Part II: LOVING, Bioethics and How Miscegenation became a ‘thing’
Photo Courtesy of Mill Valley Film FestivalLong Before Jeff Nichols, writer/director, chose to make the film LOVING (2016), about a heroic couple of modest means striking a blow for the maintenance of humanity—by ending anti-miscegenation laws in the USA—The field of Eugenics had to be born and the term ‘miscegenation’ coined. Miscegenation laws were present in many states of the USA into the 1960s, in defiance of the 14th amendment to the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Human Rights. Modern “bioethics” emerged from the documentation of the ...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 18, 2017 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: September Williams, MD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Feeding Disorders and Food Insecurity: A 6-Step Action Plan
Feeding disorders affect 25 to 45 percent of typically developing children and up to 80 percent of children with special needs and/or chronic health issues. A “feeding disorder” diagnosis applies to a child who can’t consume a balanced diet of age-appropriate food or liquid to support steady growth and development. When speech-language pathologists and other health care professionals treat a child with a feeding disorder, they work toward improving the child’s ability to eat a variety of foods.
Food insecurity, on the other hand, means a child experiences limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequat...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - January 26, 2017 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Melanie Potock MA Tags: Speech-Language Pathology Dysphagia Feeding Disorders Swallowing Disorders Source Type: blogs
The Future of Food – The Food of the Future
Innovation and technology might lead us to more conscious food consumption. We might get to know better, what we eat, what and how we should eat, or how to stretch the boundaries of the food industry. Let’s take a closer look at the future of food.
I do not have to stress how important part food and eating play in our lives. Food is at the bottom in Maslow’s hierarchy of our needs, it is essential for our survival. It shows perfectly the creativity of humankind: food exists in the richest variety of ingredients, forms, shapes, tastes and colors all over the universe from the Greenlandic kiviak (dozens of small bird...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 2, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Food 3d printing food sensors GC1 genomics Innovation nutrigenomics technology Source Type: blogs
New Health Wonk Review at Health Systems Ed Blog
Peggy Salvatore has posted Health Wonk Review Election Edition – Mama Says Eat Your Peas and Don’t Forget to Vote at Health System Ed Blog (Source: Health Wonk Review)
Source: Health Wonk Review - October 20, 2016 Category: Health Management Source Type: blogs
Recipes for Successful Entertaining With MS: Start With Eggs!
After I posted about my cooking demonstrations at MS Life 2016, I received a number of requests for the recipes I’d shared at that event. So I thought I’d share those with you today. These recipes are easy, fast to prepare, and suitable for entertaining.
I know that the act of having someone over for a meal can be daunting for many of us with multiple sclerosis (MS) when we think about expense, fatigue, and coordination issues. But not having others over, especially if we used to entertain at home, can contribute to our social isolation.
The three recipes included here can be used for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinn...
Source: Life with MS - September 22, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Trevis Gleason Tags: multiple sclerosis life with MS Living with MS MS and family MS fatigue Source Type: blogs
September is Neonatal Intensive Care Awareness Month
Project Sweet Peas, the founders of Neonatal Intensive Care Awareness Month, joined with other organizations in 2014 to honor the families whose babies are cared for neonatal intensive care units and to recognize the professionals who provide care when life’s first moments are the hardest.
In the US, 10% of babies experience care in neonatal intensive care units. That means you probably know at least one family. And, maybe you know one of the professionals, too.
Let them know, OK? (Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care)
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - September 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Neonatal Intensive Care Source Type: blogs
5 Common Mistakes (and Solutions) When Dealing with Kids ’ Chronic Constipation
As a pediatric feeding specialist, my job includes helping kids become more adventurous eaters by working with registered dietitians, physicians and other team members to ensure a child learns to comfortably try new foods. One frequent issue in kids with feeding challenges is chronic constipation. Why? Because picky or selective eaters often food jag on fiberless “kid food” like chicken nuggets and mac-n-cheese.
Kids—especially picky eaters—need to have regular, almost daily bowel movements in order to feel hungry and increase their desire to try a variety of foods. Steve Hodges, a pediatric urologist at Wake Fores...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - September 1, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Melanie Potock MA Tags: Speech-Language Pathology Feeding Disorders Source Type: blogs
Mix & Match Detox Plan for Cleansing, Health, and Weight Loss
DominikSchraudolf / Pixabay
Looking for simple guide to detox for one week or more? Well here it is. It’s pretty simple. Prepare some of the items ahead of time to make it easy to put your meals together quickly, such as the dressings, beans, quinoa, etc. You can read the plan below and also download the pdf version for easy printout. Click here to download the plan as a PDF file >>> 1 Week Detox Cleanse Plan
1 Week Detox Cleanse Plan
Key Ideas
Start day by cleaning and charging your mind.
