How will you spend your summer? Lazing by the beach? Camping with friends? Moving on the road, hopping from one place to another?

Whether you will be going out of the country or heading for the shore lines this summer, there are certain things you need to do – and be prepared for the worst.

When you are on the road, wear those beehive sunglasses not only for fashion purposes, but to keep your eyes from getting strained by too much sun. With the sun up most of the time, staring at the bright road ahead can strain your eyes and give you headaches. Also, bring along some munchies or sandwiches and a cooler to avoid too many stopovers. Having less stopovers means getting to your destination faster.

While you on the plane, bring along a face spray to keep your skin moist. Also, drink lots of water when traveling by air – the atmosphere in the cabin can make your skin dry. Airplane pressure can also cause puffy eyes. To prevent this, put a damp hanky or a wet tissue over your eyes and relax. Sitting too long can cause swollen ankles. To keep your blood circulating, stand up and stretch those weary legs or give them a massage once in a while.

If you are westward bound and you are on medication, carry them in your hand luggage instead of your checked-in luggage. Bring your medical records just in case. Ask your doctor for a list of your medications and their generic names. Some brand names are different in other countries. But generic names remain the same wherever you go and they can be checked out at any place, any time.

If you are heading for some dark, rustic place do not forget your insect/mosquito repellant. Consider precautions for snakes, spiders, ticks, lice, fleas, flies and the like. If you are headed for the beach, do not forget your sunblocks, antidiarrheals. Are you immunized against cholera, typhoid and the like? So be prepared.

If you are going to the beach, skip on those thong slippers for a comfortable walk around the beach and to protect your feet from the hot sand. Wash your hair with conditioner to even out the dryness caused by too much exposure to wind and saltwater. Apply enough sunscreen on your skin to protect yourself from the sun’s harsh rays.

If you are planning to drive long distances, there are certain things you need to avoid like fatigue. Sleepy drivers can be a hazard to all road users. They can be as bad as drunk drivers. If you are feeling drowsy while driving, get off the road. Not just on the side of the highway but do go into town and look for a place to rest in, a motel perhaps. At night, if you must park, park in a lighted area, lock all doors and then take a nap. Always, always lock your car doors before taking a nap.

How’s Your Heart?
A new risk factor has joined smoking and cholesterol as a contributor towards heart disease. If you have high levels of homocysteine – an amino acid – in your blood, you could have three times the risk of heart disease as people with high blood pressure as well, that increases your risk even further.

The good news is that changing your diet could help reduce the risk. High levels of vitamins B12, B6 and folate seem to go hand in hand with lower levels of homocysteine and may act to protect you against heart disease.

Experts say that people at risk of heart disease should include in their diet plenty of green leafy vegetables and fruit, and look for folate-fortified breakfast cereals and other folate-rich foods. Fish, poultry, eggs and lean meat are good sources of vitamins B6 and B12.

On the other hand, a lot of medicines have been developed to ease complications associated with cardiovascular disease. Bothersome side-effects produced by such drugs have prevented patients, and doctors alike, from obtaining maximal benefits from these treatments. The solution lies in the development of an effective drug that does not induce adverse reactions to the treatment.

One such orally active specific angiotensin II antagonist drug is losartan. After more than two decades, losartan is the first in a new class of angiotensin II antagonists indicated for the treatment of hypertension.

Angiotensin II plays a key role in hypertension as it causes blood vessel constriction, release of aldosterone (responsible for water retention and volume increase) and mediates all known cardiovascular effects through binding to the angiotensin II receptor.

Losartan blocks all physiologically relevant actions of angiotensin II at the receptor site, thereby decreasing angiotensin II actions in a specific way. Controlled clinical trials show that losartan controls hypertension with the same efficacy of side effects similar to that of placebo.

The approach to handling cardiovascular disease has steadily improved with the development of more efficient pharmaceuticals and medical programs. And now, it is not just a matter of treating the cardiovascular disease; the emphasis is also on helping patients get through their treatment with comfort and ease. The benefits of angiotensin II antagonists like losartan have placed heart patients and their physicians in a better position to manage their health condition, knowing that patients are afforded the convenience and security they need.

