Archive for the 'Healths' Category

XDRTB – Extreme Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

TB or tubercle bacillus or most known as Tuberculosis is not a new disease. It’s an infectious bacterial disease characterized by the growth of nodules (tubercles) in the tissues. Mostly known as pulmonary TB (lung).
TB still causing many death mostly in developing country. I once helped my ex-girlfriend (now known as my wife) to work [...]

Kids and Cold

Kids are very vulnerable to cold & flu and that’s numero uno problem for parents. When they caught a cold, they can’t breath and can’t sleep well. Distracting the parent’s sleep and worsen the child’s health.
Most doctors will prescribe antibiotics when kids get cold and I’m one of the believer that antibiotics should be avoided when possible.
Back then [...]

Tooth and abscess connection

My daughter had a swollen gum for awhile. The swollen gum was a bit different and it’s protruded about 25 mm from the gum surface. I thought it was just a gingivitis. After a week no improvement, I took her to a dentist.
After examined the gum, the dentist said that the dental pulp or nerve [...]

Cloning, the controversial science *for some*

Cloning is one of major leap in biology but It rocks the religionists boat hard time. Cloning is playing god they said. I’m not gonna argue about it here but I found an interesting article from Buddhism perspective written by an Indonesian PhD living in the US. It’s unlike theism religion, they get along pretty [...]

Perception, Brain and Bodies

Good stuff
You’ll find that, your perception really distort your view. Warned, it’s quite long but worth it.
Check it out on newyorker.com
Update on July 8th, 2008:
The video regarding this matter by Dr. Ramachandran on ted.com
Since mas Uwi told me that the article will be only available for a while and only available for member afterward, I [...]

Yogurts, delicioso

As a healthy life endorser, beside abstaining *or at least tryin* from MSG (Mono sodium Glutamate), refined sugar, artificial sweetener and Transfat, healty foods are on top list. One of them is yogurt.
As i recall, the first time I get in touch with yogurt is when I was in primary school, yogurt was alien, rare [...]