Atherosclerotic Heart Disease, Death of Whitney houston ?

"A lot of people were surprised that Whitney Houston -- according to the coroner's report -- had cardiovascular disease, but that was not surprising to me, because we knew she had a least one major risk factor for heart disease, cigarette smoking," said John Gordon Harold, MD, the president-elect of the American College of Cardiology.

The coroner said Whitney Houston died from drowning in her hotel bathtub in February, which may not have surprised those who have followed her sad history of substance abuse. But the coroner also noted that significant heart disease was a contributing factor in her death.Houston had atherosclerosis, a buildup of plaque in her arteries — a condition often associated with age and obesity.

Yet heart disease, doctors say, is a frequent consequence of abusing drugs, alcohol and tobacco. The coroner's report noted the presence of cocaine, marijuana and prescription drugs in Houston, who also was reported to be a smoker and a drinker. What exactly is atherosclerotic heart disease, and how does cocaine contribute to it?  Heart and addiction specialists weigh in below.

Atherosclerotic heart disease is a condition in which plaque hardens in the arteries and narrows them, according to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute.  This limits the flow of oxygen-rich blood to the organs and other parts of the body and can lead to serious problems including heart attack, stroke and death.

When a person engages in cocaine use on top of suffering from advanced atherosclerotic heart disease, the impact on the heart can be devastating.  Cocaine use increases heart rate, blood pressure and causes the blood vessels to constrict, reducing the supply of blood to the heart.

Atherosclerotic heart disease occurs when the arteries going to the heart and other organs are hardened because of plaque build-up within the arteries. Atherosclerosis can lead to stroke, heart attack and death, the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute explains.

Atherosclerosis can develop into coronary heart disease, which is the No. 1 killer of American men and women, according to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Chronic kidney disease, peripheral arterial disease and carotid artery disease are other conditions that can be caused by atherosclerosis.

Symptoms of atherosclerosis can be hard to spot, since mild atherosclerosis typically doesn't have any signs, the Mayo Clinic reported. However, if the arteries are seriously clogged and hardened, the blood clot that forms in the artery can break, thereby leading to a heart attack or stroke.

Chronic heavy drinking makes the heart work increasingly harder to pump blood, and that enlarges the muscle. "The bigger it gets, the less blood it pumps and the more it tries to compensate by getting even larger," said Denisco. The end result is usually congestive heart failure.

Alcohol abuse can also affect the heart's electrical system, resulting in arrhythmia, an abnormal heartbeat. Alcohol and drug abuse are also associated with abnormal clot formation, which can lead to blood vessel blockages, heart attack and stroke.

Prescription painkillers, among the most abused substances today, don't cause the same damage to the heart. Instead these sedating drugs cause problems with breathing, which is why an overdose is potentially fatal.

Past celebrities who've died from atherosclerosis-related heart disease include Tim Russert, of TV news fame, who died in 2008 of a heart attack brought on by his atherosclerosis at age 58; and Chris Farley, a comedian, who died in 1997 of from accidental overdose of cocaine and morphine.

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Face Blindness, when you can't recognize facial characteristics of individuals

Prosopagnosia also called face blindness, is an impairment in the recognition of faces, it is a very real medical condition in which an afflicted individual is unable to distinguish facial characteristics of individuals, including friends, family, or even themselves.

History 

Reports of prosopagnosia date back to antiquity, but Bodamer's report (1947) of two individuals was a landmark paper in that he extensively described the symptoms and declared it to be distinct from agnosia. He referred to their condition as prosopagnosia, which he coined by combining the Greek word for face (prosopon) with the medical term for recognition impairment (agnosia). Since that time, more than a hundred case reports have been published.

Symptoms of Prosopagnosia 

Everyone sometimes has trouble recognizing faces, and it is even more common for people to have trouble remembering other people's names. Prosopagnosia is much more severe than these everyday problems that everyone experiences. Prosopagnosics often have difficulty recognizing people that they have encountered many times. In extreme cases, prosopagnosics have trouble recognizing even those people that they spend the most time with such as their spouses and their children.

