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10/13/2024

Three deaths linked to energy drink
Red Bull, one of Britain's biggest-selling soft drinks, should not be drunk with alcohol or after exercise, Swedish authorities warn, following reports that at least three people have died after doing so.
The Swedish National Food Administration is investigating the drink, which contains a high concentration of caffeine and taurine, a building block of protein.
It is a favourite with clubbers, sportsmen and partygoers, but two people have died after apparently mixing the drink with vodka. Another died after drinking several cans after an intensive gym workout, and there was another suspected link between the drink and a death in Dublin last year.
Anders Glyn, of the Swedish National Food Administration, said: "There is no hard scientific evidence available as yet. We will be going through the autopsy reports." Dr Dan Andersson of Stockholm's South Hospital, where two of the victims are believed to have died, said: "If you drink a lot of Red Bull, if you are dehydrated, and if you mix it with alcohol, it can be very dangerous."
Red Bull is Britain's third best-selling soft drink, after Pepsi and Coca Cola. Last year 230 million cans worth £400million were sold in Britain alone. It is regarded as the "in drink" in settings from gyms to nightclubs, to aprés-ski bars.
Only last Monday night Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic and his friends mixed Red Bull with vodka, apparently in the belief that it would keep them going through night-long celebrations following his Centre Court triumph.
Taurine, normally found in meat and dairy products, is considered beneficial in small doses. Caffeine raises the heart rate and blood pressure and patients with coronary heart disease and hypertension are advised to avoid it.
Norway, Denmark and France have banned the drink from all shops other than pharmacies, classifying it as a medicine because of its high caffeine content, and the company is now embroiled in a legal battle in the European Court of Justice. A 31-year-old Swedish victim died after her heart stopped as she danced after drinking two cans.
Last autumn Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern ordered an investigation after the death of Ross Cooney, 18, from Limerick, who drank four cans during a basketball match. An inquest showed he had thickened artery walls and a heart condition as a child, but the coroner called for more research.
A study at Dublin's St James Hospital last April found that only two cans of the drink caused some arteries to dilate so that blood pressure fell, while others stiffened and led to higher blood pressure. While the two effects may cancel each other out, the addition of alcohol could create unpredictable results.
However, Britain's Food Standards Agency said it did not plan to launch an investigation. A spokesman for Red Bull said the drink had a safe record stretching back 14 years. "There had been rigorous scientific testing even before the drink came on the market," she said.
Austrian Dieterich Mateschitz, 55, who invented Red Bull, is now a billionaire. He stumbled on a health tonic in Bangkok and launched his version in 1987 with claims that it revitalises the mind and body, increases endurance, improves reaction and concentration and helps eliminate toxins from the body.
This year, the Advertising Standards Authority rejected the claims, saying that there was no proof that it would have such effects for "the vast majority, irrespective of circumstances".

