literature invites us to see people in particular that i like to see myself as the kids find strength grow grow. my only objective on air is to share work and find beautiful. books on youtube. well come to in good shape coming up. bladder infections what are the best treatments. tetralogy of follow a birth defect that can have serious consequences. also sprightly seniors how to stay fit in later life. hello and welcome to in good shape eternal use we all wanted and the search for eternal use is as old as

mankind in the 3rd century a d. in the times of alexander the great there was a myth called the fountain of youth it was a spring with water where old people went into and came old young refreshed and wrinkle free but i'm sorry to say that nobody yet has discovered the fountain of youth and it's just something like this can you turn back time no you can't but you can do a lot to keep yourself healthy and active over time and it has nothing to do with water and a fog muscles. gins no longer cater primarily to young people more and more at least in germany is the over 50 year olds who come to work out. past bowman is 66 after consulting an orthopedic specialist about his back problems he ended up in the gym. of my lower back needs to be looked after so i have to be disciplined but

i also really enjoy it off from. past started working out on these machines 7 years ago. he says he's changed a lot since then. but fluff and. i still had the same smile back then but i was 12 kilos heavier so you would have recognised me but i just feel fitter than i did 7 years ago considerably fewer people. go on to the end that we have people here who have never done any kind of exercise before and now feel at an advanced stage that they should do something now to improve their quality of life we also have people with artificial joints people who have had operations and want to get stronger. it's important that older people have

a health check up and get experts instruction in the gym. goes into every teen is going to the gym 3 times a week and spending at least an hour that. you'd like to come for more than an hour sometimes i have my time on this earth is limited and i have to make sure that i make the most of it so. what cost enjoys most is the full body workout. this is my absolute favorite it's better than the classic exercise machine and you use your own body weight here it's the most effective way of stabilizing your body. activates your muscles that you can't reach otherwise. people of generation i usually less concerned about getting a 6 pack and ripping biceps i'm more interested in improving overall fitness that's just as well as it becomes harder to increase muscle mass from the age of 30 as

homan levels begin to drop. but testosterone levels are much higher in young people particularly young women older people after a certain age to start strong levels start to drop but that doesn't mean there's no point anymore or that you can't build muscle and. finding motivation can be tough at any age possed is in tip top shape for a man in his sixty's what's his advice on. getting started is everything and that probably requires the most effort you also need discipline if you think you can come here once and then sit back on the couch and you can forget it and get started that's the key to it all. on the kids because most. sports and exercise keep you healthy it strengthens your muscles your burros your cardiovascular system your immune system and your brain function but how does board

do it to find this out you have to take a closer look into your cells and then you will find your fountain of youth it's called telomeres. come exercise keep you young all making younger an amazing discovery indicates the exercise can indeed halt the aging of cells and all parties. come to the hypothesis is that if you start exercising at the age of 50 you can retain the heart and vascular system of a young person into old age the. evidence in favor of this hypothesis indicates that only certain kinds of exercise do the trick for an interdisciplinary team of scientists run an experiment involving $124.00 test subjects divided into 4 groups each pursuing a different exercise regime. they enlisted to see what effect exercise has on the cardiovascular system. blood was taken at regular intervals and the d.n.a. and blood cells analyzed there were 3 training programs each person for 6 months.

one group did weightlifting 3 times a week for 45 minutes on 8 different machines. every 6 weeks the weights were adjusted and the training plan. believed was. the 2nd group did enjoy it straining joking 3 times a week for 45 minutes at a gentle pace maintaining the heart rate to 70 percent of the safe not someone was . was good stiff high intensity interval training also a kind of insurance training was comin to paris a false run and alternated with periods of slow work running was in the high intensity bus the aim was to maintain 95 percent of the maximum side all right the idea was that this regime 1st fitness more quickly. was and then there was the

