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desk jobs high risk for prostate cancer

April 26, 2010 By Denz

According to the latest research, men who have desk jobs are more likely to develop prostate cancer. A study found those who spend most of their working lives sitting down are almost 30 per cent more likely to be diagnosed with the disease than those with very active jobs.

Analysis of 45,000 men aged 45 to 79 found those who had highly physical jobs were 28 per cent less likely to develop the disease than those who spent most of their working lives sitting. In turn, those who sat for half of their working day had a 20 per cent lower risk than men who spent their entire day sitting, the British Journal of Cancer reports.

Other forms of exercise also had an impact, with men who walked or cycled for more than an hour a day having a 14 per cent lower risk than those who walked or cycled for 40 minutes or less a day. Although regular exercise is recommended for all-round health, evidence of its protective effect against prostate cancer had been lacking until now.

The researchers, from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, said it appeared that exercise in a man’s youth and middle-age affected his risk of contracting cancer. They are not sure why exercise is protective but suspect it alters levels of certain hormones associated with the cancer, including testosterone.

They concluded: ‘Findings from this study show that not sitting for most of the time during work or occupational activity and longer daily durations of the main component of active living (walking or cycling) may be associated with reduced prostate cancer incidence.

Previous studies have suggested that diets rich in fruit in vegetables can cut the risk of the disease, which affects 35,000 British men a year. Thus, study recommends that men of all ages try to be active for a total of at least one hour each day. This doesn’t mean you have to “go for the burn” at the gym every evening; walking or cycling will do perfectly well.

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cherry juice work like non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

April 19, 2010 By Denz

Experts confirm that a glass of unsweetened cherry juice can work like common non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, used by millions to treat pain and inflammation after exercise.

In the US study, Oregon Health and Science University researchers found that runners who drank the juice before training for a long-distance relay had 23 per cent less muscle pain than those on an artificial fruit drink. After analyses, boffins discovered that the juice of tart cherries contains flavonoids, naturally occurring antioxidants with anti-inflammatory powers.

Dr Kerry Kuehl, a sports medicine specialist at the university, said: “Our research suggests that tart cherry juice may work like common non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, used by millions to treat pain and inflammation after exercise. “Also, drinking tart cherry juice may help people avoid negative side effects of these drugs.” Newstrack India.

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Action and Puzzle Games benefits to player

January 13, 2010 By Denz

Action and Puzzle Games benefits to playerGamers can now justify their actions as playing puzzle or action videogames can actually influence the problem solving abilities of those who play them. The shocking conclusion comes courtesy of a new psychological study recently conducted on a group of students.

The findings were published in the November edition of a journal called Perception. Rolf Nelson, who is a professor of psychology at the Wheaton College, studied the way a pool of 20 students tried to solve a spatial relation problem. After a while, the group was given a chance to play puzzle and action games and later, they were instructed to turn back to the spatial relation problem.

The study showed that all those who played games were quicker to solve the problem than those who did not, while within the group, those who played puzzle games were somewhat slower while more accurate and those who enjoyed action titles were quicker, but displayed less attention to details.

It also encourages the idea that youngsters should be taking a break from doing homework or struggling to solve problems in order to game a bit. Gaming as an activity can have beneficial effects on the player, allowing them to develop their potential in a way they would not have been able to access without them.

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Loneliness a Contagious state?

December 16, 2009 By Denz

Loneliness a Contagious stateStudies have showed that loneliness is like a common cold or other infection, which can be contagious. This means that people who suffer from it tends to spread it to others who, in turn, are pushed to the periphery of the social network where they too start infecting other people.

Although loneliness is a very complex state that is as difficult to define as it is to “treat,” people who tend to be lonely only become more so with the passing of the years. They start losing friends and move to the margins of their social network, but in doing so, they also spread their loneliness to other people who have the same tendency. The data showed that lonely people ‘infected’ the people around them with loneliness, and those people moved to the edges of social circles. People’s chances of becoming lonely were more likely to be caused by changes in friendship networks than changes in family networks. Not surprisingly, women are easier influenced this way than men, the study has also learned.

