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“SAVE OUR GENERATION FROM DRUGS AND UNSAVE SEXUAL”
Drugs and sex, we usually hear about the both of them, and I think everybody will know about the effect of them for our health and for our generation. They are cause of many diseases, death, HIV AIDS, and many bad effects for human. The relationship between drug use and unsafe sexual practices among gay men has been shown in many studies. These unsafe sexual practices put gay and bisexual men at greater risk for HIV infection. Gay and bisexual men who do not use drugs report fewer acts of incentive and receptive anal intercourse without condoms than do recreational drug-using gay and bisexual men.
Methamphetamine shows documented prevalence rates ranging between 5 percent and 25 percent of the gay and bisexual men studied across many cities from Honolulu to Denver. It is used to increase sensory experiences, especially sexual ones, and to create feelings of euphoria, which may contribute to increased sexual risk-taking. It has been associated with infrequent use of condoms, perhaps as a result of the above factors.
Methamphetamines can also increase risk for HIV/AIDS by increasing sexual sensation at the same time that it may interfere with erections, colloquially referred to as "crystal dick." A result of this problem can create "instant bottoms," a term applied by gay and bisexual men to drug users who take on the receptive role during anal intercourse. This practice is the riskiest sexual behavior that may cause HIV infection, particularly when condoms are not used. Gay and bisexual men who use amphetamines have 2.9 times greater risk of HIV infection through receptive anal intercourse than men who do not use the drug. Use of any stimulant drug, not just methamphetamines, has been associated with unprotected anal intercourse.
MDMA was reported to be in wide use among gay and bisexual men recruited from three dance clubs in New York City, and was found to be the only recreational drug associated with unsafe sex in this sample. Other drugs have been related to high-risk sexual behavior in different studies.
Circuit party weekends have also been associated with high-risk sexual behavior. A study by Mansergh et al. reported that 29 percent of their sample of gay and bisexual men had multiple sex partners during a single circuit party weekend. Of this higher-risk group, 47 percent reported unprotected anal sex. They concluded that sexual activity, including unprotected anal sex, was relatively common during these weekends.
Colfax and his associates studied 295 gay/bisexual men in San Francisco and measured drug use and sexual risk-taking during a San Francisco circuit party (CP), a circuit party held in another geographical area (distant CP), and non-CP party weekends. They found a high use of drugs during CPs. For example, at a distant CP, 80 percent used MDMA, 66 percent used ketamine, and 43 percent used crystal methamphetamines. Drug use during CP weekends was greater than during non-CP weekends.
Unprotected anal sex with partners of unknown or opposite HIV serostatus was most prevalent during distant CP weekends, perhaps because the gay/bisexual men felt less inhibited away from their own city and took more sexual risks. The strongest predictors of unprotected anal sex with opposite or unknown serostatus partners were being HIV-positive and use of crystal methamphetamines, Viagra, or amyl nitrites. The authors conclude that the level of high-risk activity during circuit parties suggests significant potential for HIV transmission.
In another study on circuit parties, Mattison et al. found that use of amyl nitrites (poppers), MDMA, ketamine, crystal methamphetamines, and GHB were associated with unsafe sex. In a large nonrandom sample of party attendees, more than 50 percent reported using alcohol, MDMA, and ketamine. Frequent use of MDMA, ketamine, and poppers had a significant association with unsafe sex at parties. Crystal methamphetamines and GHB only showed a trend although in the expected direction.
Chesney et al. suggest that conversion may be mediated by these drug-related factors:
• Stimulants and inhalants increasing arousal and delaying ejaculation.
• Disinhibition effects of drugs.
• Substance abuse and high-risk sexual behaviors occurring within social networks if unprotected anal intercourse is a norm in such networks and there is a high-risk background prevalence of HIV.
Club drugs, in particular MDMA, methamphetamines, and poppers, encourage risky sexual practices, at least among gay/bisexual men, such as multiple sexual partners and unprotected anal or receptive anal intercourse, and thus increase the risk of HIV/AIDS. Circuit parties, especially distant circuit parties, encourage high-risk sexual behaviors and club drug use among gay and bisexual men. We are not aware of studies focusing on raves with a primarily heterosexual population and increased risk for HIV/AIDS. write by :Devi Pebriani

Jakarta, Perempuan akan berusaha mati-matian untuk tampil kurus dan langsing agar terlihat sempurna saat hari pernikahannya. Tapi tanpa disadari, setelahnya banyak perempuan yang mengalami kelebihan berat badan setelah 1 tahun menikah.

