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It is said that when Johann Wolfgang Goethe was asked, which three things he would take to an island. He stated: "Poetry, a beautiful woman and enough bottles of the world's finest wines to survive this dry period!" Then he was asked what he would leave back first, if it was allowed to take only two things to the island. And he briefly replied: "The poetry!" Slightly surprised, the man asked the next question: "And Sir, what would you leave back if only one was allowed?" And Goethe thought for a couple of minutes and answered: "It depends on the vintage!"


Indeed if our hearts are warm with happiness or if sorrow chills our hearts we need to take a glass of good wine. We have heard a lot about favorable influence of wine upon man’s organism and from time to time we get new and new arguments in favor of it. “The healthiest people do include moderate drinking in their lifestyle,” says Eric Rimm, Sc.D., associate professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. You can reap alcohol’s health benefits within weeks, and the gains accumulate over time.” You are watching your calories and wondering what your best bet is: beer, liquor or wine? You must know that ounce for ounce, beer turns out to have the fewest calories (13 for regular, 9 for light), followed by wine (25) and liquor (64 to 82). But when you consider how much you're typically served of each, you may be better off ordering a cocktail. That's because a drink containing a jigger of alcohol, mixed with water, seltzer or diet soda, will have no more than 124 calories—roughly 25 calories less than a 6-ounce glass of wine or a 12-ounce bottle of beer. (Light beer, with only 103 calories per bottle, is also a good choice.) If you like your drinks mixed with regular soda or juice, however, beware: You could slurp down 300 or more calories. Generally experts recommend either12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine or 1½ ounces of 80-proof liquor. And it does not matter which sort of alcohol you prefer - all forms of alcohol have ethanol, the ingredient that adds a health benefit. But women who have a high risk for breast cancer should have less than one drink a day; there’s evidence that alcohol can raise the odds for some forms of the disease and those with a family history of alcoholism should avoid alcohol altogether.
Moderate drinking raises HDL (“good”) cholesterol, helping reduce the risk for heart disease and possibly stroke, a study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston indicates. Alcohol also makes blood platelets less sticky, so they’re less likely to form into potential heart-attack-inducing clots. It may insulin levels, lowering your risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a study in the journal Obesity. It appears that alcohol can increase cells’ sensitivity to insulin, which in turn allows cells to burn glucose faster and reduce blood sugar levels also that alcohol can increase cells’ sensitivity to insulin, which in turn allows cells to burn glucose faster and reduce blood sugar levels.
A glass of good wine can make our daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance as Benjamin Franklin said.

Everybody knows that every year, millions of people get sick with the flu (influenza) and cold. And if someone has symptoms of colds, flu, cold respiratory tract infections somebody else is always quick to say: “There are a lot of ways to say good-bye to medicines.” And sometimes he is right, because we have got a great store of natural healing therapies called alternative medicine which includes such well known home health care treatments as natural herbal medicine, homeopathy, diet, shiatsu, yoga, spiritual healing, meditation and more. Herbal therapy has especial wide popularity among them as the most effective and without side effects as a rule. For instance eucalyptus has pronounced antiseptic characteristics and can be used in remedies to treat coughs and the common cold. Experts recommend the use of fresh leaves in teas, gargles and inhalations to soothe sore throats and treat bronchitis and sinusitis. And the perfect solution on this way is using Herbal Vaporizers which will help you not only to treat respiratory disease more effectively but to take drastic measures for prophylaxis of the influenza. This is full featured, compacted, functional and easy to use. It’s indispensable and useful thing in every family.

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Carbohydrates, protein, fats, and alcohol—the dietary macrocomponents—are the sources of energy in the diet. Under normal circumstances, more than 95% of this food energy is digested and absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract to provide the body's energy needs. Studies of normal and overweight subjects have not shown any significant differences in the proportion of food energy absorbed. In some underweight subjects, however, malabsorption of nutrients is an important factor. Food energy is used to meet the body's needs, including protein synthesis; maintenance of body temperature, cardiac output, respiration, and muscle function; and storage and metabolism of food sources of energy. When more energy is consumed than is needed for metabolism and physical activity, the excess is stored, primarily as adipose tissue.

