Medical Mispronunciations and Misspelled Words: The Definitive List.
Hearing medical mispronunciations and seeing misspelled words are an under appreciated joy of working in healthcare. Physicians often forget just how alien the language of medicine is to people who don't live it everyday. The best part about being a physician is not helping people recover from critical illness. The best part is not about listening and understanding with compassion and empathy. Nope, the best part about being a physician is hearing patients and other healthcare providers butcher the language of medicine and experiencing great entertainment in the process. Doctors c...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - October 2, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Tamer Mahrous Source Type: blogs
Melatonex Melatonin with Vitamin B6 Tablets for Sleep
This is my review of Melatonex melatonin with Vitamin B6 as a sleep aid.Contributor: Alyssa RussoPublished: Sep 24, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - September 24, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
5 Stress Busters for Students
School is packed with potential stressors — everything from penning research papers to giving presentations to taking final exams. Plus, if you’re away at college, you have the added stress of being on your own and navigating a slew of unfamiliar places and situations.
While stress is inevitable for students, it doesn’t have to bulldoze your life or affect your academic performance.
Below, Kathryn Tristan, a research scientist on the faculty of the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, shares five tips for helping students like you to have a lower-stress semester.
1. Think positive possibili...
Source: World of Psychology - September 23, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Children and Teens College General Mental Health and Wellness Motivation and Inspiration Self-Help Stress Students anxiety Exercise healthy coping Negative Thoughts School Performance Stressor Study Habits Worry worry thoug Source Type: blogs
Top 5 Foods to Help You Sleep Better and Stay Healthier
Many adults today suffer insomnia. If not that, they rarely have a restful night's sleep. They are usually restless, cannot seem to find a comfortable position to sleep in, and are easily distracted by odd sounds that are common at night. There are also people who get enough hours of sleep, and yet they wake up tired, sluggish, and wanting to crawl under the covers again.
The usual solutions are to get a prescription from a physician (for those who are diagnosed to be insomniacs), and to change the bed for a moderately softer mattress—preferably, ones stuffed with memory foam. Pillows that are too soft or too hard are a...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - September 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Adana Baro Tags: health and fitness self improvement diet insomnia productivity tips sleep sleep better Source Type: blogs
Generics Versus Brand-Name Drugs
By David Spero
Are generic drugs as good as their brand-name rivals? Hopefully yes, as millions of people rely on generics to make medicines affordable. Is the claimed superiority of brand-name drugs just advertising, or is there a real difference?
An awful lot of people with diabetes are taking generic drugs. Most people take metformin, not Glucophage. (Generic names usually don't have a capital letter, while brand names typically are capitalized.) Many take glipizide, a generic sulfonylurea drug, while few take Glucotrol, its brand-name version. Are there any differences in effectiveness?
Under federal law, generic dru...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - September 4, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Spero Source Type: blogs
Keystone Habits For Health
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The following is a guest post from Naturopathic Doctor, Kate Whimster.
I know Kate quite well and she knows her shit.
She is also academically trained and as such included a long reference list supporting every claim she made.
I have always wanted to say with authority, “Trust me I’m a doctor” but alas I remain sans PhD.
So instead I shall say, “Trust her she’s a doctor” because I deleted the reference list for brevity’s sake.
Keystone Habits For Health
Have you ever wanted to do more with less? I’ve recently been reading ‘The Power of Hab...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - August 14, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Guest Posts Source Type: blogs
Breakthroughs in Bipolar Treatment
"We should continue to repurpose treatments and to recognise the role of serendipity" (Geddes & Miklowitz, 2013).That quote was from a recent review article in The Lancet, which did not hint at any impending pharmacological breakthroughs in the treatment of bipolar disorder. In other words, the future of bipolar treatment doesn't look much different from the present (at least in the immediate term). Bipolar disorder, an illness defined by the existence of manic or hypomanic highs, alternating with depressive lows, can be especially difficult to treat. And the mood episode known as a mixed state, where irritability, ex...
Source: The Neurocritic - August 2, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Neurocritic Source Type: blogs
Artificial Light Cutting Melatonin-Driven Sleep
We are staying up too late because our computer monitors, TVs, and room lights are boosting wakefulness by suppressing melatonin. Before the widespread use of electric light, people probably experienced that second wind in the mid-afternoon, keeping them going until night fell. But light exposure after sunset signals 'daytime' to the SCN, shifting the clock later, postponing the second wind and delaying the onset of melatonin secretion. LEDs are rich in short wavelength light in the frequency rate that suppresses melatonin production. Lack of sleep boosts appetite. I bet this is a substantial contributor to the rise in obe...
Source: FuturePundit - June 21, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Randall Parker Source Type: blogs
Getting Enough Sleep: The Impossible Dream?
