Healthy and Wealthy

Filling in Paypal Account with Bidvertiser

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:00:33 PDT

Your Paypal account is empty and has not been filled at all. How to fill it? Yes, follow-up affiliate programs. There are so many affiliate programs that offer earning to publisher through paypal. Some of these Affiliate Programs Adbrite, Bidvertiser and Infolinks. At this session I will introduce Bidvertiser. Program ad bidvertiser is as well as the other PPC programs that is, if there is a visitor who visits your website click ads on your website, So You will get dollars. Advertisers can introduce their products or website so It can be visited more and we get dollars. Back to Bidvertiser, how to register bidvertiser? 1. klik
We will go to bidvertiser Web Site, sign up or click Join Now. Complete the registration form as list below:

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Last Name: fill with your last name
Phone: telp number (for the first indonesia code +62)
Email Address: Email Address.
Username: filled with the user to log in
password: The password
confirm password: repeat password above
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paypal account: your paypal account (in the form of email). For You who have No Paypal Account CLICK HERE to Register
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Surprising from Xpango, Free Cell Phone, Gaming Console, MP3 Player & TV

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:36:45 PDT

Hi friends ... I have good news for you ? You certainly want a free phone ... 3G, IPOD, Sony PSP, PS 3, TV Plat and the other ? It’s free at all ....! it is recommended you to sign up through the reference member, This is the step for your register : 1. Register at : http://www.xpango.com?ref=91685209 2. Sign up – Fill in your private data 3. Referral to the contents ID: 91685209, It is my refferal number. Later you will have a confirmation email to your email, a verifying (open email) to activate and get Your id Refferral that you will share it ... you will be the same as me now. 4. open http://www.xpango.com (For more details) The more people join you the more you’ll get the point, and when you get the point as well as the number of the points for your prize So you will get HP or another prize you chooced ..., Your Hp will be sent to your address ...!!! For amount of point that you have to collect, See it at: http://www.xpango.com/fe/htm/gifts/mobile_phones.asp http://www.xpango.com/fe/htm/gifts/gaming_consoles. asp http://www.xpango.com/fe/htm/gifts/mp3_players.asp For the example, you may hope SE w960i, which the point that You have collected is 32 point, so If you can register 32 of you friends by Your referral ID, You will get it. How to check the point You’ve get, Klick My account menu.. It,s Fun isn’t it ? Try it Ok…, It’s have no a risk ... It’s frree at all. By this our cooperation, we will currently get the thing we want form xpango. Thanks ... Good luck ... Bye ..

Optimizing Nursing Education Process

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:55:09 PDT

Competent nurses are demanded by the nation as the health indicator in Indonesia is still low. Strategies to advance the nursing competency should be created in order to address the health problems. Creating curriculum or program, which is specific in order to improve the nurse competency is one of the solutions can be done to address the nursing and health issues in Indonesia. Regarding the current clinical teaching practice in most part of Indonesia, there are some suggestion could be considered. Curriculum design and assessment methods The understanding of the curriculum design and assessment method is the basic foundation of the lecturer and the clinical instructor to perform the task effectively. From the course we can reflect what the weakness of the current nursing education practice in Indonesia should be improved and what the good thing would be maintained. There are suggestion could be considered. - Mapping of the competency of the entire subject in the overall curriculum should be conducted involving all the expert in all area of expertise. So, overlap of the competency, skills and knowledge can be minimized. Furthermore, specificity of the content of the subjects will be better to see the inter subject alignment and give more advantages to the graduates. - Readjusting the assessment method in class and clinical practice in the current practice will give more beneficial for the students learning. Overload assessment will give the chance to the student to focus only in finishing the assessment in anxious situation and limited time. In that situation, deep learning approaches can not be maximized. Furthermore, in the clinical practice, students have too many paper works that distract the students in enjoying the real clinical practice atmosphere to prepare them perform as a real professional nurse. - Assignment should be focused on giving feedback on what students have been studied rather than giving mark. Final product or services of subjects should be created in order to measure the goal of the subject and the students understanding. However, controlling the students' engagement in the process is very challenging when the final assignment will be the biggest assessment criteria. Didactical methods Didactical method that we learn, seem as services for the student in facing the independent study climate. As the learning is an individual process, students may have problem in their study. Didactical methods prepare the students in dealing many problematic situations during study and prevent them from fail in the subject being studied. The methods also give benefit to the students to share their experience in solving the problem. Therefore, it is very important soft skill for the students after their graduated as a professional. The implications could be thought. - Didactical method can be use to improve the role of the academic advisor in fostering the student potential. - The role of academic advisor should be sifted from giving more direct suggestion or answer to exploring others students experiences to solve appear or potential problem. Student should have awareness on the current situation and potential problems. - Sharing experience in the student group will have an impact on their cohesiveness and improving collegiality. - Scheduled program should be created to meet the students depend on the general condition of the group. For example the first year students have more potential problem than third students. So, the group of first year students should have more time to see the academic advisor to prevent from problem and advent their potential. This program also suitable for professional stage students. Coaching and instructor skill Coaching is very important aspect to understand individual student's potential. This is very important in giving the feedback of the student plan of action especially in professional stage. Instructor skill and experience during the laboratory sessions have some similarities in Indonesia. However, clinical situation and working culture in the hospital introduced more exiting experience. The benefit can be implement is listed below. - Improving the skill of the clinical instructor and ratio in conducting effective clinical teaching in clinical field. The clinical instructor, for example in University Medic Centrum of Groningen, one of the clinical fields of School of Nursing Hanze University Groningen has the same level of understanding of the skill as a clinical instructor and as a clinician. Additionally, as the number of RN is sufficient, every student attached with one RN. The RN who has responsibility to be clinical instructor has special certificate representing their capability from the hospital. - Specific approaches for every field has should be considered when making the method of clinical teaching. Routine task of nurses in every specific area is different as the client condition and the situation is not the same. This condition also affecting the number of the clinical instructor needed and the ratio between students and clinical instructor. Furthermore, to improve the client satisfaction, improving chance of the student to learn more, minimizing the risk of adverse event in the clinic, limitation of the student in one room is urgent to be discussed. - Improving the plan of action for the students before entering the clinical to give more personal awareness and preference to improve students' readiness to practice. According the student plan of action, assignment and assessment can be adjusted with the policy of the faculty and the clinical instructor. - Improving the instrument of the clinical target and assessment for the current clinical practice is needed. The daily activities of the clinical instructor is demonstrating the procedure, giving meaning of the activities and giving feedback on student's performance while they are performing the role of clinician. Discussion with the students is done during reading the previous report, in the break time or while they are performing nursing activities together. Routine feedback is based on the student plan of action. After the feedback session, the student has to make critical review report about the feedback and make a plan to improve the performance. The critical review and plan will be discussed in the practice or in the next feedback session. - Reducing the number of rotation. If students is rarely rotated to the other ward or unit, it allows the student to know the ward routines and confident to learn more. The target should be focused on the nursing competency, not for the number of cased or disease should be experienced by the students. Creating better climate for learn will give the teacher learn how teach and reflect their own practice. Sensitivity in sensing the current practice will boost the inert power to reach the highest level of personal ultimate as a nurse educator. Indeed, the students feel the atmosphere and transferring positive energy to enjoy the learning climate, flouring the profession with love and care.

Fat and Protein

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:35:32 PDT

Proteins are large organic compound to create set of amino acids in a linear chain and work together by peptida bond between carboxyl group and amino residues of the amino-acid residues are adjacent. The sequence of amino acids in a protein is described by one and encode genes in the genetic code. Although the genetic code is set 20 "standard" amino acid selenocysteine more dandalam the archaea-specific pyrrolysine, residue-residue in a protein is sometimes a chemical change in the post-translational modifications: before the protein is able to function in the cell, or as part of control mechanisms. Protein-protein can also work together to achieve a particular function, and they often partner to form complexes [1 stable.

Makromolekul such as biology, such as the polisakarida-polisakarida and nukleat acid, protein-protein is an important part of organisma-organisma and take part in every process in the cells. protein-enzyme is the enzyme that mengkatalisasi reactions and biochemistry are important to metabolism. Protein-protein also has the functions of the mechanical or structural, such as aktin and miosin in muscle and protein-protein in the cytoskeleton, which form a system of scaffolding that maintains cell shape. Protein-protein others are important in cell signaling, immune responses, cells, and cell culture. Protein is also necessary in diett animals, because animals can not manyatukan all the amino acids they need and must obtain essential amino acids from food. Through the process of digestion, breaking every detail to digest protein in the free amino acid which is then used in metabolism.

The word protein comes from the Greek word ( "prota"), which means "the primary importance." Protein-protein first described and named by Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius in 1838.

Protein is a linear polymer that is built from 20 different aminocuka. All the amino acids common structural features, including a carbon to which one amino group, a cluster karboksil, and a variable side chain attached. Only prolina different with this case because the basic structure contains a ring because that is not normal to amina groups, half of the CO-NH amida into a conformation [5 defined? Corrected] side chains of amino acid standard, which is detailed in the list the standard amino acids, have different chemical properties that produce three-dimensional protein structure and function of critical proteins. Amino acids in a chain polipeptida connected by ties peptida formed in a dehydration reaction. Once connected in the protein chain, amino acid residue of a called individual, and a series of linked carbon, oxygen supple, and the atom-atom oxygen is known as a backbone main chain or protein. Peptida bond has two resonance forms that espouse some double bond character and inhibit rotation around its axis, so that the carbon-carbon alpha with rough estimates sebidang. The other two corners of the two fields in the form of a bond peptida determine which is assumed by the local protein backbone.

Because the chemical structure of each amino acid, protein chains have directionalas. End of the protein with a cluster of karboksil free terminal known as the last C-terminus or karboksi, while the end with an amino group is free of charge, known as the last N-terminal or amino terminus.

polipeptida, and peptida is a rancu cans and a small overlap in meaning (arti. Protein is generally used to refer to the molecular biology of a full adjustment in the stable, while peptida is in general a terpesan for oligomer-oligomer acid a short amino often a lack of a stable three-dimensional structure. However, the boundary between the two is not good and usually describes the falsity near 20-30 residues [6] Polipeptida can refer to each of the single linear chain of amino acids, usually ignore the length, but often implies an absence of an adjustment described.

