monozygotic (identical) twins, a clone resulting from the division of an embryo, have the same DNA, but with different personalities and fingerprints. genetically identical plants grown in colder climates incorporate shorter and less saturated fatty acids to avoid stiffness.

Human beings have cells with 46 chromosomes - 2 sex chromosomes and 22 pairs of autosomal (not sex) chromosomes. Males are "46, XY" and women "46, XX." These chromosomes consist of very long DNA molecules in combination with proteins.

Genes are defined by intervals along a molecule of DNA. The location of the gene is called locus. Most genes carry information for making a protein.

The pairs of autosomal chromosomes (one from mother and father) carry basically the same information. That all have the same genes, but there may be slight variations in these genes. These small differences occur in less than 1% of DNA sequence and produce variants of a particular gene are called alleles.

The information in the nucleotide sequence of a gene is transcribed to mRNA (messenger RNA) by enzymes in the cell nucleus and then translated into a protein in the cytoplasm. This protein may be a bit of tissue. Could be an enzyme that is involved in a chemical reaction, or maybe a hormone. There are many other possible functions of proteins.

If a gene is abnormal, may lead to an abnormal protein or an abnormal amount of normal protein. Since autosomal chromosomes are paired, there are two copies of each gene, one from each parent. If any of these defective genes, the other taking enough protein, so that no disease is seen. This is called a recessive disease, and the gene is said to have inherited a recessive model.

But if only one abnormal gene is needed to produce the disease, which is called a dominant hereditary disorder. In the case of a dominant disease, if one abnormal gene is inherited from the father or mother, the child will likely show the disease.

A person with an abnormal gene is called heterozygous for this gene. If a child receives an abnormal recessive disease gene from both parents, the child will see the disease and homozygous for that gene.

If both parents are heterozygous for each gene of a recessive disease, in particular, that every child has a probability of 25% homozygous for this gene, and therefore shows the disease. If one parent is homozygous and heterozygous others, so every child has a probability of 50% homozygous.

Today, many genome projects to add tens of thousands of public nucleotide databases every day, to explore gene function often begins with a sequence of DNA. Here the challenge is to translate the sequence into the function. One approach, referred to earlier in this chapter, is looking for database and characterized proteins that have similar amino acid sequences of proteins encoded by a gene, and from there to use some of the methods described in § previous study for another function of genes. But to directly address the problem of how a gene in a cell or organism, is the most effective approach to study mutants that lack either the gene or expression of a modified version of this. Determine cellular processes are disrupted or threatened such mutants, and often provides a window into the biological function of a gene.

Wilson's disease

excessive accumulation of copper ore in various parts of the body is characterized by a particular disorder known as Wilson's disease. The condition is a genetic disorder that causes copper accumulation in the body and especially in the liver of the person. The condition can cause loss of life if left untreated. Wilson's disease, however, is very treatable and the affected person must be treated in the detection.

Some signs of disease symptoms are noticed the small physical fatigue, but the persistence among women may be the absence of menstruation and may also be associated with unexplained spontaneous abortions for many women. The first symptoms of the disease is very quiet and the condition is progressive in the development and needs some time to detect and diagnose correctly. The presence of headache, muscle tremors, incoordination and limb movement and movement in general, to develop a sudden unsteady gait, involuntary drooling, difficulty swallowing, joint pain and persistent symptoms are later stages of the disease. unusual behavior often occurs in people affected and the individual may experience to think like a peculiar manifestation of mental illness.

However, it is possible to completely avoid dietary copper or some degree of certainty that most foods contain at least a little copper, even in the track called. However, some measures taken in this regard, internal organs and oysters are rich in copper and can be eliminated from the diet to that person. People with Wilson's disease may also moderate intake of certain foods that are relatively rich in copper, but may be important in other respects, and can also be highly nutritious, good examples include most nuts and vegetables. If zinc supplementation was conducted minerals, dietary restrictions of food grains must be made, and are not strictly necessary, but grains contain significant amounts of copper, but they are an important a healthy diet and is necessary for other metabolic needs of the body.
Dietary Supplements and Herbs

Wilson's disease affected individuals may benefit from zinc supplementation, and the special property of reducing the amount of copper absorbed by the body, this form of dietary performed successfully in many patients over a number of studies over several years and is a proven method for the treatment of Wilson's disease. In fact, zinc has been hailed by many as (his words) "treatment remarkably effective and nontoxic therapy for Wilson's disease." Although many researchers working with Wilson's disease has suggested the use of zinc supplements as a first treatment, the FDA has not given its approval, but at the same time, the U.S. FDA Food and Drug Administration approved the use of zinc to treat Wilson's disease, at least what is known as maintenance treatment in the period immediately following an effective drug treatment for Wilson's disease.

