Men who spend hours each day talking on their cell phones may experience decreased sperm count, as well as a higher percentage of “abnormal” sperm, according to preliminary data from a new study.

Researchers believe the electromagnetic energy emitted from cell phones could theoretically harm body tissue — by damaging DNA.

In a study of 361 men seen at their infertility clinic, lead researcher Dr. Ashok Agarwal at the Cleveland Clinic found an association between the patients’ cell phone use and their sperm quality.

On average, the more hours the men spent on their cell phones each day, the lower their sperm count and the greater their percentage of abnormal sperm.

Luckly, I talk on my cell phone for 10 to 20 minutes a day max… huhuhu..

What is the Prostate?

The prostate is a small gland about the size of a walnut found only in men. It sits just below the bladder and surrounds the top part of the urethra.

Have your prostate examined? Is it funny to you?

Do you know that prostate cancer can be fatal if left untreated. A slow-growing cancer, it is asymptomatic in the early stages. Have your prostate examined every two or three years, or every year if you’re over 40 or have a personal or family history of prostate problems

Lets check our prostate.

This study supports the idea that if tobacco companies were required to reduce the levels of nicotine in cigarette tobacco, young people who start smoking could avoid becoming addicted, and long-time smokers could reduce or end their smoking. This could spare millions of people from the severe health effects of long-term smoking -
Dr. Neal Benowitz

If cigarettes contained lower amounts of nicotine, it would facilitate people smoking less and finding it easier to quit smoking. The study conducted by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center.

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I wonder if the tobacco companies reduce the amount of nicotine, their sales might drop. Will government implement this? I dont think the government will do that because it is by means of tobacco and cigarette that has built up this country and ensures it continues to reap huge financial profit.

November is lung cancer awareness month.

Lung cancer is the most common cancer in the world with million new cases every year. The average time from diagnosis to death is just six months. The single most major risk factor for lung cancer is tobacco smoking, whether active or passive. Tobacco smoke is responsible for about 90% of lung cancers.
OMG.. i have to quit smoking my rokok daun now.. err stop to buy i mean.

What are the early signs and symptoms?
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Broccoli. Love it or hate it, we should all be eating regularly. Broccoli is green and great for combating stress and fatigue. A study shows that 100g Broccoli provides almost one-third of the daily requirement of Vitamin E that helps keep your skin young and fresh.

Great news for broccoli lover.

The researcher at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland said that broccoli extract could be better protection against skin cancer than sunscreen. The extract has to be applied at least 24 hours in advance to give it time to work. Skin cancer is generally a result of too much exposure to the sun. Do not rely on the use of sunscreens to protect you against skin cancer.

Tips for your broccoli, good quality broccoli will be dark green to almost blue in color on the flower end. Avoid broccoli with a flower end that is soft enough to easily part with your finger tips. Avoid broccoli that is even slightly limp

Why do teenagers get pregnant at such a young age? Is it lack of sex education? Not wanting to use condoms? Abortions being readily available?

After an outbreak of pregnancies among middle school girls, education officials in Maine, Portland have decided to allow a school health center to make birth control pills available to girls as young as 11.

The rationale is that some kids will have sex and the school must try to reduce pregnancies. Also, parents must sign a waiver allowing their children to receive medical care at the school.
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Time to start checking food labels to see if it comes from China.

“Diethelyne gylcol is a central nervous system depressant. It’s a toxin that can be bad for liver or kidneys,” Illinois Attorney General, Lisa Madigan.

Diethylene glycol, a poisonous ingredient in some antifreeze, has been found in 6,000 tubes of toothpaste in Panama, and customs officials there said that the product appeared to have originated in China. Read here.

DEG is described by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to contain a “low but meaningful risk of toxicity and injury,” although the ingredient can be especially harmful to those with kidney or liver disease. FDA is strongly warning consumers to avoid using any toothpaste labeled as made in China because they have found levels as high as 3-4% of a poisonous chemical, diethylene glycol (DEG), in Chinese toothpaste.

FDA has identified the following brands of toothpaste from China that contain DEG:
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A woman’s skin is more sensitive than a man’s, and yet women need more touch. Women typically experience a higher level of stress but lower levels of the chemicals necessary to balance stress. A quick hug is a quick and easy way to reduce stress.

Let’s hug to make them healthier..

A team from the University of North Carolina studied the effects of hugging on both partners in 38 couples.

The study showed hugs increased levels of oxytocin, a “bonding” hormone, and reduced blood pressure – which cuts the risk of heart disease.