15 steps for take down the weight

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:34:44 PDT

Weight problem is a problem which is very complicated and often by the patient who is currently experiencing obesity. Being fat is a nightmare for some people, especially for those who really do pay attention. Obesity will also deplete self-confidence so that someone will affect the careers of the people. Following 15 steps can be followed to control body weight. 1. "I must be!" Tanamkan three words that in yourself as a first step. Despite many temptations come off, which you always remember that you have to lose weight then you are in the right path. Make people who have successfully lose weight as a motivator for you menundukan temptations that come. 2. Breakfast is made compulsory. Do not ever leave the house in the morning without anything to eat the food because this will give you enough energy to beraktifitas day. Breakfast foods do not need a heavy weight, just a banana, yogurt, cereals, bread and other snacks for the other that contains a lot of fiber and protein will make you feel satisfied until lunch time arrived. 3. Provide time to read while on the nutrient contents of food packaging. To note here is calories because this is the very substance berperanan increase in body weight when you consume excessive. Customize your needs energy / calories in your day with a note that contained in the package. 4. Do not do diet. For the short term the diet will lower your body weight, but when you stop the diet the weight you will be back. Eating food that strange contraption to diet or reduce some types of food will not make your weight go down. The most important is to choose foods made a balanced value gizinya in accordance with the needs of your body so that calories eaten will be utilized optimally. 5. Always eat regularly. A unique body metabolism will decrease when hungry, this is certainly not good for the decrease in body weight. To avoid it then make a daily eating pattern, which can and do your routine every day. Make sure you are scheduled to eat at least 3 times a day. 6. Perbanyak fiber consumption. Fiber is very important to ensure that the body remains healthy. Fiber that we eat day to day work to help lower cholesterol and facilitate the evacuation channel digestion. Fiber can also accelerate the feeling of satiety so naturally reduces the share of food that is not useful. Most of the fibers have a high water contents and low calories, so in accordance with the food that we need to lose weight. 7. Food is always a healthy choice. Choose foods that contain less saturated fat. Perbanyak consumption of fruit and vegetable fruit vegetables. Select a vegetable oil as a source of fat because it contains no saturated fat in the high portion. Eating foods that contain lots of Omega 3 as fish. 8. Exercise. Adjust the sports that you select with the condition of your body. One sports a healthy, inexpensive and can be done by all the people are walking. Walk at least 5 kilometers a day. Always try to increase the distance you walk. Remember, exercise does not only lose weight but you also make your body more healthy. 9. Discard ngemil habits at night. Ngemil at night will destroy your efforts to lose weight because the calories you eat after dinner will be buried in the body. Polish teeth after dinner to help you reduce the desire to ngemil. 10. Take more protein consumption. Eat foods that contain lots of protein in the amount of stomach will make you satisfied in a few hours so that you will reduce the need for food containing high calories. 11. Discard kebiasan bad that makes you gain weight and replace with a more healthy habits. For example, replace the sugar you use to make coffee with a low-calorie sugar, and avoid eating gorengan more. 12. Make the people around you as the motivator. They will help give you encouragement when you have a current saturation with body weight reduction program you are doing. 13. Note that each of you are going on as long as you follow the body weight reduction program. If you need to compare achievement with the achievement of your friend to do a similar program. This is the motivator in achieving the goal you lose weight. 14. Drinking enough. Some nutrition experts say that with enough to drink then you will be protected from excessive eating. It is recommended for drinking water 6 to 8 glasses a day. 15. Do you want to lose weight and make the body healthy? Therefore, never turn away from the actual purpose of your lower body weight. Remember always to motivate ourselves so that the goal you want to achieve soon.

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How to Successfully Navigate Your Business through an Economic Downturn

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:33:36 PDT

An economic downturn is a phase of the business cycle in which the economy as a whole is in decline.This phase basically marks the end of the period of growth in the business cycle. Economic downturns are characterized by decreased levels of consumer purchases (especially of durable goods) and, subsequently, reduced levels of production by businesses. While economic downturns are admittedly difficult, and are formidable obstacles to small businesses that are trying to survive and grow, an economic downturn can open up opportunities. A well-managed company can realize the opportunity to gain market share by taking customers away from their competitors. Resourceful entrepreneurs capture the available opportunities, from an economic downturn, by developing alternate methods of doing business that were never implemented during a prior growth period. The challenge of successfully navigating your business through an economic downturn lies in the realignment of your business with current economic realities. Specifically, you, as the business owner, need to renew a focus on your core clients/customers, reduce your operating expenses, conserve cash, and manage more proactively, rather than reactively, is paramount. Here are best practices that will help you to successfully navigate your business through an economic downturn: Goals: The primary goal of any business owner is to survive the current economic downturn and to develop a leaner, more cost-effective and more efficient operation. The secondary goal is to grow the business even during this current economic downturn. Objectives: • Conserve cash. • Protect assets. • Reduce costs. • Improve efficiencies. • Grow customer base. Required Action: • Do not panic… History shows that economic downturns do not last forever. Remain calm and act in a rational manner as you refocus your attention on resizing your company to the current economic conditions. • Focus on what YOU can control… Don’t let the media's rhetoric concerning recessions and economic slowdown deter you from achieving business success. It´s a trap! Why? Because the condition of the economy is beyond your control. Surviving economic downturns requires a focus on what you can control, i.e. your relevant business activities. • Communicate, communicate, and communicate! Beware of the pitfall of trying to do too much on your own. It is a difficult task indeed to survive and to grow your business solely with your own efforts. Solicit ideas and seek the help of other people (your employees, suppliers, lenders, customers, and advisors). Communicate honestly and consistently. Effective two-way communication is the key. • Negotiate, negotiate, and negotiate! The value of a strong negotiation skill set cannot be overstated. Negotiating better deals and contracts is an absolute must for realigning and resizing your company to the current economic conditions. The key to success is not only knowing how to develop a win-win approach in negotiations with all parties, but also keeping in mind the fact that you want a favorable outcome for yourself too. Recommended Best Practice Activities: The Nuts and Bolts… The following list of recommended best practice activities is critical for your business' survival and for its growth during an economic downturn. The actual financial health of your particular business, at the outset of the economic downturn, will dictate the priority and urgency of the implementation of the following best practice activities. 1. Diligently monitor your cash flow: Forecast your cash flow monthly to ensure that expenses and planned expenditures are in line with accounts receivable. Include cash flow statements into your monthly financial reporting. Project cash requirements three-to- six months in advance. The key is to know how to monitor, protect, control, and put cash to work. 2. Carefully convert your inventories: Convert excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory items into cash. Consider returning excess and slow-moving items back to the suppliers. Close-out or inventory reduction sales work well to resize your inventory. Also, consider narrowing your product offerings. Well-timed order placement helps to reduce excess inventory levels and occasional material shortages. The key is to reduce the amount of your inventory without losing sales. 3. Timely collection of your accounts receivable: This asset should be converted to cash as quickly as possible. Offer prompt payment discounts to encourage timely payments. Make changes in the terms of sale for slow paying customers (i.e. changing net 30 day terms to COD). Invoicing is an important part of your cash flow management. The first rule of invoicing is to do it as soon as possible after products are shipped and/or after services are delivered. Place an emphasis on reducing billing errors. Most customers delay payments because an invoice had errors, and therefore, will not pay until they receive a corrected copy. Email or fax your invoices to save on mailing time. Post the payments that you have received and make deposits more frequently. The key is to develop an efficient collection system that generates timely payments and one that gives you advance warning of problems. 4. Re-focus your attention on your existing clients/customers: Make customer satisfaction your priority. A regular review of your customers' buying history and frequency of purchases can reveal some interesting facts about your customers' buying habits. Consider signing long-term contracts with your core clients/customers which will add to your security. Offer a discount for upfront cash payments. The key is to do what it takes to keep your current customers loyal. 5. Re-negotiate with your suppliers, lenders, and landlord: i) Suppliers: Always keep your negotiations on the level of need, saying that your company has reviewed its cost structure and has determined that it needs to lower supplier costs. . Tell the supplier that you value the relationship you have developed, but that you need to receive a cost reduction immediately. Ask your supplier for a lower material price, a longer payment cycle, and the elimination of finance charges. Also, see if you can buy material from them on a consignment basis. In return for their price concessions, be willing to agree to a long-term contract. Explore the idea of bartering as a form of payment. ii) Lenders: Everything in business finance is negotiable and your relationship with a bank is no exception. The first step to successful renegotiations is to convince your lenders that you can ultimately pay off the renegotiated loan. You must point out to your lenders why it would be in their best interest to agree to a new arrangement. Showing them your business plan and your action plan that includes your cost-savings initiatives, along with "the how" and "the when" of the implementation of your plan is the best way to achieve this goal. Explain to them that you will need their cooperation to insure that you can survive, as well as, grow your business during the economic downturn. Negotiated items include: the rate of interest, the required security to cover the loan, and the beginning date for repayment. A beginning date for repayment could be immediate, within several months or as long as a year. The key is to realize that your lender will work with you, but that frequent and continual communications with them is critical. iii) Landlord: Meet with your landlord. Explain your need to have them extend the term of your lease at a reduced cost. Make sure you have a clause in the lease agreement that entitles you to have the right to sublet any or all of the leased space. 6. Re-evaluate your staffing requirements: This is a very critical area. Salaries/wages are a major expense of doing business. Therefore, any reduction in the hours worked through work schedule changes, short-term layoffs or permanent layoffs has an immediate cost saving benefit. Most companies ramped up hiring new employees in the good times, only to find that they are currently overstaffed due to slow sales during the economic downturn. In terms of down-sizing your staff, be very careful not to reduce your staff to a level that forces you to skimp on customer service and quality. Consider the use of part-timers or the current trend of outsourcing certain functions to independent contractors. 7. Shop for better insurances rates: Get quotations from other insurance agents for comparable coverage to determine whether or not your present insurance carrier is competitive. Also, consider revising your coverage to reduce premium costs. The key is to have the right balance-to be adequately insured, but not under or over insured. 8. Re-evaluate your advertising: Contrary to the other cost-cutting initiatives, evaluate the possibility of increasing your advertising expenditures. This tactic realizes the advantage of the reduced "noise" and congestion (fewer advertisers) in the marketplace. The downturn period a great opportunity to increase brand awareness and create additional demand for your product/service offerings. 9. Seek the help of outside advisors: The use of an advisory board comprised of your CPA, attorney, and business consultant offers you objectivity and provides you with professional advice and guidance. Their collective experience in working with similar situations in past economic downturns is invaluable. 10. Review your other expenses: Target an across-the-board cost-cutting initiative of 10-15%. Attempt to eliminate unnecessary expenses. Tightening your belt in order to weather the downturn makes practical, financial sense. Proactively managing your business through an economic downturn is an enormous challenge and is critical for your survival. However, through well-planned initiatives, an economic downturn can create tremendous opportunity for your company to gain greater market share. In order to take advantage of this growth opportunity, you must act quickly to implement the above best business practices to continue realigning and resizing your company to the current economic conditions. Copyright © 2008 Terry H. Hill You may reprint this article free of charge in your newsletter, magazine, or on your website, provided that the article is unedited, and that the copyright, author's bio, and contact information below appears with each article. Articles appearing on the web must provide a hyperlink to the author's web site, http://www.legacyai.com Terry H. Hill is the founder and managing partner of Legacy Associates, Inc, a business consulting and advisory services firm. A veteran chief executive, Terry works directly with business owners of privately held companies on the issues and challenges that they face in each stage of their business life cycle. To find out how he can help you take your business to the next level, visit his site at http://www.legacyai.com To download a copy of this article, click on this link: http://www.legacyai.com/Article_Downturn.html. About The Author An author, speaker, and consultant, Terry H. Hill is the founder and managing partner of Legacy Associates, Inc., a business consulting and advisory services firm based in Sarasota, Florida. A veteran chief executive, Terry works directly with business owners of privately held companies on the issues and challenges that they face in each stage of their business life cycle. Terry is the author of the business desk-reference book, How to Jump Start Your Business. He hosts the Business Insights from Legacy Blog at http://blog.legacyai.com and writes a bi-monthly eNewsletter, "Business Insights from Legacy eZine." By signing up for Business Insights from Legacy eZine at http://tinyurl.com/2t4fxs you can keep abreast of the latest tips, tactics, and best business practices. You will, also, receive the free eBook, Jump Start Your Knowledge of Business. Contact Terry by email at http://www.legacyai.com or telephone him at 941-556-1299.

Acne Fact and Fiction! Do Stress, Facials and Concealer's Help to Promote or Reduce Acne Breakouts?

