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How to Quit Smoking
By Stacy Simon Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States. Since the release of the Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health 50 years ago, there have been 20 million deaths due to tobacco. Almost half the deaths from 12 different types of cancer combined – including lung, voice box, throat, esophagus, and bladder cancers – are attributable to cigarette smoking alone. In addition to cancer, smoking greatly increases the risk of debilitating long-term lung diseases like emphysema and chronic bronchitis. It also raises the risk for heart...
Source: American Cancer Society :: News and Features - November 16, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Smoking/Tobacco Source Type: news
Clinical Updates, Tips on Business and Billing, Draw Attendees to ASHA Connect
Editor’s note: This is the first of two posts from the ongoing ASHA Connect Conference in Minneapolis. This post focuses on the health care side of the conference. The second, to come on Monday, will focus on the schools side.
For speech-language pathologists in private practice and health care, attending ASHA Connect is a slam-dunk: The sessions give them hands-on information they can use right away. The sessions—smaller and more in-depth than those at the ASHA Annual Convention held in November—offer specific clinical strategies and business tips, attendees say.
This is the first year for ASHA Connect, which began...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - July 8, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Carol Polovoy Tags: Events Speech-Language Pathology Uncategorized Health Care Source Type: blogs
An estimation of the incidence of tuberous sclerosis complex by a nationwide retrospective cohort study from 1997 to 2010
ConclusionsThis is the first large scale and longitudinal incidence study of TSC. This study provides compelling evidences in humans that TSC mutations are associated with decreased risk of peptic ulcers.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Source: British Journal of Dermatology - January 23, 2016 Category: Dermatology Authors: C.‐H. Hong, H.‐P. Tu, J.‐R. Lin, C.‐H. Lee Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
An estimation of the incidence of tuberous sclerosis complex by a nationwide retrospective cohort study from 1997 to 2010.
CONCLUSIONS: This is the first large scale and longitudinal incidence study of TSC. This study provides compelling evidences in humans that TSC mutations are associated with decreased risk of peptic ulcers. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
PMID: 26800857 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Dermatology - January 23, 2016 Category: Dermatology Authors: Hong CH, Tu HP, Lin JR, Lee CH Tags: Br J Dermatol Source Type: research
Can You Think Yourself Into A Different Person?
For years she had tried to be the perfect wife and mother but now, divorced, with two sons, having gone through another break-up and in despair about her future, she felt as if she’d failed at it all, and she was tired of it. On 6 June 2007 Debbie Hampton, of Greensboro, North Carolina, took an overdose of more than 90 pills – a combination of ten different prescription drugs, some of which she’d stolen from a neighbor’s bedside cabinet. That afternoon, she’d written a note on her computer: “I’ve screwed up this life so bad that there is no place here for me and nothing I can contr...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 19, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Can Oxygen Therapy Bring Dead Brain Cells Back To Life?
During my Palm Beach Anti-Aging Summit in October, I’m hosting some of the world’s leading authorities on oxygen therapy.
The Summit coincides with the grand opening of my 17,000-sq.-ft. Sears Institute for Anti-Aging Medicine, where I’m unveiling a specially-designed room that houses my first hyperbaric oxygen chamber.
I hope you’ll be there, as you’ll discover the newest applications and breakthroughs in this growing field. You see, when oxygen is pressurized — like it is when you’re inside the chamber — you can treat more than just chronic disease.
Truth is, hyperbaric oxygen can...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - September 14, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Dr. Al Sears Tags: Brain Health brain cells hyperbaric oxygen chamber natural treatment omega-3 fatty acids Palm Beach Anti-Aging Summit Source Type: news
Potential Misdiagnoses of Bell's Palsy in the Emergency Department
Conclusion: Emergency providers have a very low rate of misdiagnosing Bell's palsy. The association between imaging use and misdiagnosis is likely confounded by patient acuity. Increasing age and diabetes are modest risk factors for misdiagnosis.
Source: Annals of Emergency Medicine - July 29, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jahan Fahimi, Babak B. Navi, Hooman Kamel Tags: Neurology Source Type: research
