Health Care Article

Scientists have found a substance in red wine that is slowing down the aging process in mice. Will it someday lengthen the lives of humans, too? Morley Safer reports.

Cologne dan parfum banyak dipakai orang untuk membuat tubuhnya harum. Tapi sebuah studi menunjukkan bahan ‘rahasia’ yang dapat memberikan aroma khusus pada cologne ternyata bisa merusak sperma.

therealmccain.com The state of John McCain’s health is an issue of grave concern for all Americans, regardless of political persuasion. Given the fact that he has been treated for an invasive melanoma and other maladies, it is important that he release his full health records. For a very brief three hours in May, McCain released 1173 pages of his medical records to a carefully selected group of reporters. They were not allowed to make any copies or phone calls. Why such secrecy? We have enlisted a group of doctors from around the country to lead the effort to make sure the public is able to see and make judgments for themselves. Secrecy is not of service to our democracy, transparency is. Please have other doctors sign the open letter. Cancer is a serious issue. That’s why 30 medical doctors have already signed our open letter telling McCain to issue a full, public disclosure of all his medical records. Send this video far and wide to request that McCain release his full health records. Ask every medical doctor you know to sign onto the letter. McCain’s records must be made public and soon. While McCain doesn’t really care about our health care, we all should care about the health of McCain.

Pemberian antibiotika merupakan salah satu cara yang penting untuk mengatasi penyakit infeksi. Tapi sekarang banyak sekali mikroba penyebab infeksi yang resistens (kebal) terhadap antibiotik, seperti tuberkulosis (TB), influenza, HIV dan demam berdarah dengue (DBD), akibatnya pengobatan semakin lama dan mahal.

Perilaku homoseksual tidak hanya berisiko terkena penyakit menular seksual, tapi juga penyakit di saluran pernapasan, paru, ginjal, pankreas, kanker dan kardivaskuler yang disebabkan oleh nikotin. Hal ini karena kaum homoseksual (gay dan lesbian), biseksual dan transgender merupakan penghisap rokok paling banyak.

Stroke bisa menimbulkan komplikasi pada penderitanya. Sebuah penelitian menunjukkan bahwa komplikasi setelah stroke bisa menghalangi pasien untuk hidup sehat sekitar 2 tahun.

Angka kejadian autisme di Indonesia terus meningkat dan sudah mengkhawatirkan. Tapi hingga kini permasalahan anak autis masih sangat rumit dan menjadi dilema bagi penyandangnya.