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Your body needs a healthy appendixEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
For decades the appendix has been considered a useless organ. People who undergo abdominal surgery often have their appendix removed because the patient "didn't need it." Really? How did the surgeon know that? As a medical physician for over 51 years, I strive to give you the best medical information on controversial medical subjects, and help your read betwwen the lines. You must come to your own conclusions. I have no ties to any organization, pharmaceutical, or lobby group. As an practicing medical acupuncturist since 1982, I find western medicine and medical acupuncture are very complimentary. This results in astoundin...
Source: Dr. Needles Medical Blogs - November 16, 2009 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Tags: YOUR BODY NEEDS A HEALTHY APPENDIX Source Type: blogs

Weekly News Round-Up, 11/8Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Christine has a post at Our Bodies Our Blog about the passage of the health reform legislation last night. She notes As I watched Democrats congratulate themselves, it was difficult to feel celebratory. Passage of the Stupak amendment — which bars a government-run insurance plan from offering abortion *and* prohibits women who receive government insurance subsidies from purchasing private plans that include abortion coverage — sucked a lot of the energy out of the room. She has a number of posts on health care reform and especially the Stupak amendment from yesterday, with links to a number of additional resources and ...
Source: Women's Health News - November 8, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Access, Rights, & Choice Birth Drugs Ethics Global Issues Government Infectious Diseases Midwifery News Round-Ups ableism accessibility bioethics body art FDA flu health care reform healthcare labor nurse-mid Source Type: blogs

Introducing Weightless: A Blog About Body ImageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
You really can’t help but be overwhelmed by the amount of focus these days on how a person looks. The people who are most harmed by this shallowness are women, especially young adults, as so many of their role models are “perfect and thin.” How can you have a healthy body image when the media constantly bombards us with messages telling us that the only good body image is a thin one? So it is with great pleasure to bring you a new blog about just this very topic — body image, the skinny fad and learning how to attain freedom from the (weight) numbers and dieting. The blog is called Weightless: As ...
Source: World of Psychology - November 4, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior Celebrities Children and Teens General Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Minding the Media Psychology Self-Esteem Stress Women's Issues blogger Body Image Cinderella Clinical Psychology Consumers Source Type: blogs

Plus-Sized Nightclubs: Rattle and Rolls?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The name says it all - Club Bounce. And Long Beach, California folks looking to shake and rattle their rolls think that a dance club for the obese is just what doctor ordered -- for their social lives at least. Long unable to get past the velvet ropes at traditional nightclubs because of their weight, Californians with a few (or even more than a few) extra pounds have no trouble getting in at Club Bounce. That's because the club was created to serve a specific clientele: the overweight and obese. Continue reading... (Source: Diet Blog)
Source: Diet Blog - November 4, 2009 Category: Other Conditions Authors: contactus at diet-blog.com Tags: Body Image Source Type: blogs

Relapsing feverEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
is caused by several species of Borrelia, all but one of which are transmitted from reservoir animals to humans by soft (argasid) ticks. The exception is B. recurrentis, which is transmitted from one human to another by the body louse and, under certain conditions, may cause large epidemics. Relapsing fever Borrelia species have a number of properties that facilitate invasion and dissemination in the mammalian host; these include neurotropism and adhesiveness for erythrocytes and platelets. But their most characteristic pathogenetic feature is multiphasic antigenic variation. Surface-exposed lipoproteins largely determine...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - November 3, 2009 Category: Microbiology Tags: Argasid ticks B. recurrentis Body louse Source Type: blogs

Botox for Breast LiftsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If you thought Botox (Clostridium botulinum toxin type A) was going away, you were wrong. Doctors are trying to find new ways to use this “wonder” product and some plastic surgeons think they’ve got the new best thing: breast enhancement via Botox. According to news reports out of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) annual meeting, injecting Botox into the pectoralis minor muscle in the chest, causes the back muscles to lift the breast, giving the appearance of a breast lift. It only works, however, on small-small breasts (A or B cups). The technique also helps fight against slouching, say doc...
Source: Healthbolt - October 27, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Marijke Durning, RN Tags: Beauty Womens Health Your Body botox breast enhancement breast lift Clostridium botulinum toxin type A Source Type: blogs

