By Theresa Tamkins

THURSDAY, March 12, 2009 (Health.com) — Could your cell phone be bad for your health? Maybe. But not because it’s zapping your brain. According to a report released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as many as one-quarter of homes in certain areas, such as Oklahoma and Utah, lack a landline and are completely reliant on cell phones.

While that’s terrific news for reducing the cost of phone bills, it may not be so great in terms of health—or at least health care in general. The CDC often relies solely on landline phones when conducting large, state-based health surveys—biggies conducted every year to determine sexual habits, childhood immunizations rates, and dozens of others factors related to American health.

“It doesn’t affect health per se, rather it has implications for how well the CDC and others can track the health of the nation,” said Stephen Blumberg, PhD, senior scientist at the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.

The federal government and states often use the survey information to set national health policies aimed at reducing the number of people who lack health insurance, decreasing high-risk behavior, and determining immunization rates for children and teens, Blumberg explained.

The CDC’s report is the first to compare wireless phone–only homes on a state-by-state basis. The new report is based on 2007 data, which found that Oklahoma had the highest percentage of cell phone–only homes (at 26 percent) and Vermont has the lowest (5 percent).

There are probably more landline-free homes now, as the rate has increasing by 3 percentage points each year, said Blumberg. “I’d expect today in 2009 the rate is probably 5 percentage points higher, perhaps even more,” he added. Overall, about one in six American homes, or about 18 percent, rely solely on wireless phones.

The high rates of cell phone–only homes were not that surprising, said Blumberg. What was surprising, he noted, was the wide variation from state to state. The rates of cell phone–only homes are generally low in the Northeast; for example, Connecticut (5.6 percent), New Jersey (8.0 percent) and Delaware (5.7 percent) have low rates. In other areas, it’s a different story—in Nebraska the rate is 23.2 percent, and in Arkansas it’s 22.6 percent. (Check our your state’s percentage of wireless phone–only homes.)

The wide variation is due to factors such as income and age. Young adults living on their own in rentals, for instance, are less likely to have landlines. “Households in poverty or near poverty are also more likely to be wireless-only,” said Blumberg.

While missing a pesky phone call from a CDC researcher asking probing questions about your private health information may seem like a good thing, it’s not, said Blumberg.

“As a result of missing all of these wireless-only households, those surveys can be biased,” he explained. “The potential for bias in Oklahoma is greater than the potential for bias in Vermont.”

Some major, national CDC surveys are done door-to-door, but many state surveys rely on landline phones. The CDC doesn’t use cell phones for a number of reasons, said Blumberg. Most callers aren’t happy about using cell phone minutes to chat about a survey, and participants might want compensation for taking part in the survey. What’s more, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act forbids the use of automated or computer-generated dialing to cell phone numbers. Researchers can do it by hand, but it costs more money.

Researchers are considering finding ways to call cell phones or going back to an older method, in which surveys are mailed to specific addresses. It seems unlikely that Americans will be adding landlines back into the mix any time soon—or ever, particularly given the added expense in a weak economy.

“All of the major surveys are already experimenting with methods of contacting the wireless only population,” said Blumberg. “It has to be done, but it requires additional money and experimentation to determine the best way to do it.”

Publish by salman 19/02/2009 14:45 WIB

Preventing is better than the treat. Sports as one of the efforts to maintain the stamina to stay fit abandoned. The reason for lack of time or fatigue because in the era of permissive dialing is always a high demand for mobility.

But there is one technique that may be suitable as a solution for those who are busy but want to condition the body is still fit with yoga.

Yoga is an activity that trick the body is done with full meditation rileks and thought, rely more on individual tranquility. To melakukakannya someone does not need to run around a field or other type of heating, but how the techniques of good breathing.

Yogalife Senior Instructor, Devakinanden to antarasumut.com, Thursday said, leaning more on Yoga relaxation and physical thought, a practice that is able to make healthy gland, so able to stimulate all the organs to be more healthy.

"Gymnastics is very good to eliminate stress and fatigue in mind," he said.

Instructors who have experience in yoga for 11 years said, sports is not need a wide space, and excessive movement, but can be done is in between a day-to-day activities.

According to the most important is how a person's ability to manage the respirator body. more than that, the event also includes physical exercises, mental and spritual movement so between, mind and heart of contraction to maintain organ health.

He added, yoga exercises is the existing health care since 7000 years ago, and have long known, especially the health of the world.

intruktur who practice yoga at Yoga life, Jalan Medan Hindu is suggested, to keep health always perform acrobatics with physical, mental and mind through yoga techniques in order to perform various day-to-day activities, the body remains in healthy condition. (S02MOS)

posted by erfan gumelar

Black shadow under the eyes is one of the factors that is able to reduce the appearance and freshness face. There are many factors that can be a cause, one sign you are asleep or suffering a reaction center.

Blackish color under the eyes, according to health experts, may also foreshadow symptoms of serious health disturbances. Especially when the expression is at the same time with sore throat pain or fever.

