How Does Vaccinated Children ’s Health Compare to Unvaccinated Children?
Conclusion
While government groups maintain that no studies have been done to compare the health of vaccinated to unvaccinated, the reality is that several comparative studies have been completed by independent researchers in the US and in other countries.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refuses to conduct such studies, claiming they would be unethical to perform. In reality, these studies could easily be performed, since many educated parents choose to not vaccinate their children.
The evidence is overwhelming. Studies completed in New Zealand, Germany, Africa, Great Britain and the United States have come ...
Source: vactruth.com - June 3, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Michelle Goldstein Tags: Logical Michelle Goldstein Top Picks Top Stories truth about vaccines vaccinated vs. unvaccinated Source Type: blogs
Patients in the Himalayas Grateful for Care
BY RACHEL EDWARDS, MD
I traveled to India in August 2014 with Himalayan Health Exchange (HHE), which organizes groups of attending physicians, residents, medical students, and nurses from around the world to travel to one of the most remote parts of the world, deep in the Himalayan Mountains. Our route took us to the Pangi Valley of Northern India, where the road we traveled has only existed for a decade and is impassable during the winter months when the road is covered in snow. The people who live there are resilient and hardened by their environment of mountainous terrain and harsh climate.
Our group, es...
Source: Going Global - November 18, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Patients in the Himalayas Grateful for Care
BY RACHEL EDWARDS, MD
I traveled to India in August 2014 with Himalayan Health Exchange (HHE), which organizes groups of attending physicians, residents, medical students, and nurses from around the world to travel to one of the most remote parts of the world, deep in the Himalayan Mountains. Our route took us to the Pangi Valley of Northern India, where the road we traveled has only existed for a decade and is impassable during the winter months when the road is covered in snow. The people who live there are resilient and hardened by their environment of mountainous terrain and harsh climate.
Our group, escorted...
Source: Going Global - November 18, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 120
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 120
Question 1
What rheumatological condition does Rembrandt’s Scholar have?
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Scleroderma
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Question 2
When Rac...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - October 9, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five collapse dentist FFFF hands Kluver-bucy syndrome melanoma pleural collapse rachmaninoff rachmaninov Rembrandt scleroderma TB teeth temporal lobe Source Type: blogs
Open Airway-Neutral Cervical Spine
We received three consecutive pediatric trauma patients on backboards and in cervical collars during a recent shift in the pediatric ED. What was obvious with all three of these patients was their lack of a neutral cervical spine. Their airways simultaneously appeared to be partially compromised as large occiputs caused cervical flexion, their chins were pushed upward, and their mouths were forced closed as the cervical collars’ chin stabilizers were scrunched against their chest walls.
The heads of children are disproportionately large compared with their bodies. The cartoonist, Charles Schulz, captured the essence...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - October 1, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Open Airway-Neutral Cervical Spine
We received three consecutive pediatric trauma patients on backboards and in cervical collars during a recent shift in the pediatric ED. What was obvious with all three of these patients was their lack of a neutral cervical spine. Their airways simultaneously appeared to be partially compromised as large occiputs caused cervical flexion, their chins were pushed upward, and their mouths were forced closed as the cervical collars’ chin stabilizers were scrunched against their chest walls.
The heads of children are disproportionately large compared with their bodies. The cartoonist, Charles Schulz, captured the essence o...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - October 1, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
NuVasive Inc. Agrees to $13.5 Million False Claims Act Settlement
Late last week, the Department of Justice announced that California-based medical device manufacturer NuVasive Inc. agreed to pay the United States $13.5 million to resolve allegations related to how the company marketed its CoRoent System for surgical uses that were not approved or cleared by the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA). Further, the settlement resolves allegations that the company paid kickbacks to induce physicians to use the company’s product. NuVasive did not enter into a Corporate Integrity Agreement as part of the settlement.
The civil settlement resolves a lawsuit filed under the whistlebl...
Source: Policy and Medicine - August 4, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
Why Physicians Must Not Skimp On The Physical Exam
Like most physicians, I feel extremely rushed during the course of my work day. And every day I am tempted to cut corners to get my documentation done. The “if you didn’t document it, it didn’t happen” mantra has been beaten into us, and we have become enslaved to the quantitative. It’s tempting to rush through physical exams, assuming that if there’s anything “really bad” going on with the patient, some lab test or imaging study will eventually uncover it. Just swoop in, listen to the anterior chest wall, ask if there’s any new pain, and dash off to the next hospital b...
