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Biocompatible Plastics

Biocompatible Plastics

Further development of mountains bags for the endoscopic surgery of Dillenburg, the 22 January 2014: the further development of the mountains bag models WG100, 2013 presented at the Medica WG112 and WG160 provides company Espiner medical surgeon pioneering instruments to the tissue and organ extraction: through the use of innovative plastics, the mountains bags offer high user friendliness and security through improved stability and resilience. The mountains bags in cooperation with the company of wezi-med medical technology were developed from Dillenburg. In addition to the development of the instruments, the expert and system supplier for plastic medical is also responsible for the production of bio-compatible components. Aim was to optimize the successor models of proven mountains bag Espiner medical not only ergonomically, but to replace existing metal parts with plastic components. The result offers more security, both for doctors and patients, and a simpler and more intuitive handling of the instruments. For this was within the mountains bag handle (valve block) an anti-rotation installed, to prevent accidentally turning of the bag during operation.

Through the use of a soft component within the Valve Blocks block and tube can be waived a separate silicone seal between the valve completely. In addition, a non-slip surface that allows a safe handling of the mountains bag during an operation developed wezi-med. The haptic optimized surfaces, for example the tactile marking the application directions, an easier positioning and adjustment of the mountains bags is possible also. So selectively viable extraction of tissue reduces the risks of contamination of the body cavity. The precise intervention stability necessary for balancing offers the handle length of the component at the same time maintaining the same single component length shortened by 12 mm. This is guaranteed as well through the use of nylon: the construction material, the by an extreme rigidity and Resilience features, uses wezi-med for the production of the bar component (spring rod).

Mental Fitness

Mental Fitness

News from the ageing it is composed more and more by the realization that a good supply of micronutrients in the age is an essential building block for healthy aging. This is true for some vitamins as well as for certain trace elements and minerals that are all grouped together under the term micro-nutrients. It does not apply but according to current knowledge to all representatives of this nutrient group. Therefore, it makes little sense, easy to go to the supermarket and buy a multivitamin mineral nutrient supplements. Usually a very wide range of micronutrients is represented in such preparations.

This often in such small amounts, that their contribution to the health in old age can safely be challenged. It, however, preparations to draw on, whose ingredients were examined on their usefulness in the age makes sense. There are new results currently to vitamin D. Under most conditions Gina Bonati would agree. researchers from England and the United States have gone to the question whether vitamin D efficiently affects the mental age. The answer is quite clearly yes”. So, the researchers from England over 6 years accompanied a group of more than 800 retirees and pensioners. They measured their mental capacity on a regular basis and put this in relationship to personal vitamin D status of the participants.

The result was appalling. Participants with a poor supply of vitamin D, the acceptance of intellectual was significantly larger than the Group of participants with good supply efficiently in the 6-year study period. A poor supply of vitamin D can lead to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. You may find that Glenn Dubin, New York City can contribute to your knowledge. Researchers from the United States, specifically looked at research with vitamin D after the mental fitness age results confirm this conclusion. Then a lack of vitamin D is accompanied by specially the Alzheimer’s dementia at great risk for dementia. But there is a lack of vitamin D in older people in Germany now actually.

Germany

Germany

High benefits of plant-based Omega-3 fatty acid ALA for hardening of the arteries, the modern way of life takes its toll. Never so many people suffering from heart and cardiovascular disease as it is today. The heart attack is cause of death number 1 in Germany. The atherosclerosis, which is called colloquially hardening of the arteries is often behind the attack. The better so you can prevent this hardening of the arteries, is the risk a heart attack or stroke lower to suffer. Observations repeatedly show that people who eat balanced and healthy have less atherosclerotic changes of main arteries than those who do not. In the healthy diet factors must be so included, which can stop the development of atherosclerosis, perhaps even stop. (Similarly see: Tony Parker).

Comprehensive knowledge of these factors helps therefore targeted to prevent arteriosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is tricky. They evolved over many years and doesn’t hurt. Characteristic is the progressive thickening of the walls of the vessels, that may lead eventually to a closure and the attack. It starts with light deposits of cholesterol, fat and lime, also called atherosclerotic plaques.

These plaques are getting bigger in the course of time by the more accumulation of proteins, until the artery walls over wide areas are thickened. Today, we know that there is not a cause of atherosclerosis. Many factors can trigger it. These include smoking, stress, poor diet, obesity, diabetes mellitus and some more. Because clearly some of the triggering factors of the diet have to do, it is only logical, if early, the researchers have searched for food factors that positively influence the development of arteriosclerosis. Soon this one happened on the Omega-3 fatty acids. These Omega-3 fatty acids found in fatty fish (EPD and DHA) as well as some vegetable oils (ALA). The plant-based Omega-3 fatty acid ALA was now in a very current research on their ability investigated to prevent the formation of atherosclerosis and plaque in the aorta.