Sport Helps Obese Children With Their Health
Is your child obese? It’s really no reason to deprive him of sport. On the contrary, physical activity is integral to its management, as well as dietary measures. The important fact is to be able to reduce periods of inactivity. According to the Health Authority (HAS), “the regular practice of a structured physical activity at least twice a week is recommended. This exercise is chosen and / or accepted by the child in consultation with his family. “HAS also advises practices to increase during the day: take the stairs instead of the elevator, go to school on foot or bike [...]
Melanoma is everyones business
More than 8500 new cases and 1,500 deaths each year in France … “Melanoma is everyone’s business,” said Dr. Caroline Robert. Chief of dermatology at the Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR) in Villejuif, the doctor at the forefront of research is fully involved in the doctor / patient relationship. The service including the association Overcoming melanoma. “We must support the family, often immersed in great distress,” she says. And she points to the sensitive relationship between doctor and patient: the diagnosis. President of the association Overcoming melanoma, Beatrice Champagne was the pain of losing her husband a few years ago, a [...]
The Beneficial Effect Of Fiber In Diets
The beneficial effect of fiber was already known, but his interest in the prevention of deaths from infectious diseases remains to be elucidated. Regular consumption of dietary fiber results in a decrease of 22% of all deaths, according to a major U.S. study of almost 220,000 men and 170,000 women aged 50 to 71 years, followed for nine years. The results were recently published in Archives of International Medicine. This is the first time that researchers also provide evidence of clear benefit of fiber in life. “And the most surprising is the effect on mortality from infections,” said Dr. Pierre [...]