четверг, 8 апреля 2010 г.

Brain Scan abused as Lie Detector

Edinburgh, The brain of people who lie will 'glow' in specified areas when seen from the scan or brain scan. Unfortunately the process of scanning the brain much abused as a lie detector.

Yet to read the scans of the brain health not only result solely from pictures alone, need the ability to further understanding.

Brain scans are now widely used as lie detectors by the company in receiving the employee, the court until the insurance company.

Unfortunately, the use by the parties not only be a comprehensive look at the results of the drawing only. Then the results were used as evidence as though it had the power equipment.

Experts worry that a scan tool can find electrical activity of brain cells has been misused by the courts, insurers and employers as a lie detector.

At least one U.S. company to offer brain scans to entrepreneurs, which is used for employee recruitment. But American courts have been ready to reject its use in legal proceedings.

Burkhard Schafer University of Edinburgh said there are privacy issues that interfere with the reliability of this technology. This issue is being discussed by experts from around the world at a conference at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Glasgow.

More than 90 death penalty cases in the United States, as well as other processes in Europe and Asia have used MRI scans (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) as a lie detector or to indicate mental health problems. Even if it is rejected in most cases, test results sometimes accepted as evidence.

"England should consider how to prevent the misuse of MRI scans and how to protect the privacy of people," said Burkhard Schafer, co-director of SCRIPT Centre for Research in Intellectual Property and Technology at the School of Law, University of Edinburgh, as reported by the BBC, Tuesday (8 / 6 / 2010).

Schafer added there are also employers or insurance companies who are looking for opportunities to use these brain scans to test the honesty of curriculum vitae (CV) of prospective employees.

"MRI scans should not be used in this way, the people who do not understand science," said Schafer.

Joanna Wardlaw, professor of neuroimaging applications Edinburgh University, said that brain scans can be blamed is meant for people who do not understand the true science. People who are not in the research environment will think differently about this brain scan.

"It is difficult to apply the results of scans a person in a situation like this, where there are threats of legal action. The result of a scan that offers a reliable and interesting pictures, many companies make them interesting bag. But there must be understanding so much more to it," added Wardlaw .

Professor Geraint Rees, director of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, expressed concern about the potential use of a scan that started to appear now.

Young Mother 18 Years Want liposuction, Doctors Concerned

Melbourne, If you saw the appearance of Young's trade, at first glance there is no problem in the form of his body. Her face was beautiful and fresh, though the young mother was 18 years old has a child.

But Young did not seem satisfied with her body and planned to perform liposuction in the abdomen. But Australia's women's operating plan that just made the doctors in the country concerned Kangaroo.

Young is too young age is considered highly susceptible to physical and psychological impact. Your doctor also considers Young could still return the stomach is naturally beautiful with the exercise.

"Young is very vulnerable so that medical officers should ensure that proper procedures. For me, this is still a big question mark," said John Flynn of the Australian College of Cosmetic Surgery as quoted from News.com.au, Thursday (06/10/2010) .

John Young's rate action on the operation too risky. Young plans to increase his anxiety to remember in more than one type of surgery. Doctors assess the age of 30-60 years of age who are fit to perform the operation because the body is difficult to be formed.

According to John, cosmetic surgery at a very young age must be preceded by a psychological examination. For if the procedures did not succeed to provide the actual solution of the problem, the situation could become even worse.

Young feared that many doctors actually feel steady to perform the operation. Young admitted having problems with her appearance since giving birth two years ago.

Therefore he planned to fly into Malaysia to tighten the stomach, breast, vagina as well. The choice to Malaysia because of the cost of operations that can be cheaper than the other half in Australia.

"Since giving birth, my body shape never came back as usual. Diet and exercise do not work, so I wanted the operation to restore confidence," said Young.

To do the surgery, Young should provide AUD 13 000 or about USD 100 million. Young admitted to borrow money for it to friends.

Gorgeous Getaways, companies administering cosmetic surgical procedures that will facilitate the operation plan Young. This company was aggressively advertising in Melbourne during summer holiday season.

Louise Cogan, admitted the director is very concerned with the problem of Young. "I've seen pictures Young, and I think his stomach was needed surgery," says Cogan.

According to Cogan, the operation could be an option when diet and exercise did not work back into shape Young. Even so, Cogan acknowledge Young is too young to remember the other clients who average 30-40 years of age.

Gorgeous Getaways themselves serve no less than 400 Australians each year, to undergo cosmetic surgery in Malaysia. Approximately 80 percent of them perform two types of surgery or even more, ranging from liposuction to the facelift.

