“News (Hot) Flash: Sex, Drugs and Menopause” Recap – 2010 Breakfast Series
Our panel this morning discussed the issues surrounding how the WHI results were interpreted and communicated to women and their health care providers. We recognize that hormones are not appropriate for all women, and look forward to hosting a future panel that highlights alternatives.
The speakers have a variety of backgrounds and experiences (and genders), and we aim to promote diversity of voices.
This was not normal breakfast conversation.
Today was a jolting – and disruptive – talk about what happens to women’s bodies when they age. (Who knew that if you’re menopausal and you don’t take your hormones, your v...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - September 25, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
How Autocracies Could Misuse Digital Health Innovations
How long do you think it will take for authoritarian governments, dictatorships or tyrannies until they realize the vast potential in digital health technologies and until they learn how to harness their powers? Twenty years? Ten years? We have to warn you, the era of 24/7 surveillance and intrusion into the innermost secrets of human life is even closer than that. Watch out! Dystopic worst case scenario-alert!
Digital technologies are double-edged swords: they promised social change…
On 17 December 2010, a Tunisian vegetable vendor set up his cart on the street in Sidi Bouzid to sell goods that he obtained the day befor...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 22, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Bioethics Future of Medicine Security & Privacy AR artificial intelligence big data biotechnology black mirror dystopia genes genetics genomics Health health sensors Healthcare insurance MR Personalized medicine scifi Source Type: blogs
Listen To Your Gut – What Stress Is Doing To Your Digestive Health
You're reading Listen To Your Gut – What Stress Is Doing To Your Digestive Health, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
Stress can wreak havoc on your digestive system, with common—and uncommonly uncomfortable—symptoms including stomach-ache, constipation, diarrhea, cramps, nausea and acid indigestion.
Left unchecked, stress can lead to serious gastrointestinal issues. Chronic upset and anxiety may also exacerbate pre-existing ailments like celiac and Crohn’s diseases, stomach ulcers and inflammat...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - September 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kevin Jones Tags: featured health and fitness self improvement gut health pickthebrain side effects of stress Source Type: blogs
Tired? 4 simple ways to boost energy
When I’m dragging and feeling tired during the occasional low-energy day, my go-to elixir is an extra cup (or two or three) of black French press coffee. It gives my body and brain a needed jolt, but it may not help where I need it the most: my cells.
The cellular basis of being tired
What we call “energy” is actually a molecule called adenosine triphosphate (ATP), produced by tiny cellular structures called mitochondria. ATP’s job is to store energy and then deliver that energy to cells in other parts of the body. However, as you grow older, your body has fewer mitochondria. “If you feel you don’t have enough ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matthew Solan Tags: Fatigue Health Source Type: blogs
Laptops & Smartphones May be Hurting Your Ability to Learn in Class
It’s odd to me that society seems to embrace technology first, and asks questions later. We only conduct psychological research on its impact in our daily lives long after we’ve adopted our behaviors and habits to its use. No matter even if that use may negatively affect our relationships, social interactions, and even our ability to learn and retain knowledge long-term.
We just assume something that makes it easier to take notes in the classroom, for instance, would make learning easier.
But over the past two decades, research is showing that our relationship with technology is far more complex and nuanced. It...
Source: World of Psychology - August 28, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: Brain and Behavior College General Memory and Perception Psychology Research Students Technology ability to learn classroom learning distracted learning divided attention laptops in class smartphones in class Source Type: blogs
What Makes Cliffside Better
Our Approach
Cliffside Malibu is a world class luxury drug and alcohol treatment center. We want you to recover for good, and we do that with seven major factors.
1. We Stand By Our Commitment To Your Success.
Our main goal is: We only want you to come to treatment once.
2. We Recognize The Root Cause Of Addiction As Pain/Trauma.
Most treatment programs are based on the 12 Step Model. While 12 Step programs have largely been the go-to way to recover from addiction for over 75 years, the model does not address the underlying causes of addiction. While we use 12 Steps as an adjunct to other forms of therapy, we work to help ...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - August 24, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Jaclyn Uloth Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Addiction Treatment and Program Resources Alcohol Rehab Information Complementary Therapies Detox Resources for Alcohol and Drugs/Opiates Drug Rehab Information Drug Treatment Holistic Treatment Protocols Sob Source Type: blogs
Medically-Assisted Detox with an Onsite Addictionologist
What is Medicated-Assisted Detox?
Medicated-Assisted Detox is the use of medications under supervision of an addictionologist to help treat the symptoms of detoxification from substance use disorders including opioids, alcohol abuse and more. Detoxification is often the most uncomfortable and most feared process of recovery. Cliffside Malibu takes great care in ensuring that this process is as comfortable and stress-free as possible.
