May 8th, 2010 by Edwin Leap, M.D. in Better Health Network, Opinion, True Stories
Tags: Adult Children, Anger Management, Cardiac Arrest, Deceased Family Member, Decency, Dishonor, Dying, Grief, Harm, Hospice, Manners, Physical Threats, Rage, Self-Control, Time of Death, Upon Death, Violent Behavior
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Twice in the last few months I have encountered grief as rage. Both were in the setting of the cardiac arrest of individuals who were already very ill. One was aged, with severe, end-stage heart disease. One was of middle age, but with metastatic cancer and on hospice.
In one instance, family members became angry because we did not leave the body in the ER for eight hours so that everyone could come and pay their respects. (Which I always thought was the purpose of a funeral home.)
In another, a family was angry because we did not allow everyone back into the room during the resuscitation of their cancer-stricken loved one — a resuscitation the family insisted upon, and which required rescinding hospice status. From observing their demeanor, their presence would have caused total chaos. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at edwinleap.com*
May 8th, 2010 by Debra Gordon in Better Health Network, Health Tips, Opinion, True Stories
Tags: Adulthood, Children, Effects of Stress, Growing Up, Health-Damaging, How Stress Affects Health, kids, Managing Stress, Psychology, Real Life, Stress Hormones, Stresses, Stressors, Teenagers
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So I’ve been thinking a lot about stress lately.
Obviously, it’s because I’m in one of those work/personal periods where the word comes in all capital letters and my dreams seem to be caught on a continual loop of taking-an-exam-in-a-class-I-forgot-to-attend-all-semester (and yes, I’ve been out of school for 26 years now)/realizing-I-just-bought-a-new-house-and-have-to-move/or, finding-that-I-have-10-stories-due-tomorrow (for the newspaper at which I haven’t worked in years).
This latter dream comes closest to my own situation at the moment given that I find myself with just a wee bit too much work for the time allotted (ok, maybe a lot too much work). I’m coping — going to bed later, getting up earlier, reaching out to a couple of writer friends for help) but it nonetheless has my cortisol and norepinephrine hormone production on overtime.
Which brings me to the point of this blog. Your health on stress. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at A Medical Writer's Musings on Medicine, Health Care, and the Writing Life*
May 7th, 2010 by RyanDuBosar in Better Health Network, Opinion, Research
Tags: Archives of Internal Medicine, Chocolate, Connection, Consumption, Depression, Hershey's, Mental Health, Mood Disorders, Psychiatry, Psychology, Research
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Depressed people ate about 60 percent more chocolate compared with others, and major depression more than doubled consumption, reported researchers in the usually-more-reliable Archives of Internal Medicine. Now researchers want to further delve into the issue.
“Whether there is a causal connection, and if so in which direction, is a matter for future prospective study,” the authors wrote.
We wonder if Hershey’s would provide samples for the treatment arm of such studies, and if so, how people can sign up?
*This blog post was originally published at ACP Internist*
May 7th, 2010 by Toni Brayer, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips, Opinion, Research
Tags: American Heart Associate Conference, Atkins Diet, BMI, Body Mass Index, Calories, Diet and Nutrition, Dietetics, Dr. Mindy Dopler Nelson, Failed Weight Loss, Food and Nutrition, Genes, Genotype, Learn Diet, Low-Carb Diet, Low-Carb Losers, Low-Fat Losers, Obesity, Ornish Diet, Overweight, Skinny, Stanford University, Thin, Weight Loss Diets, Women's Health, Zone Diet
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Why do some diets work better than others? Why can your best friend lose 10 pounds with a low-carb diet and your weight just hovers? Why can some people eat just about everything and still stay skinny?
It’s all in the genes.
Mindy Dopler Nelson, Ph.D., of Stanford University reported the results of her study at the American Heart Associate Conference. She found that a single nuceotide polymorphism caused women to loose five times as much weight on the Atkins diet compared with women who didn’t have the gene. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at EverythingHealth*
May 7th, 2010 by DrWes in Better Health Network, Humor, News, Research
Tags: Cardiology, Congestive Heart Failure, Donate, Harvested Wild Turkeys, Heart Disease, Human Heart Problems, Medical Research, National Wild Turkey Federation, Turkey Hunters, Wayne State University, Wild Turkey Hearts
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From Freep.com:
“Medical researchers at Wayne State University have asked hunters in the state [Michigan] to donate the hearts of harvested wild turkeys for researching heart disease and congestive heart failure.
The National Wild Turkey Federation recently joined the school in making the appeal. Researchers hope that tests using wild turkey hearts could lead to medical breakthroughs for combating heart problems in humans.” Read more.
-WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist.
*This blog post was originally published at Dr. Wes*