Garlic – Natural Medical Aid in Hypertension

Studies show that garlic is known to help fight against high blood pressure and hypertension. Here is a garlic soup recipe that can be considered as natural medicine.

Serious Garlic Soup

Ingredients:
1/3 pound garlic (4 to 5 heads)
4 cups chicken or vegetable stock or water
4 cups water
1 tsp. dried thyme
1 tsp. dried rosemary
1 bay leaf
½ tsp. fine sea salt, plus more to taste
Freshly ground black pepper
2 tbsp. minced parsley
¼ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese

Procedure:
Separate the unpeeled garlic into cloves and put them on a cutting board. Using the side of a cleaver or the bottom of a large, heavy pan, press the cloves firmly until they are somewhat smashed. Discard the excess papery skins, but do not peel the garlic.

In a heavy 4-quart or larger saucepan, mix the flattened garlic cloves, stock, water, thyme, rosemary, bay leaf and ½ teaspoon salt. Add a few grinds of black pepper.

Bring to boil and boil gently for20 minutes, or until garlic is soft enough to smash against side of pan with the back of a spoon.

Pour soup through a fine-mesh sieve set over a large bowl, pressing down with a wooden spoon to extract all liquid. Or put soup through a Mouli food mill. Discard solids.

Return strained soup to saucepan. Reheat briefly, adding more salt if desired, and pepper to taste. (The soup may be frozen at this point.) Serve piping hot; just before serving, sprinkle with parsley and Parmesan. Yield: 4 servings

Fatigue and felling “tired all the time” is a common feature in modern life. Mental tensions are often expressed as constant partial contraction of the muscles, which depletes your energy and disrupts your breathing pattern, making you tired. Muscles remain tense, even when you are inactive and think you re resting. To wakeup lazy muscles, here are 6 moves you can do to combat fatigue:

1. The big bend – Stand with hands on top of table or chair; bend forward from hips. Back up until arms are straight out. Next, stand on rope, feet wide apart; pull rope taut. Lower head, draw hips back. Feel the pull through arms, spine, and backs of legs.

2. The long stretch – This second warm-upper removes tension from long muscle fibers and tendons. You need a length of rope, ends knotted together.

Rope in hands, raise arms up and out, so rope becomes taut all around.

3. Cat Stretch – Crouch down on your hands and knees, with your arms and thighs vertical, like pillars. As you exhale, slowly lower your head and arch your back up, so that it forms a curve. Then, as you inhale, bend your head up and bring your spine down so that it dips slightly. Feel the stretch along your spine, neck and shoulders. Repeat several times, breathing slowly, and accentuate the upward and downward stretches of the spine as much as you can; do not move your head.

4. Inverted corpse – Lie near a wall and raise legs, resting them on the wall at a 450 angle, without bending knees. You may place a cushion under your buttocks, but not during menstruation. This exercise is also good if you suffer from varicose veins.

Caution: Avoid this if you have recently had a blood clot in a vein or if you have hypertension.

5. Cobra – Lie face down with your legs together. Place your hands flat on the floor, on either side of your chest. Inhale and raise your head. Exhale. Inhale and raise your chest until your ribs are off the floor. Exhale. Inhale and stretch further up and back, stopping just before your navel comes off the floor. Use your back muscles to lift your rib cage, and then use your arms. Hold for three to five breaths, and then slowly lower yourself as you exhale.

6. Meditation pose – Sit with your legs out and part them to form a V-shape. Bend your left leg and bring it towards you, placing your left foot on the floor close to your groin. Then bend your tight leg and place your right foot on your left thigh. Rest your hands on your knees. Keep your back straight and start to meditate.

By now you may know what ergonomically correct means, and you are well aware of the dangers a “non-EC” workspace can bring: sore back, headache, eyestrain, as well as neck, wrist, and shoulder pain. So why do you continue to put yourself at the mercy of your desk? Because most of us do not know how to begin to address our ergonomic needs, and even if we did, we would be afraid of what it might cost. But the price of doing nothing can be devastating. Workers with carpal tunnel syndrome (a condition associated with keyboard use and other tasks that require repetitive wrist motions) lost a median of 30 days from work in 1995, the year for which data are available.

