Feeling gassy — is it ever a cause for concern?
Everyone does it, but no one talks about it. No, not that topic — the fact that we pass gas every day. In fact, the average person produces between 1/2 and 1 liter of gas daily and passes gas about 10 to 20 times. Annoying? Well, sometimes. Embarrassing? Possibly. But is excess gas ever a cause for concern?
A healthy digestive system
Intestinal gas is a normal part of digestion. “While people may not like it when they do it, especially at inappropriate times, it’s just a sign of a regular, healthy digestive system at work,” says Dr. Kyle Staller, a gastroenterologist with Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Ho...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matthew Solan Tags: Digestive Disorders Healthy Aging Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Do Virtual Simulations Prepare For Medical Realities?
How do you study organs and complex living structures
in two dimensions? It’s like trying to piece together life on the planet in the
age of the dinosaurs from fossils – almost impossible. So why do medical
schools require students to learn the tricks of the trade from densely written
books and PowerPoint presentations? Luckily, the advancement of technology
brought in another dimension: virtual reality. So, we looked around to what
extent VR as a three-dimensional teaching tool can support medical education. Let’s
dive into virtual laparoscopy, simulated empathy, and co.
Can simulated
realities trick your senses...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 7, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Medical Education Virtual Reality doctor Health Healthcare medical student nurse study surgeon Surgery technology VR Source Type: blogs
Making L. reuteri yogurt with coconut milk
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Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 6, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: L reuteri yogurt oxytocin probiotic wheat belly Source Type: blogs
A local safari around an English country village
Mention going on safari to most people and the assumption is that means a trip to a reserve somewhere far-flung, usually southern Africa, snapping photos of lion, giraffe, elephant, impala, and other big game. A wit might mention in passing the once-trendy concept of a safari supper, but let’s forget foodie affectations and take a safari around our local patch. What are you likely to see on a local safari?
Well, aside from the various birds we usually refer to in this column, the buzzards, kestrels, peregrines, hobbies, red kites, marsh harriers, and all those smaller specimens, there are quite a few large animals ar...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - September 1, 2019 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Biology Vertebrates Source Type: blogs
What underlies the documented increase in autism incidence? Results of a new study
Studies from the Center for Disease Control and elsewhere have compellingly documented a rapid increase in the incidence of autism in the United States. WHAT THE HELL IS CAUSING IT? Given the enormous human and societal costs of this malady, few practical scientific questions are more important to we Americans, in our current era.
Whether a single or multiple factors, the cause(s) of an increased incidence of autism has to meet three obvious criteria:
It has to be widely dispersed in our environment — because autism rate increases are EVERYWHERE, at least in the United States.
It must be steadily increasing in its c...
Source: On the Brain by Dr. Michael Merzenich, Ph.D. - September 1, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Dr. Merzenich Tags: Autism Origins, Treatments Brain Fitness BrainHQ Childhood Learning Cognitive Impairment in Children Cognitive impairments Language Development Reading and Dyslexia Source Type: blogs
How Much Is Life Worth?
Multivitamins, drugs, gene therapies, human skin, heart, eyeballs, kidneys, entire dead bodies – everything comes with a price tag. Putting aside the moral questions of why and how come that the capitalist market priced even our body parts and health, we asked the question of how much is life worth: what is the maximum that you would/should pay for a life-saving drug? How high is too high a cost if a drug can save 200-300 babies a year from debilitating illness or death? And ultimately, does the pricing of new technologies, especially gene therapies, enable to fulfill their promise?
There’s a
price for everything: ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 31, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Bioethics Biotechnology Future of Pharma Genomics cost daraprim drug drug price Gene gene therapy genetics insulin life medication pricing policy rare disease rare disorder Source Type: blogs
Can a chemical in breast milk dissolve tumors?
Recently, a study conducted by Motol University Hospital in Prague discovered a chemical that breaks up cancerous tumors inside patient’s bladders, allowing the tumor fragments to pass in their urine without any discomfort or causing damage to other tissue cells. A study of 20 bladder cancer patients has shown proof of this after only a few doses of the chemical.
What’s even more exciting, is that this chemical, Alpah1H, is naturally found in human breast milk! Although a pharmaceutical company is working to produce this chemical for further research, we are off to a great start knowing that we have the potential to cu...
Source: Cord Blood News - August 27, 2019 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Maze Cord Blood Tags: Health medical research Source Type: blogs
Breastfeeding is best, but why do some countries struggle?
