Showing posts with label heart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heart. Show all posts

Dying Young Because Heart

Wednesday, December 23, 2009


Jakarta, cases of death from a heart attack at a young age becoming more frequent. Whereas previously more heart disease attacking elderly people. Why is now a lot of phenomena to die young because of heart?

As recently experienced young Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy, who died at the age of 32 years on December 20, 2009. Maze still cause a heart attack suffered Brittany, there is a suspected overdose, anorexia or pure of heart attacks.

Heart attacks occur due to hardening of the arteries due to the crust stuck. Crust is more and more stacked channels which can clog coronary arteries that cause people to become quickly tired and shortness of breath.

"This new phenomenon caused by the younger generation now that has changed his diet, if you had more people eating high-fiber foods, but young people now prefer to eat fast food. Actually, this phenomenon not only in Indonesia but also other countries such as Japan and China, "said Dr. H. Aulia Sani, SpJP (K) FJCC FIHA when contacted detikHealth, Wednesday (23/12/2009).

Further, Dr. Aulia explain such foods that have cholesterol, fat and salt is very high, so that can make young people already affected by hypertension or cholesterol diseases. Plus the lack of activity or sport of young people this, because more sitting in front of the computer, working on the elevator or just watching television.

Also present generation prefers soft drink consumption compared to drinking water or tea, and sugar content in soft drinks can trigger the high incidence of diabetes is a risk factor of heart disease.

"The risk factors of heart disease there were four of hypertension, cholesterol, diabetes and smoking. The four things that can trigger heart disease," said a doctor who practiced at the Hospital Heart Center Harapan Kita, Jakarta.

Have a parent or family with a history of heart disease can indeed contribute, but this genetic factor could have been prevented if these generations have a healthy lifestyle and right.

"But if the younger generation often snacking, sports lazy, sleeping late, so a break and smoke less, then the phenomenon of a heart attack at a young age can happen even faster. Moreover, coupled with school children who are smoking, so the earlier the more risks they smoked big, "said 64-year-old doctor.

Dr Aulia added to avoid the increasingly widespread phenomenon of a heart attack at a young age, the most important thing to do is change the pattern of life (life style modification) with the diligent exercise, consumption of healthy foods rather than fast food, multiply drinking water and not smoking.



Disease by 10 Most Expensive Medical Costs

Thursday, December 17, 2009



Washington, Each year, nearly all medical costs of disease are increasing. But among all types of diseases that cost was very expensive. 10 Avoid this sickness if you do not want to fall in poverty.

As quoted in Forbes, Wednesday (16/12/2009), there are 10 diseases with the highest costs in the United States.

1. Mental illness
Increased costs per year 6 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 142.2 billion.

Including mental illness is Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Schizoprenia, depression and others. Recent drug development and the long healing process makes this disease a disease with the highest medical costs among all the existing diseases.

2. Heart disease
Increased cost-per-year 5 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 123.1 billion.

Heart disease remains the number 1 killer disease in the world. This is because more and more people who smoke and increasing unhealthy lifestyle such as high cholesterol foods and lack of exercise.

3. Trauma
Increased costs per year 6 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 100.2 billion.

Medical expenses of people affected by the trauma continues to increase because each case different ways of treatment. Also tools to diagnose this disease such as Computed tomography scans are expensive enough.

4. Cancer
Increased cost-per-year 7 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 99.4 billion.

Cancer treatment costs are most expensive colon cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer and prostate cancer. A key part of avoiding this disease is by avoiding smoking and maintaining a healthy food intake.

5. Phthisis
Increased costs per year 6 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 64.6 billion.
Which include lung diseases including asthma, emphysema (swelling or inflammation of the lungs) and Chronic diseases obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) others.

6. Hypertension (high blood pressure)
Increased cost of 9 percent per year. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 50.2 billion.

This disease requires significant costs because many doctors who prescribe the amount of unsparing in his patients. Drug quality also determines the price. If hypertension is made generic drugs may cost this disease can be suppressed.

7. Osteoarthritis (arthritis / rheumatism)
Increased cost-per-year 8 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 48 billion.

Obesity and an enlarged waist size is a factor that increases the risk of this disease. Expensive drugs such as Vioxx and Celebrex that emerged in early 2000 to add expensive arthritis cure this. In 2004, Vioxx, withdrawn from the market because the risk of triggering a heart attack.

8. Back pain
Increased cost of 9 percent per year. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 40.1 billion.

Expenditures for these diseases was spent for operations. There are also drugs that are expensive narcotic (drug) to overcome this disease. But a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, said that all the expensive treatments that did not make a person better.

9. Kidney disease
Increased cost-per-year 13 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 35.9 billion.

The discovery of dialysis techniques for patients with kidney disease makes it an expensive disease management. Dialysis technique is the first technology that is very expensive to handle kidney disease.

