Showing posts with label risks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label risks. Show all posts

9/01/2009

Risks of some herbal medicines


In the United States were confronted with the need to regulate the market for herbal drug for certain consequences they cause.

In several countries of America has restricted the use of herbs without a prescription. After seeing how some of them caused serious disarray, they took precautions.

Some cases of note:
• Ephedra-who undertook to Diego Maradona in the World-USA has been identified as responsible for 34 deaths and 900 adverse reactions since precisely the date of this World.
• The death of three wrestlers student who used a substance similar to creatine, has been a blow to the zealots of this class of medications.
• A woman needed a liver transplant after taking one or two capsules daily of chaparral, an extract from Indicated to treat a cold to cancer.

9/24/2008

How to act in an Earthquake

At-risk areas, it is important to be prepared both to give an immediate response to medium term, as well as learn to act after the occurrence.

Noting the tremor ...
► The reaction must be fast, without losing the Cayman.
► In case you are inside a building, do not leave abroad. We need to seek protection under strong structures (bed, lintel of the door).
► The head must be protected. We must move away from windows, shelving and falling objects.
► On the outside, do not approach or enter a building and is due to be away from electrical wires, cornices, windows ... We must always look for open spaces.
► If you are driving, it is best to stop at a place away from bridges and fissures in the ground.

... and then the earthquake
► should be cut off gas, water and electricity to prevent leaks and subsequent fires.
► North shoe should be thick soles to protect them from sharp objects, and we must monitor with the furniture in an unstable.
► There may be aftershocks affecting the buildings damaged. It is better to be on the outside.
► Water for consumption should be bottled, as the supply may be contaminated.
► The phone should be used only in urgent cases.
► In coastal areas, the tremor may follow a tsunami. It is advisable to inform the radio.