Bad Breath Can End Space DreamEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If you’re a Chinese astronaut and you have bad breath, you can say good-bye to your dream of going into space. They also don’t want you if you have body odor or a runny nose. The administrators say that this would make life too uncomfortable for the other astronauts in the cabin. Other astronaut hopefuls were eliminated if they had scars. The experts said that the scar tissue could burst open in extreme conditions of space. I wonder if that’s true and if astronauts from other countries have the same restriction. And what kind of scar? I know very few people who don’t have any scar at all, the most c...
Source: Healthbolt - October 22, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Marijke Durning, RN Tags: Adventure bad breath body odor chinese astronauts space dream spaceship Source Type: blogs

Fat Talk Free WeekEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Talking about our weight, the circumference of our thighs or our disastrous double chin is as natural (and hard to resist) as comparing ourselves to others, which is as natural (and hard to resist) as blinking. And apparently, it brings us together. According to one study, we bond over fat talk. When everyone’s doing it, it can be tough not to join in. “Because women feel pressured to follow the fat talk norm, they are more likely to engage in fat talk with other females,” Martz [co-author of the study] told LiveScience. “Hence, women normalize their own body dissatisfaction with one another. If there are women ou...
Source: World of Psychology - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Anorexia Bulimia Disorders General Health-related Parenting Self-Esteem Women's Issues Body Dissatisfaction Body Image Concerns Boosting Body Image Chief Marketing Chief Marketing Officer Circumference Co Author Discrepancies Source Type: blogs

Q&A with Julie HollandEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Julie Holland, MHS, CEDS, is recognized in the industry as both a clinician and public speaker. A certified eating disorders specialist, she has directed marketing and customer relationship management programs at several leading eating disorder treatment programs across the country. Ms. Holland has specialized in the treatment self-esteem, eating and body image issues for adults and adolescents for more than 23 years. She is a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist and Director of Certification for the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals, as well as an Approved IAEDP Supervisor. How does fat talk af...
Source: World of Psychology - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Anorexia Bulimia Disorders Eating Disorders General Health-related Parenting Self-Esteem Women's Issues 23 Years Adolescents Body Image Issues Body Shapes Ceds Clinician Customer Relationship Management Eating Disorder Trea Source Type: blogs

Just Say No: 10 Steps to Better BoundariesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Up until recently, “No” was dirty word to me. As a stage-four people-pleaser, my vocabulary was rich with affirmatives: “yeah,” “sure,” “okay,” “absolutely,” “no problem.” But my mouth just couldn’t seem to form the consonant-vowel combination required to say “No,” even when “Yes” was simply impossible due to time conficts or just an overdose of stress in my daily life. I would get stuck at “Nnnnnnn… alright.” Which meant I was doing all kinds of things that I didn’t want to, have to, or have time t...
Source: World of Psychology - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: General Mental Health and Wellness On the Couch Personal Personality Psychotherapy Relationships Self-Esteem Stress Women's Issues Appointment Body Language Boundaries Bubble Baths Clock Commitments Consonant Vowel Daily Source Type: blogs

Fat: The New "F" Word?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Did you know that its Fat Talk Free Week? The Reflections Program is running a campaign this week to encourage women to remove the word "fat" from their vocabulary when talking about themselves and others. Also, in London Kathryn Szrodecki is fighting back by demanding legal protection for overweight people who are discriminated against and abused. Continue reading... (Source: Diet Blog)
Source: Diet Blog - October 19, 2009 Category: Other Conditions Authors: contactus at diet-blog.com Tags: Body Image Source Type: blogs

ONC’s Guidance for EHR Certification BodiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I’ve long been a proponent of having multiple EHR certification bodies. Competition does amazing things for a system and having one certification body would be a horrible thing for the EMR world. Certainly we all know that CCHIT is going to be there as an EHR certification body. The question is whether anyone is going to step forward and provide CCHIT some competition. Does anyone know of any groups that are applying to be a certification body? I’d love to know about them. Russ Reese from MXSecure linked me to a PDF file that describes the features that an ONC approved EHR certification body (PDF) should have. ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 19, 2009 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: John Tags: CCHIT Certification EHR EMR Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record HealthCare IT EHR Certification EMR Certification ONC RCB Recognized Certification Body Source Type: blogs

