The findings are reported in the journal Stroke, derived from an analysis of 10 international studies involving more than 200,000 middle-aged and older adults.

Across those studies, the risk of stroke reported a dip as the potassium intake of people up, with each increase of 1,000 milligrams (mg) of potassium each day leading to a reduction in the chances of suffering a stroke in the next five to 14 years by 11 percent.

“Dietary potassium intake was inversely associated with stroke risk,” wrote lead researcher Susanna Larsson of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

He added that these findings do not prove that potassium itself is what produces positive effects, but they strengthen the evidence that it is possible.

Due to the high potassium is generally healthy foods – including beans, various fruits and vegetables, and low-fat milk – the findings offer another reason for people to eat more of them, Larsson told Reuters Health in an email.

Potassium is an electrolyte needed to maintain body fluid balance, and is also involved in nerve and muscle control, and blood pressure regulation. Studies have suggested that diets high in potassium help maintain healthy blood pressure and may protect against heart disease and stroke.

Of the nearly 270,000 people Larsson and his colleagues included in their study, 8695 – or about one in 30 – suffer from a stroke. But, the reduction in stroke risk seen with each increase of 1,000 mg of potassium daily to factors such as age, exercise and smoking habits into account.

Potassium is specifically associated with a reduced risk of ischemic stroke, caused by blockages in the arteries feed the brain, which reaches about 80 percent of strokes.

These minerals are not related, though, to lower the risk of hemorrhagic stroke, which occurs when there is bleeding in the brain. Larsson said it was unclear why, noting that only a few studies broken into subtypes of stroke.

If potassium protects against ischemic stroke only, that would suggest any other reason than the control blood pressure better, researchers say.

These findings are consistent with a recent study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which followed more than 12,000 adults over 15 years.

The researchers found that people who fall a lot of sodium potassium, but were slightly more likely to die from any cause during the study period.

Potassium helps balance the effects of sodium, keeping blood pressure down and help the body excrete excess fluids. So the combination of too much sodium and also little potassium can be very dangerous – a combination which is common in the U.S. diet, with about 90 percent of people get more sodium than recommended.

According to the CDC, the average adult should get no more than 2,300 mg of sodium per day, with some – people over 50, African Americans, and people with high blood pressure, diabetes or kidney disease – are advised to limit to 1,500 mg a day.

As for potassium, the CDC recommends adults to get 4700 mg a day of food. However, people with kidney disease and those on certain blood pressure medications should be careful about it.

Therefore, it is important to support mothers to breastfeed for at least the first three months of life. This study is a cross-sectional analysis on 297 women who had at least one live birth. All the women were aged between 45-58 years old and has no clinical signs of cardiovascular disease. The result is 31% mother did not breastfeed her baby. Mothers who do not breastfeed have higher rates of coronary artery calcification (32% vs. 17%), aortic calcification (39% vs. 17%), and carotid plaque (18% vs. 10%). This group also has an average diameter of the carotid adventisia layer thicker.

Although he has made corrections to the factor of socioeconomic status, lifestyle, and family history, mothers who never breast-feeding still have a higher risk for aortic calcification (risk ratio 3.85) and coronary artery calcification (risk ratio 2.78). In a model that takes into account body mass index and cardiovascular disease risk factors, aortic calcification risk ratio in women who are not breastfeeding increased to 5.26. The researchers concluded that the results of this study support the recommendation that mothers breastfeed their babies, good for the health interests of both mother and child health.

Arthritis is kind of disease that attacks the functions of joints and body skeleton due to some factors, for example hard trauma, infection, and ages. There some type of Arthritis, such as Septic Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, but the most common one is Rheumatoid Arthritis. This disease happens when your own body cells are attacked by active body immune or known as autoimmune condition. It may cause inflammation though joints for long period of time. Usually this disease damages the joints systems of wrist, fingers, knees, hands, and feet. It mostly comes to women rather than men. To get survive with this disease, you have to go for medical treatment since the early symptoms you have felt.

To fight against this disease, one talk show was established to help the patients. It gets positive response from the society. Conducted by experts in medical and specialist in bone therapy, this show inspire many patients to keep survive for Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis. This show gives motivation and real story from other patients that suffer with this disease for many years. Not only inspiring, they also propose solution and medical tips for practical therapy in home. You can learn more about Rheumatoid Arthritis Information and how to take care of the patients. This show also opens for joints treatment that you can try.

Exhibitionism is the recurrent urge to expose the genitals to a stranger or to an unsuspecting person. Sexual excitement occurs in anticipation of the exposure, and orgasm is brought about by masturbation during or after the event. In almost 100 percent of cases, those with exhibitionism are men exposing themselves to women.

The dynamic of men with exhibitionism is to assert their masculinity by showing their penises and by watching the victims’ reactions fright, surprise, and disgust. In this situation, men unconsciously feel castrated and impotent. Wives of men with exhibitionism often substitute for the mothers to whom the men were excessively attached during childhood. In other related paraphilias, the central themes involve derivatives of looking or showing.  Be the health people now!

