Brazil Population Demands At Stress As Slim
Weight Loss February 8th, 2010
demands a slender body in the land of Samba to make the population of Brazil was recorded as the most stressful to be thin. Not only that depressed women, men also experience pressure not to lose big.
According to an international poll conducted on 16 countries in the world, Brazil is the country’s most distressed to be slim.
As many as 83 percent of people admitted feeling depressed Brazil with thin and slender body, followed by India (68 percent), Americans (62 percent) and France (55 percent).
Polls conducted on 16,000 people from 16 countries in the world shows that most people have expectations that are too large to be slim.
From the polls it is also known that Russia is the country most widely used cigarette to reduce weight (23 percent men and 18 percent of women). While most Mexicans choose a healthy diet and physical exercise to be thin.
Meanwhile, as the developer of the largest fast-food business, many Americans blamed by other countries because the trigger obesity products through fast-food product.
The desire to slim came from men and women. Not only men want slim women, women also tend to prefer thinner than the fat man as a partner so that the men are also encouraged to be more skinny and looks ideal.
“Almost 51 percent of newly married women who wished him thinner and 47 percent of her husband’s hope the same thing,” said Peggy Northrop who led the poll by Reader’s Digest Global Poll diet as reported by CNN, Wednesday (13/1/2010).
According to WHO, most people now die more due to fat and obesity factors, not because of lack of weight. At least 1.6 billion people are overweight and obesity in the world today and 2.5 million of that number more died of the condition.
“Although underweight or too thin is not good for health, but to be more obese and obesity is not good anymore,” said Peggy.
Dream National Insurance for All People
Helath Insurance February 8th, 2010
We have health insurance may only be owned by people capable of and workers at some companies. As for people who can not only limited to the health of social assistance only Itupun not cover all layers of society.
For people who do not have income or disadvantaged will not be there that can guarantee their health.
“It takes an insurance system that can include all levels of society, both high-income or who have no income at all, so the concept is mandatory for all residents or the community,” said Prof. Thabrany Hasbullah, MPH, DrPH in the national discussion Peel the renovation of National Health Insurance in the National Social Security System (Navigation) in the FKM UI, Depok, Saturday (16/1/2010).
Hasbullah explains Prof. fees to be paid should be based on the percentage of wage income such as income tax, so everyone can afford to pay these fees.
As for people who can not afford or do not have income, dues will be paid by the government through social assistance funds to provide direct contributions to a competent authority.
There are five programs of the most fundamental guarantees in this Forecast namely, health insurance (JK), work accident insurance (JKK), old age insurance (JHT), pension (JP) and life insurance (JKM).
“Navigation is picked up fees of its obligatory force so that in practice must be regulated by a law. If the law is clear, it can not be arbitrary persons or entities that can collect fees to avoid any confusion,” said Prof. Hasbullah.
Implementation of this will involve Forecast 4 BPJS (Organized by the Social Security Agency) which consists of PT Jamsostek, PT Askes, PT Taspen and PT. Asabri. But the fourth agency headed by DJSN (National Social Security Council) composed of representatives of workers, employers representatives, government representatives and community representatives of each expert in their fields so as to provide general policies.
Forecast for conducting such, required legislation would have to wait it out so BPJS legalization bill. This is the task of the 9 members of the House committee urged the government to immediately ratify the Bill to BPJS.
“We will urge the government through times of trial 2 with 1 additional trial time period, so not until a year we’ll know whether this bill will be ratified or not at all. In addition, the government’s duty is to immediately conduct the population census to be known by sure how many people in Indonesia, “said commission member House of Representatives 9 Rieke Dyah Pitaloka.
Rieke tells the future if the bill is passed there will be BPJS division of tasks in terms of implementation, namely:
1. PT Asabri will handle the work accident insurance, life insurance, retirement insurance and retirement security for military, police, civil servants, the defense department and all parties associated with the Defense and Security, including the widows and dudanya.
2. PT Askes will handle social security health care for all participants in this population are civil servants either Indonesia or non-civil servants.
3. PT Jamsostek will handle the work accident insurance, life insurance, retirement security of all participants except those already covered by ASABRI.
4. PT Taspen will handle retirement security for all participants except those already covered by ASABRI.
Support for the immediate adoption of this bill BPJS also provided by the organizers involved. This is indicated by Askes president Dr Mkes I Gede Sumbawa and director of operations and services of PT Jamsostek, Haji Ahmad Anshori each of which has been ready to declare this Forecast.
This system will not be distinguish facilities acquired by the participants, be it directors, professors, students or cleaners. If people who are able to get more facilities such as the VIP room at the hospital or other, then that person can go into private insurance that provides such services.
“The amount of insurance premiums is about 5 percent of the revenue with the details of 3 percent paid by employers and 2 percent paid by employees. The premium to be paid by the government minimum of Rp 20.000/kepala of each month,” said Prof. Hasbullah as health economists of FKM UI.
The point is the ultimate goal of this Forecast include:
1. All Indonesian citizens to obtain health services when sick whenever and wherever he was.
2. All of elderly people (seniors) have a monthly pension until he died.
3. All children whose parents died before the age of retirement, will have a retirement income until the child can be economically independent.
Navigation is expected to be immediately executed, so that people can have a level of Indonesia to better health.
Warts are skin growth caused by a virus called human papillomavirus (HPV). The virus causes rapid growth of cells on the outer skin layer. As we know, warts are not the sort of cancer.
In fact, warts are usually harmless and often go away. But if the warts are annoying or embarrassing can be eliminated.
Symptoms
The visible signs of warts include:
* Ketch and rough lumps on the skin
* Colorful, white, pink or brown
* Rough to the touch
Warts usually grow on the hands, fingers, or near the nail. Can also grow in other parts of the body.