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:33:03 PDT

What is Acne? People have differing opinions as to what acne really is. So, what exactly is acne? Do a couple of occasional but recurring zits qualify as a case of acne or do you have to have a lot of zits? Believe it or not, the answer is that occasional pimples or zits do not constitute a true case of acne. Although zits do seem to have the ability to appear almost instantaneously and at the most inopportune times like picture day, prom night, spelling bees, sporting events, dates, and special award ceremonies, they are not a true acne outbreak. The dictionary defines acne as "an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring." The anatomical definition of sebaceous glands is: "small subcutaneous glands usually connected with hair follicles. The follicles secrete an oily semi-fluid matter, composed in great part of fat, which softens and lubricates the hair and skin." Real acne outbreaks are actually a disease of the skin. However, the great news is that acne is treatable. Although it can be very embarrassing, cause great emotional distress, and lower your personal self-esteem for a period of time, acne is not fatal. There are new and effective treatments being sought by researchers and great advances have been made in the treatment of acne in the last few years. Years ago, when a person had acne, they were pretty much stuck with the problem. There were very few treatments available and the medical profession didn't even consider acne a disease. It was long thought that acne was the direct result of a diet that was too high in fat and/or sweets. That is no longer the case. Acne is most often associated with puberty and the onset of pre-teen and teenage years but it can and does develop in adults as well. When acne does finally heal, there can be permanent scars left (from picking and popping) that are unsightly and cause patients to suffer long term emotional distress and low self- esteem. New and very effective skin resurfacing treatments have been developed over the last several years that have, if not completely removed acne scars, at least diminished their appearance and severity. Acne Fact or Fiction: You can hear a lot of tall tales about acne today, so let's take a look at the fact or fiction of acne. It is always better to be well armed with factual information so that you don't get fooled by the fictional facts that surround acne. Fictional Fact #1: Acne is caused by a lack of sexual activity. Factual Fact: Acne and sexual activity are two entirely separate issues. One has no bearing on the other. Hormones secreted during puberty and young adulthood does have a bearing on acne. They also have a bearing on sexual arousal and activity. However, acne has no bearing on sexual activity nor does sexual activity have any bearing on acne. Fictional Fact #2: People have acne because they are dirty. Factual Fact: Dirt has no part in acne. Dirt is dirt. Acne is acne. One has nothing to do with the other. Acne is a build up of oil, dead skin cells, and bacteria. Dirt isn't involved. Keeping the face clean can and will help to prevent clogged pores but dirt does not cause acne. Fictional Fact #3: Dermatologists can cure acne. Factual Fact: Dermatologists can TREAT acne. They can help to alleviate the symptoms and help to clear up the pimples, black-heads, and white heads. They can prescribe antibiotics and topical ointments, lotions, and creams that will help but there is no cure at this time for acne. Fictional Fact #4: Acne is simply a skin problem. Factual Fact: It's true that acne affects the skin but it can also affect the way a person sees himself or herself. Acne and the scarring it can leave behind may cause a sufferer to become depressed and develop low self-esteem, both of which can lead to larger and more complex life socialization problems. Acne sufferers need the loving support and reassurance from their family and friends. Acne and Stress: Can stress actually cause acne? There is ample evidence available to suggest that stress can most assuredly cause an acne breakout or make an existing breakout worse. Our bodies are highly developed chemical laboratories that produce all sorts of stuff. At puberty, our body begins to produce an abundance of male hormones and this happens in both boys and girls. This overproduction of male hormones can happen at other times in life besides puberty; for example, when a girl or woman starting or stops taking birth control pills. These male hormones cause the bodies sebaceous glands to shift into overdrive and begin producing sebum. The sebum then travels up hair follicles, clogs the pores and begins the acne development cycle. However, male hormones are not the only cause for the sebaceous glands to begin producing an overabundance of sebum. When we become extremely stressed or overly emotional, our bodies react by causing the adrenal glands to produce a substance known as Cortisol, which is released directly into the bloodstream. Then the chemical chain reaction continues as the sebaceous glands release sebum, the sebum travels up the same hair follicles, clogs the pores and acne develops. The physical changes in the body can cause exactly the same chemical chain reaction as the emotional changes in the mind. The mind/body connection is very real. Maybe some of it really IS in your head. If that's the case, there is help available to help people deal with the acne that is caused by stress. Reducing stress will just naturally reduce sebum production by the sebaceous glands and reducing sebum production will help to alleviate an acne breakout. Therefore, when you learn to reduce and control you stress levels, this part of the chemical chain reaction is minimized. It really it isn't any different than restoring a hormonal balance to your body that reduces sebum production. So, in the final analysis, both factors that cause excessive sebum production should be addressed. Solving one problem might help; however, solving both problems could eliminate acne altogether. Acne Facials: If you are part of the 95 of the population who suffer from acne, you have more than likely seen TV or print media advertisements for acne facials. Have you ever wondered if there is anything to the claims that their manufacturers make? In general, the answer is yes! Most acne facials are very effective, pretty much worth the price, and can be used in conjunction with your usual acne fighting regime. They won't necessarily replace any part of what you are already doing; but, rather enhance the overall effects. You can find acne facials in most health stores, at many cosmetic counters, and online. As a matter of fact, you can probably complete a better comparison of available products online than you can anywhere else. Most of these acne facial products provide for a three-step program. The first step is a complete facial cleansing. The next step is a steam massage. The final step is a facial mask. The first two steps are designed to prepare the face. The steam massage softens the black heads and the white heads to remove toxins from your skin. The facial mask serves to remove the dead skin cells from the face and to moisturize it as well. The overall effect of the acne facial is a very relaxing, calming, and cleansing experience. It just plain feels good. Anything that helps to calm and sooth your stress can't be bad because we all know that acne is aggravated by high stress levels. Acne facial masks can be used in addition to other parts of your acne prevention and treatment regime or you may find that the facial can, in fact, actually replace some things that you are currently doing. Acne Concealer's: One of Newton's laws of physics laws says that, "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." That law of physics spills over into a lot of our life situations. For example: A young woman gets a zit and wants to cover it up. The cosmetics industry has a multitude of products designed to do just that. Okay, that's a little far out there but you get my point. The acne pimples, whether they are white heads or black heads should never be picked at or popped. If they are popped or picked, it can and normally does result is a scar that is much harder to get rid of than the actual pimple, black head or white head. Popping a pimple is not going to make it go away. In fact, popping a pimple is only going to make the acne worse. Still when you get a zit, you have to go out and face the world so you are looking for ways to make your skin look clear. You want to disguise the zit and make it as unnoticeable as possible. Here is where the cosmetic industry can help. There are a multitude of products designed to make a zit less noticeable. You don't want to use a product that just adds to the problem by adding additional oil to already oily skin. So, you do need to remember, that when you use a cover product to make the zit less noticeable, you need to totally clean the product from your skin immediately when you return home. Some of the better known as well as more effective cosmetic concealer's on the market today are: 1. Dermablend Smooth Indulgence Concealer: This product produces a smooth matte appearance and was designed specifically for covering acne blemishes as well as for covering Rosacea and dark circles under the eyes. 2. Flawless Skin by Prescriptives: This product will not aggravate acne but will supply a medium to full coverage and it contains SPF 25 for protection from the sun. Don't let acne control you; but rather, become smart and learn how to control the negative influences in your life that create a positive situation for acne to develop! About The Author Stephen M. Seabrook, MBA President Nice Specialty Gifts, L.L.C. Shop for the best anniversary gifts for your parents, get personalized gifts for your spouse, or unique gifts for best friends at nicespecialtygifts4u. Com! 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How to Lose Weight and Not Get it Back

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:32:40 PDT

It is an all too familiar scene that we see in any ordinary day. Serious dieters who lose weight taking an extreme makeover approach and seemingly great conquerors of the bulge pathetically fall back into another episode of weight problems. The problem of this people is not only their physical weight. So it seems that this is not a simple problem of overeating resulting to overweight bodies. Other aspects of the person are in play while in extreme makeover but are not so obvious to some persons. Frustrations and low self-esteem make people to feel stuck in their own quicksand and they are emotionally hungry. They try to fill this emotional hunger with Personal trainer weight loss and with food. And this results to unhappy backsliders, unhappy overweight people.The reason that many people feel vanquished by the control of this malady despite the Extreme Makeover is their failure and refusal to recognize the underlying issues that fueled their emotional hunger. They have to have the inner strength to recognize these issues in order to turn off their “hunger switch”. By then, their physical hunger becomes manageable with personal trainer weight loss and they are able to adhere to a sensible diet program and lose weight successfully.Their problem is not really just that they felt emotionally hungry going to spa. What is more critical is their feeling of being powerless and helpless to do anything about their emotional hunger. They lack the emotional strength to affect any change in the parts of their lives that were unsatisfying. It is important that they make a turnaround. A complete 360 degree turnabout and prove to themselves that it wasn’t true-that they are not powerless.The initial step that has to be made is to get unstuck in the mud throughMichael Thurmond Spa, you start moving out of the rut you are in. The efficacy of this move is proven by several testimonials of successful individuals who tried it. Be honest to yourself. Are you ready to get unstuck? Take your foot off the brake and you'll begin to move forward with personal trainer weight loss. Once you're moving, you can steer yourself where you want to go. Author Info: Sarah Caddle is a certified body surgeon and also a writer in body fitness. She encourages her patients in healthy weight loss training. She also writes articles to educate how to exercise properly so as to improve life styles and well-being. Terms:Articles may be reprinted provided content is not edited and links are kept liveSource: Article Depot - Search Free Articles

Brainwave Entrainment "Dapat membantu Anda secara dramatis Meningkatkan kemampuan mental Anda!

