Showing posts with label Health Info. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health Info. Show all posts

Monday, July 25, 2011

Internet Brain Wrinkles

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The study found that using the Internet excessively can damage the adolescent brain, which could potentially make one part of the brain tends to wrinkle.

The scientists found no signs of atrophy (shrinkage) in the gray matter in the brains of adolescent heavy internet user gets worse over time, according to research published in the journal Plos One.

This can affect the level of concentration and memory, as well as the ability of adolescents to make decisions and objectives are implemented. It also can reduce barriers and encourage teenagers to inappropriate behavior.

This conclusion is derived from research conducted using MRI brain scans of 18 students aged 19 years who spend 8 to 13 hours a day to play online games, six days a week.

Students classified as Internet addicts after answering eight questions, including whether they have tried to quit using the internet and whether they lied to family members about the amount of time they spend online.

The results of the comparison with the control group showed that teenage Internet addicts suffered damage to the gray matter in the wrinkled surface of the brain (cortex), which is where the processing of memory, emotion, language skills, vision, hearing and motor control.

Researchers also found changes in brain tissue called white matter, which pass messages between different regions of gray matter in the nervous system.

According to researchers, this disorder may make adolescents more dependent on the internet and have to face the risk of having IAD (Internet addiction disorder).

"Our results suggest that long-term Internet addiction will lead to changes in brain structure," said researcher who is a neurologist and radiologist at the university and hospitals in China.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

10 Tips to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk Affected

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In modern times when everything including the food can be obtained instantly makes us prone to various diseases including breast cancer. Therefore, the choice is entirely in our hands, we can consume unhealthy foods or just choose certain foods and nutrients that are good for health.

A report from the American Institute of Cancer Research (Food, Nutrition, and Cancer Prevention: a global perspective, 1997) mentions what kind of foods that cause breast cancer and type of food that could potentially reduce the risk of breast cancer.

Here are 10 conclusions of the American Institute of Cancer regarding the types of foods that could potentially increase and decrease your chances of contracting breast cancer:

Expand eat the fruit. Even certain fruits are called to treat breast cancer. Fruits have lots of antioxidants, phytochemicals, and high in fiber.
Increase consumption of vegetables. Same with fruit, vegetables also have high anti-oxidants, phytochemicals and fiber height.
Enter a diet rich in carotenoids substances (carotenoids) such as melon, mango, beet greens, butternut squash, peppers, green dandelion, dock / sorrel green, Hubbard squash, kale, mustard greens, pumpkin, spinach, sweet potatoes, turnips swiis, turnip greens, winter squash, and sweet potatoes into your daily menu.
Eat more fiber, especially from the type of grain. Phytochemicals found in whole grains may reduce the risk of breast cancer and colon cancer in studies conducted in animals.
Keeping the consumption of fat, either saturated fats and animal fats moderate. Researchers are still figuring out what and how much fat and type of fat in our diets that increase the risk of breast cancer.
Switch to unsaturated fats. Research shows that monounsaturated oils, like olive and canola oils, have no effect in causing cancer (Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 97:16, 1997).
Reduce alcohol consumption or stop altogether. At least 50 studies show that alcohol has a role increases the risk of breast cancer.
Do variations in the diet. Eat a variety of foods will provide a variety of nutrients and phytochemicals that are beneficial to the body.
Try to maintain ideal body weight according to your age. A study at Harvard University showed that women who experienced weight gain of 44 to 55 pounds (20 kg) after age 18 years had twice the risk of breast cancer after menopause, compared with women who only gained a few pounds only.
Try to exercise at least 4 hours a week. Several studies have found a decreased risk of breast cancer among women who exercised regularly while age was a teenager.

Besides eating healthy foods and recommended above, everyone should also avoid some types of breast cancer-causing foods such as meat, fats, caffeine, alcohol and soy.

