Tanzanian Children Are The World’s Fittest While American Kids Are Among The Least
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More Coca-Cola Ties Seen Inside U.S. Centers For Disease Control
In June, Dr. Barbara Bowman, a high-ranking official within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, unexpectedly departed the agency, two days after information came to light indicating that she had been communicating regularly with - and offering guidance to - a leading Coca-Cola advocate seeking to influence world health authorities on sugar and beverage policy matters.
Now, more emails suggest that another veteran CDC official has similarly close ties to the global soft drink giant. Michael Pratt, Senior Advisor for Global Health in the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - August 1, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Should You Go To The Doctor After Fainting? Here's How To Tell.
Summer’s in full swing, and the hot, sweltering days might make some people more prone to fainting.
Fainting, also known by the medical term syncope, is a momentary loss of consciousness caused by lack of blood flow to the brain. It can strike anyone, and it’s fairly common. Researchers estimate that anywhere between 15 and 39 percent of people will experience fainting at least once in their life, but people who take certain medications may be more prone to feeling dizzy, weak and eventually passing out. Still others may be more prone to fainting for genetic reasons.
Syncope can be caused by a wide variet...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 7, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Should You Go To The Doctor After Fainting? Here's How To Tell.
Summer’s in full swing, and the hot, sweltering days might make some people more prone to fainting.
Fainting, also known by the medical term syncope, is a momentary loss of consciousness caused by lack of blood flow to the brain. It can strike anyone, and it’s fairly common. Researchers estimate that anywhere between 15 and 39 percent of people will experience fainting at least once in their life, but people who take certain medications may be more prone to feeling dizzy, weak and eventually passing out. Still others may be more prone to fainting for genetic reasons.
Syncope can be caused by a wide variet...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'No public health justification' for cancelling Rio Olympics over Zika virus, WHO argues
A University of Ottawa professor says the WHO's position to not postpone or move the Games despite a letter from more than 100 scientists raising concerns about spreading the Zika virus is "absolutely fanciful." (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/World Source Type: news
Canadian study shows effectiveness of hospital-initiated smoking cessation programs
(University of Ottawa Heart Institute) A new study from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, in collaboration with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, has established that greater adoption of hospital-initiated tobacco cessation interventions improve patient outcomes and decrease further healthcare utilization. The study is published today in the British Medical Journal's Tobacco Control. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 25, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Does this Ankle Need an X-ray? There's an App for That
The Ottawa Rules, a set of rules used around the world to help health professionals decide when to order x-rays and CT scans, are now available as a free mobile health app. Developed by emergency department physicians at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa, the Ottawa Rules are evidence-based decision trees that help physicians determine whether a scan is needed for injured bones, cutting down on unnecessary radiation and wait times. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - May 23, 2016 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Development Research and Development Source Type: news
Brazil Should Not Host The Olympic Games, Public Health Expert Warns
Because Brazil is at the heart of the current Zika virus epidemic, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janiero should be postponed or moved to a new location, a leading expert in population health and global development argues in the Harvard Public Health Review.
The Olympics draws hundreds of thousands of spectators from all over the world, writes Amir Attaran, a professor of law and medicine at the University of Ottawa, adding that this will only serve to create new routes for the disease to migrate to other countries.
Attaran's call to action is all the more urgent considering the fact that scientists believe the Zi...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 12, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Brazil Should Not Host The Olympic Games, Public Health Expert Warns
Because Brazil is at the heart of the current Zika virus epidemic, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janiero should be postponed or moved to a new location, a leading expert in population health and global development argues in the Harvard Public Health Review.
The Olympics draws hundreds of thousands of spectators from all over the world, writes Amir Attaran, a professor of law and medicine at the University of Ottawa, adding that this will only serve to create new routes for the disease to migrate to other countries.
Attaran's call to action is all the more urgent considering the fact that scientists believe the Zi...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rio Olympics ‘Must Not Proceed’ Due To Zika Virus, Professor Argues
CAMBRIDGE (CBS) – The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro should be postponed or moved as Brazil deals with the threat of the Zika virus, an article in the latest edition of the Harvard Public Health Review argues.
The special commentary by Amir Attaran, a professor of law and medicine at the University of Ottawa, says the games “must not proceed” because the mosquito-borne virus is flourishing in Rio.
A municipal agent sprays anti Zika mosquitos chimical product at the sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Cristophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images)
“Simply put, Zika infection is more dangerous, and Brazil’s outbreak...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - May 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: nealjriley Tags: Health Local News Syndicated Local Olympics zika Zika Virus Source Type: news
Special Collection: the health of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe
Guest post by Kevin Pottie, Associate Professor in Family Medicine and Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, CanadaA new Cochrane Library Special Collection, developed in conjunction with Evidence Aid, brings together Cochrane Reviews addressing health conditions relevant to refugees and asylum seekers.Migrant health crises require a range of planned and coordinated interventions, and, as this collection highlights, a foundation of relevant evidence. Systematic reviews are needed to inform the development of community programs, clinical and public health guidelines, and national and international polic...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - April 15, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: mumoquit at cochrane.org Source Type: news
Ottawa researchers find Achilles' heel of a severe form of childhood leukemia
(Ottawa Hospital Research Institute) Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa have found the Achilles' heel of one of the most aggressive forms of leukemia that affects both children and adults. They have also identified a possible new treatment that exploits this fatal weakness. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Many prostate cancer patients saved from unnecessary treatments and side effects
(Ottawa Hospital Research Institute) A new study from The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa shows that men with slow-growing prostate cancer are increasingly avoiding unnecessary and potentially harmful treatment in favor of an approach called active surveillance -- monitoring the cancer with regular tests and treating it only if it changes to a higher risk form. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - February 29, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Neuro-Philosophy & the Healthy Mind: Learning from the Unwell Brain
In applying philosophical questions to neuroscience and the study of how we think and feel, Georg Northoff’s new book is a game changer.
Neuro-Philosophy and the Healthy Mind: Learning from the Unwell Brain applies philosophical questions to subjects such a consciousness, the self, the understanding of time, identity, the brain, and the mind. In it, Northoff, himself a neuroscientist, philosopher, and psychiatrist at the University of Ottawa, seeks to answer philosophical questions such as Where do thoughts begin? Does consciousness exist in the mind or the brain? How is the self defined and understood? and How is ...
Source: Psych Central - January 28, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Claire Nana Tags: Book Reviews Disorders General Psychiatry Psychology biological basis of the mind books on neurophilosophy emotions and the brain Georg Northoff how to define the self learning from the unwell brain neurophilosophy and the healthy mi Source Type: news
Societies Release Recommendations for Diagnosing Chest Pain in the Emergency Department
Washington, DC — New recommendations from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) have established appropriate use of diagnostic imaging for patients with chest pain, one of the most common reasons for emergency department visits.
The document addresses 20 fundamental clinical scenarios for emergency imaging for chest pain and assesses when imaging is useful in each case, and if so, what information is provided by the specified imaging procedure. The clinical scenarios are broken down into leading critical diagnoses: acute coronary syndrome, pulmonary embolism and acute ...
Source: American College of Radiology - January 26, 2016 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
