Some Vitamins Can Cause False Test Results but Not Harm
Biotin, a great supplement for nail and hair growth along with many other positive things for your body, has been recently linked to impacting test results for several conditions and diseases. The FDA has put out an alert that the biotin that you ingest, can cause false readings on certain test results for things such as thyroid and heart disease. Though biotin itself, does not cause these issues, it can make the symptoms of certain diseases to be missed, as they will not show up on the tests results. It is always a good idea to consult with your doctor when taking supplements. To find out more information, click on the li...
Source: BHIC - February 23, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Ashley Cuffia Tags: Articles Chronic Disease General Public Health medicine thyroid disease Source Type: blogs
Dr. Google: The top 10 health searches in 2017
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Ever wonder what other people are wondering about? I know I do.
So, here are the top 10 health searches in Google for 2017. And just so you don’t have to look each one up, I’ve provided a brief answer. You’re welcome.
1. What causes hiccups?
I was surprised this one made it to the top 10 list of health searches. Maybe this search is common because hiccups are as mysterious as they are universal. I’ve written about hiccups before, but let’s just say the cause in any individual person is rarely known or knowable. Then again, the reason hiccups stop is also unknown.
Some triggers...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - February 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Health Source Type: blogs
Sleep Medications for Alzheimer's and Dementia Patients
I often have family caregivers request medications to help people living with Alzheimer's and related dementia to sleep.By Rita JablonskiAlzheimer's Reading RoomMedications have their place in Alzheimer's care, but only AFTER all of the suggestions listed below have been followed.It may seem exhausting to the caregiver to have to engage in all of these activities; but, the resultscould lessen exhaustion, frustration, and stress in a manner of days.Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading - This is a Free Service - Join NowRule Out Physical Problems FirstThere are many medical conditions that contribute to problems sleeping.Som...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - February 19, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimers dementia connect alzheimers sleep alzheimers symptoms alzheimers treatment care of dementia patients dementia sleep not sleeping sleep medication Source Type: blogs
A Good Book Ruined By A Bit of Reality
I am a bookworm. As a child I always wanted to go to the library and didn ' t mind that if I read my newly selected books on the way home I might start to be a bit woozy from the wiggly New England roads. (Highways are much better for car reading.)In times of stress (read ' medical disasters ' among other things) I often turn to books as my personal form of avoidance. This was fine until my medical maladies kept interfering with my reading enjoyment. That would really suck.During college, after thyroid cancer, with my small paperback book collection, I would avoid studying or read in bed something less enlightening than an...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - February 18, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: books cancer stigma coping reading Source Type: blogs
Thyroid Cancer Rates Are Rising for an Infuriating Reason
Shutterstock The last four decades have witnessed an explosion of thyroid cancer diagnoses in the U.S. People are three times more likely to receive cancer diagnoses now than they were in 1975. Why? Is it chemicals in the water supply? … Continue reading →
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Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 15, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: PeterUbel.com Tags: Health Care Peter Ubel syndicated Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
B12 Shots for Dementia and Those Over 60
Studies indicate that forty percent of the population might be at risk of a vitamin B12 deficiency.By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomVitamin B12 deficiency can cause memory loss, dementia like symptoms, does cause shrinkage in the brain, and can cause mean and challenging behavior.Learn More -Care of Dementia PatientsSeveral years ago I started reading up on all the B vitamins. I learned vitamin B12 deficiency is wide spread especially among the elderly. It is easy to understand why. If you don't eat foods that are rich in vitamin B12 you won't get enough into your body.Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading - This is a ...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - February 13, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimers care dementia care dementia help for caregivers family caregiving help alzheimer's help with dementia help with dementia care memory care homes vitamin b12 deficiency symptom Source Type: blogs
Eponymythology: Graves orbitopathy
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Having recently reviewed the chronology of diffuse toxic goitre (Parry-Graves-Basedow disease) we tackle the chronological descriptions behind Graves orbitopathy (GO).
Why? Well, I’m still working that out. But I think that in our KPI-driven quest for diagnostic certainty, we have forgotten the descriptive pioneers – the clinical diagnosticians.
Time to review the descriptions and eponymythology of the forgotten signs associated with Graves orbitopathy ̵...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 12, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mike Cadogan Tags: Eponymythology Dalrymple sign Graefe sign Graves Opthalmopathy Graves orbitopathy Joffroy sign Möbius sign stellwag sign Source Type: blogs
Eponymythology: Diffuse Toxic Goitre
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Despite a drive to provide a consistent, modern nomenclature for signs, symptoms, diseases, procedures, equipment and medical conditions…eponyms still persist. We review 500 *common eponyms, the person behind their origin, history, accuracy, relevance today, modern nosology and their eponymythology.