Fox NFL and Burger King Make Jessica Simpson Fat JokesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Jessica Simpson is yet again the butt of fat jokes, this time at the hand of Fox NFL and Burger King. During a recent pre-game show, an animated skit was aired that featured cartoon versions of Dallas Cowboy players and plenty of "boy is Jessica fat" jokes. "Man, I still can't believe Tony (Romo) dated Jessica Simpson, even after she blew up bigger than Flozell Adams!" says the cartoon-version of running back Marion Barber. While tight end Jason Witten jokes, "Unlike Tony, at least Jessica comes up big when it counts!" Even head coach Wade Phillips puts his two cents in. "Say Tony, is Jessica around? We could use a defe...
Source: Diet Blog - October 16, 2009 Category: Other Conditions Authors: contactus at diet-blog.com Tags: Body Image Source Type: blogs

Knit a Microbe, Womb, or GI TractEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I hope I’m not stealing this from our knitting blogger, but over the past few years, I’ve found some very interesting knitting patterns online. Today I found kniitting patterns for: •Tuberculosis •Cholera •Salmonella •Common Cold •Swine Flu •Penicillium They’re available on the Manchester Science Festival 2009 blog. Or if you’re more into knitting body parts, here are a couple for you: the womb the gastrointestinal system One could make a bunch of (very bad) jokes about getting enough fiber into our body, or we can see how we can begin to unravel when we get too stressed, but I’ll ...
Source: Healthbolt - October 4, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Marijke Durning, RN Tags: Humor knitting body parts knitting microbes Source Type: blogs

What is Lewy Body Dementia ? (LBD)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Lewy body dementia shares characteristics with both Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Like Alzheimer's, it causes confusion. Like Parkinson's, it can result in rigid muscles, slowed movement and tremors. Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a progressive neurological disorder. Lewy body dementia is an umbrella term for two related diagnoses - Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). The earliest symptoms of these two diseases differ, but reflect the same underlying biological changes in the brain. Over time, people with both diagnoses will develop very similar cognitive, physical, sleep,...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 26, 2009 Category: Dementia Tags: Parkinson ’s complication alzheimers symptoms dementia what lewy body Source Type: blogs

Seventeenth Century Women and Breast CancerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Several years ago I visited the Detroit Art Institute. It was a date with my husband when he was still my boyfriend, even before he was my fiancee. My husband made a great boyfriend. This visit to the museum made a real impact on me for a number of reasons, for one it was the first time I saw an original Van Gogh. I’ll never forget however the group of teenage girls touring the institute with an older woman whom I assumed was their teacher. They were in the room of renaissance paintings which had a beautiful almost life size portrait of a nude woman reclining on a chaise. The portrait was stunning and so was the woma...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - September 25, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: admin Tags: Breast cancer community Breast cancer diagnosis Breast cancer lifestyle Uncategorized breast cancer awareness 17th century body image boyfriend breast cancer blog chaise lounge Detroit Art Institute Kathy-Ellen Kups museum nude w Source Type: blogs

SNL's Casey Wilson Denies Being Fired Due to Her WeightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
imbd.com For some reason, people are mean to Casey Wilson. As a fan of Saturday Night Live, I could never figure that out. SNL might not have been the best format for her, and she wasn't always given the best roles, but she's one funny lady. Casey showed grace this week when Lorne Michaels fired her from his show, sparking rumors that she was fired because she'd been asked to lose 30 pounds over the summer and either failed to, or refused. Continue reading... (Source: Diet Blog)
Source: Diet Blog - September 19, 2009 Category: Other Conditions Authors: contactus at diet-blog.com Tags: Body Image Source Type: blogs

Doc's Big Day OutEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The big day finally arrived last Thursday. I got out of the apartment for more than half a day at a time. This day had been awaited with much anticipation and no small amount of trepidation for over three months. It had been carefully prepared for by getting my grocery shopping done earlier in the week and a careful cost estimation such that I should not exceed my budget too badly. The day was so special that I even luxuriated in a full bath, rather than the shower which I almost always take. This unnerved Bittle and Stinky. They are used to hearing water spraying for a few moments and then staying out of my way while I tr...
Source: Solo Shrink - September 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Tags: throttle body screech rear end of a yellow Corvette brakes software manual gas cap paper clips newtag Source Type: blogs