But, writing in the Psychosomatic Medicine, the researchers said women recorded greater reductions in blood pressure than men after their hugs. More…

This topic does not contain pornography, but does deal with sexual matters in a frank and open manner. If you feel you may be offended by this, or are under the relevant age, please go elsewhere.

Either it’s true or not, why don’t we look at our own….

1. There are two types of penises. One kind expands and lengthens when becoming erect (a grower). The other appears big most of the time, but doesn’t get much bigger after achieving erection (a shower).

Photo from menshealth.about.com
2. Smoking can shorten your penis by as much as a centimeter. Erections are all about good bloodflow, and lighting up calcifies blood vessels, stifling erectile circulation. So even if you don’t care all that much about your lungs or dying young, spare the li’l guy. eddyra: OMG .. I had never known this fact.. huhuhu..

3. No brain is necessary for ejaculation. That order comes from the spinal cord. Finding a living vessel for said ejaculation, however, takes hours of careful thought and, often, considerable amounts of alcohol.
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Sebanyak 35 peratus lelaki berumur 40 tahun ke atas di Pulau Pinang, Kedah dan Perlis menghadapi masalah mati pucuk.

Perunding Urologi Pusat Perubatan Subang Jaya (SJMC) Dr. Peter Ng Eng Pin berkata, rumusan itu dibuat berdasarkan satu kajian yang dilakukan tahun lalu di tiga negeri terbabit.

Katanya, kajian juga menunjukkan jumlah lelaki penghidap mati pucuk di negara ini hampir sama dengan keseluruhan rakyat Amerika Syarikat yang menghadapi masalah serupa.

Beliau yang menyifatkan peratusan itu begitu tinggi berkata, masalah tersebut berlaku disebabkan kebanyakan lelaki malu untuk berjumpa doktor dan membuat pemeriksaan kesihatan.

Katanya, lebih memburukkan keadaan apabila mereka cuba mengubatinya secara bersendirian dengan mendapatkan bahan ubat-ubatan atau kaedah rawatan yang tidak diperakui pihak berkuasa.

“Punca utama perkara ini berlaku adalah disebabkan amalan cara hidup tidak sihat seperti merokok dan minum minuman keras di samping peningkatan penghidap diabetes dan sakit jantung yang amat terdedah dengan masalah mati pucuk.

“Ia menjadi bertambah teruk apabila lelaki malu untuk bertemu dengan doktor disebabkan ego mereka,”
Dr. Peter Ng Eng Pin

Beliau berkata demikian kepada pemberita pada Persidangan Kesihatan Seksual anjuran Persatuan Kesihatan Keluarga Univesiti Sains Malaysia (USM) di sini, hari ini.

Persidangan kali pertama itu dihadiri kira-kira 200 doktor dan pengamal perubatan.

Alternatif

Dr. Peter berkata, kebanyakan lelaki juga percaya masalah seksual termasuk mati pucuk boleh diubati dengan rawatan alternatif.

“Kajian saintifik menunjukkan hanya Viagra dan ginseng merah Korea sahaja mampu menyelesaikan masalah ini, bagaimanapun pengambilan akar kayu atau kemaluan harimau tidak memberikan sebarang kesan,” jelasnya.

Menurutnya, persepsi masyarakat perlu diubah bagi memastikan masalah tersebut dapat diatasi.

“Seks merupakan sesuatu yang sensitif untuk dibincang oleh masyarakat di negara ini tetapi kebanyakan kita lupa bahawa ia memberikan kesan kepada emosi dan tingkah laku kita,” katanya.

Tambah beliau, kajian menunjukkan seramai 113 juta penduduk Asia dijangka menghadapi masalah mati pucuk pada tahun 2025.

My comment:

Adehh.. kalau tak power pun dah huru hara apatah lagi kalau tak bangun terus. Secara peribadi aku tengok golongan lelaki ni memang peka dengan bab ni, cuma satu yang aku musykil, focusnya pada benda tu semata-mata. Kalau beli ubat, kalau gi ngurut memang tang benda tu jer, tapi bahagian tubuh yang lain tak jaga, jantung ka, buah pinggang ka apa-apa lah. Abis camana nak power kalau jantung pun dah nak out.

