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In the US we have some of the best living conditions that can be found anywhere in the world. We are prideful in this fact and boasts of it often. So, it comes as quite a shock to hear of the recent findings that have declared that there actually are drugs in our drinking water. It's quite a frightening thought which pops into the mind every time you fill up a glass with tap water. Imagine drinking a light cocktail of heart medications, tranquilizers, anti-depressants and even sex hormones - everyday! That's what it comes to. The regular intake of these drugs in our drinking water can harm us in the long run. There are a number of researches and studies that are being conducted to determine the amount of prescription medications and their combined by-products and drugs found in US drinking water. They are also studying the effect of this contaminated water on the cells of human beings. Some results have shown that cancer cells grow ...

Monday and Tuesday of this week I was in the female ward. The ward consists of a room each for general medicine, pediatrics, patients in labor, delivery, and postpartum. Take for instance the general medicine room. There are no partitions, just 10 beds lining the walls and one shared bathroom. The rooms are not air conditioned but do have fans. The patients wear their own clothes and often bring their own sheet. Their family members bring them food or they go buy it from the canteen. While they are being admitted, the patient or a family member goes to the pharmacy and buys the medication and fluids they will need during their stay. Any medications they can’t afford or that are not available they just don’t get. The hospital doesn’t seem to bill so much as to collect payment up front or at least before the patient leaves. There are no machines controlling IV flow rate, the blood pressure cuff used for vitals has real mercury in it, and there are no tvs. Well there is one tv in the peds...

Pernafasan ( respirasi ) adalah peristiwa menghirup udara dari luar yang mengandung oksigen ke dalam tubuh (inspirasi) serta mengeluarkan udara yang mengandung karbondioksida sisa oksidasi keluar tubuh (ekspirasi) yang terjadi karena adanya perbedaan tekanan antara rongga pleura dan paru-paru .proses pernafasan tersebut terdiri dari 3 bagian yaitu: 1. Ventilasi pulmoner. Ventilasi merupakan proses inspirasi dan ekspirasi yang merupakan proses aktif dan pasif yang mana otot-otot interkosta interna berkontraksi dan mendorong dinding dada sedikit ke arah luar, akibatnya diafragma turun dan otot diafragma berkontraksi. Pada ekspirasi diafragma dan otot-otot interkosta eksterna relaksasi dengan demikian rongga dada menjadi kecil kembali, maka udara terdorong keluar. (NI LUH GEDE.Y.A.SKp.1995.hal 124. Drs.H.Syaifuddin.B.Ac.1997.hal 91) 2. Difusi Gas. Difusi Gas adalah bergeraknya gas CO2 dan CO3 atau partikel lain dari area yang bertekanan tinggi kearah yang...

We all want that our family members are protected from the possible disease and damage. Since we cannot protect them against from such things, we must count on the insurance of medical insurance good disease for protection. Since it is our goal, when we plan to buy a policy of medical insurance disease, we must be ready and wanting to require and accept the useful opinion and to follow ends on the way in which of obtaining the best business for inexpensive. The best manner of doing this east obtain as many quotations of medical insurance disease like possible. More than you have choice, more probable you are to find the best business without compromising on the excellence of the insurance. A thing that should know to you is that independently of the rates offered by various health insurance companies disease of businesses , the costs are directly related to the quantity of risk against which you insure yourselves. What this means is that the higher the risk is, the higher the prem...

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Acne vulgaris is one of the most common forms of acne . It is characterized by lesions and usually gets healed within a week or two. However, some forms of acne vulgaris like papules and nodules do retain for a longer period of time . This generally happens during the adolescence period. If ignored can lead to complexities in future life. Acne Vulgaris can affect different body parts like Face, chest and back, forehead, cheeks, temples and skin. Like other types of acne, it can be caused due to unhygienic eating habits, bacterial infection, and hormonal imbalances and so on. Different treatments like medication, alternate therapies and home remedies have been used for treating acne vulgaris . Use of colloidal silver supplement can effectively reduce acne Vulgaris to a great extent. Colloidal silver is prepared by obtaining microscopic electro-charged fine pure silver fine particles suspended in distilled water. There is no involvement of chemicals or other extra additives in such pr...

