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So hard to Pregnant Causes of Depression

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Has the child been a dream of almost all married couples. Therefore do not be surprised if women are not getting pregnant, even after pregnancy program, a three times greater risk of experiencing depression. Unrealized desire to have a family to be one of the reasons of mental disorder in women. Meanwhile, those who can legowo against his desire to become pregnant tend to feel happy. This study was conducted on 7,000 women after they undergo pregnancy program that failed and their mental health examined a decade later. The women were already doing IVF (IVF) in several hospitals in the Netherlands from 1995 to 2000 Then, 11-17 years later they were asked to fill out questionnaires related to their mental health. It turns out that 6 percent of women still expect to have children. "Almost most people who have undergone the program pregnancy but not pregnant also does have a mental condition worse., But previous studies have assumed this because of the child or not, does n...

The longer Treated in Hospitals, the greater the risk of infection

Who linger stay in the hospital? In addition due to boredom and therapeutic treatment is not good, it turns out that a long hospitalization in the hospital may increase the risk of a more severe infection. According to the researchers, the longer someone stays in the hospital, the more vulnerable he was exposed to drug-resistant bacterial infections. A study was conducted to investigate 949 cases of infection of insect drug-resistant bacteria called gram-negative from 1998 to 2011 results show that one-day stay in the hospital alone would increase the risk of developing drug-resistant infection at 1%. Gram-negative bacterial infections known to cause problems of some acute diseases and infections such as pneumonia (lung inflammation), blood stream infections, postoperative infections and meningitis. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that the gram-negative bacteria resistant to several types of drugs and the stronger to some antibiotics. The use of drugs and...

Maggot Therapy Substitute Antibiotics

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Imagine if you suffered severe injuries and was in a secluded spot incomplete medical personnel. What to do? The doctors in poor countries have found the answer: maggot therapy substitute for antibiotics. Kenya is one of the poorer countries that do not have advanced medical technology. Because of funding constraints, the doctor uses a method of maggot therapy for wound healing. For most ordinary people in Kenya, adequate medical care was not affordable. Therefore, alternative medicine technique using maggots is adopted by a number of hospitals. Dr. Christopher Kibiwot, members of the research team Kenyatta National Hospital, said that the therapy is very effective. Patients usually need to be treated for up to three months can now go home within two or three weeks after undergoing maggot therapy. How maggot therapy is a substitute for antibiotics can heal wounds? Dr. Kiwibot explained that basically maggots eat necrotic tissue (dead meat). So these maggots compete with bact...

"Mood" Quick Change, Signs of Bipolar Disorder?

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Every human being has two poles basically feeling, the feeling of joy and also sadness. Changes in mood (mood) can be experienced in accordance with the conditions interchangeably and not excessive. However, mood changes can occur in the extreme to those who suffer from bipolar disorder. Psychiatric specialist doctors from the Department of Psychiatry Faculty of medicine / RSCM Nurmiati Amir said, mood changes alone do not necessarily indicate the presence of bipolar disorder. To make a proper diagnosis, appropriate interview techniques are needed. "With proper interview techniques, the diagnosis can be established. However, the interview can only be performed by a psychiatrist (specialist psychiatric)," said Nurmiati a press conference in Jakarta, Wednesday (08/13/2014). In addition to in-depth interviews with patients, sometimes necessary investigations, such as laboratory tests. However, most psychiatrists have been able to make a precise diagnosis through interview...

Fatal Combination Drugs Affects

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Reluctance to consult a doctor when there are disturbance disease makes people tend to treat their own illness by buying OTC drugs. This can be dangerous because of the risk we are taking the drug with other drugs. In some cases, a combination of two or more drugs is required. But the wrong combination can be fatal. Here are some combinations of drugs that could potentially poison the body. SSRIs + Opioids (antidepressant + pain reliever) Some types of antidepressants work by increasing levels of hormones "happy" or serotonin in the brain. Most painkillers also have a similar effect, so that the result is too feel happy. Serotonin levels that are too high can cause loss of consciousness, the body temperature rises, heart rate and breathing increase. Opioids + Benzodiazepines (pain reliever + anti-anxiety drugs) Both medicines work to suppress the feeling of depression and excessive anxiety. But both kinds of these pills also decrease the heart rate and breathi...

