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Health 2 Know - September 2009

What are Trepanation and its Benefit to Medical Field!

September 29th 2009 05:32
Alzheimer’s disease is considering one of the most common diseases in this 21st century. The number of the Alzheimer’s disease patients is skyrocketing year by year. Many medical field scientists and experts have tried to figure out the way to treat the Alzheimer’s disease. Well, some of the methods are somehow effective, while the other is useless.

A Russian neurophysiologist, Yuri Moskalenko is one of those who having a very strange idea. He thought that the Alzheimer’s disease could be treated by simply drilling a hole in their skull!

Yep, you didn’t read it wrongly, as he claimed it’s possible to cure the Alzheimer’s disease by this way.


Moskalenko said this method is known as Trepanation, where ancient doctors have used it to treat schizophrenia or migraine since thousand years ago.

The only problem is would anyone have the guts to undergo this skull drilling surgery?

PS: Sorry, as the trepanation is too horrible, I don't want to show the photo of this stuff. Hope you'll understand of the situation.
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Unveil the Truth of Cancer Spreading inside the Patient’s Brain!

September 25th 2009 13:45
Have you ever wondered, how the cancer spreading inside a patient’s brain? Sometimes, it’s hard to imagine, unless there is a detailed explanation from the experts.

Recently, the oncologists have been unveiled the mask of the cancer, and shown it the first time to public on how cancer spreading to the brain and starting to grow inside it!

According to the study of Oxford University, the metastatic cancer cells use to anchor themselves to blood vessels in the brain. For your information, metastasis is happening when cancer starting to break out from a tumor and spreads to other parts of the body, including brain. That’s why cancer is considered as fatal in most cases!




Amongst the metastases, brain metastases are the most common malignant tumor of the central nervous system. Once the cancer have spreading inside the brain, then the longest survival times for the patient is in within 3 months to 12 months!

In order to stop the cancer cells from spreading and growing in the patient’s brain, researchers have tried their best seeking the effective ways to inhibit the metastasis process!

Note: Picture thanks to wentek.
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4 Important Links Between the Physical and Mental

September 22nd 2009 13:31
Staying healthy often gains importance as we get older, even if we haven’t been focused on it earlier in our lives. And, while staying in shape is important, it’s also important to know how our mental state affects our physical state, and vice versa. The mind/body connection is powerful and it’s important to keep both in balance in order to maintain optimum mental and physical health. Consider these important points.

Exercise improves circulation, which is one of the reasons it is so good for your body. But, when the blood gets pumping, the circulation increases to the brain, as well. When blood flow to the brain is improved, cognitive awareness and alertness are improved, too.

Research has also shown that good blood flow to the brain can promote cell growth, which means that your brain may be creating new cells to replace old ones as they die out. This helps keep your mind sharp, particularly as you get older.

Exercise makes you feel better, mentally and physically. Studies have shown that those who exercise have an overall better mood than those who don’t. They also sleep better and have more energy. Exercise releases endorphins, which are the body’s natural mood enhancers and pain killers. In addition, it is believed that exercise can prevent depression, likely because regular exercisers get regular endorphin releases.

Relieving the stress in your mind decreases aches and pains. Just like physical exercise helps your mind and mood, relaxing your mind and keeping stress in check helps your body. Stress can cause many physical ailments, like headaches, sleeplessness and joint pain.

A good social network improves your health. People who have friends and socialize regularly are physically healthier. Married people live longer than single people. We are social creatures by nature, and our bodies and minds function at their best when we are surrounded by people we care about.

So, as you can see, the connection between mental health and physical health is very significant. You can make an impact on both of these by practicing some simple steps that improve the mind and body. Make sure the following things are a regular part of your life:

* Exercise - Aim for 30 minutes a day most days of the week and do something you enjoy.



* Find a stress reliever – Yoga is a great way to relieve stress and get some exercise too. But, any stress relieving technique is fine as long as it works for you.

* Socialize – Get out and spend time with your friends, or make some new ones. Join a club or take a class if you need to meet new people.

In many ways, the health of our minds and our bodies is up to us. There are many things we can do to improve our mental and physical fitness. Understanding this powerful connection between the mind and the body can help us to improve our well being by being more aware of how to take care of ourselves – both mentally and physically.

Note: Phyllis Zerkle, one of my honored guest bloggers, who is also a freelance writer and likes writing about healthcare career topics, such as how to obtain an online masters in nursing. She's totally the guru in healthcare niche!