Here are the 4 most common problems in the office with both an all-out solution and a budget-conscious quick fix:

1. Computer problem
Problem: Glare bouncing off the screen can lead to fatigue and eyestrain. Take this test to see if you’ve got a glare problem. Turn off your monitor. Can you see your clothing reflected in the screen? Now turn the monitor back on, and shade your eyes with a piece of paper. Can you see the screen more clearly? Next, hold a pad of paper above the screen. Is it more readable? If you answered yes to any of these questions, read on.

Quick fix: Believe it or not, wearing darker clothing helps. As does adjusting your screen so the background is light and the characters are dark, turning down overhead lighting, and making a hood to hang over the top of the monitor.

All-out solution: Buy a glare screen. Polarizing filters work like sunglasses. Glass filters with at least three layers of filtering material on both sides of the screen are ideal for cutting both internal and external glare. Even better are glass filters that are grounded to prevent static and dirt buildup between the filter and the computer. Look for products approved by the American Optometric Association.

2. Keyboard
Problem: Improper use of keyboards forces the wrist into unnatural positions, causing discomfort and long-term injury.

Quick fix: Try to keep in a “neutral” position. The angle between the forearm and the hand should be flat.

All-out solution: Experts argue whether ergonomically correct keyboards help. But there’s more agreement on the value of an adjustable keyboard platform or support. The keyboard position healthiest for you is with the front slightly higher than the back, allowing your wrist to assume a naturally neutral position while you type.

3. Chair
Problem: Seating that does not offer enough support and is not the right size can cause all kinds of pain. Improper lumbar support can lead to backache and fatigue. If the seat pan is too deep, it can cut off circulation behind the knees.

Quick fix: Place a rolled-up towel behind the small of your back. Or use an inflatable pillow, available at back specialty stores.

All-out solution: Spring for a better chair. Adjustability is key. Look for chairs with adjustable back rests, arm rests (movement ion and out is just as important as up and down), seatback heights (pneumatic controls are better than manual ones), and seat bottoms.

4. Mouse
Problem: A mouse can be temperamental, not responding to the pressure of your fingers. That usually leads to repeated clicking – and potential injury.

Quick fix: Take apart and clean out your mouse every few weeks.

All-out solution: Shop around for a mouse that fits the shape of your hand. Also, consider getting a mouse platform that swivels; position it as close to your side as possible.

Hepatitis A is the most prevalent of the known types of hepatitis, a liver disease caused by a virus known as Hepatitis A. It infects millions of people around the world every year, with immense impact on medical and healthcare expenses. There is a greater chance of getting the disease in certain areas around the world that shows higher endemicity. Some countries in Southeast Asia are vulnerable to this type of disease.

Hepatitis A is characterized by the following symptoms: lack of energy, diarrhea, nausea, abdominal discomfort, jaundice (yellowing of the eyes and skin), light stools and vomiting.

The course of Hepatitis A is often short, but in severe cases where the damage to the liver is extensive, the disease may keep the patient in bed longer. Some cases eventually end in death.

Hepatitis A is especially rampant during the rainy season due to the occurrence of floods, where viruses generated by human excrements, including HAV, mix with the water supply and infect unsuspecting people who drink contaminated water or ear contaminated food. HAV is wide-spread in places with poor environmental sanitation, poor water supply and unsanitary food practices.

Hepatitis A can be prevented by eating well-cooked food and drinking distilled or fully boiled water especially during the rainy season when contamination of water supply is very common. Hands must also be washed thoroughly before eating and after using the bathroom.

Aside from good personal hygiene, proper sanitation, safe food processing and provision for safe, potable water, people – children especially – are warned not to buy food from street vendors who often neglect hygienic food handling practices. It has been observed that schools have become the most common venue of Hepatitis A outbreaks.

There is already an effective and safe vaccine that offers protection against Hepatitis A which has been developed after ears of research and development. The vaccine is available in numerous clinics and hospitals in the country. It is best to play safe by preventing Hepatitis A infection through vaccination.