Why Scientists Didn't Make Ebola Vaccine?

Although the ebola virus has been found since 40 years ago, until now there is no vaccine to protect humans from this malignant disease. Moreover, the infection was spread in Africa today has killed more than 1000 people. WHO noted, this is the biggest in the history of Ebola infection. Ebola infection is actually a rare disease. That's why pharmaceutical companies have not been too interested in investing to conduct vaccine research. According Dr.Willian Schaffner of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, USA, as it includes rare, scientists are also difficult to study in this field. "Unlike the smallpox virus because they can find people who are exposed to this disease everywhere," he said. Prior to the outbreak, since the virus was first discovered in 1976 there were only 2,000 cases. But when the disease is endemic, existing since the beginning of the year 1,323 people were infected in 3 countries and 729 of them died. Emergency situation is occurring now in Afri...

Cycling Improve Sex Life and Career

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Cycling is now not just used as a hobby when there is free time, many people also choose to cycle to work. According to recent studies, the habit of cycling not only makes your body fitter, more than the people who frequent cycling also known to have good sex. Compared with the use of other means of transportation, cycling people who claim to be happier when biking to work. Another benefit is that they feel more productive at work. This is revealed in a survey conducted in the UK were carried out on 2,500 people who regularly cycle to work. As many as 89 percent of states, cycling from home to the workplace would make them become better feeling when meeting colleagues, friends and family. In fact, 66 percent assess its relationship with the relatives is also getting better. Meanwhile, 39 percent said that this sport gives them extra energy. Cycling is not only a positive impact on family life, but also in careers. Many of them find it easier to manage a heavy workload. A total...

How Long Ideally Men Survive in Bed?

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How long should ideally mighty man in bed? Many men are often less confident with the ability to satisfy your partner in bed. Some think they at least should last more than an hour. This assumption is reasonable because we've been bombarded with impressions films or magazines that make men believe that women enjoy (and need) a long session. Unfortunately, the ability of the male sex is not always excellent. In a study published in The New Naked: The Ultimate Sex Education for Grown-Ups penetration was found that when the average male only lasts for two minutes, even less. Although the time seem very fast, but the good news is that women were not much complain with their sexual ability. Actually not a woman who wants sex longer, but instead a man who wants to extend the capabilities of lovemaking. If you really want to have a sex session longer than usual, there are some things that can actually help. - Do not forget to practice Kegel exercises. Men who regularly perfor...

Efficacy of White Turmeric

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Herbal remedies derived from natural plants has become an alternative to conventional medical treatment. Herbs not only believed to cure common diseases. Malignant tumors or even cancer can be cured. Herbal treatment for his own cancer has been demonstrated by Eko Wahjuni. Wahjuni is a physician who suffered from cancer of the breast, ovary, lung, small intestine, to the bladder. He simply consume turmeric turmeric white or white to kill the cancer in his body. Wahjuni explained, white turmeric ribosome inactivating protein-containing substances (RIP). In the body, these substances will stick to the normal body cells are lacking. These substances then make the cells no longer proliferate. Cells also have age restrictions so that after a long time not breed, the cancer cells will die. "White turmeric does not kill, but make cancer cells grown infertile or not," said Wahjuni when met at Siloam Hospital, TB Simatupang, Saturday (06/09/2014). Wahjuni recognize these p...

Is Expiring Comsumption Drugs Dangerous?

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The food that has expired would have eaten bad and dangerous to health. However, what about the drugs? Because the drug also has an expiration date, what can happen if a person taking any medications that have "stale"? Many people are confused what to do when the date indicated on the patent medicine has passed. There were promptly dispose of the drug, there are still going to drink it, and there were only kept it in a drawer. Sharon Bergquist, internal medicine physician and assistant professor of medicine at Emory University, Atlanta, gives an explanation of the drug and its expiry date. legal reasons Since 1979, the FDA requires drug manufacturers to include an expiration date, both generic and patented drugs. The majority of consumers do not understand what the meaning of that date. "The date listed is the producer guarantee deadline when the drug is still effective," said Bergquist. Even so, if the date has passed, it does not mean cure immediately ineffectiv...

