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What 1989 And The Golden Girls Tell Us About Medicine Today
Today, 1989 may be most associated with Taylor Swift: It is the album that won her a second Grammy for Album of the Year. Not only that, it happens to be the year Swift was born--such a long, long time ago!
People under 35 have no personal memory of 1980s pop culture, which is ironic since Swift's album in part pays homage to it. In the real 1989 (no offense to Swift and the 10 co-producers who made the album), all sorts of revolutions took place: Mr. Gorbachev tore down that pesky wall, for example. America's greatest antagonist, the Soviet Union, collapsed in 1989. Brazil conducted its first democratic presidential ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
5 Things You Need To Know About Narcolepsy
Why are people with narcolepsy constantly subjected to the ridiculous statement, "I wish I could sleep that much?" Not like that, you don't. Narcolepsy is by no means fun or funny. Here are five things you should know about this sleep disorder. 1. Narcolepsy is a serious disease. Narcolepsy is a neurological autoimmune sleep disorder. People with narcolepsy suffer from a variety of symptoms: extreme exhaustion, unregulated sleep-wake cycles, hallucinations, sleep paralysis, and others. When someone with narcolepsy abruptly falls asleep in public, it's known as a "sleep attack." Before you laugh at the idea of someone b...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dear People With Narcolepsy, You Are Awesome!
If I elbow you in the face or spill lemon juice on your paper cut or say something obnoxious that hurts your feelings, I should definitely apologize, and I'm perfectly willing to. HOWEVER: I will never apologize for the fact that I have narcolepsy and I refuse to let it beat me.
I'm just going to get this out there: Narcolepsy is hard, and over the past few years it has put me through more than I could have ever imagined. But I am better because of it. I am tougher because of it. I appreciate things more because of it. I am more compassionate and able to understand other people because of it.
I've always been reluctan...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The End of Ebola? Lessons at the Epidemic's One Year Anniversary
"That's the anthrax building," a colleague told me several years ago, pointing to a squat reddish-brown brick building in the middle of Fort Detrick, for many years the U.S. Army's center for biological warfare research. Cinderblocks now sealed up all of the doors and windows. Inside, anthrax -- a deadly pathogen -- still lurks. Outside, we are generally spared. For years, the U.S. had developed stores of anthrax spores as biological warfare, but destroyed these in 1969. Yet after 9/11, someone sent letters containing the pathogen to various journalists and senators. Many observers feel that the culprit remains unknown.
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Malaria-Like Parasite From Ticks Spreading To U.K. Through Dogs
Mepron, a thick liquid antimicrobial drug used to treat Babesia and malaria, as well as a fungal infection called Pneumocystitis carinii.
In 2011, the United Kingdom stopped requiring that dogs brought into the country be inspected for ticks. Earlier this year, several dogs tested positive for babesia, a malaria-like disease transmitted to ticks that previously had only been found in foreign. These dogs had never left the U.K.
While babesiosis is a new worry to U.K. dog owners, it's been a threat to human beings for years -- it just hasn't become a health-scare-of-the-week like Zika, West Nile, avian and swine flu. Most...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Uh Oh, It's Flu Season! What You Need to Know About Flu Vaccination
Media reports from just about every corner of the country are cautioning that Americans could be in for a particularly intense flu season this year, with many medical experts encouraging folks not to delay getting their flu shots. The flu season is not only here -- it could last until as late as May of next year according to the CDC.
With this in mind, it is helpful to review a few basics that could help keep you, your family and your friends and neighbors feeling at their best during this winter's seasonal outbreaks of the flu.
Who's at Risk?
The flu is a respiratory infection that can cause serious, sometimes life-thr...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 12, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
5 Stories of 2014: The Surprising Links Between Human and Animal Protection
Here's my list of five headline-grabbing stories in 2014 that show just how connected human health and animal protection are:
1. Chris Christie Sells Out Humans and Animals
After reports of his bridge scandal, the New Jersey Governor's 2016 presidential ambitions took a nosedive. That's why many see his recent veto of a bill that would have banned gestation crates as an attempt to win back influential voters. Pork industry groups -- especially the Iowa-based National Pork Producers Council -- opposed the bill. Christie's veto was made as a concession to Iowa's primary voters. But Christie sold out both animals and humans...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Art Of Dying Conference Explores Spiritual, Scientific Approaches To Dying
Melanie Chaite has had many brushes with death.