Body Odor on Honolulu Bus May CostEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Not bathing regularly or having a strong body odor may cost you up to a 500 dollar fine if city councilors in Honolulu, Hawaii, have their way. Anyone who ride mass transit knows that you could end up standing or sitting beside someone who may not realize that they stink. This could be body odor, excessive perfume use, lingering cooking odors or even tobacco smoke odor. Regardless of the cause, the odors could cause great discomfort to some people. So, to tackle the problem, the councilors in Honolulu have put forth a bill forbidding people to, “bring onto transit property odors that unreasonably disturb others or in...
Source: A Hearty Life - September 2, 2009 Category: Nurses Authors: Marijke Durning, RN Tags: Diseases & Conditions body odor honolulu mass transit Source Type: blogs

How a Model Made Peace With Her BodyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Originally published in Marie Claire, this is an account of the modeling industry and its culture through the eyes of a former model. Here are some highlights of her musings, which are sardonic and whimsical, yet describe a poignant reality. Continue reading... (Source: Diet Blog)
Source: Diet Blog - August 31, 2009 Category: Other Conditions Authors: contactus at diet-blog.com Tags: Body Image Source Type: blogs

Weekly News Round-Up, 8/30/09Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Lots of stuff at Our Bodies Our Blog, as usual. Emily Douglas is leaving RH Reality Check for The Nation. If you’ve appreciated her work at RHRC, go wish her a fond farewell. Rachel Maddow interviewed Dr. LeRoy Carhart, an abortion provider in Nebraska whose clinic is being protested by Operation Rescue this weekend. He appeared wearing a large badge that reads, “Trust Women.” frau sally benz is staring up a feminist book club (online), Radical Readers & Feminisms for Dummies – visit jump off the bridge to sign up. Renee at Womanist Musings has a bunch of stuff worth reading in her weekly ro...
Source: Women's Health News - August 30, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Access, Rights, & Choice Body Image & Eating Disorders Government Web Resources disability fat acceptance LGBT Tennessee Source Type: blogs

Did You Reinvent Your Identity to Accommodate Illness?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In 10th grade chemistry I created 40 phonetic spellings of my first name, chose Kairol, and it stuck. (I was born with the Mrs. Brady spelling. And yes, in 1987 you coul make up whatever name you wanted and slap it on a drivers license.) So, I got curious when I recently learned Matthew Zachary, founder of I’m Too Young For This, is actually named Matthew Greenzweig. He developed Matthew Zachary as an alter ego after treatment. Here’s what he told me: “When I was a senior in college, I was a concert pianist diagnosed with brain cancer. They said I’d never play again. I had horrific radiation, was so depressed, and ...
Source: Everything Changes - August 28, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Kairol Rosenthal Tags: Uncategorized body image carol rosenthal i'm too young for this Matthew Zachary radiation bald careers chemotherapy identity recovery Source Type: blogs

Weekly News Round-Up, 8/23/09Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Lots of stuff at Our Bodies Our Blog as usual. One I didn’t get around to linking last week is a piece about how Washington State is attempting to reduce c-sections by equalizing Medicaid reimbursements for vaginal birth vs. (non-emergency) c-section. The New York Times Magazine has a special issue this week on women, including an interview with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on her approach to global women’s issues. The National Sexuality Resource Center has launched the Cool Aunt campaign, centered around the trusted adults in a child’s life when s/he is unwilling or unable to obtain needed inform...
Source: Women's Health News - August 23, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Access, Rights, & Choice Adolescent Health Birth Body Image & Eating Disorders Global Issues Government News Round-Ups Sex & Sex Education Women's Health coal fat acceptance health care reform HHS Our Bodies Ourselves parenting Source Type: blogs

10 things dead bodies have doneEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Death – it happens to all of us…eventually. And when it does, the usual chain of events is a funeral and/or where you are either buried or cremated, followed by a period of mourning for those you left behind. But, according to this fascinating article from mental floss, it doesn’t have to be that way. Might sound somewhat morbid and gross, but it turns out there are plenty things your body can do and places for your body to end up rather than six feet under or in an urn. According to this mental floss article ‘10 Things Your Body Can Do After You Die’, throughout history, the dead have been busy doing e...
Source: Healthbolt - August 22, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Liz Lewis Tags: Death Exposed! Oddities 10 things dead bodies can do body works body worlds mental floss Source Type: blogs