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هل يرتبِط قضاءُ الكثير من الوقت على مواقع التواصل الاجتِماعي بالاكتِئاب؟
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أشارَت دِراسةٌ حديثةٌ إلى أنَّه كلَّما أمضى البالِغُ اليافِع المزيدَ من الوقت في استِخدام وسائل التواصل الاجتِماعي المشهورة، ازداد خطرُ إصابته بالاكتِئاب.
اشتملتِ الدِّراسةُ على حوالي 1800 رجلٍ وامرأةٍ تراوحت أعمارُهم بين 19 و 32 عاماً، حيث حاول الباحِثون معرِفةَ ما إذا كان الاستِخدامُ الزائد لوسائل التواصل الاجتِماعي يُعزِّزُ من الاكتئاب، أو ما إذا كان الأشخاصُ الذين يُعانون من الاكتِئاب بالأصل لديهم ميل نحو استخدام وسائل التواصل الاجتِماعي بشكلٍ أكثر.
قالَ المُعدُّ الرئيسيّ للدراسة الدكتور بريان بريماك، مُدير مركز أبحاث الإعلام والتكنولوجيا والصحَّة لدى جامِعة بيتسبورغ: "هناك احتِمالٌ كبير في أنَّ الأشخاصَ الذين لديهم أعراض للاكتِئاب يستخدمونَ وسائلَ التواصل الاجتِماعي بشكلٍ أكثر، وقد يعود هذا إلى أنَّهم لا يمتلِكون الطاقةَ أو الدوافع نحو العلاقات الاجتِماعيَّة المُباشرة".
"ولكن، هناك أيضاً أسبابٌ أخرى في أنَّ الاستخدامَ الزائد لوسائل التواصل الاجتِماعي قد يُؤدِّي إلى المزيد من الأفكار الاكتِئابيَّة؛ فعلى سبيل المثال، قد يشعر الأشخاصُ الذين يستخدمون هذه الوسائل بشكلٍ كبيرٍ بأنَّهم لا يعيشون النمطَ المِثالي من الحياة، والذي يميل الآخرون نحو تقديمه عبر صفحاتهم الشخصية على مواقع التواصل الاجتِماعي، وهي ظاهِرةٌ تُسمَّى أحياناً اكتئاب الفيس بوك Facebook depression".
"قد يكون الأمرُ حلقةً مُفرَغة أيضاً، يتعمَّد فيها الأشخاصُ الذين يُعانُون من الاكتئاب استخدامَ وسائل التواصُل الاجتِماعي بهدف أن تتفاقمَ حالاتهم فقط".
أظهرت الدراسةُ ارتِباطاً بين استخدام وسائل التواصل الاجتِماعي والاكتِئاب، ولكنها لم تُبرهِن على علاقة سببٍ ونتيجةٍ بينهما.
قال بريماك: "بيَّنت دِراستُنا أنَّ هناك ميلاً عاماً عند مُختلف الشرائح، ولكن لا يعني هذا أنَّ كلَّ شخص يستخدم وسائل التواصل الاجتِماعي بشكلٍ كبيرٍ يُعاني من الاكتئاب".
"في الحقيقة، هناك العديدُ من الأشخاص الذين يستخدمون وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي بهدف التقليل من الاكتئاب الذي يُعانون منه، ولكن تُشير نتائجُ دراستنا إلى أنَّه - بشكلٍ عام - يرتبِط الاستخدامُ الزائد لوسائل التواصل الاجتِماعي بالمزيد من الاكتئاب".
قال الباحِثون إنَّ المُشاركين استخدموا وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي بمُختلف أنواعها لثلاثين مرَّة في الأسبُوع، أي لأكثر من ساعة في اليوم، وأظهرت اختِباراُت الاكتئاب أنَّ حوالي 25 في المائة منهم تعرَّضوا إلى زِيادة في خطر الاكتئاب، حيث وصلت هذه الزيادة إلى حوالي 2.7 من المرَّات عند الأشخاص الذين استخدموا وسائلَ التواصل الاجتماعي أكثر من غيرهم.
أضاف الباحِثون أنَّهم أخذوا في الاعتِبار عوامِل، مثل العُمر والجنس والعرق والحالة العائليَّة والاقتِصادية والتعليميَّة.
نوَّه مُعِدُّو الدراسة إلى ضرورة أن يأخذ الأطباءُ في اعتبارهم مسألةَ استخدام وسائل التواصل الاجتِماعي عندَ مرضى الاكتِئاب.

01/22/2023

Chickpeas, peas help to lose weight

Researchers said that beans, chickpeas, peas and lentils are simple kinds of food, but it can help you lose body weight.
The researchers examined the results of 21 clinical trials about these types of food, and found that it helps the sense of satiety and prevention of weight gain is a plus.
Supervisor of the preparation of the study Russell D'Souza said, of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto / Canada: "Our study showed that the weight loss was modest, but noted that the addition of these legumes to the diet may help you lose weight, and we believe that its importance lies in prevention from gaining weight again after it decreased. "
Said Dr. Dana Angelo White, Nutritionist and assistant professor in the Sports Medicine at Quinnipiac University in Hamden / Connecticut: "These types of pulses are very important, and the need to further study, they are rich in fiber, protein, vitamins and minerals, so it makes sense that it helps to lose weight and reduce cholesterol levels when consumed on a regular basis. "
The researchers also noted that these pulses has a low index of blood sugar-glycemic, ie they disintegrate slowly in the gastrointestinal tract, and for this reason can be consumed instead of animal protein or fat unhealthy eating.
It included experiments that examined the researchers on about 940 adults; the authors said that, when participants began eating one serving of legumes per day (three-quarters of a cup), succeeded in losing about 340 grams of weight during the six weeks without doing any special effort to avoid other types of food.
Previous research has shown that eating beans, lentils and other legumes, makes a person feel full.
De Souza said: "This is fundamental to the ruins of the weight, with about 90 per cent of weight loss programs fail, and in part because of this failure to the effect of hunger and strong desire to eat."
"The results of our study are compatible with the studies we have had in the past, where we found that pulses of increased feeling of satiety by 31 per cent, which may actually lead to a reduction of the amount of food covered by the rights."
"It seems that these pulses also help to reduce the levels of bad cholesterol in the blood."
Said Antonella Obasela, Nutritionist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York: "This study supports the idea that the beans may reduce the fat body, and contribute to weight loss even with the consumption of more calories; and I think it also helps the sense of satiety in quick time, and perhaps reduce fiber contained in the absorption of fat. "

