How Vacations Really Boost Physical and Mental Health
Multiple new research studies indicate that there are many physical and mental health benefits to gain from taking a holiday, some reportedly remaining even two months after we have returned to the daily grind. However, research also shows that certain habits and attitudes can neutralize these benefits, and even leave you more tired, stressed out, unhealthy and overwhelmed than how you started out.
With the average vacation time a year typically being less than 20 days per year, thankfully recent science research suggests how we can get the greatest health benefits from this short and sweet holiday time and how to avoid n...
Source: World of Psychology - August 13, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Staff Tags: Brain Blogger Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Publishers Research Career cognitive flexibility Creativity Family goals Health Benefits Holiday intellectual job stress Leisure Life Satisfaction Love Mood Narcis Source Type: blogs
Aggressive Hospital Vaccine Policies: Get Vaccinated or Lose Your Job!
Conclusions
The very unfortunate reality is that health freedoms are increasingly becoming limited in our country. The choice to become vaccinated as an adult should be a private decision, but it is now being tied with conditions for employment at many hospitals.
Those who fight for a religious or medical exemption are often denied due to the strict interpretations by hospital policy administrators. The assistance of a vaccine lawyer is often required to successfully utilize exemptions which hospital policies allow. Placing dedicated hospital employees in such a difficult position is unethical and unfair.
Many who have res...
Source: vactruth.com - August 13, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Michelle Goldstein Tags: Logical Michelle Goldstein Recent Articles Top Stories Flu Vaccine FORCED VACCINATION Mandatory Vaccination truth about vaccines Source Type: blogs
Why We Trade
Imagine life in isolation, waking every morning before sunrise to make your own clothes, build and repair your meager shelter, hunt and harvest your own food, concoct rudimentary salves for what physically ails you, and attend to the upkeep of your brutish existence engaging in other difficult and tedious tasks. Forget leisure or luxuries; all of your time would be consumed trying to produce basic necessities merely to subsist.Fortunately, that ’s no longer the way most of humanity organizes its economic activities. We don’t attempt to make everything we need or want to consume, but instead specialize in a few, or a co...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 10, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel J. Ikenson Source Type: blogs
Health and Safety at the Rio Olympics: It's Not Just About Zika
The risk of contracting Zika in Rio de Janeiro is low. But there is a broader range of health and safety concerns for which travelers can and should take specific precautions. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 4, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
FDA Sanctions Off-Label Drug Promotion
Physicians have the authority to prescribe drugs for any reason they believe will benefit the patient, regardless of whether the use is on- or off-label. Off-label prescription is neither illegal nor unethical when based on the best available evidence.
By contrast, off-label promotion—unlike off-label use—has heretofore invited legal liability including criminal charges, penalties under the False Claims Act, and misbranding actions by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Opponents of off-label promotion argue that the off-label uses have not passed scrutiny by the FDA, the chief regulatory body charged with ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - July 19, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Deborah Mazer and Gregory Curfman Tags: Drugs and Medical Technology Featured Health Professionals Public Health Quality Amarin Big Pharma false claims act FDA First Amendment off-label drugs Supreme Court Source Type: blogs
When Common Sense And Public Health Prevail: Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
On June 27, 2016 the United States Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Whole Women’s Health et al. v. Hellerstedt, one of its culminating decisions for the 2015-2016 term. By a 5-3 majority, the Court ruled unconstitutional two specific provisions of a Texas statute (House Bill 2), which was enacted in 2013 following a dramatic debate that featured a national headline-making filibuster by State Senator Wendy Davis.
The two provisions at issue were first, a requirement that physicians performing surgical or medical abortions have active admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles, and second, that clinics perfo...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - July 1, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Sara Rosenbaum Tags: Equity and Disparities Featured Insurance and Coverage Medicaid and CHIP Public Health Quality Abortion Planned Parenthood v. Casey Supreme Court Texas Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Grant from National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
Agricultural Health and Safety Special Project and Pilot Study Funds (Mini-grant Program)
Application Deadline: August 17, 2016
Information: http://bit.ly/29cQIyF
The purpose of this program is to support small-scale projects and pilot studies that address prevention of childhood agricultural disease and injury. Funds are allocated to support projects that: a) test innovative strategies; b) develop new partnerships beyond safety professionals (e.g. insurers, bankers, equipment dealers, media); c) identify and/or incorporate emerging trends and technologies in agriculture; and d) translate research findings into practical ...
Source: BHIC - June 30, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Annette Parde-Maass Tags: Children and Teens Rural Scholarships and Grants Source Type: blogs
Japanese Government Continues to Ban the MMR Vaccine
Conclusion
Japanese officials have made decisions that value the health and safety of their citizens when they have removed vaccines with dangerous side effects from their national vaccination program.
Japan boasts a low infant mortality rate, despite — or perhaps because of — mandating only a fraction of the vaccines required by other developed countries, including the United States.
If you wish to learn more about the harmful ingredients in vaccines or the potential adverse reactions, we have compiled an easy-to-navigate list of vaccine package inserts from the manufacturers that you can view or download he...