Here are some additional tips on how to prevent breast cancer by improving lifestyle and daily diet:

Some researchers say that there is no scientific evidence that eating or avoiding certain foods can lower the risk of breast cancer. But even so, follow the pattern and type of food as mentioned above will also help you prevent many chronic diseases such as heart disease, osteoporosis, type-II diabetes, and obesity.
Some symptoms of breast cancer can be seen physically but generally after the cancer has become malignant. For that annual mammograms are doing tests and individual tests on the breast of every month in anticipation of early
Only about 5% of women with breast cancer who have a hereditary nature (heredity). These women usually suffer from breast cancer before menopause and have multiple family members with the same disease.
Choose monounsaturated cooking oils, like olive oil and canola oil. Use olive oil for pasta salads, salad dressings, and Italian and Mediterranean recipes and use canola oil for oven frying, grilling and sauteing.
Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, estimates that drinking two to five alcoholic drinks a day increases a woman's risk of developing breast cancer over 40% compared with non-drinkers.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Concern, Dozens Million Children living with smokers

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Bradley BTIS1 Original Fully Automatic 4-Rack Outdoor Food SmokerIt turned out that pollutants from vehicle fumes fewer ingredients are harmful to health than cigarette smoke.

Various studies describe that in cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 toxic chemicals (toxic) and 43 cancer-causing compounds (carcinogens). This explains why cigarette smoke is more dangerous than car exhaust.

Besides the scientific evidence has also shown an association between smoking with the occurrence of various diseases such as cancer, heart disease, respiratory system diseases, reproductive disorders and diseases of pregnancy.

According to Dr. H Azimal, Kes, Director of Communicable Disease Control No. Kemenkes, cigarette smoke blown into the table if a bit difficult to lose because it is sticky.

"What if the smoke into the lungs more and can be more numerous?" He said during a media briefing in Jakarta, recently.

dr Azimal said more than 43 million Indonesian children living with smokers and are exposed to household cigarette smoke or passive smoking. If these children are often exposed to smoke so he could experience a slow lung growth, more susceptible to bronchitis, respiratory infections, ear and asthma.

"If in a house her father smoked and there was a baby, the baby could have impaired growth," said Dr. Azimal.

It is estimated that the smell of cigarette smoke is difficult to lose this because cigarette smoke is made of long chains of molecules, so it took a long or difficult to remove, especially on the cloth. Besides cigarette smoke produced generally contain many substances or residues.

The number of negative impacts that can be generated from cigarette smoke to one's health that makes cigarette smoke more to get attention, although it does not mean that fumes are not dangerous because it still contains compounds that are toxic to the body.

Research: Papaya Effectively Prevent Cancer

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A Day in the Budwig Diet - Learn the complete home healing protocol to prevent and heal cancer, arthritis, heart disease & moreIn addition to launching the gastrointestinal tract, preventing constipation, papaya was also able to prevent cancer.

Papaya contain lycopene, which is known as a substance that is very effective in preventing and combating the spread of cancer cells.

Recent study found that lycopene stimulates the rate of cell in the body's defense against cancer. This can prevent DNA damage and inhibit the spread of cancer, as reported by Men'sHealth.

Researchers from the University of Florida found that the papaya is effective as an anticancer agent against cancers such as cervical, breast, liver, lungs and pancreas. The study was published in the journal Ethnopharmacology.

Researchers conducted tests using a tea made from dried papaya leaf extract. The fruit is known to boost the chemicals that regulate the immune system.

Dr. Nam Dang University of Florida say that the extra papaya tested in the laboratory has no toxic side effects against normal cells, so that possibility can be used as alternative medicine. However, further research is still needed to determine the effect it produces when it enters the body.

In addition to lycopene, found another papaya also contain a source of vitamin C, potassium and folic acid which makes it a very healthy fruit.

Fruits and vegetables that contain lycopene include tomatoes, watermelon, grapes are also carrots.

Ways of Protecting Children from Allergic Reactions

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How to Live with a Nut AllergyIf you have a baby who is allergic to peanuts, you should give more attention and rigorous to help prevent dangerous reactions.

To avoid things that are not desirable for children who are allergic to nuts, here are some suggestions that may prevent the occurrence of allergic reactions:

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Drink Green Tea regularly Keep out of the Flu

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Bigelow Green Tea, 40-Count Boxes (Pack of 6)Perhaps you've been drinking green tea without sugar in order to lose weight. But a recent study found that drinking green tea also helps us move away from the flu.

Recent research by scientists suggests drinking two cups of Japanese green tea every day can avoid the risk of people catching a cold by 70 percent.

