Pok émon Go shows there is a better way to promote healthy behaviors
The recent release of Pokémon Go, the mobile phone augmented reality game, has taken the world by storm. The game has become a fitness icon, requiring players to walk or run around in the real world to catch Pokémon creatures in their virtual world.
While evidence on the long-term health benefits is not clear, it is apparent that the game does more than just allow players to live out their childhood dreams of becoming Pokémon masters. Pokémon Go serves as an important reminder that more and more evidence about the benefits of exercise will never be enough to get Canadians moving, and that any enduring solution to our e...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 17, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/tanishq-suryavanshi-and-steven-j-hoffman" rel="tag" > Tanishq Suryavanshi and Steven J. Hoffman, JD < /a > Tags: Tech Mobile health Source Type: blogs
This is Easter in the House of God
She squeezes her eyes tightly shut and holds her breath. Her head is bald. Her belly round and taut. Her daughter stands over her, clasping both hands in hers, her own eyes tightly shut, softly singing a song of hope and redemption. Her husband sits quietly, barely present, in the far corner of the room. She tenses when I slide the needle into her skin, gasps at the sting of the anesthetic. She moans when the needle reaches her cancer-thick peritoneum. When the needle burrows through, she cries out. Her daughter’s voice catches, but the song goes on.
She is dying. Slowly dying. The cancer is relentless. There is no r...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 14, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/sarah-rogers" rel="tag" > Sarah Rogers, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Hospital Source Type: blogs
My 9/11 Shows That Cancer Patients Aren't Saints
I finally got a hold of my mom on the telephone on Sept. 11, 2001, just hours before I was supposed to receive my penultimate dose ofradiation to treat my bone cancer. After nearly a year of treatment, I only had two days left. My mom said the National Institutes of Health was closed and I couldn't get radiation that afternoon. The NIH would probably be closed the next day, too, my mom said. Instead of feeling sadness for my country and for the thousands of Americans who were injured or killed, I felt anger that I would have to wait to call myself "cancer-free."Cancer patients are often portrayed in the media and on televi...
Source: cancerslayerblog - September 12, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: fear and rage Source Type: blogs
New Study Warns of the Dangers of Multiple Vaccinations
Conclusion
Neil Z. Miller has outlined some extremely alarming facts and the situation could be far worse, with many adverse reactions left unreported. However, despite his efforts, no mainstream media outlet has reported on this factual and evidence-based paper.
Facts are facts, and we, at VacTruth, believe that the time has come to put a stop to this madness. We urge parents to send a copy of Miller’s paper to all relevant health and government departments before it is too late.
References
https://vactruth.com/2015/04/23/baby-dies-after-13-vaccines/
http://www.jpands.org/vol21no2/miller.pdf
http://www.harpocratesspeak...
Source: vactruth.com - September 8, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Christina England, BA Hons Tags: Christina England Logical Top Stories Multiple Vaccines truth about vaccines Vaccine Death vaccine injury Source Type: blogs
That Upcoming Month
This month is September. You know that first month of fall where you can feel the first crispness in the air (especially here in New England), back to school, and all that. It is also:Childhood Cancer Awareness MonthNational Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention MonthNational Recovery MonthNational Sickle Cell MonthNational Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness MonthOvarian Cancer Awareness MonthPain Awareness MonthProstate Cancer Awareness Month18 National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day22 Falls Prevention Awareness Day28 National Women ' s Health& Fitness DayThe full list contains many more awareness topics. ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - September 5, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: brace yourself pinkification pinktober Source Type: blogs
A Book Party: All It Takes Is One
Reclined on the patio chair with my feet propped on the other chair, hearing screams from the drunk man who lives in the tunnel down the street and the lyricless music playing through the Bluetooth speaker on the bistro table next to me, my attention occasionally altered by a plane taking off at the airport one mile away or the flickering television through the window of an apartment dweller across the way, I readOlive Kitteridge on my Kindle Touch going on three hours now. It is a Friday night and I am across the river from the most powerful city in the world and I am not texting friends "What are you up to tonight?" or f...
Source: cancerslayerblog - August 20, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: living habits Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 8th 2016
In conclusion, spermidine inhibits lipid accumulation and necrotic core formation through stimulation of cholesterol efflux, albeit without changing plaque size or cellular composition. These effects, which are driven by autophagy in VSMCs, support the general idea that autophagy induction is potentially useful to prevent vascular disease.
Intestinal Autophagy Important in Calorie Restriction and Longevity in Nematodes
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2016/08/intestinal-autophagy-important-in-calorie-restriction-and-longevity-in-nematodes/
Based on the evidence accumulated from many years of studies of...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 7, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Clinical Updates, Tips on Business and Billing, Draw Attendees to ASHA Connect
Editor’s note: This is the first of two posts from the ongoing ASHA Connect Conference in Minneapolis. This post focuses on the health care side of the conference. The second, to come on Monday, will focus on the schools side.