The term ’swine flu’ pandemic flu to call off the middle of the world, according to the World Animal Health Organization or OIE is mistaken. For this new virus strain is a combination of a bird virus, human and pig.

Be OIE, this pathogen is not a virus but the virus of human classic characteristics that include a component of the virus avian (bird), pigs and humans.

“The virus was not isolated until now in the animals. Therefore, it is not properly designate the disease of swine influenza,” the agency statement of animal health based in Paris, France is quote from AFP, Selasa (28/4/2009).

OIE says, science, science will show whether the virus is circulating between the livestock and the results will determine whether countries have acted properly prohibit the import of swine.

OIE said, human flu epidemic in the past that come from animals have been named according to geographical origin, such as the Spanish flu. “It is logical to call this disease ‘influenza North America,” OIE proposal.

In an interview with AFP, the Director General Bernard Vallat OIE states there is no evidence that swine flu virus is actually derived from animals and pigs.

“No evidence that this virus, currently circulating among humans, actually comes from animals. There is no element to support this,” Vallat firm.

Vallat added again, very unfair to punish the pig breeder who put out their life’s business, discuss the risks that have not been proven at all. Moreover, according to him, so far no one can show how or where the strain of virus was new.

New virus strain swine fl) can indeed kill. Moreover, a new virus strain can spread quickly. The reason, no one shall have a natural immunity against this new virus. And take several months to develop this virus vaccination.

But at least there are some steps that can be done to prevent the disease of swine flu that is transmitted from person to person is. Agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides some tips.

Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Then dispose of the tissue to the recycle bin.

• Frequent-washing your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleanser is also effective to use.

• Do not touch the mouth, nose or mouth with your hands.

• Avoid close contact with people or the sick flu. Because influenza is generally spread through person to person through coughing or sneezing people.

• If you’re sick of flu, CDC recommends that you do not go to work or school and rest at home.

In Mexico, the country was the most severe outbreaks of swine flu, the government of the land issue appeal for citizens not to smooch, although only smell cheek.

The government of Mexico also advice not to be among the throng of the people and not close to other people’s pain. Also encouraged the use of masks in the country.

So far at least 81 people have died due to outbreak of swine flu in Mexico. More than a thousand other people affected by this disease.

Disease of swine influenza infection in the United States and Mexico recently to attract the international community, including the Indonesian government that directly improve and strengthen disease surveillance, control traffic in the air and seaports to anticipate the distribution.

Swine influenza, or “swine flu” is the first disease is acute respiration on the spread of swine caused by a swine influenza viruses, including influenza virus type A subtipe H1N1, H1N2, H3N1, H3N2.

Figures pain due to infection of the virus spread among pigs through the air with both contact directly and indirectly with the swine virus is likely to cause high on the pig population but the mortality rate due to this disease is low, between one percent to four percent.

Swine flu outbreak in the animal population is generally increasing throughout the year with events in the autumn and cold.

In addition to pigs infected with influenza virus type A subtipe H1N1, pigs can also be infected with avian influenza virus H5N1 (bird flu) virus and seasonal influenza or influenza viruses that normally attack people. Sometimes even pigs can also be infected by more than one type of virus in one time.

Condition that allows the virus-the virus mixed with each other and create a new strain of virus from several sources (reassortant virus). This is, among other swine flu virus to create a specific and normally only menginfeksi pigs can sometimes limit species penetrate and cause illness in humans.

Gen. extraordinary disease of swine influenza infection in humans have been reported several times occur. Human flu are usually contagious from pigs and pork, even though very few, of the person associated with the infected pigs or pig farming environment.

Cases of swine flu from human to human occurs alone in some cases but is still limited to close contacts and a group of people only.

Until this time there is no evidence that indicates that the swine flu spread through food, in this case and pork products in the turunannya and cooked properly, so stay safe mengonsumsi products.

In addition, the swine influenza virus die if cooked at a temperature of 70 C derajad, in accordance with the general process of meat.

Symptoms of swine flu in humans are generally similar to the symptoms of influenza virus infection that usually attacks the human fever more than 37.8 centigrade derajad, sore throat, cough, runny nose, headache and pain.

