Childhood virus kills 70 in Viet Nam

Hanoi, Viet Nam (AP) - a health official says a swaying outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease in Viet Nam has killed 70 people so far this year and infected more than 23,000, mostly children under 5.

Nguyen Van Binh, head of the Department of preventive medicine, the Health Ministry was quoted by Thanh Nien newspaper , that most cases in the South of the country have been reported.

Enterovirus 71 or EV-71, is in Viet Nam in circulation the dominant variety. There may be a more serious form of the common childhood disease, leading to paralysis, Brain swelling and death.

The this year's outbreak is a sharp uptick in the last few years. Since 2008, children were with about 20 to 30 reported die every year, around 10,000 to 15,000 cases per year.

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The Diagnosis Of Hepatitis Must Immediately

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com -Hepatitis C is an infectious disease of the liver caused by hepatitis C virus If not immediately treated. will develop into liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. The Diagnosis of hepatitis C should be immediately done especially for those who belong to a group of high risk or had been exposed to blood of alleged contamination of hepatitis C (HCV).

"Examination of the initial blood screening with anti-HCV and HCV screening follow-up when anti HCV RNA positive with quantitative and genotyping HCV," says Dr. SpPD-Superior Budihusodo, KGEH, Chairman of the Association of Indonesia, Heart Researcher Friday, (24/6/2011).

According to the superior, the diagnostic criteria for HVC infections there were two, namely in acute hepatitis C and hepatitis C chronic. However the problem currently exists in hepatitis C chronic, because to do examination of HCV RNA (charge).

"And when it's found is not necessarily the patients were able to buy medicine," cetusnya.

Superior to speak, of the results of the survey that he has done that, only 20 percent of people diagnosed are able to buy drugs. While 80 percent of treatment not because it cannot afford.

"Why should immediately give medication? Because, if it happens, the only treatment of cirrhosis of advanced transplant only, "said superior.

While Prof. Dr. Ali Sulaiman, PhD, SpPD-KGEH, the Division of Hepatology, Department of internal medicine, Faculty of medicine University of Indonesia, said, for therapy of liver transplantation is the cheapest currently existing in China (USD $ 700 million).

"Whereas in Singapore should be prepared of Rp 3 billion," he said.

Therefore, before getting on a stage that is more severe, Ali revealed the need to recognize the Community signs and symptoms of this disease. Although the infection of Hepatitis C is also often referred to as a covert infection due to early infection often not bergejala so often missed. If anything, the symptoms are generally only mild and similar to the flu, such as a bit limp, nausea, muscle aches and persendiaan, bad taste the regions near the heart.

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Myriad breast cancer genes can be patented: US Court

An federal appeals court ruled in favor of Myriad Genetics after a legal battle to whether the US company could keep his patent on genes an inherited form of breast cancer associated.

The ruling overturns a lower court ruling and allows the Utah-based company, isolated called maintain its patents on genes BRCA1 and BRCA2, despite complaints by rights groups, who say it an unfair monopoly and women's health choices limited.

The US Court of appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that such patents on isolated DNA molecules, in accordance with the patent and Trademark Office (PTO), in the last 29 years "longstanding practice" could take place.

The 2-1 decision also said that the company can patent not five largely framed processes the compare or the analysis of DNA sequences, because they were "abstract mental processes."

Myriad spokeswoman said however, that aspect of the judgment of the company capability for the isolated gene test not hurt.

"Our intellectual property position today is otherwise placed as before the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) even in that case," said Rebecca Chambers, head of investor relations, AFP.

She said the company has explained yet 232 claims, procedures or steps, just to test, "as part of 23 patents, that describe how we go about doing the BRAC analysis test, who were not even part of this complaint."

Backed by pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, myriad received a number of US patents in the 1990s on two generations-BRCA1- and BRCA2-associated with strong hereditary forms of breast and ovarian cancer in women.

According to the National Cancer Institute develop 12% of women in the general population breast cancer in their lifetimes, compared with 60 per cent of women who have inherited mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2.

Can 1.4 percent of the women in their lifetimes with ovarian cancer but the number is growing at 15-40 percent of women with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation are diagnosed.

The myriad patents means the company has "exclusive right to the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 diagnostic tests to perform and to prevent that all researchers receive only a look at the genes without first permission from myriad", ACLU, said a statement.

A major complaint in the lawsuit, in 2009 by a coalition of patient advocacy and medical groups represented by the ACLU was submitted, that the company exercised too much control over the tests and costs.

"Myriad makes it impossible for women or a comprehensive second opinion to obtain results to access alternative tests monopoly on the BRCA genes." It also countless, a high price for their can calculate, "ACLU Attorney Sandra Park AFP" said.