PS: Photo thanks to healthspablog.
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Spiritual Health Food Sharing: Facing the uncertainties of life

September 20th 2009 17:58
Hi, although this is article does based on Spiritual walk, especially Christianity, but sometimes you can’t help but agree that the Bible actually has some pretty good points for you to apply in facing any daily lives, even in this era. I really hope that people of all faiths and believes can take a look and manage to learn something out of it.

Today I was blessed to have attending the Ecclesiastes series, where many Christians or anyone who read the this book before, would have found it very hard to finish it, because if you read it on surface, word by word, it DOES sound grim from the most famous wise king in history – King Solomon.

The infamous King Solomon
King Solomon


But if you learn to look at it another way, this book actually teaches us the practicality of real life, and how God, actually helps you to pull things through.

And I just managed to get to sit in and listen to chapter 9 and 10….

Facing the Uncertainties of Life
(Core reference: Ecclesiastes Chapter 9 and 10)

In short, all of us, of all ages, face uncertainties and tribulations, in all different degrees. It can really be anything, and the pastor has pointed out some crucial notes about it and how to overcome them.

(Crucial Point 1) Life is UNPREDICTABLE, Death is UNAVOIDABLE.
Reference from Ecc 9:1,11,12 (English Standard Version)
1: But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him.

11: Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.

12: For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

So, what can we see here? There are TWO THINGS in life, can upset all our plans, no matter how perfect we have structured it, is TIME and CHANCE.

TIME = Being at the right place, at the right time.
CHANCE = This refers to unexpected events that can happen, events that are usually out of our control.

And human’s MOST MAJOR PROBLEM is: You may be at the right place, but you usually don’t know when is the right time to be there.

Because of this problem, when we face uncertainties, us humans, usually ask ourselves, “Where do we turn to?”

Sounds drastic? Yeah, you can put into that point.

But what the scripture mentioned that although time and chance is not on our side, meaning that we are actually not in control in our lives; we, can still choose HOW WE REACT to situations when unexpected things hit us.

But how?

(Crucial Point 2) Put Your Hand in The Hand of God.
Ecc 9:1 and Psalm 37:22 – 31
The pastor then refers to the book Psalm, which this part of the scripture actually turned into a song. (King James Version)

For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

(Ps: He was literally singing… and asked the whole congregation to sing along with him)

Does that mean that IF we place our lives onto God’s Hand, life can be a bed of roses?

Actually – No, the pastor said.

In fact, it can be the other way round. It could be upside down, horrifying in your eyes, but when we know that He holds us firm and secure in His hands, even the slimmest chance that is based of what God has in store for you for His purposes, that slim chance becomes God’s guarantee.

He then gave an example on how, he, as a non-American, who studied Masters and ran out of money because of unexpected increase of tuition fees, managed to apply for a Social Security Card, without the “invalid for employment” chop (most foreign students will get this), and landed him enough jobs to survive through tuition, and save some money to bring home.


What is he trying to tell us? That do not give up so easily when you hit a roadblock, the unseen hand of God is in work on you.

But when you believe that you are in God’s hands, does this mean that you can just sit around and do nothing, and wait for things to fall on you?

Or, worse even, that bad things happen to you, you just sulk and say, “It’s God’s will”??

Example is like, if a girl is raped, and she just fall onto depression and said that “It is God’s will”? Or, when you are suddenly retrenched, you’d say that, “It is God’s will”?

CERTAINLY NOT!

Because this is just running away from problems, and you are not standing up again to allow God’s hand to move forward with you.

What does that mean? What do you mean by that? God’s Hand Moving forward with you? How?

YOUR POSITIVE ATTITUDE is one of them that can make a difference.
Refers to Ecclesiastes 10:1 – 20. (it’s a little too long, so I won’t put it here, please use Biblegateway.com to search for it)

1. Keep out the Dead Flies – Maintaining the Right Attitude with God.
What do you mean by “Dead Flies”

It means anything that is foul, from your body, to your mind, to your heart, to your spirit. Anything negative, destructive, etc, are “dead flies” in you.

2. Let Thy Hand be with me – Believe that what is right and what is just is with you, as long as you be humble and keep point 1. Because, ultimately, God is in control.
(Please refer to 1 Chronicles 4:9 – 10, and Ezra 8:22)

3. Opportunity: Seize the day!
Yea, like I mentioned earlier, by taking down the notes, is that, “Don’t just sit there, do something!” Now that should be straight forward enough.

