HEALTH CARE

To commemorate World Oral Health Day on 20 March, the Indonesian the Ear, Nose, Throat, Head, and Neck Specialists Association (Perhimpunan Dokter Spesialis Telinga, Hidung, Tenggorok, Kepala, dan Leher – “Perhati-KL”) joined forces with PT Mundipharma Healthcare Indonesia and the Ministry of Health to launch the “Indonesia Gargle Time” campaign on Tuesday (15/03/2022). It promotes gargling with Povidone-Iodine (PVP-I), which will improve oral cavity hygiene and provide extra protection against infectious diseases, including Covid-19.

Presidential Instruction Number 1 of 2022, concerning the Optimizing of the National Health Security Scheme, has been valid since 1 March 2022. It stipulates various requirements concerning membership in the National Health Security Service (“BPJS Kesehatan”), including National Health Security Card-Healthy Indonesia Card (Kartu Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional-Kartu Indonesia Sehat – “JKN-KIS”) regulations, as well as the stipulation of participation in the scheme as an administrative requirement in 23 Ministries and 7 Agencies of the State.

Regular exercise will keep your body healthy and fit. It allows you to maintain both the energy and stamina required to perform your daily activities. On the contrary, people who do not exercise regularly will have lowered physical capacity: they have less energy, so they cannot do many things; and they have lower stamina, so they cannot endure very long. They may be “healthy” in the sense that their bodies do not suffer diseases, but they are not fit. Their muscular power, endurance, and flexibility decrease, putting them at a higher risk of injury.

WHO projects that 2.5 billion people will suffer from hearing problems by 2050, with one of every 10 humans requiring hearing rehabilitation by that time. They predict that more than 5% of the global population (432 million adults and 34 million children) will require hearing rehabilitation; nearly 80% of this number live in low-medium income countries.

This year’s World Kidney Day theme is “Kidney Health for All: Bridge the Knowledge Gap to Better Kidney Care”. It emphasizes the equalization of kidney health services and the importance of bridging the knowledge gap, for better kidney health services.

Positive Covid-19 infections continue to trend in Indonesia, starting the second week of February 2022. The demand for drugs by telemedicine practitioners, especially antiviral ones, is on a rise. Thanks to the tireless work of medical researchers across the globe, Molnupiravir, a new hope in terms of an antiviral drug for treating Covid-19, has been announced.

People who suffer from lactose intolerance will feel a great deal of discomfort if they consume dairy-based foods and beverages. The discomfort may take the form of bloating, diarrhea, or even stomach cramps. This is unfortunate, as they cannot consume milk and its processed products, even though those constitute an important source of calcium, which is necessary to keep the bones strong and teeth healthy.

Positive high-level results from the pivotal Destiny-Breast04 Phase III trial showed Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in both progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with HER2-low unresectable and/or metastatic breast cancer regardless of hormone receptor (HR) status versus physician’s choice of chemotherapy. Enhertu is a HER2-directed antibody drug conjugate (ADC) being jointly developed by AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo.

“Hypertension in women is unique because of hormonal changes that accompany each stage of her life cycle. From childhood, teen years, young adulthood, maturity, menopause, to old age, there are gender-specific changes that place women at a risk of hypertension and its complications,” said dr. Siska Suridanda Dany, Sp.JP, FIHA, in a webinar titled “Are There Changes in Hypertension Treatments during the Pandemic?” held last Friday (18/02/2022).

“Optimal” nutrition is defined as a combination of foods ingested by an individual that satisfies their body’s needs. A person’s total caloric ingestion must be aligned with their individual energy needs. Caloric needs depend on age, metabolism rate, and physical activity. The common daily calorie intake recommendation for adults with medium physical activity is 2,000 calories a day for women and 2,500 a day for men. If the calories obtained from eating exceed energy expenditure, the unused calories will be stored as fat. If this continues, the person will become overweight, or even obese.

A survey of 6,000 female respondents, aged 15-65, published by ZAP as its 2021 Beauty Index, posits three aspects to beauty: First, the mind, i.e., people have their own perception of a definition of “beauty”. Second, the body, i.e. that people care about the appearance of their bodies, including their intimate areas. Third, the action, i.e. that people perform treatments to maintain the health and beauty of their bodies. Respondents were grouped by generation into generations Z (15-24 years old), Y (25-40 years old), and X (41-56 years old).