The problem of nomenclature of diffuse toxic goitre (Parry, Graves or Basedow disease) remains an unsettled one. So lets review the chronological history of eponymous aet...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 6, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mike Cadogan Tags: Eponymythology Basedow disease Caleb Hillier Parry exophthalmos goiter Graves disease Karl Adolph von Basedow Parry disease Robert James Graves thyroid Source Type: blogs
Because Of Your Medical History....
Once you get cancer or any other ' nasty ' medical ailment, this little phrase follows you for the rest of your life ' because of your medical history... ' . If you have this phrase following you around, you are lucky when you are not sent for more tests or additional follow appointments start filling your calendar.As a child I was not the one (sister) who had ear infections non-stop or the one (brother) that went running around into and over and under things resulting into many minor injuries requiring stitches, etc. I was the reasonably healthy one, except for a few colds here and there.Boom, at age 19, I was diagnosed w...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - February 5, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: aggravation being a patient medical history Source Type: blogs
Be ketotic . . . but only sometime
Achieving ketosis by engaging in a very low-carbohydrate, high-fat lifestyle is an effective means of losing weight, breaking insulin and leptin resistance, reversing type 2 diabetes and fatty liver, reducing blood pressure, reversing the inflammation of visceral fat, and may even cause partial or total remission of selected cancers.
So what’s the problem?
The problem comes when people remain ketotic for extended periods. We know with confidence that long-term ketosis poses substantial risk for health complications because thousands of children have followed ketogenic diets over the years as a means of suppressing in...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 2, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle Source Type: blogs
GE ’s New Versana Essential Budget Friendly Ultrasound
GE Healthcare is unveiling a new budget conscious ultrasound system, the Versana Essential. GE touts it as having excellent image quality for the price and sees it being used by OB-GYNs, family and general practice physicians, and by clinicians in a number of other specialties. Using it you can view the thyroid vasculature, kidney vessels, and assess blood flow through the aorta, carotid, and other vessels.
The Versana Essential has a number of semi-automated features that help to produce high resolution images and move scans forward, such as Whizz one-touch dynamic image optimization, Auto IMT measurement, and SonoBiometr...
Source: Medgadget - January 31, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Ob/Gyn Radiology Surgery Urology Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs
Does Donald Trump Have Heart Disease?
By SAURABH JHA
According to the WHO definition of health, which is “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity,” several million Americans became unhealthy on Tuesday November 8th, 2016 as Florida folded to Trump. As Hillary’s prospects became bleaker many more millions, particularly those on Twitter, lost their health. The WHO sets a high bar for health. It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a person on social media to be in “complete mental and social well-being.”
Whilst WHO has set a high bar for health, moder...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 24, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: at RogueRad Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Precision Medicine and the Reinvention of Human Disease (Book Index)
In January, 2018, Academic Press published my bookPrecision Medicine and the Reinvention of Human Disease. This book has an excellent " look inside " at itsGoogle book site, which includes the Table of Contents. In addition, I thought it might be helpful to see the topics listed in the Book ' s index. Note that page numbers followed by f indicate figures, t indicate tables, and ge indicate glossary terms.AAbandonware, 270, 310geAb initio, 34, 48ge, 108geABL (abelson leukemia) gene, 28, 58ge, 95 –97Absidia corymbifera, 218Acanthameoba, 213Acanthosis nigricans, 144geAchondroplasia, 74, 143ge, 354geAcne, 54ge, 198, 220geAcq...
Source: Specified Life - January 23, 2018 Category: Information Technology Tags: index jules berman jules j berman precision medicine Source Type: blogs
Endolymphatic Sac Tumor in an Elderly Man
Papillary architecture is typical for this entityThe patient is not known to have Von Hippel Lindau Syndrome, which can be associated with this tumor. According toExpert Path, the differential diagnosis for endolymphatic sac tumor is middle ear adenoma, middle ear adenocarcinoma, metastatic renal cell carcinoma, metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma, paraganglioma, choroid plexus papilloma, and ceruminous adenoma. (Source: neuropathology blog)
Source: neuropathology blog - January 19, 2018 Category: Radiology Tags: neoplasms Source Type: blogs
How to Start Conversations with Strangers
How do you enter conversations with people you don’t know?
I grew up with gregarious parents and have enthusiastically emulated them. Although my mother referred to herself as shy, I never observed her that way. She seemed to be able to engage with people in various scenarios. My father was raised in South Philly (home of the iconic pugilist character Rocky) where talking to people on the stoop or street corner was commonplace. He learned how to communicate with those from all walks of life from his own blue collar, working class sensibilities. No matter where our family went, it seems my father always knew someone,...
Source: World of Psychology - January 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW Tags: Anxiety and Panic Friends General Habits Happiness Personality Relationships Self-Help Communication Making Friends Meeting People Social Anxiety Source Type: blogs