Even people who have had successful treatment with certain prescription drugs, the use of zinc proposes to keep the copper to normal levels and prevent the increase of people with Wilson's disease after treatment. Maintenance therapy is complementary to the main stage of zinc-50 mg three times daily for maintenance therapy, however, the proper use of zinc supplements are made by other doctors who prescribe zinc in the initial treatment supplements without the use of a drug treatment, and without resorting to drug therapy to everyone. Therefore, Wilson's disease treated with zinc supplements for themselves and pharmacological treatment is not necessary in all cases.

The effect of zinc supplements can be taken from a report in a copper deficiency was reported in fact a person with Wilson's disease. This person took high doses of zinc, about 480 mg per day to treat the condition. A word of caution here, the disease has affected all people of Wilson is not necessarily benefit from zinc supplementation. This is because even after zinc supplementation increased copper levels in organs such as liver can occur immediately after starting treatment. However, it is not a serious problem, and suggests that researchers can temporary accumulation of copper in the liver is a transient phase, all copper fall to normal levels after prolonged supplementation begins with zinc and complete, but also benefit from this increase in copper is not necessarily dangerous for the patient.

Even pregnant women with Wilson's disease treated with zinc supplementation alone, doses of these women, 25 mg or 50 mg three times daily. However, it is important to have some form of clinical supervision to perform the treatment of Wilson disease with zinc supplements, consult your doctor about how you're doing, and he left or she plays a supervisory role.

Many supplements, all forms of multi-mineral and multivitamin preparations and minerals have a high copper content. In the case of patients with Wilson's disease with respect to the use of supplements containing small amounts of copper should not be used in appreciable quantities or regularly.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Don't overload your tendons

 


 


Effective plyometric training

There's a decided feel of spring in the air here in Istanbul. Whilst it's still coolish, the temperatures are no longer low enough to burn the nose off your face. It's hard to believe that it was snowing here only last week. Unfortunately, it also means that my single handed attempts to prop up the antihistamine industry have begun in earnest!

I am running one of the units at Edith Cowan University on the Masters of Strength and Conditioning course and last night I completed packaging the lecture on tendinopathy management, so I thought I'd share some of that information with you guys. In particular, I'd like to chat about the impact that plyometrics have on tendon pathology.

First of all, we need to define two terms:

  • Plyometrics refers to drills where the musculotendinous unit is loaded and then contracted rapidly, utilising a phenomenon known as the stretch shorted cycle (SSC). The rapid stretch produces a more forceful contraction. You may remember a while back I talked about depth jumps and this is an example of a plyometric exercise. Bounding, jumping, skipping, hurdles and clap push ups are all examples of plyometric drills.
  • Tendinopathy means pain in, and dysfunction of, a tendon.

Plyometrics place a high load on tendons. Effective plyo performance relies on the tendon's great capacity to provide elastic recoil, which in turn enhances jump height etc. This load is sensed by the tenocytes (tendon cells) that increase their activity to provide a stronger supporting collagen framework within the tendon so that this increased load can be tolerated.

The tenocytes are capable of dealing with this load so long as it's not too frequent. For a beginner, too frequent means engaging in high tendon load activities once every 3-4 days.

What is high tendon load for a novice athlete may in fact be low tendon load for an experienced high jumper (in the same way that what is heavy for me may be as light as a feather for you).

If the tenocytes are asked to deal with high loads on an all-too-frequent basis, they can become overworked and eventually burn out. This is the basis of the degenerative tendons we often see (for example, the grumbling Achilles tendon that complains for the first 10 minutes when we get out of bed in the morning).

So how should this affect our plyometric programme planning? Well, to start with, we should be aware that whilst plyo exercises (hurdles etc.) don't feel particularly stressful, they are and we need to limit the reps to around 4-6 per set (after that, performance declines anyway).

We need to build up slowly to allow the tenocytes to adapt to the increased load and we need to structure high, medium and low tendon load days into the programme. We also need to appreciate that tendon load capacity varies between, and even within, individuals. Generally speaking, plyometrics would fall into the high tendon load basket and so we need to take care if prescribing many sets of these during a week; once to twice a week should be sufficient for most folk.