Source: Better Health - May 20, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Dr. Val Jones Tags: Health Tips True Stories Diagnosis Don't Skimp Patient Satisfaction Physical Exam quality healthcare Respect Winning Confidence Source Type: blogs
The Wheat Belly Waddle
A bit of free-wheeling thinking here.
Being a keen observer of all things wheat and grains and the peculiar effects they have on the unsuspecting humans who eat them, I’ve noticed something in those who sport the signature “wheat belly,” i.e., the outwardly visible collection of abdominal fat protruding inches forward of the hips, obscuring the bearer’s view of his or her feet and other body parts south of the diaphragm.
Many such people, having to carry this substantial excess weight up front, counterbalanced by leaning backwards, and evidenced by a somewhat exaggerated lumber lordosis, i.e., the...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 9, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle arthritis gluten grains obesity overweight Source Type: blogs
MKSAP: 21-year-old male student is evaluated for a murmur
Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians.
A 21-year-old male student is evaluated for a murmur heard during an athletic preparticipation physical examination. He is asymptomatic. His medical and family history is unremarkable and he takes no medications.
On physical examination, the patient is afebrile, blood pressure is 118/76 mm Hg, pulse rate is 68/min, and respiration rate is 14/min. BMI is 18. He wears corrective lenses for myopia. Mild thoracic scoliosis is noted. He has long, thin fingers and a mild pectus excavatum deformity. His height is 188 c...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 8, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: mksap Tags: Conditions Heart Source Type: blogs
Who is perfect? Advocacy ads for real people.
What is the nature of disability? What is the nature of beauty? What is perfection? Who among us is perfect?
These questions are at the heart (literally and figuratively) of a project undertaken by Pro Infirmis, a Switzerland-based advocacy organization raising awareness of people with disabilities, promoting the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in December 2013.
Mannequins in fashionable shops on Zurich’s tony street the Bahnhofstrasse were replaced by new ones, artfully, painstakingly and lovingly created, as shown in the video.
Pro Infirmis’s website tells us “who” we are looking at in human and 3-...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - January 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Advocacy Body Image Consumer Health Care Disabilities Social Media Source Type: blogs
National Quality Forum Begins Annual Review of Quality Measures, Comments Open December 23 on the 202 Proposed Measures
On Monday, the Measure Applications Partnership (MAP) began its annual review of performance measures that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is considering for use in 20 federal health programs. The 202 measures considered by the group have been made public (view the PDF), and will be available for review and comment beginning December 23, 2014.
Established by the National Quality Forum (NQF) in 2011, MAP is a forum of approximately 150 healthcare leaders and experts, representing nearly 90 private-sector organizations. MAP comprises consumers, purchasers, labor, health plans, cl...
Source: Policy and Medicine - December 5, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
The other shoe
I was finally beginning to feel my old self again. Instead of making energy to do things, I had energy to do things. I could read books without falling asleep after two paragraphs. My attitude was improving. I actually cut the weeds for the first time this year, and put up that picture in my mom’s office that I promised to do back in December. I looked forward to weekends and workdays. Life began to be worth living again.More than that. I came home one night about a week ago and I was thinking that really, I was about as happy as I’d ever been in my life.So naturally the other shoe dropped.I still haven’t come to gri...
Source: LifeAfterDx--Diabetes Uncensored - October 2, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Wil Source Type: blogs
FDA Clears SHILLA Growth Guidance System for Children with Severe Scoliosis
Children with early onset scoliosis can have a few difficult years growing up, as regularly scheduled surgeries are necessary to adjust the spine to keep up with growth. Dr. Richard McCarthy, an ortho surgeon at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/Arkansas Children’s Hospital, has invented a system that can help avoid many such periodic procedures.
Medtronic, which has developed the idea into a real product, just announced that the SHILLA Growth Guidance System has been FDA cleared and is being launched to the U.S. market. It’s intended for children under 10 years of age who are diagnosed with R...
Source: Medgadget - August 29, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: Neurological Surgery Orthopedic Surgery Source Type: blogs
Consultation on specialised services clinical commissioning policies
NHS England -This consultation looks at a number of clinical commissioning policies for specialised services: Bortezomib for the treatment of refractory antibody mediated rejection post kidney transplant, Eculizamab for the treatment of refractory antibody mediated rejection post kidney transplant, non invasively lengthened spinal rods for scoliosis and Dolutegravir for the treatment of HIV-1 in adults and adolescents. The four policies will be open to a 12 week formal consultation period, closing on 17th September 2014.
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Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 2, 2014 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Commissioning Consultations Source Type: blogs
