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Research Demonstrates Emotion’s Effect On The Human Heart
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How could it have happened?
He was strong; do you remember how he could get uphill? He was fit; can you ever recall seeing him out of shape? His blood pressure was perfect, low even. He bragged about his exemplary cholesterol levels.
He was lean and mean.
Wait a minute…what was that about being mean?
When an endurance athlete in middle age is felled by a sudden heart attack, these questions always arise. It’s mysterious, as the idea holds that exercise and fitness should inoculate one from heart disease. But it does not.
There is more to the story of heart attacks than just the big five: genetics, smoking, high blood p...
Source: Better Health - September 10, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: John Mandrola, M.D. Tags: Research Anger Artery Constriction Blood Vessel Constriction Cardiac disease Emotion Endothelium European Society of Cardiology Healthy Living Heart Attack Heart Health Inflammation laughter Smile Type-A Personality Source Type: blogs
Device Delivers A Still-Beating Heart To Transplant PatientsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Packing hearts on ice destined for transplantation may eventually become a thing of the past. The Organ Care System from TransMedics, which delivers a still-beating heart to a transplant patient, continues to show promise in clinical trials. UCLA recently reported that Rob Evans, a 61-year-old patient suffering from cardiomyopathy, is the most recent recipient of a heart delivered by the device.
We’ve actually covered the Organ Care System (OCS) several times before (we first caught wind of it in 2006). The device, however, is still classified as an investigational device by the FDA; it is undergoing phase II clinical tr...
Source: Better Health - September 10, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Medgadget Tags: Research Cardiac disease Cardiac Surgery Cardiomyopathy Cleveland Clinic Clinical Trials Columbia University Medical Center Donor Dr. Abbas Ardehali New York-Presbyterian OCS Organ Care System TransMedics Transplant UCLA UCLA Source Type: blogs
‘Contagion’ Screening a Busman’s Holiday for CDC StaffersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Whats it like to watch your day job â or Hollywoods version of it â unfold on the big screen?
Employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention got the chance to find out Thursday night at a special screening of âContagionâ, the new bio-thriller in which the federal agency plays a prominent role.
Fortified with bags of buttery popcorn, bathtub-sized sodas, and other munchies the CDC normally warns the public to shun, employees watched Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne, and the rest of a star-studded cast race to quell a lethal virus â dubbed MEV-1 â that spreads around the world...
Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog - September 9, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Betsy McKay Tags: CDC Infectious disease Source Type: blogs
Time for action in New York on non-communicable diseases.Email this article to a colleague.
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The above titled editorial in "the Lancet" this
week is worth reading, as much for its omissions, as well as its
recommendations. The gathering is taking place in two weeks at United Nations
and is focusing on reducing deaths from chronic disease, but nowhere in the
brief does it discuss the need to reduce disability, while it is increasing longevity.
Who is going to feed, house, and care for all the seniors with these extra years
to live, many with disability. Health systems around the world are reaching the
limits of their financial capability and some, like the United States is well
beyond its capacity to function in its current manner.
Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - September 9, 2011 Category: Epidemiologists Tags: Chronic disease Prevention behavioral change complementary substances epidemiology policy Source Type: blogs
Rivaroxaban Redux: Drug Faces Challenges in Approval Process and BeyondEmail this article to a colleague.
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Johnson & Johnson overcame a surprisingly negative Food and Drug Administration staff review of its blood thinner rivaroxaban yesterday to win an advisory committee endorsement of the drug after an intense day-long hearing.
You work on something for seven years . . . and it all boils down to one day,â says Duke Universityâs Rob Califf, who led the key Rocket AF trial that was the basis of J&Jâs application and made J&Jâs case to the panel yesterday.
Despite the victory, the days discussion â and the questions raised in the staff review â underscore challenges still ahead for the drug, kno...
Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog - September 9, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Ron Winslow Tags: Drugs FDA Heart disease Source Type: blogs
Decline in catheter associated UTIs noted long before Medicare's blame gameEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - September 9, 2011 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Tags: hospital medicine infectious disease quality and safety Source Type: blogs
Studio Promotes Killer-Virus Movie … With Bacterial BillboardEmail this article to a colleague.