Japanese researcher Hiroshi Yamada, MD, Ph.D found two key substances in green tea that is able to keep the body from the flu threat, namely the catechins and teanin, are both antioxidants which are very useful for fighting diseases, such as reported from Menshealth.com.

Researchers asked participants to take a pill containing 378 mg catechins (equivalent to 2 cups of green tea) and 210 mg teanin (equivalent to 4 cups) for 5 months every day. The result is only 4 percent of respondents could avoid the risk of catching a cold.

Different things happen when participants were asked to drink two cups of green tea directly every day. The results of participants can avoid the risk of colds by 70 percent.

"Catechins are capable of binding influenza virus. Teanin While it can increase the immune system," said Dr. Yamada.

To get the benefits of drinking two cups of green tea, there are several things to note:

1. A decoction of tea leaves better than tea in bags
Experts say the tea leaves are boiled in the form of a compound concentration of catechins and teanin higher than that brewed from tea bags.

2. Brewed tea in hot water and long
Brew green tea in a long time in water temperatures over 100 degrees Celsius to increase the concentration of catechins.

3. Do not replace with another green tea
Green tea had higher levels of catechin compounds and teanin the highest compared to other types of tea for flu prevention. But if it had not have green tea in your inventory, white tea and oolong tea could be an alternative successor.

In the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry mentioned green tea contains catechins, antioxidants that are very useful for fighting the disease. Green tea is also rich in vitamins like A, B1, B12, C, E and K. Green tea also has minerals such as calcium, iron, zinc and others. Some of the other ingredients in green tea are gallic acid, essential oils, carotenoids, dietary fiber and small amount of soluble carbohydrates.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Mobile phones may Cause Cancer

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Cancer research agency of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the use of mobile phones "probable carcinogen".

The study of the existing evidence shows increased risk of one type of brain cancer can not be ruled out. But the relationship between the phone and cancer has not been convincing.

They conclude "not yet clear whether cell phones do cause cancer in humans". Cancer Research UK said the evidence was too weak to draw strong conclusions.

Head of health information on the charity, Ed Yong said, "WHO's conclusion means that there is evidence linking mobile phones to cancer, but too weak separately made ​​in the form of conclusions. "

Monday, May 23, 2011

Teens and Chocolate

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Most teenagers admit likes chocolate. Indeed, these foods do not see the factor of age group or gender, because the benefits are quite a lot.

Chocolate on the suspect to reduce the risk of heart attack.
Eating a few pieces of pure chocolate every day can reduce the risk of dying from heart attacks at nearly 50% of cases. This opinion was expressed by a researcher from Johns Hopkins University School, USA. In his research revealed that the formation of blood clots / thrombus in chocolate eaters much slower than those not eating chocolate. This is of course a lot of truth because that is too large thrombus formation will lead to clogged heart arteries and can cause heart attacks.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Cancer Drugs Not Necessarily Suitable for Fellow Patients

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Cancer so far is still a scourge for most people because it requires a large medical expenses and can not be cured, especially if diagnosed at an advanced stage.

So naturally if no opinion whatever money a person has, if he had cancer then the money is not worth more, especially if the cancer is found at an advanced stage.

"Unfortunately, most cases of cancer were found in Indonesia are at an advanced stage, three and four, thus requiring a very large cost for maintenance," said Prof Dr Iwan Dwi Prahasto, MMedSc, PhD, professor of Faculty of Medicine, University of Gadjah Mada in discussion forums cancer management and financing in Indonesia, in Jakarta, Wednesday (11 / 5).

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Less Sleep, Women Eat More

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Lack of sleep triggers obesity? Could be. According to the New York Obesity Research Center Columbia University Researh, lack of sleep triggers excessive appetite which in turn could potentially lead to obesity.

Those who only spend time sleeping for four hours per day tend to be mengasup more calories after waking, than those who slept enough.

Based on these studies, the worst effects apply to women who sleep less, with an average intake of 329 calories more than during sleep enough. While men have a tendency to increase intake of around 263 calories.

Monday, May 9, 2011

Lupus, a thousand faces disease

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Lupus is often referred to as the master impersonator, or even a thousand faces disease, because the nature of lupus can resemble other illnesses, so patients often come to a general physician or a specialist that vary depending on the presenting symptoms.

