Romantic Relationships: Why You Should Give Online Dating a Try
Romantic relationships may be hard to find, but they can also add three years to your life and provide a lifetime of memories. You'll be happier, less lonely and can enjoy lower levels of stress by finding someone special.
If you’re struggling to find romance, online dating removes many of the obstacles people face when meeting in person.
You'll be able to find a physical and personality match that is perfect for you.
But before trying to find your perfect match, it’s important to understand why relationships are important in our lives.
Understanding the Importance of Relationships in Our Life
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Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - August 11, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: lior Tags: relationships dating family romance Source Type: blogs
The Future Of Food And Eating
I do not have to stress how important a role food and eating play in our lives. Food is at the base in Maslow’s hierarchy of our needs; it is essential for our survival. It shows perfectly the creativity of humankind: food exists in the richest variety of ingredients, forms, shapes, tastes and colors all over the world from the Greenlandic kiviak (dozens of small birds stuffed into a seal fermented under a rock) through the Liquid Pea Sphere of molecular gastronomy to the tagliatelle with hand-cut meat ragout from the world’s best restaurant, Osteria Francescana.
The advent of novel digital health tools will radicalise...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 11, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Future of Food 3d printing genomics Innovation technology GC1 sensors nutrigenomics food sensors Source Type: blogs
Post Covid Healthcare is Becoming Like Buying from Amazon Instead of Going to the Mall or Reading an eBook Instead of a Paperback
By HANS DUVEFELT, MD
Now that we are seeing patients via telemedicine or even getting reimbursed for handling their issues over the phone, our existing healthcare institutions are more and more starting to look like shopping malls.
They were once traffic magnets, so large that they created new developments far away from where people lived or worked and big and complex enough that going there became an all day affair for many people.
What this pandemic has brought us is a shift in our view of where you have to be in order to get things done. If you can earn your wage remotely and still buy things online...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Medical Practice Source Type: blogs
The lowdown on the low-FODMAP diet
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common intestinal disorder that produces distressing symptoms like abdominal pain, significant bloating, and altered bowel movements that can shuttle between diarrhea and constipation.
While changing what you eat won’t cure you, an evidence-based approach called the low-FODMAP diet is the most frequently prescribed food plan to help relieve IBS symptoms. Studies show it can reduce symptoms for the majority of patients. However, because of certain challenges and risks associated with the low-FODMAP diet, it’s worth talking to an expert before you try it.
FODMAP basics
The low-FODMAP...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 27, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Gelsomin, MLA, RD, LDN Tags: Digestive Disorders Healthy Eating Source Type: blogs
Food allergies are not funny
It seems that adults need to be reminded and educated of the dangers life-threatening food allergies possess. If you think taunting people that have life-threatening food allergies occur only with very young children, you would be sadly mistaken. Case in point, comedian Jimmy Fallon’s in his recent sketch“Masculine Man Masks Commercial” states that his […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 20, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/lianne-mandelbaum" rel="tag" > Lianne Mandelbaum < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Allergies & Immunology Source Type: blogs
How can I know if my penicillin allergy is real?
People with a penicillin allergy on their medical record are not given penicillins (or often their relatives the cephalosporins) when they have infections. Instead, the antibiotics prescribed may be broader-spectrum, less effective, and/or more toxic.
Penicillin alternatives may be less effective or more toxic
One recent national study from more than 100 US hospitals with almost 11,000 patients demonstrated that if you have a reported penicillin allergy, you are five times more likely to be prescribed clindamycin than if you do not have that label. Clindamycin is an antibiotic that is highly associated with the potentially...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kimberly Blumenthal, MD, MSc Tags: Allergies Drugs and Supplements Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly Lost and Found
Gail initiated an enlightening string on the Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox Facebook page in which she shared something she lost on the program, then something she gained while following the Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox and lifestyle. Here is how it unfolded in the first few hours:
“I could easily post a ‘before’ and ‘now’ picture. However, I find that most of us have so many more NSV than scale victories.
