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Jakarta , busy parents often allow their children to find entertainment in watching TV or playing computer games. This raises fears that today's young people at risk of dependence on TV and computer screens all his life. The problem, psychologists have warned that a growing addiction can cause damage to the body, especially the brain. The latest statistics show that children and adolescents aged 12-15 years spent an average of more than 6 hours a day in front of the screen. What is striking is the figure illustrates only the activity of watching TV at home alone, not including the use of computers in school or gadgets such as smartphones in spare time. Associated with it, a scientist from England, Dr. Aric Sigman wants to be banned from TV for toddlers and kids get to watch TV in a rational allocation. He also intends to forbid parents to use technology as a means of 'parenting' which is suppose to give the effect of poor health for their children. Dr. Sigman and...

Jakarta , So far, people may think that weight gain was caused by the number of calories eaten. But according to a study of actual conditions that are also caused by eating schedules peculiar or irregular. The findings are published in the journal Cell Metabolism suggests that limiting meals may be one way that has not been taken into account to help people avoid weight gain. "Every organ of our body has a clock," says Satchidananda Panda researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif., as reported by MSNBC, Friday (05/25/2012). "That means there are certain times where the liver, intestine, muscle and other organs working at peak efficiency and at other times when the organs of the rest," said Panda. Metabolic cycles is very important to handle such things as cholesterol disorders. These cycles can also be activated when we eat and not turned off when we eat. "Therefore, when rat or human frequent meals throughout the ...

Jakarta , erectile disorder can be triggered by many things, one of hypertension or high blood pressure untreated. However, when hypertension is treated, erection problems also often occur as a side effect of some drugs. Heart Center cardiologist We hope, Dr. Santoso Karo Karo, SpJP (K), MPH, FIHA, FAsSC confirmed that hypertension is a risk factor for erectile dysfunction. Other risk factors are age, diabetes, or diabetes, and smoking habits. "Many of these risk factors can trigger chronic when it is called endothelial dysfunction, or damage to the lining of blood vessels is deepest," said Dr. Santoso when speaking at Pfizer Journalist Class in fX Plaza, Thursday (05/24/2012). Endothelial dysfunction may occur in blood vessels in all parts, including the male genitalia. If the blood vessels in that part of endothelial dysfunction, then the walls will be difficult to experience relaxation while receiving sexual stimulation. And to get an erection, blood vessels in th...

Jakarta , People need 350 mg of sodium or salt per day. But apparently many current salt usage that exceeds the needs and lead to premature death. "The salt (added to food) is the major cause of high blood pressure and high blood pressure is a major cause of death worldwide," said Graham MacGregor, professor of cardiovascular medicine at Queen Mary, University of London as quoted by LiveScience, Monday (21/5/2012). "Very little evidence of salt (which causes premature death), even the equivalent of smoking," said MacGregor. Unfortunately, many people who consume an average of about 3,500 mg of sodium per day. Most of the sodium comes from processed foods that do not realize the salt content of most consumers. Bag of potato chips, a loaf of bread or a bowl of cereal alone contains more than 250 mg sodium. The biggest is the canned vegetables, canned soups and frozen foods because each contains approximately 1,000 mg of sodium. Even worse fast food contains m...

Jakarta , the doctor is a noble profession for trying to save lives and heal many people. On the one hand, the doctor is a lucrative profession because of the demand for medical personnel is always there all the time. Not surprisingly, many cases encountered doctors who commit malpractice. One example of the cases occurred in the United States in 1998. The court handed down a guilty verdict to a charlatan named Edwin E. Kokes. These fake doctors had even hundreds of thousands of patients around the world, cure diseases and make buying and selling drugs without a license since 1989. Regardless of its legal validity, Kokes managed to convince people that he has cured thousands of patients with AIDS and cancer. He also encouraged people to buy the homemade concoction. This suggests that once the level of trust patients to physicians. However, the doctor actually has some things that are considered not to tell the patient. As reported by ABCNews, on Wednesday (05.16.2012), here are ...

Jakarta , increase in cancer cases in recent years could not be separated from the poor lifestyle and diet performed. Cancer can indeed be caused by many factors, but also can be controlled and treated if it is still in its early stages. "The emergence of cancer was 80% due to external factors and 20% are caused by internal factors. External factors are lifestyle and diet as well as the type of food consumed. While internal factors include genetic and hereditary factors," said Dr. Dawn Firsyada SpB-KBD, surgeon and surgical digestive konsultqn Dharmais Cancer Hospital in cancer counseling program for laity in the Hall of Dharmais Cancer Hospital, Jakarta, Monday (05/14/2012). According to Dr. Dawn, a lifestyle that often lead to cancer is the lack of exercise and unhealthy eating patterns. In cancer of the digestive system, eating very important role in the development of cancer arising in the digestive organs such as stomach, liver, intestine and pancreas. Here are th...

Jakarta , Adolescence is a transitional period between the children become parents. At this time, adolescents often face conflicts, both within oneself conflicts or conflicts with the environment such as parents, schools and friends. In children with autism, conflicts encountered during adolescence can be more complicated because it has a barrier in communicating feelings and thoughts. Found many cases of children with autism who had received therapy during childhood and can be calm and then turned into a rebellious when they entered adolescence. Some of the causes is due to start liking the opposite sex, entering puberty and sex drive but does not appear to know how to communicate or deal with it. Not only that, children with autism in schools also often shunned by their friends but they also want to be invited to play together. In fact, many children with autism are being bullied by his school friends. These conditions make vulnerable autistic teenager suffering from depre...

Jakarta , Autism today is not just an issue of children and their parents, but also has become a global problem. These disorders are the fastest growing disorders in the world. In fact, its development claims exceeds the progression of the disease AIDS, diabetes and cancer. According to data from UNESCO in 2011, there were 35 million people with autism around the world. On average, 6 of 1000 people in the world have suffered from autism. In the United States, autism is owned by 11 of 1000 people. While in Indonesia, the ratio 8 of every 1000 people. This figure is quite high considering commencing in 1989, only two people known to have autism. "It could be that the increase was due to the method of diagnosis of autism is growing well. But it could also be due to contamination in the first trimester of pregnancy when the formation of brain tissue in children. Contamination from the outside can come from food or the environment and those due to heavy metal content of food or of...

Jakarta , Autism is still a nightmare for most parents. Some parents felt stressed when she heard her son was diagnosed with autism. Some treatment centers have a lot of autistic children are scattered in several major cities in Indonesia. Unfortunately, parents in the area of ​​autism may have trouble if you are referring to her son. In the community there is also an understanding that autistic children can transmit the disease. Thus, some parents actually menyembunykan children with autism. In fact, the handling of autism at a national level is still going nowhere. State Minister of Women and Child Protection has issued a Ministerial Decree no. 10 of 2011 which contains the fulfillment of the rights of children with special needs, namely the right to life, protection and growth. Some children with autism are known to have intelligence above average. However, this ability is less excavated with optimal due to lack of ability to communicate with persons with autism. "Chil...