When You are 40, excercise

When you were 40, your metabolism emitted. You could only eat salad to lose 5 pounds in a week and could not exercise a few days a week and You only those days were to drop unwanted weight. Children and a job, with exercise is more difficult to assemble. On top of that, when you try to work a series of injuries that have brought you to the 40th you're smart, and you will, not hard, your fitness goal to accomplish it. The 40 and 50 in a clear, stay in shape is not as easy as it used to be. The average age is it our body than a muscle building and a 20-year-old first noticed that it seems like. We do not live our day to day needs, speech exercise for at least part of the time remaining. Regardless of age, fitness is always important to our health. This is very important, but the average age to get an education. , Bad cholesterol, stroke, high blood pressure, stomach and breast cancer, muscle and joint pain: some important exercise a healthy lifestyle, including resistance, or we a...

Prostate Cancer

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DEFINITION This cancer occurs in the prostate (like a walnut-shaped gland that produces seminal fluid which maintains and delivers sperm). Growth is usually slow going, but there are some types of prostate cancer grow aggressively and spread quickly. This is one of many types of cancer that occurs in men. Symptoms and characteristics In the early stages, prostate cancer does not have the characteristics and symptoms. However, at a later stage, features characteristic and symptoms start to appear and look, like the following Blood on semen Swelling in the legs Discomfort in the pelvic area Bone pain Problematic when urinating The reduced quantity of urine Urine containing blood Causes & Risk Factors In addition to the symptoms and characteristics, it is better if we also know the causes of prostate cancer, for early eschew , let us see what caused it. Cause Actually, it is not clear what makes prostate cancer grow and thrive in the human body. Many scientists believe that ca...

Diabetes abstinence?

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Abstinence diabetes is one of the important part that must be endured by the patient in order to remain able to live normal, healthy even though it requires sacrifice and is very exceptional eagerness. In essence, such a prohibition is in force for diabetics blood sugar levels do not rise. The pattern of food and drink that is believed to minimize the rise in blood sugar so the sugar levels in the body can be kept under control. Although it is difficult to do but if the person is disciplined in avoiding foods that become taboo for diabetics, then bad things can be avoided and prevented. So, what are the foods and beverages should be avoided by people with diabetes? Foods that Have High Glycemic Index There are some foods that contain high glycemic index should be avoided by a problem with diabetes. That is, if a person with diabetes to consume foods that contain high glycemic index so blood sugar levels can rise dramatically. To avoid these symptoms diabetics are advised to stop cons...

All About Heart Blockage

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DEFINITION Blockage of the heart is a delay in the conduction of electrical current through the rod when atrioventicular, the files on His, or both branches of the files, all located between the atria and ventricles.     Some types of heart congestion caused no symptoms, but others cause fatigue, dizziness and fainting.     Elektrodiografi used to detect clogged heart. Some people need an artificial pacemaker. Clogged heart-classified as first degree when electrical conduction to the ventricles is slightly delayed, level-two when conduction is blocked temporarily, or level-three (full) when conduction is blocked completely. Most types of heart blockage is more common in older people. In the first-degree heart blockage, each electrical impulse from the atria reach the ventricles, but each one slows down for the second fragment as it moves through atrioventricular trunk. First-degree heart blockage is common in well-trained athletes, teenagers, young adults...

All About Heart Attack Part 2

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Diagnosis If a man over 35 or a woman over 50 complaining of chest pain, usually considered the possibility of a heart attack. Diagnosis of heart attacks could be strengthened by performing the following checks:     ECG     When a suspected heart attack, the ECG is the initial diagnostic examination of the most important. Some abnormalities can be seen on the EKG, depending on the size and location of heart damage.     Blood tests     Blood tests done to determine the levels of certain enzymes. CK-MB enzyme normally found in heart muscle and released into the blood when heart damage occurs. Elevated levels of this enzyme would appear within 6 hours after a heart attack and persist for 36-48 hours. Enzyme levels are usually checked at the time of patient admission and every 6-8 hours during the next 24 hours.     Echocardiogram     Echocardiogram will describe the reduced movement of a portion of...