There are several factors that can be a higher-up the black shadows under the eyes, one of which is:
1. Due to the sun
Sunlight can be a cause of the black shadows under the eyes, the area under the eye more quickly change to dark skin compared to others around the face.

2. Poor nutrition Feed
If you consume less green, old, the black color under your eyes is a sign that you may experience a lack of nutrition. To overcome this, eat food that is rich in antioxidants every day.

3. Poor sleep
If a night or yesterday evening you begadang, the black circles under the eyes you will become a less rest (sleep). The more tired you are, the skin of the face will show the flow of blood under the eyes. So that the skin color under your eyes will look more blue or darker.

4. Offspring / genetic
Unfortunately, for some people, black stripe under the eyes is hereditary or genetic.
Generally this is due to the blood vessel. The influence of the high amount of blood found in the area, make the skin become more visible than dark skin color in the face of another.

How do I cope?

There are several ways you can do to reduce or overcome the darker color under the eyes are:

- With cosmetic products
Currently many cosmetic products that can help whiten black color under the eyes, but use carefully with attention to how use.

- How traditional
Black under the eyes due to eye tired or lacking sleep, can be treated with sliced cucumber paste to the eye or tomato

- Bedroom
Rest or sleep is enough for 8 hours a day, will help you remove the black color under the eyes.

- Eliminate factors triggered
Eliminate or minimize the causes of the occurrence of color is black. Learn what factors cause a black color under your eyes as much as possible avoid it.

posted by erfan gumelar

Control of communicable Diseases and the Environment Penyehatan, inform bahwwa WHO says bird flu outbreak status pigs (swine flu) Regions of the United States, Mexico and Canada may become a pandemic and will become a regular Foreign Gen. (KLB) international.

Until now, hundreds of people died because it was stated positive bird flu virus infected pigs in Mexico. Unions in the United States found dozens of cases of confirmed flu infected pigs, whereas in Canada found a few cases. New Zealand is known to be a new country with this virus. This is known after the 10 students fell ill terindikasi swine flu after a visit to Mexico.

Ministry of Health of Mexico states diversiform H1N1 virus has a number of symptoms, including fever above 39 degrees Celsius, headache, stiff rheumatic pain, and eye irritation. 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.

In fact what it is pig 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.

On its own human, swine flu symptoms are generally the same as the symptoms of seasonal human 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.

posted by erfan gumelar

Modern lifestyle nowadays make skin must face a less friendly environment for skin health. As well as pollution, bad weather, ultraviolet radiation, and smoke.

When skin contact with one of aggression, the skin will react to protect themselves. Sometimes that reaction looks like swollen eyes, reddish or burned skin, but often a reaction to "micro swelling that occurs in the skin of the face can not be directly visible and can be direct.

With time running "micro swelling" sustainable akan tiring and lead to the occurrence of skin damage and early penuaan. Said the problems now experienced from the treatment can be a young girl answers praktisnya.

"Skin looks healthy is not easy because of various factors, such as the influence of the environment from pollution, sunlight, and the factors penuaan early. Ibaratnya a balloon be blown, and removed the air. When conducted continuously, then the balloon will become loose and lost keelastisannya. Thus that occur on the skin with a micro swelling every day. This young girl leaves the role of anti-micro-swelling, "explained Product Manager Skin Care & Media Relation Tahitian Noni International Indonesia, Anita Krisnandari.

Noni is processed into TePomea and Moea useful for maintaining health skin face and body.

"TePoema facial skin care, while Moea body skin care for a quality spa. TePoema made from basic materials leaves young girl, working as an anti-micro-swelling," said Anita.

Anita further explain, in Moea, more focused fruit and leaves young girl. Gynecology oil young girl linolet acid containing acid in the body can not produce, but if the lack of, the skin becomes dry. So this product works very melembapakan and melembutkan body skin.

"For skin care and body, this product contains elements of herbal plants, or nuts. This product has been examined and adjusted to the climate here, so pemakaiannya safe on the skin of women. Product care young girl is also not bleach, because bleach does not contain cream, only function as antioxidants. While the essence eye cream useful to oxidation in the air and help the process of rejuvenation, and can decrease wrinkle in the area around the eyes, "his him.

posted by erfan gumelar

Anyone who definitely want to appear more slender and prime. In addition to protrusion of fat around the stomach is more flat than usual, andapun have the ideal body weight and of course healthy.
Among all types of measurement methods, the most useful and widely used to measure the level of Obesity is a Body Mass Index. How to calculate simple enough, the share weight (kg) with the square of the high-body (meter). If the calculated your Body Mass Index more than 25, meaning berdiet should start to appear more healthy and prime. Tips slim and shape you need to run, as follows:

1. Start to stop the habit of all types of food consumed;
2. Disiplinlah at meals;
3. many white-water consumption and reduce drinking coffee or sweet tea-cupbergelas womb because gulanya will only hamper the process Pelangsingan;
4. jogging for 30 minutes at least 4 times a week.

posted by erfan gumelar