Potato Health(1)

1.In Chinese medicinal theory, potato is considered as food that is good for spleen and stomach. It can be assistant to heal customary astriction and chronic stomachache.


2.The porridge with potato, sweet-scented osmanthus can heal the itching caused by eczema.


3.Potatoes are full of dietary fiber, which can strengthen satiety and lower the dozes of food taken in. If potatoes are severed as main course in a meal everyday, it is effective to decrease the excessive fat and prevent excessive nutrition.

4.It contains 300mg Kalium per 100g.The food full of Kalium can lower the rate of stroke,according to the latest research. So the researchers suggest eating 5 or 6 potatoes every week can lower 40 per cent of stroke.

Warning:
Eat less fried potato. And gemmiparous and green potatoes should not be eaten in case of solanine poisoning

potato ham soup.
Ingredients:
3 medium red potatoes, peeled, cut in small cubes
2 cups water
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
ground black pepper
3 cups milk
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1 cup cubed cooked ham
pepper to taste

Preparation:
Directions for chunky potato ham soup.
Bring water and 1/4 teaspoon salt to a boil; add potatoes and cook until tender. Drain; reserve 1 cup of cooking liquid (add water to measure 1 cup if necessary). Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Sauté chopped onion in the hot butter until tender. Add flour to butter and onion mixture; stir until smooth. Season with a little pepper; continue to cook and stir for 1 minute. Gradually add potatoes, reserved 1 cup of cooking liquid, and milk. Stir well; add cheese and ham. Simmer potato ham soup over low heat, stirring frequently, for about 20 minutes.Chunky potato ham soup serves 6 to 8.

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AIDS vaccine tests in South Africa

There is no cure for AIDS. Although antiretroviral treatment can suppress HIV-the virus that causes AIDS-and can delay illness for many years, but it cannot clear the virus completely. There is no confirmed case of a person getting rid of HIV infection.

Symptoms:
Lack of energy, weight loss, frequent fevers and sweats are all the symptoms of AIDS.Severe or recurring vaginal yeast infections
Periods of extreme and unexplained fatigue that may be combined with headaches,lightheadedness.and/or dizziness.
Rapid loss of more than 10 pounds of weight that not due to increased physical exercise or dieting
Increasing shortness of breath.


How dangerous AIDS is!

Good News!
Thirty six volunteers in South Africa will test the safety of an African-developed vaccine against H.I.V. The tests are the first step in human clinical trials of two vaccine candidates developed at the University of Cape Town.



These experimental AIDS vaccines are the first from Africa to reach testing in people. The National Institutes of Health in the United States provided assistance. Testing with twelve people began earlier this year in Boston, Massachusetts.
South Africa has more than five million people infected with H.I.V., the largest number of any country. Human trials of possible vaccines are taking place around the world. Scientists hope to get some results later this year.



But during last week's conference, experts reported the first decrease in international financing for AIDS vaccine research. They say funding dropped from about nine hundred thirty million dollars in two thousand seven to eight hundred seventy million last year.
Also at the conference, scientists presented the latest findings about new mothers infected with H.I.V. Two studies showed ways in which anti-H.I.V. drugs could permit infected women to breastfeed their newborns with less risk of passing the virus to them. The research was done in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, South Africa and Zambia.
In other new research, a study has found that circumcision does not decrease the risk that H.I.V. positive men will infect women. The findings, from Uganda, are in the medical journal, The Lancet.


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H1N1 Vaccine in China

Rcently, Sinovac has taken clinical experiment of H1N1 vaccine after biological and chemical experiment. Sinovac is a biology corporation in Beijing. And meanwhile another company Hualan biological Engineering Ltd took the same experiment in Beijing. It is predicted that the vaccine will be put into market in September this year.



The clinical experiment is the preparation for production in scale.Two groups of experiment need approximate 4000 volunteers to participate in

Aim to test the best
On July 24th, the volunteers have been injected with the H1N1 vaccine. The vaccines are divided into three styles, that is inactive vaccine with adjuvant (5mg 10mg), pyrolysis vaccine with adjuvant (7.5mg 15mg) and pyrolysis vaccine without adjuvant(15mg 30mg)
The experiment plan called for more than 1600 volunteers at four different age range: 3-11 years old, 12-17 years old,18-60years and above 60.
They will be injected 2 times at the internal of 21 days. aiming to test the availability and dosage of the H1N1 vaccine. In the same day, Hualan biological Engineering Ltd took the clinical experiment for 2000 volunteers. It is reported that by July 21st,8 series of H1N1 vaccines produced by Sinovac have been certificated by Chinese government.



According the manager of Hualan, the vaccines will be certificated by government in September and produced in scale. Finally, they will be put into market. The current vaccines are not temporarily put into market and owned by government for emergency.

Explanation: Why should be injected for 2 times
Because H1N1 is a new virus and most of people are defenseless for it. Injected twice aims to strengthen immunity.

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Emotional Calenture

Summer has come. With the temperature up, more people will suffer calenture. Here I will introduce another disease, namely emotional calenture.


What is emotional calenture?
The destination of emotional calenture is a phenomenon that people is out of control and quarrel often. It often happens on the condition that the temperature is higher than 35℃,heated for more than 12 hours and the humidity is above 80 per cent.

The cause of emotional calenture
The emotion of people has close relationship to the surroundings. In general, low temperature is good for the stability of emotion. Once the range of temperature rise up, the spirit and the mood of people will fluctuate. It not only has effect on people in physical, but also has negative effect on people in spiritual, psychological. And then it contributes to poor memory, tendency to lose temper and so on. In general, about 16 per cent people in summer will have emotional calenture, even in the condition that I referred above.


Symptoms

1. Quarel often
2. Down in feelings
Have no interests in everything, Lack of the passion and that condition will be worse in the afternoon, even in the evening.
3. Odd behaviors
Repeat some movement while absent of mind. And these movements are often unnecessary.

Prevention
1. Music
Music can be transmitted by the wave and work on the body. It calms down people by means of its special frequency and sound pressure, directly on the organ, brain and eardrum.

2. Breath therapy
Take deep breath. Inhale while counting your heart beating from 1 to 7.And then keep it for 1 second. Exhale with the heart beating from 7 to 1.The process lasts approximately 15 second.

3. Bland diet
Eat more light food and drink such as fresh vegetable, fruit, beer, green tea and chrysanthemum juice.

4. Avoid going out often

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