Energy is the capacity to do work. In biologic systems it is usually measured in kilocalories (kcal) or kilojoules (kJ). One kilocalorie (equivalent to 4.184 kJ) is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water 1°C (e.g., from 15 to 16°C) at standard atmospheric pressure (760 mm Hg).

Energy balance refers to the relationship of energy intake to energy expenditure and energy storage. Less energy expenditure than energy intake results in a positive energy balance and storage of energy primarily as body fat. Increased fat storage is appropriate during pregnancy and lactation, during some periods of growth and development, and during recovery from trauma or malnutrition, but it may not be desirable under other conditions. When energy expenditure exceeds energy intake, energy balance is negative and leads to weight loss. When intake equals expenditure, equilibrium results and body fat is maintained, regardless of whether the body weight is at, above, or below normal. Even at stable body weight, however, the percentage of body fat frequently increases with age unless regular physical activity is maintained. At the same body weight, some sedentary people have relatively more body fat than those who exercise. Thus even at normal weights, these individuals may have more adiposity than desirable.

Prolonged insufficient energy intake results in malnutrition, which is observed in many developing countries and is also a public health concern for a minority of the U.S. population. In most cases, insufficient food intake results from a lack of economic ability to obtain food, from an illness, or from physical or mental disorders that prevent sufficient ingestion or utilization of food to meet energy expenditure, or in some cases from voluntary restriction of food intake and dieting.
(Diet and Health: Implications for Reducing Chronic Disease Risk (1989)
Commission on Life Sciences)

There are a great number of healthy diets you can do to help your overall health. But how to choose the right one? First of all before you start any diet don’t forget to consult with your physician.

It’s very important to have a healthy weight for your height is important and experts have developed a way to help figure out if a person is in the healthy weight range for his or her height. It's called the body mass index, or BMI. BMI is a formula that doctors use to estimate how much body fat a person has based on his or her weight and height.
The pounds/inches BMI formula, is:
your weight (in pounds) x 704.5 divided by your height (in inches) x Your Height (in inches). So if your BMI now is in the range 19 to 24.9 you have a healthy weight.
If your BMI is in the range 25 to 29.9 you are considered to be overweight and may incur moderate health risks. For example, heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure are all linked to being overweight.
If your BMI is 30+ you are considered to be obese. Obesity is associated with increased risk of cancer, heart disease and other health problems. A BMI of 30 and over increases the risk of death from any cause by 50 to 150 percent, according to some estimates.
If your BMI is 35+ and you have a waist size of over 40 inches (men) and 35 inches (women) you are considered to be at especially high risk for health problems.
If your BMI is 40+ you are considered to be seriously obese and at a very serious risk of health problems.
Note: Above BMI 25, the higher the BMI, the greater the risk of developing additional health problems.

No wander that millions of people which have some kind of problems with the health are keeping up on medicine news. Now using the internet we have great opportunity to learn a lot of very useful things, to get great number advices by any medical theme, to chooce Health Improvement Center offered a variety of techniques and services, to read Physician Medical Reviews covered a wide range of subjects, from the most basic aspects of any disease care to the nitty-gritty specifics. And there is no any warrant for saying that this is not right.

But one has to remember that only consultation with your doctor can really help you to make a complete recovery and to avoid supplementary troubles which could come up in case you decide to get a self-treatment. It may concern even to the most inoffensive pills and diets as well. Self-treatment is never considered definitive treatment but can be just a temporary, lifesaving measure while one seeks professional medical help.

If we look at the past there were just limited kinds of teeth crowns available. Cosmetic dentists used gold crowns to cover back teeth but at the same time to chew was quite a challenge for people. As for the ceramic-veneered crowns – they looked rather natural but nevertheless the gold durability was an issue that had to be replaced in the future.