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:31:55 PDT

I am a great fan of Stephen Pierce dan baru-baru ini saya datang di website nya di mana ia berbicara tentang Brainwave Hiburan. I think it will be worth sementara untuk menyebarluaskan suatu bagian penting dari informasi dengan orang yang tertarik dengan kesehatan yang baik. Saya hanya memiliki beberapa fakta yang diambil dari situs ini dalam artikel ini untuk semua orang yang bermanfaat: Baru-baru ini, profesional di bidang psikologi, neurologi, kesehatan medis dan swadaya telah mulai memanfaatkan kekuatan ilham entrainment dalam pekerjaan mereka dengan pasien. Apakah ilham entrainment? Ini adalah relatif muda namun berkembang pesat yang melibatkan bidang ilmu brainwaves mengubah cara alami dapat mengizinkan orang lain dengan mudah masuk ke negara peningkatan intelijen, kreativitas, relaksasi, energi dan lebih murni! Here's the sains di belakang ini terobosan luar biasa: otak yang terdiri dari milyaran sel otak yang disebut neurons, yang saling berkomunikasi dengan menggunakan sinyal-sinyal listrik. Semua ini neurons mengirim sinyal sekaligus menghasilkan sejumlah besar listrik kegiatan umum disebut pola Brainwave, karena "gelombang" atau berhubung dgn putaran seperti alam. Peneliti dan ilmuwan telah menemukan bahwa berbeda dari band brainwaves terkait dengan mental yang berbeda negara. Misalnya, brainwaves dari tidur orang tersebut jauh berbeda dengan brainwaves dari seorang individu yang sangat terjaga. Tahun penelitian telah menunjukkan bahwa brainwaves tidak hanya dapat memberikan informasi tentang seorang individu dari pikiran dan tubuh, tetapi dapat merangsang perubahan yang sebenarnya untuk orang saat ini. Menyebabkan oleh otak untuk memproduksi atau penurunan spesifik jenis ilham frekuensi, adalah mungkin untuk menghasilkan yang besar dari berbagai negara dan mental emosional reaksi. Bagaimana cara kerjanya? "Entrainment" adalah prinsip dalam fisika, di mana dua siklus alami menyinkronkan satu sama lain untuk bekerja lebih efisien. Entrainment diterapkan ke kimia, astronomi, sistem kelistrikan dan masih banyak lagi - tetapi juga dapat diterapkan ke otak. Ketika otak adalah dengan memberikan dorongan, melalui telinga, mata atau indera lainnya, it emits an tagihan listrik di respon. Hal ini disebut Cortical Evoked Response. Tanggapan ini listrik sepanjang perjalanan otak untuk menjadi seorang individu yang melihat dan mendengar. Ketika otak diberikan konsisten, mengulangi rangsangan, seperti drum beats flashes atau cahaya, otak merespon proses sinkronisasi dilakukan oleh, atau entraining, dan listrik siklus ke luar irama. Hal ini biasa disebut Mengikuti Respons Frekuensi (atau FFR), dan dapat digunakan secara efektif untuk mengubah pola ilham dari para penonton. Saya secara pribadi menyadari ini setelah mendengarkan ilmiah membuktikan Beta Brainwave Hiburan memahami bahwa kita memiliki semua akses ke lulus tinggi kinerja puncak negara kita yang dunia achievers mengetahui dgn baik sekali. EEG visual yang ditampilkan di awal artikel ini diambil sambil mengamati efek Beta Brainwave Hiburan pada pendengar yang independen. Visual membaca ini tidak hanya membuktikan bahwa Beta Brainwave Hiburan bekerja, tapi kuat menunjukkan kecepatan pikiran dapat dioptimalkan dan akselerasi fungsi otak Anda. The Baseline (sisi kiri) mengilustrasikan pendengar ilham dari kegiatan sebelum mendengarkan Brainwaves. Kenaikan pada Beta (sebelah kanan) menunjukkan peningkatan yang cukup besar dalam kegiatan beta setelah hanya 20 menit dari mendengarkan Beta gelombang. Ilham penelitian yang memiliki performa kognitif ke pertengahan Beta ilham frekuensi sebagai zona untuk menciptakan sebuah negara super fokus mental, ketahanan intelektual, dan mengoptimalkan otak untuk menangani tugas intensif dengan tingginya tingkat daya tahan mental. Saat Anda mendengarkan Anda brainwaves akan entrained ke dalam zona Beta ilham dan memiliki mental yang baik sesuai untuk sukses. Jika Anda pernah bermimpi untuk mewujudkan potensi penuh dan Anda menerima semua manfaat yang akan membantu Anda dengan cepat dan mudah untuk melepas kekuasaan dan mental Anda mencapai mimpi Anda. Mendengarkan suara ini dan Anda akan: Pertajam fokus mental anda, perhatian, dan konsentrasi Anda berpikir meningkatkan kecepatan dan kejelasan Meningkatkan kemampuan Anda untuk mengingat dan menarik kembali informasi Meningkatkan kewaspadaan mental dan energi Dan banyak, banyak lagi Anda dapat mengalami konsentrasi akut, akselerasi pengetahuan dan mental yang luar biasa menyatakan bahwa yang paling difokuskan zoned dan achievers di planet tahu. Berpikir yang luar biasa ini dapat berdampak pada kehidupan! mental dan meningkatkan efisiensi Anda dapat: Membantu Anda unggul dalam karir Anda Meningkatkan kualitas hidup anda Memperbaiki perkawinan Anda lebih banyak membuat konten Membuat Anda lebih yakin Dan banyak, banyak lagi! Jika Anda ingin menerima lebih banyak informasi mengenai hal ini, Anda bisa mengunjungi http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=714431 Tentang Para Penulis Sonika Gandotra adalah seorang ibu dari dua anak laki-laki dan cute berhasil bekerja dari rumah Internet sebagai pedagang. Selain itu, ia memiliki pengalaman dalam Persediaan Penanaman Modal dan juga telah menulis sebuah buku yang disebut "Penanaman Modal untuk pemula". Namun, jika anda tertarik untuk membaca lebih lanjut tentang ilham hiburan, anda bisa mengunjungi http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=714431 atau email saya di sonikagandotra@yahoo.co.in

5 Coffee Enema Dangers That You Need To Know

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:31:29 PDT

Coffee enema is a natural, simple and effective way to detoxify the body and remove wastes, toxins and harmful parasites from the body. Many individuals have reported great improvement on their health and skin. However, there’re some coffee enema dangers you need to know. If you are equipped with this information, you can do your coffee enema safely and enjoy the process. Although these coffee dangers seldom happened in the past, it is important not to make these mistakes at your coffee enemas:

1. Coffee enema might lead to caffeine addiction Many people worry about this problem and it might happen if you are taking coffee enema everyday. This is quite similar to drinking coffee everyday and can’t live without it. When you fist started coffee enema, you might do it 7 days straight. After that, try to do it once a week if you have no constipation problems. Since you are not doing coffee enema frequently and 2 teaspoon of coffee is used each time you do, caffeine addiction is not likely to happen.

2. Forcing something into your anus might cause harmBefore you start coffee enema, you need to enter 2 or 3 inches of the tube into your anus. When you just start coffee enema for the first few times, you might realized that it is not an easy job (not challenging though). Don’t try to force the tube in. Put some olive oil at the end of the tube and move it in slowly and gently. You can take up to 5 minutes to enter the tube. If you push the tube in slowly, it will be safe.

3. Reusing enema kit might cause infectionRe-used enema kits may carry harmful bacteria that results in infection. The end of the tube is entered to the body part which contains lots of bacteria. That’s the importance of cleaning your enema kit every time you finish doing coffee enema. Clean both the tube and the enema bag.

4. Entering hot liquid into your colon might cause internal burnIf the coffee and water are too hot, it might cause internal burn to the body when it is entering the body. It is always important to use your hand to make sure the temperature is cool enough. If the temperature of the coffee is almost the same as the temperature of the body, it’s a sign of “ready to go”. Most coffee enema guides and safety instructions mentioned this step.

5. Overuse of therapies that stimulate might result in decreased performance of the organs. If you overuse coffee enema by doing it frequently with lots of coffee powder each time, your body might rely on coffee enema to detoxify the wastes and toxins in the body. If your body is used to coffee enema, the performance of the organs might decrease. This situation happens to patients who rely on laxatives to have bowel movements. If you are doing it once a week, that’s fine.Keep them in mind and make sure you avoid these mistakes while doing coffee enema. Author Info: Instantly grab your free http://www.articledepot.co.uk/enema

Perbedaan antara Ethanol dan Trifluoroethanol

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:31:07 PDT

Ada banyak perbedaan antara ethanol dan Trifluoroethanol. Salah satu perbedaan utama dalam penggunaan etanol adalah bahwa baru-baru ini telah digunakan sebagai bahan bakar alternatif. Walaupun ethanol digunakan sebagai larutan juga, Trifluoroethanol di sisi lain adalah senyawa organik yang digunakan sebagai larutan dalam kimia. Make Up dari kimia ethanol dan Trifluoroethanol Ethanol juga dikenal sebagai butiran minum alkohol atau alkohol, atau etil alkohol. Ini adalah mudah terbakar dan warna senyawa kimia. Alkohol di dalam minuman dengan alkohol juga dikenal sebagai ethanol. Sering kali, ethanol cukup disebut sebagai "alkohol", walaupun perbedaan yang cukup ini tidak selalu benar. It has the molecular formula of EtOH, CH3CH2OH, C2H5OH, dan juga dikenal dengan rumus empiris dari C2H6O. Ethanol diklasifikasikan sebagai sebuah alkohol. Ini berarti karbon yang terpasang hydroxyl kelompok-nya adalah karbon yang memiliki paling sedikit dua atom hidrogen yang dilampirkan juga. Ethanol memiliki hydroxyl proton acidic yang lemah, bahkan lebih dari air. Trifluoroethanol, di sisi lain, merupakan fluoro organik kompleks. Memiliki rumus dari CF3CH2OH. Ia juga dikenal sebagai TFE, dan kadang-kadang disebut trifluoroethyl alkohol. Juga warna, tetapi adalah sebuah kompleks yang cair air miscible. Hal ini sering bingung dengan ethanol karena Trifluoroethanol bau yang mirip dengan ethanol. Trifluoroethanol sangat acidic, lebih dari acidic ethanol. Oleh karena itu, dapat berupa stabil dengan compounds lainnya heterocycles, melalui hydrogen bonding. Penciptaan dan ethanol Trifluoroethanol Ethanol yang dibuat oleh fermentasi gula. Ini hampir organik reaksi paling awal yang dikenal manusia. Sebenarnya, ini reaksi organik, dan efek yang memabukkan merupakan ethanol telah di tubuh, telah dikenal sejak kuno kali. Ethanol juga digunakan dalam industri, dan ini adalah jenis etanol yang dihasilkan dari pengilangan minyak bumi. Trifluoroethanol, di sisi lain, diproduksi industrialisasi. Hal ini dibentuk oleh proses hydrogenation - atau proses pengurangan hydride derivatif dari esters atau asam khlorida. Trifluoroacetic dari derivatif ini adalah apa yang menghasilkan asam Trifluoroethanol. Trifluoroethanol juga dapat dihasilkan oleh hydrogenolysis tertentu compounds. Inilah compounds dari genetik rumus CF3-CHOH-ATAU. Pantas atas ethanol dan Trifluoroethanol Ethanol telah digunakan selama bertahun-tahun sebagai bahan untuk larutan yang ditujukan untuk bersentuhan dengan manusia. Ini termasuk banyak hal yang berbeda, seperti scents, flavorings, obat-obatan, atau colorings. Hal ini juga dalam larutan kimia. Hal ini karena sangat fleksibel - makna yang dapat dicampur dengan air dan banyak lainnya larutan organik. Beberapa termasuk acetic acide, bensol, acetone, khloroform, karbon tetraklorida, diethyl eter, gliserin, ethylene glycol, pyridine, toluene, dan nitromethane. Juga dapat dicampur dengan aliphatic chlorides. Termasuk trichloroethane, dan tetrachloroethylene. Etanol dan air dicampur bersama-sama menciptakan beberapa fenomena yang tidak biasa. Hal ini dapat mengurangi ketegangan permukaan air. Hal ini juga sebuah bentuk azeotrope atau konstan-pendidihan campuran bila dicampur dengan air. Namun, terutama ethanol digunakan sebagai bahan bakar untuk mesin pembakaran internal. Digunakan untuk bahan bakar motor, dan juga untuk bahan bakar tambahan. Hal ini terjadi di seluruh dunia, tetapi Indonesia memiliki tingkat persentase ethanol yang ditemukan dalam bahan bakar. 20% dari bahan bakar etanol ini. Di Amerika Serikat, sebuah campuran dari 85% ethanol telah diperkenalkan sebagai bahan bakar untuk mobil. Mobil harus dibuat dengan kemampuan untuk menggunakan bahan bakar ini. Trifluoroethanol, di sisi lain, digunakan sebagai larutan dalam kimia organik. Terutama, Trifluoroethanol digunakan dalam oxidations dari compounds belerang yang menggunakan hidrogen peroksida. Trifluoroethanol juga digunakan dalam biologi. It is a co-larutan protein lipat dalam proses yang digunakan dengan NMR spectroscopy. Hal ini karena TFE dapat solubilize protein dan juga peptides. Memiliki efek yang sangat kuat pada struktur protein, yang merupakan struktur tiga dimensi. Efek Trifluoroethanol ini memungkinkan untuk digunakan dalam situasi ini dan yang akan digunakan untuk membuat solusi dengan protein. Trifluoroethanol juga digunakan industrialisasi. Digunakan dalam situasi ini sebagai larutan untuk nilon. Hal ini memungkinkan nilon yang akan diubah dan molded. Trifluoroethanol juga digunakan dalam beberapa aplikasi di bidang farmasi. Walaupun ethanol Trifluoroethanol dan bau yang sama, dan yang kedua digunakan sebagai pembersih, mereka sebenarnya agak berbeda. Memahami perbedaan ini memungkinkan perusahaan dan peneliti untuk menggunakan kedua compounds mereka potensi besar secara keseluruhan. Tentang Para Penulis Stephanie Larkin adalah freelance writer yang menulis tentang isu-isu dan topik mengenai penggunaan http://www.halocarbon.com/fluorochemicals/applications.shtmlchemicals seperti Fluorochemicals Agricultural Chemicals

The Emotional Price Of Back Pain?