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We at the Health Blog are very sensitive to mixing up viruses and bacteria, probably because weâve made that error ourselves before.
So on one hand, we think the promotion Warner Bros. Canada dreamed up for Steven Soderberghâs âContagion,â which opens today, is clever. Scientists created two storefront âbillboardsâ in Toronto by culturing giant petri dishes with bacteria and fungi and letting time do the rest.
The result: the name of the film, decorated with cute little biohazard signs, formed by the organisms. Watch the video below to see how the billboard was created.
On the other hand, the ...
Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog - September 9, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Katherine Hobson Tags: Infectious disease Source Type: blogs
The ADHD DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Recently when spending some time at a friend’s house I happened to noticed a piece of literature titled ‘The ADHD Disease’ placed on a book-stand. I was aware that my friend was starting to believe that both himself, and at least one of his children, had ADHD. It was fairly obvious to me that he was making an attempt to better understand the condition and possibly find a way to manage the primary symptoms of inattention, impulsive behavior, and hyperactivity, affordably and effectively.
So I enquired about ‘The ADHD Disease’ and to my surprise that despite the title it seemed to have many of t...
Source: Life With ADHD - September 9, 2011 Category: Other Conditions Authors: ADHD Dad Tags: ADHD Research disease Source Type: blogs
After a Tough Week, Xarelto Gets Thumbs-Up From FDA PanelEmail this article to a colleague.
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An FDA advisory panel just voted 9-2 (with one abstention) in favor of approving Xarelto to prevent stroke in atrial-fibrillation patients.
Johnson & Johnson and Bayer must be breathing a sigh of relief right about now. Earlier this week prospects for the drugâs approval seemed to dim when FDA staff, in a briefing document, recommended the drug be rejected.
FDA reviewers had questions about a key trial called Rocket AF that compared the drug to warfarin. Specifically, they noted that the patients in the warfarin arm of the trial were in the targeted treatment range only about 55% of the time, possibly leading to an ex...
Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog - September 8, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Katherine Hobson Tags: Drugs FDA Heart disease Source Type: blogs
Non-Communicable Diseases: A Women’s Health, Rights and Empowerment IssueEmail this article to a colleague.
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The following is a guest post by Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda who is General Secretary, World YWCA and Dr. Nalini Saligram the Founder and CEO of Arogya World. It was originally posted on The Huffington Post on September 6th.
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which include cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, lung disease, and mental health are one of the greatest health and development challenges of the century, responsible collectively for 2/3 of all deaths worldwide. Though all people the world over are susceptible to the threat of these chronic diseases, this is a women’s health rights and empowerment issue b...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - September 8, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Advocacy Guest Posts Women's Health Non-communicable disease United Nations Source Type: blogs
Cardiac Specialist Strongly Against The Idea Of A PolypillEmail this article to a colleague.
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The tweet said that experts were debating the merits of a polypill? I had to click that link.
Yes. I was right; there were actually “eminent” cardiologists suggesting that a pill containing 4 different medicines (a statin, aspirin, beta-blocker and an ACE-inhibitor) “might change the face of cardiovascular medicine.”
The direct quote from Dr. Salim Yusef, one of the most eminent heart doctors, went like this:
“We have to think of the polypill not as a pill, but as part of a strategy to completely change our approach to prevention,” said Yusuf. “Instead of saying lifestyle first and drugs next, why don’t we ...
Source: Better Health - September 4, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: John Mandrola, M.D. Tags: Opinion ACE inhibitor Aspirin Beta Blocker Dr. Salim Yusef Exercise Healthy Living Heart disease Prevention ICD Patients Michael O’Riordan Polypill Secondary Prevention Statin TheHeart.org Source Type: blogs
Electronic Health Records and Quality of Diabetes CareEmail this article to a colleague.