control group these couch potatoes didn't work a sweat but perceived as 0 exercise regime was none of the participants have been doing any exercise before the experiment. that was important if a before and after comparisons to be meaningful. the key measure of the impact exercise might have on the aging process was the state of the participants tell a mess they can be seen as an indicator of health and sell aging. service and those mentioned we know that people with cardiovascular disease have shorter telomeres than healthy people and the shorter the telomeres the more serious the condition or kong. one example would be advanced alterio sclerosis but we'll talk telomeres. that repetitive d.n.a. sequences that protect the ends of the thread like chromosomes rather like the tips of shoelaces that stop them from ruffling. and many types of sound the telomeres

get shorter every time the cell divides so in general they're shorter in the old than in the young. if they get too short the cell can no longer divide until she you cannot regenerate this affects our health and lifespan but there is a certain enzyme that can halt this aging process we can even make telomeres longer again. it's called to longer raise it tends to become less active as people age but that doesn't have to be the case as was demonstrated in this experiment 2 of the groups to look at surprising results but which ones the grannis the white lifters the high intensity interval training as well the control group. this was a it was very surprising and exciting to see that in the endurance training groups to lama raise activity doubled and telomere length grew 2 or 3 percent in certain blood cells there was no change in the control group or weightlifters and i'm going

to post here just that was an astounding finding that happened thought that telomeres just got shorter and shorter as we age and with us of late. so the run as an interval trainers stand a good chance of retaining. youthful cardiovascular system if they continue to exercise that is. the experiment didn't look into term raise activity levels after the training period when the participants did last exercise again. it did however demonstrate how quickly the level of response to insurance training visine you dismantle them and we see that with every round of in durance training telomerase activity is switched on and the activity continues for between 12 and 24 hours thereafter and it's like an anti aging account every time you do something good you pay em and make yourself fitter when you do something bad you would draw from the account. you can start insurance training it n.e.h. it won't make you immortal deeply affected by still senior.

of course there's more to healthy aging than just long telling me yes and even if you're active and sporty you can get into an accident or get sick and what if you're lonely when you grow old if there are no more relatives and no friends this is what medical pete is going to talk about in today's interview. hello today i'm going to talk to dr hans peter told us. you know boys hospital hello dr thomas hello mr shot your clinic to care of the elderly what are the main problems your preference have to deal with in our hospital we are primarily dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of typical geriatric diseases on the one hand we care for patients who are admitted with infectious disease like new monia or after the initial treatment of stroke also we care about elderly patients who

experienced a fall off with fractures everyone wants to grow or bark nobody wants to be ordered. the clear is that we're people get sick for no longer and will live is being ordered really vet towable we're much fitter than previous generations and i think we've got the ability to keep activity and joy into old age my own for example is 94 years old now and still lives in our house and still drives a car but the main problem at this age is often being alone friends have often passed away and at some point even the fittest will become frail return over to us what a wonderful image of some sport and exercise are would you say that physical activity is the best protection against have problems also in who would it is i think it's the absolute best protection to stay active. when you good old the efficiency

of the body decreases we suffer from limitations and discomfort pain increases aso strength disappears your joints hurt climbing stairs become difficult and there is a fear of falling and that's why we move lest but the good news is exercise works even in the age of 80 plus there are practically no contraindications another problem is depressing what can be do against this depression can be really severe and life altering affecting the quality of life and the happiness and it's also a common condition i think there are some mindful of the ways to avoid depression 1st of all exercising regularly is one of the best things you can do for your mental health exercise can help in the treatment and prevention of depression in several key ways it releases chemicals like endorphins which can boost mood.

and besides exercise you should build strong relationships in your life having a strong support system and an active social life is important for all mental health i think reduced rates chronic stress is one of the most avoidable common causes of depression you talk about social contacts. money or people how lonely mum is the solution for this problem it's a very good question when we get old friends have died the children may live in another place so we have to take action and maybe their office in the neighborhood we could use maybe we could join the club it's great to combine that with the happy . all it's doing volunteer work. also use social media if you are disabled or count walk longer distance what would you advise our young us to do

what can they do to ensure that the stay fit as long as possible to what i do enjoy your life especially enjoy exercise don't search for excuses that you are too tired or it's too cold outside leave all these excuses and cultivate your friendships i think that's most important. celebrate together stay together just do it thank you very much this was dr on from b w could park. in good shape your weekly health show on d w covers many aspects of health care we look at what's new in medical treatment nutrition fitness and beauty. we talk about these topics in depth with experts and they give you the chance to pose your own questions so do get in touch. for bells for chambers and 5 liters of blood