01/22/2023

Exercises prolong the lives of patients with COPD

Researchers said that regular exercise can enhance the survival rates in people who have left the hospital after a battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
She supervises the preparation of the study, Dr. Marilyn Moi, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School: "We know that physical activity can lead to benefits for patients with COPD, and confirms our findings that exercise may reduce the risk of death after hospital stay ".
Includes COPD on pulmonary emphysema emphysema and chronic inflammation of the bronchial tree, or a combination of both cases, it is often smoking is associated; and include common symptoms of this disease on the difficulty breathing, chronic cough, wheezing and respiratory secretion of phlegm, and with the passage of time can this disease leads to death .
Dr. Alan Mensch, head of the Division of Pulmonary Medicine at North Lowell Helss Plainview Hospital / New York said: "infects lung disease, chronic obstructive about 7 per cent of adults, and is one of the leading causes of death in the contrary throughout the world."
"Difficulty breathing often lead to lung disease patients live a life of chronic obstructive inert, which in turn lead to the demise of the so-called deconditioning adjustment for members of multiple organs in the body, such as the heart and muscles."
"Improving the performance of the muscles during exercise showed that it reduces the use of health services in patients with COPD."
The authors of the study said that the risk of re-hospitalization and mortality is high, especially if you enter the patient to the hospital due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The researchers examined medical records for about 2,400 people in California, hospitalized because of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and the aim was to find out whether exercise helps reduce the risk of this disease.
The researchers found that patients who practiced physical activity, which ranged from moderate to severe, were less likely to die by 47 per cent during the year after entering the hospital, compared with patients who were dormant.
The researchers said that, even low levels of physical activity, reduced the risk of death by 28 per cent.
The authors said the study, said the study did not demonstrate a relationship of cause and effect, because its design is based on the observation, however, they believe that the monitoring of levels of physical activity may be a good way physicians used to identify patients with COPD who are facing an increase in the risk of death after entering the hospital.
Mensch said: "We now know that exercise reduces the risk of death in patients with type II diabetes, and people who suffer from cardiovascular problems, this study adds patients with COPD to that list; which highlights the importance of promoting these slides of patients the exercise. "
Dr. Len Horovitz, a specialist lung disease at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York said: "It is well known that physical activity may protect against lung microscopic atelectasis microscopic lung collapse, and that the life of inactive increase the risk of blood clots and pulmonary embolism killer fatal pulmonary embolism".

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يقول أطبَّاءُ لدى مايوكلينيك: إنَّ السُّعالَ يُعدُّ مُزِمناً إن استمرَّ بشكلٍ ثابِتٍ لمدَّة 8 أسابيع أو أكثر، وهو ليس دائِماً علامةً تُشير إلى مشكلةٍ صحيَّةٍ خطيرة. ومع ذلك، يُمكن أن يُسبِّبَ الإزعاجَ للإنسان؛ وهناك طُرقٌ يُمكن اتِّباعُها للتخفيف من السُّعال المُزمِن، وهي تشتمل على التالي:
● تجنُّب التعرُّض إلى المواد التي تُثِيرُ الحساسيَّةَ، والتي تُعرَف بقدرتها على تحرِيضِ السُّعال.
● الامتِناع عن التَّدخين الذي يُعدُّ من الأسباب الشائِعة لالتِهاب القصبات المُزمِن chronic bronchitis.
● تدبير الارتجاع الحمضي acid reflux، الذي يُمكن أن يُفاقِمَ السُّعال، ويُمكن التخفيفُ من هذه الحالة عن طريق تناوُل حصص مُحدَّدة من الطعام والبقاء في وضعية مُنتصِبة لعدَّة ساعاتٍ بعدَ الانتِهاء من تناوُل الوجبة، والنَّوم في وضعية يكون الرأسُ فيها مُرتفِعاً عن مُستوى الجسم.
هيلث داي نيوز، ديانا كونلي، الثلاثاء 22 كانون الأوَّل/ديسمبر 2015