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:30:43 PDT

Apakah Anda pernah dalam keadaan takut, tidak mengerti alasan Anda bad mood dan kekurangan energi? Apakah Anda sendiri dari isolating lain karena Anda tidak tahu bagaimana Anda akan merasakan dari waktu ke waktu? Anda bahwa teman dan anggota keluarga telah mengundur diri dari waktu dengan pengeluaran Anda? Hidup adalah dari hari-hari menjadi lebih dan lebih dari sebuah beban, dengan tidak ada terang di dalam mata? Jika Anda telah menjawab ya untuk salah satu pertanyaan-pertanyaan ini, Anda mungkin mengalami penyakit medis yang dikenal sebagai depresi. Sakit kronis dan depresi adalah dua yang paling umum masalah-masalah kesehatan yang mengalami kesehatan profesional, namun hanya sebagian kecil dari penelitian telah diinvestigasi hubungan antara kondisi (Currie dan Wang, 2004). Ada perbedaan utama antara sakit kronis dan sakit akut. Proses sistem saraf yang sakit kronis yang akut atau berbeda? Segera? sakit. Sakit akut terjadi sebagai hasil dari suatu kejadian atau aktivitas, misalnya Anda jatuh mengiatkan dan langkah-langkah kaki Anda. Kronis atau? Jangka panjang? rasa sakit yang terjadi sepanjang waktu dan memakai pada fisik, emosi, mental dan spiritual, seringkali tanpa akhir dalam mata, menyebabkan individu merasa lebih banyak dan lebih pesimis. Langkah pertama dalam mengubah pola pikir pesimistis dan emosi yang terkait adalah memahami apa yang terjadi melalui ketika mengalami depresi. Berita baiknya adalah Anda memiliki kemampuan untuk melakukan perubahan yang akan mempengaruhi cara Anda merasa dan pengalaman pada kehidupan sehari-hari dasar. Apakah Anda siap untuk melepaskan depresi dan re-pengalaman yang menyenangkan, tawa dan senang bersama keluarga dan teman-teman? Tentu saja Anda berada, maka baca terus untuk memulai perubahan dalam hidup Anda ke atas dan lebih ke arah positif. APAKAH J DEPRESSIVE disorder? J depressive disorder adalah penyakit yang melibatkan seluruh orang; pikiran, tubuh, jiwa dan emosi. Itu akan mempengaruhi cara orang perceives dirinya juga sebagai persepsi dunia, sehingga pesimisme, keadaan putus asa, kesedihan dan kegelisahan sering kali. Mitos umum tentang depresi: Depresi? - Adalah suatu kelemahan pribadi - Mencerminkan kemalasan atau unwillingness untuk berpartisipasi aktif dalam kehidupan - Adalah diagnosa yang untreatable dan tak Ini adalah mitos tak berdasar dan mewakili berlawanan dari kebenaran tentang depresi. APAKAH YANG PRIBADI DAMPAK Depresi? Depresi? - Sering menyebabkan insomnia, yang menyebabkan kelelahan, dan agitation - Sering mengarah ke isolasi sosial - Dapat mengakibatkan penyelewengan fungsi pekerjaan, menyebabkan kesulitan keuangan - Digabungkan dengan kembali sakit kronis dapat menyebabkan gastrointestinal distress - Dapat membuat memori dan konsentrasi kesulitan - Dapat mengakibatkan kurangnya minat dalam aktivitas seksual ARE YOU Depressed? Penting untuk memahami bahwa depresi dan kesedihan yang berbeda. Kematian yang kekasih, kehilangan sebuah hubungan, penghentian pekerjaan, termasuk pensiun, akan menyebabkan kita merasa sedih. Kesedihan yang biasa menanggapi situasi ini. Individu mengalami menantang akan sering kali mengatakan bahwa dia merasa tertekan. Namun, kesedihan, kesedihan dan depresi tidak sama. Perasaan duka dan kesedihan akan berkurang dengan waktu saat depresi dapat terus selama berbulan-bulan dan tahun, jika Tanpa. Apakah ini kelihatan seperti Anda? Bacalah daftar berikut dan meletakkan tanda centang untuk setiap gejala yang Anda mengalami: - I am really sad most of the time - I don? T menikmati melakukan hal-hal saya? Ve selalu melakukan dinikmati - Saya mengalami kesulitan tidur di malam hari - Saya sering merasa kejerihan - Mendapatkan sampai pada pagi hari adalah menantang. - Saya merasa lebih baik karena pada hari berjalan dibandingkan dengan ketika saya pertama awoke - Saya punya kebiasaan makan berubah: Secara umum, saya makan lebih dari biasanya atau saya makan kurang dari biasanya - Saya sangat sedikit, jika ada, energi seksual - Saya sangat pelupa sepanjang hari - Saya menemukan bahwa sulit untuk fokus pada hal-hal sederhana kehidupan. Menghitung perubahan bahkan telah menjadi tantangan - Saya sering merasa marah - Saya merasa cemas dan takut tanpa alasan jelas - Saya lebih memilih untuk tinggal sendiri daripada mensosialisasikan - Saya merasa pesimis tentang kehidupan secara umum, dan saya tidak yakin saya ingin terus hidup - Saya merasa kecewa dalam diriku - Saya merasa buruk (secara fisik dan emosional) most of the time - I have pemikiran tentang kematian - Saya berpikir tentang bagaimana saya dapat membunuh diri Jika Anda mencentang salah satu kotak, panggilan dokter. Catatan: Sumber untuk daftar? Institut Nasional Kesehatan Mental / Nimh (beberapa revisi) BAGAIMANA Depresi dirawat? Pengobatan: Antidepressants dapat berlangsung selama beberapa minggu sebelum anda mulai merasa lebih baik. Talk therapy: Talk terapi membantu Anda untuk mengubah cara Anda berpikir, merasa dan berperilaku untuk mendukung Anda merasa lebih baik. WHAT CAN I DO TO FEEL BETTER? J empat langkah rencana untuk menikmati hidup dan menemukan penyelesaian yang dijelaskan dalam buku saya, Tune Into Love. Empat langkah ini meliputi: 1. Buat? Merasa baik? moments 2. Mengidentifikasi Anda inginkan (seperti keinginan saya ingin merasa lebih baik?) 3. Mengaktifkan tujuan (tujuan yang kuat digabungkan dengan keinginan kuat bahwa Anda dapat memiliki apa yang Anda inginkan) 4. Melepaskan hasil TIPS UNTUK HARI-HARI KE-pindah Ramah SAAT MELALUI J Depresi - Tetapkan tujuan yang masuk akal untuk diri sendiri - Mengatur prioritas; melakukan apa yang dapat Anda - Break tugas besar menjadi kecil - Ambillah semuanya pada kecepatan Anda sendiri - Tetap terhubung dengan orang lain - Ambillah berjalan dan olah raga yang dapat diterima jika Anda ke dokter. - Shift pesimistis berpikir untuk hopeful pikiran. DI MANA SAYA DAPAT MEMPEROLEH BANTUAN? Dr Margaret McCraw; http://www.margaretmccraw.com/counseling.htm Institut Vibrational Synchronicity (IVS) 877/366-9111 Konsultasi telepon Asosiasi Kesehatan Mental Nasional http://www.nmha.org 703/684-7722 Information & Resources Institut Nasional Kesehatan Mental http://www.nimh.nih.gov/ 866/615-6464 Information & Resources Aliansi Nasional untuk Mentally http://www.nami.org/ 800/950-6264 Information & Resources ? 2006 oleh Margaret McCraw, Ph.D., pengarang Tune Into Love

Apa penyabab Depresi dan Efeknya

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:30:18 PDT

Ketika berbicara tentang dokter penyakit depresi, mereka tidak berbicara tentang sesekali perasaan kesedihan atau "the blues" yang kita semua pengalaman dari waktu ke waktu. Depresi adalah kondisi yang serius yang dapat memiliki berbagai gigih fisik, emosi dan kognitif efek. Efek fisik * Appetite perubahan. Anda pada dwindles dan makan Anda kehilangan berat dan energi. Dalam beberapa kasus dapat menyebabkan depresi Anda untuk makan terlalu banyak dan bertambah berat dengan cepat. * Gangguan tidur. Anda bangun di tengah malam atau pagi-pagi dan tidak bisa kembali tidur. Oversleeping lain adalah masalah Anda dapat tidur 12 sampai 14 jam di malam hari, namun tetap tidak beranjak dari tempat tidur di pagi hari berikutnya atau kembali ke tempat tidur dengan cepat. * Perubahan energi. Anda mungkin merasa diperlambat bawah, seolah-olah Anda membawa berat yang menonjolkan diri dengan Anda. Bahkan mendapatkan tugas berpakaian sederhana, seperti membuat sarapan tampaknya banyak kendala. Beberapa orang merasa tertekan abnormally gelisah dan tidak dapat duduk diam atau bersantai tubuh mereka. * Masalah seksual. Jika Anda menikmati aktivitas seksual sebelumnya, sekarang Anda merasa kurangnya antar? Est dan keinginan. Efek emosional * Hilangnya kenikmatan. Anda tidak lagi menikmati apa yang digunakan untuk memberikan kenikmatan hobi, percakapan dengan teman-teman, kunjungan dari seseorang yang anda cintai. * Peningkatan kegelisahan. Anda merasa gelisah banyak menyita waktu dan menghabiskan banyak bulan Mei kuatir tentang kesehatan atau masalah lain dalam hidup Anda. * Sadness. Anda merasa putus asa dan sering merasa seperti menangis. Ada juga dapat worthlessness dan perasaan bersalah. Efek kognitif * Perubahan konsentrasi. Anda sepertinya tidak bisa fokus pada apa yang Anda lakukan dan ada kesulitan kecil bahkan membuat keputusan. * Impaired penghakiman. Anda mengalami kesulitan melakukan penilaian yang akurat dan cenderung membesar-besarkan kesalahan Anda sendiri, Anda blaming? Diri untuk penyakit. Hilangnya penghakiman ini dapat menyebabkan Anda untuk "catastrophize," beralih ke peristiwa besar kecil upsets. Apa Penyebab Depresi? Walaupun persis penyebab depresi tidak jelas, ada bukti yang baik tertekan orang abnormal tingkat tertentu kimia otak yang disebut "neurotransmitters". Bahan kimia ini, yang mengirimkan sinyal antara sel-sel otak, playa peranan penting dalam cara merasa, berpikir dan berperilaku. Namun, dokter masih tidak tahu apakah abnormal otak kimia sebenarnya penyebab depresi, atau jika kimia ini adalah hanya hasil depressive penyakit. Ada yang depresi tidak mungkin berasal dari satu penyebabnya. Kebanyakan ahli sekarang berpendapat bahwa faktor-faktor tertentu seperti keturunan atau pengaruh mempengaruhi anak Anda ke sakit, sementara acara atau kombinasi peristiwa misalnya, stres yang disebabkan oleh kehilangan atau perubahan yang benar-benar memicu gejala. Berikut adalah beberapa faktor yang telah implicated di depression.When dokter berbicara tentang penyakit depresi, mereka tidak berbicara tentang sesekali perasaan kesedihan atau "the blues" yang kita semua pengalaman dari waktu ke waktu. Depresi adalah kondisi yang serius yang dapat memiliki berbagai gigih fisik, emosi dan kognitif efek. Efek fisik * Appetite perubahan. Anda pada dwindles dan makan Anda kehilangan berat dan energi. Dalam beberapa kasus dapat menyebabkan depresi Anda untuk makan terlalu banyak dan bertambah berat dengan cepat. * Gangguan tidur. Anda bangun di tengah malam atau pagi-pagi dan tidak bisa kembali tidur. Oversleeping lain adalah masalah Anda dapat tidur 12 sampai 14 jam di malam hari, namun tetap tidak beranjak dari tempat tidur di pagi hari berikutnya atau kembali ke tempat tidur dengan cepat. * Perubahan energi. Anda mungkin merasa diperlambat bawah, seolah-olah Anda membawa berat yang menonjolkan diri dengan Anda. Bahkan mendapatkan tugas berpakaian sederhana, seperti membuat sarapan tampaknya banyak kendala. Beberapa orang merasa tertekan abnormally gelisah dan tidak dapat duduk diam atau bersantai tubuh mereka. * Masalah seksual. Jika Anda menikmati aktivitas seksual sebelumnya, sekarang Anda merasa kurangnya antar? Est dan keinginan. Efek emosional * Hilangnya kenikmatan. Anda tidak lagi menikmati apa yang digunakan untuk memberikan kenikmatan hobi, percakapan dengan teman-teman, kunjungan dari seseorang yang anda cintai. * Peningkatan kegelisahan. Anda merasa gelisah banyak menyita waktu dan menghabiskan banyak bulan Mei kuatir tentang kesehatan atau masalah lain dalam hidup Anda. * Sadness. Anda merasa putus asa dan sering merasa seperti menangis. Ada juga dapat worthlessness dan perasaan bersalah. Efek kognitif * Perubahan konsentrasi. Anda sepertinya tidak bisa fokus pada apa yang Anda lakukan dan ada kesulitan kecil bahkan membuat keputusan. * Impaired penghakiman. Anda mengalami kesulitan melakukan penilaian yang akurat dan cenderung membesar-besarkan kesalahan Anda sendiri, Anda blaming? Diri untuk penyakit. Hilangnya penghakiman ini dapat menyebabkan Anda untuk "catastrophize," beralih ke peristiwa besar kecil upsets. Apa Penyebab Depresi? Walaupun persis penyebab depresi tidak jelas, ada bukti yang baik tertekan orang abnormal tingkat tertentu kimia otak yang disebut "neurotransmitters". Bahan kimia ini, yang mengirimkan sinyal antara sel-sel otak, playa peranan penting dalam cara merasa, berpikir dan berperilaku. Namun, dokter masih tidak tahu apakah abnormal otak kimia sebenarnya penyebab depresi, atau jika kimia ini adalah hanya hasil depressive penyakit. Ada yang depresi tidak mungkin berasal dari satu penyebabnya. Kebanyakan ahli sekarang berpendapat bahwa faktor-faktor tertentu seperti keturunan atau pengaruh mempengaruhi anak Anda ke sakit, sementara acara atau kombinasi peristiwa misalnya, stres yang disebabkan oleh kehilangan atau perubahan yang benar-benar memicu gejala. Berikut adalah beberapa faktor yang telah di implicated depresi.

