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HEPATITIS: The most serious complications during pregnancy are hepatitis B and C, transmitted through blood and sexual contact. Many babies of women infected with HIV are infected at birth and become chronic carriers of this disease. Since test is usually performed in the first hepatitis blood test that asks the gynecologist pregnant so, if any made, take the necessary measures.

AIDS poses a significant threat to both the mother and her child. It is advisable to carry out testing for HIV. It is increasingly common for the gynecologist ordering this test to pregnant women on their first visit although neither it nor its partner belonging to a risk group.

Rubella, or: can be very harmful to the fetus and cause serious malformations. They can also increase the risk of abortion and cause premature birth. If you have already passed or have been vaccinated, the risk that the contract and they affect your baby does not exist. If not and you contract the infection during pregnancy, sometimes there are treatments to prevent your child sick, but the best thing is to get vaccinated against these diseases before pregnancy if possible.

Toxoplasmosis: Caused by a parasite that can be contracted in the feces of cats in the land of plants and in raw or undercooked meat. The parasite can cause brain damage to the developing baby if you become infected during pregnancy. The risk of transmission is higher in the last trimester of pregnancy, but is most severe in the first three months.If pregnant once you have no choice to live every day with pets, simply follow a series of recommendations. Avoid cleaning your stools or at least wear gloves. The same if you make gardens. It is best to feed your cat or dog with canned meat. It is very important to wash hands thoroughly after contact with soil, cats, raw meat and vegetables. And as for your diet avoid eating raw, undercooked or cured meats and vegetables make sure that this well-washed fresh.

Not away from the hustle and stress that our mind and body experience every day. The pace of life and style of living in capitalist society is overwhelming for our thinking and our organization psychophysics.

New and old trends that seek out a little of this type of devastating life will be presented throughout this site proposing alternatives to what is given and current. It is clear that many of these issues are not treated too deeply, but rather will be a compilation of the key issues. It is clear that doing yoga twice a week does not mean being a yogi, much less and that the result of this practice is very different bounded to be obtained if one devotes his life to it. The same with food: eating healthier we will do well but many of the tips listed here were not born with the objective of “improving our diet” but are linked to a particular ideology and customs, habits and lifestyles very different to ours.

Most of the advice and information contained herein comes from eastern countries, tradition and culture and westernization of them is often very poor. So is the reader to know how seriously to take these issues are and what gives importance to change your life in whatever manner.

For all this we say that the issues are not treated thoroughly as we will not account for all philosophy, ideology, religion, culture, etc. surrounding each of the subjects. Limit ourselves to just writing advice from this knowledge with the confidence that you can delve into those issues of interest to more considerate. To do this site divided into thematic sections that seek to:

Natural Kitchen: general advice on diet and specific references to certain foods and their health benefits.
Natural medicine: we will review by the various natural therapies and ways to maintain health resulting from different parts of the world.

Aromatherapy: a section devoted exclusively to improving health through the aromas and how they can also improve the home environment or workplace.

Yoga is the section devoted to this increasingly popular activity.
Reflexology: We present the key themes of this therapy that acts on nerves running through our body by massaging the feet or hands.

Meditation: We reviewed by different types of meditation that exist and the benefits of their daily practice.
Reiki: is a section dedicated to the not so well known energy therapy that improves physical and mental condition and is very relaxing to the point where many preoperative will work with Reiki.

Feng Shui is the last section of our site and is dedicated to the oriental technique of “decoration” of the household with higher purposes than mere visual appearance.

A significant percent of cancers could be prevented if during the life we made a number of precautions that have been proven to reduce the chance of developing various cancers. In this paper we present some recommendations that should become facts of everyday life.

1. Change in eating habits: Calorie restriction, varied diet that meets the recommendations of vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats and carbohydrates.

2. Avoid obesity from an early age. Obesity in childhood causes premature and incomplete development of the reproductive organs, cancer waiting room of the reproductive organs.

3. Reduce animal fat in the diet. Animal fats stimulate the production of bile acids that are mixed with feces and travel to the colon where they are converted into carcinogenic compounds by bacteria of the intestinal flora.
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How much you know about the care of your eyes? Like that like other parts of the body’s eyes need to prevent many diseases such as conjunctivitis, cataracts, glaucoma, myopia, problems with the layer of light-sensitive tissue; related macular degeneration with age (AMD ), among others.

Eye diseases are annoying and may even cause serious disruption to those who suffer. But many of them can be effectively treated, while others such as AMD, may delay its appearance.
In an interview Dr. Mario Mercado, cornea specialist, said the Macular Degeneration Age-related (AMD) is a degenerative disease of the central area of the retina called the macula, the part of the eye responsible for visual acuity is required for any activity that requires seeing things in some detail, such as reading or driving. “The cells of the retina, the nervous system be not be reproduced, does not regenerate,” said Dr. Mercado.

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Eradication actions are usually intense and limited in time. This road has been initiated with varying degrees of progress with three diseases: smallpox, polio and measles. The model used is taken from the successful case (smallpox), in some cases with modification, in other constraints. On the other hand, there are three other diseases with elimination-eradication program with special features: neonatal tetanus, Hepatitis B and rubella.

Smallpox
The last case occurred in 1977 and was considered eradicated in 1978. It has a reservoir of virus stored in laboratories that would make vaccines as a precaution against the probability of occurrence in uncharted territory. Due to the risks of its use (in 1978 resulted in the death of a laboratory worker) have concentrated stocks at the CDC (USA). Slated for destruction, but rumors of wars microbial been postponing the decision. It was based on mass immunization, enhanced epidemiological surveillance and vaccination of contacts block the appearance of suspected cases. Its eradication was facilitated by a relatively limited transmissibility (direct contact), which allowed clear identification of contacts, the relative specificity of symptoms and a prolonged incubation period (greater than the latent period of the vaccine.) The model was then used for other enfermedades.

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