minute this is our heart and it beats constantly over a lifetime usually without any problems but smoking stress and any move ferrets can be a bad beating to a heart but not only adult smokers can get heart problems every 100th child is born with a congenital heart defect sometimes the vasant of working correctly sometimes their abnormal vessels in the case of the to flow there are multiple defects in the heart and this is a big challenge not only for kids and parents but also for the surgeons. luisa loves playing around with her brother jacobi she looks like any other happy and healthy girl of her age but pictures in the family photo album reveal what she had to undergo in the 1st 6 years of her life the. goodness.

oh dear. that's when i had heart surgery. the weezer suffers from a congenital heart disease called tetralogy of follow a combination of 4 different heart problems her parents were told about the problem during the pregnancy as i walk a fine young man with and she was a dreadful. you wonder why me but there's no rational explanation it was just bad luck. louisa's heart defects had to be rectified which involved complex open heart surgery when she was just 18 months old. the biggest worry is before and during the operation. you don't hear anything for 6 or 7 hours and all you can do is wait for the call that relieved. a huge relief that his. condition involves 4 specific heart defects

a hole in the wall between the 2 lower chambers a narrowing of the right ventricular. usually coupled with an abnormally formed pulmonary valve because the heart is overworked that causes a thickening of the muscular wall of the right ventricle and v.a. order is out of place rather than being positioned over the left ventricle it is directly above the ventricular septal defect so only some blood in the lungs isn't reached with oxygen the rest of it flows back into the body circulation by the septal defect the mixing of oxygen rich and oxygen depleted blood. characterized by a blue skin discoloration on the come of the treated it causes the child to die. which is caused by low oxygen levels it causes brain damage and multiple organ damage. with louise it was far more difficult because she had 2 congenital defects and in fact. that's why we waited a bit longer it's best when the child is still

a baby. first of all louise's heart specialist corrected a number of problems. between the 2 chambers of the heart and enlarged the conduit on the right ventricle and reconstructed the. procedures used the pressure on the muscle of the right ventricle causing it to return to normal blood can now be pumped into the long unhindered. the. surgeon who operated on the. road back then on a typewriter what a beautiful color she has now. that's exactly how it was with louise skin was rosy and she looked like a normal child. but 6 months ago louisa had to have a 2nd operation reconstructed pulmonary valve had begun to leak that's not unusual for patients suffering from to trial the geo follow her doctor implanted

a new adult sized tissue valve. within the louisa have to have another operation at some point to buy this we don't have any more surgery planned but my experience is that problems were occur when patients are in their thirty's forty's or fifty's that tissue valves don't last a lifetime by some point they develop leaks or become too tight. then they need to be replaced but that doesn't have to involve open heart surgery i think is likely to be think you're jewish these days it's possible to replace of the key hard with a minimally invasive keyhole procedure. you can implant a valve in the old one using a catheter inserted in the groin without opening a patient's rib cage and hooking them up to a heart lung bypass machine the machine most. louise's pulmonary valve is now back in good working order to raise echocardiogram shows only a minor amount of leakage her situation is vastly improved compared to before the

operation. fisi see her prognosis is very good because we managed to counteract the damage resulting from the enlargement of the right heart chamber i'm going to continue on the right ventricle is very sensitive when it stops i'm working properly if it isn't operated on promptly then we can lose the patient done come on . and implanted tissue valve usually functions well for 8 years on average louisa will be forced to have regular checkups all her life at the moment her heart is completely healthy in theory louisa could start school soon but her parents have decided to let her stay in kindergarten for an extra year. she has a few measures skill problems and i think she still needs some time to catch up she gets occupational therapy and physiotherapy in kindergarten. waiting a bit longer will do her good and then next year she'll be able to make

