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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Treat Ulcer with Aloe Vera


Aloe vera is more traditionally known for its benefits for hair care and reduce the itching on the scalp. Not only that, this slimy plant also has benefits for treating ulcers. 

Ulcer or gastric ulcer is a symptom of a disease that attacks the stomach due to injury or inflammation that causes heartburn and tenderness in the abdomen. Many drugs can relieve ulcer symptoms quickly, but most do not solve problems that occur in the stomach. 

Eating Carrots Make People More Interesting


Many eat carrots have been known to nourish the eye. Not only that, recent research shows that eating carrots can make the skin healthy and glowing, which makes people more interesting.

Researchers at St Andrews and University of Bristol shows that women and men who diligently eating vegetables and fruits a strong color such as carrots and pulm, can have a luminous yellow skin that are considered very attractive and healthy.

Betel Can Heal Nosebleed


Betel leaf has many benefits for health, one of which is traditionally believed to stop the bleeding when the bleeding. Why betel leaf can cure a nosebleed? 

Betel is a type of vines that are included in the family Piperaceae.Betel plant has many names such as betel (France), betelhe, vitele (Portugal), ju jiang (China) and betel (Indonesia). 

Nzhealth Launched on Friday (14/01/2011), chemicals contained in the betel leaf, among others, essential oils, hydroxycatechol, chavicol, chavibetol, eugenol, methyl eugenol, caryophyllene, cadinene, estragol, terpennena, seskuiterpena, phenyl propane, tannins, diastase, sugar and starch.

Friday, June 10, 2011

Varenicline : Quit Smoking Tips

Varenicline is a smoking-stopping agent. These drugs work inbrain by inhibiting the effects of smoking fun. This decreases the urge to smoke.

Indications:
Helping to stop smoking.

Dosage:

1 mg by mouth (orally) 2 times a day, followed by titration for 1week.
Days 1-3: 0.5 mg by mouth (orally), 1 times daily
Days 4-7: 0.5 mg by mouth (orally), 2 times daily
Day 8-end of the treatment: 1 mg by mouth (orally), 2 times daily
Duration: 3-6 months


Implementation:
Starting dose 1-2 weeks before the target quit date.

Side Effects:
Nausea, insomnia, headache,
drowsiness, dizziness, strangedreams, fatigue, abdominal discomfort, increased appetite.

Special Instructions:
Use with caution in patients with renal dysfunction, those who areundergoing dialysis and patients with serious psychiatric illness

Lung Cancer Symptoms

Lung cancer, like all cancers, is the result of an abnormal cell, the most basic unit of life. Normally, the body maintain a system of checks and balances on cell growth, so that cells divide to produce new cells are needed. Disruption of the balance system of uncontrolled cell growth and eventually form a mass called a tumor.

Tumors can be benign or malignant, and malignant tumor is called cancer. Benign tumors can usually be removed and not spread to other body parts. Malignant tumors, on the other hand, grow aggressively and attacking other body tissues, so that the tumor cells into the bloodstream or lymphatic system and then to the inside of the body. Deployment process is called metastasis. 

Since lung cancer tends to spread or metastasize, it is life threatening. Lung cancer can spread to every organ in the body, especially the adrenal glands, liver, brain, and bone. This cancer is also one of the most difficult cancers to treat. The lungs are also the organ most frequently affected by tumors in other body parts. 

Lymphoma Cancer

Lymphoma cancer or lymphoma is cancer of the lymphatic system (lymph nodes, thymus gland, spleen and bone marrow). American Cancer Society says there are two types of lymphoma, namely Hodgkin's lymphoma (Hodgkin's disease) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma begins in the lymphatic system in which the tumor develops from a type of white blood cells called lymphocytes (either T cells or B-cells). Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is much more common that Hodgkin's disease. 

While Hodgkin's lymphoma is a cancer of the immune system characterized by the presence of a type of cell called the Reed-Sternberg cells (giant cells are usually derived from B lymphocytes).

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Diabetes and Hypertension

Known that diabetes can cause various complications. But it was one of the most frequent complications were hypertension, diabetes is so often called her soul mate hypertension. 
"Diabetes is her soul mate hypertension, because about 65 percent of people with diabetes also have hypertension," said Dr. Dr. Budiman Widjodjo, SpPD in a press conference Enhance Public Awareness Against Metabolic and Endocrine Case to Prevent Chronic Complications resulting, at the Hotel Nikko Jakarta, Wednesday (06/08/2011). 
 Dr. Budiman said in a patient with high blood sugar levels can disrupt the hormone system in the body. In people with normal hormone system in the body will produce a hormone known as angiotensin 2. 

Diabetes Blood Test Should Not Drawn on Arm Finger

To know a person's blood sugar levels usually do a check of blood in the finger. But to make the diagnosis of diabetes, blood taken from blood vessels in the arm and not the finger. "In diagnosing diabetes, blood taken from a vein or artery from the arm and not the capillary blood vessels in the hand (finger)," said Dr. Dr. Budiman Widjodjo, SpPD in a press conference Increase Public Awareness On The Case of Metabolic and Endocrine forPreventing Chronic Complications resulting, at the Hotel Nikko Jakarta, Wednesday (06/08/2011). 
Dr. Budiman said somebody said to diabetes if the classic symptoms that arise and blood tests after a meal (2 hours) above 200 mg / dL, or the classic symptoms that arise and fasting blood tests at least 8 hours worth more than 126 mg / dL. 

Beware of Hypothyroidism in Infants

Disturbances in thyroid hormones are generally not recognized by society. But if pregnant mothers are known to have hormonal thyroid disorders, hormone levels should check with their infants at birth because the baby could be affected by hypothyroidism.

