Kidneys are a pair of organs shaped like kidney beans. Each kidney is about the size of an adult fist. The kidneys are located along the muscular wall of the back of the abdominal cavity. Kidneys play an important role in the human body. The main functions of the kidneys are: Filtering the blood Remove waste products from the body Responsible for regulating the content of the blood by controlling water volume and maintain electrolytes balance in the body.. This kidney organ is equip...

Bone cancers are rare. They make up less than 1% of cancers. But even so, this type of cancer we should recognize before it becomes fatal. This can develop at any age, they are more common in children, teenagers and young adults than in older adults. Some types of bone cancer occur primarily in children, while others affect mostly adults. In fact, noncancerous bone tumors are much more common than cancerous ones. Even so, benign bone tumors may still become cancerous resulting in weak bones a...

Food is an important thing in human life, but what will happen if we eat burnt food?Burnt foods such as satay, burnt bread or other food ingredients that are cooked until "burnt" are often considered to be a trigger for cancer, especially gastrointestinal cancer, but is this true? Let's discuss in this article. Burnt food and food cooked at too high a temperature can contain Heterocyclic Amines (HAC) and Polycyclic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), where these compounds are a cause of cancer by changing D...

There are many types of cancer, but some can affect children under the age of 18, and even an unborn baby. There are 3 types of cancer that are common in children: leukemia, retinoblastoma and osteosarcoma. Recognize the symptoms of these cancers in children:1. Leukemia is a malignant blood cell disease that originates in the bone marrow. Common symptoms include: pale skin; fatigue; irritability; bruising or spontaneous bleeding; testicular enlargement and hardness in boys. 2.Retinoblastoma...

Anemia is a serious global public health problem that particularly affects young children and pregnant women. WHO estimates that 42% of children less than 5 years of age and 40% of pregnant women worldwide are anaemic.  Anemia is a condition in which the number of red blood cells or the haemoglobin concentration within them is lower than normal. Haemoglobin is needed to carry oxygen and if there is too few or abnormal red blood cells, or not enough haemoglobin, there will be a decreased...

Hypertension is a medical condition with a high prevalence. Cases of hypertension are around 22% of the total world population. According to WHO (2019), globally in 2015 it is estimated that 1 in 4 men and 1 in 5 women suffer from hypertension. In Indonesia, based on Basic Health Research in 2018, around 34.11% of the population aged > 18 years suffer from hypertension.Drinking coffee has become a way of life for some Indonesians, as evidenced by the increase in coffee consumption in this cou...