For People Coming from Alternet: The Genital Cosmetic Surgery PostEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If you happen to be coming here from Rebecca Chalker’s The ‘Perfect’ Porn Vulva: More Women Demanding Cosmetic Genital Surgery piece on Alternet, here’s the specific post here that she refers to: Vaginal “Rejuvenation” Not Safe or Necessary (with links to several past pieces on the topic). Chalker has a website that I haven’t really explored yet but will go ahead and share: The Clitoral Truth. Posted in Body Image & Eating Disorders, Vaginas & Vulvas (Source: Women's Health News)
Source: Women's Health News - August 20, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Body Image & Eating Disorders Vaginas & Vulvas Source Type: blogs

Wayback Wednesday: Tattoos for LifeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Yup, tattoos still seem like they’d be the perfect solution for PWDs who resist wearing the all-important medical ID jewelry. And yet the concerns over infections remain. Dr. Bill Quick reports that the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) is all for medical tattoos these days, and has some excellent tips on avoiding infection. Meanwhile, one [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - August 19, 2009 Category: Diabetes Authors: AmyT Tags: Fun Stuff Personal Stories body art diabetes tattoos diabetic medic alert medic alert tattoos medical id medical tattoos SafetyTat type 1 diabetes Source Type: blogs

Picking Up on Another’s StressEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The old adage of “never let them see you sweat” just got some scientific credence to back it up. Research shows that people can actually pick up on someone else’s stress level by the sweat they give off. This is all done without even knowing it’s happening. There is something in sweat that changes the brain activity in another person. So when you’re around someone stressed out and sweating, you can become more alert and heightened just by inhaling the scent of the sweat. Lest you think this all has to do with pheromones, think again. Scientists have yet to find a link to the “signalR...
Source: A Hearty Life - August 19, 2009 Category: Nurses Authors: Cherie Burbach Tags: Diseases & Conditions effect of stress on the body managing stress purpose of sweat in the body sweat and how others treat you Source Type: blogs

Changing Body Shape - Old Before Our Time?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
You’ve asked for it so here it is: for the next two posts we’ll be dishing on early menopause. I still get monthly visits from Flo, so I asked Emily Beck to write about this subject and moderate conversation. Emily is a 30-something diagnosed with ovarian cancer in summer of ‘07 and finished treatment a little over a year ago. Take it away Emily: TURN, AND FACE THE STRANGE Somewhere in Cyber-space, a fellow inductee into the world of early menopause said, “Menopause does not mean you suddenly develop an irresistible impulse to start shopping at Chico’s.” When I first heard this witticism, I ...
Source: Everything Changes - August 19, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Kairol Rosenthal Tags: Uncategorized body image early menopause treatment weight Source Type: blogs

Humor and Health: 4 Ways to Get More Laughter, the Best MedicineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Laughter actually triggers beneficial physical changes in the body, strenthening the immune system by decreasing hormones that compound stress and increasing the presence of antibodies that fight infections.Tags: anxiety and stress, brain, creativity, emotions, health, in practice, mind-body, neuroscience, news and research, positive psychology, social skills, therapy (Source: Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life)
Source: Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life - August 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: General anxiety and stress brain creativity emotions health in practice mind-body neuroscience news and research positive psychology social skills therapy Source Type: blogs

Weekly News Round-UpEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Comments are working again at OBOS – we had some technical difficulties this week, but have new posts up on Wyeth Pharmaceutical’s ghostwriting of papers on hormone replacement therapy (to gloss over the risks), with the Colbert Report’s take and continued featuring of a copy of OBOS as part of the women’s health g graphics. Also, Christine’s critique of a pregnant-looking-women-breakdancing campaign (you really just have to read it). NaCl and hv has a series of how-to posts on bringing babies to conferences. I’m a little bummed that the Childcare entry doesn’t include “encou...
Source: Women's Health News - August 16, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Access, Rights, & Choice Birth Body Image & Eating Disorders Drugs Ethics Government Miscellaneous News Round-Ups Women's Health blog carnival conferences fat acceptance LGBT parenting Source Type: blogs

Rare Gene Behind Short Sleepers FoundEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Every blogger will wish he has this gene! Scientists discovered a rare genetic mutation that allows certain people to sleep on less hours without any adverse effect. In one family, a mother and daughter with this rare mutation needed only six hours of sleep each night while the rest of the family needed the typical 7-8 hours. Gene for Short Sleeper Found. Image: sxc Published in Science, researchers from the University of California- San Francisco isolated the gene as DEC2, involved in the regulation of circadian rhythms, the body’s clock. The scientists then bred mice and fruit flies that carried the mutation and fo...
Source: Genetics and Health - August 16, 2009 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Grace Ibay Tags: Genes Mental health and Behavior body clock gene circadian rhythm short sleepers sleep deprivation sleep deprivation long term effects Source Type: blogs

