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Stress can lead to arguments
BBC News

Stressed parents may play a role in childhood asthma, researchers believe.

They found the children of tense parents who lived in polluted areas were far more likely to have asthma than friends in the same neighbourhood.

The University of California team believe parental anxieties combine with other known risk factors to increase a child’s asthma risk.

They told Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences there might be an underlying biological explanation.

Experts have already shown that women who are stressed in pregnancy may raise the risk of their child developing asthma or other allergies.

And stress is known to trigger asthma attacks.

In the latest study the researchers followed 2,497 healthy primary school children living in Southern California and recorded how many of these developed asthma over a three-year period - 120 in total.

They also gathered information on other known asthma risk factors like exposure to traffic-related air pollution and maternal smoking, as well as parental education, income and stress levels.Read more…

The virus was first recorded in Mexico
BBC News

H1N1 swine flu has killed more than 700 people around the world since the outbreak began four months ago, says the World Health Organization (WHO).

This represents a jump of at least two-thirds from the last official death toll figure of 429, published by the WHO on July 6.

Margaret Chan, WHO director-general, has warned that swine flu will become the biggest flu pandemic ever seen.

However, most cases continue to produce only mild symptoms.

The overwhelming majority of patients usually recover, even without medical treatment, within a week of falling ill.

The WHO has said the pandemic is developing at such a high speed that it is now pointless to try to document every case.

In past pandemics, flu viruses have needed more than six months to spread as widely as the new H1N1 virus has spread in less than six weeks.

But officials have stressed that there is an ongoing need for all countries to monitor unusual events, such as clusters of severe or fatal cases, or unusual clinical patterns, closely. Read more…

Because there are so many different diet options available on the market today, it is extremely difficult to find a healthy diet plan right for you. Some plans force you to limit your carbohydrate intake, some force you to reduce fat, and some require you to severely limit your calorie intake. How do you find the right plan for you?

There are many diets that can work but you must make the commitment to stick to them. The best diet for you is the one that you feel most comfortable following for the long-term. To do that, you need to find a plan that contains foods you like to eat and fits your lifestyle. Such a plan can help you lose weight and help you keep those extra pounds off.

HOW TO CHOOSE AN EATING PLAN

For most people, simply cutting back on their usual dietary habits is not enough. You may need a more structured program in order to change the bad habits that put on your extra weight in the first place. You must not only limit your food but change those negative behaviors.

Weight loss should never be about deprivation. Ultimately, this does not work for anyone over the long-term. If you feel like you are being too severely restricted, you will feel dissatisfied and more inclined to cheat. You must choose an eating plan that includes the foods you love to eat.

Never try to follow a diet that is very low in calories. Low-calories diets produce quick weight loss but the weight you lose is water and muscle, not fat. You are also much more likely to gain the weight back very quickly. Additionally, low-calorie diets are VERY unhealthy for your body.

Avoid diet plans that are based on unrealistic expectations, like completely eliminating certain foods or eating only certain foods at certain times. If it sounds unhealthy, it probably is. Also, be very wary of plans that make fantastic promises. If it sounds unrealistic, it probably is.

CUSTOMIZE A DIET PLAN FOR YOU.

Your first priority should be to choose an eating plan that fits you, not your friend, your spouse, or your boss. Remember, make your decision based on something that you can stick with for life, not for a week or a month.

Find a plan that you can enjoy without feeling deprived or you will not be able to stay with it. Choose healthy foods, but also choose foods that you enjoy. Choose a balanced meal plan that includes a wide variety of foods, vitally important for a diet you can live with.

The key ingredients for a healthy diet are high fiber foods, including most vegetables and some fruits, whole grains, lean proteins, low-fat dairy foods, healthy oils (olive oil and fatty fish), and lots and lots of water. Avoid high sugar foods and white flour foods (most of the processed foods that are available in your grocery store).

EXERCISE DAILY.

Exercise revs up your metabolism, increasing your rate of weight loss. It strengthens your heart by pumping more blood, lowers blood pressure and reduces your cholesterol levels.

Modify your diet as you reach your goal weight, adding variety in the form of foods that you love to eat. Add some regular aerobic exercise (walking, jogging, skating, etc.). Before you know it, you will feel better, look better, and be living a healthier lifestyle.

By Chris Chenoweth

With the proper equipment and proper expertise in ethnic skin care Crystal Microdermabrasion TM is th ideal method to safely treat men and women of Indian and African-American heritage.