Set your intention for the day.
Use positive affirmations all day long for the things you seek to be, do, and feel.
L...
Source: Life Learning Today - August 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: AgentSully Tags: Healthy Living How To cleanse detox weightloss Source Type: blogs
Mix & Match Detox Plan for Cleansing, Health, and Weight Loss
DominikSchraudolf / Pixabay
Looking for simple guide to detox for one week or more? Well here it is. It’s pretty simple. Prepare some of the items ahead of time to make it easy to put your meals together quickly, such as the dressings, beans, quinoa, etc. You can read the plan below and also download the pdf version for easy printout. Click here to download the plan as a PDF file >>> 1 Week Detox Cleanse Plan
1 Week Detox Cleanse Plan
Key Ideas
Start day by cleaning and charging your mind.
Set your intention for the day.
Use positive affirmations all day long for the things you seek to be, do, and feel.
...
Source: Life Learning Today - August 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: AgentSully Tags: Healthy Living How To cleanse detox weightloss Source Type: blogs
Unity Farm Journal - Third Week of August 2016
I ’m on “vacation” this week, working remotely from the farm, so no Wednesday blog post, but here’s the Unity Farm update.I always tell my staff that management is balancing scope, time and resources. To much scope and not enough makes resources very grouchy unless they are augmented.The same thing is true about managing a farm. Unless you set a scope that is achievable with the resources you have, the time (defined as the seasons in the farming year), living things, including your own well being, will suffer.As we plan for 2017, something we ’re doing during my slack time this week, we’e set a...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - August 18, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
Tahcheen-e Esfenaj (Baked Persian Rice Cake with Lamb, Spinach & Prunes)
I must apologize for the infrequency of my blog posts over the past year. My new position at the medical school has kept me much busier than I’d ever imagined. Now, a year later, things are finally settling in and I’m hoping to bring this blog thing back to life, if only because the act of writing truly grounds me.
One of the better parts of my new position has been getting to know our Qatar-based medical school faculty and staff, who sent me the most amazing Persian cookbook – Saraban: A Chef’s Journey through Persia by Greg and Lucy Malouf. (Thank you Shahrad and team!)
This is a cookbook tha...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - August 7, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Meat & Poultry Lamb Rice Cake Spinach Tachchin Tah-Chin Tahcheen Source Type: blogs
Practical and Helpful Tips: Help
A How-to Guide in Freezing Food When it comes to food freezing, it holds a little value whether you are using an upright or chest freezer because the same principles of successful freezing have to be followed. If this sounds like interesting to you, then please read on. 1. First cool the foods. Before you place your food into the freezer, be sure that it has already been cooled. If you freeze a hot food, it can only enhance the temperature of your freezer. Chances are your other foods in the same freezer will start defrosting. 2. Remember not to re-freeze. It is not really secure to freeze a food that had already gone into...
Source: All Kidney News - August 4, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: admin Tags: Arts & Entertainment Source Type: blogs
Johnie ’s Story
This post first appeared in The Odyssey Online on June 14, 2016.
Children in foster care often remain voiceless so I decided we need to start listening.
Trigger Warning: Child and/or sexual abuse. The following story is from the point of view of a fictional five-year-old boy named Johnie. His voice represents the voice of thousands of children in foster care and thousands of children with no agency as they are victims of child abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect.
My teacher Ms. Jackson is so pretty. She wears dresses every day when she teaches us. I like learning about math and counting. I think I’m pretty good at count...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - June 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Uncategorized Young Adults Source Type: blogs
Johnie’s Story
This post first appeared in The Odyssey Online in June 14, 2016.
Children in foster care often remain voiceless so I decided we need to start listening.
Trigger Warning: Child and/or sexual abuse. The following story is from the point of view of a fictional five-year-old boy named Johnie. His voice represents the voice of thousands of children in foster care and thousands of children with no agency as they are victims of child abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect.
My teacher Ms. Jackson is so pretty. She wears dresses every day when she teaches us. I like learning about math and counting. I think I’m pretty good at count...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - June 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Uncategorized Young Adults Source Type: blogs