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A study reported this
week in the NEMJ discusses the value of electronic health records in managing
diabetic patients at a number of VA Hospital's. I first reported the value of
maintaining a records database in a physician’s offices in the Southern Health
Journal in 1962, using punch cards prior to the availability of computerized
systems. A number of family practice training programs used Ecards in the 1970s
to evaluate accountability of residency performance. It is disappointing that
development of a useful EHR is taking so
long to validate. I believe this is due to poor design with an attempt to
accomplish ...
Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - September 3, 2011 Category: Epidemiologists Tags: Chronic disease Community Health epidemiology policy Prevention Surveillance Source Type: blogs
CDC Statistics: Mental Illness in the USEmail this article to a colleague.
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a summary report yesterday detailing how the CDC measures mental illness in the U.S., and summary statistics from those measurements. Most of the information summarized in the report is not new, since it was previously published. What the report does do is bring a great deal of this information together in a single paper.
The report notes that according to the World Health Organization, mental illness — that is, any mental disorder — accounts for more disability in developed countries than any other group of illnesses, including cancer and heart...
Source: World of Psychology - September 3, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M. Grohol, PsyD Tags: Disorders General Policy and Advocacy Psychiatry Psychology Research Adults Cdc Cdc Statistics Centers For disease Control Centers For disease Control And Prevention Centers For disease Control And Prevention Cdc Curren Dementia Source Type: blogs
"Coolest Picture Ever" of Baló’s Concentric SclerosisEmail this article to a colleague.
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Dr. Mark Cohen, neuropathologist at Case Western Reserve University, sent me these "Images in Clinical Medicine" from the August 25, 2011 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. The accompanying text is as follows:"A 25-year-old, left-handed man with known relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis presented with a mild, nonfluent aphasic syndrome and left facial paresis that had developed within the previous 5 days. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the brain revealed a large lesion with a concentric-ring pattern consisting of alternating bands of higher and lower signal intensity (axial T2-weighted im...
Source: neuropathology blog - September 2, 2011 Category: Pathologists Tags: radiology demyelinating disease Source Type: blogs
Stem Cell Research and Crohn’sEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study (by Celgene) is very similar to a previous study that was performed by Osiris a few years ago. I wanted to participate in the Osiris study, but we had just moved back to the states and I was starting a new job. Besides, I just had a colonoscopy — and they were going to make me repeat it. But now that I’m due for another colonoscopy, my career is basically in limbo, and I’m scared to try Cimzia, I’m ready to try this.
The trial studies the effects of PDA001 on the immune system and how this affects Crohn’s disease. Adult Stem cells can be harvested from many different places, such as the bone marro...
Source: Life with Crohn's - September 2, 2011 Category: Other Conditions Authors: admin Tags: Crohn's disease Crohn's disease medicine Crohn's disease treatment Crohn's research Crohn's treatment spirituality Crohn's blog Crohn's doctor God medication Source Type: blogs
Personal Genomic Tests: Do We Know Enough For Them To Be Beneficial?Email this article to a colleague.
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Campaigns against public spitting in the 19th century were largely driven by concerns about the spread of tuberculosis. However, at the beginning of the 21st century, spitting seems to be making a comeback. Over the past few years, several companies have begun offering personal genomic tests online to the public. There have been famous images of “spit parties”, where celebrities are seen filling tubes with saliva to ship for DNA testing. Getting information on one’s genes has been promoted as fun, as part of social networking, and as a basis for improving health and preventing disease.
When it comes to spitting to ...
Source: Better Health - September 2, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: MuinKhouryMDPhD Tags: Health Tips Research Cancer CDC Center for disease Control and Prevention Diabetes DNA Testing Effectiveness Family Health History Gene-Environment Interaction Genetic Testing Genetics Genomics Government Accountability Office Source Type: blogs
How Dry I Am: Day-to-Day Life With Sjogren’s SyndromeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Many of us who live with autoimmune diseases wonder how many different ones we can have. Sometimes they seem to be piling up on us in a world in which one usually has one disease, we can have several. There are times they “bleed” into each other like sand art when the tide rises and life can become very confusing. There is something about we mere mortals that drives us on to find a name for our suffering. Usually, we know something is wrong long before we get a label from a doctor. It often involves seeing many physicians and hearing their guesses as to what we have wrong with us. Each of them cannot know everything bu...