All About Heart Attack Part 1

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DEFINITION Heart attack (myocardial infarction), (myocardial infarct), (myocardial infarction), is a situation where all of a sudden happen restriction or termination of blood flow to the heart, which causes the heart muscle (myocardium) to die from lack of oxygen. CAUSE A heart attack usually occurs when a blockage in a coronary artery results in limited or cut off blood flow to a part of the heart. If you cut off or reduced blood flow lasts more than a few minutes, the heart tissue will die. Pumping ability of the heart after a heart attack is directly related to the extent and location of tissue damage (infarct). If more than half of the damaged heart tissue, the heart can not function normally and the possibility of death. Even though the damage was not extensive, the heart can not pump properly, resulting in heart failure or shock. Damaged heart can be enlarged, and partly an attempt to compensate for the ability of the heart that pumps it down (because of the larger heart will ...

All About Wolf Parkinson White Syndrome

DEFINITION Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome is an abnormal heart rhythm in which the electrical impulses that dikonduksi along the path from the atria to the ventricles causing the incidence of heart the average speed is high. Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome is excessive involvement of the extra pathway (accessory). These extra lines present at birth but appear to regulate impulses to the heart only occasionally. This can occur in infants aged one year or no later than 60 years. SYMPTOMS Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome can cause sudden occurrence of a high heart rate with palpitations. In the first year of life, a baby may have heart failure if time extended. They sometimes seem like a difficult breathing or lethargic, stop eating or chest pulse rapid and visible. The first attack can occur in teens or early twenties. Typical attack begins abruptly often during exercise. It happened just a few seconds or last up to several hours to 12 hours are rare. In patients with a physically fit young or...

Heart & Diabetes can be prevented by Tea

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Is this the day you are drinking tea?. Very lucky for you who like to drink tea every day. Because the tea is very beneficial to help women free of diabetes and heart attacks. As reported Dailymail, Monday (2/20/2012), the research suggests that drinking tea regularly with or without milk may reduce the risk of heart problems by cutting levels of bad cholesterol and blood sugar. Many experts say that the content of flavonoids - antioxidant ingredients found in tea is beneficial to fight heart disease. Flavonoid content in one cup of tea is 150-200 mg and is the best source of antioxidants in foods. To protect from heart disease can take three or more cups of black tea per day. Meanwhile, to protect against type 2 diabetes can drink two cups or more per day. Carrie Ruxton, a writer and member of the Nutrition Bulletin Tea Advisory Panel (TAP) said that the "Tea can be a community favorite drinks without us knowing." In the presence of flavonoid antioxidants, so that black te...

Signs and Symptoms Malnutrition

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Malnutrition can affect your health both physically and mentally. The more severe conditions suffered malnutrition (the more nutrients are lacking) would increase the risk of physical health problems. In the severe malnutrition such as marasmus cases can occur (weak muscles) due to protein and energy deficiency, cretinism and brain damage due to iodine deficiency, blindness and the risk of infectious disease-induced increase defisensi vitamin A, it is difficult to concentrate due to iron deficiency. Signs and symptoms of malnutrition depend on the type of nutritional deficiency. Although Thus, of common symptoms from nutrition bad is a:     Fatigue and lack of energy     Dizziness     The immune system is low (resulting in difficulty of the body to fight infection)     Dry and scaly skin     Swollen and bleeding gums     Rotting teeth     It's hard to concentrate and h...

Causes of Malnutrition

People will suffer from malnutrition if not able to benefit from the foods they eat, for example in patients with diarrhea, excessive nutrients, or due to an unbalanced diet that is not getting enough calories and protein for body growth. Some people may suffer from malnutrition because of an illness or condition that causes the body is unable to digest or absorb food properly. For example in celiac disease patients with disorders of the digestive tract that is triggered by a protein that is abundant in wheat gluten. Celiac disease affects the body's ability to absorb nutrients resulting in deficiency. Then there is also a disease that affects the pancreas cystic fibrosis, whose function is to produce the enzymes needed to digest food. Similarly, people with lactose intolerance is difficult to digest milk and other dairy products. Here are some factors that can lead to malnutrition:     Diet is not balanced nutritional content     There are problems in the ...