Acne is the most common of all skin disorders which affects almost everyone. The fact that acne is affecting more than 60 million people in the United States. Over 80% of the population is affected during their teen years. Acne has been diagnosed in young infants as well as in the elderly, but it is most often seen in teens and young adults with 85-100% of adolescents and up to 10% of young adults getting it. There are many different types of acne treatment now available on the market. You can find everything from prescription medication to face washes. The market provides a solution for every individual. There is no reason why anyone has to go through life with blemishes, scars or low self-esteem due to acne. Treatment can be undertaken by the individual or in conjunction with a dermatologist. Your individual program depends on the severity and response to your personal acne treatments. The key to get rid of acne is to find the right product that works best for your ...

ASUHAN KEPERAWATAN PENYAKIT TBC 1. Definisi Penyakit infeksi yang desbabkan oleh mikroba cterium tuberculosis, yang dibentuk nodul yang khas yakni tuberkel dan mynyerang ke seluruh organ tubuh t.u paru-paru Lain-lainnya : Limpatik, pleura, genitourinary, tulang sendi, meningeal, peritoneal. 2. Etologi - Mycrobacterium Tuberculosis 3. Patofisiologi - Kuman masuk melalui saluran napas saluran cerna, luka membuka pada kulit, paling sering melalui udara ( airbone ) yakni melalui inhalasi droplet yang mengandung basiul tuberkel dari orang yang terinfeksi . - Basil tuberkel  mencapai permukaan alveolus biasanya diinhalasi sabagai suatu unit yang tdd 1 – 3 basil. Gumpalan basil  besar tertahan di hidung dan cab. Besar bronchus  yang menyebabkan penyakit. - Setelah berada dalam ruang alveolus biasanya dibagaia bawah lobus atas paru-paru atau bagia atas lobus bawah membangkitkan peradangan - Baksil tuberkel tetap didalam paru-paru dalam bentuk dorman, berdinding  fase istirahat lesi perkap...

PENYAKIT JAMUR (KANDISOSIS) 1. Definisi  Penyakit jamur, yang bersifat akut / sub akut disebabkan oleh spesies candispa  candida albichos  Mulut, Vagina, Kulit, Kuku, Bronki, Paru.  Septikaula, endokurditis nichingitis. 2. Epidemiologi  Menyerang semua umur.  laki-laki / perempuan. 3. Ekiologi  Tersering Candida Aibicahs : Kulit, mulut, selaput,nukosa vagina + feses orang normal.  Endokarditis : C. Parapsilosi. Septikamia : C. Tropikalis. 4. Pologinesis Infeksi ini dapat terjadi apabila ada faktor predisposisi baik. Endogen maupun eksogen. 1. faktor endogen a. Perubhan Fisiologik.  Kehamilan  Perubahan PH dalam Vagina  Kegemukan  Keringat  Debilibas  Latrogenik  Endokrinopati  g 3 gula darah kulit. b. Umur : orang tua dan bayi lebih mudah terkena infeksi k/status imunologiknya tidak sempurna c. imunologik : Penyakit genetic. 2. Faktor eksogen a. iklim, panas+ kelembaban  perspinasi met b. kebersihan kulit c. Kebiasaan berendam kulit kaki dalam air yang terlalu ...

Depression actually is a common disease and more common than hypertension or diabetes. What is depression? Depression is the most common form of emotional disorder. Depression actually is a common disease and more common than hypertension or diabetes. The prevalence rate of depression cases in lifetime in any country are between eight to 10 percent. Few researches by World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank discover that depression is the fourth most serious disease in crippling peoples' will in the world. This disorder also the most common cause of death results of committing suicide. WHO estimated deaths resulted from suicide in the Asia Pacific region is higher than tuberculosis disease. Women are more tend to be suffering depression over man with the ratio of 1:2. Some reports revealed that about nine percent of Malaysians are patients who experience serious stage of depression. Similar with global statistics, depression also is the fourth serious disease in Malaysia....

Headaches are one of the most frequent health complaints. They can be simply disturbing or completely unbearable. Many headaches disappear without any treatment. Some are effortlessly cured while others are stubborn and recurring. But hardly do headaches warn of a serious illness. A headache is not pain in the brain, though it is may feel like it. The brain itself does not have pain-sensitive nerve cells. Instead, nearly all headaches originate in the network of nerves and nerve-rich muscles and blood vessels that surround your face, neck and head. These pain-sensitive nerve cells can be activated by muscle tension, enlarged blood vessels, stress and other triggers. Once stimulated, the nerve cells transmit messages to the brain, causing you to be in pain. Around 95% of headaches are primary headaches , meaning they are not caused by an underlying medical condition. Other headaches, called secondary headaches , stem from medical disorders like head injury, swollen sinuses or tumors. If...