 Bay Harbour Med Spa was the pioneer of the Crystal Microdermabrasion TM treatments that were introduced to ethnic men and women in 1996.

Facts about Type IV Skin ( Ethnic Skin):

 1. Thicker Epidermis than Caucasian skin

2. Produces more pigment and rarely develops skin cancer

3. Shows less signs of aging

Benefits of Crystal Microdermabrasion TM treatments on ethnic skin:

1. Best results are acheived after a series of treatments

2. Treatments are done in a profressive manner not an aggressive manner ( i.e. chemical peels) therefore, there is no risk in causing discoloration or damage to the skin’s pigment.

3. Stimulates production of collagen, elastin, and fibroblast in the dermis layer.

These factors aid to reduce fine lines, reduce the appearance of acne scars and helps to control the over production of oil produced by the sebaceous glands which causes acne. When dealing with ethnic skin types, extra care must be taken. For the past 32 years, Bay Harbour Med Spa has safely and effectively treated men and women of all ethnic skin types.

Our skin care experts were trained and educated in Europe, South Africa and the Mediterranean regions and has proudly has customized treatments specifically for Indian and African-American teens, men and women.

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As a human you might already know that just about your entire body is covered with hair. Some hair is coarse and dark, and some is fine and pale that it isn’t visible to the naked eye. Humans, in fact, have more hair follicles per square inch than most higher primates, including chimpanzees and gorillas.

Shaving or trimming your beard or moustache are regular grooming tasks you’re used to. But what you may not like are the painful ingrowns involved with shaving, or the excess hair on your back and shoulders, around the ears or between the eyebrows that seem to grow back faster that you can pluck or shave it.

If the above rings true for you than this may be the time for you to consider CoolGlide laser hair removal available at Miami Laser Hair Removal. CoolGlide by Cutera is the only laser hair removal technology approved to treat men and women of all skin colors including African-Americans without causing any discoloration to the skin’s pigment.

Understanding hair removal:

In the past conventional remedies for unwanted hair were tweezing, waxing, electrolysis, shaving or depilatories.

For long-term hair removal, electrolysis is popular and effective but can be painful and slow. Hair by hair, an electric current passes through a needle to destroy the hair root’s ability to grow. It typically takes months or even years of regular repeat treatments- even for small areas, like between your eyebrows.

Now there’s a more effective solution, the CoolGlide laser technology, a state-of-the art system specially designed to remove unwanted hair faster, less painfully and more reliably than electrolysis.

Understanding what a laser treatment is:

A laser produces a beam of highly concentrated light. Different types of lasers produce different colors of light. The color of light produced by a particular laser is key to its effect on hair follicles.

The light emitted by the CoolGlide laser technology is absorbed by the pigment located in the hair follicles. The laser pulses for a fraction of a second, just long enough to vaporize the pigment, disabling several follicles at a time to eliminate or significantly impede the hairs re-growth.

Most importantly, CoolGlide laser technology utilizes a special contact cooling hand piece and protects the surrounding skin while bringing the laser energy as close as possible to the hair root.

What can you expect?

The length of a laser session may be a few minutes to an hour or more depending on the size of the area being treated. Because laser tends to work best when treating hair follicles that are in an active growth phase, multiple treatments may be required to disable hair follicles that subsequently enter this growth phase.

The laser treatment itself can cause a slight tingling sensation. Most patients tolerate the procedure well. But, because some areas of the body are more sensitive than others, Miami Laser Hair Removal uses natural ways to numb the treated areas to ease the discomfort associated with the laser treatments. Most patients complain about the upper lip or bikini area as areas of slight discomfort.

The appearance of the treated areas immediately after a laser session will vary from patient to patient depending on the extent of treatment. Immediate after effects are minor. They may include redness or swelling, which disappear in a short time. Most people return to normal activity right away.

Anagen Stage: The hair’s active growth phase. During the anagen stage, the hair contains an abundance of melanin (color). If you recall reading above, the laser beam must detect color (melanin) in order to destroy the hair follicle.

 Catagen Stage: The regression phase when the lower part of the hair stops growing but is not shed and the follicle is reabsorbed.

Telogen Stage: The resting phase during which the old hair falls out in preparation for the development of new hair.

It is virtually impossible for mankind to decipher at which stage we’re in on any given day, therefore, after years of experience we at Miami Laser Hair Removal have seen the most favorable results in patient who came in every six weeks for their treatments. It seems that this time frame gets the hair follicles in the Anagen stage.

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