A Mental Sign Of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Good sources of vitamin B12 include low-fat milk, poultry, eggs and fish.
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Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - December 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: The Divine Mooning
Exodus is, as we have seen, tedious and turgid. It ' s full of repetition, and also slightly different versions of similar constructs. Clearly it ' s an amalgamation of various source materials. But it is clear that the concept of God is still very limited compared with the modern version. He is not ubiquitous: he has a finite, physical body, in the shape of a human, and he exists in a specific location. He is definitely not universal; his only relationship is with the Hebrews. (The apparent flirtation with the Midianites was more or less forced because they adopted Moses and gave him a wife.) And he continues to mak...
Source: Stayin' Alive - December 1, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Negotiating Trade Deals with China
Simon LesterIn the midst of the big U.S.-China trade talks/tariff wars that are ongoing, it is worth noting some much smaller trade talks that have been taking place between New Zealand and China. The basic story is that New Zealand and China signed a trade deal in 2008, and have just now completed an "upgrade" to that deal. There are some differences in the nature of the U.S.-China talks and the New Zealand-China talks, but nevertheless, there may be some lessons to draw from the New Zealand-China situation.The first thing to mention is that both sides consider the original deal to be a success. Here's how New Zealanddesc...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 18, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Simon Lester Source Type: blogs
Evacuating the Nefarious Subungual Hematomas
Subungual hematomas can be a terror. They are painful, ugly-looking, nefarious, and sometimes confusing. The ultimate goal is to drain the accumulated blood and relieve the painful pressure.The best intervention is easy and straightforward: Leave the nail in place, and evacuate the blood under it. (Hand Surg. 2012;17[1]:151; Am J Emerg Med. 2006;24[7]:875; Emerg Med J. 2003;20[1]:65, http://bit.ly/2mHV1cO.) Then, provide excellent discharge information without prescribing antibiotics.A subungual hematoma in a 21-year-old man who slammed his thumb in a car door about 12 hours before ED arrival. Photo ...
Source: The Procedural Pause - November 1, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Plant-based diets are best … or are they?
This study is also a reminder that the health impact of a particular intervention (such as diet) may not be easy to predict or explain. In most cases, the risk of stroke and heart disease tend to rise or fall together, but that wasn’t the case in this research.
Beware the study’s limitations
This study linking a vegetarian diet with a higher risk of hemorrhagic stroke has a number of important limitations that should temper the concerns of vegetarians.
The study was observational. That means it simply observed what happened among different people who followed different diets over time, without being able to account fo...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 31, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Healthy Eating Heart Health Hypertension and Stroke Source Type: blogs
Artificial Blood: Unsolvable Biological Puzzle Or Soon-To-Be Reality?
What
is the common denominator for milk, lamb blood, urine, and beer? You would
never guess, so we let you off the hook: they were all tried as substitutes for
blood during experiments on the quest to find an alternative fluid to replace
the elixir of life: human blood. Despite the tremendous efforts, though,
artificial blood remains an unsolvable biological puzzle with only a few
innovative solutions that give hope that one day it will become a reality.
An entire bloody business in vein?
Blood
has been the symbol of life for millennia – as it is connected so vehemently to
good health and well-being. People notice...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 26, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Biotechnology Future of Medicine blood donation history biology history of medicine artificial artificial blood substitute Source Type: blogs
A Mental Sign of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Vitamin B12 is relatively high in foods including fish, poultry, eggs and low-fat milk.
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Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - October 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Is it time to stop skimming over full-fat dairy?
Americans consume about 150 pounds of milk and eat nearly 40 pounds of cheese and 20 pounds of ice cream per person per year, according to data from the Department of Agriculture. Yogurt and butter intakes are lower, but growing. But should the dairy we’re consuming be low-fat or full-fat? That debate has become increasingly divisive, and for good reason: not all dairy is created equal.
