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Archive for February 21st, 2010

Doctors should pay attention to a new disorder allergic skin caused by mobile phones, according to the British Association of Dermatologists.

A new phenomenon called “dermatitis by mobile phone” has been discovered, through which the people who spend long periods of time talking to your mobile phone develop an allergic reaction, motivated by the nickel in the telephone and the skin contact.

The problem was identified in several reports of cases reported in patients with unexplained rashes in the face and the ear, an investigation revealed that the reaction was caused by the nickel, which comprises the mobile telephone terminals, which often found on the deck or the buttons and in particular in the models more modern.

Now, the British Association of Dermatologists warns doctors to be aware of this new allergy, which believes is increasing, because the condition has recently been identified, many cases have not been denounced or have not been treaties, which led to the scientists to share its findings.

The nickel allergy is the most common of contact allergies in theUnited Kingdom and is believed that affects 30 percent of the population, with an increased incidence.

Women have a greater risk of developing dermatitis by mobile phone, as it is more likely to have been previously sensitized to the metal after an allergic reaction to nickel by the use of jewelry coated metal.

Dr. Graham Lowe, of the British Association of Dermatologists, said: “The allergy is the frequent contact with the skin for articles containing nickel, as the prolonged contact or repetitive of a phone, which contains, is more likely to cause a skin reaction in the people who are allergic, if you had a reaction after the contact with coating of nickel as buckle or jewelry, for example, have a greater risk to react to the telephones of metal”.

Almost 40 percent of all breast cancer cases in the United States could be prevented if women have a healthy weight, drink less alcohol, more exercise and would give the nurse their babies, according to a report.

The report examined 81 new studies on the links between lifestyle and cancer, showing that 70,000 breast cancer cases could be prevented each year in the U.S.

“We are now more convinced than ever of the importance of maintaining a healthy weight, physical activity and limiting the amount of alcohol in women who drink, the possibility to reduce their risk of breast cancer” said Dr. Martin Wiseman, the American Institute for Cancer Research who led the study.

“We estimate that nearly 40 percent of breast cancers in the United States or about 70,000 cases each year could be prevented by making these changes directly on the daily living habits,” said Susan AICR of Higginbotham.

The report recommends that people do exercises for at least 30 minutes each day and men should limit alcohol to two drinks per day and women should be only one.

Many studies have shown a low fat diet, exercising regularly, maintaining a healthy weight and provide breastfeeding infants, can prevent breast cancer, however, a significant percentage of cases are caused by genes and are not bound lifestyle.

People who consume large quantities of coffee a day were more likely to have headaches than those who take it occasionally, say experts from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU, its acronym in English) from the results of their study, which was published in the Journal of Headache Pain ‘.

Those responsible for the study, involving 50,483 people, found that the frequency of migraine headache was not more common in people who drank more coffee – more than 500 milligrams a day – than those who drank less than 125 milligrams coffee.

However, experts noted that there is no reason “obvious” to think this, because low consumption of caffeine is also associated with the chance of developing chronic headaches for 14 days or more each month. In this sense, the experts indicated that, since it is difficult to explain why chronic pain was less common among people with moderate consumption, nuanced one possibility is that drinking coffee helps to change the chronic pain in one uncommon.

But it adds that it is equally possible that people with this problem have reduced their caffeine intake because their properties have experienced that power the headache and on the other hand, individuals with unusual pains are not aware of that High doses of caffeine could be the cause.