Source: Life with Chronic Pain - September 2, 2011 Category: Other Conditions Authors: admin Tags: Emotional Health Pain treatment Uncategorized joint pain autoimmune disease chronic pain management rheumatoid disease Sue Falkner Source Type: blogs
Through the eyes of a ‘consumer’: Health care in Delhi. Through the eyes of a ‘consumer’: Health care in DelhiEmail this article to a colleague.
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Here's a guest post from a class mate, Ela Ghose.
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The past two years have been filled with ailments of various kinds: in some cases I have been the patient and in others the care-giver/ attendant. As a consequence I have met a plethora of doctors: gynecologists, orthopedic surgeons, gastroenterologists, gastric surgeons, cardiologists, endocrinologists, sleep specialists , oncologists to name a few. As you’ve probably guessed, the ailments have ranged from minor (knee pain) to major (stomach cancer).
Some of the doctors have been the epitome of caring and compassion, spending time with the patie...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - September 2, 2011 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: Oncology Norman Cousins India Sleep apnea patient SMS disease Sleep disorder Source Type: blogs
Eye lens discoloration linked to sleep problemsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Sleep Education - September 1, 2011 Category: Sleep Medicine Tags: aging sleep disorders eye lense discoloration Source Type: blogs
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Do you work in an emergency department? Or maybe in an ICU? Or perhaps the prehospital environment? Regardless, of where you look after critically ill patients you MUST click on this LINK now! What will you find there? Two things: The first part of a talk by ‘Early Goal Directed Therapy’ legend Dr Manny Rivers on [...]
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - September 1, 2011 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Chris Nickson Tags: Emergency Medicine Infectious disease Intensive Care Podcast Shout Out Early Goal Directed Therapy EM Critical Care Emmanuel Rivers scott weingart Septic Shock Severe Sepsis Source Type: blogs
How AA Members Get Sober in TaiwanEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion This study provides important points of reference for alcohol and drug service workers and community healthcare professionals, casting light on the abstinence process and providing a basis for intervention or rehabilitation services.An ongoing process: A qualitative study of how the alcohol-dependent free themselves of addiction through progressive abstinence Mei-Yu Yeh, Hui-Lian Che and Shu-Mei Wu BMC Psychiatry 2009, 9:76doi:10.1186/1471-244X-9-76.Click file below to download full report.AA in Taiwan.pdfNEWYou Can Help an Alcoholic
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - September 1, 2011 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12-Step Groups Alcoholics Anon Alcoholism men Recovery Research Self-help Stages of Change Women abstinence alcohol-dependency drinking psychiatry Taiwan Source Type: blogs
Effect of a MRSA bundle for hospitalized patientsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - September 1, 2011 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Tags: hospital medicine infectious disease Source Type: blogs
Three Common Ailments That Can Be Treated With Regular ExerciseEmail this article to a colleague.
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It’s Wednesday, so I would like to tell you about some cool things I learned this past week about the science of how exercise can be used as a treatment for three common ailments.
First, some background about exercise: The great thing about exercising every day that you eat is that this magic potion is not a shot or a pill. It does not involve a doctor burning or squishing anything in your body. There are no HIPAA forms, no insurance pre-certifications, and not even a co-pay. It’s as we say, easy and free. And drum roll please…exercise is active—not passive.
Here’s the Mandrola take on how exercise might treat th...
Source: Better Health - August 31, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: John Mandrola, M.D. Tags: Health Tips Research Activity ADHD Anthracyclines Apoptosis Arthritis Cancer Cancer Patients Cardiac injury Cardiac Toxicity Concentration doxorubicin-induced cardiac injury Endurance Exercise Healthy Living Heart disease Source Type: blogs
Back To School Tip: Your Child May Need A Comprehensive Eye ExamEmail this article to a colleague.
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Dori Carlson, O.D.