One of the telltale signs of prosopagnosia is great reliance on non-facial information such as hair, gait, clothing, voice, and other information. Prosopagnosics also sometimes have difficulty imagining the facial appearance of acquaintances. One of the most common complaints of prosopagnosics is that they have trouble following the plot of television shows and movies, because they cannot keep track of the identity of the characters.

If you would like to assess your face recognition abilities, we currently have two tests of face recognition available. These tests include feedback on how your scores compare to the scores of people with normal face recognition.

Causes of Prosopagnosia 

Most of the cases of prosopagnosia that have been documented have been due to brain damage suffered after maturity from head trauma, stroke, and degenerative diseases. These are examples of acquired prosopagnosia: these individuals had normal face recognition abilities that were then impaired. It seems likely that more cases of acquired prosopagnosia have been published for two reasons. First, their impairment with faces is usually quite apparent to these individuals, because they have experienced normal face recognition in the past and so they quickly notice their impairment. Second, because these individual have had brain damage, they are in contact with medical doctors who have assessed their face recognition abilities. (Note that if you have experienced a noticeable decline in your face recognition abilities, you should contact a neurologist immediately. Any sudden decline may indicate the existence of a condition that needs immediate attention.)

In contrast, in cases of developmental prosopagnosia, the onset of prosopagnosia occurred prior to developing normal face recognition abilities (adult levels of face recognition are reached during teenage years). Developmental prosopagnosia has been used to refer to individuals whose prosopagnosia is genetic in nature, individuals who experienced brain damage prior to experience with faces (prenatal brain damage or immediate brain damage), and individuals who experienced brain damage or severe visual problems during childhood. However, these etiologies should be differentiated, because they are different paths to prosopagnosia and so probably result in different types of impairment; they could be referred to as genetic prosopagnosia, preexperiential prosopagnosia, and postexperiential prosopagnosia, respectively. In some cases, it may be difficult to determine the cause of prosopagnosia, but many times individuals will either know that family members are also prosopagnosic or be aware of potential incidents that may have resulted in brain damage

Individuals with developmental prosopagnosia often do not realize that they are unable to recognize faces as well as others. Of course, they have never recognized faces normally so their impairment is not apparent to them. It is also difficult for them to notice, because individuals with normal face recognition rarely discuss their reliance on faces. As a result, there are a number of individuals who have not recognized their prosopagnosia until well into adulthood. We have been contacted by far more developmental prosopagnosics than acquired prosopagnosics, and so it may be that this condition is more common than acquired prosopagnosia.

As you might expect, prosopagnosia can be socially crippling. People with the condition have trouble establishing and maintaining personal and professional relationships, Stahl explained. And many face blind people complain that they have trouble following the plots of TV shows and movies, because they can't keep track of the characters' identities, according the Harvard website.

What causes face blindness? Researchers don't know for sure, but they think it's the result of abnormal function of a region of the brain known as the right fusiform gyrus, according to the website of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The abnormality can be congenital or the result of stroke, brain injury or certain neurodegenerative diseases.

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Healthy Treatment With Urine Therapy

Urine therapy refers to one of several uses of urine to prevent or cure sickness, to enhance beauty, or to cleanse one's bowels. Most devotees drink the midstream of their morning urine. Some prefer a couple of urine drops mixed with a tablespoon of water applied sublingually several times a day. Many modern Japanese women are said to engage in urine bathing. The truly daring use their own urine as an enema. Urine is not quite the breakfast of champions, but it is the elixir of choice of a number of holy men in India where drinking urine has been practiced for thousands of years. Unlike whiskey, however, urine is always available, everyone carries a supply at all times, and, for most people, there are no intoxicating side effects. 

Furthermore, the urge to overindulge is almost absent when drinking urine.  Many advocates claim that urine is a panacea. Urine is said to be effective against the flu, the common cold, broken bones, toothache, dry skin, psoriasis and all other skin problems. Some enthusiasts see urine therapy as a divine manifestation of cosmic intelligence. Homer Smith (Man and His Gods) once wrote that "man is a machine for turning wine into urine." It may be discovered that one of the chemicals in human urine is effective for fighting cancer. However,  drinking one's own urine is not likely going to supply enough of any cancer-fighting substance to do any good. For example, if you are ingesting more vitamin C (a water soluble vitamin) than your body needs or can process, you will excrete it in your urine. It doesn't follow that drinking your urine is a good way to get vitamin C into your body. 