Detoxing is one of the very first steps in the recovery process. Once the body has become dependent on a substance for a long period of time, their brain can become chemically altered to requi...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - August 24, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Jaclyn Uloth Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Addiction to Pharmaceuticals Addiction Treatment and Program Resources Alcohol Rehab Information Alcoholism Detox Resources for Alcohol and Drugs/Opiates Drinking Drug Rehab Information Drug Treatment Medic Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Financial And Political News Relevant To E-Health And The Health Sector In General.
August 23, 2018 Edition.-----All is not well in the US with the list of unhappy enemies growing by the day. His legal trouble are getting worse daily...We have Turkey, Iran, the EU and China to mention just a few but nevertheless the Trump sails on. Heavens knows what is next ….Brexit seems to simply be getting messier and messier.In Australia Turnbull is still PM but just (11:30 am Thu) but where he will be when you get to read this is anyone’s guess. You really have to assume a Labor Government early next year…The FSRC was worse than anyone imagined and there are about 8 million Australians wondering what to d...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 23, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
THCB Editorial on Trump ’ s Assault on the Press
THCB isn’t a traditional newspaper or a traditional press outlet. But we do report on news and policy and we do host opinions from across the political and policy spectrum. Trump’s attacks on the press as “enemies of the people” and purveyors of “fake news” are the exact equivalent of the attacks on the press from totalitarian regimes down the ages. It pains me that we have to use any space or take any of our readers’ time to say this, but a free press is perhaps the most important bastion of democracy and freedom. It’s beyond belief that an American President is saying what ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: OP-ED Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Financial And Political News Relevant To E-Health And The Health Sector In General.
August 16, 2018 Edition.The world is having affair bit of trouble with Trump at present. As I type the Turkish economy is tanking (which could damage a range of other economies – our dollar has also plummeted) and we are seeing both loud noises directed at China and the EU. A fine mess!Here at home the NEG remains un-agreed, the Parliament is back this week and the Royal Commission is beginning to make one wonder if ‘under the bad’ is not the best place for one to ke ep your money!-----Here are a few other things I have noticed.-----Major Issues.https://www.afr.com/news/economy/rba-set-to-celebrate-two-years-on-hold-...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 16, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Towards a New North American Free Trade Agreement (in Principle)
After a brief hiatus during the run up to the recent Mexican elections, negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are in the news again, with hints of an agreement by the end of August. We have heard talk of an imminent agreement before and the chances of an agreement within the month may not be very high, and even if it does happen it may be more of an “agreement in principle” with many details still to be worked out. Nevertheless, with the renewed interest, we thought it was worth breaking down some of the key remaining issues (there are a lot of them, which helps illustrate the amount of work s...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 9, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Inu Manak, Simon Lester Source Type: blogs
Birthright Citizenship Slightly Boosts Immigrant Assimilation: What the Research Says
Former White House national security official and Hillsdale College lecturer Michael Anton wrote anop-ed recently in theWashington Postwhere he usedfalsified quotes,poor legal reasoning, and displayedignorance of the history and debates surrounding the 14th amendment to argue that President Trump should unilaterally end birthright citizenship (here ’s Anton’s poorresponse to the devastating criticisms). Few commentators discussed what the actual effects of removing birthright citizenship would be and instead focused on the comparatively unimportant legal questions. As an exception, mypiece for theAmerican Conserva...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 30, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh 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
Gulf States Are Still Sponsoring Many Syrians
A persistent myth surrounding the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis is that the wealthy Gulf States are not sponsoring Syrian refugees. As Iwrote in late 2015, the Gulf States did not host refugees but they were sponsoring almost 1.4 million Syrian emigrants in 2013 – about a million more than they were sponsoring in 2010 before the Syrian civil war began. The recently releasedWorld Bank bilateral migration index for 2017 shows that Gulf Countries are still sponsoring about 1.2 million Syrians, a 12 percent decline relative to 2013 (Table 1).Table 1: Syrians Living in Gulf StatesThese Syrians are technically not “refu...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 5, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
The Trump-Putin Summit: Opportunities and Pitfalls
Domestic and international politics surrounding the Trump administration ’s planned summit with Moscow are largely overshadowing the tangible U.S. national interests at play. Trump’s frequently expressed esteem for President Putin, along with his apparent admiration for authoritarian strongmen from Kim Jong Un to Rodrigo Duterte, rubs much of Washington and many U.S. allies, particularly in Europe, the wrong way for two reasons. First, it suggests that Trump is abandoning America’s purported role as a global defender of democracy. Second, it suggests that Trump is unwilling to take a tough stance toward Moscow despit...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 29, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: John Glaser, Ted Galen Carpenter Source Type: blogs
