How much fat is healthy?

Sunday, November 28, 2010

In Ukraine, but not limited to, any given random opponent a healthy lifestyle is very disparagingly refers to all sorts of newfangled diets. And in this case believes that the best diet - lack of it. They say that the body itself knows what it needs. Ancestors ate porridge with fat and feel great, have health - God forbid anyone.

Say - stupidity? All is not as easy as it seems. For example, scientists concerned with our food with you, unexpectedly found that fat is actually even very useful product (me too - the binomial theorem, would ask any Ukrainian). Firstly, it is packed with selenium (a powerful antioxidant), and together with the garlic effect is amplified many times. Secondly, the fat in large quantities contain arachidonic acid, without which the body becomes impossible the formation of new cells and production of many hormones. However, the euphoria about this fall is also not necessary - there too, cholesterol in excess, the liver is also not an extra piece of the body.
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III launched the National Award "Purple Heart"

Friday, November 26, 2010

III launched the National Award in the field of cardiology, "Purple Heart". Receipt of applications is open from 22 November 2010 to February 22, 2011.

The award was established in 2008, with the assistance and support of the All-Russian Scientific Society of Cardiology and the Committee on Health of the State Duma of the Russian Federation and is awarded to individual physicians and institutions: the best educational center in cardiology and cardiac surgery, cardiac surgery department the best. For achievements in emergency heart surgery Prize will be awarded best kardiobrigady ambulances and better care unit. In addition, the Purple Heart is awarded for the best scientific, social and educational projects in the field of cardiology. There is also a category "The Future of Russian cardiology" and "Masters of Cardiology, the first, respectively, for the cardiologists and surgeons under the age of 35 years, the second - for those who worked in cardiology at least 30 years.

Prize itself is a nominal clock with the logo in the shape of the heart, as well as special prizes, for example, sets of surgical instruments. This year, among other things, the best young cardiologists and surgeons of the country will receive certificates for participation in the European Cardiology Congress to be held in Paris in August 2011.

At the press conference his views on the state of cardiology in Russia today with reporters podelililis chairman of the advisory council award, director of the Center for Preventive Medicine Raphael Oganov, director of the organizing committee award, the executive director of the Company for the development of medicine and health care Olga Zhigunov, head of the Scientific Advisory Branch of the Science Center of heart Cardiovascular Surgery them. Bakulev, laureate of the VI Burakovsky Sergei Nikonov, chairman of the Board of Trustees Csaba Kantor (director general of the Russian representative office of JSC "Egis Pharmaceutical Factory).

One reason for problems with cardiovascular disease experts called the utter ignorance of people as the first symptoms of cardiovascular disease and about available forms of assistance. Rafael Oganov and Sergei Nikonov drew journalists' attention to the fact that nowadays high-tech treatments for heart, such as coronary bypass surgery or peripheral vascular disease, are available in many clinics in the country, however, according to Nikonov, due to the lack of attention to this topic by the media, patients sometimes do not know that they can provide professional help not only in Moscow and St. Petersburg but also in other regions of the country, and in many cases it will be free. As for Russian children are free to all operations.

- The problem now is that we quite often in many regions are compelled to select patients for a particular therapy, explain to them that it is available, - said Sergei Nikonov.

However, the situation is improving, and recently, according to experts of "Purple Heart" appears more and more literate materials and television programs on health topic, helping patients to properly assess their health status and refer to the appropriate doctor.

One of the main goals of most awards - to raise the prestige of the profession cardiologist in our country and attract media attention to the best doctors: those which simply have to know and to whom to refer patients. According to experts, the current mortality from cardiovascular disease in our country has ceased to grow, and in 2003 even dropped by 10-15 percent. Nevertheless, there are still some disturbing trends: for example, continues to increase the number of patients with cardiovascular disease, younger than 40 years.

The names of the winners and contest will be presented in late May at a ceremony awarding the winners.

How to deal with the violation of posture in children

In patients aged 1-3 years, the leading symptom is a shortening of one or both legs sternocleidomastoid muscle with the tilt and rotation of the head. If more shortened thoracic leg muscles, which is mainly involved in turning the head, the more pronounced head turn when clavicular - more pronounced lateral head tilt. Greatest severity of the deformation reaches patients by 3 to 6 years of age. At this age, facial asymmetry is increased, further deteriorating posture. Violation of posture is manifested in the form of scoliosis of the cervical spine and verhnegrudnogo with different levels of standing shoulder girdle and blades (higher on the affected side). Deformation is due to retarded growth of the affected muscles, the shortening of the trapezius and serratus anterior at the correct growth of the cervical spine. In what may develop compensatory curvature in the lower thoracic and lumbar spine. Struck sternocleidomastoid muscle is tight, tight to the touch, thin normal.