Source: vactruth.com - June 23, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Missy Fluegge Tags: Logical Missy Fluegge Top Stories HPV Vaccine MMR vaccine truth about vaccines Vaccine Death Source Type: blogs
Common Law And Common Sense: The Supreme Court Redresses Patient Harm Under the False Claims Act
A young woman from a poor family in Massachusetts struggles in school, and is referred to a behavioral health provider serving Medicaid patients. After prolonged counseling of doubtful quality, she is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and medicated. She suffers a seizure from the medication. Several months later, still receiving less-than-optimal medical care, she seizes again and dies. Her distraught parents complain to state regulators, and learn that the individuals involved in her care were both unqualified and unsupervised.
These are the facts in Universal Health Services Co. v. United States ex rel. Escobar, which was ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - June 22, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: William Sage Tags: Equity and Disparities Featured Health Professionals Medicaid and CHIP Medicare Quality false claims act Malpractice Massachusetts Supreme Court Universal Health Services Co. v. United States ex rel. Escobar Source Type: blogs
Zika, Flint, And The Uncertainties Of Emergency Preparedness
Ongoing Congressional debates concerning the spreading Zika virus provide the latest reminder about our national uncertainties in preparing for and responding to large-scale health emergencies. Storms, fires, industrial accidents, and infrastructure failures like the recent Flint water crisis add to the constellation of emergencies and “near misses” that threaten health and safety somewhere in the U.S. nearly every day.
These events qualify as emergencies partly because of the uncertainties surrounding their locations, severity, and timing. Adding to the uncertainty, emergency preparedness is a responsibility shared by...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - June 22, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Glen Mays Tags: Costs and Spending Equity and Disparities Featured Organization and Delivery Public Health Quality CDC culture of health emergency funding National Health Security Preparedness Index States Zika Source Type: blogs
Jahi McMath – Latest Family Brief in Federal Case
In Jahi McMath's family against the state of California, the medical defendants in the state malpractice lawsuit intervened and filed motions to dismiss. On Friday, the McMath family filed its opposition to those motions. Here are some highlights.
"In this action, Plaintiffs request that this Court, for the first time in any forum, examine overwhelming medical evidence that Jahi McMath currently exhibits function of numerous portions of her brain."
"That Court on December 26, 2013, without explicitly ruling that Jahi’s death was 'irreversible,' found that Jahi at that time 'had suffered brain death and wa...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - June 7, 2016 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care medical futility blog syndicated Source Type: blogs
Brain Death Case – Kaiser Continues to "Treat" Israel Stinson
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California has extended the TRO mandating Kaiser to "treat" Israel Stinson until May 11. That is the day scheduled for a hearing on the preliminary injunction.
Dr. Chris Palkowski, chief of staff at Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center, issued the following statement on Monday’s court hearing. (HT Fox40)
"Our hearts go out to this family as they cope with the irreversible brain death of their son, and we continue to offer our support and compassion to them. We will continue to comply with orders issued by the Federal court."
"Last week, the Califor...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - May 3, 2016 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care medical futility blog syndicated Source Type: blogs
More to science: working as a Health Physics Technician
What is your scientific background?
I received my BS in Biology, with a concentration in wildlife, and a minor in Anthropology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). I then originally started out as a secondary biology education major, but soon realized that teaching wouldn’t be my forte.
I thought research would be a good idea, and so switched my major. While attending classes, I began in internship with the Pennsylvania Game Commission. I performed a variety of tasks; including tracking radio collared black bears.
During my internship, I became aware that I would have to go on to graduate school. I began to wor...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - April 7, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Dana Berry Tags: Biology Health Medicine #moretoscience careers early career researchers Science > Careers Source Type: blogs
NIOSH Training for Nurses on Shift Work and Long Work Hours
From the CDChttp://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2015-115/?s_cid=3ni7d2shiftworktrain032016Part 1 (CDC Course No. WB2408) provides 1.5 contact hours.Part 2 (CDC Course No. WB2409) provides 1.7 contact hours. "Course DescriptionThe purpose of this online training program is to educate nurses and their managers about the health and safety risks associated with shift work, long work hours, and related workplace fatigue issues and relay strategies in the workplace and in the nurse’s personal life to reduce these risks. Part 1 (CDC Course No. WB2408) is designed to increase knowledge about the wide range of risks linked to thes...
Source: The Digital Hornbook - April 5, 2016 Category: Information Technology Tags: eLearning Nursing Professional Development Source Type: blogs
Why are Some Massachusetts Health Boards Willing to Protect Youth Smoking?
In what I can only call a bizarre phenomenon, a number of local boards of health in Massachusetts are sacrificing the public's health and protecting youth smoking under the guise of protecting adolescent health. These health boards have declared that flavored tobacco products represent a huge health threat to teens. But rather than banning the flavored cigarettes that are addicting and ultimately killing people, they are taking away the far less harmful electronic cigarettes that have helped many adults quit smoking.Case in point: Saugus, Massachusetts.Last week, the Saugus Board of Health voted unanimously to ban the sale...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - March 14, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