“So, on that note, to encourage newbies to keep on keeping on, let’s all post at least one thing that we’ve lost and one thing that we’ve gained on this journey to health. I’...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 19, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Open Detox Inflammation joint pain wheat belly Source Type: blogs
Everyone has a role to play: Reducing your child ’s risk of developing food allergies
By RUCHI GUPTA, MD, MPH
The average American elementary school class includes two students living with one or multiple food allergies. That’s nearly six million children in the United States alone. And these numbers are climbing. There was a staggering 377 percent increase in medical claims with diagnoses of anaphylactic food reactions between 2007 and 2016, two-thirds of these were children.
As parents, we want the absolute best for our children. For many years, guidance around food introduction was unclear. Parents were told that babies, and especially those considered at risk for food allergies, should avoid...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Medical Practice Public Health allergies Food Allergies Pediatrics Ruchi Gupta Source Type: blogs
I Am Not Sure The ADHA Actually Knows What Innovation Means. This App Looks Much More Like Expected Evolution Than Innovation.
This appeared last week: AllergyPal wins innovation challenge to support children with food allergies by Freya Lucas July 06, 2020 The Australian Digital Health Agency has announced five winners of the $50,000 Innovation Challenge championing digital health innovation to provide a healthier future for Australians through connected healthcare, including AllergyPal, a digital management platform for children with food allergy. Developed by an MCRI-based team AllergyPal was designed to support families in managing their child ’s food allergy. AllergyPal provides ready access to a child’s allergy plan, interactive...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 15, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Epinephrine is the only effective treatment for anaphylaxis
Anaphylaxis is a severe allergic reaction that can potentially lead to death if not promptly treated. Allergic reactions typically begin suddenly after exposure to an allergen, which may be a food, medication, insect sting, or another trigger. Anaphylaxis can occur in anyone at any time; it can sometimes be triggered by allergens that a person has only had mild reactions to in the past — or to which they have never reacted to before.
Recognizing anaphylaxis
A mild allergic reaction may consist of hives, itching, flushing, swelling of the lips or tongue, or some combination of these.
However, throat swelling or tightening...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Parul Kothari, MD Tags: Allergies Emergency Planning Source Type: blogs
A pulmonologist ’s COVID diary
June 25 Like most physicians, I am bad at scheduling my own doctors visit. This year, despite COVID craziness, I had made an appointment with a new PCP to get Singulair refills (my allergies were a killer, and a drippy nose behind an N95 is no joke). I loved my new PCP! She connected with […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 3, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/rizwana-khan" rel="tag" > Rizwana Khan, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Pulmonology Source Type: blogs
People with COVID-19 who live in highly polluted areas are more likely to die
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on the health inequities many Americans face because of where they live and the air they breathe. We are seeing what I have long seen in my allergy practice—many of my patients live in communities with unhealthy air. Patients like James, a 50-year-old Afri can American bus driver who lives […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 2, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/christine-james" rel="tag" > Christine James, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Allergies & Immunology COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Motherhood and The Dragon of Self-Doubt
Are you a mom struggling with loads of self-doubt? Just know you’re not alone. Today’s guest, Katherine Wintsch, author and researcher of modern motherhood, discusses the “dragon of self-doubt” that many moms grapple with. This doubt can manifest as comparing ourselves to other moms, imagining a doomsday future or just sheer exhaustion.
Do you struggle to feel “good enough” as a parent or a partner? Do you feel desperate to get that next job promotion? Do you call yourself “fat” or a host of other ugly names? Tune in for real strategies to overcome these self-doubt dragons.
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Source: World of Psychology - July 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: Children and Teens General Inspiration & Hope Interview LifeHelper Parenting Podcast The Psych Central Show Source Type: blogs
Gastrointestinal Diseases in America: The Costly Impact on Employers and Patients
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By SAM HOLLIDAY
Medically reviewed by Jenny Blair, MD
Gastrointestinal diseases like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are more prevalent—and costlier—than many employers realize. Up to 70 million Americans are affected by gastrointestinal (GI) diseases each year—twice as many people as those living with diabetes (34.2 million).[1],[2] Overall direct healthcare costs for GI diseases are estimated to be $136 billion each year in the U.S., more than heart disease ($113bn) and mental health disorders ($99bn) [Figure 1]...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech gastrointestinal diseases Oshi Health Sam Holliday Source Type: blogs