In certain countries there is different pronunciation and they usually call it Hemorrhoid or Hemroids. Two products that can be use to heal treat hemorrhoid are Heal hemorrhoid and Heal bleeding hemorrhoid. Those products are used in different phase. If you feel the symptom, I suggest you to make a consultation with your personal doctor so he or she can consider the next action to treat your problem.

Another Hemorrhoid treatment is by taking hemorrhoid surgery. If you think you want to take hemorrhoid product compared to surgery, you need to make sure that it made of natural ingredients because chemical ingredients can make it worst. The explanation about Heal Hemorrhoid product can be seen on Amoils.Com and by the time you sure with it or having doctor prescription you can purchase those products. The faster you take the action on hemorrhoid disease it will better for you and at least you don’t need to take surgery to free from hemorrhoid problem.

Reflecting the type of cancer that is often suffered, women suggested doing papsmear checks for cervical cancer detection and mammography for detecting breast. As for the men are encouraged to conduct examination of lung and prostate cancer.

Checks can be done through clinical methods, laboratory tests, X-ray, ultrasound, endoscopy, CT-Scan, and MRI. In addition, the most easily detection can be done alone, i.e. Self Breast Check.

Meanwhile, according to Head of Reference Services Unit of Dharmais Cancer Hospital, Dr. Rusmiaty Amiruddin, the causing delays due to lack of early detection and the lack of public knowledge about the dangers of counseling and cancer prevention.

In addition, a shortage of funds as well as the cause of the community is reluctant to perform detection in hospitals. “Whereas, there are already checking services free of charge for patients. However, there are many patients have been treated at an advanced stage”, said Dr. Rusmiaty.

“For this reason, extension of socialized to people and teenagers in the school plays an important role so that they know how to do early detection, at least by doing Self Breast Check”, said Dr. Rusmiaty.

A people with diabetes have to keep their skin better. In general, people with diabetes will ignore skin conditions. But from now on they should be more concerned about the condition of their skin.

Unlike other parts of the body, the skin most easily detected because you can easily observe. Diabetic’s skin is prone to mildew or bacteria. If you notice diabetic’s skin healed very difficult when wounded. Actually, people who do not have diabetes may also experience yeast or germ attacks. But people who suffer from diabetes are more likely to catch and have a healing time very long.

Diabetes can also make the skin condition become very dry. No wonder if the skin is more easily cracked and itchy. Skin conditions which are cracked well utilized by the bacteria that can make the skin become infected.

Conditions of normal skin will sweat almost every time. But for people with diabetes, the skin will very rarely sweat. This skin was very detrimental. Perspiration from your skin will help maintain skin moisture. The less sweat comes out; skin condition will be dry.

When sinusitis symptoms appear, will appear irritation and swelling in a long time in the nose channel. The growth of polyp is a condition of excessive sinus tissue and close the channel and causing the nose breathing difficulties. This condition will cause pain, headache, and infection if left in a long time.

When sinusitis and polyp in chronic conditions, patients do not breath through nose but the mouth. They will experience shortness of breath and their face looked red and swollen. There is VEGF, which is a protein that stimulates the growth of blood vessels that trigger cell growth causes polyp.

According to the researchers, the target of this protein found is in the treatment that will be performed on the patient, through intensive therapy. All this to overcome the polyp, the patient had surgery to remove sinus tissue growth. Sometimes steroid is given orally to overcome the difficulty breathing, but it has side effects dangerous enough.

Further research is needed to test the consistency of the results of the study. But in a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, mentioned the air pollution is a risk factor for incident headache attacks.

Dr.Sabit Cakmak, from Canada did research on the subject by monitoring levels of air pollution in the seven stations in 2001-2005. At each location was a measured level of air pollutants and ozone, like nitrogen, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and other small particles.

At the same time, the researchers also collected information on the number of patients treated in hospital for headaches, migraines, high blood pressure, and various other types of headaches. The result, air pollution is a risk factor such cases headaches.

Therefore, if you include frequent headaches, try to reduce exposure to air pollution. If the pain in the head was already disturbing, consult a doctor for further handling.

1. Check out all through the finger included nail because injuries can come from a small area that is not obvious.

2. If not possible to check their own feet, ask other family members to check on your feet.

3. Clean and wash your feet daily with warm water but not too hot. Previously you could test the water temperature by hand. Avoid soaking the feet for too long because if there are wounds exposed to water in a long time and recurring result was a long recovery. After that, dry your feet including between the fingers with a soft towel.

4. Always wear slippers or shoes. If you need to wear socks because there may be some shoes from materials that can cause foot irritation so that cause infection.

Although you like to wear stockings, socks are made from nylon or thin, but it was thin socks do not protect the feet very well. So should wear socks made from thick so that the foot pretty well protected.