In a recent interview with the president of the American Optometric Association (AOA), Dr. Dori Carlson, I learned the surprising statistic that about 1 in 4 school age children have an undetected or undiagnosed vision problem. School vision screenings, while helpful, still miss more than 75% of these problems. And for those kids who are discovered to have a vision problem during a school screening, upwards of 40% receive no follow up after the diagnosis. Clearly, we need to do better at diagnosing and treating childhood visual deficits. My full conversation with Dr. Carlson can be listened to below:
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Source: Better Health - August 31, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Dr. Val Jones Tags: Expert Interviews ACUVUE American Optometric Association AOA Back To School Children Comprehensive eye Exam Dori Carlson Farsightedness Infants InfantSEE Johnson & Johnson Myopia Nearsightedness Ophthalmology Optometry Visi Source Type: blogs
Not enough deep sleep could raise blood pressureEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Sleep Education - August 30, 2011 Category: Sleep Medicine Tags: slow wave sleep high blood pressure men Source Type: blogs
Nicotine as a Marker for Alcohol & Psychiatric DisordersEmail this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSIONS: Nicotine dependence represents a general marker of psychiatric comorbidity, particularly of addictive comorbidity. It may be used as a screening measure for psychiatric diagnoses in clinical practice as well as in future trials.Research report; Le Strat Y, Ramoz N, Gorwood P. In Alcohol-Dependent Drinkers, What Does the Presence of Nicotine Dependence Tell Us About Psychiatric and Addictive Disorders Comorbidity? Alcohol Alcohol. 2010 Jan 20. See also;Alcoholic, Addictive BehaviorsWernicke-Korsakoff SyndromeAre Families Affected by Alcoholism?What are the Styles of Enablers?Hazelden Books and ResourcesNEWYou Can Help an Alcoholic
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - August 30, 2011 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addiction Alcohol Alcoholism disease of addiction Drugs Research Symptoms of addiction antisocial personality Anxiety depressive episode manic disorder Nicotine dependence panic disorder social phobia suicide attempt Source Type: blogs
Brief-TSF theoryEmail this article to a colleague.
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Brief-TSF Theoretical Rationale/Mechanism of ActionThe theoretical rationale is based in the 12 steps and 12 traditions of AA and includes the need to accept that willpower alone is not sufficient to achieve sustained sobriety, that self-centredness must be replaced by surrender to the group process/conscience, and that long-term recovery consists of a process of spiritual renewal. The primary mechanism action is active participation and a willingness to accept a higher power, even if it is the AA group at first, as the locus of change in one’s life.Agent of ChangeThe facilitator in the Brief-TSF treatment model is m...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - August 30, 2011 Category: Addiction Tags: Alcoholism Brief-TSF disease of addiction Spirituality Symptoms of addiction Theory Source Type: blogs
Promoting Healthy, Meaningful Aging Through Social Involvement: Building an Experience CorpsEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Editor’s note: Pathways responsible for higher-order thinking in the prefrontal cortex (PFC), or executive center of the brain, remain vulnerable throughout life—during critical early-life developmental windows, when the PFC fully matures in the early 20s, and finally from declines associated with old age. At all ages, physical activity and PFC-navigated social connections are essential components to maintaining brain health. The Experience Corps, a community-based social-engagement program, partners seniors with local schools to promote purpose-driven involvement. Participating seniors have exhibited immediate short-...
Source: SharpBrains - August 30, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Dana Foundation Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness academic-performance. aging Alzheimers-disease Arthur-Kramer Brain-health Brain-Plasticity Cerebrum chronic disease cognitive-exercises developing brain envir Source Type: blogs
Causes of death in patients hospitalized with pneumoniaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - August 30, 2011 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Tags: infectious disease cardiovascular Source Type: blogs
Linezolid vs Glycopeptide Antibiotics for MRSA pneumonia---a new meta-analysisEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - August 30, 2011 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Tags: infectious disease Source Type: blogs
Being ‘hung up’ about sex isn’t so horribleEmail this article to a colleague.
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This is my column in yesterday’s Greenville News. A direct link requires a subscription, so I reprinted it here.