The main purpose of conservative treatment is to eliminate the strain without surgery by improving the trophic system of the affected muscles, reduce and eliminate muscle contraction, providing a compensatory increase in muscle tone in the healthy side, to prevent deformation of the head and neck. Conservative treatment should be long enough for at least a year, and regular medical check-up should be carried out at least until school age. The application of conservative methods of treatment is especially effective in the first year of life when more elastic tissue and possible to stretch the affected muscle. In the process of restorative treatment using massage, physiotherapy, physical therapy, performed at the foyer of the corrected position of the head of the child.

The goal of treatment provision - increasing the distance between the points of attachment of the affected muscles. Child must often be laid to sleep on his side. If the child is lying on the affected side, the head is enclosed by a high pillow, if it lies on the healthy side, the pillow is not used at all. If a child sleeps on his back, various adaptations ensure that its head was upright. Baby bed should be installed so that the wall was turned healthy side. Watching what is happening in the room, turning on the light, which, however, should not be bright, the child will thereby give the correct position of the head. In newborns and infants first weeks of life can use cotton-gauze collars after giving the head of some overcorrection. From 3 to 4 weeks of age in the collar can be inserted to the strength of a strip of cardboard with a width equal to the distance between the lower jaw and collarbone in the correct position of the head. This device should not put pressure on the neck, but only serve as a spacer between the clavicle and jaw. Massage plays an important role in the complex early conservative treatment of torticollis. It is held against the backdrop of general massage, the appropriate age and physical development of children. For muscle changes are applied gently with a soft massage techniques - moving and oppressive stroking, rubbing and vibration to relax the muscles to prevent deep scarring. Stroking is held between two fingers of the mastoid process of temporal bone in the direction of the clavicle. Rubbing is the end of the middle or index finger. Vibration is applied in the form of tapping with the fingertips in any direction. Does not recommend the use of massage techniques that could help strengthen the affected muscles and thus would strengthen the muscle contracture.

Telecom Argentina - Repairs, when?

Tuesday, August 10, 2010


There are few times I use the blog to complain (in all these years only 2 times), but after all the quality of services, or lack thereof, makes the business.
More than 15 days ago that my home phone were damaged. The only way that one has to seek redress in the company Telecom Argentina is through a 100% depersonalized.
You do not have the opportunity to explain what the damage, or say when it will be solved.
Needless to say, the endless amount of applications we have done, however to date we like to start, without any communication from the company. Sorry, I have not told the truth, because every few days got a call where a recording asks if that fixes the problem.
This is the effect of the lack of competition, where one is tied to a company that did not choose, and where it believes it can neglect to the client, because a will never give up.

Pubs, Inns, Wi Fi and Stowaways

Monday, August 9, 2010


I approached an interesting note he wrote Mariano Pantenetti especially for the blog.

You may have noticed (or suffered), at some point (usually urgent) when they needed to sit in a bar to do some urgent work, or enter your Wi Fi Notebook, all seats were occupied, even those where he's used against it has no consumption to justify the use of facilities, or alternatively, are on the table the remains of a lean to the clear coffee was drunk at the very least a few long hours.

The free-rider dilemma is the public enjoyment of the property by individuals who use them either on their part fair share as paid or avoiding the cost of their share.

While the case in question in the first paragraph, we are clearly looking at a private good, use that gives the time over which provides the service seems to be analyzed from the perspective of the free rider problem.

The existence of stowaways inevitably leads to a loss of productivity, since many more individuals are "fed" a well thought originally to fewer participants.
Excessive use is made of the property.

Trying to be Pareto efficient is that I ask myself as far as the comfort of who had first occupied the chair does not infringe upon the comfort of who comes second and (after a logical time) starts to pay the cost of discomfort.
Find another bar also has a cost for those who came second.
These costs, eventually moving to the owner of the establishment because the customer alerted of this situation will certainly look for an open bar, efficiently avoiding being the second.

Find a balance then represents a potential improvement in the outcome of any situation that may arise as a Pareto-efficient, where an improvement of one of the agent, it is not possible without harming the other. That is an optimal situation from the point of view of the utility.

Putting on the skin of who should manage a bar, restaurant or similar, one wonders to what extent is efficient free to decide who will occupy a table for a long period of time, such that other people with the intention of eating are far from the place or simply do not enter.
Are these first considered stowaways?
It could be argued that perhaps this first long-term profitability (are customers of the house), while the latter only have occasional use and is difficult to quantify their income in perpetuity.