Kegemukan termasuk salah satu yang ditakuti sebagian besar perempuan karena kegemukan dianggap menjadikan badan tidak menarik lagi, dana akan mengurangi kecantikan seseorang. Kegemukan pada orang dewasa umur di atas 18 tahun dapat diukur salah satunya dengan indeks massa tubuh (IMT). Indeks massa tubuh diketahui dengan mengukur berat badan (BB) dalam kilogram dan tinggi badan (TB) dalam meter. Rumus IMT yang digunakan BB dibagi (TB)2. Status gizi dikatakan gemuk bila perhitungan IMT nilainya di atas 25,0, dan di katakan gemuk tingkat berat (obesitas) bila nilai IMT di Atas 27,0. Masukan makanan, kekurangan energi, dan keturunan merupakan tiga faktor yang dianggap mengatur perlemakan tubuh dalam proses terjadinya kegemukan. Menurut Soetrisno (1996), dua faktor pertama, yaitu masukan energi dan kekurangan energi, dianggap sebagai penyebab langsung, sedangkan keturunan sebagai penyebab tidak langsung. Penimbunan lemak tersebut terjadi karena adanya ketidakseimbangan antara jumlah energi y...

PENDAHULUAN Komunikasi merupakan proses yang sangat khusus dan berarti dalam hubungan antar manusia. Pada profesi keperawatan komunikasi menjadi lebih bermakna karena merupakan metoda utama dalam mengimplementasikan proses keperawatan. Pengalaman ilmu untuk menolong sesama memerlukan kemampuan khusus dan kepedulian sosial yang besar (Abdalati, 1989). Untuk itu perawat memerlukan kemampuan khusus dan kepedulian sosial yang mencakup ketrampilan intelektual, tehnical dan interpersonal yang tercermin dalam perilaku “caring” atau kasih saying / cinta (Johnson, 1989) dalam berkomunikasi dengan orang lain. Perawat yang memiliki ketrampilan berkomunikasi secara terapeutik tidak saja akan mudah menjalin hubungan rasa percaya dengan klien, mencegah terjadinya masalah legal, memberikan kepuasan profesional dalam pelayanan keperawatan dan meningkatkan citra profesi keperawatan serta citra rumah sakit (Achir Yani), tetapi yang paling penting adalah mengamalkan ilmunya untuk memberikan pertolongan...

Detection of breast cancer metastasis in sentinel lymph nodes using intra-operative real time GeneSearchtrade mark BLN Assay in the operating room: results of the Cardiff study. Background Intra-operative assessment is not routinely performed in the UK due to poor sensitivity of available methods and overburdened pathology resources. We conducted a prospective clinical feasibility study of the GeneSearchtrade mark Breast Lymph Node (BLN) Assay (Veridex, LLC, Warren, NJ) to confirm its potential usefulness within the UK healthcare system. Methods In the assay 50% of the lymph node was processed to detect the presence of cytokeratin-19 and mammaglobin mRNA. The assay was calibrated to detect metastases >0.2 mm. Assay results were compared to H&E performed on each face of ~2 mm alternating node slabs and 3 additional sections cut at ~150 mum interval from each face of the node slab. Results 124 sentinel lymph nodes were removed from 82 breast cancer patients. The assay correctly id...

The ministry for Health decided to present approximately 3.600 respirators to the medical establishments through Japan to prepare with the possibility of a new influenza of pandemia, the civils servant of ministry declared Wednesday. The ministry for Health, work and the wellbeing envisage to make the budgetary request for approximately 2 billion Yens in 2009 tax for the respirators, the civils servant declared. Each of the almost 360 medical zones in Japan would be given 10 respirators. The ministry studies how many the existing respirators had by the Japanese hospitals can be employed if a new flu pandemic would burst. Many people who contracted constraint H5N1 of the bird influenza, which had extended in Asia and is feared to undergo a change in a new influenza, had respiratory problems, making respirators essential by treating them.