Typical clinical presentation of swine flu infection in humans similar to inluenza common respiratory tract infections and on the other make the most of the case is not detected from the influenza surveillance, so that occurrence of disease in humans is not known globally.

Preventive action, among others, could do with avoiding contact with people who are sick, cover your nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing, washing hands with soap and water, as much as possible avoid contact with others during flu and seek medical help if severe pain to get treatment .

The risk of pandemic

All people, especially those who do not regularly make contact with pigs, does not have immunity against swine influenza virus can prevent viral infection of pigs so that if the virus becomes infectious virus efficiently from human to human then the potential to cause pandemic influenza.

However, according to the WHO in its impact is still difficult to predict, depending on the virus of violence, the human body immunity, protection by antibody cross-needed body of influenza infection and seasonal factors wet nurse.

While the vaccine can protect people from flu virus infection of pigs up to now have not yet.

Influenza vaccine that is normal at this time was not yet evident efektifitasnya in providing protection against influenza infection of pigs.

WHO relations with all of the various institutions still continue to do research to find out the effectiveness of the vaccine in the prevention of swine flu.

Handling cases influenza can be done with the antiviral drugs for influenza disease that usually consists of two classes of adamantane (amantadine and remantadine), and neuraminidase influenza inhibitor (oseltamivir and zanamivir).

But the WHO says has not yet enough information to make recommendations about the use of antiviral drugs in the prevention and handling of swine flu infection.

According to the organization, klinisi must make decisions based on clinical assessment and by taking advantage epidemiologis and the danger of using antiviral drugs as prophylaxis or treatment for the patient.

Flu outbreak in pigs in the United States and Mexico, local authorities recommend the use of oseltamivir and zanamivir for the prevention and treatment, but such cases of swine flu were reported there recently can generally be cured without any special medical needs and the provision of certain antiviral drugs.

Are swine flu?
Swine flu is a respiratory disease that infect pigs. Caused by influenza type A, outbreaks of disease in pigs occurred regularly with high-level cases but rarely to be fatal. This disease tends to infecting in spring and winter but the cycle is a year-round. There are many types of flu and swine flu in humans as this disease is constantly changing.

What can people infected swine flu?
Swine flu does not usually creep in humans, although sporadic cases also occur and are usually associated with pigs. Notes on cases of transmission from human to human is also very rare. Human transmission of swine flu in humans is estimated to spread like seasonal flu – through coughing and sneezing. In the present outbreak occurred is not yet clear whether the disease is transmitted from human to human. Symptoms of swine flu in humans appears similar to the symptoms of seasonal human flu.

Is this a new type of swine flu?
The World Health Organization, WHO, confirming that at least some cases is a version of H1N1 influenza A type that never existed. H1N1 is the virus that causes seasonal flu in humans on a regular basis. However, most new versions of H1N1 is different: the virus load is typical of the genetic material found in viruses that infect humans, birds and pigs. Flu virus has the ability to exchange genetic component to one another, and likely a new version of H1N1 is the result of the combination of various different versions of the virus that occurred in one animal source.

Is it safe to eat pork?
Yes. There is no evidence of swine flu spread through the consumption of meat of infected animals. However, the meat must be cooked well-done, the temperature 70 Celsius will kill the virus. 

Whether citizens should be worried?
When shown a new type of flu that has the ability to spread from human human authorities mengawai carefully to see if the cause has the potential pandemic. WHO warns of cases in Mexico and the United States can potentially cause a global pandemic and affirm this situation seriously. However, the WHO says is still too early to assess the situation accurately. Currently, the WHO says the situation is almost approaching the pandemic flu than the years since 1968 – is a three-level ancamannya scale of six.

No one knows the impact of pandemic disease fully, but experts warn the victim died can reach millions of people around the world. Spanish flu pandemic, which began in 1819 and also caused by the H1N1 virus, killing millions of people.

The fact that the cases in the United States so far showed symptoms of light is good news. While the outbreaks in Mexico parahnya likely caused by factors that are not always the small possibility that occurred in other regions of the world. However, the fact that most of the young victims of a show that does not baisa. Seasonal flu usually tend to engulf the old age.