The reason your urine contains vitamins and minerals is that your body didn't need them or couldn't use them. Even urea, which can be toxic in very high doses, occurs in such minute quantities in the average person's urine that there is very little chance of  poisoning from drinking one's own urine. 

Remember a major component of urine is urea. The presence of urea in the urine is the result of the body's chemical balancing of sodium chloride and water ratio. Urine also can smooth and moisturize the skin. Each time you use it you are effectively smearing urine on your face. According to John Armstrong's 1971 book, The Water of Life, expensive and elegant European facial soaps often contain human, cow or pig urine.

Historical anecdotes have said that drinking urine can prevent strokes and help break down blood clots and scabs. In 1952, G.W. Sobel isolated the enzyme in urine that the folk lore claimed. Urine contains a number of different hormones. Fertility drugs contain estrogens from human urine that stimulate ovulation in women and sperm production in men. Maybe the Zimbabwean tribe that drinks baboon urine in beer as an aphrodisiac has reason to do so. If you're taking Premarin, it's prepared from mares' urine and other natural sources, including human.

Several references recommend drinking urine for sleeplessness. Melatonin is present in significant amounts in the urine, especially morning urine. To entertain the possibility that urine therapy can cure everything from canker sores to cancer seems to be one of those claims. Whether it's the ingestion of urine or its topical application, there seems to be scientific reason, if not scientific testing, that says it makes sense.

Unfortunately, however,  not everybody can just jump right in and start drinking their own urine without negative side effects. The Chinese Association of Urine Therapy Perhaps the evidence was produced at the First World Conference on Urine Therapy which took place in India in February 1996. Since urine is emitted from the same bodily organ used in sex, perhaps it was thought that by drinking one's urine one was swallowing some sort of sexual energizer. In Siberia, some found drinking urine was a way to continue the hallucinogenic and spiritual effects of special mushrooms.

Not only is the urine of another person drunk but an individual may utilize his own urine, frequently still warm, thus prolonging the action of the original mushrooms or renewing their effect several times. 

Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. (The Book of Proverbs 5:15)

But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? (Isaiah 36:12) (See also 2 Kings 18:27)

More than three million Chinese drink their own urine in the belief it is good for their health, according to the official Xinhua news agency.

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What Effects of PIP Implants For Women

Women concerned about PIP breast implants can find all the latest NHS information about the issue in our Health A-Z section on PIP implants.

Do the implants have to be removed early?
Most breast implants need to be removed or replaced after 10-15 years.

If you are worried?

• If you had a PIP implant on the NHS, you will receive a letter.
• Speak to your GP, if you had them done on the NHS, or your clinic if you had them done privately.
• If you decide you want your implants replaced, the NHS will do it free if your original operation was done on the NHS.
• If your private clinic no longer exists or refuses to remove the implants, speak to your GP. The NHS will remove your implants if your doctor agrees there is a medical need.

However, the committee said the NHS would remove and replace the implants without charge if patients that the NHS had operated on remained concerned.

The first review will be led by Lord Howe and will address a number of specific issues, including:

• What information about PIP implants was available from routine systems for reporting adverse events
• What external concerns about PIP implants were brought to the attention of regulators, and when

Women with potentially harmful PIP breast implants have a year to access Medicare rebates for MRI services to determine whether their implants are structurally sound or have ruptured. The Federal government announced the approval of rebates this week.Federal Member for Forrest Nola Marino urged women to have the scans to diagnose potential health risks, if they have not done so already. “I recommend women with these implants to register with the Therapeutic Goods Administration to demonstrate the full extent of this issue,” Mrs Marino said.

Worthing woman fears PIP implants affected her pregnancies, A Worthing woman fears her breast implants may have killed her babies. Romany Smith, 44, of Worthing, was given the now banned PIP breast implants on the NHS, but fears toxic chemicals could have contributed towards her baby being still born and her suffering a miscarriage.

Ms Smith was first given the implants in 2000 after years of suffering low self esteem because of a tuberous breast deformity. Ms Smith said that amongst other women with PIP implants she has met there is a high occurrence of early onset menopause.  Out of 20 women five had had early onset menopause.