10. Diabetes
Increased cost-per-year 8 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 35.8 trillion.

Nearly 24 million Americans affected by diabetes and obesity triggers are highest. Diabetes could trigger other diseases such as heart disease and cancer. However, because the diseases were different back treatments, the diabetes itself does not take a higher cost of heart disease or cancer.
(Fah / ir)



7 Small Steps to Big Benefits of the Healthy

Thursday, December 10, 2009


Louisiana, USA, body slim, vibrant energy and even live longer, it all started with a small change can you do starting today as well.

"Someone will be successful when he decided to start everything from a small step," said Catherine Champagne, Ph.D., a professor at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, as quoted detikHealth from MSN, Monday (6/7/2009 ).

The same with health. No one can achieve perfect health without a healthy lifestyle, and starting from the simplest things.

From now on, change the day you become more healthy with 10 small steps below and see what you feel and get after it.

1. Smile

Small changes: reduce 10% weight loss.

"We found that those who lose weight only 1% each week, can be lowered to 10% in two or three months without feeling that they make a heavy sacrifice," said Maciej Buchowski, Ph.D., Director of the Energy Balance Core Laboratory at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Big advantage: lower blood pressure, LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, prevent heart attacks, stroke, and diabetes.

A study at the University of California, San Francisco noted, obese women with abnormal eating patterns can reduce the weight of less than 10%, leakage rate decreases 47% after six months.

2. Bring pets traveling

Small changes: increased sports activities 10%. Even if you do not linger around, your body continues to burn at least 1000 calories. Not have a pet? Try up and down stairs for 15 minutes.

The advantage of size: burning more than 100 calories each day can reduce 10 pounds in a year and had become more heart healthy.

Women's Health Initiative said that, moving to reduce the risk of breast cancer. Walking for 75 minutes (10 minutes each day) until 2 or 3 hours a week can reduce the 18% risk.

3. Rent Comedy Movie

Small Change: Laugh at least 10 minutes can burn calories and make healthy heart. Watch your favorite comedy and invite your friends to watch together can reduce 10-20% of calories than watching a drama or action movie.

Big advantage: Laughter is like working out on the couch. Laughter makes your stomach muscles tighten, the heart beats faster, breathing and trigger faster so that more oxygen into the body.

"These things can burn energy," said Buchowski, a researcher who predicted that laughter can burn calories every 10-40 minutes 10-15 a day. This means, in a year you can be more slender with reduced weight 4 pounds, just by watching TV!

4. Take fruit or vegetables for snacks

Small changes: increase the 10% consumption of vegetables and fruits. Replace your snacks with a carrot or apple to ensure adequate intake of vitamins that the body needs.

Great advantage: adding menu fruit and vegetables as a snack can reduce the risk of stroke by 11% and heart attack up to 7%.

5. Reduce salt intake

Small changes: lowering blood pressure 10%. A study says, someone who avoids salt generally prefer to eat vegetables and fruits. Coupled with regular exercise, you will get a natural slender body.

Big advantage: to prevent an increase in blood pressure, you protect yourself and prevent kidney disease.

6. Consumption of healthy fats

Small changes: get 10% of calories from foods that contain omega 6, such as nuts, olive oil and salad dressing. American Heart Association recommends 5-10% of calories from omega-6 each day.

Big advantage: AHA Science Advisory reported that consumption of omega-6 can reduce LDL cholesterol and prevent heart disease by 24%.

7. Close your eyes for a moment

Small changes: relaxing the mind, at least 10 minutes. Find a quiet day around noon, rest for a moment, especially if not enough sleep last night.

Big advantage: Sleeping on a good day for the heart. Greek researchers who studied deaths from heart disease to say that 37% of people who do regular naps, live longer than those who did not sleep or rest day.

However, to prevent loss of consciousness, get enough rest for 10 minutes. A study in Australia mentioned that those who take a nap for 20-30 minutes slower re-run activities.

health.detik.com

Regulate cholesterol, Prevent Stroke


Jakarta, Stroke is a major neurological disease. Stroke is the third leading cause of death (after heart disease and cancer), but it is the number one cause of disability. Stroke occurs due to disruption of blood vessels in the brain.

Research in the United States shows that there are 3 million Americans are affected by blood penbuluh disease (heart disease, stroke, and peripheral blood vessels) and 150,000 of them die each year. General recurrent stroke incidence is also found, 33% of stroke patients who survive will suffer a stroke back in 5 years.

Stroke can occur because a person has a healthy individual stroke risk factors. There stroke risk factors that can be controlled and others can not be controlled.

Stroke risk factors that can not be controlled are age, gender, race, family history, and history of previous stroke. Old age group and men more prone to stroke, as well as someone with a family history of stroke.