Still, solutions for this are to be found in campaigns that target these people with the aim of drawing them out. Otherwise, they will be left on their own; add to that the societies develop a “natural tendency” to rid themselves of such people, and one can easily understand why researchers see reason to worry in this tendency.

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A Little Facts About Dreams

November 7, 2009 By Denz

A Little Facts About DreamsNot Everyone Dreams in Color – a full 12% of sighted people dream exclusively in black and white, the remaining number dream in full color. People also tend to have common themes in dreams, which are situations relating to school, being chased, running slowly/in place, sexual experiences, falling, arriving too late, a person now alive being dead, teeth falling out, flying, failing an examination, or a car accident. It is unknown whether the impact of a dream relating to violence or death is more emotionally charged for a person who dreams in color than one who dreams in black and white.

Dreams are not about what they are about – if you dream about some particular subject it is not often that the dream is about that. Dreams speak in a deeply symbolic language. The unconscious mind tries to compare your dream to something else, which is similar. It’s like writing a poem and saying that a group of ants were like machines that never stop. But you would never compare something to itself, for example: “That beautiful sunset was like a beautiful sunset”. So whatever symbol your dream picks on it is most unlikely to be a symbol for itself.

Quitters have more vivid dreams – people who have smoked cigarettes for a long time who stop, have reported much more vivid dreams than they would normally experience. Additionally, according to the Journal of Abnormal Psychology: “Among 293 smokers abstinent for between 1 and 4 weeks, 33% reported having at least 1 dream about smoking. In most dreams, subjects caught themselves smoking and felt strong negative emotions, such as panic and guilt. Dreams about smoking were the result of tobacco withdrawal, as 97% of subjects did not have them while smoking and their occurrence was significantly related to the duration of abstinence. They were rated as more vivid than the usual dreams and were as common as most major tobacco withdrawal symptoms.”

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facts about relationship

October 5, 2009 By Denz

Based on the teachings I have learned in the Church, a couple should stay together for the rest of their life when they get married. True enough because they are bond in the eyes of the Church and fellow people. However, it is so contradicting to stay together when they are no longer happy with each other. Some would say that it is commitment and for the sake of the child.

But, I also believe we are thought that we all have rights to be happy. It is our responsibility to live in a happy state rather than stick to the unhappy ones.

In life everything is a risk. We risk to get marry to the person we thought is the right one, yet after several years he/she is not. What is the point of staying together and keeps on hurting each other? That is the reason that there are dallas family lawyer to help.

Don’t get me wrong, I actually don’t want to get into a relationship that I think will not last forever. I am just realistic and I won’t continue hurting myself and my partner emotionally, if we can’t patch our differences and misunderstanding.

I was able to tackle this topic after reading an article about family life, divorce and child custody in Dallas Family Lawyer site. The topic doesn’t suit me that much since I am legally single. Plus, we don’t have divorce in our country, which is really sad. Most couples just separate their ways without having their marriage annual or divorced. That means they are not allowed by law to commit into another relationship.

I don’t wish to get a divorced from my relationship. I just hope that some people can take advantage of a service that DALLAS FAMILY LAWYER offer. This way these separated couple can live a happy life with a new partner. And start their life over. Doing so might lead them to their true happiness.

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tips to control corn earworms

August 31, 2009 By Denz

The Corn earworm or Tomato Fruitworm is yellow-green, brown, or pinkish in color with light stripes on their sides and back. These little yellow headed monsters are capable of growing up to two inches in length. On corn they attack the tassels and ears, causing damage to the fruit and problems with pollination when they eat on the silk. It is a common site to shuck an ear of corn, finding the worm eating away at the tip of the corn. They also can also damage corn leaves before the plant has a chance to mature. On tomatoes the worm feeds on the leaves before eating into the green fruit. The corn earworm can also be found doing similar damage on a wide variety of plants.

To control the pest use Sevin or Thiodan insecticides in liquid or dust forms; or dust with Diazinon. To control organically use Bacillus thuringiensis on corn and rotenone on tomato plants.

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