Banana is a kind of fruit whose stability during storage is very short. After its ripe is over, physically the banana is very soft, with some black spot of growing the yeast over the skin. This kind of banana is already no longer acceptable as food. Actually this banana is containing high glucose content which is useful for the growth of yeasts. The object of this study is to use this over ripe…
In Indonesia cancer problems was found in late stadium (70%). It has analyzed data from Riskesdas 2007-2008 to get information of prevalence by province in Indonesia, to explore odds ratio of demographic pattern and risk factors of cancer disease. Data was analyzed by descriptive and bi variate. This study showed that the highest prevalence of tumor by province was Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (9…
Tuberculosis cases in Indonesia is about 583.000 cases every year, and 140.000 were found dead. Many factors and some problems are due to people lives in the massive and slum area, where the air circulation are vavorable to contaminated with the bacteria tuberculosis. The objective of the study is to find out the factors in relation, with tuberculosis cases and the living environment in Central…
Pityriasis versicolor is a worldwide superficial fungal infection with incidence rate of 50% of Western Samoa, 1,1% in the Sweden dan approximately 2-8% of the population in United States. Galangal (Alpinia galanga Linn) rhizome is herb which have antifungal effect.Ketoconazole is an effective antifungal agent for the treatment of P. versicolor. The purpose of the study was to compare the antif…
Background: A diet with unbalanced foods and low in fiber among others are the causes of Diabetes mellitus (DM). The purpose of this paper was to assess the risk of low fiber intake and several other factors on DM in overweight people in Indonesia. Methods: As part of Riskesdas 2007 data, we assessed and were overweight [body mass index (BMI) ≥ 23] and aged ≥ 15 years old among subjects …
Background: Obesity can create various health problems, one of which is hypertension. Many studies show a relationship between obesity and hypertension, however few reports on Indonesia. This paper assessed the risk of obesity based on body mass index (BMI) and abdominal circumference against the prehypertension in Indonesia. Methods: For this analysis we used data from a cross sectional of …
Background: Low Back Pain (LBP) is the most frequently reported musculoskeletal disorder in workers. This study was aimed to develop risk prediction model of low back pain that can be used to prevent the recurring low back pain attack. Methods: The study was case-control design based on the industrial community by using ergonomical approach. Total samples were 91 workers for cases and 91 wor…