Hypothyroidism is a condition characterized by low thyroid hormone production.
 This hormone serves mengatru level that stimulates the body's metabolism of a person to work according to its function.

Pregnant women who have hormonal thyroid disease have hypothyroidism can cause her baby at birth. 
If the baby until the thyroid hormone deficiency can cause disability.
If the baby is known to calm, safe and not cry all night then do not let it go, because it could be the baby had hypothyroidism, especially if the mother has a thyroid disorder.

UNICEF Open Price Vaccine

UN Agency for Children (UNICEF) for the first time publish vaccine prices set by pharmaceutical companies. This policy was taken UNICEF with the aim of creating a climate of increasing competition in the financing. 
On Friday (28/05/2010), UNICEF launched its official website the original price offered by any pharmaceutical company for the purchase of 16 types of vaccines in the last decade. This step is clearly not in line with the policy of some Western pharmaceutical companies. 
Novartis AG and Merck & Co., for example, sells only one of many children's vaccines to UNICEF. They were then both denied the tariffs that have been released about it. 

Set Diets can Ageless

Increasing age was not preventable, but we still could slow the effects of aging on the body. Nature already provide it in abundance, our lives are willing to accept it or not.
There are many factors that cause the symptoms of aging, factors other than reduced growth hormone, aging effects also arise because of pollution, stress, sunlight, smoking, alcohol, lack of rest, and diet malnutrition. 
In addition to looking at the skin, such as the skin looks dull and wrinkles begin to arise, the effects of aging can also be easily hurt, decreased concentration or frequent fatigue. According to clinical nutritionist from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, dr.Inge Permadhi, Sp.GK, premature aging may be preventable by improving our diet. "The key is to eat a balanced composition of nutrients," 

Identify Metals in Your Body

To perform its function properly, our bodies need good nutrition.Substances that the body needs not only in the form of carbohydrates, proteins, or vitamins. Various metallic substance is also necessary for the body work properly. Any metal that the body needs? What is its function? How many are needed for the body? Various metallic substance the body needs, among others: 

Fake Fur Eye to Eye Makeup Perfect

Eye makeup to be the main thing in makeup. No wonder, when the makeup, the eyes got a pretty important part and a part that requires a long time to meriasnya. One, that the eyes look different and more perfect eye makeup is to put false eyelashes. Applying it in the eye to make lashes look longer and thicker. It's just that, putting false eyelashes is not easy. For those of you who want to try using fake eyelashes, you can learn it.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Drinking Milk Daily Reducing The Risk of Heart Attack


Milk is not only complementary foods should be consumed every day. But it is also useful to support health. In fact, according to research at Wageningen University and Harvard, drink three glasses of milk every day, can reduce the risk of heart disease by 18 percent.

The results of this study at the same time denied the myth that states that the consumption of milk every day can lead to weight gain and lead to the emergence of heart disease, stroke, even death.The study was conducted by reviewing 17 studies from Europe, America, and Japan. 

The researchers found no association between consumption of regular or low-fat milk and increased risk of heart disease, stroke, or death.”Milk is a nutritious and healthy food. Rich in natural nutrients, like calcium, potassium and protein,” said Cindy Schweitzer, Director of Engineering, Global Dairy Platform.Later, other studies in Israel that was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition also noted that milk consumption is higher calcium will affect the weight loss.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Make a full stomach, but not Fat

To lose or maintain weight not only have to leave the stomach in a state of hunger. There are several nutrients that keep you satisfied but not increase weight.
Some nutrients can make your stomach remains full but did not gain weight because they have low fat or none at all.
Here are some foods that can lose weight without having to starve.

Vitamins of the Best Food Equipment

Vitamins are a good friend’s body for a variety of functions. Even if only in small amounts, but vitamin with minerals each have specific functions and are included in the main nutrients the body needs.
Vitamin is an organic molecule that is necessary for the body metabolism and normal growth. This vitamin can not be produced by the body and must be met from outside the body or through food.
Lately, more and more sold food additives or food supplement and vitamins. There is a liquid, tablet, or capsule. Reasons of practicality and indiscriminate eating patterns is the reason many people in urban areas to take these supplements.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

More American Women Opting for Home Birth


Although less than 1 percent of births in the U.S. take place at home, the number of home births jumped 20 percent over just a four-year period, according to the results of a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a Boston university professor. The details of the analysis were recently published in the medical journal Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care.
While home births were on the decline from 1990 to 2004, figures for the period between 2004 and 2008 show a steady increase among a small subculture of white women opting for natural birth. In 2008 alone, at least one in 98 white women gave birth at home, while an average of just one in 357 black women, and only one in 500 Hispanic women choose to have their babies in their homes. Among all races, around one in 143 births occurred at home in 2008, compared to one in 179 in 2004. Of course, some home births occur due to women residing in remote locations being unable to reach a hospital in time for delivery.

Fish Oil Reduces Heart


Fish oil, and its high level of omega-3 fatty acids, has been proven reduce the risk of some forms of cancer, relieve joint pain and other rheumatoid problems, and lessen the effects of depression and other mental disorders. Omega-3 fats can also help with some forms of skin problems and has been reported to ward off Alzheimer’s disease. Now there are heart benefits as well.
An omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) study was conducted by Italian researchers to test the benefits of fish oil. They enlisted more than 7,000 people who had been diagnosed with heart failure, a condition in which the heart becomes enlarged and loses its ability to effectively pump blood around the body.  Half of the participants were given a daily capsule of omega-3, in addition to their other daily medications, while the other half took a placebo. They were followed for an average of four years, during which 1,981 (27 percent) of the group taking omega-3 died of heart failure or were admitted to the hospital with cardiovascular problems, compared to 2,053 (29 percent) of the placebo group.