How about the treatment and vaccine?
United States government says the two drugs used to treat flu, Tamiflu and Relenza, seems effective in the cases that occurred so far. Uncertain effectiveness of flu vaccine that is now there to protect people from this new virus, because the genetic type of flu is different from the others. United States scientists have developed a new vaccine, but needed time to refine and produces in the amount sufficient to meet demand.

How about the bird flu?
Type of bird flu that causes death in Southeast Asia in recent years is different from the type of flu that is now infecting pigs. New forms of swine flu is a new type of H1N1, while bird flu is H5N1.
Experts fear H5N1 as a potential cause pendemi ability bermutasi quickly.
But until now the disease is still a bird disease. Those infected are those associated with poultry and cases of transmission from human to human is very rare – there are no signs that H5N1 can spread from human to human easily.

Some Info About Cancer – Cancer was an illness that was marked by the growth of network cells that were not controlled. Cells the body part that was attacked by this illness experienced the material change genetic acid deoksiribonukleat (DNA) ,yang was the characteristics or the characteristics that were different from each cell.

The tumour term in medical science in each swelling or the bump that was abnormal from the network of body, regardless of cause. Tumor can be seen clearly surface bodies or hidden in the body, tumor / neoplasma is abnormal network mass resulting from neoplasi, which is a process of growth and development of abnormal body network.

The growth of normal cells, various networks of the body were formed by various styles of the cell with the form and their respective function that diffrent. Though also was like this, the cells have the same nature that is growing and split them.In normal circumstances, if a number of damaged or dead cells will be replaced by new cells so as the body equipment could function normally and the body in the healthy situation.

The Tumour kinds

• The benign tumour, such as the benign tumour fibroma came from the network fibrosa khondorma came from the network of dangerous bones adenoma came from the gland.
• malignant tumor / cancer, eg, malignant tumor Hodgkin’s  that attacks the gland limfe Wilm is tumor that attacks the kidneys.

Sign and symptoms of cancer

• Sign and symptoms of the disease of cancer is highly dependent of the organs that was attacked
• Cancer that there in surface of  body are marked by the existence bumps,meski also was like this not all the bumps were cancer moreover not all cancer caused the clear bump.
• Breast cancer begins with the emergence bumps smaller the longer the swell and eventually can cause a sore or ulcer that does not heal.
• rostat cancer, intestinal, and other equipment found in the body that cause benjolan not visible from outside, prostat cancer often marked by the disturbance when urinating
• Intestines cancer was marked by the change in the habit or the disturbance when defecating
• Throat cancer was marked by the disturbance during swallowed that is the sufferer felt as having the thorn that be related to ditenggorokan,dapatpula the change in the voice happened began to be hoarse to the cough that did not recover.
• Cancer that attacked the reproduction of the female organ as the ovaries, the uterus, and the cervix were marked by the disturbance in the cycle menstruations. Long the cycle often became more short and old the bleeding become long, in generally cervix cancer was accompanied in a whitish manner (the issuing of mucus) that was abundant and smelled putrescent. Symptom early of ovaries cancer often not cleared, but the sudden sufferer had a stomach-ache that was great and when being found by the tumour really raged.

The Cause of Cancer

• Various substances or the illness agency were known as the trigger of the occurrence karsinogenesis, that is the process of the formation of cancer such as chemicals materials, microorganisms and radiation.
• Various research results show that the incidence of most cancers are caused by lifestyles that are not healty as eating habits that are not balanced, smoking habits and alcohol, contact with the sun over and take diffrent the sex couple.
• Use monosodiumglutamat (MSG) on meal
• Various microorganisms such as viruses, bacteria, and parasites that cause infection can be onkogenik, the cause of the occurrence of tumor.
• And many more again can’t discussion here

Vegetables are good for consumption in the prevention of cancer

- Broccoli
- Onion white
- Brasicca
- Cabbage
- Flowers cabbage
- Onion Bombay
- Lentinan derived from shiitake mushrooms