Health News Penderita Kusta HIV AIDS Terlantar

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Yogyakarta, Kompas - Sebanyak 30 penderita kusta dan 5 pengidap HIV/AIDS di Yogyakarta masih telantar dan mengemis di jalanan. Tidak adanya hunian khusus menyulitkan pengobatan mereka.

Berdasarkan data Komunitas Eben Ezer yang mendampingi para penderita kusta, pengidap HIV/AIDS, anak jalanan, waria, serta pengamen di Yogyakarta, saat ini para penderita kusta dan HIV/AIDS tersebar di Kota Yogyakarta dan Kabupaten Sleman. Mereka tinggal di lapak-lapak kumuh di sekitar Terminal Giwangan, Stasiun Lempuyangan, Maguwo, Kotabaru, Stadion Kridosono, hingga Sagan.

Health News Bercinta Aman Untuk Penderita Jantung

The American Heart Association menyatakan aktivitas seksual secara umum tidak berbahaya untuk para penderita penyakit jantung. Meski begitu pasien harus memeriksakan diri secara teratur ke dokter.

Health News BKKBN Genjot Penggunaan IUD

Kompas.com - Untuk mendukung pencapaian target penurunan angka kematian ibu melahirkan sesuai target Tujuan Pembangunan Milenium pada 2015, Badan Kependudukan dan Keluarga Berencana Nasional (BKKBN) akan mendorong kampanye penggunaan kontrasepsi jangka panjang seperti IUD (intra uterine device).

Menurut Kepala BKKBN Sugiri Syarief, saat ini pihaknya terus mendorong kampanye IUD semaksimal mungkin. Sugiri menuturkan, kampanye yang dilakukannya telah memberikan hasil walaupun dianggap masih kurang.

Health News Soon Blood Test

Soon, blood test to tell whether you will live to be a centenarian!

   

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London, Jan 19 : Scientists are working on a blood test which, should one really want to find out, would reveal who will live to be 100.

Researchers identified 281 genetic markers associated with longevityafter examining 800 pensioners with an average age of 104 along with a control group of people of all ages.

Health News No Alcohol Safe Pragnant Woman

No Amount of Alcohol Safe for Pregnant Women

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It has been recently revealed according to a new study that no amount of alcohol intake is considered to be safe during pregnancy. The authors of this new study are of the view that any amount of alcohol intake while pregnancy might lead to thefetal alcohol syndrome, which tends to be extremely dangerous for the child.

It was earlier believed that a glass of wine occasionally might not tend to hurt, if the woman takes it is a controlled fashion. But the truth is that any amount of alcohol taken by the expecting mother will tend to have ill effects on the growth anddevelopment of the child.

Health News Meningitis B

Need for Meningitis B Vaccination

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It has been recently revealed in a research that a prospective vaccine

                                     forsafe guarding people from meningitis might actually be able to save hundreds of lives in the long run. For now, there is a vaccine present for the meningitis c strain, but there is still need for a vaccine to be created formeningitis B. The same tends to cause infection as many as 100 people each year and the fatality rate in the same are high as well. Researchers have been able to produce meningitis B vaccine for toddlers, teens as well as adults and the same is believed to be highly secure and

Manfaat Vitamin C

KOMPAS.com - Sebagai vitamin yang larut dalam air, vitamin C memiliki banyak peranan penting dalam menangkal berbagai penyakit. Vitamin C atau biasa dikenal dengan asam askorbat ini mempunyai tugas penting dalam pembentukan kolagen yang membantu meningkatkan sistem kekebalan tubuh dan membantu penyerapan zat besi.