June 13th, 2010 by Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, M.D. in Audio, Better Health Network, Health Tips, Opinion
Tags: Family Medicine, General Medicine, Guiding Kids On The Web, Internet Safety, Little Kids Online, Parenting, Pediatrics, Primary Care
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When should small kids get online? Is there a magic age? Is there a “best” way to start? What websites should small kids begin their online life with? And, most importantly, is it safe for small kids to be online?
Tune in as Dr. Gwenn talks about helping your youngest kids begin their online safely and smartly with you there as their earliest online guides. Listen to the show on BlogTalkRadio here.
*This blog post was originally published at Dr. Gwenn Is In*
June 13th, 2010 by Dr. Val Jones in Health Tips, Opinion, True Stories
Tags: Cardiology, Cardioversion, Occam, Occam's Razor, PFTs, Primarcy Care, Pulmonary Function Tests, Pulmonary Stress Test, Pulmonology, Wrong Diagnosis
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Occam’s razor is a well-known logical principle often applied in medicine. It states that the simplest explanation for a complaint or symptom is usually the correct one. Most of the time, Occam’s razor serves the diagnostician well, but when the actual problem is complex or unexpected, patients can be sent down expensive and even life-threatening diagnostic rabbit holes.
A friend of mine is an 80-pack-a-year smoker. He was complaining of shortness of breath, worsening over a couple of months, and his primary care physician sent him to a pulmonologist. The assumption was that the shortness of breath was related to COPD from his chronic smoking — and that indeed would have been the most likely explanation. Read more »
June 13th, 2010 by Berci in Better Health Network, Health Tips
Tags: Children's Health, Children's Vaccinations, Diabetes, Dr. Amy Baxter, Environmentally-Friendly, Family Medicine, FDA-Compliant, Gate Control Theory Of Pain, General Medicine, immunizations, Injections, Internal Medicine, kids, Needle Pain, Pain Relief Device, Pediatrics, Primary Care, Shots, Splinters
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Here’s Buzzy, a reusable pain relief device developed by a pediatrician. It works based on the gate control theory of pain:
Buzzy is a newly developed reusable pain relief device that children can bring to the doctor’s office with them to help dull the pain of shots! As the brainchild of Pediatrician Amy Baxter, Buzzy rapidly reduces pain when pressed onto the skin. Buzzy is especially helpful for children who receive shots often, like those suffering from diabetes. Buzzy can also be used for the small things, like taking splinters out! Not only is Buzzy a kid-favorite, but it’s safe, effective immediately on contact, FDA compliant, and environmentally friendly, too.
*This blog post was originally published at ScienceRoll*
June 12th, 2010 by John Mandrola, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips, Opinion, True Stories
Tags: Cardiology, Family Medicine, General Medicine, Happiness In Life, Heart Health, Life's Lessons, Managing Stress, Mental Health, Personal Outlook, Personal Perspective, Philosophical, Philosophy On Life, Positive Attitude, Positive Thinking, Primary Care, Psychology, Quality of Life, Religious, Treadmill Of Life
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Life sometimes gets in the way of daily posting. Specifically, the treadmill of life sometimes roars too fast.
But as I strolled through the hospital this morning, there was a plain piece of white paper taped to the wall around the nurses station. Although I’m not overly religious (and even highly conflicted about which rituals are the right ones), these words from a pastor/celebrity stopped me for a moment:
Attitude
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than success, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill.
It will make or break a company, a church, or a home. The remarkable thing is that we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.
We cannot change the past, we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is plan on the one thing that we have, and that is our attitude.
I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. And so it is with you. We are in charge of our attitudes.
As a cardiologist programmed to “alert” most of the time, words such as these help me. I haven’t seen the studies yet, but I’m guessing that positive attitudes reduce inflammation, which is good for our atria, and our arteries.
JMM
*This blog post was originally published at Dr John M*
June 12th, 2010 by EvanFalchukJD in Better Health Network, Health Tips, Opinion, True Stories
Tags: Being Sick, Character, Emotional Support, Family, Friends, Getting Sick, How Others React, Mental Health, Personal Illness, Personal Interaction, Personal Reaction, Personal Support, Psychology, Relationships, Serious Illness, Those Around You, When You Get Sick
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There’s an endless list of bad things about being sick. But what happens to the relationships you have with people around you when you become ill?
Let me tell you about a man I know. I will call him Bill, even though that’s not his real name.
Bill is a vital man in his 60s with two grown daughters. A few years ago, he was diagnosed with a serious illness. His illness isn’t going to kill him right away, but it has profoundly affected his ability to work and enjoy all the things he used to enjoy. Worse, he has had a difficult time with his doctors figuring out what exactly is wrong and the best way to proceed.
But all of this isn’t really the hardest part for Bill. The hard part for Bill is how his friends and family have reacted. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at See First Blog*