Are you a “morning person”? If you’re a teen, the answer is probably no—but that doesn’t mean you’re lazy. It has to do with a brain hormone called melatonin.
Studies show that teens’ circadian rhythms—biological “clocks” that drive behavioral responses during a 24-hour period—change during adolescence because of changes in the brain’s secretion of melatonin, which turns “on” in the evening and “off” in the morning. Melatonin signals your body that it’s tired.
Research has indicated that in teens, melatonin production turns off later in the day than in younger children. This means that tee...
Source: NIDA Drugs and Health Blog - May 9, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Sara Bellum Source Type: blogs
ADHD or Just Plain Tired?
In Diagnosing the Wrong Deficit, Dr. Thatsal G. Thakkar talks about the concept that the incidence of Attention Deficit Disorder has coincided with people getting less sleep as their days have gotten busier and longer. He wonders if the symptoms that get attributed to ADD might be a result of too little sleep. And if not too little, then maybe the wrong kind of sleep. Dr. Thakkar goes on to talk about his own difficulties with focus and concentration and how he believes these symptoms were because his sleep architecture was disordered: too much dreaming, too little deep sleep -- a problem that was s...
Source: Shrink Rap - April 29, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
Pineal Tumor
The following is a guest post:
Pineal tumors are associated with the pineal gland, which is located near mid-brain. The pineal gland is part of the body’s endocrine system and produces a hormone called melatonin, which affects your awake and sleep patterns and how the body adjusts to changes in seasonal climate. The endocrine system consists of organs, which help, in regulation of various functions such as metabolism, growth, and development. Pineal tumors disrupt the production of the hormones this gland produces with the expected results. Sleep patterns are disturbed which can then multiply into other physical problem...
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - April 19, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: tumors guest post brain tumors Source Type: blogs
Our most important medical test device for cancer patients – the scale.
Sometimes in my practice, the nursing assistants would forget to take a patient’s temperature or even their pulse or blood pressure. But one test they never failed to do was to weigh the patient. Nothing better indicated a patient’s clinical status than his/her weight. If their weight was stable, then they were successfully holding off the cancer. If the weight went up, perhaps they were winning the battle. But if their weight went down, it was time to worry. Of course many will say that it is the chemotherapy that is making the patients shed pounds. Not true, except for some really harsh protocols. In fact, when we ...
Source: Dr.Kattlove's Cancer Blog - April 2, 2013 Category: Oncologists Source Type: blogs
6 Ways to Avoid What 26 Million People Have
So what do the 26 million have?Type 2 diabetes.An estimated 8.3% of Americans are diabetic, with another 7 million unaware they have it. 20%, or about 79 million, are pre-diabetic, still with a fighting chance of it going no further.Today, one out of three children under 5 will develop adult-onset Type 2 before 18!Do I have your attention yet?Numerous factors play into whether this pandemic hits you or not; Genetics - OK, can't do much about the hand you're dealt.Age - hmmm, see above.Insufficient sleep - okay, perhaps...maybe...tomorrow night?Obesity - “I need to lose some, but ever tried to stop after just one”? Mayb...
Source: Dumb Little Man - Tips for Life - March 31, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: DLM Writers Source Type: blogs
Taking Care of Yourself When You’re Depressed
Self-care is often the last thing on your mind when you’re struggling with depression. It takes energy and “a sense that you want to be around tomorrow” to tend to your needs, said Therese Borchard, author of Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes.
But the very nature of depression is draining. “A depressed person is exhausted, hopeless, and usually not all that concerned about the future.”
Deborah Serani, Psy.D, a clinical psychologist who’s experienced depression since childhood, described the fatigue as a “knuckle-dragging, heavy-limbed, bone-weary, energy-zapping...
Source: World of Psychology - February 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Depression Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Self-Help 3 Fatty Acids Bad Genes Body And Soul Borchard Clinical Psychologist Coming To Our Senses Cup Of Tea Deborah Serani Depressed Person Eight Hours Exhaustion G Source Type: blogs
Night Owls Should Give A Hoot About Health Risks of Staying Up Late
Are you a night owl or an early bird? Do you burn the midnight oil or are you early to bed, early to rise?
It is customary now to divide people into morning and evening people.
The morning type has peak performance in the morning. They are perky, get up easily and get started with work with a clear head. This is as it is supposed to be in nature.
Then there is the evening type, who is at peak performance in the afternoon or evening. They have difficulty waking up and can't function without their coffee. It takes them more effort to concentrate on a morning task and they often don’t seem cheerful until later in the day...
Source: Doctor Kalitenko antiaging blog - February 13, 2013 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: admin Source Type: blogs