The ACLU was consulting with its customers and would they decide soon, or for the federal circuit appeal to the full 12-member Court of appeals to Court of Justice, said the matter to the Supreme.

Analyst Robert Cook Deegan of the Institute for Genome Sciences and policy at Duke University in North Carolina, said that he expected that the dispute over whether DNA is human something patented and owned would continue.

"This is probably not the last stage in this game," he said. "The fact that all three judges gave very different lines of reasoning me suggests that it will be a new round to go, to be."

When the matter of Supreme reaches court, he said that the result would be "very unpredictable."

But Friday's ruling was expected, that to make some waves in the biotechnology industry or on the US stock market.

"The impact of the federal circuit decision in the myriad case on the biotech industry should be minimal," said biotech intellectual property lawyer Roberte Marie Makowski.

"At least this decision provides a level of patents existing security for the industry and research efforts at the moment."

Biotech company began the patenting of genes and the genetic material in the 1980s. More than 20 percent of the 24,000 human gene patents have been granted since then in the United States.

A gene within the human body cannot be patented. But after he is identified, removed and isolated, a company can apply for exclusive rights, use it for commercial purposes.

Only a few country-including Brazil and Chile-allow no patents on genes in any way.

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J & J cuts Tylenol maximum dose to prevent overdoses

TRENTON, n.j., (AP) - Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday that it reduces the daily dose of his extra strength Tylenol painkillers, lower risk of an accidental overdose of paracetamol, its active ingredient, and the top cause of liver failure.

The company's McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division said the change has sold one of the many extra strength Tylenol in the United States - products in short supply in stores due to a string callbacks.

From sometime this fall, labels on extra strength Tylenol packages will now list the maximum daily as six pills or a total of 3,000 mg after below from eight pills a day or 4,000 mg dose. Early next year, McNeil reduces the daily amount for its regular strength Tylenol and other adult pain reliever acetaminophen, the most widely used painkillers in the country with also.

In addition to Tylenol paracetamol painkillers Percocet and vicodin and some non-prescription pain relievers, including NyQuil is the active ingredient in the recipe and some Sudafed products. It is located in thousands of medicinal products, for headaches, fever, sore throat, and chronic pain.

But people who at one time not always recognize several medications paracetamol, which they occupy are how much, in part, because prescription drug labels often it under the symbol "Apap." List

Two years ago required that a consultant food and drug administration panel sweeping restrictions, to prevent accidental fatal overdose of paracetamol which.

Then in January, which said the FDA would the amount of paracetamol in vicodin, Percocet and other prescription painkillers to 325 mg / capsule abundance - just under half of 700 mg up to some products on the market then to. The Agency also said that it worked with pharmacies and others to develop medical standard marking for paracetamol.

"Acetaminophen is safe when used as directed," said Dr. Edwin Kuffner, McNeil of the head of the medical affairs the over-the-counter derivatives, in a statement. "McNeil is their labels for products with acetaminophen (paracetamol) in an attempt, review reduce the likelihood of an accidental overdose."

Excessive use of acetaminophen can cause liver damage. In the United States it is blamed for about 200 fatal overdoses and sends 56,000 people in the emergency room each year.

McNeil spokeswoman Bonnie Jacobs said that other manufacturers of painkillers should similar changes to their product labels.

Extra strength Tylenol is produced at a j & J factory in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, where production has reduced for months because the FDA concerned about production and quality problems, is additional reviews and require permits before drugs can be delivered. J & j said that the movement of extra strength Tylenol ramp should to in the second half of this year and next year.

Las Piedras one of the three factories involved in most of the 25 Johnson & Johnson recalls since September 2009, with millions of bottles of Tylenol and other non-prescription drugs made by McNeil. Several prescription drugs, implants, hip and contact lenses, made from other j & J subsidiaries also have recalled.

The callbacks for problems with the quality of metal shavings and improper levels of active ingredients in some medicines to packaging with a disgusting smell, led a consent decree between McNeil and FDA this spring.

As a result are Las Piedras and a second factory in Lancaster, PA, examined additional. The third factory manufactured in Fort Washington, PA, children medications such as liquid Tylenol. It is closed since April 2010 and is gutted and completely rebuilt.

Jacobs, said that the label changes not with the callbacks are connected.

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Train the Brain to Sharpen Memory

Brain Function
In the process of remembering, the brain plays a major role. The brain can be divided into left brain and right brain. Left brain functions associated with logic, numbers, writing, intelligence, calculation, analysis, and for short-term memory (short term memory). While the right brain we use for creativity, imagination, music, colors, shapes, emotions, and for long-term memory (long term memory).
More memory will last a long time if the recall using the right brain. To be able to remember well, need to train the brain to function optimally. Unfortunately, more and more people are using left brain in the process of remembering. Most people the left brain is more developed without balanced development of the right brain. Because the left brain is short-term memory, then the information stored in the left hemisphere would be more easily forgotten.
Therefore, if you want to keep in the right brain, the information must be transformed into a story or picture. Because the right brain does not recognize text or numbers. Exercise is necessary in order to develop the right brain. There are several techniques that can be done.