Dairy fat and cardiovascular disease
Some of the most substantial dairy research has been done in the context of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, which has been shown, among other benefits, to reduce blood pressure...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Gelsomin, MLA, RD, LDN Tags: Cancer Diet and Weight Loss Health Healthy Eating Heart Health Source Type: blogs
20 Medical Technology Advances: Medicine In The Future – Part I
Mind-reading exoskeletons, digital tattoos, 3D printed drugs, RFID implants for recreational purposes: mindblowing innovations come to medicine and healthcare almost every single day. We shortlisted some of the greatest ideas and developments that could give us a glimpse into the future of medicine, but we found so many that we had trouble fitting them into one article. Here are the first ten spectacular medical innovations to watch for.
1) Mixed reality opens new ways for medical education
Augmented, virtual, and mixed reality are all technologies opening new worlds for the human senses. While the difference between...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 17, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Future of Medicine 3d printing artificial food brain-computer interface cyborg digital tattoos drug development exoskeleton gamification google glass health insurance Healthcare Innovation List Medical education medical techn Source Type: blogs
Aldi ’s Owners Gained Riches by Cutting Prices
Chris EdwardsElizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders continued to bash wealth in the Democratic presidential debate Tuesday night. They view wealth as a zero-sum —that people at the top essentially stole their fortunes from the rest of us. Sanderssaid, “And we cannot afford a billionaire class, whose greed and corruption has been at war with the working families of this country for 45 years.”The truth is that many of the richest people in market economies generated their fortunes by raising living standards for working families. Entrepreneurs have continuously slashed prices and improved product quality to the particular...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 16, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
Breastfeeding vs Bottle Feeding: It ’s your choice
Pregnant women can be overwhelmed with questions about what motherhood will be like. And often one of the top concerns is deciding whether to breastfeed or bottle feed. What makes the experience special is that moms can choose how to feed her babies based on what feels best for her body and her baby.
Most babies are able on to latch to mom’s breast for feeding shortly after birth. Once placed on mom’s chest for some skin-to-skin time, they wiggle themselves over to mom’s breast where they’ll latch on to begin their first feeding.
While some moms experience the ease of the baby doing all the work to breastfeed, some...
Source: Cord Blood News - October 8, 2019 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Maze Cord Blood Tags: babies Source Type: blogs
Beefy Arguments for Libertarianism
This report has layers of flaws and is the most egregious abuse of evidence that I have ever seen,"said Walter Willett of Harvard. "Their recommendations are really irresponsible,"said Frank Hu of Harvard. A contrarian would immediately assume, therefore, that the study in question must be marvelous. Is it?Well, it represents part of a new wave in nutrition, in which a group of scientists who have no financial ties to the food industry set themselves up, like the justices of the Supreme Court, to adjudicate as a panel on a field of research. And, again like the justices of the Supreme Court, they are not frightened from ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 1, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Terence Kealey Source Type: blogs
Dense breasts on a mammogram? What to know and do
You’re staring at a letter from your mammography facility. Your breast exam was normal, great. But then you see a note on the bottom: you have high breast density, which could put you at higher risk for breast cancer in the future. Now what?
“The finding of dense breasts on a mammogram can be stressful and confusing for patients,” says Dr. Toni Golen, acting editor in chief of Harvard Women’s Health Watch. It’s information that may concern them, but they don’t know what to do about it.
What is breast density?
Breasts are composed of:
lobules, which produce milk
ducts, tubes that carry milk ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 1, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kelly Bilodeau Tags: Breast Cancer Health Tests and procedures Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: Us and Them
As I have said many times, the chapter divisions were added by medieval scribes and often don ' t seem to make a lot of sense. Exodus 23 is obviously three different segments which may well come from entirely different original sources. It starts out ascribing moral principles which, in contrast to much of what we have seen so far, are largely consistent with what we think of as virtuous today. Then it prescribes some religious practices which include some of God ' s odd obsessions but whatever. Then it turns really, really ugly. (I ' ve gone back to the New International Version for this one, it seems clearer in some plac...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 22, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
