Impotencia

Securidaca longepedunculata grows in the North-West and Limpopo Provinces of South Africa as well as in some tropical and subtropical parts of Africa. It also grows in the tropical savannah, especially in the Miombo and Caesalpinoid woodland.
Securidaca longepedunculata grows in various types of woodlands or arid savannas. Its growth varies in different climates and altitudes with sandy, acidic or rocky soils.There are many different medicinal uses for this tree used all around Africa. It can be used to treat sicknesses as small as headaches or as severe as arthritis.
Securidaca longepedunculata is a tree that is most commonly found in the tropical and subtropical areas of Africa. It is a relatively small tree, measuring 6 – 12 metres high. 

The roots of the tree can be used for treatments to human ailments such as coughs, chest complaints, toothaches, gout, fevers, constipation,impotencia, diabetes and microbial infections.

In a 2008 study two new xanthones were isolated from the bark of the root, and one of them showed potent activity to relax the smooth muscle in the corpus cavernosum by 97% compared with sildenafil (Viagra) in 1.8 × 10 -5 mg / ml. 

Xanthones of S. longepedunculata were able to stimulate smooth muscle relaxation in the corpus cavernosum of the penis, which supports the traditional use of the bark of the root.

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The treatment

Pomegranate extract was given to mice with a genetic proneness towards spontaneous coronary artery blockages through drinking water for two weeks, when they had three weeks of age. The treatment reduced both the proportion of the coronary arteries with occlusive atherosclerotic plaques and the size of the atherosclerotic plaques in the aortic sinus (the dilated opening above the aortic valve), despite the fact that pomegranate treatment actually increased cholesterol levels associated with very low density lipoprotein-sized particles.

What really surprised the researchers,were the other beneficial effects of the pomegranate extract treatment:

-Reduced monocytie chemotactic protein-1, a chemical messenger (chemokine) associated with inflammatory processes within the arteries.

-Reduced levels of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 and fibrosis in the myocardium

-Reduced macrophage infiltration in the heart muscle

-Reduced lipid accumulation in the heart muscle

-Reduced ECG abnormalities

-Reduced levels of oxidative stress

-Reduced cardiac enlargement

They asked themselves, how can something as commonplace and benign as a fruit extract reverse so many aspects of coronary artery disease, simultaneously, as it was evidenced by the study above? They say that the answer might be found in the fact that our ancestors evolved together with certain foods (fruits in particular) for so long that a lack of adequate quantities of these foods may directly result in deteriorating organ function. The journal Atherosclerosis published an interesting study in which they confirm that pomegranate extract may reverse or/and prevent the primary pathology associated with cardiac mortality: the accumulation of fatty materials on the coronary arteries known as atherosclerosis.
What really surprised the researchers,were the other beneficial effects of the pomegranate extract treatment: Reduced lipid accumulation in the heart muscle Reduced ECG abnormalities Reduced levels of oxidative stress Reduced cardiac enlargement Reduced monocytie chemotactic protein-1, a chemical messenger associated with inflammatory processes within the arteries. 


Reduced levels of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 and fibrosis in the myocardium Reduced macrophage infiltration in the heart muscle .

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New medical devices

New medical devices: The company is working on a transdermal biosensor that reads blood analytes through the skin without drawing blood.
 The technology involves a handheld electric-toothbrush-like device that removes just enough top-layer skin cells to put the patient's blood chemistry within signal range of a patch-borne biosensor. The sensor collects one reading per minute and sends the data wirelessly to a remote monitor, triggering audible alarms when levels go out of the patient's optimal range and tracking glucose levels over time.Diabetes self-care is a pain—literally.
 It brings the constant need to draw blood for glucose testing, the need for daily insulin shots and the heightened risk of infection from all that poking. 
Continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps are today's best options for automating most of the complicated daily process of blood sugar management – but they don't completely remove the need for skin pricks and shots. 
But there's new skin in this game. Echo Therapeutics(Philadelphia, PA) is developing technologies that would replace the poke with a patch.
New medical devices....


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Grapefruit juice interacts

Some medicines affected by grapefruit are listed below, although there may be others that aren't mentioned.If your usual diet includes grapefruit or grapefruit juice and you've been prescribed a medicine that's affected by grapefruit, speak to your GP or pharmacist. Do not stop taking your medication without advice.

Calcium channel blockers are medicines that relax the muscles that make up the walls of your arteries. They're used as part of the treatment of conditions such as high blood pressure (hypertension) and coronary heart disease.

Eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice can affect some medicines. In most cases, it increases the level of the medicine in your blood. This can increase the risk of side effects or alter the effect that the medicine has....

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