21 Best Hospitals in U.S.

Washington, ranking hospitals routinely performed in the United States. The ranking is considered necessary because the hospital is the guideline the community to entrust the handling of their health problems.

Assessment of the best hospitals by U.S. News as reported Monday (7/27/2009) This is generally assessing how well hospitals perform routine procedures and standards such as hospitalization, emergency patient care and dexterity for heart patients as requiring special quick time.

This year there were 21 best hospitals in the country, Uncle Sam, where 16 hospitals have specialized for cancer, cardiac, respiratory until urology (urinary tract). There were 4861 hospitals in the U.S. but only 174 hospitals that performed the assessment because of its reputation.

Quality of care, mortality rates, a major portion of this assessment. The assessment was also carried out around the hospital on complaints handling by the patient and the solution.

In addition to the general public, almost as much as 10 000 doctors surveyed come to appoint five hospitals that are considered best for difficult cases, without considering cost or location.

Here are 20 ranked best hospital in the U.S.:

1. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester
3. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
4. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland
5. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
6. New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, New York
7. University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco
8. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
9. Barnes-Jewish Hospital / Washington University in St. Louis. Louis
10. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
11. Duke University Medical Center, Durham
12. University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle
13. UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh
14. University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, Ann Arbor
15. Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford
16. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville
17. NYU Medical Center, New York
18. Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven
19. Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York
20. Methodist Hospital, Houston
21. Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus.

German Little Girl Perfect Looking Through The Eyes

Frankfurt, the new man can see if both eyes functioning perfectly normal. But a little girl 10 years old from Germany was able to see perfectly just like a normal human being with only one functioning eye.

Have successfully solved the mystery scientists are researching how the little girl with only half a brain, - because the right side of his brain is not working - able to have perfect vision in one eye.

The experts have been researching and working to map the left side of the girl who lost sight right side of his brain that. Researchers from the University of Glasgow reported these findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Brain's daughter was found not developing at the age of three years through an MRI scan test. This started when the little girl suffered a brief seizure of parts left unintentionally.

Once separated from the attack, which was successfully treated, these children have a little weakness on the left side of her vision. Yet he still attending school and taking part in routine activities.

Generally, patients who have half a brain can only see objects on the left or right only. But, for the case of these German girls, left and right part of the vision in one eye is almost perfect.

Scan in girls showed that the retinal nerve yarn carrying visual information from the back of the eye which should go to the right brain left brain is diverted to.

Dr Lars Muckli, from the university's Center for Cognitive neuroimaging as reported by the BBC, Sunday (07/26/2009) working with colleagues from Frankfurt, says this child have brains enough to make the magic and wonder. The only part of the child's brain can adjust to the other missing parts.

"Despite not having some other brain, this girl has a normal physiological functions and is able to live normally. He's smart, attractive and intelligent," said Dr. Lars Muckli.

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New York, chemical compounds, BPA (Bisphenol-A) are chemical substances that are harmful to the reproductive system, nervous, immune system and cause cancer. Recently, researchers have found exposure to BPA in canned foods suspected of more than plastic bottles.

During this time, BPA is known widely available in plastic bottles. Recent studies found that exposure to BPA allegedly more on food packaged in cans, like sardines, canned beverages, infant formula, cornet, canned fruit, and others, rather than foods that are packed with plastic bottles.

"Exposure to BPA canned food is much broader than plastic bottles," says Shanna Swan, a professor and researcher at the University of Rochester in New York, as quoted from Foxnews, Thursday (10/06/2010).

BPA is a key compound layer of epoxy resin (epoxy resin) which keeps food fresh and prevent these foods interact with metals and changes in taste.

As quoted from Reuters, from several studies, BPA is not only associated with cancer, but also obesity, diabetes, heart disease, nerve damage, impotence and even to death.

In canned foods, a thin layer of epoxy resin is between foods and cans, which helps guard did not interact with each other and prevent the rust.

Resin is sprayed into the cans and can be dried immediately. Thousands of international big beverage companies allegedly used to coat cans of their production.

Without this layer of resin, packaged food that will more quickly destroyed. Cans who lack this chemical compound will also explode on store shelves when it reacts with metal cans.

First synthesized in 1891, CPA is a commercial speaker, which widely used in various applications, ranging from plastic boats to counter money.

As an important compound in the layer of epoxy resin, BPA acts as part of the base polymer complex, and was first used in 1940 in food cans.

Even more worrisome, according to Prof. Swan, alleged exposure to BPA is most prevalent in infant formula cans, either milk formula for infants and pregnant women.

Hugh Taylor, a professor and researcher at Yale University who helped lead the research on BPA, said these chemicals are changing the way genes respond to estrogen and opened up opportunities babies in the womb cancer later in life.