We need to know that when we have great faith, that is when we get God’s attention; and when we have great faith, we can reap the great move of God’s hand.

Personal Note:
Bottom line, don’t let chance rule your life, by just sitting there wait for things to happen… be positive, be proactive, and seize good opportunities; and especially when you set your heart right (not by breaking all the rules and using the infamous “dog-eat-dog” system), you will get where you want to be.

And even if life is full of uncertainties in front of your path, you can still be firm, walk forward and smile, “Things will get through, and it will get better!”

I hope what I have learned today can be a blessing to you all.

Crucial Note:
This is not the exact pastor sermon, it is a lot longer with more details, this is a compilation from my notes while listening to the sermon, and how the sermon is speaking into my life.
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The War against HIV and AIDS is Just Begun!

September 20th 2009 13:30
When we are talking about the HIV/AIDS, people are being helpless and always tried to avoid the topic!

AIDS have brought a deep impact to human race, since it appears in 1981. After nearly three decades of research, a team of Canadian and American researchers have came up with a new treatment for HIV/AIDS.

It’s a new radical new therapy, which is a combination of targeted chemotherapy and Highly Active Retroviral Treatments (HAART). It to be said that the new treatment is possible to destroy and inhibit the HIV/AIDS viruses circulating in the body!



However, it has the disadvantage, where this treatment can only destroy the seeable HIV/AIDS, but not those that hidden in the reservoir cells. Hence, the research team still needs to break the barrier, and it might take several years to achieve the breakthrough.

However, once it is done, the HIV/AIDS is going to be a curable disease. Hopefully, the researchers are able to bring some good news to the public in near future…

Note: Photo thanks to lifejackets.
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The Top 10 Pregnancy Questions

September 17th 2009 13:20
There are very few events in a woman’s life which merit so many questions as does having a baby. Here are some of the most common questions that pregnant women (especially those who are experiencing it for the first time) ask:

• What exercises are proven safe for pregnant women? Pregnant women are now encouraged to stay fit even during their pregnancy. The acceptable exercises are swimming, brisk walks, golf, yoga, bowling, tai chi, and bowling. Just avoid contact sports that could cause injuries (ball games, skiing, scuba diving and the like). Always consult your OB-Gynecologist before engaging in any type of exercise, though.

• What is the ideal weight for a pregnant woman? Your physician should be able to tell you the recommended weight gain during your pregnancy (this is an additional weight of about 25-35 pounds). Being underweight or overweight during the first phase of your pregnancy would most likely affect your weight throughout your pregnancy so better establish your diet and your exercise regimen early on.

• What are the symptoms that should be a cause for alarm? In case you feel any of the following symptoms, it’s time to go to your doctor: vaginal bleeding; lasting abdominal pain; extreme nausea and vomiting; persistent back pains; blurred vision; fever over 100ºF; regular contractions; too much fetal movement or no movement at all; and water coming out from the vagina.

• Is it safe to have sexual intercourse during pregnancy or should you just wait until after birth? It is definitely safe to have sex even when a woman is pregnant. This is true if the pregnancy has no existing complications such as bleeding or ruptured membranes.

• What food shouldn’t a pregnant woman eat? A pregnant woman should not eat unpasteurized cheeses; raw eggs; tuna, mackerel, and shark which have high mercury content; food and beverages with alcohol.

This is only a handful of the questions that most pregnant woman wants to be answered. There are hundreds more and the best person to approach should be your physician.

This is a guest post from Alan Murray, the editor of a baby health website. Many different topics are covered including, Chicken Pox, Meningitis and much more.
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The Unknown Parts of Foreign Accent Syndrome

September 16th 2009 13:16
I didn’t know, whether you’ve encountered with people who have a very strange condition, where the person has the foreign accent when he/she is speaking. In fact, the person’s parents are local and native language speakers without having the foreign accent at all!

One of my students, Johnson who had been diagnosed having the very rare and mysterious ‘Foreign Accent Syndrome’ (FAS). He has a very weird accent, where I cannot even classified it into any group of the languages in the world!

Some experts said that he condition is related with damage in certain brain areas, but the others thought it having some connection with the genetic!



To be honest, instead of the weird foreign accent sound, Johnson is totally a healthy and active teenager. However, he did mention to me that this syndrome had brought much trouble to him, as he’s always the target that being teased by classmates or friends!

