New 23 Percent of People Indonesia Handwashing

Jakarta, It must be a simple step, it was only 23 percent of Indonesia who practice hand washing with soap (HWWS). In fact, the impact of very large HWWS reduce mortality, especially infants and toddlers.

Wash hands with soap (HWWS) is the simplest way to maintain health. Unfortunately, not many people are aware of the importance of applying these healthy clean lifestyle.

"Handwashing with soap is a simple way of preventing disease. Why is it important? First, HWWS was relatively simple, because it does not require sophisticated equipment or the vaccine, enough running water and soap. Second, the impact is very large, especially to prevent gastrointestinal infections and gastrointestinal breath, the most frequently terjaid in infants and toddlers, "said Prof. Dr. Tjandra Yoga Aditama, MPH, Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health Kemkes, at a press conference at the House Kemkes, Jakarta, Friday (10/07/2011).

According to study data Diarrhea DG & PL, in general there was an increase of 11 percent HWWS behavior (in 2007) to 23 percent (in 2010). That is, there are still 77 percent people of Indonesia who have not applied HWWS.

In fact, this simple way to protect the health of the entire family. Prof. Tjandra explains, washing hands with soap can reduce diarrhea by 47 percent of cases, ARI (Acute Respiratory Infection) and bird flu by 50 percent, and recommended for the prevention of the H1N1 flu.

When to wash hands with soap?

Prof. Tjandra reminded that people always wash their hands with soap as:

1. before meals
2. before feeding
3. Before preparing meals
4. After defecation (BAB)
5. after cleaning a

"Awareness of the importance of Clean and Healthy Behavior (PHBs) in the Indonesian society still needs to be improved and built upon in order to become a culture that, net culture," concludes Prof. Tjandra.

Lack of Sleep Can Make Mathematics sag

Sevilla, Some people believe, studied with overnight racing system can make better test scores. But specific to the field of mathematical studies, should sleep early because according to the study late nights just to make test scores drop.

This trend is observed in a study in Spain, made by scientists from the University of Granada and Junta de Andalucia. The study involved 592 students aged 12-19 years at various schools in the city of Seville, Spain.

Participants' sleep patterns were observed for a few semesters, then grouped based on the length of time sleeping during the day. The scientists then compared with observations about the participants' learning achievements in schools for all subjects.

Observations show, duration of sleep during the day greatly affect test scores, especially for the field of mathematical studies. The longer the sleep time, more baguis value of math, especially when compared with participants whose sleep kruang than 6 hours.

"This could be influenced by the nature of the subject itself, since mathematical ability is usually heavily influenced by the pattern of sleep," the researchers wrote in a report in the International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, as quoted from Indiavison, Friday (21/10/2011).

The study also revealed that participants who had an average sleep time ie 6-9 hours tend to get better test scores for field of study of physics. The trend in this field of study is not observed in participants who slept kruang of 6 hours or more than 9 hours.

In addition to the length of time to sleep, school performance is also influenced by sleep latency or the time needed to sleep since it first lay down. Ideal number for sleep latency according to the study was 15 minutes because it will give the most powerful influence on learning achievement.

Singles Gastric Bypass, family can catch Bony

If a family of overweight, do not rush to plan for everything gastric bypass. Just one person who underwent the operation, then the effect can be felt by one family together. This phenomenon is called the Halo Effect.

Halo is a white circle that often appears around the moon or the sun when the sky was clear or slightly hazy. Named Halo Effect because of the effects of gastric bypass patients not only felt concerned, but also by family around him.

In a recent study conducted Woodart Gavit, MD from Stanford School of Medicine, the phenomenon of Halo Effect on gastric bypass surgery is observed quite real. The people are one family member to undergo gastric bypass average weight decreased 3.5 kg in 12 months.

"Other family members experienced significant weight loss compared to before there is a gastric bypass surgery," wrote Woodart in a report in the journal Archives of Surgery, as quoted by ScienceDaily, Wednesday (19/10/2011).

For gastric bypass patients themselves, the operation that aims to shrink the stomach capacity is effectively lose weight up to 2-5 percent in the same period ie 12 months. With gastric bypass opreasi, appetite will go down and absorption is also reduced.

His influence gastric bypass surgery for other family members are not limited to weight gain. Judging from his waistline, other family members are also looking increasingly slim waistline than the original average of 119 cm to 112 cm on average within 12 months.

Lifestyle as a whole is also affected, because a family sport tends to be more diligent when there is a gastric bypass. Likewise, alcohol drinking habits, portions are decreased from average 11.4 ratas glass / month to 0.8 cups / month.

Foreign Language Learning Make People Smarter

For some people, learn a foreign language was difficult and very burdensome brain. But according to research, learn a foreign language actually good for the brain because it became more accustomed to seeing things from different sides.

Language represent the world in certain ways. For example, the language taught us that pink is not the same color such as red, and gray is not the same with black. Academics from the University of Newcastle and the University of York in England support the assumption that says that learning a language makes a person become more intelligent with a strong scientific basis.

Different languages ​​also represent different meanings. For example, in English, blue means blue. Meanwhile, in Italian, called by two names blue, Celeste to light blue, and dark blue for blu. So, when a normally speak English to learn Italian, he must learn to think about different colors to use the word correctly.

"We already know that learning another language increases our knowledge of our native language, and studies also have shown that learning another language has a positive effect on the brain," says Prof. Vivian Cook of Newcastle University as reported by Medicalxpress.com, Friday (7 / 10/201).

"Young people today argue that mastering two languages ​​can delay the onset of senility when it is old," he continued.

The researchers wanted to take further steps to see if the master two languages ​​could be some form of training the mind. Various studies show that learning two languages ​​are not directly change the way a person sees the world. The positive effects mastering another language is learning a new language because it causes people to embrace new concepts that are not represented in the mother tongue.

"If I ask you to think about 'lunch', you might be thinking about a sandwich with chips. If I asked the Italians to think 'pranzo' (Italian for lunch), he would think of pasta dishes, meat, and vegetables, "explained Dr Benedetta Bassetti from the University of York.

"There are a lot of research evidence that confirms that people who master two languages ​​thought by combining the two views that represent the two languages ​​under their control. But sometimes they also create new concepts that do not come from one of the language," said Prof. Cook.

In the 1970s, researchers found that children who speak English assume that time runs from left to right. But the Arab children thought otherwise, and those who learn English later learned that both are correct.

Prof. Cook found that the Italians think fox is more beautiful and softer, while the Germans regarded tikuslah a more beautiful and more delicate. This happens because the fox in Italian grammar and feminine in German grammar is masculine. While the mice in Italian is masculine and feminine in German. Those who master both languages ​​will not be puzzled because their perceptions are not based on grammar.