jueves, 21 de octubre de 2010

Test could warn women of early menopause

Hi everyone! How are you? I hope you are good. Today I will talk about an article that I read on the web. I read it on the website “the guardian”. The title of the article is “test could warn women of early menopause”. This is a very interesting and new issue. Article talks about the creation of a genetic test that would be good in cases in which women delay childbearing and then they want to have children and can not conceive. I think that it is a very good tool so that women can have an idea about when menopause will occur, and to plan the best time to conceive. The early menopause (menopausal women before the age of 35) is a problem that affect considerable the living arrangements of women and their partner.
Also, in today's world women are more independent and choose to study, work, travel, buying a home, enjoying life with partner, consolidated and then they think of having a child.
The article states that there are at least four genes involved in the onset of early menopause. This test is based on a genetic analysis using a blood test.
The postponement of motherhood is an important and increasingly our country. Moreover, as it relates to the reproduction of women, this is related to our future professional work as midwives
It is our duty to control the reproductive health of women and educate her about the consequences that entails conceiving a child later in life.
I believe that this is a great advance in science (though still remaining to be explored in it) may have positive effects both in the field of medicine and reproductive health as a social and psychological levels among women in our society today.
Well, finally I invite you to read this interesting article at link:http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/oct/18/test-women-early-menopause
I hope you like it.
Kisses!

martes, 5 de octubre de 2010

DEALING WITH STRESS

Hi classmates! So long! I hope you are good. Well, today I will talk you about an important issue of the actual world, this is the stress, and more specifically I will talk about the dealing with stress.
According to the dictionary the stress is a physiological reaction of the body (defence mechanism) to a situation threatening or increased demand.
Stress is very common in the Chilean people. Everyday we are subjected to different stress situation and this is reflected in the way of performing in the life. Also, stress can affect our health, causing serious health problems. Stress produce biological symptoms (tachycardia, sweating, tremors, insomnia, etc.), psychological (anxiety, excessive concern , etc..) and behavioral (nervous laugh, teeth grinding, tics, etc). But this doesn’t mean that every person who has a problem will suffer stress. This depends of each person, because all face the problems differently.
There are many causes of stress. A person can have it because an illness as it affects the person emotionally; or due of poor interpersonal relation in everyday life; or be generated for frustrating conditions of work or study (for example: excessive demand or competition, monotony, inconsistent standards, career dissatisfactions, etc) and environmental conditions (environment) may also be a cause of stress.
A great example of stress is mine and many fellow students because of the workload, time and emotional due to study at the university.
But there are different ways or methods to address the problem of stress. There are stress management techniques: massages, leisure activities, relaxation exercises, opt for alternative medicine such as yoga, etc.
Well this is all for today. See you soon…
Kisses.