Gratitude for the Other 364 Days of the Year
There are few healthy habits with more immediate results than gratitude. This is why English author Joseph Addison declared, "There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind." Unlike other virtues, he said, gratitude offers "natural gratification" as the "duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance." Likewise, there are few healthy habits with more reverberating effects. Unlike eating broccoli or meditating, expressing appreciation is discernibly beneficial for both the practitioner and recipient.
Both research and thought leaders agree. A growing body of data shows that people who cultivate an attitude of gratitu...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 4, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How my dog sniffed out breast cancer and saved my life
Five years ago, Dr Claire Guest's labrador Daisy discovered a lump in her owner's breast. Now, Dr Guest has founded Medical Detection Dogs - one of the Telegraph's Christmas charities (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - November 20, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Telegraph Christmas Appeal Addison's disease Medical Detection Dogs breast cancer diabetes prostate cancer Source Type: news
Adrenal insufficiency - 2014 Lancet review
Adrenal insufficiency is the deficient production or action of glucocorticoids, with or without deficiency also in mineralocorticoids and adrenal androgens. It is a life-threatening disorder that can result from:- primary adrenal failure- secondary adrenal disease due to impairment of the hypothalamic—pituitary axis Prompt diagnosis and management are essential. The clinical manifestations of primary adrenal insufficiency result from deficiency of all adrenocortical hormones, but they can also include signs of other concurrent autoimmune conditions. In secondary or tertiary adrenal insufficiency, the clinical picture res...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - November 12, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Endocrinology Lancet Source Type: news
Evaluation of adrenal function in critically ill children
The activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in response to critical illness and the resulting release of cortisol
from the adrenal cortex are essential to stress adaptation and maintenance of cardiovascular homeostasis. However, there is no consensus on adequate adrenal response to critical illness.
Balbão et al., conducted a prospective study to evaluate adrenal function in critically ill children compared with a control group of healthy children by measuring salivary cortisol and serum total cortisol at baseline and after ACTH stimulation test. Another ...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - October 21, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
When lethargy can be fatal
A condition usually considered psychological might indicate Addison's disease, says Dr James LeFanu (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - September 8, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
When lethargy can be fatal
A condition usually considered psychological might indicate Addison's disease, says Dr James LeFanu (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - September 8, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
5ɑ-reductase and adrenal insufficiency
Patients with critical illness or hepatic failure exhibit impaired cortisol response to ACTH, or ‘relative adrenal insufficiency’. The mechanism could be that elevated bile acids inhibit inactivation of cortisol in liver by 5α-reductases, leading to downregulation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis and adrenocortical atrophy. Livingstone and colleagues investigated the consequences of 5α-reductase type 1 deficiency in mice. Their results confirm that impaired peripheral clearance of glucocorticoids can cause ‘relative adrenal insufficiency&rs...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - August 29, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Hip but not thigh intramuscular adipose tissue is associated with poor balance and increased temporal gait variability in older adults - Addison O, Young P, Inacio M, Bair WN, Prettyman MG, Beamer BA, Ryan AS, Rogers MW.
BACKGROUND: Intramuscular adipose tissue (IMAT) of the lower extremity is a strong negative predictor of mobility function. Variability in temporal gait factors is another important predictor of mobility function. The purpose of this study was to examine t... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - July 18, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Genetics Home Reference: autoimmune Addison disease
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/autoimmune-addison-disease (Source: NLM General Announcements)
Source: NLM General Announcements - July 1, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Thursday consumer health tips
Autism spectrum disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Salt craving: A symptom of Addison's disease? Brain aneurysm Vitamin B-12: Can it improve memory in Alzheimer's? (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - June 26, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
As pediatric cancer survivors, mother and daughter share unique bond
This story originally appeared on Insight, Dana-Farber’s blog.
Jessica Tierney never thought she’d experience a harder moment than learning she had cancer at age 15 – until her 7-year-old daughter, Emma, was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) last October.
Emma is undergoing treatment at Boston Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber’s Jimmy Fund Clinic, just as Jessica did in 1991. “Emma already knew I had once been really sick, so I told her, ‘Look at me. I was treated a long time ago, and the medicine is even better now,” Jessica Tierney recalls of hearing her daughter’s diagnosis.
Jessi...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - June 23, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: All posts Cancer Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center our patients' stories Source Type: news
Teenager has Addison's disease where organs shut down if she gets too excited
Hannah Bowness-Major, 13, from Cheshire, has Addison's disease, which means her adrenal glands do not produce enough of the hormone cortisol. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 13, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Salt craving: A symptom of Addison's disease?
(Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist)
Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist - May 30, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Wednesday's pick of the day
Today sees our two nurses' sessions, as well as two more Plenary Lectures together with a further satellite symposia New insights in the management of adrenal insufficiency and the importance of circadian rhythm, sponsored by ViraPharma
Make sure you're up and about for our first ever Society for Endocrinology Journal Awards. Five authors of winning papers from the Society's five official journals will present their work from 8am in room 1C.
We're also looking forward to our second Education Workshop: Practical publishing advice at 9.30, room 3B in which seven speakers ...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - March 26, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
This week's new live comedy
Nine Lessons And Carols For Godless People | Mae Martin | British Radio new comedy awards 2013 finalNine Lessons And Carols For Godless People, LondonThe news that Robin Ince is calling time on his annual secular celebration of Christmas was greeted with a loud clap of thunder, and the veil of the temple was rent in twain. In fact, the dismay among faithful attendees of Nine Lessons And Carols For Godless People is a testament to how securely the event has been established in the comedy calendar. For six years now, Ince has brought a cohort of luminaries from the worlds of comedy, music and popular science together to prov...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 7, 2013 Category: Science Authors: James Kettle Tags: The Guardian Josie Long Comedy Culture Brian Cox Stage Alan Carr Editorial Source Type: news
