Masyarakat Indonesia umumnya percaya pada cerita dan pemahaman dalam bentuk mitos yang diturunkan dari orang tua ke anak, dari omongan seseorang ke orang lain, misalnya terong tabu bagi lelaki, telor setengah matang lebih berkhasiat, dst. Tidak semua mitos tersebut benar, banyak dari kepercayaan itu yang secara ilmu kesehatan ilmiah dapat dibuktikan tidak benar. Read the rest of this entry »

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Daging yang diolah dengan cara dipanggang, dibakar atau digoreng dengan suhu sangat panas cenderung akan menghasilkan heterocyclic amines (HCAs) yang berpotensi karsinogenik, artinya dapat menimbulkan kanker ganas (karsinoma). Read the rest of this entry »

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Before 1983, gastritis was presumed due to hyperacidity of our stomach. Since Dr Barry Marshall and his colleague found microorganism called helicobacter pylori ( HP) in Perth, Australia – the paradigm was totally changed.

Nowadays we believe and can be shown on the slides, the role of HP as the cullprit of gastritis. So, the paradigm now is changing from hyperacidity (chemical, sterile) to infection by HP. Read the rest of this entry »

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Cancer of the uterine cervix until now is the leading cancer among women in the third world and developing countries, inclusive Indonesia.

Most of the type of this deadly cancer is Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC), and after that adenocarcinoma or adenosquamous carcinoma and other rare types.

Lately experts have found a new vaccine that could protect women from this lethal disease. The vaccine was made against human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, that we believe is the number one cause of SCC. Read the rest of this entry »

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Autism these days is frigthening every parent in the whole globe. Even when compare to HIV-AIDS and Avian Influenza. In the US alone, every twenty minutes autism is diagnosed.

Because we do not know yet the exact cause of this disorder, makes autism like an enigma, how to protect our kids from this disease. Read the rest of this entry »

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Every one knows but not each of them practicing a good habit to keep themself healthy. In order to be healthy, physically, mentally and mindly we have to do exercise, practicing yoga and have beautiful mind.

I used to do treadmill twice a week at the gymnasium firstly to keep my cardiology state in good track. I do this because my mom was passed away due to cardiogenic shock three decades ago..

For mental health, I always try to be grateful, no matter how small the kindness and the blessing I got from other people and God.. I also try to be satisfied for whatever the condition I am in, because I realize there are so many unfortunate people around me, less fortunate than my condition.. Read the rest of this entry »

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Did you know that some unusual vegetables, plants like big garlic, aloe vera and even unusual leftover like seeds of red grapes,  are healthy stuff to consume? From antioxidant, reduce your hypertension to antibacterial infection can be provided naturally by these plants. Read the rest of this entry »

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Lately the incidence of breast cancer among Indonesian women is getting higher and higher. In the last 5 years this deadly cancer is approaching the incidence of uterine cervical cancer that rank as number one cancer among women in Indonesia. Read the rest of this entry »

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As we know, Alzheimer Disease is one of the degenerative diseases affecting cerebral cortex. Its principal clinical manifestation is dementia that is, progressive loss of cognitive function independent of the state of attention. Dementia is not part of normal aging and always represents a pathologic process. The clinical symptoms are related to the changes in the cerebral cortex. Read the rest of this entry »

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Recently I found two young people with colon cancer i’ve diagnosed.

Firstly I don’t believe how a 25 years old male got the deadly disease. The second one was a 37 years old male with pedunculated anal canal polyp that later on I diagnosed with anal canal cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

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