 Total Story Technique (TST)
This technique is done by making a short story of the things we are going to memorize. For example we are going shopping at the supermarket to buy rice, shampoo, milk, chewing gum, floor cleaners, egg, soy sauce, cheese, tomato sauce, paper towels. Rather than trying to memorize it, you better make a story for these things to Dewi Sri (the goddess of legend that describes the rice paddy) was shampooing (shampoo) with a milk bath. While outside, the Mbok who was chewing gum while mopping (permbersih floor) has prepared an egg flavor soy sauce sprinkled with cheese and tomato sauce soft as tissue.
The story is completely visualized and imagined. Develop your imagination by adding color, sound, objects and motion supporting the story. For example, imagine a pink bathing place Dewi Sri milk bath, imagine the Mbok old and wearing a gray kebaya mopping page, listen to the voice chew gum in his mouth, and imagine that you taste the eggs that tasted like soy sauce, imagine the egg shape sprinkled with cheese and tomato sauce, and imagine that you can hold the egg and feel the softness of such tissue.
Make a real shadow in front of you. With the example of this story, we have trained the right brain that functions in creativity and imagination. Creativity is created when we make a short story and imagination played a role when we visualize the story.

 Total Word Technique (TWT)
In this technique you want to remember information is converted into acronyms, or if the information that will be remembered is the foreign words, can be converted into words that sound almost the same. This technique is often also called mnemonics. After that, the newly created stories to be accepted by the right brain.
For example, when I have to memorize the eight planets from the nearest sun. The sequence is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. If it feels hard to memorize, can be converted into a sentence "Driving a Vespa Not Toys, Judi Urip Friends Risked".
Sentence using some of the letters before or the first syllable of the order of the planet who wants to be remembered. Riding to remember Mercury, Venus Vespa for, not for Earth's, Toys for Mars, Judi to Jupiter, to Saturn's Companions, Urip for Uranus, Neptune Risked for. By imagining the characters and that is being done, you can better remember it.

 Total Number Technique (TNT)
This technique is used to remember numbers. Because the right brain does not know the figures or writing, it needs to be made a story in order to recognize the right brain. For example, you have to remember the number 212,007,217,080,205. You can turn it into a story like Wiro Sableng (212) and James Bond (007), two (2) are following the ceremonies of independence (1708) on the day of national education (0205).
However, not all combinations of numbers are numbers that have been recognized as above. For that, you can create your own story by turning it into code that can be accepted by the right brain that is in code form or sound. You can change the numbers into code form or sound like the following:Beep Code Form Code Numbers0 Ball Gosong1 Pole Shoes2 Old Duck3 Ear Butter4 Boat Screen Ketupat5 Stomach Fat Pomegranate6 Cigar Plant7 Hoe Shirt8 Glasses Board9 Racquet Road
Code and code of self-created sounds can also fit your creativity. Now you have to remember passwords such as 284 670, can be converted into a sentence:Given the Form CodeDuck (2) glasses (8) ride a sailboat (4) with right hand holding a cigar (6) and left hand holding a hoe (7) playing ball (0).
Given the Beep CodeOld man (2) buying a board (8) and diamond (4) of the person who was planting (6) clothes (7) Hirst (0).
Considering methods described above are just some examples of techniques that can be used to remember, because there are still other methods. The method given will be encouraged to continue to make you creative in creating a short story, imagining and mengimajinasikannya.
Your imagination will be more refined as you add colors in the shadow of your story, adding motion, smell, or anything else that your imagination more exciting. If you can, make a funny story or a story that does not make sense. This will help more remembered.
You can also try to teach it to children. Thus, memorization can be fun for them. It will also be a good exercise for the right brain that can spur creativity and optimize your child's brain.
If you've tried to remember with these methods, store the information in your right brain, the information will not be quickly forgotten and helps optimize brain and helps your memory. Good luck!