Your Opinion Needed: Too Fat? Too Skinny? Too Muscular?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Negative body image is an epidemic--plain and simple. The psychology of weight and perception of "ideal" has always fascinated me and continues to evolve, for better or for worse. Obviously, women have different perceptions of what constitutes "ideal," and there is an equally disparate range of what women are happy with. Continue reading... (Source: Diet Blog)
Source: Diet Blog - August 13, 2009 Category: Other Conditions Authors: contactus at diet-blog.com Tags: Body Image Source Type: blogs

About Body ImageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I sat down, first thinking I belonged there. And then they started talking amongst themselves, these women who champion the cause of "health at every size", these women who were about to lead a breakout session entitled "Blogs & Body Image: What are we teaching our kids?" at the annual BlogHer conference.And I fled. How can I tell my impressionable eleven-year-old niece that I had to lose weight in order to stay healthy without her coming away thinking she must stay a reasonable weight herself, possibly at any cost? On the flipside, how can I say there is "health at every size" when I could not ...
Source: Diabetes Daily - August 12, 2009 Category: Diabetes Tags: body image type 2 Source Type: blogs

Can You Undo a 'Cankle?'Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Urban Dictionary defines the slang word 'cankle' as: "The absence of a defined ankle on a person - whereby the calf of the leg merges directly into the foot. The calf appears to replace the ankle - hence the term 'cankle'." It's a clever word, but what comes after isn't so funny!Continue reading... (Source: Diet Blog)
Source: Diet Blog - August 11, 2009 Category: Other Conditions Authors: contactus at diet-blog.com Tags: Body Image Source Type: blogs

7 Ways to Give An Apology & 4 Ways to Accept OneEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
When I was seven and preparing for my First Communion, we were expected to go to Confession first. Back in the sixties that was a scary prospect, involving a dark booth, hell’s fire and spilling your guts to a shadow behind a screen. The only thing my seven-year-old self could come up with to confess was the time I stole a fancy little brush from Joyce Weber, my friend from down the street. I coveted that pink and blue plastic brush. My mom had already marched me over to Joyce’s house to hand the brush back and apologize. What more penance could there possibly be? Seven ways to apologize: Don’t get defensive and...
Source: World of Psychology - August 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D. Tags: General 2c Amp Apology Body Language Buzz Lightyear Candy Candy Flowers Confession Email Face To Face First Communion Guts Handwritten Letter Issue At Hand Knees Little Sister My Friend Steve Penance Phone Call Scar Source Type: blogs

Weekly News Round-UpEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Please forgive any typos I miss – I’m down a “g” key on this laptop thanks to a cat+coffee incident. Esquire profiles abortion provider Dr. Warren Hern, [hat tip to the Daily Women's Health Policy Report] An excerpt: And some treat him with contempt and disgust, usually the ones who have been directly involved in antiabortion activities. They hate all abortion except for their special case. One even said they should all be killed. Only fourteen, she came with her mother. What brings you here? he asked. I have to have an abortion. Why? I’m not old enough to have a baby. But you told the counse...
Source: Women's Health News - August 9, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Access, Rights, & Choice Body Image & Eating Disorders Drugs Ethics News Round-Ups Breastfeeding disability fat acceptance health care reform Nashville sterilization Source Type: blogs

Sugar coated pills not such a sweet dealEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
According to this study, sponsored by the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority and published in Toxicology Letters, just one ‘sugar coated’ tablet of an easy to obtain over-the-counter medication ‘can raise the levels of phthalates in the body by 100 fold before being quickly eliminated.’ Apparently, it’s quickly eliminated, but the fact that it even gets into the body at all is concerning. And you have to wonder, does it really go away all together in someone who is taking the medication for long term use? Or will the phthalates level remain elevated and cause the patient to be at increased risk of endo...
Source: Healthbolt - August 8, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Liz Lewis Tags: Drugs Exposed! FDA phthalates phthalates and your body phthalates and your health sugar coated pills sugar coated pills and phthalates Source Type: blogs