Biasanya akan menjadi suatu kebanggaan tersendiri jika seorang perempuan bisa tampil sempurna saat hari bahagianya tersebut. Namun, saat cincin tersebut sudah tersemat di jari manisnya, maka hal ini bisa menjadi cerita yang berbeda. Karena 22 persen pengantin yang sudah menikah selama 1 tahun mengalami kenaikan berat badan.

Hal ini menunjukkan sekitar 1 dari 5 pengantin baru yang sudah resmi hidup bersama pasangannya mengalami kenaikan berat badan beberapa kilogram. Ternyata ini dikarenakan lebih dari 50 persen perempuan tersebut sudah tidak khawatir lagi mengenai berat badan atau penampilan setelah hari bahagianya, sementara yang lain menuturkan bahwa ini adalah efek dari bahagianya setelah melewati masa bulan madu.

Survei ini dilakukan terhadap 3.000 perempuan yang telah menikah. Hasil yang didapatkan lebih dari sepertiganya mengakui dirinya sulit untuk mengonsumsi makanan sehat selama satu tahun pernikahan, ini dikarenakan tidak ada sesuatu yang bisa memotivasi dirinya untuk melakukan hal itu. Perempuan ini merasa tidak perlu lagi memberikan kesan yang berarti terhadap pasangannya jika sudah menikah.

Seperti dikutip dari Dailymail, Kamis (3/12/2009) banyak sekali perempuan yang lupa menjaga ukuran pinggangnya setelah menikah dan berbulan madu. Atau ada juga yang menjadikan ini alasan paling tepat untuk melakukan balas dendam setelah berbulan-bulan kehilangan atau menjaga berat badan idealnya. Karena itu perempuan ini melupakan hal-hal kecil yang dulu selalu dilakukannya untuk memberikan hasil terbaik bagi pasangannya.

Tapi hal ini bukan berarti para suami diam saja melihat istrinya gemuk, karena 19 persen suami turut mengomentari kenaikan berat badan istrinya meskipun saat berbulan madu. Sementara itu sekitar 50 persen suami mendorong para istri agar mau melakukan diet untuk menurunkan berat badannya.

Sebaiknya seseorang memiliki tubuh yang ideal, karena jika berat badannya terlalu gemuk atau terlalu kurus akan berpengaruh terhadap kesehatannya. Orang yang memiliki berat badan di atas rata-rata bisa memicu obesitas atau penyakit jantung, sedangkan jika terlalu kurus berisiko kekurangan zat-zat penting dalam tubuh.

Tidak ada salahnya untuk melakukan olahraga secara rutin bersama pasangan atau memasak makanan sehat di akhir pekan. Selain terhindar dari risiko kegemukan, kegiatan ini juga bisa menambah keharmonisan rumah tangga.

Sumber :www.detik.com Vera Farah Bararah - detikHealth

BAKUNG

Nama latin: Crynum asiaticum L

Nama daerah: Bawang hutan; Bakong; Bawang brojol; Bawang tembaga; Bakhang; Bakueng

Deskripsi tanaman: Terna tahunan, tinggi lebih kurang 1 meter. Batang semu, tegak, lunak, dan warna putih kehijauan. Daun tunggal, bentuk lanset, ujung meruncing, pangkal tumpul. Perbungaan bentuk payung, pangkal mahkota berdekatan membentuk corong, warna putih, putik panjang, warna ungu, kepala sari warna jingga. Buah kotak, bulat telur

Habitat: Tumbuh liar dan sebagai tanaman hias pada daerah tepi tepi sungai yang rindang pada dataran rendah sampai 700 m dpl

Bagian tanaman yang digunakan: Seluruh tanaman

Kandungan kimia: Likorina; Krinidina; Hemantamina; Krinamina

Khasiat: Analgesik ; Antibengkak; Ekspektoran

Nama simplesia: Cryni asiatici Bulbus, Cryni asiatici Folium

Resep tradisional:

Rematik, Radang kulit, Bisul dan Borok:

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