Sunday, November 15, 2009

Build Your Muscles From Early

The human body contains more than 630 muscles. Approximately 35-45% of body mass is muscle tissue. Muscles are long- lasting, self-healing and grow stronger with use. There are three unique kinds of muscle:
  • Cardiac muscle, which is found only in your heart. It contracts involuntarily; it is automatically controlled by the nervous system.
  • Smooth muscle is found in blood vessels, the digestive system, bladder, airways, and the uterus in a female. It also contracts involuntarily.
  • Skeletal muscle is the kind we can see and feel. They attach to the skeleton and come in pairs; one muscle to move in one direction and another to move back the other way. Skeletal muscles contract voluntarily, you have to think about contracting them and the nervous system tells them to respond.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Avoiding Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is one of the many health risks that a woman has to worry about, but just a few changes could actually reduce the risk of developing breast cancer by approximately 40 percent. There are approximately 70,000 cases of breast cancer annually in the United States, of which some could be prevented with liifestyle changes such as eating a healthy diet, breastfeeding their infants, getting 30 to 60 minutes of exercise every day and limiting their alcohol consumption.

Friday, November 13, 2009

About Diabetes Disease

Diabetic disease is a growing concern around the world, and early detection and diagnosis of these pathologies are critical in not only raising awareness among those at risk for disease, but also for developing treatments to help prevent the onset and progression of disease. Some times if this disease is severe enough and it can require aggressive intervention to treat the complications that it can bring about.