Healthy, wholesome easy lunches
Just the idea of packing a lunch elicits a stress response in so many of us. Maybe we’re packing lunch for our kids, maybe it’s for us, but the pressure is on to create a simple yet satisfying, healthy yet hearty, easily transportable meal. This seemingly impossible task is daunting to many people. So much easier to rely on the school cafeteria, lunch trucks, and takeout, right?
Wrong! Let us consider the short- and long-term effects of poor choices at lunchtime. Yes, the school cafeteria may offer some healthy-ish options. I can count on my kids not to choose any of them. Likewise our workplace food trucks and fast fo...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 5, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Monique Tello, MD, MPH Tags: Food as medicine Health Healthy Eating Source Type: blogs
What Should You Do if Your Child Is a Picky Eater?
Two of my three children were picky eaters as toddlers (and beyond), while my other child ate everything he could get his hands on. As a mom, I took my parenting cues from my own childhood — my mother never made a big deal about my or my brother’s food preferences. We’d have a home-cooked dinner every night and if there was something we didn’t want to eat, that was okay.
While the dinners I made were not as elaborate as my mom’s, for the most part they were just as calm. There was always cereal or a peanut butter sandwich available if my children did not like what was served for dinner.
While there are plent...
Source: World of Psychology - September 2, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Janet Singer Tags: Children and Teens Motivation and Inspiration Parenting Personal Self-Help Diet finicky eater fussy eater Picky Eater Source Type: blogs
10 superfoods to boost a healthy diet
No single food — not even a superfood — can offer all the nutrition, health benefits, and energy we need to nourish ourselves. The 2015–2020 US Dietary Guidelines recommend healthy eating patterns, “combining healthy choices from across all food groups — while paying attention to calorie limits.”
Over the years, research has shown that healthy dietary patterns can reduce risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and certain cancers. Dietary patterns such as the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet and the Mediterranean diet, which are mostly plant-based, have demonstrated significant ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 29, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katherine D. McManus, MS, RD, LDN Tags: Diet and Weight Loss Health Source Type: blogs
Seema Verma Hyperventilates About Tiny Differences Between ACOs Exposed to One-and Two-Sided Risk
By KIP SULLIVAN, JD
Kip Sullivan, JD
There is no meaningful difference between the performance of Medicare ACOs that accept only upside risk (the chance to make money) and ACOs that accept both up- and downside risk (the risk of losing money). But CMS’s administrator, Seema Verma, thinks otherwise. According to her, one-sided ACOs are raising Medicare’s costs while two-sided ACOs are saving “significant” amounts of money. She is so sure of this that she is altering the rules of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). Currently only 18 percent of MSSP ACOs accept two-sided risk. That will change next year. Accor...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Medicare ACOs Seema Verma Source Type: blogs
Think you have an iodine allergy? You may want to reconsider.
Let’s begin with a quiz question:
Patients may be allergic to:
A. oxygen
B. carbon
C. iodine
D. none of the above
If you answered anything but “D,” better keep reading.
Consider this scenario: If a patient is allergic to penicillin, you would document “penicillin” in the medical records. It would never occur to you to list “antibiotics” as an allergy, and you certainly would not call it a “carbon” allergy for slang, just because penicillin contains carbon.
This not an exercise in semantics, but a patient care issue. Iodine is a mineral we all need, intentionally added to our salt supply, so that p...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 13, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/cullen-ruff" rel="tag" > Cullen Ruff, MD < /a > Tags: Conditions Allergies & Immunology Radiology Source Type: blogs
Nutrigenomics: Could Your Genes Choose the Right Cheese for You?
Nutrigenomics emerged lately in food science and dieting similarly to blockchain: it shows the way into the future, but sometimes seems to be hijacked by companies yearning for attention but not having the proper science to back up their products. As many people have no idea what nutrigenomics entails, not to speak about what it should, The Medical Futurist decided to show what nutrigenomics means, where the technology stands at the moment and what it could bring in the future.
Food shopping and eating out in 2068
Mathilda had her full genome sequenced in school as part of the general health check-up. Her parents not only ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 7, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Food Genomics diet dieting DNA eating food science Genetic testing genetics Health Healthcare healthy lifestyle nutrigenomics technology Source Type: blogs
Dry Eye: An Interview With Corneal Specialist Dr. Peter Polack
I met ophthalmologist and corneal specialist Dr. Peter Polack while speaking in Ocala, Florida. He told me that, by having his patients with dry eye—which has increased dramatically over the last 20 years—remove all wheat and grains, he is seeing this condition reverse within weeks, along with all the other health benefits.
Unlike other ophthalmologists, who virtually have nothing to do with diet and therefore prescribe the costly drugs Restasis and Xiidra (each cost $500-$550 per month), Dr. Polack rarely has to resort to use of these awful agents.
Here Dr. Polack speaks about his phenomenal experience.
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Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 20, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates autoimmune dry eye gluten-free grain-free grains Inflammation restasis undoctored wheat belly xiidra Source Type: blogs
10 tricks to reduce salt (sodium) in your diet
The average adult eats about 3,400 milligrams (mg) of sodium per day — far more than the recommended daily goal of 2,300 mg. Here are the top 10 types of food that account for more than 40% of the sodium we eat each day, along with some ideas for simple swaps to help you eat less salt.
