10 Things about Measles
February 28th, 2012
1. Measles virus is spread through saliva splashes in the air when someone sneezes or coughs. Measles is a contagious disease and can cause death in children in the world.
2. Measles can be prevented with an effective and safe vaccine, has been given to hundreds of millions of children around the world. The first dose administered at age 9 months and second dose is given next will be able to protect children from measles for life.
3. Each year, an estimated more than 30,000 children in the world died because measles.
What is Mammography and Who Need to Use It?
February 2nd, 2012
Mammography is a photo shoot with a special X-rays to the breast. With this tool, very small tumors that can not be palpated by a physician can be detected. Thanks to this tool, many lives could be saved because breast cancer can be detected at a stage is still curable. This tool does not give accurate results. Sometimes mammography fails to detect tumors or tumors sometimes show there but not there. It’s best to check the combined mammography and breast physical examination.
Women and Smoking
January 31st, 2012
Smoking and women? It has covered all the issues about gender, femininity, fetal health, breast cancer, uterine cancer, personal appearance, prestige, lifestyle, and also to the code of ethics. Its taboo of women smoking is a classic problem. Two important issues of women with smoking is, starting with health problems and end with the problem of the not-healthy.
In a health problem, which explains a lot of news about the various diseases caused by smoking. Among them dry cough, lung cancer, oral cancer, and so on. Smoking also cause feelings of fear, trembling, wavering, restless, weaken the mind, reduce appetite, yellows the face and teeth, narrowing the breathing, to cause people are lazy and weak, and others.
Diet after Giving Birth
January 30th, 2012
Although it feels happy when cuddling a child, there is an anxiety that often sneak in the hearts of mothers, namely how to lose weight back to its original weight. It is indeed often be something that is disturbing for every mother after childbirth. But when on a diet, whether it is good for the health of mother and child?
Lactation
For those of you who breastfeed, cheer up. Because breastfeeding is one quick way to weight loss at first like before you get pregnant. At the time of breastfeeding, and the body will burn about 500 calories per day.
Health Tip: Walking and Diabetes
January 23rd, 2012
Routine foot was very well done for diabetics because it can increase the body’s ability to process sugar so it does not accumulate excessively in the blood. The result, blood sugar levels can drop so that it can reduce the risk of heart disease and kidney.
Before and after the walk, you should check your blood sugar levels. If too low, below 100 mg / dl, you should add about 15-30 grams of carbohydrate intake. If too high, above 200 mg / dl, then you should postpone your workout until his blood sugar levels down. It is important for diabetes to always check blood sugar levels with regular intervals if you want to try to walk away with a far distance.
The best time to exercise walking is approximately 1-2 hours after meals, when insulin and blood sugar levels begin to stabilize. The most advisable if done in the morning.