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Baby Breastfeeding Make Orgasm

Orgasm is usually associated with sexual activity, but many women report feeling the excitement when she was breastfeeding her baby. Some women even report the experience of orgasm during or after feeding.In a study conducted in nursing mothers, as much as 40.5 percent of participants reported having felt aroused several times during breast-feeding a baby. A total of 16.7 percent even reported sexual arousal often feel when breastfeeding her baby. 

And in more recent papers from some of the study, noted that 33-50 percent of mothers breast-feeding had an orgasm, even though 25 percent of those surveyed feel guilty. Guilt arises because women are usually considered inappropriate when a mother, stimulated by her own baby. Of course not all the mothers who breastfeed experience of sexual arousal. In fact there are many women who think that the experience as opposed to pleasure. 

What causes a nursing mother can orgasm? 

According to researchers this is caused by oxytocin, the hormone that stimulates milk expenditures and triggered by breast stimulation. 

The hormone oxytocin is also involved in other physiological processes, especially in uterine contractions during childbirth and during orgasm. This hormone is also thought responsible for the feeling of relaxation and experience orgasm without sexual stimulation, like an orgasm when you feel full.

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The Secrets of Okinawa People That Longevity

Okinawa, an island in Japan, famous as having the number of centenarians (people aged 100 years or more) in the world. The incidence of heart disease, dementia, and cancer in this region is very low compared to other countries. 

What's the secret? In Okinawa, they practice the Ivy hachi bu, or eating up to 80 percent full. They are not accustomed to overeating. Spiritual lifestyle that they played, like with regular prayer and meditation, is believed to reduce stress levels and also related to their longevity.

Meanwhile, the low incidence of cancer in Okinawa due to their high-fiber diet. They also mengasup rice, soybeans, fruits, omega-3 derived from fish, and rarely eat red meat and dairy. 

Social support from family and friends is also very strong here. The elderly population is also still active in the association. "Strong social ties not only reduces stress but also prevent disease and create a long life," says Dan Buettner, a researcher, regarding longevity. 

Buettner Okinawa classify as one of the blue zone in the world. Zone which has a population of up to 100 years old and stay healthy including Italy, Greece, California, and Costa Rica.

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Be aware of the ulcers and hemorrhoids that does not heal

Colorectal cancer or colon cancer is one cancer that affects adults. The trigger is a less healthy diet and less exercise. In fact, cancer is cancer that was ranked fourth attack in Indonesia after a lot of cervical cancer, breast cancer and lung cancer. Symptoms of this cancer is the most common heartburn, abdominal pain and hemorrhoids. 

"Some patients usually present with ulcers or hemorrhoids that do not heal. Especially if you look at the age of 40 years, it should be checked to determine the likelihood of colorectal cancer," said Dr. Noorwati Sutandyo DR, SpPD, KHOM, consultant medical oncologist hematologist RS Dharmais, in the office of the Indonesian Cancer Foundation (ICF), Lebakbulus. 

Dr. Noorwati also said that this deadly disease takes 15-20 years to develop. So the majority of sufferers are adults aged 50 and over. But did not rule out the 40-year-old man was also suffering from colorectal cancer. "If treated early, when still on the stage 1, the possibility of life is still very large between 85-90 percent. But if it is severe, the possibility of life is only about 10 percent," said Dr. Noorwati. 

The symptoms of colorectal cancer is commonly found as usual indigestion nausea, abdominal discomfort, irregular bowel movements, constipation, hardened stools. But if you see other symptoms such as face paled, weight and hemoglobin levels dropped dramatically, so it's good checked out immediately.

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5 Things That Should Not Be Used Together With Other People

Did you know that there are some things that should not be used together, it is important for your health. The daily things, among others :

1. Toothbrush 

Never share toothbrushes with other people, even with a partner that you just kiss. According to Chuck Gerba, environmental microbiologist from the University of Arizona, USA, when we have some skin brushing to exfoliate and maybe stick a toothbrush."There are several types of virus that can move through the brush, such as hepatitis B and C, HIV, and respiratory diseases," he said. This is especially if you are suffering from sores on the mouth or gingivitis. 

