BE HEALTHY

Archive for October, 2009

Not only found themselves suffering from heart disease, bringing awareness of heart disease should continue to start up. We need to know the measure itself, introspective, and to live in peace with cardiac abnormalities who are already there. How?

Orderly and life. All daily activities should be scheduled and followed in time. Meals, breaks, sleep, and operate well-organized. Relax the stressor and life is made more relaxed.

Control of all risk factors that worsen heart conditions who already regularly taking pain medication, according to a strict diet of disease, and changing lifestyles are not healthy for.

Of course that’s not enough. It is also necessary to move the body. The ideal course on foot in haste (Brisk walking) there watching for a spicy complaints arise. Complaints of chest pain, shortness of breath, and other discomfort should be the instructions to immediately stop any activity. Including if emerged when he was sitting. It could be that the form of a heart attack as well.

Avoid eating too full. Heart attack at the dinner table, too often happens. Likewise, do not get a bath of cold water poured directly. No walking through strong winds, large bowel should not be straining.

Beware of sexual activity is not unusual, and not by the couple themselves. Death of cardiac cases in the hotel occurred because it was not with his own partner (Saddle back death). Complaints chest during the move, even when only mild activity even for the risk of coronary heart attacked, should be translated as a form of heart attack, so that should not be ignored.

Abandonment of the complaint form the heart of even the slightest, bad impact on heart disease, if not the direct expense of their own lives.

as is often applied by the physicians and doctors Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) can reduce migraine pain. Such a study reveals. Researchers from Italy found that regular treatments with the right acupuncture helped improve symptoms in 32 patients suffering from migraine who have resistant or immune to the drug.

Moreover, this therapy works more effectively than the two other forms of fake acupuncture used for comparison. So the researchers disclosed in the Medical Journal of Headache.

In previous studies, leaving enough of a contradiction of migraine with acupuncture treatment. Some researchers considered that the use of acupuncture is not appropriate, use a blunt needle and not to penetrate the skin are also said to reduce symptoms such as real acupuncture. Of course this leaves the question about the biological effects of acupuncture.

Even so, the problem, in this study, there are inconsistencies design (research), also use acupuncture points or points that are not in accordance with the points that should be stabbed.

Acupuncture has been used for more than 2000 years in China for treatment of a variety of health problems to overcome. According to this traditional medicine, specific points on the acupuncture points are related to internal body that carry energy or Qi (chi) and stimulating these points with needles can increase the flow of this Qi.

In a recent study, Dr. Enrico Facco from the University of Padua and colleagues looked at how the traditional techniques of acupuncture compared with mock acupuncture (no needle) to prevent migraines.

They randomly selected 160 patients who experienced migraine into four groups: In group one, patients received twice-weekly sessions of traditional acupuncture. The second group undergoing mock acupuncture. The third group also underwent mock acupuncture but uses needles inserted planted on acupuncture points are. And the fourth group was a control group who did not receive acupuncture treatment at all.

More than six months, Facco team found, only the group who received acupuncture needle with a fitting that experienced recovery from migraine compared with the control group. The new main factors of this research is that this therapy although based on traditional medicine, but use of western scientific way.

The result promises, Facco said, but further research is needed to confirm the benefits of traditional acupuncture for migraine. Still, Facco added, since this therapy is only a small side effect, can be used for those who suffer from migraines that can not be resolved with standard treatment.

Have not really clear why acupuncture can reduce migraine. Add to the traditional theory based on the concept of Qi, the modern research of acupuncture on migraine suggests that acupuncture may work by switch signals among nerve cells or affecting the release of various chemicals in the central nervous system.

medical technology now allows doctors to save patients with heart disease better and the high success rate. Unfortunately, the majority of people forget the most basic way to prevent this disease, namely sports and maintain ideal weight.

According to health experts, someone who is healthy and fit was not always able to escape from heart disease. Therefore, we need to recognize the various risk factors of this deadly disease.

In a survey conducted by the American Heart Association found that 59 percent of respondents said they have never done sports activities. “It should focus on keeping people more weight and waist circumference,” he said. Donald M.Lloyd-Jones, chairman of the committee on heart health.

According to Jones, there are a number of risk factors for heart disease that can be reduced or prevented, the excess cholesterol, diabetes, hypertension, smoking, stress, obesity, and lack of physical activity. “In the group of the younger respondents, even the worst consciousness,” said Jones.

Unfortunately, patients often do not realize it for years until there is a dangerous complications, such as stroke, heart attack, or kidney failure. Another factor to consider is genetic. Therefore there needs to control risk factors.

Do not smoke, lots of exercise, avoid high-fat foods, and keep your ideal weight. Maybe you’ve memorized with this healthy advice. But did you know that this advice if practiced daily can reduce the risk of chronic disease by 80 percent?

A recent report published in the Archives of Internal Medicine said, those who practice healthy habits more often exposed to diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.

Research that began in the 1990s involved 23,513 people aged 35-65 years old German. Researchers analyzed the health, lifestyle, and diet of the respondents. Weight loss, disease background-owned, the frequency of eating, and how they practice healthy habits are analyzed during the study period that lasted 8 years.

Healthy habits are analyzed is whether they have a habit of smoking, exercise a minimum of 3.5 hours a week, has an ideal body mass index, and a diet rich in fiber and low fat.

The majority of respondents admitted that they practiced at least one healthy habits and 9 percent of respondents said they go through the four healthy habits.

After considering other factors that may contribute to the emergence of the disease, the researchers concluded that those who practiced these four healthy habits have a risk of chronic disease decreased 78 percent.

Specifically, those who run the whole healthy habits have affected the risk of type 2 diabetes lower 92 percent, 81 percent of heart attack, stroke 50 percent, and 36 percent had cancer. In other words, despite advice to run a healthy lifestyle sounds cliched, but the benefits are real.

Hydrocephalus, or excess volume of fluid in the brain should not be underestimated because the resulting decrease in intelligence, mental retardation, until death. Society should watch for symptoms of hydrocephalus. When he gets bumpy in the head, should be quickly taken to the doctor.

“Those who have hydrocephalus in old age, showing some symptoms, such as bedwetting, intelligence goes down and began limited mechanically. Whereas in adults, they often experience headache, vomiting, and decreased level of consciousness,” he said, Monday (21 / 12/2009).

As in infants and children recognized symptoms of hydrocephalus can be seen enlarged head and scalp are increasingly depleted. Adults, children, and babies can also show symptoms in the eyes of the white part so dominant that causes difficulty seeing at the top.

“The cause of hydrocephalus, such as trauma to the head, viral infections, or congenital factors. Special trauma to the head, including bleeding in the brain, usually because there is never an accident history and the clash of heads,” he said.

HB IX Sudiharto Award is given to having invented hydrocephalus therapy safe and cheap. Sudiharto began researching and developing a pump system to drain excess fluid in the brain. Since making the first time in 1981, had 7000 patients using this invention. With the level of risk that only two percent, this exciting achievement for the country medical world, because in foreign countries, the fluid pump assembly of the brain is still 2-4 percent range.

Patented device that is called the shunt system semilunar valve opening. Silicon was chosen as the manufacturing material valve mounted on the catheter tube. Hose will be planted from the back of the ear to the intestine. Excess fluid in the brain will be discharged into the intestine as the pump pulse that follows the heartbeat. Installation can be done since the baby. Even once installed, will not have to do surgery again because the equipment can last as long as the person ages.

“With equipment prices that only Rp 1.5 to Rp 1.7 million, it will reach communities. Each hospital has a surgical service, can perform the planting operation tool,” he said.