a good start at school. let's talk about the body's ways department i mean the kidneys they fixate the blood and help to get rid of all waste products of on metabolism they produce urine constantly and to hold to your in nature invented the bladder we don't even realise that we have a bladder unless it's full but sometimes we do notice that we do have a bladder when we have to go frequently to the loo and when it burns when the hearing date this might be the case when we do have a bladder infection which is especially frequent woman because they have a very short restruck. yun of a year shavers practice is yoga to stay fit that is if the temperature is right if the 38 year old. gets cold feet and chills he can get problematic. then he doesn't know how it is if i have a year and a retracts infection i usually don't get it for only one or 2 days i guess if

a several weeks is not really impinges on my life. the go go instructor has to deal with u.t.i. as at least twice a year she knows there are many myths concerning this subject so she visits a year ologist to separate fact from fiction. she has one specific question in sadness i always have the feeling that if my feet get cold which is almost constantly that's when i get a bladder infection. getting cold be the main cause it's a popular assumption but is it true can one for example get a u.t.i. by sitting in a cold place. does yes we know for a fact that drafts humidity cold temperatures and having a cold can all made to it even in some cases having cold feet is enough walking across stone floors these things can compromise your immune system enough that bacteria in the urine or attract can be fought off as well as in the rest of the

body and that can lead to a full fledged infection and to unpleasant symptoms infected in order to minister. so cold can indeed trigger a urinary tract infection but the cause is still bacteria in the laboratory doctors can find the pathogen in a urine sample and prescribe the most effective antibiotic. but are antibiotics always the best way to treat the condition you have a simple enough but i have a real problem with taking antibiotics as i want to take them anymore. is there any way to avoid. this is a finish the station it's definitely a good idea to try and not take antibiotics 1st we want to avoid bacteria becoming resistant when that happens bacteria can't be treated anymore because the drugs are no longer effective if it's only a bladder infection with burning frequent urination and some pain it's better to try something other than antibiotics but if the bacteria travels up to the kidneys

and causes pain in that area or you develop a fever then it's usually hard to avoid taking antibiotics. antibiotics can be highly effective but should only be used as a last resort half of all bladder infections can be cured with one common household substance and plenty of water yana swears by the bladder and kidney tea she gets from the drug store but can tease really help. their diuretics and that means they expel water from the body and that the bacteria better they also help the mucous membrane lining our bladder fight the bacteria. bladder teves can help there are also natural remedies but how well do these plant based substances work. good to see granbury is there a cranberries which prevent bacteria from sticking to the mucous membrane in the urine or interact then there's rosemary centering lovage there's a wide variety of remedies that you could take they all have their beneficial

qualities but unfortunately no one can say which one is best suited for you. just. there aren't enough studies but it's worthwhile trying out different plant based substances. as soon as yana notices the 1st signs of a bladder infection she now knows exactly what to do and when i notice the 1st symptoms i immediately think at least 2 liters of lager and kidney and then 2 liters of water to flush it out not generally and. i also take different plant based remedies that i can find at the drug store. or. include lots of. a few myths and to keeping your bladder healthy it's all a question of getting the right balance between keeping warm drinking lots of fluids and strengthening your immune response with exercise and good nutrition. i'm

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faces did have any news live from the then the global posse happening most late without spectators present fireworks light up sydney harbor but the authorities in a strange people to stay at home and watch the show on television also coming up. the last trucks cross between the european union and the united kingdom ahead of. britain's final punch of the e.u. single market play to today be u.k. concerts off confidentially as close ties with the common. man on the eve of

a year that will see her leave office on the merkel calls for patience and interference in tackling the pandemic the crisis she describes as a once in a century challenge. i'm rebecca written welcome to the program japan is the latest country to be welcoming in the new yeah as we speak these are live pictures you're watching of the celebrations taking place there. very. well. they're. putting. the traditional nearly gong to sim signify new year in japan.