For speech-language pathologists in private practice and health care, attending ASHA Connect is a slam-dunk: The sessions give them hands-on information they can use right away. The sessions—smaller and more in-depth than those at the ASHA Annual Convention held in November—offer specific clinical strategies and business tips, attendees say.
This is the first year for ASHA Connect, which began...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - July 8, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Carol Polovoy Tags: Events Speech-Language Pathology Uncategorized Health Care Source Type: blogs
Out of Africa
I just got back from the trip of a lifetime: an African safari. I had the good fortune to visit South Africa (both Cape Town/Cape of Good Hope and Krueger National Park) as well as the Zimbabwe side of Victoria Falls. Wow. If you have done it, you know what I mean. If you haven’t, it’s so worth it. No tigers or bears, but lions galore. And elephants and rhinos and hippos (my favorite) and monkeys and I could go on and on. Even ostriches and penguins! It’s something to behold. Of course it’s hard to go the entire trip without making Lion King references or Book of Mormon jokes.
Penguins from near Cape of Good Hope
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Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - June 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Cancer Publc Health Source Type: blogs
Rethinking Gonad Removal in Individuals w/ Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
Lauren in MTV’s “Faking it” has AISWhat if you were genetically male, but your body was blind to testosterone ?
I’ve just described XY Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, or CAIS, a genetic condition in which there is a defect in the androgen (testosterone) receptor gene – located, ironically, on the X-chromosome.*
Describing CAIS
XY (genetically male) individuals with CAIS have gonads (testes) that manufacture testosterone, but their body’s cells cannot see the testosterone. As a result, their internal and external genitalia develop as female, but the vagina is shortened and smal...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - June 20, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Women's Health AIS Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome CAIS Intersex Source Type: blogs
What is the recipe for a great cancer doctor?
Start with one excellent childhood experience — a loved one who is cured.
Add a generous helping of baseline optimism, a cup at least. More is better.
Mix in well a half cup of ability to suspend disbelief. And then, maybe a pinch more.
Add a teaspoon or two or even three of denial. Pollyanna had it right.
Continue reading ...
Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 14, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Miranda Fielding, MD Tags: Physician Cancer Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, June 13th 2016
FIGHT AGING! NEWSLETTER
June 13th 2016
Fight Aging! provides a weekly digest of news and commentary for thousands of subscribers interested in the latest longevity science: progress towards the medical control of aging in order to prevent age-related frailty, suffering, and disease, as well as improvements in the present understanding of what works and what doesn't work when it comes to extending healthy life. Expect to see summaries of recent advances in medical research, news from the scientific community, advocacy and fundraising initiatives to help speed work on the repair and reversal of aging, links to ...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 12, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Evolving Hospital Community Benefit Could Be The Next Big Development In Health Philanthropy
“Hospital community benefit”: Remind me, what Is That again?
In our experience, when colleagues in health philanthropy hear the phrase “hospital community benefit,” their eyes begin to glaze over. We don’t blame them. It’s a unique and changing corner of the health philanthropy world, manifesting itself in different ways according to states’ varying regulations and differing organizational goals. Unless they’ve worked alongside a hospital on a community health initiative, grantmakers may not be aware of the opportunities in this field.
Nonprofit hospitals, in order to maintain their tax-exempt (or ̶...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - June 8, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Matthew Ingram, Allison Wolpoff and Jen Lewis Tags: Equity and Disparities Featured GrantWatch Hospitals Population Health ACA Affordable Care Act California Community Health Needs Assessment Consumers Counties data Health Law Health Philanthropy Health Reform Hospital communi Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, June 6th 2016
This study teaches us that poor wound healing and wrinkling and sagging that occur in aging skin share similar mechanisms."
Reduced cell cohesiveness of outgrowths from eccrine sweat glands delays wound closure in elderly skin
Human skin heals more slowly in aged vs. young adults, but the mechanism for this delay is unclear. In humans, eccrine sweat glands (ESGs) and hair follicles underlying wounds generate cohesive keratinocyte outgrowths that expand to form the new epidermis. Our results confirm that the outgrowth of cells from ESGs is a major feature of repair in young skin. Strikingly, in aged skin, ...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 5, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Organized Medicine’s Child Abuse Problem
By DAVID INTROCASO
This past April 8th federal prosecutors made known former Republican House Speaker, Denis Hastert, sexually molested at least four boys while employed as an Illinois high school wrestling coach beginning in the 1960s. Prosecutors said there was “no ambiguity” about these abuses. They were, they said, “known acts.”1 While the news was disturbing sexual and all other forms of child abuse is commonplace. According to the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study, one in four girls and one in six boys are sexually assaulted before they ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