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Being ‘hung up’ about sex isn’t so horrible
One of the chief objections to Christianity is that it meddles in people’s personal lives. This is a curious objection, in some ways. Christianity has fairly little to say about food or drink, except to advocate moderation. And very little to say about clothing, except that modesty is appropriate. It’s silent on computers and automobiles. And it generally advocates discipline couched in love where children are concerned.
Wh...
Source: edwinleap.com - August 29, 2011 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Edwinlea Tags: Good News Uncategorized apologetics church culture faith family man stuff marriage parenthood public health raising men Source Type: blogs
A.M. Vitals: Blood-Thinner From Bristol-Myers, Pfizer Beats WarfarinEmail this article to a colleague.
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Superior to the Standard: Data from an 18,201-person study show that apixaban, a blood thinner being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer, reduced the risk of stroke in atrial fibrillation patients by 21% and the risk of death by 11% compared to the standard treatment, warfarin, the WSJ reports. Apixaban also cut the risk of bleeding by 31% compared to warfarin. The drug will be submitted to the FDA for approval this year, the paper says.
Bird Flu, Again: The United Nations is warning that a strain of avian flu against which current vaccines may not protect is spreading among birds in China and Vietnam, the Associa...
Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog - August 29, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Katherine Hobson Tags: Drugs FDA Heart disease Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Medical News Stories: Beware Of Insufficient EvidenceEmail this article to a colleague.
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After seeing the NBC Nightly News last night, a physician urged me to write about what he saw: a story about a “simple blood test that could save women’s lives.”
Readers – and maybe especially TV viewers – beware whenever you hear a story about “a simple blood test.”
And this is a good case in point.
Brian Williams led into the story stating:
“Two of three women who die suddenly of cardiac heart disease have no previous symptoms which is all the more reason women may want to ask their doctors about a blood test that can be a lifesaver.”
Then NBC News chief medical edito...
Source: Better Health - August 28, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: GarySchwitzer Tags: Health Tips News Brian Williams Cardiology Coronary Heart disease CRP Heart disease-Related Death Howard Brody John Abramson Lacking Evidence Life Saving Medical History Merrill Goozner Nancy Snyderman NBC Nieman Reports Pa Source Type: blogs
Scientists Study The Shape Of The Nose And Its Relationship With ClimateEmail this article to a colleague.
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The basic function of the human nose is to warm and humidify the air before it reaches the lungs. Because of the wide variation of human habitats from the polar cold and dry air to the equatorial hot and humid weather, one would expect the nose to accommodate to these climate extremes accordingly through evolutionary pressures.
In essence, logically one would expect the nose to change shape to enhance time that air is in contact with the warm and moist nasal interior in cold and dry climates compared to the opposite environmental extreme.
German scientists evaluated this hypothesis through (more…)
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Source: Better Health - August 28, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: ChristopherChangMD Tags: Research Air Bony Nasal Cavity Climate dry Ear Nose and Throat ENT Evolution Germany Human Humidity Internal Nasal Cavity Lungs Nasal Interior nasopharynx Shape of Nose Temperature Source Type: blogs
Weight Gain Associated With Years Following Marriage And DivorceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Women gain weight after marriage and men after divorce, especially among those over 30, likely the result of “weight shock” to people’s routines in physical activity and diet, sociologists reported.
The research, led by a sociology doctoral student at The Ohio State University, was presented at a roundtable on Marriage and Family at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. They used data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth ’79, a nationally representative sample of men and women ages 14 to 22 in 1979. The same people were surveyed every year up to 1994 and every other ...
Source: Better Health - August 26, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: RyanDuBosar Tags: Research Diet Divorce Female Lifestyle Marital Transition Marriage men Obesity Physical Activity Relationship Routine Weight Gain Weight Loss Weight Shock Women Source Type: blogs
The Challenge of Obesity.Email this article to a colleague.
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For those interested in epidemiology, chronic disease, and
obesity. This week's edition of the Lancet has a series of four articles and
several commentaries that review the economics, epidemiology, social, and
policymaking issues affecting obesity that are well worth reading in full. The
take away message is that this is an extremely complicated area. There is an
emphasis by the authors and commentators that correction of obesity will take
government action. Government action in this area tends to resolve around
police actions, and taxation. Taxation policies have worked to a significant
extent in reducing tobacco consumpt...
Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - August 26, 2011 Category: Epidemiologists Tags: behavioral change Chronic disease Community Health Economics epidemiology Genetics geriatrics Health Education policy Prevention Surveillance Source Type: blogs
HPV Vaccine Rates Trail Other Teen VaccinesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Despite strong endorsements from public health officials, teenage vaccination rates for the HPV vaccine are trailing the other two vaccines recommended for teens and pre-teens, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The two vaccines approved to combat the human papillomavirus are Gardasil, which is sold by Merck, and Cervarix, which is sold by GlaxoSmithKline.
To be specific, coverage was 49 percent for one dose of HPV vaccine; 63 percent for MenACWY, which protects against meningococcal meningitis; and 69 percent for the TDP vaccine, which guards against tetanus, diptheria and pertussis. Meanwhile, c...
Source: Pharmalot - August 26, 2011 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized CDC Centers for disease Control And Prevention Cervarix Gardasil GlaxoSmithKline HPV Human Papillomarvirus Merck Vaccine Vaccines Source Type: blogs
Preserving The Body’s BugsEmail this article to a colleague.
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An
interview today in TheScientist magazine, with Martin Blaser of New York
University school of medicine, discusses the hypothesis that the overuse of
antibiotics is affecting the normal flora of the gut, which in turn may be may
be affecting the likelihood of development chronic diseases. While the theory
is not new, the research discussed is and should be watched with interest by
everyone in the public health field.
Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - August 25, 2011 Category: Epidemiologists Tags: Chronic disease epidemiology Prevention policy research Source Type: blogs
Painless intervention for tooth cavities.Email this article to a colleague.
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I
am sure there are others who, like me were traumatized as children from painful
dental care, although this occurs far less today. From ScienceDaily
today is news from the University of Leeds in the UK. Their
pioneering treatment promises to transform the approach to filling teeth
forever. It is a totally natural non-surgical repair process. The 'magic' fluid
was designed by researchers in the University of Leeds' School of Chemistry, and
it contains a peptide known as P 11-4 that -- under certain conditions -- will
assemble together into fibers. When applied to the tooth, the fluid seeps into
the micro-pores caused by ac...
Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - August 24, 2011 Category: Epidemiologists Tags: Chronic disease Prevention policy research Source Type: blogs
A.M. Vitals: Plant-Based Diet Lowered Cholesterol More than Cutting FatEmail this article to a colleague.
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Food as Medicine: People who ate a diet rich in plant-based foods such as nuts, soy, plant-based margarine spreads, barley and oats saw levels of their âbadâ cholesterol drop 13% more than people who simply cut back on saturated fats, the WSJ reports. Results from the randomized trial, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, add to the evidence suggesting itâs better to replace dietary saturated fats with healthy fats rather than with simple carbohydrates, an expert tells the paper.
Interpreting Results: Another study appearing in JAMA, this one a review of previously published research...
Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog - August 24, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Katherine Hobson Tags: Drugs Heart disease M&A Nutrition Research Source Type: blogs
Gram negative bacteria which produce carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzymes---treatment optionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Notes from Dr. RW - August 24, 2011 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Tags: infectious disease Source Type: blogs
Marriage and divorce linked to weight gainEmail this article to a colleague.
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Men tend to pack on the pounds after getting divorced, women after getting married. That’s according to research presented this week at the American Sociological Association’s 106th Annual Meeting.
Researchers at Ohio State University used data on 10,071 people surveyed from 1986 to 2008 to determine weight gain in the two years following a marriage or divorce. Men who got divorced were more likely to gain a lot of weight—more than about 21 pounds—than those who stayed married. Women on the other hand were more likely to add a lot of weight after they got married. For both genders, the weight gain...
Source: Consumer Reports Health Blog - August 23, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Consumer Reports News Tags: Diet & nutrition Exercise fitness Health News Healthy living men ' s Health Women Source Type: blogs
Mental Illness: How The Sexes DifferEmail this article to a colleague.