Breastfeeding provides ideal food for the healthy growth and development of infants; it is also an integral part of the reproductive process with important implications for the health of mothers. Breastfeeding has numerous health benefits for both the mother and infant. Breast milk contains all the nutrients infants need in the first six months of […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 18, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/melvin-sanicas" rel="tag" > Melvin Sanicas, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: Zero Michelin Stars
I may post again today about current events, but first we need to keep plowing through the literally true, inerrant word of God. -- CThe whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt.2 Again, these names do not correspond to any known real places. Remember that the Sinai peninsula and Mount Sinai are so-called because people decided much later that these must be where these events took place, but they weren ' t called that at the time and some people still have alternative hypotheses ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 4, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
The DASH diet: A great way to eat foods that are healthy AND delicious
The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is an eating plan based on eating plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, and choosing lean proteins, low-fat dairy, beans, nuts, and vegetable oils, while limiting sweets and foods high in saturated fats.
A recent study published the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that men and women younger than 75 who most closely followed the DASH diet had a significantly lower risk of heart failure compared to study participants who did not follow the DASH diet. Currently, about 5.7 million adults in the United States have heart failure, and about half of those who d...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katherine D. McManus, MS, RD, LDN Tags: Food as medicine Health Healthy Eating Heart Health Source Type: blogs
The Long Emergency: The petty and the existential
While it is true that fossil fuel interests have been the most important force behind climate change denial and effective policy responses, they aren ' t the only one. The meat industry, as far as I know, hasn ' t invested a lot in denialism but they are scared that people will stop eating their product. Obviously plant based foods are also produced by farmers but the overall demand for agricultural products is several times as high in a carnivorous dietary regime than it would be if people mostly ate a plant based diet.The result issome really ridiculous state laws. Yes, state legislatures are trying to ban labeling veget...
Source: Stayin' Alive - July 23, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Medical Photos, CPR Dolls, and Car Crash Dummies: When Women Aren ’t Represented in Research we Fail Women’s Health
by Keisha Ray, Ph.D.
In May a twitter user posted a picture depicting the muscular system of a female that included milk ducts. It quickly went viral as people realized that in their various health science and anatomy and physiology courses they had never seen a picture of a female muscular system, only a picture of a male muscular system. After thinking back to my own health and anatomy and physiology courses I took during high school and college, I myself was taken aback by the realization that I had never seen a picture like this before.… (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - July 22, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Keisha Ray Tags: Education Ethics Featured Posts Gender Disparities Health Disparities Justice Public Health Research Ethics Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
poemm
OptimismGlass half fullSipping wine by the pale glowOf a half moon.Those were the good old timesFull circle quarters and silver dimesChange for a tipIt ’s all we had leftHeads or tails,Stay or go,Anyone could love you In a sliver of the bursting June moon;Visage radiant,Freckles like browned pebbles In the bed of a winding streamFlashing in the tree refracted moonlightHalf past four, happy hourslowBut I am the oneYou ’ll love and loatheI am the one to praise and damn,Make your stomach clench Drive you insaneMake everything fall into placeBut I am alsothe one who writes for youwho will find the words...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - July 20, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
Breakfast cereal: a memoir
As awful for health as they are, having played such a huge role in childhood breakfasts, thoughts of breakfast cereals still conjure up a host of memories.
Deep within the haze of my childhood memories, buried beneath recollections of nerdy high school days, a marriage gone sour, and a brother-in-law midlife crisis involving duct tape, three members of the local PTA, and a VW bus, are images of the mornings I sat with my two sisters at our kitchen table in suburban New Jersey, each of us slurping a bowl of Trix, Lucky Charms, or Fruit Loops cereal, still recovering from a late night of Bewitched and Mission Impossible.
We ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 18, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Breakfast cereal grain-free wheat belly Source Type: blogs
5 Sleep Deprivation Signs and Cures
Conclusion
In the end, just remember to put any sort of thing that stresses you out … on permanent hold, especially before bed. Whether you feel bad about dieting, a person, a television season or a book that you’re reading – whatever doesn’t bring you happiness isn’t meant for you. You want to work on it and go on – good – you should! However, before winning any battle just make sure you are in the position to do so - and it all starts with a good night's sleep!You've read 5 Sleep Deprivation Signs and Cures, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you've enjoyed this, pleas...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - July 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sijdah Hussain Tags: featured health and fitness meditation mental health sleep deprivation sleep paralysis Source Type: blogs