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Is it safe Food We Eat?utri

Often, many of us ignore the dangers of food eaten. However, every year, many people suffer from diseases because of the food they eat. In countries that have high hygiene standards, each year an average of 10 to 15 percent of the population contracted the disease carried by the food they eat.
Some of the things that make unsafe food eaten that is:

    Contaminated
    Dozens of bacteria, viruses, parasites, protozoa and threatening to poison food. Food can be contaminated with harmful bacteria. Such as food stored in jars or containers that are not sealed. Or raw vegetables such as fresh vegetables are not washed first. Other causes, the meat is left at room temperature for some time though it was cooked attracts bacteria.
    Processing is not clean
    If the food processing done quickly, most likely less attention to hygiene factors. It could be the container for cutting raw meat and cooked meat done on the same cutting board.
    Eating out
    Although eating out interesting, but should remain cautious. Some restaurants do not maintain the cleanliness of the kitchen so it became a nest of germs. Or a few restaurants serve food on the table for a long time without refrigeration or storage containers tightly. Or often happens, the remaining food was served yesterday returned the next day.
    Chemicals or drugs
    Some chemicals or drugs given to livestock or plants. For example some of the animals were given antibiotics in order to be immune to the disease, or hormones that cattle grow faster. Bacteria in cattle is becoming more resistant, so that when consumed by humans, the germs that cause disease in humans over time will be immune to antibiotics.

    Likewise, the pesticides on crops. Food can be contaminated by the remnants of pesticides or substances that are harmful or toxic.

 Making Food Safe
Food-related illnesses caused by bacteria. Usually, the bacteria can be inhibited growth. To make food safer, then the food must be processed under conditions that do not allow the growth of bacteria in food or spread of pollutants in the kitchen. Here are some practical suggestions that you can do to avoid illness or danger of food is often the case.

    Wash hands
    This is the most practical method, ie wash hands before eating. Always wash hands with soap or cleaning with anti-septic every time you will eat or touch food.
    Wash and clean cooking utensils
    Always wash all cooking utensils such as cutting boards, knives, kitchen table, grated with soap and also with hot water after preparing each dish. It is more important if, after the processing of beef, chicken, or seafood is still raw with the equipment.
    Wash fruits and vegetables
    Although fruits and vegetables can be eaten directly, but always wash fruits and vegetables with warm water to rid it of insects and pesticide residues. If the vegetables and fruits that do not need to be peeled or eaten raw without cooking, brush the food ingredients with a vegetable brush to remove dirt and pesticide residues are attached. Leafy vegetables, like spinach, kale, and salad, washed and certainly should not contain sand and soil. Even the best move is to peel, peel, and boil so that the cleaning of foodstuffs. For example when processing lettuce and cabbage, discard the outermost leaves.
    Cook meat until done
    Cook all meat until cooked properly. This includes fish and chicken meat with the intent to kill harmful organisms. Beef and frozen chicken from the refrigerator should be thawed completely before cooking, so heat can penetrate through the middle.

    The meat can be found tapeworm, including in fish and shellfish. Tapeworms usually affect the liver or lungs. Heat the inside of the meat to more than 70-80 degrees Celsius, albeit briefly, almost all bacteria, viruses, and parasites will die. If you want to reheat food should be done to a temperature 75 degrees Celsius or until the food becomes hot and steaming.

    For example, avoid eating chicken meat inside is still pink or eggs do not mature properly. Because of the high-risk still contain harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses and parasites.
    Separate food
    Separate location of food when you carry or store. Separate the meat and seafood from other food ingredients. For example separate plastic bag between the meat of your shopping with other food ingredients, especially when storing in the refrigerator.

    Avoid putting cooked food on a plate that previously used to place the raw meat, unless the plate has been washed thoroughly with soap or hot water.
    Eat immediately
    Once the food is finished cooking, eating immediately, especially in hot regions because harmful bacteria can multiply rapidly. Tips to prepare the food long before the meal is to cool the food in the refrigerator after cooking and warm back well before serving.
    Keep your kitchen clean
    Kitchen hygiene should always be maintained. Consider cooking tools and cooking area. For example avoid using the footwear outside the home in the kitchen area and allow pets in the kitchen area.
    Save and freeze in the refrigerator properly
    Refrigerator can inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria, with the temperature 4 degrees Celsius. While in the freezer (frozen) should be minus 17 degrees Celsius temperature. Immediately store perishable foods in the refrigerator no later than two hours after purchase.
    Discard damaged or questionable food
    Perhaps you remember the last time the eggs in the refrigerator purchased. If you are not sure whether the food is damaged or not, throw the food of dubious than the disease.
    Be careful when eating outdoors
    When dining outdoors, you should always be careful. Approximately up to 80 percent of cases of diseases carried by food comes for buying or consuming food that is cooked and purchased outside the home.

    Make sure you visit the restaurant is quite clean. If you order a steak or meat, order meat cooked until done correctly.

    And if you plan to wrap food to take home, make sure that food is eaten no later than two hours after you buy it. If more than two hours, reheat food to 75 degrees Celsius or until hot and steaming.
It's definitely eating a preferred food delicious. Remember, it is not possible to make sure every time that the food eaten was safe from all dangers. But if you pay attention to the suggestions above, namely the food is prepared properly and safely, you can better enjoy your favorite dish of delicious food.

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