How To Get Rid of Body Odor Safely: The Price To Smell Good May Be Too HighEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
1. Deodorants often contain parabens, linked to cancer. 2. They often contain antiperspirants with aluminum. It is a neurotoxin and clogs the pores of your sweat glands. Keeping in mind that most of the toxins from your breasts are going to the armpit to be eliminated, do you think, that that it is a good idea to clog the pores and prevent toxins from your breast to be released? Let me ask you a question: why do we always have a biopsy and check histology of the breast lesions and cancers, but in clinical practice we never check their toxicology? I think you know why. Because if we do it we would know which toxins ...
Source: Doctor Kalitenko antiaging blog - August 7, 2009 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: editor Tags: Do you know General health Rumor body odor Source Type: blogs

How To Get Rid of Body Odor SafelyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Price To Smell Good May Be Too High Everybody wants to smell nice to attract the opposite sex. But it may be too pricey. Because using deodorants may not always be safe for several reasons. 1. Deodorants often contain parabens, linked to cancer. 2. They often contain antiperspirants with aluminum. It is a neurotoxin and clogs the pores of your sweat glands. Keeping in mind that most of the toxins from your breasts are going to the armpit to be eliminated, do you think, that that it is a good idea to clog the pores and prevent toxins from your breast to be released? Let me ask you a question: why do we always ha...
Source: Doctor Kalitenko antiaging blog - August 7, 2009 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: editor Tags: Do you know General health Rumor body odor Source Type: blogs

Redheads Have More PainEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
New research has found that redheads may have a lesser tolerance to pain to non-redheads. This is especially true at the dentist, where some redheads have been found to need more anesthetics in order to feel numb. As a result, some redheads may not go to the dentist as often, because their experience is much worse than those without red hair. This new research first began in 2004, when research revealed that redheads needed up to “20 percent more general anesthesia than blonds and brunettes.” To find out why redheads had these types of difficulties, researchers looked at the melanocortin-1(MC1R)receptor gene, ...
Source: A Hearty Life - August 2, 2009 Category: Nurses Authors: Cherie Burbach Tags: Diseases & Conditions health concerns people with red hair melanocortin in the body redheads more pain dentist unique characteristics of redheads Source Type: blogs

Government Women’s Health Site Acknowledges That Women of Different Sizes Can Be HealthyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There is so much insistence that thin=healthy, not thin=unhealthy encountered online and real life that this body image page from Womenshealth.gov (The National Women’s Health Information Center) sort of surprised me by acknowledging: We all want to look our best, but a healthy body is not always linked to appearance. In fact, healthy bodies come in all shapes and sizes! And then it goes on to emphasize healthy eating for the purposes of having nice skin and hair (and bones, less prominently). Sigh. Unfortunately, it doesn’t also acknowledge the problems that physician approaches to size can create. It says (em...
Source: Women's Health News - July 28, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Body Image & Eating Disorders Government Women's Health fat acceptance Source Type: blogs

Weekly News Round-UpEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Lots of stuff at Our Bodies Our Blog worth reading. I’m not biased at all. Renee at Womanist Musings also has a bunch of links to posts worth checking out. One of them I particularly liked was this one on kids and gendered language. This website from the Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition is intended to help cancer patients locate financial assistance and manage cancer care costs. MADRE is solicting help for food aid in Darfur. The Women’s Bioethics Project has a book club selection that I need to add to my to-read list: Normal at Any Cost: Tall Girls, Short Boys, and the Medical Industry’s Quest ...
Source: Women's Health News - July 26, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abuse, Rape, & Safety Access, Rights, & Choice Birth Body Image & Eating Disorders Cancer Ethics Global Issues News Round-Ups Women's Health fat acceptance Source Type: blogs

Stars Are Just Like Other WomenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A fashion piece called "Celebrities Without Makeup" can make an effective social education for young girls at risk for eating disorders. I first saw something like this from a ad put together by Dove Campaign for Real Beauty and posted about it. Related articles by Zemanta Eating Disorders in Middle-Age Increasing (diet-blog.com) Eating Disorders Can Strike at Any Age (shoppingblog.com) Kids with eating disorders (timesunion.com) (Source: Ψ Dare To Dream...)
Source: Ψ Dare To Dream... - July 21, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Tags: Eating Disorders Body image Dove Campaign for Real Beauty Health Source Type: blogs