Because of an awkward appearance not all people were ready to wear such crowns – especially it concerns youngsters who pay much attention to their appearance and gold crowns was something that “spoiled the outlook”! Moreover, the chewing pressure remained a problem for anyone who had the courage to wear such crowns.

But the medical technology is developing rather fast and there has been a new type of crowns invented – pure ceramic crowns that lack the problems mentioned above. Bonded all-porcelain crowns sometimes also called reinforced resin crowns have gained many supporters as they provided the most natural look and were practically identical to genuine teeth. Teenagers constituted the largest number of clients.

There are two major types of modern ceramic crowns: reinforced composite crowns and pure ceramic ones. Both of them are outstanding for those who want to have an ideal smile! The most exciting thing is the way these crowns are installed: a new bonding technology enables dentists to place these crowns as firmly to the tissue as possible which results in long and hassle-free wear.

Santa Monica dentists were among the first to install pure ceramic crowns and proved to be highly qualified and professional in their sphere. A huge number of references and testimonials prove that reinforced composite crowns have no competitors nowadays. So do you still fear to wear crowns?

Hypothesis Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) provides the potential for performance of incisionless operations. This would break the physical barrier between bodily trauma and surgery, representing an epical revolution in surgery. Our group at IRCAD-EITS (Institut de Recherche contre les Cancers de l’Appareil Digestif [Institute of Digestive Cancer Research]–European Institute of TeleSurgery) has been actively involved in the development of NOTES since 2004 with a dedicated project created to develop feasibility and survival studies and new endoscopic technology.

Design NOTES cholecystectomy in a woman via a transvaginal approach.

Setting University hospital.

Patient The patient was a 30-year-old woman with symptomatic cholelithiasis.

Intervention The procedure was carried out by a multidisciplinary team using a standard double-channel flexible videogastroscope and standard endoscopic instruments. The placement of a 2-mm needle port, mandatory to insufflate carbon dioxide and to monitor the pneumoperitoneum, was helpful for further retraction of the gallbladder. At no stage of the procedure was there need for laparoscopic assistance. All of the principles of cholecystectomy were strictly adhered to.

Results The postoperative course was uneventful. The patient had no postoperative pain and no scars, and was discharged on the second postoperative day.

Conclusions Transluminal surgery is feasible and safe. NOTES, a radical shift in the practice and philosophy of interventional treatment, is becoming established and is enormously advantageous to the patient. With its invisible mending and tremendous potential, NOTES might be the next surgical evolution.


Author Affiliations: Institut de Recherche contre les Cancers de l’Appareil Digestif–European Institute of TeleSurgery, University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.

The Winner of 2007 Nobel Price in medicine have become members of the international trio from Italy, Great Britain and US. The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute has today decided to award The Nobel Prize "for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells"


Mario R. Capecchi - University of Utah; Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Salt Lake City, UT, USA. b.1937 in Italy.

Sir Martin J. Evans - United Kingdom, Cardiff University
Cardiff, b.1941

Oliver Smithies - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC, USA. b.1941


USA United Kingdom USA
University of Utah; Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Salt Lake City, UT, USA Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
b. 1925 in U.K.

Each of them will get 1/3 of the prize.

As HemeOmkLinx reports that researchers at the University of Florida have developed a method of effectively identifying subtle leukemic cell variants, thus enabling the selective detection of malignant cells on a molecular level with a high degree of specificity. Using single-stranded DNA or RNA probes, known as aptamers, these investigators have successfully delineated several subtypes of adult T-cell leukemia. The aptamers are capable of assuming various 3-D conformations which bind expressly with the unique sites of distinctive cancer cell subsets.

As a diagnostic tool, aptamers represent a clear improvement beyond the antibodies typically employed for this purpose, which fail to discriminate at this molecular level between populations of cancer cells. The pairing of specific aptamer binding patterns and corresponding patient data may then allow the individualizing of future cancer treatment strategies. Volume synthesis of aptamers can be done inexpensively.
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