"I tell my pregnant patients to avoid products that contain these harmful compounds. Even brief exposure in pregnancy can cause permanent damage," said Hugh Taylor who is also a gynecologist.

Because BPA has long been considered safe for packaging cans, only a few studies have done to be able to find a replacement who turned out this dangerous compound.

"Currently, there are no other types of epoxy resins that can provide the level of food security, stability, duration, and cost effectiveness to maintain the shelf life of fruits and vegetables in cans," said Steve Russell, head of the plastics division for the American Chemistry Council, an industry trade group .

However, this does not occur in plastic bottles. In industry, the replacement of BPA in plastic bottles so much easier. Alternatives to plastics with BPA, such as polyethylene are most often used to make shopping bags, and polypropylene, which makes bottles of fresh water.

Anticipating the spread of flu to WHO Pig in World Cup 2010

World Health Organization or WHO is berancang make preparations to anticipate the possible spread of H1N1 virus digelarnya before the World Cup in 2010.

WHO has held discussions about the possibility of preventing the spread of swine flu at the World Cup event in order to protect thousands of football fans from the deadly virus.

WHO has also reminded the house that hosts Ruan is or will be holding sports tournaments, music concerts or other associations to always anticipate the spread of the virus that has killed about 800 people in the world.

"The government of South Africa as host of the upcoming World Cup together with the WHO is seeking the most effective alternative to prevent the spread of swine flu that might occur during the World Cup is planned for June-July 2010," said WHO spokeswoman, Aphaluck Bhatiasevi, such as Health24 launched on Wednesday (29/07/2009).

It is estimated that some 400,000 foreign arrivals will gather in the prestigious cup competition.

WHO's previous offer solutions in the face of growing swine flu pandemic by closing schools to slow its spread.

Last week, Health Minister of Saudi Arabia forbids even the children, adults and elderly with chronic diseases to go to Mecca to perform hajj.

Until now, the WHO noted about 130,000 people worldwide are infected with the H1N1 virus. This amount may be more because some countries have limited the test for the virus.

WHO said most patients still in the swine flu rate is not too severe and that they felt they did not need hospitalization.

пятница, 12 марта 2010 г.

Reflexology Massage Lancarkan Blood Flow

Reflexology massage services now are like mushrooms in the rainy season. In Jakarta and surrounding areas, you can easily find places that offer this service Muscle relaxants. In fact, many of which opened this reflexology massage service business in shopping centers.

Mushrooming of reflexology massage place not separated from the needs of citizens. Understandably, living in big cities like Jakarta, which makes the body tired easily crowded. In addition to office work load, traffic jams can also make the nerves of the body becomes tense. Especially if you ate rarely exercised regularly. As a result, the stamina of the body becomes not easy sluggish fresh alias. If you already like this, go to places reflexology could be the perfect solution.

In addition to providing physical fitness, reflexology can also make the immune system remains vibrant. "So the body remains healthy and is not easy to get sick," said Bambang Wahyudi, an expert in reflexology and holistic therapies.

According to Bambang, reflexology can open the nervous knots of blood vessels. Ganglion opening will make blood flow more smoothly. Blood vessels include arteries and veins.

With reflection, the blood flow in the artery will run more smoothly. Blood flow is bringing clean blood from the heart to body tissues. Clean blood contains tissue needed food.

Meanwhile, the vessels will bring back the remains left in the metabolism of body tissues to the heart to be processed. "The balance of the body becomes more stable, levels of blood would be normal," said Tom Hardjatmo, nerve and acupuncture experts Sint Carolus Hospital, Jakarta.

That way, the various diseases caused by blood circulation is not smooth can be cured. For example, headaches, depression, asthma, pre-menstrual syndrome to. How, just by massaging the points that are certain nerves in the soles of the feet. "Patients who healed me a lot," said Bambang.

Preventing chronic disease
In addition, reflexology is also able to prevent the emergence of chronic diseases. Because, through reflexology massage, will be caught in the body organs that are problematic, such as liver, kidney, spleen, lungs, heart, and pancreas.

Organs associated with the nerves in the soles of the feet. The top of your foot, for example, associated with breast and lung cancer. If someone is feeling pain during the massage on the nerve, meaning there was something wrong with his lungs.

"Pijatnya only slowly, but excruciating. We would recommend that the relevant health checks immediately to the doctor," said Mohammad Zaenal Mahasin, owner of Reflections Omah.

Moreover, usually there are other special signs that can be known by the therapist or masseuse. At nerve dipi Jat, therapists will find some sort of wadding such as sand. "If normal, nerve point that will be felt fine, but when there is pain, it feels different," said Zaenal.