2. Comb 

Although looks are not dangerous, but according to Gerba comb can also be a medium of disease transmission. "Some types of bacteria and antibiotic resistant bacteria or MRSA can be found on the comb as a layer of the scalp can be caught in the comb," he said.He suggested that we should always carry personal comb. But what about the comb in the salon? Gerba recommends that we choose a subscription salon is clean so that we can be sure they are routinely cleaned his tools. 

3. Cell phone 

Did you know that cell phones (mobile) saves a lot of bacteria because often he touched but never cleaned. In fact, according to research women's cell phones are much more dirty than a cell phone belonging to the men. One reason is women are also often touch of cosmetics and their tools are more susceptible to flu. Research shows that bacteria are often left on the surface of the phone include the bacteria that cause influenza. 

4. Razor
Razors are also included in the objects that you must wear in private. Visible or not, razors often scratch the skin until it bled. Some infectious diseases such as hepatitis B can be transmitted through the use of unsterilized razor. Moreover, many people carrier (carrier) viral hepatitis who did not realize he suffered from this virus. 

5. Cosmetics
Be careful when using the example of cosmetic products in the store because it has been used by hundreds of buyers. Research over the past two years to find the number of bacteria that is very much on the various samples at department store cosmetic products, especially lipsticks, facial creams, and facial and eye shadow brush. In the study conducted on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, it was found that the number of bacteria in samples of cosmetics on the day of the week was far more than any other day.

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Has a Children Reduce Risk of Heart Disease

Apparently, being a father, making them more heart healthy. The risk of heart disease was reduced by 20 percent. This is the result of the Stanford University research team conducted over a decade at 135 thousand men. It is known that men who do not have children, a higher risk of dying from heart disease than those who have children. 

The research team revealed an increased chance of infertility can be early warning signs of heart problems in the future. "This is evidence that infertility is related to the health condition of a man in the future," said lead investigator Dr. Michael Eisenberg of Stanford University, as quoted by the Daily Mail. He also revealed that men who are infertile have a higher risk of certain cancers. Research published in the journal Human Reproduction involves male respondents aged over 50 years, 

During research in the past 10 years, 10 percent of men died. One in five deaths, caused by heart disease. When viewed records, men without children have an increased risk of heart disease 17 percent higher than men with children. "My belief it could happen because there are biological reasons," said Dr. Michael. 

He emphasized that this study does not mean not to have concluded that children can cause heart problems. But, more to show that infertility affects health, and has been linked to heart disease risk.

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Easy Ways to Avoid Diabetes

Dietary habits of the Spanish population shows that eating fish is a good way to avoid diabetes. Perhaps the habit of eating these fish can be replicated by most people of the world, including Indonesia.
University of Valencia Mercedes Prieto Sotos, has conducted a series of studies to prove the health benefits of fish. From these studies, there were 945 men and women involved. Their average age was between 55 and 80 years with a high cardiovascular risk. Results of the study, found that fish consumption lowers the risk of diabetes. 

In the present study also found that those who frequently ate red meat at risk of suffering from cardiovascular problems, high blood pressure, diabetes and decline in life expectancy is mainly due to cancer and heart disease. 

Conversely, those who ate fish is the staple food of the Mediterranean diet, for heart health benefit.The researchers say, various hypotheses have been proposed and tested to explain why the consumption of fish may reduce the risk of diabetes. Increased Omega-3 in muscle cells, he says, can improve insulin sensitivity, one of the important things associated with lower risk of diabetes.

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Male Breast Cancer More Deadly

Breast cancer is not just stalking her. Although the risk of small experience, men who develop breast cancer tend to have higher severity than women with breast cancer. Research led by Mikael Hartman of the National University of Singapore, said, despite the opportunities he has breast cancer less than one percent, but for those who already have it, a very high risk of death. 

Hartman and his team analyzed data on cancer cases in 1970 in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Singapore, Geneva, and Switzerland. The data include 460 thousand men and 2,700 women with breast cancer.   Based on the analysis of these data, the number of men who survived the disease for five years pascadiagnosis as much as 72 percent. That figure is less than the number of women who are able to survive as much as 78 percent. 

"Men generally just realized there was a lump in her breast through an indirect examination of the time went to the doctor, in contrast to women who realized there was a problem earlier in the breasts," said Hartman told Reuters. 