Be tough, Johnson. Never let others break your confidence down.

PS: Photo thanks to ankitchaturvedi.
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The Instant Remedies for Hot Flashes!

September 13th 2009 18:18
Although I’m not a woman and I haven’t had any menopause experience before (Well, I won’t never get it at all), but my mother was suffering with hot flashes, continuously headache, sleepless nights and much more symptoms, as she’s experiencing the menopause a month ago!

She told me that she’s nearly getting crazy, due to the torturing of hot flashes and other painful symptoms. She asked me if I could do her a favor to help her overcome the misery! Mum, even you don’t ask me, I would still do it, as you’re my only mother…



For those who having the menopause, you might want to try out these methods:

1. Drink green tea or herbal tea and stop taking anything that contain caffeine/alcohol, as the caffeine/alcohol might accelerate the hormone levels and putting you in the pain!
2. Don’t take too much of sugar and white flours. These two stuffs containing many sugar and will drive your hormones out of balance. Keep in mind, you should keep yourself away from it.
3. Consume foods that rich with Omega 3 Fatty Acids, as it claimed to relieve the hot flashes and other menopause related symptoms.

Hope you will take these advices and have a happier lifestyle, even though you currently in the menopause phase!

PS: Photo credits goes to womenover40health.
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The Imbalanced of Obesity and Hunger Keep Rising High!

September 11th 2009 17:40
Honestly, I have no idea, why it could be a very huge different amongst the human beings.

According to the latest report from WHO, the number of people who suffering with hunger/starvation has been rapidly increased from 800 million in 2008 to 1.02 billion in March, 2009!

Did you know that in every minute, 17 people are dying of hunger, which 10 of them are children under 12 years old? Well, I watched the documentary film, “Home” directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, which is cost more than US$12 million. In the film, it stated that over 95 percent of the production corps are being used to feed the animals! In other hand, the other 16.7 percent of people in around the world is suffering with hunger day after day.



Looks on the above three-year-old Antonio's eyes, he seems really helpless and disappointed. Honestly, my tears fall down like razor blades, when I saw this photo for the first time...

Honestly, the hunger/starvation problem won’t be happened, if they used the 95 percent production corps to feed the hunger people! Most of the famines are only happened on the third world countries and it mostly takes places in Africa.

Meanwhile, over 40 percent of the world’s population is having the obesity problem and it normally occurred in the dense developed countries, such as United States, Europe and China!

Some countries are able to produce adequate corps for their citizens, but due to the economy profit, they’ve chosen to plant the biodiesel plantation, such as palm oil instead of wheat or rice! In this case, the country is sparked with high food prices and sometimes, it ended up with national food riots!

I was wondering, “Would this imbalanced of obesity and hunger is going to end in the near future...?”

PS: Picture thanks to miamiherald.
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A Story about My Friend Who Active in Marathon Events!

September 9th 2009 18:38
Each people has different daily requirement. Some of them have to consume more than 3,000 calories per day (Especially the construction site workers), while other might require less than 1,500 calories per day!

Honestly, I personally didn’t encourage people skip their main meals, as it would put yourself in trouble, such as getting gastrointestinal diseases or malnutrition!

Nutrient is one of the essential things in our daily living. Go figure, what is going to happen, if you didn’t eat for more than three days?

The nutritionists always said we have to practice a balanced diet. Talking about the balanced diet, is there any definition for this word? Honestly, it’s totally depend on the person’s needs.

By the way, I would like to tell you a story about one of my friends, Jacklyn, who is a professional marathon runner. Well, as I knew, she is a very talented long distance runner, as she begun to show her ability, when she was participated in the local town marathon event with quite a young age, 13-year-old!

I used to ask her, what is the intention of joining the Marathon events? I was surprised with her answer, “Well, Wilson. Nothing else, just want to keep my body-shape in fitness line!” Oh my god, I didn’t expect that her answer would be so simple!

For achieving her dream, Jacklyn decided to take the physical education course in the local college. She managed to find a job in the local sport store, two weeks after she had graduated from the college.

Since then, she started to pursuit more time in the marathon training. She has set up a very tight schedule (She shown the schedule to me once) and stick with it accordingly.
She told me that every morning, she is wake up on 5 a.m. and starts the marathon training around 5.30 a.m. In the beginning, she will run at least 20 kilometers per day. However, after she’d quite her job, and turned into a professional marathon trainer, she tripled up the distance into 60 kilometers!