In short: Hepatitis C can take decades to seem damage with the liver. The chronic viral hepatitis is now the main reason of the Clerc's Offices of liver. The current therapy of combination can be individualized to treat chronic infections into 40 to 80 percent of case. The consequences of the attack of hepatitis C can take years to appear. Thus while the new cases of the disease fell abruptly during the last decades, much of infected people years ago only start to learn that they are carrying the virus, and to attack its potentially serious effects. For much, there is good news. The half of all the chronic infections can now be treated by a therapy using a combination of drugs. But hepatitis C remains an astute virus, often being low during years and then after a course so unforeseeable that the doctors are not sometimes sure if to recommend the treatment or to advise patients to observe and wait. The largest obstacle with the effective cure remains the fact th...

When it comes to foods factory-based, the colors deep and vibrating are one of the best indicators of what is healthiest. The dyes which also give to factories their color provide the antioxydants which are protected from the cardiac disease, the ignition, and certain cancers. A simple exchange can provide a great food profit, like choosing pink grapefruit above the white, or the dark greens above pale lettuce. Thus it can come as not very surprised that black foods can pack an effective service-disease too. It is exactly the case with rice, beans, the, and the bays midnight-hued that I cannot seem to obtain enough recently. Here why: Black rice This long grain it of with the red and the crimson variety-becomes increasingly popular in the United States, and was consumed a long time in the whole of Asia. Black rice is a food of grain 100% entirety right like the brown rice, but it is thought that would have contents more raised of anthocyanine due to its major color. There a study in...

How the dark economic news can affect to us physics-and what you can do to make your health recession-resistant. After Susan Joyce was laid off from Digital Equipment Corp., she was horrified to hear of two suicides in her layoff group. Then she learned about a colleague who stabbed his wife to death and hung himself. "I worked with him for 10 years, maybe more," says Joyce. "He seemed like a nice guy." These cases may sound extreme, but being fired or laid off is undeniably one of life's biggest blows and can lead to clinical depression, violence and alcohol abuse, as well as strokes and heart attacks. Even the fear of losing a job produces more doctor visits and health worries. In short, the recent news about rising unemployment and job insecurity may be bad news for our health. Layoffs create a sense of hopelessness. Stress-related complaints such as insomnia and headaches tend to follow, lingering even after victims find new jobs, ...

Aquatic therapy atau pool therapy merupakan program latihan yang pelaksanaannya di dalam air. Jenis terapi ini merupakan bentuk latihan yang dapat digunakan untuk menangani berbagai kasus atau kondisi. Aquatic therapy menggunakan keberadaan air untuk membantu proses penyembuhan dan pelaksanaan latihan. Salah satu keuntungan aquatic therapy ini adalah adanya buoyancy/daya apung yang disediakan oleh air. Daya apung ini berfungsi mengurangi jumlah berat badan dengan cara menurunkan kekuatan yang dihasilkan oleh tekanan pada sendi. Aspek inilah yang menguntungkan dan aquatic therapy ini tepat untuk kondisi arthritis, proses penyembuhan pada kasus patah tulang atau siapa saja yang merasa gemuk. Dengan adanya penurunan tenaga tersebut membuat tekanan yang dihasilkan oleh sendi menjadi mudah dan mengurangi nyeri ketika melakukan latihan. Viscosity atau sifat kental yang dihasilkan air merupakan sumber tahanan terbaik yang dapat memudahkan program latihan pada aquatic therapy. Tahanan tersebut...

Gambaran Syaraf sciatic adalah syaraf terbesar dan terpanjang pada tubuh. Perjalanan syaraf ini dimulai dari daerah punggung bawah melewati pantat dan berlanjut kebawah sampai daerah belakang dari kaki. Syaraf sciatic mengontrol gerakan pada banyak otot di paha dan dikaki dan menyalurkan input sensory (masukan syaraf sensorik ) dari otak. Ketika syaraf sciatic teriritasi dan meradang maka akan menimbulkan gejala yang bernama scitica Sciatica umumnya menyebabkan nyeri punggung bawah dan nyeri pada kaki. Sciatica ini kebanyakan terjadi oleh karena tekanan pada syaraf scitic dari herniasi diskus pad tulang belakang. Sciatica kebanyakan terjadi pada usia 30-50 tahun dan dapat etrjadi pada siapa saja. Sciatica umumnya hanya mengenai pada satu sisi dari anggota ekstremitas bawah, dan nyeri akan disalurkan dari punggung bawah dan kebawah sampai area belakang kaki sesuai dengan alur perjalanan syaraf tersebut. Tergantung dari syaraf sciatic yang teriritasi atau meradang, nyeri yang timbul jug...