Walking With Right technique
Health Tips November 9th, 2010
Optimize step in our way with the right techniques. The following simple guidelines that make us comfortable way and useful.
1. Stand up straight. Imagine a rope that stretches us from the hips until the end of the head. Let the “rope” that draws us to the straight position or upright. Do not forget, make our shoulders relaxed otat.
2. View straight ahead. Keep us in the position of the neck straight and head up to avoid muscle tension in our necks and shoulders. If we want to look down, try just lowered our eyes, not our heads.
3. Hand movements. Bend your elbows and let us swing arms naturally in our sides. By moving both hands, we can burn calories, 15% more.
4. Do not lift weights. Some people berusahan double benefit menijinjing dumbbell exercises with a light. But, fitness-walking experts say it is very risky, because the weight of the dumbbell would disrupt the balance and could menciderai back and leg muscles us.
Let’s overcome with Tuberculosis
Health Care November 9th, 2010
Many ways can be done to tackle TB. One of them with a routine examination. (Photo: Google)
COMMITMENT and cooperation of all parties to fight tuberculosis (TB) should be increased. Therefore, the spread of the disease in Indonesia is bigger and more massive.
TB is a disease that one health problem in Indonesia. Big and extent of TB problem in Indonesia was exacerbated by an increase in HIV infection / AIDS is growing rapidly and the emergence of problems TBMDR (Multi Drugs Resistant / resistant to multiple drugs).
We have found every year about 500,000 new cases TB.Separuh include infectious TB cases, causing 100,000 deaths. Approximately 70 percent of TB patients are productive age. Prevention and eradication of TB is a shared responsibility between government, both across sectors and across programs and communities, including the private sector.
“To fight TB is needed commitment and cooperation of all parties together to fight TB need to be increased,” said Director of Direct Transmitted Disease Control Ministry of Health, Dr. Iwan M Muljono MPH at the press conference welcoming the World TB Day is commemorated every March 24, in Jakarta , recently.
Currently, light Iwan, Indonesia has been in the right direction in the implementation of TB control programs. This is evidenced by the global targets have been achieved since 2006, the discovery of new cases more than 70 percent and cure rate of more than 85 percent.
“This national strategy has been consistent with international guidelines (WHO DOTS and the new Stop TB strategy), and consistent with the Global Plan for TB Control aimed at achieving global targets of TB in 2005 and 2015 Millennium Development Goals,” he explained.
He explained that the recommended strategy for controlling TB DOTS / Directly Observed Treatment Shortcourse) itself consists of five components, namely the government’s commitment to maintain control of TB, case detection of TB among people who have symptoms by sputum examination and regular treatment for 6-8 months supervised.
In addition, the availability of TB drugs is routine and not broken and reporting system for monitoring and evaluation of treatment and program development. “Global Plan of TB control is supported by the six components of the new TB Control Strategy developed by WHO,” said Iwan.
New TB Control Strategy developed by the WHO, said Iwan, the pursuit of improvement and expansion of high-quality DOTS, case co-infected TB-HIV, immune anti-double against TB and other challenges, contribute to strengthening health systems, the same perception of all service providers, empower TB patients and the community, and to realize and promote research.
But, he added, there are new challenges which requires all parties to move faster and to strengthen the network of innovative services for TB patients with a spirit of partnership, both with various government and private sectors, as well as public institutions. “This is very important to support the program’s success in expanding and continuity,” said Iwan.
On World TB Day this year the plan was commemorated with a series of advocacy, communication and social mobilization to involve all parties to support the commitment to TB control.
Series of commemoration activities of World TB Day 2010 will be supported by social organizations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that become government partners in TB control in the community such as PPTI (Indonesian Tuberculosis Control Society), PP Aisyiyah,
KNCV, NU, and other organizations.
Highlight World TB Day on March 24, 2010 was marked by a national seminar which took the theme as the theme of World TB Day this year, which is “Increase Innovation, Speed of Action Against TB”. The seminar scheduled to be opened by Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare (Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare) Agung Laksono.
Topics covered include access to the breakthrough efforts of TB services is universal, high-quality DOTS strategy services at all levels of services, TB control challenges in the future, and the mobilization efforts of community participation in TB control. In this event also signed cooperation with PT Jamsostek to include TB as one that will be borne diseases in Jamsostek insurance scheme.
The day before, namely on March 23, 2010, executed the launch of MDR-TB services in Indonesia. Services for MDR-TB patients has started since August 2009 in two hospitals (Hospital) ie Friendship Hospital, East Jakarta, and Dr Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya. Planned service expansion will be done this year to other areas.
Besides the seminar, a series of activities this warning will be enlivened by his own motion Healthy Walk organized by the Central Board Aisyiyah will take place at the Senayan East Parking on March 28, 2010. Subtema raised in this activity is the “Save the Family from Tuberkulsosis”.
