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. 

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: 

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.

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.