"Breast cancer in men is rare, but the risk is still there. So if a man finds a lump or something was wrong with her ​​breasts, should immediately see a doctor," Hartman added. The exposure in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the researchers say that men generally take several months before realizing the symptoms of breast cancer. A common cause is an increase in estrogen due to certain diseases or abnormalities of the gene. 

The U.S. National Cancer Institute data show that the majority of men who developed breast cancer aged 60-70 years. "Not surprisingly, men who suffer from cancer generally are at an advanced stage," said Susan Dent Hospital Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

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Why Vertigo Attacks Appear

You often faint or lose your balance? Perhaps, you got vertigo. Although not lethal, vertigo can be a symptom of serious diseases such as high blood pressure, tumors, and stroke. In fact, it could trigger a fatal accident when the attack came suddenly.

Vertigo occurs when a person feels himself or the surrounding environment is moving or spinning. In fact, often accompanied by severe nausea and vomiting. Dr M Kurniawan, SPS, Asri Hospital neurologist, says that the vertigo commonly afflict the elderly. "The incidence of vertigo will continue to increase in the elderly. Noted, the incidence of vertigo at the age of 40 years was 40 percent," he said during the inauguration of the Hospital Clinic of Integrated Vertigo Asri.

In old age, vertigo often occurs due to disturbances in the blood vessels to the brain, ear abnormalities in internal organs, and neurological disorders. Although common in the elderly, does not mean that young people may not experience it. "Typically, vertigo occurs in younger people because of trauma or had been hit," he added.

Vertigo is also likely to strike women than men. "According to the 1956 study, the incidence rate in women 48 percent, while in men 37 percent," said Dr Jenny Bashiruddin, PhD, and Asri ENT specialist RS Sub Division Head of ENT Department of Neurology Medical Faculty UI. There are two types of vertigo, the vertigo that comes from the peripheral or inner ear or brain and central parts. However, the majority occur in the peripheral, the vertigo debris. 

Vertigo debris arising from rock crystal deposits (debris) which are formed of calcium carbonate in one of the canals in balance tool (utricle). Naturally, the debris formed from the gelatinous substances in the equipment balance. However, because the specific gravity exceeds the fluid in the utricle (endolymph), debris can migrate and settle on one of the canals around the equipment balance. 

Then, what happens vertigo? Balance human instrument is dynamic so it is easily aroused by the movement of the head. If we rotate the head, the fluid endolymph stimulates the tool will also move the balance to adapt. "If there is sediment and debris, the endolymph fluid will experience a greater thrust and balance tool with the power to stimulate greater stimulation. So that people who experience vertigo would feel like a spin," said Dr. Entjep Hadjar, Sp ENT-TOS.

Solutions Without Surgery  

First, a solution to deal with it is the operating expenditure debris. But apparently, many complications occur because the utricle is the hardest bone in the human body.In the process, discovered a way more practical non-surgical patients by chance a French nationals who want to go to the doctor in the UK. 

The patient experienced vertigo incredible so he decided to go to England for treatment by using the ferry even though he could not seat. He was forced to sit down with his head on the ship's engine.Arriving at the port of London, all of a sudden vertigo which he felt had been lost. Intrigued, he told the doctor. Of the story, doctors analyze and draw conclusions that the ship's engine vibrations received by the patient is able to solve the tool keseimbangnya debris.  

From this background, the doctor develops a treatment method called Hallpike Manouver consisting of two ways to destroy and remove debris precipitated by usingvibrator, then the patient will be asked to perform certain head positions to bring back into the utricle of broken stone, called repositioning Canalith Therapy (CRT). 

"This method is able to cure 87 percent of patients in the two meetings. Thereafter, patients are encouraged to exercise balance, and sleep with high pillows. If sportsis done routinely, vertigo will not recur, "he said. Because the debris vertigo is only one kind of vertigo, the doctor's diagnosis is necessary to know the type of vertigo that occurs. Not only that, the doctor's diagnosis is also important to find out more about the disease is going to remember only a symptom of vertigo. 