Green Tea for Beautiful Skin and Healthy Living

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:29:45 PDT

Green tea offers so many benefits to the skin and to the body. It contains antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and anti-bacterial properties. It is not a mystery green tea is so popular in the cosmetic industry. Loaded with Vitamin E and C, the antioxidant agents slow the signs of aging externally and provide beneficial vitamins for overall health when taken internally. Furthermore, recent research has concluded that green tea can prevent cancer. The death rate in Japan from cancer is significantly lower than that in the States. In Japan, green tea is part of their daily staple and consumed as much as 5 to 6 cups a day. This suggests that the main ingredients in green tea (*tannin, **catechin-see definition below) in sufficient amounts can lower the mortality rates of cancer patients. Additionally, green tea can lower high blood pressure and lower blood sugar levels for those suffering with diabetes or the onset thereof. Caffeinated tea refreshes the body when taken internally; it stimulates the body?s organs and clears the mind. Green tea can lower cholesterol by restricting the excessive buildup of (LDL) cholesterol. Research has also suggested that green tea can inhibit skin cancer due to its protective properties. Overall, green tea drinkers seem to enjoy better health. The vital ingredient Catechin is 100 times more potent than Vitamin C and 25 times more potent than Vitamin E. Green Tea Facial Toner 5 green tea bags or several heaping teaspoons of green tea leaves 1/3 to ? cup fresh herb, chopped (see list below for your specific skin type) 2 cups mineral water or vitamin water Combine all ingredients in a small pot. Bring to boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and cool. Strain if necessary. Apply with cotton ball. The toner will keep for at least one week in the refrigerator. Dry skin: Elderflower, linden flowers, and marigold. Normal skin: chamomile - especially good for antiseptic values, fennel, lemon balm, parsley, and rosemary. Oily Skin: Chamomile-especially good for antiseptic values, fennel, lemon balm, parsley, rosemary, and peppermint and sage-especially good for antiseptic values. *Definition of catechin: The antioxidant activity about 25-100 times more potent than vitamins C and E. One cup of green tea may provide 10-40mg of polyphenols and can have an antioxidant activity greater than a serving of broccoli, spinach, carrots, or strawberries. A catechin is effective because it sticks to proteins easily and blocks bacteria from adhering to cell walls. This disrupts their ability to destroy them. The catechin in green tea also prevents viruses from adhering to cell walls and causing harm. **Definition of Tannin: All tannins act as astringents, shrinking tissues and contracting structural proteins in the skin and mucus. Carol Belanger, author of 300+ Skin Care Recipes For more wonderful skin care recipes and products, visit http://www.completeskincaretherapy.com

Ambien

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:29:03 PDT

Penyakit ambien atau wasir disebabkan oleh adanya pembengkakan pembuluh darah pada bagian bawah dari poros usus, baik disebelah dalam maupun disebelah luar lubang dubur yang tampak sepereti bisul, warnanya merah kebiru-biruan. Pembengkakan ini menghalangi aliran darah ke perut. Gejala Terasa ada tekanan panas dan gatal-gatal pada bagian poros usus terdapat tonjolan atau bintil-bintil disekeliling liang dubur. Pengobatan Lempuyang wangi ¾ jari, dicuci bersih lalu diparut. Tambahkan air bersih 2 sendok makan dan garam sedikit. Ramuan tersebut diperas dan disaring lalu diminum 2 kali sehari 1 sendok makan. Daun patikan cina 20 gr, akar simaruba (dapat dibeli di apotik) 20 gr, daun sembung 15 gr, kelembak 10 gr. Ramuan ini ditambah 2 gelas air kemudian direbus hingga airnya tinggal separo. Minumlah ramuan ini sebanayak 3 kali sehari. Daun lidah buaya 1/2 batang dibuang durinya, dicuci bersih, lalu diparut. Tambahkan air masak ½ cangkir dan madu 2 sendok makan. Parutan lidah buaya diperas, disaring, lalu diminim 3 kali sehari Saran Penderita tidak diperbolehkan meminum minuman keras, memakan makanan yang pedas –pedas atau makanan yang mengandung banyak lemak sebab lemak dapat mengendurkan bagiandalam kulit pada usus. Makanlah buah-buahan dan syur-sayuran segar. Kurangi bekerja berat, tetapi lakukan olah raga ringan secara teratur.

8 causes of hair loss in women

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:28:39 PDT

In fact,Now more and more women begining hair loss in every city.Many medical experts said that Led to the men and women of the reasons for hair loss is very different! Most male hair loss based on genetic,but what is the reason for women hair loss? 1.Genetic. Women will also be hereditary hair loss,We call it Male - Genetic baldness. 2.Excessive weight loss diet.This is one of reason for women hair loss,Because a lot of women to loss weight and Light to eat three meals a day of vegetables, fruits,so it's difficult to have enough protein, iron, and other nutritional supply of hair follicles and lead to hair loss. Ofter loss weight even have a beautiful body,But have lost a bushy black hair,it is bad. 3.Hormonal disorders. Because to eat or stop use the contraceptive pills and a lot of menopausal women can appear hormonal disorders.So leed to hair loss. 4.Pregnant after childbirth. Women in the end of pregnancy,their hair will enter the telogen, After delivery can grow new hair.Therefore, the new hair will be out of the original hair resulting in hair loss phenomenon. 5.Women's menstrual period. 6.Working pressure. Many women fatigue and pressure,Lead to them stress.When people in a state of tension will be the formation of fine hair on the body upright phenomenon,Impeding blood circulation,so that our nutrients can not reach the scalp with blood,Lead to hair loss and white hair, and other circumstances. 7.Often tied or pulling hair. 8.Regular use of hot hair and hair damaging chemicals To Learn more information about hair loss in women check http://www.healthy-365.com/

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Obat Cekluk-an

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:28:08 PDT

Sebagian orang bilang kalau obat ceklukan adalah minum air putih 7 kali

cekluk, saya sudah pernah mencobanya ternyata tidak berhasil, sampai

pada suatu saat tanpa sengaja saya mendapatkan cara pengobatannya.

Cara ini tanpa menggunakan obat ataupun resep khusus, bisa menghilangkan cekluk-an hanya dengan mengelola sikap tubuh. Bukan pengobatan tradisional/alternatif dan bukan juga pengobatan modern.

Terapkan langkah-langkah yang sudah saya terapkan ini :

1. Baringkan tubuh Anda dengan telungkup (dada bersentuhan ke kasur)

2. Tarik napas dalam-dalam

3. Tahan napas selama yang bisa

4. Berterimakasih kepada Tuhan karena Celukan sudah hilang

Oleh: Henry

HIV by simson

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:04:05 PST

HIV has killed millions of people worldwide, and infected many more since it was first identified as a threat to public health more than 20 years ago. Sub-Saharan Africa is thought to be most blighted by the virus, but it poses a huge problem across much of the developing world, where the latest drugs to control infection are not always readily available. What is it? HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. The virus is transmitted from person to person through blood and some other bodily fluids such as semen, vaginal secretions and breast milk. The virus attacks the person's natural defence against disease - the immune system - weakening it over time. In particular, HIV attacks one type of immune cell, known as a CD4 lymphocyte. A person who has been infected with HIV is said to be HIV positive. They are likely to become more ill with time as their immune system fails and is less able to fight off other illnesses. When their immune system has become very damaged or they become sick with a number of particularly severe illnesses, usually around 10 years after they first became infected with HIV, they are said to have AIDS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. What are the symptoms? Someone who is HIV positive may feel perfectly healthy and well and may not be aware that they have the virus. Within a few weeks of infection with the virus, some may develop a flu-like illness or a rash or swollen glands. A routine HIV test at this stage will not show that the person has the virus, however. It is not until about three months after becoming infected that they will test HIV positive on an antibody test. In the early disease, people who are HIV positive can develop illnesses that people with normal immune systems can also get, such as tuberculosis, malaria, blood poisoning and some skin infections. However, individuals with HIV may take longer to recover. With time - years if the person is otherwise healthy and well nourished - HIV weakens the immune system. This makes people with HIV vulnerable to infections that healthy people would normally fight off easily. These are called opportunistic infections and are caused by germs that are around us all the time. An example is thrush or candida. Opportunistic infections can produce a wide range of symptoms, some of them severe. Certain cancers can also develop and damage the skin, brain and nervous system. Who is at risk? Anyone who is exposed to the following can contract HIV: Unprotected sexual intercourse with an infected person - this includes oral sex Contact with infected blood - e.g. via a blood transfusion, injury From mother to child - during pregnancy, labour and breastfeeding Injecting drugs and sharing needles A person cannot catch HIV from toilet seats, by hugging or by eating food prepared by someone who has HIV. Globally, over 40 million people are living with HIV. More than 25 million people have died of HIV/AIDS since 1981. What is the outlook? There is still no cure for HIV. However, the disease is no longer an imminent death sentence thanks to the major advances in HIV research and drug development over recent years. With treatment, people with HIV can live for decades with the condition. However, HIV medicines are not widely available in many poor countries around the world. Millions of people are still dying prematurely from HIV/AIDS. Of the 6.5 million people in developing and transitional countries who need life-saving AIDS drugs, only 1 million are receiving them. How can it be treated? The mainstay of treatment is with antiretroviral drugs. They will not cure HIV but can delay the onset of AIDS and help the person to remain healthy for longer. There are four main groups of antiretroviral drugs. Each attacks HIV in a different way, but all work by stopping the virus from replicating: Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors - these block an enzyme, called reverse transcriptase, which HIV uses to make a DNA copy of itself once it has entered a human cell Nucleoside/Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors - these make sure the DNA copy is faulty Protease Inhibitors - prevent the production of mature, infectious virus particles in infected human cells by blocking an enzyme called protease Fusion or Entry Inhibitors - stop HIV from entering human cells where they would replicate A combination of a few of these drugs is usually recommended and they are taken for the rest of the person¿s life. This combination, called HAART or highly active antiretroviral therapy, has improved life expectancy significantly. Although they are very effective, antiretroviral drugs can have unwanted side effects such as nausea. Also, the treatment may stop working if the virus mutates in a way that makes it resistant to the drugs. Some combinations of antiretroviral treatments can also reduce the chance that a person who has been exposed to HIV will become infected. This is called post-exposure prophylaxis and the drugs must be taken immediately after a person has been exposed to HIV - within hours preferably. It is also possible to treat and even prevent some of the opportunistic infections that occur alongside HIV/AIDS. Other important aspects of care include prevention of onwards transmission of HIV to others (between sexual partners and from mother to child, for example), regular testing of CD4 count to check how far the disease has progressed and what HIV treatment is needed, plus palliative care during the end stages of the disease. Scientists are working to find a vaccine against HIV, but as yet no effective vaccine is available. by simson