Stroke risk factors can be controlled are hypertension, diabetes, smoking, high blood cholesterol, high blood triglycerides, obesity and so on.

Understanding of stroke risk factors can be controlled is important. Control of these stroke risk factors will decrease a person's risk for stroke. Controlled blood pressure below 130/80 mmHg would reduce one's risk for stroke. Quitting smoking will reduce the risk of stroke.

High cholesterol is also a risk factor for stroke. Critical question that arises is' How does the relationship between high blood cholesterol and stroke? " and 'How cholesterol control efforts to prevent a stroke? "

Know cholesterol

Cholesterol is a fatty substance, which is normally formed in the body. Cholesterol is formed in the liver from fatty foods. Cholesterol plays many important roles in the functioning of body cells (such as hormone production).

Blood cholesterol can be divided into 2 main sections: LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein) is known as 'bad cholesterol' and HDL cholesterol (High Density Lipoprotein) is known as 'good cholesterol'. LDL carry cholesterol from the liver to the cells, and HDL cholesterol from play brought to the liver cells.

LDL cholesterol is high, it will trigger the accumulation of cholesterol in the cell, which causes the emergence of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arterial wall) and the accumulation of plaque on artery walls. This penngkatan risks associated with diseases of blood vessels (eg coronary heart disease, stroke, blood vessel disorders integral).

Levels of high blood cholesterol can be caused by various factors. The factors that cause high cholesterol is genetic, high-fat diet, being overweight, physical inactivity, and smoking. Smoking increases LDL cholesterol and lower HDL cholesterol levels. LDL cholesterol may also high due to the consumption of alcohol or drugs (eg steroids or the contraceptive pill).

The relationship of cholesterol and stroke

Cholesterol is a stroke risk factor consistently reported from various research results. High LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol ratio and high HDL associated with an increased risk of stroke. This will be strengthened if there is a risk factor of stroke (eg: hypertension, smoking, obesity).

The relationship between cholesterol and stroke is also portrayed in a variety of studies of cholesterol therapy. The success of therapy decreased blood cholesterol levels will reduce the risk of stroke and heart disease by 60%. Koleserol decrease blood levels will hamper the process of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries wall).

The development of atherosclerosis can be inhibited in most patients who undergo therapy for 2 years. Blood cholesterol levels are not controlled will increase the risk of stroke. 40-year-old patient's who have high LDL cholesterol level will have a risk of 52% for heart attack and stroke at the age above 50 years (Lang, 2005).

Levels of high blood cholesterol does not provide specific gejla. This causes the levels of high blood cholesterol also known as 'the silent killer'. Treatment when patients come have emerged vascular complications. The process of atherosclerosis still running without any complaints of patients.

Controlling cholesterol

Controlling cholesterol levels to the normal rate will be very useful to reduce the risk of stroke and heart disease. Cholesterol reduction targets are as follows:

1. Total blood cholesterol level below 200 mg / dl
2. LDL cholesterol level below 130 mg / dL (in individuals without a history of coronary heart disease), or below 100 mg / dl (if he has heart disease, smoking, hypertension, diabetes).
3. HDL cholesterol above 35 mg / dl
4. Triglyceride levels below 250 mg / dl.

Controlling blood cholesterol levels achieved with a targeted lifestyle changes and drug therapy. Lifestyle changes recommended include weight loss, eating lots of fiber, consumption of fruits and vegetables, stop smoking, exercise, and limiting consumption of excess fat.

If the target reduction in blood cholesterol has not been achieved, patients can consult a doctor to obtain obat.Terapi drug therapy recommended for lowering cholesterol are statins daah. This drug has many groups (eg, pravastatin, simvastatin, lovastatin, Atorvastatin, Cerevastatin, fluvastatin), and most have been available in Indonesia.

The success of statin therapy to reduce the risk of stroke has been demonstrated from various studies. Decrease in blood cholesterol levels according to the target (below 200 mg / dL) would reduce the risk of stroke ebesar 27%. For patients who have experienced heart disease, the decrease in blood cholesterol levels will reduce the risk of stroke by 32%.

Many of us who do not know their blood cholesterol levels. Levels of high blood cholesterol are often asymptomatic. The question is 'Did you know that your blood cholesterol level?'. Controlling cholesterol levels is an effort of effective stroke prevention. Always remember that prevention is better than cure.



dr Rizaldy Pinzón, MKes, SpS
Team Stroke Bethesda Hospital Yogyakarta


source : health.detik.com

Consumption of Alcohol for Health?

Wednesday, December 9, 2009


Can alcohol benefit your health? Depending on how much you drink.

Consumption of alcohol in sufficient quantities can benefit your health. include:
* Reduce the risk of heart disease
* Reduce the risk of heart attack
* Reduce the risk of Stroke
* Reduce the risk of gallstones
* Can reduce the risk of diabetes

But if you consume alcohol in amounts too much, you can increase the risk:
* Cancer of the pancreas, mouth, throat and liver
* Swelling of the pancreas
* Death by heart attack
* High blood pressure
* Etc.