that it. was right. about we're not going to see any fireworks this year by the looks of. it this year really has been just by coronavirus restrictions and lockdowns and people around the world a more than ready to show 2020 the door to a stranger was one of the 1st countries to say hello to 2021 sydney welcomes the new year with a fireworks display at the harbor bridge access to the area was limited because of the pandemic urged people to stay home and watch the show on television as you just saw japan and south korea now. bringing in the new year as well. meanwhile here in europe the united kingdom will leave the a used custom union and single market at midnight central european time finally

bringing an end to the membership of the european union the u.k. will then trade goods with the 27 member bloc under a new treaty agreed with brussels last week britain's departure brings down the curtain on nearly 5 decades of a u. membership. goods from britain role of the ferry at cal a france it's the last day of the year and the last day of the united kingdom place by e.u. rules from midnight brussels time the u.k.'s membership of the single market and customs union ends and with it friction free trade. the deal struck on christmas eve will ensure that goods will continue to flow without tariffs but increased red tape such as checks and paperwork could cause delays for hole is. looming one of the concepts the smallest things even just a couple more minutes for drivers to prove that their merchandise is customs approved with the right documents and the right barcode if that takes just

a couple of minutes we know that even with normal activity there is a risk of those in from this traffic queues at all when say the british parliament voted on the trade deal agreed with the e.u. lawmakers had just hours to scrutinize the $1200.00 page document become only a few voted against it even though many agreed that it did not fulfill boris johnson's breaks it promises. but for the prime minister the goods were delivered. here it is very good and i do question you ask yourself this is how i really. hear this is a deal that is going through but also. at the port of dover the last day of the year began with clear skies and clear passage to europe 4 and a half years after britons voted to leave the european union a cliff edge breaks it has been avoided but rough seas could be just over the

horizon. well to talk about what more could lie over that horizon i'm joined by a long time watcher and political analyst john was john nice to see you it's been a while and what kind of relationship is the u.k. going to have with the e.u. in the future and virus johnson seems pretty certain it's going to be a close one is inevitably got to be a relatively close one simply britain's geographic proximity to the rest of europe not least with island on one side and france on the other side but if you were poor there was correct there is going to be some extra friction in the relationship if you do you can obviously between britain and the rest of europe you new customs procedures and greater barriers to trade but we don't quite know exactly how all of those systems are all going to work out from tomorrow with those great insecurity among businesses to try to work just get one of the big criticisms of the deal is that it says almost nothing about trade in services why is that when the vast majority of britain's trade with the e.u.

is in services. that's the big part of the deal which is essentially missing for the u.k. but ultimately that's because forest johnson in negotiating this deal is it has very defensive interests and interests that were essentially political and rather than any knowing he simply wanted britain not famous phrase to take back control and he took that to mean take back control politically and if you start on that point it's inevitable you're going to end up with some greater hits to your economy and basically to service industries so there's going to be the fights for the next few months are going to be on what terms can the banks in the city of london for example still sell their financial products into the european union at the moment we don't go beyond that but ultimately this is a triumph of politics over economics and that's why those things are not suited to state well then of course there is the issue of the future of the union itself has bolstered the independence movement in scotland how concerned are people in britain about this this is an issue which has been rising up the political agenda but there

is a great degree of denial in london and in the political circles in the in and around westminster about the difficulty of this issue which she's got she's going to get in on in just 5 months because there is a scottish parliamentary elections scheduled for may 2021 and so ultimately the danger is that scotland could be on the track towards leaving the u.k. with a new referendum on that question perhaps by the end of this year or into your role in the end of a 2021 or into 2022 but there is very little in the way of offer to scotland from the westminster political establishment at the margins and if you don't you think in polls there's no solid majority of scots would be in favor of leaving the u.k. and then with the aim of rejoining the european union so the very future of the united kingdom is there some question just at the moment. could be quite a bumpy road ahead john with thanks very much for your insight. let's take

a look at some of the other stories making headlines this hour just hours before that rex's deadline lapses spain has reached a last minute deal with britain to preserve freedom of movement across the spanish border with gibraltar the british overseas territory located on the southern tip of the iberian peninsula will join the schengen area. police in pakistan of arrested $24.00 people after a hindu temple was set on fire and destroyed in the northwestern town of kalak several muslim clerics were among those taken into custody the temple was the target of muslim protests after a minority in their community received permission to renovate it so. the vatican has announced the pope francis will not hold new year's eve and new year's day ceremonies duty back and leg pain the pope has suffered from the condition in the past it's the 1st time in years that he will not to seal his papal jeezy's. german chancellor angela merkel has called on germans to help the pandemic by