Some retailers like Havanna coffee seem to have realized this and delivered a limited service (in time) of Wi Fi, forcing the start to continue to consume products for more time or simply leave.
This does not limit the time of those who read the whole newspaper, every magazine, they receive visits and make your office coffee, for the modest sum of about ten dollars the 6HS.

On this situation, seem to have more experience that bars restaurants, experts often drive the customers to have on the table.

I think this is a new consumer and a new way of delivering service, so I do not see a clear answer to the dilemma posed.
Therefore it seems best in this first instance some exercises test, analyze, think about trying not to neglect the customer above all things. But which one? In that two hours is with his coffee and newspaper or waiting.

Interesting precedent: Carlos Slim retrieves internet name

Friday, August 6, 2010


Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, the second richest man in the world, on Wednesday recovered a web address with your name, a man of Indonesia tried to sell $ 55 million and threatened to link to a porn site.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) United Nations said that an arbitrator of disputes over Internet addresses determined that the site was registered in bad faith and should be transferred at no cost to the employer.

Documents filed by attorneys Slim, cited by WIPO, showed that the owner of the address, Ahmad Rusli, Jakarta, threatened to link to a porn site if you did not receive the money he wanted.

Rusli said in an e-mail to the arbitrator of the dispute that the threat only sought the attention of Slim and had registered the URL to protect it for the Mexican billionaire.

Slim, who owns a business empire led by the giant phone company America Movie and Telmex landline, you already have an own website,containing his biography and other personal and business.

Helu is the maternal surname of the employer, a descendant of Lebanese immigrants.

In March last year, U.S. business magazine Forbes put Slim as the second richest man in the world, behind investor Warren Buffet and ahead of computer magnate Bill Gates.

40% of managers who are promoted perform less

Monday, August 2, 2010


Over 40% of managers perform less well when they change jobs or roles within the company. However, according to a study conducted by the Corporate Executive Board, these managers can succeed if they manage clearly what they call "the paradox of success quickly."

In the business world today, the pressure for new managers produce a quick contribution is enormous. According to a survey of more than 5,400 new officers, 40% of those making less or worse when they are in a transition to a new position, affecting the productivity of nearly half the workforce of an organization in a year.

These managers were asked about what they were focusing on, what behaviors exhibited and how they gained their first month of work. They were also asked to score each performance of their teams. The result has been a series of patterns that distinguish managers who thrive in his new position of those who do not.

Although this study has shown that getting a "quick win" is perceived as critical, managers who get a "victory" in his new post early are more likely to "derail" in the future. They fall into what the study calls "the paradox of success quickly."

According to an article in Harvard Business Review, the most common behavior associated with the failure of the new position is the tendency to drown in the miniscule. In this carreblankra unbridled success, the manager seeks to highlight a component of his new job. By putting the focus so intently on a single purpose, neglects broader responsibilities.

These managers feel the urgency to prove their worth to their new roles, they can succeed, but lost in destructive behaviors such as focusing too much on the details, react negatively to criticism, or jump to conclusions. These behaviors undermine their long-term success in his new post.


Collective work

CEB's research shows that the best managers avoid the risk of paying little success trying to get that fast collectively, and not their own risk. These managers work with your team to achieve immediate results. To this end, manage the change or help the people on your team to thrive within the organization.

The pattern of those to succeed in his new post agree on one thing: his ability to manage change. As new leaders, want things to move, but also understand that as a result of its rise, its new teams have to cope with change, like himself. The study of CEB believes that the transitional stages are not just the manager, but the organizations as a whole. Organizations, he says, have to invest in leadership development.

To help new managers to successfully overcome the paradox of rapid success, companies should redefine their expectations for immediate success. Recognizing the uncertainty of these transition periods for these managers and their teams, companies should develop their capacity for change, make it possible for the loyalty of those working with managers in the pursuit of that desired success.

The key, says the report, is to be realistic. Both the one hand as the other. Managers must know their limitations. Businesses, for their part, must define reasonable goals and make sure the person knows blindly promoted the work that has to play.

Training and coaching

In this sense, training and coaching play a very prominent place. The transition process should not begin when the new manager takes his new post, not before. Then there should be a support phase in which the manager would have to handle more detailed information about how the company is from that new position.

On the other hand, is key to detect failures at the same time taking place, and finish them sooner. The cost for a company that has a manager who is below its potential is enormous.

A few months ago, Trend magazine picked 21 of the Institute on a study of Executive Development which claimed a third of managers who change employers feel they have not met expectations two years after recruitment.

Then the 150 managers interviewed considered that the median time to acclimate to the new position takes between 6 and 9 months. According to the authors of the study, companies devote resources to facilitate this transition that does not serve much of anything. Other actions, such as coaching, which have a high effectiveness rate (42%).