As a sportswoman, she said that nutrient is highly important, as without the balanced and healthy sports nutrition, she won’t able to perform well in the marathon events!

Even though the life as a marathon runner/trainer is very tough, but Jacklyn said that she’s enjoying her job! Honestly, it’s the best choice that she’d ever made in her life.

Well, Jacklyn. As a friend, I wish you all the best and hope you’ll perform well in the next marathon event…
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The Contaminants Might Affect the Newborn Weights and Physical Growth!

September 8th 2009 19:10
The environment is being seriously polluted day after day. Living in the era that full with many contaminants, it’s not only will affect the health of the adult, but it will leave the side effect on the newborn as well!

According to the latest epidemiological studies, there’s a significantly increase in the frequency of genital malformations in male newborns. Believe it or not, 1 out of 250 male newborns is having undescended testes, due to the pollutants! In other hand, 1 out of 350 female newborns is having female infertility syndrome.

The contaminant, such as plastic materials is known as the main cause to diminish the action of male and female hormones. Honestly, it’s not a good sign, as if this problem keep going on, the human race might be in great trouble in the future…

The experts suggest the pregnant women to consume organic foods, quit smoking or drinking coffee during their pregnancy.
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The Best Ways to Eat Well and Cheap in This Recession!

September 6th 2009 07:16
Honestly, it’s quite hilarious. Did you know, someone would prefer to skip their lunch to save up more money in their wallet? To be honest, it happened on my colleague, Elaine where she refused to eat during lunch time, as she decided to keep the money for other purpose (Ah, ah, ah…, don’t try to do it, as you’re the one who suffered in the very end!)

Well, if you’re thinking that it’s pretty costly to eat outside, why don’t you wake up an hour early everyday and prepare your own lunch?

Below here is my own recipe of simple pasta and it’s suitable for all people, no matter you’re omnivore, carnivore or herbivore (Sorry, it sounds like we’re animals here! lol)

Tasty Veggie Pasta

• 200 gram of pasta (Any favor is OK)
• 3 tablespoon of virgin olive oil
• 1 big garlic cloves (Minced)
• 1 cup fresh basil leaves
• ¼ cup Brazilian nuts

Cooking Process:

1. First of all, mix all the virgin olive oil, garlic, basil and Brazilian nuts. Remember to put in some salt and pepper into it. Blend it with a blender machine until it becoming a thick sauce.
2. Cook your pasta accordingly.
3. Separate the thick sauce and pasta in a lunch box.
4. Only mix them together, when you’re about to eat it!

Try it out and let me know, how it tastes, OK?
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How to Deal with Your Healthcare If You’re Unemployed!

September 4th 2009 06:06
As a human being, we’re always having the risk of getting numerous types of diseases in our daily life. In this case, we’re normally heading to the hospital to get the essential medical treatment.

Well, it seems to be a very common situation for us to get the acquire treatment in the local hospital. However, thing can be turned into an obstacle, if you’re employed due to health problems or injuries!

Talking about the unemployed, Keith, one of my neighbors in my living place, was one of them. For your information, Keith used to be a manager in a well-known construction work company. He’s a very dedicated and hardworking person.

However, an unexpected accident had happened on Keith, and it caused a permanent injuries to his right leg (Honestly, he’s now a semi-handicapped person). Even though he did received compensation from the former company, but the amount is too small, which is not enough for him and his family to have a normal life!

After He had recovered from the injuries, he tried to find a new job in the local area. However, no any construction work company wants to hire him, since he’s not a healthy normal person anymore!

He was frustrated and depressed, as he knew that life would not be the same again. As a neighbor and his closer friend, I always went to his home, chatting and encouraging him not to give up so easily.

He said it’s the hardest moment for him, as he’s now cannot afford the expensive healthcare plan like he did, before the accident. I asked him, if he had ever heard the online doctor prescriptions before. He immediately shaking his head for several times.

I explained to him that the best part about the online doctor prescription is it doesn’t care if you have healthcare plan or not, they’re always there to help you, when you’re needing them the most! In this case, it helps us to eliminate the inconvenient, such as getting neither stuck in terrible traffic jam or lacking of time!

If you’re not sure about the disease’s symptoms, you can always refer to the controlled prescription questions, as it provides the answers for most of the frequently seen problems!