Who should not consume alcohol?
* The person who has a history of stroke due to bleeding
* Have liver disease
* A disease of the pancreas
* Is in the specific treatment

Once you see the points above, of course, alcohol is a double edged sword, which can harm your health, but if you're taking in the numbers of excess is not, then no problem.

How many of the best to consume alcohol? approximately 355 ml for beer, 150ml for wine, the consumption of 2-3x a week only.

George Hendra Santoso, SE., CSN.
Ultimate Nutrition - PT. Jaya Nutrition
www.sportindo.com

19 Reasons for Avoiding Excess Weight Gain

Monday, December 7, 2009

According to a recent study in the U.S., all the adults will be overweight in 40 years. Indeed it is a study for U.S. citizens, but with so many food and merchandise that is peddled junk that stands grandly tempt us wherever we go, is not impossible if we are citizens of Indonesia could experience the same thing?

Excessive fat can become epidemic. Unfortunately for most of us did not look dangerous or considered it dangerous to life. But hopefully the following 19 reasons why we should stay away from excess fat in our body can change your opinion:

1. Fat raises your risk of getting cancer
"Obesity is the main cause of most cancers can be prevented, but most people do not know about it," said Barry Popkin, PhD, an obesity researcher and author of The World Is Fat.

Even the few women know that obesity increased the risk of endometrial cancer. "Women who are overweight has four times more dangerous risk of breast cancer: body fat produces estrogen, hormones that trigger cancer," said Pamela Soliman, MD, MPH, lead author of the study.

2. Can make cancer treatment and recovery becomes more difficult
Generally compared to women who have normal weight, in women who are overweight your doctor will provide treatment doses less than they need.

3. It's difficult for your heart
More and more obese you are likely to have a heart attack earlier in life - 12 years earlier for people who obesity.

4. It makes your sport becomes unpleasant
Boss Lycra. Tight shorts. No wonder for the women who say obesity self-awareness is the biggest obstacle for them to practice. But not only thing that's kept them away from the gym. "They also experience pain and discomfort more than women of normal weight, worried if they were wounded, and merasakah their bodies are too heavy to practice," said Melissa Napolitano, psychological and clinical associate professor of Kinesiology at Temple University Center for Obesity Research and Education, who recently had a survey of 278 women of various weight issues.

5. Fat is dangerous for your brain
Another study found that people who are obese, especially those with a large belly in middle age, 260% more likely to develop dementia (a brain weakness).

6. That's not good for your mood
Does being overweight make depression or depression makes overweight? However, both are related. "Obesity can contribute depression by limiting physical activity and the stigma associated with being overweight," said Gregory Simon, MD, MPH, a psychiatrist from the Group Health Cooperative in Seattle.

7. Fat requires a special point on the joints in the body
"Being overweight seems to give stress on the joints, but factors other metabolic factors associated with body fat and inflammation may trigger involve danger to the joints as well," says Suzanne Leveille, PhD, RN.

8. That put pressure on your bladder
That obese women were two times more likely to experience damage to the pelvis than any other normal woman.

9. That's not good for the organs of your body other
Researchers in Sweden in 2006 reported briefly that the overweight increased the risk threefold chronic renal failure, kidney function gradually weakened and difficult restored.

10. Can provide resistance in the bedroom
People who are overweight there is a possibility he reported problems with sex, such as low sexual desire, sexual performance is difficult with, and lack of taste to enjoy, according to a research result.

11. That makes some medical tests become more difficult
If the United States alone, only 10% of hospitals with emergency departments to have a CT scan machine that can accommodate people who are overweight bada, and even fewer MRI machines are capable of.

12. It can affect your medical care
Some doctors associate obesity with unpleasant characters, such as hostility, dishonesty, and lack of hygiene, indicated by a study.

13. It can disturb your fertility
Too much fat in the body is likely to produce more estrogen, which would suppress ovulation.

14. Make pregnancy more risky
Women with excess body weight is more likely to get diabetes during pregnancy, preeclampsia, and parts of Caesar - all of which increase the risk for both mother and baby.

15. It may even affect your baby's health

16. That makes asthma more difficult to resist

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"Obesity is a risk factor is most significant for respiration during sleep," said Popkin. Excess fat in the body in the chest and the neck can block the air supply and even lung function.

18. That makes you more attractive to be employed
Job applicants who have excess weight is classified more negative and less desirable than others who also have the same qualifications, according to a report in 2008 Rudd Center.

19. It can affect your financial
People who are overweight has generally produce less than people who have normal weight who held the same job, but when they were hit by the disease with a greater risk they have to pay more for health care.