In 21 years of living with lymphangiomatosis, a rare cancer-like progressive lymphatic disorder that she’s had since birth, bouts of severe pneumonia have left her in intensive care. She’s had swine flu and emergency surgery for a collapsed lung. Fluid that has built up around her right lung currently threatens to stop her heart. She undergoes regular chemotherapy, and has tubes up her nostrils to provide the extra oxygen she needs to live. A full-body pain that she describes as “beyond tremendous” has become normal.
“I have accepted the fact that I’m going to d...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Next Season's Flu Shot Is Going To Be Very Different
By: Rachael Rettner
Published: June 04, 2015 01:00pm ET on LiveScience.
Next season's flu shot will contain two new flu strains that weren't present in last season's shot, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health officials are making the change in the hope that next season's flu shot — which will be released in the autumn — will be a better match to the strains that are actually circulating, and will do a better job of preventing flu cases.
Last season's flu shot was not very effective at preventing the flu: People who got the shot were just 19 percent less likely to visit the doctor ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 6, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Flu Shot: It's Not Just for Kids
By Liliana Losada Brown, PhD, Associate Director, Scientific Programs at SWHR Think back to the last time you got a shot. Did the doctor cover the wound with a cartoon character-printed bandage and treat you to a lollipop? If so, you are way overdue for a flu shot -- but that's OK, we all are! Adults, children, pregnant women -- everyone! --older than six months should get a flu shot every year. We all know the flu: the serious, contagious respiratory illness caused by the influenza virus that infects nearly 20 percent of Americans every year. Do you want to be among those that don't get the flu? The Centers for Disease C...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is The Shocking News of the Sugar Industry's Influence Over Harvard Researchers Really Shocking?
Hey, Sugar, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
Today, the Journal of the American Medical Association dropped an alleged bombshell when it disclosed that the sugar industry lobby influenced research on coronary heart disease by effectively bribing Harvard researchers to promote the theory that dietary fat, and not sugar, causes heart disease.
The story is trending on Facebook at this very moment, and the JAMA Facebook post states that "Policymaking committees should consider giving less weight to food industry-funded studies, and include mechanistic and animal studies as well as studies appraising the effec...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Flu Season Is Going To Be Worse This Year Than Last, The CDC Warns
For SELF, by Korin Miller.Here's what you need to do to protect yourself.
Every year, you’re encouraged to get a flu shot before flu season rolls around, and you may or may not actually take that advice. This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants you to know that, yes, you really should get that flu shot, even if you think it’s too late.
According to the CDC, there has been a “slow but steady” increase in reported flu cases in November and December, with numbers expected to increase still. The CDC is also tracking people who visit their doctor with flu-like illnesses and found ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 18, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Can a flu shot wear off if you get it too early? Perhaps, scientists say
By Helen Branswell
It can be jarring to see placards advertising "Flu Shots Today" in late July or early August in 80-degree weather.
But those signs may be more than just an unwelcome reminder that summer's days are numbered. Mounting scientific evidence is raising questions about whether vaccinating people that early may actually be undermining the effectiveness of the nation's massive flu vaccination program.
Studies from the US and Europe have detected a steady decline in vaccine protection in the months after vaccination. The most recent research, published just last month by scientists from the Centers for Disease...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 18, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
10 Good Reasons To Get A Flu Shot
By Melaina Juntti for Men's Journal
How many times have you heard you should get a flu shot? There's good reason for the hype: Over the past few years, the influenza vaccine has prevented millions of flu cases and tens of thousands of related hospitalizations, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Although an increasing number of people are getting vaccinated every year, more than half of American men still aren't doing it, for a variety of reasons, most of which aren't backed by science. "Men have this macho sense that if they do get the flu, they can tough it out," says William Schaffner, M.D., chair...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Adjusted Flu Vaccine Options Available to Seniors This Year
Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about this year's flu shot? Last year's vaccine was ineffective at preventing the flu, especially among seniors. What options are available to me this year? --Seeking Protection Dear Seeking, You're right. Last season's flu shot was not very effective at preventing the flu. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people who got the shot were just 19 percent less likely to visit the doctor for flu than people who did not get the shot. In good years, flu shot effectiveness is in the 50 to 60 percent range. The reason for the shot's ineffectiveness l...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
