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Snuff advertising to teens

The advertising of tobacco is directed mainly to young, potential consumers who have many years of smoking cigarettes. The young audience is very important for companies that manufacture the snuff and who constantly need new smokers to replace the old people who die or leave. Despite the denial, insisting that no-smoking drive in children, and to intervene in non-smoking campaigns, tobacco companies actually have the consumer appeal to a young man, and appears regularly on advertising aimed at this group with special incentives.

Designing ads for people 19 years of age and not attract attention of those with 13-17 is virtually impossible. The problem in relation to cigarette advertising is that it can be assumed that the ads that have an impact on adults will not influence a young person, whether smoker or not. The adult world is displayed in the advertisements of cigarettes is usually the world to which the adolescent aspires to belong. Moreover, the snuff product announcements designed in theory to persons 18-24 years of age they are particularly attractive to younger people who want to feel part of that age group (PAHO).

The medical field has shown that laughter really get to make your body maintain good health.

Ever heard the expression, “Laughter is the best medicine”? The truth is that when you laugh, several positive things happen.

Your muscles are relaxed, the hormones produced by stress are reduced, you forget the pain, the body’s immune system improvement.

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Headaches, throat or muscle aches, fatigue, sleep disorders … These are some symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). The World Health Organization has recognized as a neurological disease, which currently is one of the most common ailments.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) to be almost unknown, is a poorly understood by most, can be interpreted in those who suffer as unmotivated or lazy.

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It is said that female menopause is a disorder that occurs after age 45, but the truth is that it is a natural development of women which can vary between 43 and 55.

This is characterized by the suspension of the menstrual period, resulting in the interruption of substances important for hormonal balance.

As a result, women suffer from sudden temperature changes, which has become the descalsificación the long bone.

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Causes of stress

Stress can be caused by emotional or physical causes, that overwhelm a person’s ability to assume and manage certain circumstances.

Physical stress occurs when there is significant waste of energy, it may occur in work, sports, racing to meet schedules or performing strenuous tasks.

As already mentioned any activity that goes beyond the individual’s ability eventually cause stress.

We know the stress of a housewife, you get to this situation for the many tasks and responsibilities assigned to a woman when she has to deal with household and childcare.

There are stressful in itself, as the care of patients for long periods, this leads to physical exhaustion, mental and emotional overflowing who goes through these situations and produce a strong stress. Read the rest of this entry »

Pressure nervous, myths and truths

I have nerve pressure, stress makes my pressure go up to the clouds, the cause of my hypertension are just nerves, when I calm down my pressure is normal.

We have heard these phrases countless times without knowing they have a Percentage of certainty and one error, nerve pressure exists but is not caused only by stress, you should take other measures to control it.

Stress causes the pressure increase

It is real that nerves can cause the pressure to rise rapidly, there is a myth or an invention, to check at home enough to have a pressure gauge and check it often.

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Many people see their health compromised by stress. As they found it difficult to properly manage their stress, it affects many body functions. They digest very least, eliminate less well and recovering so well. If they could better manage their stress, their health could improve in a meaningful way.

The concept of stress is widespread among the general public but generally reduced to a straightforward understanding. Stress is associated with a life lived on a very fast pace and excitement.

In fact we owe the concept of stress Hans Selye who while working at McGill University in Montreal, gained recognition and popularity that went around the world.

The cold, heat, physical trauma, exercise, illness, fatigue are stress factors as well as joy, sorrow, fear, stress, success or failure. Stress manifests itself in a state, “state of stress”, ie by the changes it causes. Stress is a biological reality and organic. It is felt by a state of tiredness, fatigue, nervous tension and exhaustion. This stress state is destructive and responsible for a large number of physical and psychological disorders.

A person is under stress when the stress accumulated dose exceeds its optimal level of adaptation and that his body begins to show signs of exhaustion. Fatigue is a common and early, this can be fatigue, tiredness intellectual or physical exhaustion. The stressed person complains of a sore everywhere, neck, back, kidneys, legs. She often has one or more of the following symptoms: irritable, nervous, anxious, anxious, sad, discouraged, sexual difficulties, poor memory, headaches.