High blood total cholestrol (TC), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)and triglyserides (TG), and low concentration of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and triglycerides. An experimental study was conducted comprising 62 postmenopausal women, aged 50-70 years, not on hormonal therapy, consuming a regular diet, living in East and south Jakarta, and willing to perform aerobic …
There are some rumor among members of the community that vasectomy is castration which can stimulate the elevation of serum lipid and fat deposit causing obesity and weaknes and reduce the daily activity. Vasectomy is also believes to induce testis atrophy and enlargement of the prostate and also impaired sexual activity several years after vasectomized. In order to answer the rumor of the side…
Chrom is a trace element which was originally found by Schwarz and Mertz in 1959 as an essential mineral to animals. Later, it was also found that the deficiency of this element in human caused a variety of symptoms, especially in persons or patients who had a long term of parenteral diet. Chrom deficiency in human as well as in animal is recognized by patients intolerance to glucose, and the i…
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a disorder of recurrent vascular thrombosis, pregnancy losses and thrombocytopenia associated with persistently elevated levels of antiphospholipid antibodies (APA). Many patients with APS have clinical and laboratory features found in other autoimmune diseases, particulary SLE. Such patients should be defined as having a 'secondary' APS to distinguish them fr…