Children could Suffer Heart Disease since 9 years old

Heart disease is not a disease that could only be suffered by adults only. This was stated by a team of doctors from Sweden.  They released a result of their study which stated that children could suffer from heart disease since 9 years old.

Children who are at risk of suffering heart disease is not just those who are obese, but also children who have lean body. Although not overweight, children everyday only watches TV at home and rarely do physical activity can suffer heart disease since the age of 9 years old.

This risk emerges because of the lack of physical activity done by these children. As a result, maximum oxygen consumption by the body is not met. The subsequent effect if they lack oxygen consumption is that it can affect various organ functions.

Children who are often involved in physical activities consume an average oxygen as much as 41.7 mL/min/ kg body weight. While children who rarely move are only able to consume 35.7 41.7 mL /min/ kg body weight. These differences affect the overall function of organs including the heart rhythm.

The latest research conducted in Skane University Hospital, Sweden. The study, led by Dr. Tina Tahna and was published in the Acta Paediatrica journal, involved 123 boys and 100 girls aged between 9 to 10 years.

Besides measuring their body mass index, their physical activity were also observed by installing various equipment including Electro Cardiograph (ECG) to record heart rhythms. Researchers also attached an accelerometer to measure physical activity of the participants.

Results for 4 consecutive days found the influence of a lack of exercise on heart disease risk remains high even though the children are not overweight.

Besides from oxygen consumption, blood test results also showed that lack of exercise can cause unhealthy blood composition.

“This study shows the clinical relationship between lack of physical activity with risk factors for heart disease increased to 11 percent,” said Dr Tahna, according to ScienceDaily.

The study also reveals that the addition of activity for 20 minutes each day has a significant influence in reducing the risk of heart disease. But most health experts recommend, the kids have to perform physical activity at least 60 minutes a day.

(Source: medicmagic)

How to Deal with Sleepwalking Disease?

Sleepwalking is a common disease but can not determine the exact cause disease. Up to 40% of children are sleepwalking into a certain time. In families with young sleepwalker, and other vulnerable children and most children are developing rapidly.

Sleepwalking is a state away in his sleep. This is a type of sleep disorder, who carried away in his sleep while some activities are likely to remain asleep. Sleepwalking may occur in any age, is common in children, even toddlers children, the most common age is between 3-7 years old.

The patient is sleeping, sitting, eyes open, go around the room or going toward the light, young parents’ bedroom, or go to the window and climbed up the window, opened the door to go outside .. .

Even some patients conduct complicated operations such as moving furniture, going to the bathroom, or take off clothing and many other similar activities. Some people in the car, drive a car to go a long way while actually asleep. Some sexual behaviors may appear.

Adults may or hallucinations or eat while walking. Can be very difficult to wake a sleepwalker who is so, they can attack their wake. Patients often look awkward, clumsy, bizarre behavior such as urinating in the trash. Sometimes it appears the excitement, man or more acts of violence.

Sleepwalking can suddenly end, patients can return to bed and continue sleeping. Sleepwalking usually occurs after 1-2 hours of sleep in stages 3 and 4 of NREM sleep (deep sleep) and last from several seconds to 30 minutes. Waking, the patient does not remember anything about what happened. Sleepwalking may occur every night, often can not.

Scientists Confirmed Alcohol Causes Cancer

Australian Cancer Society launched yesterday warned that drinking any amount can lead to cancer.

Although alcoholic drinks are popular, familiar humanity for a long time, but so far little work has directly confirmed that it is the cause of this deadly disease.

However, recently, Australian Cancer Society said alcohol and ethanol is carcinogenic agent to humans, and there is no evidence to suggest a safe threshold of consumption to avoid disease.

The report also stated that scientists have compelling evidence suggests that alcohol causes cancer of the mouth, throat, larynx, esophagus, colon (in men) and breast (in women).

According to Xinhua, it also increases the risk of colorectal cancer in women and liver cancer.

“This is an important reason to cause illness, injury and death, whether oral or extraordinarily long day, ” association spokesman said.

The best way to reduce cancer risk are limiting or avoiding alcohol and drinking, the researchers stressed.