"Doctors sometimes be fooled by the disease lupus, especially if the means and knowledge of physicians about lupus inadequate," said Dr. Adre Mayza, SpS (K) in the talk show 'Lupus By Neural' to commemorate the lupus world here on Friday (7 / 5).

Sunday, May 8, 2011

What is Loneliness Tend Fat

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Lonely, no friends and are reluctant to socialize the potential to make a person fat. Because, lonely cause appetite to increase dramatically, triggering excessive weight gain

According to the expert psychotherapist in Houston, Mary Jo Rapini, a lonely person usually will look for an outlet. Generally, they will find food in hopes to calm down or depression, such as reported by the Times of India.

Maybe at first urge to eat that do not cause problems, but if this lasts longer, eat weight gain can not be avoided, Rapini said.

"Once people realize that his appearance has become very fat, this situation will lead to accretion rates of depression," he said.

Rapini suggested that if a person feels lonely, express emotions in ways that are not at risk. For example, talking to someone, make a note in the diary, drawing a self portrait of how you feel when it is, or can also write poetry and short stories about the situation experienced.

"All this can help drive out the loneliness that can endanger the health," Rapini said.

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Educating People With Autism Through Comics

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Parents with autistic children now no longer need to worry how to handle children with special needs, because now there is no way to know autism is closer, by using the comic.

Autism Society of Indonesia (MPATI) launched Indonesia's first autism comic entitled 'Autistic Child Companions We All' in Jakarta, Wednesday (30 / 3).

New Hope Early Detection of Autism Found

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There is exciting news related to autism. Recently, the researchers approached accurate test for autism, a finding that could lead to early diagnosis and treatment.

Tests that use conventional magnetic resonance imaging or MRI machine, was allegedly able to detect 94 percent of individuals with autism trend, according to the publication in the journal Autism Research.

Finger Length Can Prostate Cancer Risk Prediction

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There is an interesting study published in the British Journal of Cancer that men finger longer than their ring finger, has a much lower risk of prostate cancer.

The researchers also said that the possibility to develop the disease 30 percent lower, and particularly for men younger.

Fun ways to Prevent Prostate Cancer

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For those of Adam, prostate cancer is like a ghost that will continue to disrupt life. Moreover, prostate cancer is the most deadly type of cancer except lung cancer.

And to do prevention, often have to sacrifice many things that are considered pleasant, such as the need to forget to eat meat and fried foods. Though not all prostate cancer prevention is burdensome. Some ways preventive for prostate cancer following even make fun.

For those who like to eat pizza or pasta, it could not hurt to try the marinara sauce, which is believed to be effective in preventing the emergence of prostate cancer. To make it not difficult, because its main ingredient is tomato.

Weight Loss Breast Cancer Risk Affect in Smokers

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Smoking is known to increase risk of breast cancer for women who have normal weight and overweight, but for those who are obese it is not.

This is the first finding that the effect of weight on breast cancer risk for women who smoke, and although some, other studies have confirmed this problem, this does not mean smoking is safe for women who are very overweight, the researchers said in the new study.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Tips and health advice to Prevent Obesity

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Obesity is a condition where a person has excess body weight at least 20% of normal weight.

The degree of obesity was measured by using the formula of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and ratio of waist circumference to hip circumference (waist-hip ratio or WHR).

Frequently Asked Questions about Diet

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Why do I always feel pessimistic when starting a diet program?

"Pessimism that appears is usually because you think the diet was tantamount to torture themselves with hunger. Many dieters assume, do not consume a diet identical with your favorite foods. In fact, proper diet is to simply reduce the intake of total fat and calories (carbohydrate and sugar) that enters the body. "

It is very difficult for me to control the appetite. Any suggestions?

The beginning of Diet tips : Starve is not the way the Good Diet

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At the beginning of these tips, I want to highlight a problem that afflicts 99% of people who come to me and wanted to lose weight. In general, people who are overweight, the cause is overeating. Whether it's excess food or lack of motion, which would consume more calories than being dumped by his body movement.

Moving on from such thinking, then almost everyone trying to lose weight by inverting their understanding. If you eat a lot of make fat, it means that if you like thin, clear food should

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