In addition to causing lung damage, air pollution is now also recognized as a threat to cardiovascular health. Reporting in the March 6, 2002 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers examined long-term health data on 500,000 individuals to compare increases in air pollution levels with incidence of death. They discovered that when air pollution levels suddenly increased, in addition to expected increases in deaths from asthma, pneumonia, and emphysema, there was an unexpected increase in the number of deaths related to heart attacks and stroke. Most surprising was the… Read more ...

"Negative ions increase the flow of oxygen to the brain; resulting in higher alertness, decreased drowsiness, and more mental energy," says Pierce J. Howard, PhD, author of The Owners Manual for the Brain: Everyday Applications from Mind Brain Research and director of research at the Center for Applied Cognitive Sciences in Charlotte, N.C. "They also may protect against germs in the air, resulting in decreased irritation due to inhaling various particles that make you sneeze, cough, or have a throat irritation. And for a whopping one in three of us who are sensitive… Read more ...

Increasing the absorption of solar energy accelerates the burning up of fats, sugars and toxins. Experimental animals receiving full-spectrum light from the sun will weight less, than animals fed an identical diet, but were not exposed to full spectrum sunlight. A lack of a balanced spectrum of light can cause loss of muscle tone and strength. Windows, windshields, eye-glasses, smog, and suntan lotions all filter out parts of the light spectrum. When light enters our eyes, millions of cells convert the light into electrical impulses, which travel along the optic nerve to… Read more ...

What Is “Negative Ions”?

“Ions” are charged particles. They are floating in the air around us all of the time and have either negative or positive charges. Ions that are negatively charged are called “negative ions” or "anions". Ions that are positively charged are called “positive ions” or “cations”. The beneficial effect of negative ions is first known to human since more than one hundred years ago. However, actual implementation of negative ions in clinical medicine is only about 10 years, and the use of negative ions in daily healthcare products… Read more ...

Not only is tea soothing and delicious, but, throughout its history, it has been associated with important health benefits. New studies point to evidence that these healing properties have a scientific basis. While all tea is healthy to drink, Green tea contains the highest level of polyphenols (flavonoids), which are known for their antioxidant activity. Consumption of tea is being studied for its reported benefits on:

• Enhancing immune

Sea cucumbers could provide a potential new weapon to block transmission of the malaria parasite, a study suggests. The slug-like creature produces a protein, lectin, which impairs development of the parasites. An international team genetically engineered mosquitoes - which carry the malaria parasite - to produce the same protein in their gut when feeding. The PLoS Pathogens study found the protein disrupted development of the parasites inside the insects' stomach. Ultimately, one aim of our field is to find a way of genetically engineering mosquitoes so that the malaria parasite cannot develop… Read more ...

Tumor (bahasa Latin; pembengkakan) menunjuk massa jaringan yang tidak normal, tetapi dapat berupa "ganas" (bersifat kanker) atau "jinak" (tidak bersifat kanker). Hanya tumor ganas yang mampu menyerang jaringan lainnya ataupun bermetastasis. Kanker adalah segolongan penyakit yang ditandai dengan pembelahan sel yang tidak terkendali dan kemampuan sel-sel tersebut untuk menyerang jaringan biologis lainnya, baik dengan pertumbuhan langsung di jaringan yang bersebelahan (invasi) atau dengan migrasi sel ke tempat yang jauh (metastasis). Pertumbuhan yang tidak terkendali tersebut disebabkan kerusakan DNA, menyebabkan mutasi di gen vital yang mengontrol pembelahan sel. Beberapa buah mutasi mungkin… Read more ...

Apa yang dimaksud Tekanan Darah Tinggi ?

Tekanan Darah Tinggi adalah kondisi serius yang dapat mengakibatkan penyakit jantung koroner, gagal jantung, stroke, gagal ginjal dan masalah kesehatan lainnya. Tekanan darah adalah kekuatan tekanan darah terhadap dinding arteri saat jantung memompa darah. Jika tekanan ini meningkat dan tetap tinggi setiap saat maka akan mengakibatkan kerusakan pada tubuh dalam berbagai hal. Dari 3 orang Amerika terdapat 1 orang yang mengidap penyakit tekanan darah tinggi. Tekanan darah tinggi sendiri sebenarnya tidak memiliki gejala tertentu. Anda dapat mengalaminya bertahun-tahun tanpa menyadari telah mengidap tekanan darah tinggi. Dalam… Read more ...

Pengertian Sakit Kepala

Sakit Kepala atau yang dalam bahasa medisnya disebut Cephalalgia, adalah suatu kondisi sakit yang terletak di sekitar kepala, terkadang rasa sakit pada leher atau bagian atas leher juga disebut sakit kepala. Sakit kepala merupakan salah satu jenis penyakit yang sering dirasakan orang banyak. Penyebab utamanya antara lain ketegangan otot, migrain, kelelahan mata, dehidrasi, tekanan gula darah yang rendah, hipermastikasi dan sinusitis. Ada juga penyebab sakit kepala yang lebih jarang yang disebabkan keadaan tubuh yang sakit seperti meningitis, encephalitis, cerebral aneurysms, tekanan darah tinggi dan tumor otak. Persentase sakit kepala… Read more ...

Apa yang dimaksud Serangan Jantung ?

Serangan jantung terjadi ketika aliran darah ke suatu bagian otot jantung terhalang. Jika aliran darah tidak bisa diperbaiki dengan cepat, bagian dari jantung tersebut akan rusak karena kekurangan oksigen dan bisa mengakibatkan kematian. Serangan jantung adalah pembunuh utama baik terhadap pria maupun wanita. Tapi untungnya, sekarang banyak cara penyembuhan serangan jantung yang bisa menyelamatkan nyawa dan mencegah cacat. Perawatan sangat efektif jika dimulai jarak 1 jam setelah awal gejala. Serangan Jantung sering terjadi karena sebuah kondisi yang biasa disebut Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). Pada keadaan CAD, sekumpulan… Read more ...