Treatment
Warts do not require treatment, but can be eliminated. Treatment without the help of a doctor by using salicylic acid, which is conducted regularly and diligently to overcome the problem of warts. Although eliminated, the possibility of warts will recur after treatment, and will be ongoing problems.
Drive-Thru Clinic, Caring for Patients from the Car
Health Care February 1st, 2010
restaurant or eating place that provides the drive-thru may have many. But what about the drive-thru clinic that can treat patients only from the car?
Many people who choose to order food drive-thru for some reason do not have the time or just lazy out of the car. But the drive-thru clinic is being planned researchers are more intended to help treat patients more quickly and effectively.
Initial ideas drive-thru clinic that triggered by researchers from Stanford University was intended to address pandemic influenza, particularly cases of swine flu (H1N1) is now being spread. To handle these cases, the speed and accuracy of patient treatment is urgently needed.
For that, researchers try to test the effectiveness of the clinical scenario by creating a drive-thru clinic. A garage or room to place medical clinic built, paramedical staff, patients and all the medical equipment to treat patients had available. The whole scenario is described in The Annals of Emergency Medicine.
In this scenario, the patient was taken to a garage which has three stations to handle the patient. The first station serves as the registry. The second station serves as the checkpoint on the spot. The third station served as a patient who must receive more treatment and should be out of the car.
Emergency medical equipment was available in the garage. Sister will do screening on patients to determine his physical condition. If detected an unstable situation, the patient will be directed straight into the path of the drive-through clinic. Where patients can get medicines and treatment directly.
Meanwhile, if the patient is detected ill and needed medical treatment, they were immediately taken to the emergency. Results from this study shows, doctors who participate in clinical trials of this drive-thru were able to identify and treat patients accurately up to 95 percent.
The garage is used as a drive-thru clinic had already tested the level of carbon emissions and expressed monoksidanya safe, both for medical staff and patients. Another positive outcome of this study is the average patient (which does not require more) can be handled by the medical team in just 26 minutes.
As quoted from Healthbolt, Friday (28/1/2010), temperature and facilities designed in a drive-thru clinic that would be made in such a way that patients feel comfortable.
The existence of a drive-thru clinic is expected to help speed up the handling of patients in a pandemic situation or other emergency situations
Struggling Against Rare Bone Cancer
Cancer February 1st, 2010
cancer disease types Myxopapillary spinal ependymoma is one of the rare cancer cases found in Indonesia. Zulfikar, 12-year old boy was detected as the first patient with the case.
Until now Fikar still struggling to fight cancer cells that attack the body. Although life expectancy is thin, the orphans still have a great spirit to heal and happy mother of a loved one, only one nuclear family owned after his father died 2 years ago.
Fikar treated at the Cancer Hospital was declared a doctor Dharmais cancer Myxopapillary rare ependymoma. Symptoms that arise for this disease is the back pain, rectal area, the second leg and hip pains lead to (sore waist).
This disease involves the Conus and cauda equina. Spontaneous pain occurs usually associated with the Conus, while the most prominent symptoms occur in patients usually occurs in the cauda equina. Cauda equina pain involving the thigh and leg areas.
As quoted from Emedicine, Friday (25/12/2009) patients often experience sensory decline due to injuries (lesions) in the cauda equina. While autonomic dysfunction such as decreased bladder function, and impotence is an early symptom of the injury (lesion) Conus medullaris.
Patients who have a spinal tumor in Conus and cauda equina can have a combination of symptoms. As these tumors grow, leg paralysis, muscle atrophy and decreased function of the foot leg. If the condition is getting worse, can make the patient could not move his limbs.
Fikar who suffer from this disease would have to lose weight of nearly 20 kg. This is because the day his condition grew worse and the food was no longer able to enter through the throat. That the only intake that entered her body only through intravenous fluids alone.
“I still hope that one day could be cured Fikar, he still has high spirits,” said the mother Nurhasanah when found in detikHealth Dharmais Cancer Hospital, on Thursday (24/12/2009).
Fikar belly bulge, smaller bones, and his face more gaunt. Several times the doctor had to suck the fluid in his lungs to keep his soul. But because the conditions are still weak Fikar it can not be issued once all the liquid.
Currently still receiving treatment Fikar Morphin form. But if it had been consumed in pill form that must be taken every 6 hours or so then now Morphin given in the form as attached patches on the skin and can last up to 4-5 days.
Fikar began complaining ill since February 2009. Zulfikar often complain of pain and stiffness in her body even though at that time, the pain has not disrupt their activities. Pain is not felt directly examined. But in early August 2009 the pain in her back came, but this time the pain is accompanied by bleeding in the urine.
Since early-stage cancer found in September, within two months of the bone cancer has become advanced stage. Doctors said his life expectancy was thin due to undermine his cancer. Only a miracle can cure.
Support to recover Fikar to come from many parties. Several pilot of Garuda Indonesia Airlines Special to come visit him because Fikar always aspired to be a pilot.
“Fikar since grade 1 had a goal to become a pilot, a doctor deliberately to bring pilots here Fikar inspiring life,” his mother said.
Fikar sympathy for the situation also came from the Ministry of Women Linda Perbedayaan Gumelar, Jeffri Al Ustadz Buchari, football players Bambang Pamungkas as a hobby Fikar play station play ball, celebrity Panji Wicaksono and also a flight attendant whose children had suffered a lung infection.
Fikar condition was half conscious, talking and started babbling a bit harsh do not like him personally as yet ill. “Maybe because of the influence given Morphin, now Fikar become a little more rough and fierce. And once she did not like that,” says her mother