Kalau aku sembang-sembang dengan tukang urut tradisional, ramai yang datang nak urut pistol, mau panjang mau keras macam-macam tapi hakikatnya jantung lemah, kencing manis dan macam-macam lagi ler. Ada pakcik tu cerita, kadang-kadang dia rasa segan jugak yang datang nak suruh urut tu, dah nak masuk 60 dah.. tapi masih duk active lagi.. hahaha..

Mengapa mati pucuk berlaku?
(Di ambil dari majalah Wanita Ogos 1998)

• Masalah lemah tenaga batin biasanya berlaku akibat gangguan vaskular yang menjejaskan bekalan darah ke zakar. Perjalanan darah boleh terganggu akibat pengerasan arteri (arteriosclerosis), diabetes, tekanan darah tinggi atau tahap kolesterol dalam darah yang luar biasa tingginya. Diabetes (kencing manis) merupakan satu-satunya masalah utama yang boleh dikaitkan dengan lemah tenaga batin.
  Ia boleh menimbulkan kesukaran seksual lelaki pada sebarang usia melalui gangguan sistem perjalanan darah dan saraf yang terlibat untuk merangsang ketegangan. Kesannya, kira-kira setengah daripada penghidap diabetes lelaki akan menghidapi masalah lemah tenaga batin.
• Selain berpunca daripada keadaan fizikal, keadaan psikologi juga boleh menyebabkan masalah ini. Ketegangan perasaan, bebanan kerja, keletihan, perkahwinan yang tidak harmoni juga boleh menyebabkan lelaki menghadapi masalah ketidakupayaan. Sebenarnya, masalah ini adalah masalah perubatan yang biasa dan lelaki tidak pernah keseorangan menghadapinya. Cuma, tanpa rawatan segera, ia boleh menyebabkan banyak masalah emosi yang seterusnya menjejaskan imej diri, hilang keyakinan, ketegangan fikiran dan masalah perhubungan suami isteri.
• Masalah kesihatan lain yang boleh menyebabkan lemah tenaga batin ialah gangguan neurologi seperti sclerosis berbilang, penyakit alzemir (angin ahmar) dan trauma akibat kecederaan pelvik atau tulang belakang. Pembedahan khususnya penyakit prostat dan terafi radiasi juga boleh menjejaskan fungsi tenaga batin sama seperti sesetengah ubat yang dipriskripsi untuk merawat penyakit seperti tekanan darah tinggi, ketegangan perasaan, penyakit jantung, ulser gastrik dan barah.

• Pendapat Pakar Urologi merangkap Presiden Persatuan Penyelidikan Lemah Tenaga Batin bagi Asia Pasifik (APSIR), Dr Tan Hui Meng, yang mengatakan bahawa sebelum ini masalah lemah tenaga batin dianggap berlaku akibat masalah psikologi. Kini, para penyelidik mendapati empat daripada lima lelaki yang menderitai masalah tersebut mempunyai masalah yang berpunca daripada keadaan fizikal. Penyebab utama lemah tenaga batin biasanya berkaitan dengan diabetes, penyakit jantung dan masalah hati

• Menurut kajian yang dijalankan oleh Pfizer berkaitan rawatan lemah tenaga batin di Asia, 25 peratus pesakit lemah tenaga batin juga menghidapi tekanan darah berlebihan (hypertension), 15 peratus menghidap prostatik hyperlasia ringan, 13 peratus menghidap diabetes jenis 11, sembilan peratus menghidap penyakit vaskular, sembilan peratus menghidap diabetes jenis 1, sembilan peratus menghidap keadaan psikitrik, tujuh peratus menghidap trauma pelvik dan dua peratus mengalami kecederaan tulang belakang
• Kurangnya komunikasi antara pasangan dan pakar penjagaan kesihatan lambat laun boleh membawa kesan negatif. Masalah lemah tenaga batin boleh menjejaskan perhubungan suami isteri. lika isteri mengetahui bahawa suaminya menghadapi penyakit tersebut, dia boleh-membantu dengan menggalakkan suaminya membicarakan perkara tersebut secara terbuka. Ketika inilah peranan pasangan penting dalam membantu merawat masalah lemah tenaga batin,” tegas beliau sambil menekankan pengorbanan dan pemahaman isteri amat dituntut demi kesejahteraan rumah tangga.
• Faktor gaya hidup juga penting. Merokok misalnya boleh menyempitkan aliran darah ke zakar dan memburukkan keadaan vaskular seperti tekanan darah tinggi. Meminum minuman beralkohol secara berlebihan serta penyalahgunaan dadah boleh memburukkan lagi masalah tersebut.