This event was attended by Health Minister (Menkes) Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, Minister of Youth and Sports (Menegpora) Andi Mallarangeng, Minister of Women Empowerment and Child Protection (State Minister of PP & PA) Linda Amalia Sari Gumelar, and Chairman of the National Family Planning Coordinating Board (BKKBN) Sugiri Sharif.
TOBACCO CONTROL Indonesia Most Disadvantaged
Health News October 28th, 2010
PADANG PANJANG, Indonesia’s most behind in terms of control of tobacco products in Southeast Asia. Other countries in the same region have a comprehensive strategy for tobacco control.
Senior Policy Adviser Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance, said Mary Assunta Kolandai, Sunday (28 / 3), Indonesia has not ratified the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) that do not follow international standards in tobacco control.
“In all aspects, Indonesia is still left behind,” he said in the middle of the event visit the National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA), WHO, and the number of tobacco control observer organizations to Padang Panjang, 27-29 March 2010.
At least there are four indicators as well as tobacco control strategies, namely the first cessation of advertising, promotion, and tobacco industry sponsorship. Second, the ban on smoking in public areas. Third, health warnings on cigarette packaging, and fourth, increasing cigarette prices is not easy to buy.
Mary said, most countries in Southeast Asia already has a national strategy. Thailand became the best example for not only prohibits advertising and obligations set of health warnings on cigarette packs, cigarette sales were not displayed openly.
Mary said, Padang Panjang is a good example because it expressly prohibits tobacco advertising and prohibited smoking areas apply in public places.
The mayor of Padang Panjang Suir Syam said that, since September 2008 the city government did not accept cigarette advertising. He looked at each other, the government is responsible for public health so that the tobacco control needs to be done.
He said the government’s advertising revenue had dropped dramatically after the city government decided not to accept tobacco ads. However, after the ad spaces are replaced by another product advertising, particularly telecommunications.
Office Manager PA Lisda National Sundari said, protecting children is the responsibility of family and country. Control of tobacco products, part of efforts to protect children and young people.
Salted foods Increase Stomach Cancer Risk
Health Tips October 28th, 2010
A diet high salt increases the risk of stomach cancer to 10 percent. Concluded a study of experts from South Korea who did the study on more than 2 million people.
Stomach cancer or gastric cancer, including the type of cancer that affects many people in the world. Several studies have found links between salty foods and the incidence of gastric cancer. Although the mechanisms of cancer incidence is not clear, experts still recommend limiting intake of salty foods to prevent cancer.
In his research, Jeongseon Kim and his team from the National Cancer Center Research Institute examined the impact of salt on gastric cancer incidence in more than 2 million South Koreans aged 30-80 years. All respondents provide information about diet and lifestyle. They also underwent checkups between 1996 and 1997.
According to the Korea Central Cancer Data Registry, for more than 7 years, 9620 men and 2773 women suffering from stomach cancer. According to Kim and his team, people who prefer to consume salty foods have a risk of 10 percent higher stomach cancer.
Responding to the results of the study, Dr Al B Benson, gastric cancer specialist from Chicago, USA, who was not involved in the research, said the results of these studies showed no relation between salty foods and gastric cancer.
He said, how the salt consumed is more important. A study in Japan showed that sodium in the form of table salt is more associated with cardiovascular disease, not cancer. Meanwhile, salty foods, such as processed fish, just related to cancer.
“What must be known is how the use of salt in food, such as pickles or pickle made, the more risk of health problems,” said Benson.
Nevertheless, he said, salt restriction is more beneficial to prevent the rise in blood pressure.
Walk, options on Weekend Sports
Fitnes October 28th, 2010
CURRENT feet can be a sport just to fill the weekends. The reason, walk into the cardio exercises that can strengthen the heart organ. Cheap sport is believed effective to reduce body weight, build strength thigh and calf muscles, and tightening the buttocks.
Research conducted by the University of Texas concluded that walking for 30 minutes a day can reduce depression and stress. Even mentioning the University of Texas study, 90-minute walk five times a week can make many people feel happier. Because the human body produces endorphins, the hormone that makes people happy.
Walk for 30 minutes every day can reduce body weight. In a study at Brown University and the University of Pittsburgh says that women who walk an hour for five days a week and eating 1500 calories per day, can reduce weight as much as 11.3 kilograms a year.
The risk of muscle injury was lower than other sports. However, a new walking activity could be called sport, if done on a continuous basis and at least 30 minutes every day. To train heart health, training zone calculation is 60 to 80 percent of the maximum pulse rate.
We recommend that before you walk, stretch or warm up slowly and gently to stretch the muscles and joints to get used to climbing or descending movement.
Choice of natural attractions like mountains or the beach where you can choose. Completing the weekend with fun and healthy activity such as walking can bring their own memories. Not only makes the body more fit. However, a beautiful moment full of laughter with their friends or family can make you more diligent in doing this one exercise.
Moreover, all the way filled with laughter full of activity. Calories burned would be more and more. It is said that laughing can make your body move like doing aerobics.
The cause was heart beats faster and sends a number of blood throughout the body. So you sweat more quickly because of the energy issue. Calories burned even faster