1. Breads and rolls
This category tops the list not because bread is especially salty (a slice contains about 100 to 200 mg of sodium), but because we eat so much of it.
Smart swaps: Instead of toast or a bagel for breakfast, have a bowl of oatmeal prepared with just a pinch of salt. Bypass the dinner breadbasket for a serving of whole gra...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 20, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Julie Corliss Tags: Health Healthy Eating Heart Health Hypertension and Stroke Source Type: blogs
Convenient Allergy Testing: Interview with Dr. Dua of Heal and Rebecca Rosenberger of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Heal, a California-based company, offers a doctor house call service and sends doctors to patients’ homes, or even work offices, for $99 or insurance copay. The service is currently available in Southern California, the Inland Empire, the San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, Sacramento, Washington D.C. and Northern Virginia, with plans to expand to more cities across the nation by the end of the year. The company started less than three years ago and has already conducted more than 60,000 house calls, purportedly saving $41 million in healthcare costs. In a recent development, Heal has teamed up with Thermo Fisher...
Source: Medgadget - July 19, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
On Holiday With Health Technologies
Scorching sun, ice-cold beverages, light naps in a poolside beach bed. The time for summer vacation has finally arrived, and you cannot even think of anything else just some margaritas in the pool bar. We collected the best digital technologies for you, so you don’t have to worry about emergency situations or your health on holiday. Have a great vacation!
1) Protect your skin with wearable patches!
Although we have to wait a bit until nanoparticles make their way into UV-light absorbing sunscreens and anti-aging products, health apps and wearables already line up to save your skin from looking red potatoes the next day.
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Source: The Medical Futurist - July 19, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers Patients chatbot dermatology digital health food allergy food sensor health chatbot holiday summer technology telemedicine Source Type: blogs
Comparing Countries' Tariff Levels
There is lots of talk from the Trump administration these days about how the U.S. is getting cheated on trade. In this context, they have done some cherry-picking of the data to emphasize high foreign tariffs, while conveniently ignoring high U.S. tariffs. For example, Trumpwill mention a 270% Canadian tariff on dairy products, without mentioning U.S. tariffs ofup to 187% on sour cream. Or White House trade adviser Peter Navarrowill mention EU auto tariffs of 10% and argue that those are much higher than the 2.5% tariffs for car imports to the U.S, but he won ’t mention the25% U.S. tariff on truck imports. So what ’s...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 18, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Simon Lester Source Type: blogs
7 habits of being on call
1. You sleep when you can. Despite what medical television dramas portray, call room beds are for sleeping. Period. As you curl up into the bed you have no idea whether you are about to get a couple hours of sleep or a couple of minutes, but in that moment of sheer exhaustion, the drab hospital cot or bunk suddenly transforms into a luxurious sleeping pad. Bonus if you can score a blanket from the blanket warmer.
2. Personal hygiene is sometimes compromised during your call night. You may accidentally sleep in contacts (sorry, ophthalmology friends), skip a shower, or wear the same scrubs from yesterday into the next day (...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/angela-seabright" rel="tag" > Angela Seabright, DO < /a > Tags: Physician Hospital-Based Medicine Source Type: blogs
10 Easy Ways to Increase Your Energy Levels Naturally
“You are responsible for the energy that you create for yourself, and you’re responsible for the energy that you bring to others.” – Oprah Winfrey
I’m all about doing what I can do in a better way. This includes taking proper care of my health and watching my energy levels throughout the day. There’s no denying that a busy lifestyle contributes to a drain on how much energy you feel you have, yet there are natural ways to boost your energy levels that are easy and relatively quick to do. After doing my research, I’ve discovered that science backs up the merits of the following 10 easy ways to increase your en...
Source: World of Psychology - May 18, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Suzanne Kane Tags: Exercise & Fitness Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Mindfulness Self-Help Stress Source Type: blogs
9 Weird Predictions About The Future of Healthcare
Will you smell the robot in the room? Might documentaries explore the situation of bioprinted human organ transplantations on the black market? Will virtual reality cause a worldwide obesity epidemic? The Medical Futurist shares the weirdest ideas about how healthcare might look a hundred years from now. Or even further down the road. Let’s peek into a dystopic future of healthcare.
Medical mind-games and weird ideas
As The Medical Futurist, my job is to map out current technological trends, to distill the overall paradigm frame in which we are thinking about medicine and healthcare; and based on data, analytics and ca...
Source: The Medical Futurist - May 17, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Bioethics Future of Medicine 3d printing CRISPR digital gene editing Health Healthcare Innovation robotics Surgery technologies technology virtual reality VR Source Type: blogs
The drip, drip, drip of hate in the U.S.
This article contains racial slurs essential to the story.
A few days ago at my breakfast table, over coffee and my usual peanut butter protein shake, I read Doug Brunk’s article in Family Practice News about gun violence. The article reminded me that on the same day in history (April 16th, 2007) that the Virginia Tech shooter killed 32 people and injured 23 others, 231 other gun casualties occurred elsewhere in the United States. 83 of these were fatal. Jeffrey Swanson, PhD and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke, called this “the daily drip drip drip of gun violence in our country.” I think of t...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 4, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/rebecca-thaxton" rel="tag" > Rebecca Thaxton, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