No wonder if, in the treatment of vertigo should be integrated through ENT, neurological, and internal medicine. Not just in one area of ​​treatment. Unfortunately, not all hospitals provide integrated services so that patients are often confused with a disease that never healed. 

Therefore, if you have symptoms of vertigo, be a smart patient by asking for an integrated examination of the overall service that can be more easily overcome the disease, treatment costs would not beswell.

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When Too Much Caffeine

Consuming beverages that contain caffeine, it can generate energy. Even some people can not move, if not drinking a cup of coffee in the morning. But in fact, drink too much caffeine can be bad for your health. ? Ari study found that caffeine can increase the energy to move, but if too high an intake can bring feelings and negative effects on health, "said Erin Palinski, a nutritionist from New Jersey, cited in Prevention.Actually, when you consume too much caffeine, your body will 'tell'. That is, through some of the symptoms, such as the following.

1. Weakness in the afternoon 

If you can not move without consuming coffee or other caffeinated beverages, you may be addicted. When eating them in the morning, it will increase energy. But in the afternoon, the body immediately felt very weak.

2. Orange-colored urine 

The urine is dark yellow or orange is a sign that the body is dehydrated. ? Opi actually are diuretics that can cause kehidrasi, because the trigger you spend a lot of urine, so the body's dehydrated, "said Amy Gross, a registered dietitian from New York Presbyterian Hospital. 

Caffeine is usually not lead to dehydration, unless you eat more than 500 milligrams per day. Therefore, limit your consumption of coffee, a maximum of two drinks per day.

3. Feeling restless
Hands sweating, heart palpitations accompanied by feelings of anxiety is an indication that you have an overdose of caffeine. "Caffeine can worsen stress and depression because of sedative substances interfere with the brain chemical called adenosine," said Palinski. 

Caffeine can also act as a stimulant that triggers the adrenal gland to release more stress hormones like adrenaline. This hormone can increase heart rate and makes you more anxious.

4. Heartburn 

Acid reflux occurs when the muscles at the end of the esophagus, known as the lower esophageal sphincter, allowing stomach acid and food back up. This causes a burning sensation under the breast or known as heartburn. If this happens to you, caffeine could be the culprit. 

"Caffeine relaxes the esophageal sphincter, allowing stomach acid up into the throat," said Gross. Try to cut out caffeine altogether to see if it soothes your throat.

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Foods that Can Make Kids Grow Faster

There are some foods that can make the body grow faster. So it's in children is highly recommended food containing these nutrients that the body grows rapidly. The body needs protein, carbohydrates and fat to grow and function properly. Here are some foods that can make the body can grow faster, as reported by Livestrong :

1. Protein 

Protein helps the body grow, ie muscle and fat tissue. Protein is important for healthy growth, but do not eat more protein than you need. Children between ages 1 and 3 years of age need 13 grams of protein every day, and children ages 4 to 8 years need 19 grams per day. Children between the ages of 9 and 13 require 34 grams. Teenage boys need more protein than girls, which is 52 gramscompared to 46 grams.

Even when the body is finished growing, you still need protein to repair and rebuild tissue. Adult women need about 46 grams of protein daily and adult men need about 56 grams. Examples of foods and the amount of protein it contains include: chicken, beef and fish (7 grams per ounce), milk (8 grams per cup), beans (16 grams per cup) and eggs (6 grams per large egg).

2. Fruit and vegetables

Fruits and vegetables provide vitamins and minerals needed for your body to stay healthy and a healthy body will grow faster than a malnourished body.

3. Milk and whole grains To grow the body needs calcium for strong bones support the body size increases. Children between the ages of 2-3 years to 1 cup of milk products per day and children between the ages of 4-8 have 1.5 cups of milk or yogurt or the equivalent of cheese or calcium-fortified soy milk, tofu or orange juice. Older children and adults need 3 cups of milk daily. 

While the grains provide the body's energy to grow. A good choice is the oatmeal, whole grain breads and brown rice. Children aged 2-3 need 3 ounces of whole grains. Girls between the ages of 4-13 years to 5 ounces of grains, and women aged 14-50 years to 6 ounces of grain.Boys aged 9-13 years to 6 ounces and men between the ages of 14-30 years old need 8 ounces of whole grains a day.  

Your needs for grain decreased slightly as you get older.

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