sticking to the rules in the wakes and months ahead and what's likely to be have final new year's address markell said that germany faced hard times that there was hope in sight now that vaccinations has begun. after a year dominated by one issue it came as no surprise that the main theme of chancellor angela merkel's traditional new year's address was the punter make. the call it was pandit me of the coronavirus pandemic was and is a once in a century political social and economic challenge c s i the history it's a historic crisis that has demanded a great deal of all of us and too much of some of us if i started i know that mustering this is story effort has required tremendous trust and patience on your part and continues to do so. the pandemic and its effect on german society dominated the speech it was also a message of hope with machall pain tribute to the german scientists who developed

the biotech pfizer vaccine already in use in several countries and after 15 years the chancellor by the end of her political career beckoning ended on a personal note in noyon we're not one of them will be federal general elections in 9 months and i will not be running for reelection falls is not a slow day i'm likely speaking to you on new years as federal chancellor for the last time. is thinking i don't think i'm exaggerating when i say that never in the past 15 years have we all experienced such a difficult year for or need and never have we created the new year is so much hope that so despite all of our concerns and some skepticism also venture in and so you and your families have my very best wishes for good health confidence and blessings on the new year 2021 months. well joining me to talk more about nichols' new address and her legacy is data research chief political editor. thanks for coming

in so this was probably going to michael's last new year's address we expect after 15 years in office what was your take on this this year over what we expected to be the last because unless coalition talks continue into a next year this will be her last one and i take away that she's trying to be very stateswoman like again she is actually she says she's speaking on a personal note but then she's sounding rather reserved again like the angela merkel we know she said new motional standards throughout this year of crisis in the pandemic when she spoke of how it was breaking her heart to see sops close and everything so i think compared to what we've seen this year it's a very reserved machall something those speeches have been really emotional. surprising to see they were gripping and she really did set a new emotional this year and so compared to what we've seen this year this is forward looking this is trying to show empathy that she feels for those people

who've lost loved ones in the covered 19 crisis and although she says it's not only covert pretty much the speech was only covert only mentioning in passing those big overarching issues like climate change like the position of europe in the world so that was clearly missing particularly with that trade deal between the e.u. and china less than 24 hours old clearly she decided that that was something she didn't want to press upon as they are very inward looking right now yeah when she said it's been the most difficult year of her chancellors if in fact how satisfied are germans with her dealing of the pandemic they are very satisfied angela merkel is doing what she does best which is crisis management and while she set out into this year. which is also in the 2nd half. presidency we expected her to build her

legacy which would have been much more of an uphill struggle with the public than actually fighting a crisis which she's proved in the past when we took a look at the financial crisis we thought we'd be talking about the migration. come this time around and now we're talking about the woman who is seen as a champion in fighting covered $900.00 pandemic of course behind against a backdrop here in germany of those numbers soaring right now so it is a more intense crisis than it was less than a year ago but always being that warning vote voice and always remaining transparent with the public that yes mistakes would be made and she didn't have the overall answer possibly dealing of the pandemic likely to be her legacy i think so i think her legacy will be a lot more than just the top the heading migration that is for sure yes also the european leader the one who dealt with china but over arching a crisis manager the world has probably not seen

a kind before. thank you very much. and you can watch the full length of on new year's address from 7 pm berlin time that's in 3 hours it on d.w. and all our platforms well some sports now formula one driver lewis hamilton has been awarded a knighthood the highest on a given to british citizens by the queen hamilton became the sport's most successful driver this season equaling michael schumacher has a record of 7 world titles and beating the german drives 91 race as well as his success on the track how multan has also campaigned against racial injustice as a prominent supporter of the black lives math and. you're watching. i'm rebecca raises i must say it's been an absolute pleasure to have your company on this and all other programs here on this channel this year before we go we've got some pictures we want to show you of a new year's festival in scotland where a stunning drone display without the skies. i find out.

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