Q and A: Bird flu

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:26:59 PDT

Experts believe a flu pandemic is long-overdue. The most obvious source is bird flu. Humans have been catching if from birds for the last decade, but as yet it has still not kick-started a global outbreak. What is bird flu? Like humans and other species, birds are susceptible to flu. There are many types of bird, or avian, flu. The most contagious strains, which are usually fatal in birds, are H5 and H7. There are nine different types of H5. The nine all take different forms - some are highly pathogenic, while some are pretty harmless. The type currently causing concern is the "highly pathogenic" Asian strain of the H5N1 virus. Scientists have discovered four different subtypes of H5N1, and there could well be more. However, all are deadly to birds, and can cause disease - and death - in humans. However, it is important to stress that H5N1 is overwhelmingly a disease that affects birds - and not humans. It is true that humans have been infected, but almost all have been poultry workers who have come into intimate contact with birds. H5N1 cannot pass easily from human to human. Migratory wildfowl, notably wild ducks, are natural carriers of the viruses, but are unlikely to actually develop an infection. The risk is that they pass it on to domestic birds, who are much more susceptible to the virus. How do humans catch bird flu? Bird flu was thought only to infect birds until the first human cases were seen in Hong Kong in 1997. Humans catch the disease through close contact with live infected birds. Birds excrete the virus in their faeces, which dry and become pulverised, and are then inhaled. Symptoms are similar to other types of flu - fever, malaise, sore throats and coughs. People can also develop conjunctivitis. Researchers are now concerned because scientists studying a case in Vietnam found the virus can affect all parts of the body, not just the lungs. This could mean that many illnesses, and even deaths, thought to have been caused by something else, may have been due to the bird flu virus. Is it possible to stop bird flu coming into a country? There is no failsafe way of preventing its spread. Experts say proper poultry controls - such as preventing wild birds getting in to poultry houses - are vital. In addition, they say monitoring of the migratory patterns of wild birds should provide early alerts of the arrival of infected flocks - meaning they could be targeted on arrival. How many people have been affected? As of January 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) had confirmed 348 cases of H5N1 in humans in Azerbaijan, Cambodia, China, Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam, leading to 216 deaths. For the latest WHO information on the numbers of humans infected and killed by avian flu, see related internet links section on right of page. How quickly is the disease spreading? After bird flu claimed its first human victim - a three-year-old boy in Hong Kong in May 1997 - the disease was not detected again until February 2003, when a father and son were diagnosed with H5N1, again in Hong Kong. Since then it has spread westwards through Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Despite mass culls, exclusion zones and other measures put in place to prevent its spread, the H5N1 virus has continued to travel. In one week in February 2006, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Germany, Austria, France, Slovenia, India, Iran and Egypt confirmed their first cases of H5N1 in wild birds. In April 2005, a dead swan in Scotland was found to have the strain. But it can't yet be passed from person to person? For the most part, humans have contracted the virus following very close contact with sick birds. There may have been examples of human-to-human transmission, but so far not in the form which could fuel a pandemic. A case in Thailand indicated the probable transmission of the virus from a girl who had the disease to her mother, who also died. The girl's aunt, who was also infected, survived the virus. UK virology expert Professor John Oxford said these cases indicated the basic virus could be passed between humans, and predicted similar small clusters of cases would be seen again. It is not the only instance where it has been thought bird flu has been passed between humans. In 2004, two sisters died in Vietnam after possibly contracting bird flu from their brother who had died from an unidentified respiratory illness. In a similar case in Hong Kong in 1997, a doctor possibly caught the disease from a patient with the H5N1 virus - but it was never conclusively proved. What would the consequences of a mass outbreak be? If the virus gained the ability to pass easily between humans the results could be catastrophic. Worldwide, experts predict anything between two million and 50 million deaths. However the mortality rate - which presently stands at around 50% of confirmed cases - could decline as it mutates, they say. Is there a vaccine? There is not yet a definitive vaccine, but prototypes which offer protection against the H5N1 strain are being produced. But antiviral drugs, such as Tamiflu which are already available and being stockpiled by countries such as the UK, may help limit symptoms and reduce the chances the disease will spread. Concerns have been prompted by news that patients in Vietnam have become partially resistant to the Tamiflu, the drug that doctors plan to use to tackle a human bird flu outbreak. Scientists say it may be helpful to have stocks of other drugs from the same family such as Relenza (zanamivir). Can I continue to eat chicken? Yes. Experts say avian flu is not a food-borne virus, so eating chicken is safe. The only people thought to be at risk are those involved in the slaughter and preparation of meat that may be infected. However, the Who recommends, to be absolutely safe all meat should be cooked to a temperature of at least 70C. Eggs should also be thoroughly cooked. Professor Hugh Pennington of Aberdeen University underlined the negligible risk to consumers: "The virus is carried in the chicken's gut. "A person would have to dry out the chicken meat and would have to sniff the carcass to be at any risk. But even then, it would be very hard to become infected." What is being done to contain the virus in the countries affected? Steps have been taken to try to stop the disease spreading among birds. Millions of farmyard birds have been culled, while millions more have been vaccinated and confined indoors. Areas where the disease has been found have been isolated and some countries have banned imports of live birds and poultry products. In January 2006 international donors pledged $1.9bn (£1.1bn) in the fight against bird flu, while the World Health Organization has devised a rapid-response plan to detect and contain a global flu pandemic. There are also measures recommended when a wild infected bird is found, including protection and surveillance zones. However, experts do not recommend culling wild birds. Not only would this be a logistical nightmare, it is unnecessary. It is better to adopt a "wait and see" policy and cull infected farmyard birds if the disease is spreading among these poultry. By putri

Q and A: Passive smoking

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:26:28 PDT

Pressure is mounting for a total ban on smoking in public places. An update to a major review by the Government-appointed Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health (SCOTH) has highlighted the health risks associated with passive smoking. The British Medical Association is among those who believe a ban would make a signficant contribution to public health. However, opponents say it would be draconian and unnecesary. BBC News Online examines the evidence. What is passive smoking? Simply, breathing in other people's tobacco smoke. This is made up of "sidestream" smoke from the burning tip of the cigarette, and "mainstream" smoke that has been inhaled and then exhaled by the smoker. Sidestream smoke accounts for nearly 85% of the smoke in a room. What's in the smoke? Tobacco smoke contains over 4000 chemicals in the form of particles and gases. The particulate phase includes tar, nicotine, benzene and benzo(a)pyrene. The gas phase includes carbon monoxide, ammonia, dimethylnitrosamine, formaldehyde, hydrogen cyanide and acrolein. It has been estimated that tobacco smoke contains as many as 60 substances which cause - or are suspected of causing - cancer. And many irritate the tissues of the respiratory system. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the USA has classified environmental tobacco smoke as a class A carcinogen - ranking it alongside asbestos and arsenic. What effect does it have on the passive smoker? Breathing in other people's smoke can cause eye irritation, headache, cough, sore throat, dizziness and nausea. Just 30 minutes exposure can be enough to reduce blood flow through the heart. There is also evidence to show that people with asthma can experience a significant decline in lung function when exposed. Whether or not passive smoking can trigger new cases of asthma is a hotly debated issue. What about in the longer term? Non-smokers who are exposed to passive smoking in the home, have a 25% increased risk of heart disease and lung cancer. Researchers from London's St George's Medical School and the Royal Free hospital have recently found when you include exposure to passive smoking in the workplace and public places the risk of coronary heart disease is increased by 50-60%. A major review in 1998 by the Government-appointed Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health (SCOTH) concluded that passive smoking is a cause of lung cancer and ischaemic heart disease in adult non-smokers, and a cause of respiratory disease, cot death, middle ear disease and asthmatic attacks in children. There is also some evidence to suggest that passive smoking may affect children's mental development. SCOTH has looked at the data since 1998 and concluded secondhand smoke is damaging. However, it is true that the health risks of breathing in other people's tobacco smoke are much smaller than those posed by actually smoking. And the pro-smoking lobby, including the campaigning group FOREST, argue that the case against passive smoking has never been properly proved. They point to a study by the University of California published in the British Medical Journal which found that the link between environmental tobacco smoke and coronary heart disease and lung cancer may be considerably weaker than generally believed. This in turn, is disputed by the anti-smoking lobby, which points out that after considering the BMJ study, the UK Government's Committee on Carcinogens and SCOTH still concluded that environmental tobacco smoke is carcinogenic, and responsible for several hundred deaths a year in the UK. How widespread is passive smoking? Of course, anybody who regularly frequents pubs or bars is inevitably going to breathe in a significant amount of tobacco smoke. However, a survey by the anti-smoking charity ASH in 1999 found that about 3million people in the UK are exposed to passive smoke at work. And it is also estimated that almost half of all children in the UK are exposed to tobacco smoke at home. One study found that in households where both parents smoke, young children have a 72% increased risk of respiratory illnesses. Research also shows that children whose parents smoke in the home are more likely to be admitted to hospital for bronchitis and pneumonia in the first year of life. More than 17,000 children under the age of five are admitted to hospital every year because of the effects of passive smoking. What do other countries do? Banning smoking in public places is a highly controversial move, which has been resisted by the UK government so far. However, some countries, including Ireland, Turkey and Norway, have accepted that a ban is the only way to tackle the problem of smoking effectively. Despite concerns from the hospitality industry, the ban on smoking in public places in Ireland, which began in March this year, has not affected business, according to reports. By henry