Healthbolt Healthy Travel WeekEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I’m off to California tomorrow for three weeks of sun, travel, wine, good food, and great company. But I didn’t want to leave all you Healthbolt reader’s high and dry, so I’ve been doing some pre-posting to keep you informed and entertained while I’m away. And to start it of, here’s a safety video from Air New Zealand with whom I‘ll be flying with tomorrow. Can you spot what’s different from the usual safety videos? . . Yep, you got it. They are not wearing any clothes. It’s all body paint. Thankfully, it’s just a video and all the real flight personnel on my flight will be wearing real clothes (...
Source: Healthbolt - July 20, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Liz Lewis Tags: Adventure Health Travel and Health air new zealand airplane travel bare essentials safety campaign body paint health and travel staying healthy when traveling travel and healthTravel-and-health Source Type: blogs

Weekly News Round-UpEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Get off your phone while driving: “Studies say that drivers using phones are four times as likely to cause a crash as other drivers, and the likelihood that they will crash is equal to that of someone with a .08 percent blood alcohol level, the point at which drivers are generally considered intoxicated.” I feel like I’ve heard this same finding repeatedly, along with the evidence that hands-free is not a solution because it’s the distraction that’s the problem, and yet… the Times piece talks about how nobody thinks *they* might be a problem. TheFeministBreeder is trying to do some labo...
Source: Women's Health News - July 19, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Access, Rights, & Choice Adolescent Health Birth Body Image & Eating Disorders Boobs Cancer HPV Libraryland News Round-Ups Pregnancy Sex & Sex Education fat acceptance language parenting war on drugs Source Type: blogs

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Go get sucked down a blog rabbithole with all of the “pit to distress” posts of late, on obstetric providers who allegedly push pitocin on laboring women in an attempt to make the fetus “prove” itself – by coming out vaginally or forcing a c-section for fetal distress. Start with Unnecesarean, Keyboard Revolutionary, and NursingBirth. Those starting points also include links to various other posts on the topic. Relatedly, RealityRounds has written a guide for nurses to refusing physician orders. PhD in Parenting is talking about drinking while breastfeeding. Abortion Pill Study Suggests Way t...
Source: Women's Health News - July 12, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Abortion Abuse, Rape, & Safety Access, Rights, & Choice Birth Body Image & Eating Disorders Boobs Breastfeeding Cancer Drugs Infectious Diseases Mental Health Miscellaneous Pregnancy antidepressants booze breast cancer chil Source Type: blogs

New Structural MRI Test Can Diagnose Alzheimer's and Lewy Body DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, Mayo Clinic researchers developed a framework for MRI-based differential diagnosis of three common neurodegenerative disorders: Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, and Lewy body disease using Structural MRI. Currently, examination of the brain at autopsy is the only way to confirm with certainty that a patient had a specific form of dementia. The framework, which is called "STructural Abnormality iNDex" or STAND-Map, shows promise in accurately diagnosing dementia patients while they are alive. The rationale is that if each neurodegenerative disorder can be associated with a unique patter...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - July 11, 2009 Category: Dementia Tags: clinic Lewy mayo test 'STructural Abnormality iNDex' body Frontotemporal 'Ron Petersen' autopsy alzheimers degeneration dementia brain lobar Source Type: blogs

Night Owls Are a Real ThingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Science proves what many of you may already know: some people are just not cut out to be morning folks. There is a definite set of the population that can be classified as “night owls.” And it isn’t because we’re lazy. (Notice I say “we.” Yes, I’m a night owl, too!) Being a night owl works out fine for the job I currently have. But when I worked in a traditional 9-5 office setting, it wasn’t always so. That’s not unusual, because morning people have the distinct advantage when it comes to work today. Research shows that, in terms of physical strength, morning people &#...
Source: A Hearty Life - July 9, 2009 Category: Nurses Authors: Cherie Burbach Tags: Diseases & Conditions might owls morning people and body strength reseach behind body strength Source Type: blogs

Tweet of the WeekEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
That’s: “Ladies, calling a gal fat to insult her is old and busted. You’re better off hurting my feelings by telling me I kern too tightly,” via @theogeo Posted in Body Image & Eating Disorders, Funny, Miscellaneous (Source: Women's Health News)
Source: Women's Health News - July 9, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Body Image & Eating Disorders Funny Miscellaneous Source Type: blogs