Diabetes is Expensive
Health Lifestyle November 21st, 2010
Diabetes mellitus often referred to diabetes, although never as sweet as its name if it is talking about the cost of care. High cost of care is increasingly becoming the burden along with the increasing number of sufferers worldwide.
International Diabetes Federation (IDF) estimates that 30 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes in 1985 and jumped to 150 million within the next 10 years. Now the number reached 285 million and is expected to continue to increase to 438 million by 2030, larger than the population throughout Europe today.
Unfortunately, even the largest increases experienced by developing countries like Indonesia that are economically relatively less strong compared to developed countries. Whereas long-term treatment and care of diabetes requires facilities and facilities that are not cheap.
“The awareness of healthy lifestyles in developed countries is higher so that diabetes is only experienced by the age of 65 years and over. In developing countries, have reached the age of 45-64 years,” said Dr. Pradeep Soewondo, SpPD-KEMD of the Society for Endocrinology Indonesia, in a press conference World Diabetes Day at the Hotel Le Meridien, Jakarta, Friday (11/19/2010).
Though limited means, facilities and funds for treatment will determine the quality of life with diabetes. Moreover, care and treatment of this disease is usually done in the long run, even practically a lifetime. Read the rest of this entry »
Causes of Diarrhea and Constipation: When Menstruation
Health Care November 21st, 2010
Menstruation who come every month sometimes not only cause stomach cramps, but digestive disorders such as diarrhea or constipation. Why is that?
Digestive problems that arise such as diarrhea, constipation or abdominal bloating during menstruation is very closely related. This is because when menstruation occurs upheaval case of estrogen and progesterone hormones are lower. Hormonal disorder that is the trigger all the symptoms that arise during menstruation.
The hormone progesterone will increase after the fertile period (ovulation) and decreased gradually down to a low level to trigger menstruation. After menstruation is triggered, the chemicals will be released by the body’s prostaglandins that cause the uterus to contract to remove the uterine lining.
As quoted from MedicineNet.com, Saturday (20/11/2010) excessive levels of prostaglandins that can cause uterine cramping and discomfort. These high levels of prostaglandins that cause an increase in smooth muscle contraction dna motility of the digestive tract that can cause diarrhea, constipation, flatulence and other digestive disorders. Read the rest of this entry »
7 Breast abnormalities that need to be aware
Disease November 21st, 2010
Routine inspection is the right step to anticipate the risk of early breast cancer. If the observant enough, signs of cancer can be detected itself of abnormalities found in the surrounding breast tissue.
Quoted from Shine, Sunday (21/11/2010), here are 7 abnormalities that need to be aware of as a symptom of breast cancer.
1. Bumps
Symptoms of breast cancer is the most easily recognizable is the emergence of an abnormal lump. It can generally palpable lump itself, although sometimes only be known to exist through the inspection mammograph. Read the rest of this entry »
Sports Not Lose Weight
Weight Loss November 9th, 2010
VIVAnews – So far, the sport is always associated with weight loss. But according to a recent study proved that sport has no effect on decreasing body. Sports as we know it burns calories, which is very important to decrease body weight. The problem is, after exercise, we will feel hungry and to overcome them we will eat. If you exercise but consumed more food certainly will not cause weight decreasing effect. The issue is not on the choice of food but how exercise triggers hunger. That is what triggers hunger for someone to consume more calories. Then the question is whether the exercise is needed in the process of weight loss? The answer was quite surprising. According to the writings of medical writer at Time magazine, John Cloud, on a comparative study of female body weight, with overweight women who exercised compared to women who are not exercising, his weight is not much different. The study involved four women, three women doing sports with different types didamping personal trainer for six months. Then, one woman only keep the food and not exercising, the result is their weight is not much different. Other studies also menunjukkann case. Gary Taubes, author of “Good Calories, Bad Calories” draw a conclusion similar to the comparative study. Sports are important for maintaining health but not to lose weight. To maintain stable weight to be carried out with sports but not for weight loss. Cloud reveals the existence of such facts does not mean that the benefits of sports are excluded. Sports equipment necessary for the health of not only the effect is significant enough to lose weight.
Indra Hearing Affect Intelligence
Uncategorized November 7th, 2010
The children are in infancy has a good hearing sensitivity, usually will have a pretty good intelligence. We need to stimulate their sensitivity.
Infants are sensitive to sounds from the womb. Many studies have proved it. For example, infants will show changes in the speed of sucking and respond when they hear music normally played while he was still in the womb, or when he heard the speech he had heard the story while still in the womb.
Now that’s something to do with cognitive development. Hence, as told by Lidia L. Hidajat, MPH., Hearing sensitivity usually associated with subsequent infant cognitive development. “The children are in infancy showed good hearing sensitivity, usually will have a pretty good intelligence,” said psychologist from the Faculty of Psychology, Atma Jaya Catholic University, Jakarta.
Stimulation with music
There are many ways parents can do to stimulate baby’s sense of hearing sensitivity. One of them with the sound off music. As we know, a number of studies have been conducted in several countries, including Indonesia, to see the linkages between the provision of music for babies in the womb with intelligence.
Although research in Indonesia, said Lidia, has not been able to prove that music can improve intelligence, but the music certainly can soothe fussy babies. So, there’s no harm in Father-Mother stimulate hearing your child with music. The type of music that is suggested is that classical music or easy listening. Why not other types of music, rock, for example? “For rock music, according to research, can lead to aggressive behavior. Read the rest of this entry »