Depression

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:25:49 PDT

Depression is a common mental illness which is estimated to affect up to one in five Britons at some point in their lifetime and to cost the UK about £8bn a year in medication, benefits and lost working days. It can strike at any age and the feelings of hopelessness and helplessness attached to it can make it difficult for people to carry out their normal activities. It can be more or less severe and symptoms are often varied, making it often hard to diagnose. It is thought that some individuals may be more prone to depression, whether because of life experiences, their body chemistry or genetically inherited conditions. Those who have suffered from depression include Sir Winston Churchill and Florence Nightingale. What is depression? Anyone can suffer from depression. The most common symptoms include: Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness Feeling useless, inadequate, bad A sense of self hatred, constant questioning of thoughts and actions and a constant need for reassurance Feeling vulnerable and being oversensitive to criticism Sense of guilt Loss of energy and the ability to concentrate and be motivated to do even the simplest tasks Harming oneself Sudden loss or gain in weight Sleep disruption or a need to sleep very long hours Agitation and restlessness Loss of libido Physical aches and pains Most people only suffer two or three of these symptoms at any one time. People with severe depression may also experience suicidal feelings, stop eating or drinking and suffer from delusions or hallucinations. Many people who need treatment for depression suffer further bouts later in life. Women are twice as likely to suffer from depression, but three times as many men commit suicide. Experts say this could be because women are more likely to admit to depression because of the stigma attached to mental illness. Different types of depression There are many different types of depression, including clinically diagnosed depression, manic depression and post-natal depression. Manic depression is marked by extreme mood swings, between highs when a person experiences excessive energy and optimism and lows when they may feel total despair and lack of energy. It is often treated with lithium or, in extreme cases, electro-convulsive therapy. Post-natal depression can occur from about two weeks after the birth of a child to two years after and differs from the mood swings suffered by many in the first few days after the child is born. Other forms of depression include Seasonal Affective Disorder which is thought to be associated with the approach of winter and may be linked to lack of sunlight. Causes of depression Depression can be caused by a combination of factors. It often runs in families, suggesting a genetic component, but it may be triggered by stressful events. Major depressive illness is usually linked to some form of chemical imbalance in the brain. It is also thought that people with low self-esteem, a pessimistic outloook on life and difficulty coping with stress are more prone to depression. Life events which may trigger depression include bereavement, chronic illness, relationship problems and financial difficulties. Treatment In recent years, the market has been saturated by a range of new drugs called anti-depressants. These include Prozac which is thought to stimulate the growth of brain cells in an area of the brain called the dentate gyrus. Other types of drugs may also be used to treat depression. Many positive claims have been made for anti-depressants, but some patients experience bad side effects. Other ways of treating depression include psychotherapy, which aims to uncover the reasons for depression and help the patient to find ways of overcoming them. Self help groups may also offer people a forum for talking about their condition and sharing it with others so that they do not feel isolated and alone. In extreme cases, a person with depression may need to be treated in hospital, for example, if they are threatening or have attempted to commit suicide. If the person is deemed a risk to himself or others, he may have to be committed to hospital. Besides psychotherapy and a course of anti-psychotic drugs, people in hospital may be offered or forced to undergo electro-convulsive therapy. This involves applying electric currents to the brain. The treatment is controversial, but safety procedures have been improved in recent years. Some psychiatrists are against its use, particularly without the patient's consent, but others believe it can be effective in dealing with life-threatening depression. By henry

Tuberculosis

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:25:24 PDT

Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious infection which usually affects the lungs. It kills millions of people around the world each year, and concern is growing that the bacteria which causes the disease are increasingly growing resistant to current drugs. What is tuberculosis? TB is an infection caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. Any part of the body can be affected, but in most cases the lungs are affected first. It is spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes, producing tiny bacteria-infested water droplets which are easily breathed in by others in the vicinity. What happens when you are infected? In most cases healthy people who breathe in the bacteria do not develop active TB. Instead, the bacteria are killed or neutralised by their immune system. At most they will experience mild, short-lived symptoms. In about one in 20 cases - usually when the person infected is not in good health - the immune system fails to tackle the bacteria, which multiply and spread to other parts of the lung and body. There is a third scenario. In some cases the immune system fails to kill all the bacteria, which can trigger active disease months or even years after the first infection. What are the symptoms? Symptoms tend to start with a dry irritating cough, which continues for months, and gets progressively worse. Over time, patients start to cough up a lot of phlegm, which may contain traces of blood. Other symptoms include: fever, sweats, feeling unwell, weight loss, pains in the chest, and poor appetite. Left untreated, damage occurs to the lungs, leading to breathlessness. Eventually, the infection may spread to other parts of the body. If left untreated, about half of people with active TB eventually die of the infection. How common is tuberculosis? TB has been killing people for thousands of years. Tissue samples from Egyptian mummies over 4,000 years old show signs of being infected with the disease. Some estimate that TB was responsible for around 20% of all deaths in England and Wales in the 17th and 18th centuries. In the 19th and 20th centuries there has been a steady decline in deaths from the disease in industrialised countries. This was given a boost by the development of penicillin and other antibiotics in he last 50 years. But the decline began to level out in he 1980s and since then the incidence of the disease has started to increase again. In the developing world TB has remained common. It causes more deaths world-wide than any other infectious disease - about three million a year. Spread of the disease in the developing world has been blamed on poor nutrition, poor housing and poor general health. In particular, many people infected with HIV are also vulnerable to TB. How is TB diagnosed? A skin prick test can give an indication of infection. However, a definitive diagnosis usually involves growing a sputum sample in the lab over six to eight weeks. Newer, speedier tests are currently in development. What is the treatment? You need to take a combination of special antibiotics, including isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, and often ethambutol, over a six month period. Doctors stress that it is important to complete the course, even if you feel better. Failure do so has been blamed for the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, which threatens to undermine the effectiveness of current treatments. With treatment, most people make a full recovery. Can TB be prevented? Yes. The BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine, which contains a small number of modified TB bacteria, is thought to be more than 70% effective at preventing the disease. In the UK it is offered to vulnerable groups. By Eko

Sexually transmitted infections

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:24:51 PDT

There has been a big increase in sexually transmitted diseases. BBC News Online provides details of the most common forms. Gonorrhoea: Gonorrhoea is a serious illness caused by an organism called Neisseria gonorrhoeae. It has an incubation period of only a few days. Males experience a discharge from the urethra - the tube that carries urine from the bladder and out through the penis - causing painful urination, while females suffer infection of the urethra and cervix. Women who are infected have a long term risk of serious complications, such as infertility or ectopic pregnancy. However, it is possible to be infected with gonorrhoea without showing any obvious symptoms. Women are particularly vulnerable to this asymptomatic form of the disease. The condition can be treated with antibiotics. However, it is becoming resistant to some drugs. Chlamydia: Chlamydia is caused by the bacteria chlamydia trachomatis. Much chlamydial infection goes undiagnosed, because the infection is often without symptoms. However, it can cause vaginal bleeding and discharge, abdominal pain, fever and inflammation of the cervix in women. And in men, it can cause a watery or milky discharge from the penis, swollen or tender testicles and a burning feeling while urinating. The long term complications can be severe, especially for women where it can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy and infertility. Between 20% and 50% of children born to women with chlamydia will be infected. Chlamydia is the leading cause of neonatal conjunctivitis ¿ an eye infection in babies that can cause blindness. However, it is easy to treat with antibiotics. Genital Warts: Genital warts (also known as venereal warts) are caused by a virus, the human papillomavirus (HPV). Warts are found on or around the penis, anus or vagina. They are small lumps which have an irregular cauliflower-like surface. The colour and shape vary depending on their location. Sometimes the warts cause irritation and itching. Genital warts are a serious health concern as certain types of HPV have been associated with cervical cancer. However, most women infected with genital warts do not have the strains of HPV that give rise to cervical cancer. Genital warts often disappear even without treatment. However, there are a range of drug treatments. Small warts can also be removed by freezing, burning or using laser treatment. Occasionally, surgery is used to remove larger warts. Syphilis: Syphilis is caused by the bacteria T. pallidum. The incubation period is from a few days to three months. The symptoms of syphilis are less specific. Though the illness usually begins with one or more painless but highly infectious sores appearing anywhere on the body (but usually at the site of infection) this is not always the case. These sores clear up on their own in two to six weeks. Later symptoms are highly variable and anyone who thinks they are at risk from unsafe sex by them or their partner should seek screening and treatment at an GUM clinic. The infection can be cured by antibiotics. However, if the disease is left untreated, it can eventually affect the brain or heart, and lead to death. The condition is especially significant in women in pregnancy where infection can cause miscarriage, still birth, or a damaged baby. Genital herpes: A common infection caused by the herpes simplex virus type 2 or type 1. Type 1 is commonly acquired through oral sex, while type 2 is transmitted through sexual intercourse. Symptoms include small blisters in the genital area which rapidly break down to leave painful ulcers. Other symptoms include pain or difficulty in passing urine. Some patients may develop headache and fever. Herpes infection during late pregnancy is potentially dangerous to the baby during labour. Herpes is a life-long chronic condition which cannot be cured. However, there are antiviral drugs available which can reduce the severity of symptoms. By Dr. Budi

asthma

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:23:53 PDT

What is asthma? Asthma is a chronic, inflammatory lung disease characterised by recurrent breathing problems. People with the disease suffer "attacks", or acute episodes, when the air passages in their lungs narrow and breathing becomes difficult. Attacks are caused by the airways over-reacting to certain environmental factors. They then become inflamed and clogged. They are described as feeling similar to taking deep breaths of very cold air in winter. Breathing becomes harder and may hurt, and there may be coughing. The air may make a wheezing or whistling sound. What causes it? A definitive cause for the lung abnormality at the root of asthma has so far eluded doctors. However, Professor Duncan Geddes of the National Asthma Campaign says there are plenty of reasons why prevalence of the disease is increasing. "There are simple ones - women who smoke during pregnancy are much more likely to have asthmatic children. "It's also something to do with the way we're living in modern housing - little ventilation, damp housing, more carpets and more dust make asthma more common." Exposure to illness in childhood could also play a role, he says. "There are some curious things like the pattern of early childhood infections. It may be that in the past when all children had a lot of viral infections their bodies were defending themselves against infection. "Now with fewer of them, their bodies are turning over to asthma instead." Some scientists have linked the increase in asthma with an increase in air pollution. However, this theory is hotly disputed. The most likely culprit are PM10s, microscopically small particles given off by diesel engines, coal burning, mining, construction and quarrying. These particles can penetrate deep into the lung and are known to worsen existing heart or respiratory problems. What triggers an asthma attack? There are plenty of known triggers for asthma attacks. They include: Allergens (substances to which some people are allergic) such as pollens, foods, dust, mould, feathers, or animal dander (small scales from animal hair or feathers); Irritants in the air such as dirt, cigarette smoke, gases, and odours; Respiratory infections such as colds, flu, sore throats, and bronchitis; Too much exertion such as running upstairs too fast or carrying heavy loads (although people with asthma can benefit from a moderate amount of exercise); Emotional stress such as excessive fear or excitement; Weather such as very cold air, windy weather, or sudden changes in weather; Medication such as aspirin or related drugs and some drugs used to treat glaucoma and high blood pressure. Each person with asthma reacts to a different set of triggers. Identifying which triggers apply is important if asthma attacks are to be prevented. by Veni

Amnesia

hsuheru41@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:23:05 PDT

Amnesia is a term used to cover the partial or complete loss of memory. It is most often a temporary condition and covers only a part of a person's experience, such as immediate memory. The causes of amnesia range from psychological trauma to brain damage caused by a blow to the head or conditions such as a brain tumour, a stroke or swelling of the brain. There are many definitions covering the different types of amnesia. What is amnesia? The main types of amnesia are: Anterograde amnesia: People who find it hard to remember ongoing events after suffering damage to the head. They do not tend to forget their childhood or who they are, but have trouble remembering day-to-day events. Retrograde amnesia: People who find it hard to retrieve memories prior to an incident in which they suffer damage to the head. Sometimes people never remember the seconds leading up to the incident. Korsakoff's psychosis: Memory loss caused by alcohol abuse. The person's short-term memory may be normal, but they will have severe problems recalling a simple story, lists of unrelated words, faces and complex patterns. This tends to be a progressive disorder and is usually accompanied by neurological problems, such as uncoordinated movements and loss of feeling in the fingers and toes. If these symptoms occur, it may be too late to stop drinking. Traumatic amnesia: This follows brain damage caused by a severe non-penetrative blow to the head, such as in a road accident. It can lead to anything from a loss of consciousness for a few seconds to coma. Infantile/childhood amnesia: This refers to a person's inability to recall events from early childhood. There are many theories on this, for example, Freud put it down to sexual repression. Others say it could be linked to language development or the fact that some areas of the brain linked to memory are not fully mature. Hysterical amnesia (also known as fugue amnesia): This covers episodes of amnesia linked to psychological trauma. It is usually temporary and can be triggered by a traumatic event with which the mind finds it difficult to deal. Usually, the memory slowly or suddenly comes back a few days later, although memory of the trauma may remain incomplete. Treatment varies according to the type of amnesia and the suspected cause. Anyone suffering any symptoms of amnesia should seek medical attention. By Hendra