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According to a new study published by the American Psychological Association, women are more likely to suffer from anxiety or depression, while men face more substance abuse or antisocial difficulties. Researchers also found that women with mental disorders are more likely to internalize their emotions and move into a state of withdrawal, loneliness and depression. Interestingly enough, men, on the other hand, are more likely to externalize their emotions, leading to aggressive, impulsive, coercive and noncompliant behavior.
So when it comes to mental illness, it appears that women tend to reach for the antidepressants whi...
Source: Healthbolt - August 23, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Deborah Dunham Tags: FEEL mental health alcohol anxiety depression women vs. men Source Type: blogs
Managing COPD as a Long Term Condition: Emerging Learning from the National Improvement ProjectsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Scan or click to download 'Managing COPD as a Long Term Condition: Emerging Learning from the National Improvement Projects'
Title: Managing COPD as a Long Term Condition: Emerging Learning from the National Improvement Projects
The Skinny: Report from NHS Improvement offering top tips for COPD management projects and service improvement.
Just giving patients a plan and telling them what they should do probably won’t change behaviour:
Effort, time and skills are needed to build rapport and focus on the person’s own goals and motivation so that they want to do the right thing
Different approaches work for diff...
Source: Fade Library - August 23, 2011 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Ooops Missed Category! Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease Client satisfaction Consumer behaviour Consumer feedback Consumer satisfaction Grey Literature Patient Satisfaction Patient views Social influence Source Type: blogs
The Ongoing Controversy Over Screening Young Athletes With ECGEmail this article to a colleague.
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As todayâs Heart Beat column reports, a group of international experts recently published recommendations for interpreting the electrocardiograms of young athletes, hoping to reduce the number of false positive results that can spark further, costly testing.
The debate over whether high-school and college athletes should routinely have ECGs added to their pre-participation physicals has been brewing for years, sparked by the rare but shocking deaths of young, seemingly healthy athletes on the field of play.
Routine ECG screening for young athletes is currently not recommended by the American Heart Association nor mand...
Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog - August 23, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Katherine Hobson Tags: Heart disease Screening Sports Medicine Source Type: blogs
More Heart-Attack Patients Are Getting Treated QuicklyEmail this article to a colleague.
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More heart-attack patients now than five years ago are getting a potentially life-saving procedure to open blocked arteries within the recommended time frame, a new study shows.
The so-called âdoor-to-balloonâ time refers to how long it takes for heart attack patients who need an angioplasty â an opening of the blocked artery using a catheter â to receive one once theyâve gotten to the hospital. The recommendation is to get the procedure within 90 minutes.
Every minute is precious, because the longer patients go without the procedure, which restores blood flow to the heart, the lower their odds...
Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog - August 22, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Katherine Hobson Tags: Heart disease Hospitals Research Source Type: blogs
Erectile Dysfunction Can be Heart Disease IndicatorEmail this article to a colleague.
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Erectile dysfunction can be an early indicator for heart disease in men. Dr. Terry Mason, Cook County Hospitals, calls erectile dysfunction the "canary in the coal mine." He says it can be a leading indicator of not only heart disease, but other diseases as well. Take a look:
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Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - August 20, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: male heart-disease erectile-dysfunction Source Type: blogs
Healthy Behaviors Will Help You Live Longer.Email this article to a colleague.
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Researchers looked at long-term data from
Americans aged 17 and older and found that those who embraced four healthy
behaviors -- not smoking, eating a healthy diet, getting regular physical
activity and avoiding excessive alcohol use -- were 63 percent less likely to
die early from any cause than those with none of those healthy habits. Comment: one more piece of confirmatory data that are health
relies more behaviors. The problem is that despite many repeated similar
studies of population behaviors do not change. Instead of wasting money repeat
the same old research. Why not develop methods to change population? If this ...
Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - August 19, 2011 Category: Epidemiologists Tags: Chronic disease Community Health Prevention Surveillance behavioral change epidemiology Source Type: blogs
