Mrs. Sprat got it right
(Image by Frederick Richardson via Wikimedia Commons.)
Jack Sprat could eat no fat.
His wife could eat no lean.
And so between the two of them,
They licked the platter clean.
If Jack Sprat could eat no fat . . . well, he’s going to be one sick, hungry guy. Fats, unlike carbohydrates, are essential, as necessary as water or oxygen.
If we are, at the core, hunting carnivorous creatures, a product of our unique evolutionary past, it’s easy to recognize that consuming the fat of animals is also part of our natural physiology. You and your hungry clan spear a wild boar, but no one declares “Just cut off a piece of lean m...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 31, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle diabetes diy health Dr. Davis Fat gluten-free grain-free grains Inflammation low-carb saturated Source Type: blogs
Coping with Other's Cancer
When you are diagnosed with cancer, you are faced with the World of Oncology. Inside that world lies the answers to your questions and how to keep you alive. As you go through diagnosis and treatment, you get to educate yourself on your illness and what ' s involved in getting through it.Oncologists have to go to medical school to learn all this crap. Us patients get the express pass and learn it much faster and more intimately. Doctor ' s say ' may cause nausea and hair loss ' . We know it means we will watch our hair fall out as we shop for a wig and try to keep something in our stomachs. We learn what the truth really i...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - March 24, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer diagnosis cancer information cancer treatment coping Source Type: blogs
Which Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Test to Choose?
Due to the collapse of the price of genetic testing and the FDA’s gradual ease of the regulatory environment, direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing companies are booming. You can inquire your deoxyribonucleic acid about your ancestry, health risks, metabolism, and some start-ups even promise you to find true love or your kids’ talents. As the jungle of DTC companies is getting denser, more and more people ask me which genetic tests are worth the try. They love the possibility of getting access to their DNA but don’t know where to start. Here’s the DTC genetic testing kick-starter package!
Navigating through...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 20, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Genomics 23andme ancestry DNA DTC future genetic test Genetic testing genetics Genome genome sequencing Health 2.0 Source Type: blogs
Pancreatic Cancer Sucks
I haven ' t been blogging recently because I have been emotionally stressed. It may take me a while longer to get back to it. Myfather, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last May, had metastases by August 1, and was in chemo until Feb 13, died on Tuesday February 27.Since his diagnosis with Waldenstrom ' s lymphoma back in 2013, I had become his oncology interpreter/assistant. I went to the important appointments and answered his questions that the doctor ' s don ' t want to answer.Due to vein damage from chemo for his lymphoma he needed a port. When he did finally get a port, his first question was ' when do I get ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - March 18, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: death depression family sadness Source Type: blogs
Osmosis Educational Platform Grows Audience to 500,000 Current & Future Clinicians
Medgadget editors are really passionate about improving health care and have gone on to start companies such as Omada and OssoVR. Add another “O” startup to that list: Osmosis, co-founded by our own editor Shiv Gaglani when he was a medical student at Johns Hopkins. The company aims to provide the simplest, most efficient, and most enjoyable platform for current & future clinicians to learn medicine and stay updated.
In 2015 the team that used to run Khan Academy Health & Medicine joined Osmosis and they’ve since created more than 500 visually appealing, concise, and clear whiteboard animations on everything...
Source: Medgadget - March 15, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Exclusive Net News Source Type: blogs
Barry Crimmins
I found out recently that Barry Crimmins died, quite prematurely, of cancer. (Actually we ' re the same age so that ' s disconcerting.) Here ' s the Rolling Stone obit, which is quite cursory.I knew Barry when he lived in Cambridge. We were at a few parties together, and went out for drinks after Mobilization for Survival, of which I was a board member, gave him the Peace Leadership Award. (Which is mentioned, BTW,in his Wikipedia article.) The reason for this intersection, obviously, is that he was a progressive activist as well as a comedian and comedy impresario. His comedy was political. He was always outrag...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 13, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Handy Hints for Attending a National Healthcare Conference - Updated!
by Christian Sinclair (@ctsinclair)In the early years of Pallimed, I was brand new to going to national conferences focused on healthcare. It was exciting, exhausting and at times overwhelming. I started collected little bits of wisdom I picked up from others and some I discovered myself. They were compiled into theoriginal Handy Hints for a National Meeting back in 2005, with updates along the way. With theAnnual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care coming up this week, I thought I should revisit them since I have not updated it since 2011. Please feel free to comment and leave thoughts from your own experience.Updated...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - March 12, 2018 Category: Palliative Care Tags: conference sinclair Source Type: blogs
How did the Moon form?
