Healthcare Update Satellite — 02-03-2015
Thanks for the patience in putting up with my lack of regular posting. Life has been challenging lately. Still working on it.
When government pays for your care, government may try to force its values on you. Learning-disabled mother of six children in England deemed at “grave” risk if she has any more children. Now the government wants to forcibly remove her from her home and sterilize her. A lawyer representing the woman stated that sterilization was “therapeutic.”
This process will come to medicine sooner than you think. Just watch. Uber drivers now get to rate their passengers after a ride. When...
Source: WhiteCoat's Call Room - February 4, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: WhiteCoat Tags: Healthcare Update Source Type: blogs
John Hopkins - Blood Pressure Drugs Decrease Risk of Dementia Alzheimer's
A Johns Hopkins led analysis of data gathered on more than 3,000 elderly Americans strongly suggests that taking specific medications to control blood pressure may reduce the risk of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease (AD).
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In a report published in a recent edition of the journal Neurology, a team of researchers found that people over the age of 75 with normal cognition who used diuretics, angiotensin-1 receptor blockers (ARBs) and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors showed a reduced risk of AD dementia by at least 50 percent.
In addition, diuretics were associate...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - October 17, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer’s Media Coverage: Who to believe? What to believe?
Like so many people, I’d been saying for years that there was a lack of information when it came to Alzheimer’s disease. My constant drumbeat was, ‘We need a spotlight on this terrible disease!’
By Nancy Wurtzel
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The media seems to be saturated with stories about Alzheimer’s and other dementias – from newspapers to television to blogs and more.
However, the information is often either the same information being rehashed time and again, or it is startling new finding that can sometimes seem dubious.
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Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - August 8, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Top 4 Alternative Treatments: Are They Right For You?
Psychologists are increasingly integrating alternative and complementary treatments into their work with clients, according to a recent article in Monitor on Psychology.
So what is alternative treatment? You may already have some experience with the most popular, according to the Monitor on Psychology. Meditation, biofeedback, hypnosis and progressive muscle relaxation are all popular complementary or alternative psychological treatments.
Although you may be familiar with the most popular, there are dozens of alternative and complementary treatments, which typically fall into four categories: mind-body medicine, biol...
Source: World of Psychology - April 7, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Christy Matta, MA Tags: ADHD and ADD Alternative and Nutritional Supplements Anxiety and Panic Depression General Happiness Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Mindfulness Research Self-Help Sleep Treatment Alternative Medicine alternative medic Source Type: blogs
Medical treatment alternatives
Discussions about chelation, ginseng ginkgo biloba, and chondroitin, are taking place. Even the NIH (the caretaker of western medicine) is spending 23 million dollars a year in research work on such alternative treatments. Insurance companies are now reimbursing policyholders for wellness plans and alternative medicines, but not for acupuncture.We must be flexible on choosing what is good and what is bad. Doctors say they are holistic. So was the country doctor 50 years ago. The mind and body go together. Prevention of disease is important. You the patient must insist on it. Today’s specialists that treat only one organ,...
Source: Dr. Needles Medical Blogs - July 28, 2010 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Tags: MEDICAL TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES Source Type: blogs
Dangers of energy drinks
It seems everyone today is looking for energy. They have found the answer in energy drinks, which are becoming their own food group.The true remedy for lack of energy is getting enough sleep and eating right. Energy drink chemicals have enormous dangers and side effects. The stimulating properties in energy drinks increase heart rates and blood pressure, and prevent sleep. People who eat well, drink water, and get enough physical activity and rest will have plenty of energy — the natural way.DANGERS OF ENERGY DRINKSIt seems everyone today is looking for energy. &nbs...
Source: Dr. Needles Medical Blogs - July 8, 2010 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Tags: DANGERS OF ENERGY DRINKS Source Type: blogs