Keith was very grateful of what I’ve done to him, he told me that he glad to have me as the neighbor and friend! I said, “Well, this is what a friend for, isn’t it?” He looked on me and smiled again…

By the way, for those who want to know more about the prescription stuffs, you can refer to the Kooldocs blog for doctors and physicians. It’s a very informative blog with a lot of useful tips on it!

PS: Keith, I knew you very much and I’m sure you’re able to go through the difficulty! Good luck, my friend.
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The Abnormal Tau Protein Behavior is one of The Causes of Alzheimer’s Disease!

September 3rd 2009 18:38
Human’s body is a very complicated part. As a biology teacher for years, I’m still very confuse about the function of various types of proteins in our body!

Well, according to the latest study, the transmission of abnormal Tau proteins, which forming tangles in cells is to be known as one of the main reasons of how Alzheimer’s spreads throughout a patient’s brain!

For your information, Tau protein is microtubule-associated protein. It’s mostly abundant in neurons in the Central Nervous System (CNS). The main purpose of Tau protein is to interact with tubulin to stabilize microtubules and promote tubulin assembly into microtubules. Tau protein controls microtubule stability in two different forms: Isoforms and phosphorylation.



Normally, the tau protein is very important, as it manages the transport of materials within brain and other cells through the myelin sheaths. Once it spotted something suspicious or irrelevant, it stops the information sending process automatically. However, in Alzheimer’s disease, the tau proteins started to perform uncommon reaction, where it transmitting the information to the brain simultaneously, regardless of its validity!

Once the above problem happening, it causes the brain overloading with information and might lead to inflammation, clumps or tangles, which kill most of the brain cells!

The researchers are trying their best to figure out what forms of the tau protein spread the Alzheimer’s disease and the cures for overcoming the problem!

Let us cross our fingers and hope the scientists will find the solution as soon as possible…

PS: Photo thanks to elements4health.
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SIT – The New Technique to Control The Birth of Insects and Diseases!

September 3rd 2009 06:31
Everyone knows that the mosquito bites is so itchy and sometimes, it can be deadly, especially if you’re infected by Malaria (Anopheles mosquitoes) or Dengue (Aedes aegypti)!

In the past, the mosquito populations are always controlled by pesticides, but it’s has been drastically changed…

Nowadays, the scientists from International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have invented a latest method, which they’re using the radiation to sterilize male mosquitoes population.

The technology is called, “Sterile insect technique” or also know as ‘SIT’ in short acronym. The scientists claimed that this SIT has the ability to control and reduce the population of anopheles mosquito.

Mark Benedict, one of the medical entomologist at the IAEA, said that SIT is more like the “birth control” for insects, where it’s to sterile the large number of male mosquitoes.

For your information, a female mosquito is only mate once in her life. This means, if her partner has been sterilized, none of the eggs she lays will be hatched! It sounds a little bit cruel, but by using this technique, it can effectively control the population of the mosquitoes.

After all, the sterilization process only takes a couple of minutes. Benedict assumed that by using the SIT technology, the number of mosquito will be greatly decrease in the near future!
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YGoY - Health and Lifestyle Portal

September 2nd 2009 05:05
We face health issues every day. Whether it is a headache, an upset stomach or knee pain, we would like to have reliable answers in short and crisp fashion. Ygoy is a health and lifestyle portal which achieves exactly the same. It can clear your doubts and can give you practical advice when faced with an issue.

Yesterday, during my lunchtime, I spent 15 minutes browsing through the internet and I found a very interesting website. The website's name is Ygoy and it has about 57 channels relating to health and lifestyle topics, each channel dedicated to a topic you would love to know more about.

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Pay Attention to Your Grey Hair!

September 1st 2009 11:47
It’s a normal scene that when we’re getting older, our hair will turn grey. However, if grey hairs starting to appear in early stage, such as in your teenager or early 20’s, you should pay attention on it!

In our hairs, there is a cell named ‘Melanocytes’. It produces the pigment in our hair, such as dark brown, brown, black, blonde, red and much more. Normally, hair will go grey, when the number of stem cells in hair follicles starting to decline into a minimal amount!



However, it the hair graying/whitening process happening in the early stage, you must keep your eyes on it. This might be caused by the instability stem cells mutation inside your hair. In addition, it also warned you about the early sign of the unexpected disease, such as tumor or cancer!

If you’re having the above problem, then you should go for a detailed body checkup as soon as possible. Like the old saying, “Prevention is better than cure!”

Note: Picture thanks to ayushveda.
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