Conventional astronomical wisdom (as cribbed from Wikipedia) suggests that the Moon formed from the debris left behind when an object the size of Mars collided with the Earth about 4.5 billion years ago in the Hadean aeon, just a few dozen million years after the solar system itself first coalesced. This is the known as giant-impact hypothesis, the Big Splash, or the Theia Impact.
A new theory suggests that this may not be quite right. Instead, it seems there is evidence to suggest that the Moon actually formed within a spinning cloud of vaporized Earth following a collision, this spinning object is known as a synestia wh...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - March 1, 2018 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Source Type: blogs
The Ultimate Meditation Guide
You're reading The Ultimate Meditation Guide, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
Meditation was for many years perceived by Western cultures as "mystic mumbo jumbo" from the Orient. In fact, it's only in the last 10 to 20 years that meditation has become a common practice in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and even parts of Europe. However, it has been practiced by the Chinese, Indians, Japanese, and other Asian cultures for thousands of years.
The benefits of meditation are undeniable:
It improves your immu...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - February 26, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jessica Lacusta Tags: featured health and fitness meditation self improvement Source Type: blogs
Life is a cabaret, or is it?
It seems I was suckered by one of our feathered friends. Having installed an extra bird feeder, one designed to dispense nijer seeds and nothing else, I was chuffed to see the Goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis) getting to grips with it. Then within minutes another finch, a Redpoll, had turned up and was barking and flapping at the Goldfinches to get off the feeder so he could have his share, some of the Golds took notice, others ignored him.
I posted a couple of photos of the Redpoll and assumed from a quick glance at the book and the RSPB website, that this was a Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea, Carduelis flammea in th...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - February 12, 2018 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Source Type: blogs
The Doctor Squared Movement: An Alternative to Regulatory Burden
By WES FISHER, MD and PAUL TIERSTEIN, MD
The 4th amendment of the U.S. Constitution shields an individual (or business) from unreasonable government intrusion. It is inferred this right extends to ALL people, regardless of profession. Advanced nurse practitioners are independently practicing medicine in 23 states yet are not subject to onerous Maintenance of Certification (MOC) requirements– physicians are not equally protected under the law. Physicians must fight, as one group, against the burden of MOC. We have two choices: become a Doctor Squared (Dr. ²) or join an alternative certification organization s...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Talk About What Goes Around Comes Around!
A very long time ago I was involved in a project to try and define what a decent GP system might be able to do and how it might be architected. This was in fact late last century!!!This page contains a lot of interesting history and some ideas which still do not look that silly:http://ozhealthithistory.wikispaces.com/General+Practice+Related+FilesIn the light of the various memos going around with the ADHA, the MSIA, the RACGP and so on it is worth just seeing for how long all this has been discussed etc.Enjoy the browse. The last entry (a paper describing what went on in the project) is a good introduction and still looks...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - February 11, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
TELs on Parade: The Missiles in North Korea ’s Army Day Parade
Kim Jong-un threw a big military parade earlier today, reminding the world of his military power on theeve of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics ’ opening ceremony. Compared to themassive annual parade that takes place on April 15th (the anniversary of Kim Il-sung ’s birth), today’s parade was smaller and less significant, though it did feature some interesting missile systems.The first missile system of note was a new type of close- or short-range ballistic missile (C/SRBM) that, at first glance, looks similar to theRussian-made Iskander-M SRBM. (New type of North Korean C/SRBM, February 8, 2018. Source:YouTube)(Iskan...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 8, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Eric Gomez Source Type: blogs
Global Risk Report: Davos, Trump and Climate Change
By DAVID INTROCASO
During the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Trump once again noted his objection to the Paris climate accord. In an interview with Piers Morgan, Trump again called it a “horrible deal” because, as has been widely reported, climate change or global warming is, per the president, a “hoax” perpetrated by the Chinese. “There is cooling and there’s a heating – I mean look,” Trump explained to Morgan, “it use to not be climate change. It used to be global warming. That wasn’t working too well because it was getting too cold all over the place. T...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Climate Change Trump Source Type: blogs
