October 11th, 2009 by Nancy Brown, Ph.D. in Better Health Network, News
Tags: Parenting, Pediatrics, Psychology, Suicide, t-shirts, talk to me, teens
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I wish every teenager in America would wear a t-shirt that says “Talk to Me.” In fact, I wish the t-shirts would say “talk to me, touch me, connect with me, help me change our world!”
After three recent teens suicides, two teens at a local high school have started selling t-shirts that say “talk to me,” and I am just thrilled because these teens found a way to tell the adults around them that they need more communication! They need adults to talk with them, touch them, connect with them, and spend time with them! Every teen needs that connection, but when stressed, vulnerable and traumatized, they need it even more!
My heart is with this community and I hope these t-shirts become the school uniform!
Photo from lumaxart
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October 10th, 2009 by Emergiblog in Better Health Network, News, True Stories
Tags: Amy Tenderich, Dr. Val, Health 2.0, Kim, Nursing, Trisha Torrey
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All I could think of when I saw this photo was Gordon Ramsay screaming that the Cream of Wheat was lumpy.
But she’s smiling, so this can’t be Hell’s Kitchen.
It’s more like pot-luck-in-the-break-room.
Cherry Ames got in trouble for “sampling bread and butter” in the ward kitchen, which was apparently against the rules back in the day.
Now you can come into my department and have a four-course meal laid out on the table, which is great for morale but bad for those of us babes with too much “back”.
And when it really does look like “Hell’s Kitchen” in the ER, nothing boosts your serotonin like a big, chocolate brownie, or nacho cheese Doritos!
Sometimes it feels like my shift is one big exercise of will power, and I usually poop out by by 0300. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Emergiblog*
October 10th, 2009 by David Kroll, Ph.D. in Better Health Network, News
Tags: Cancer, Carol Greider, Elizabeth Blackburn, Equality, Gender, Genetics, Nobel Prize, Oncology, Science, Telomeres, Women
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The tweet came just about an hour ago announcing the well-deserved and much-predicted award of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider, and Jack Szostak for their work on “how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.”
I wrote about this team and their accomplishments three years ago when the won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, considered the “American Nobel.”
I said then: Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Terra Sigillata*
October 9th, 2009 by Dr. Val Jones in News, True Stories
Tags: Deer, Emergency Medicine, Infectious Disease, Lyme Disease, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Nova Scotia, State Farm, Ticks
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Thanks to Glenn Reynolds over at InstaPundit, I learned that motor vehicle collisions with deer are up 18% compared to 5 years ago.
State Farm calculates the chances of a West Virginia vehicle striking a deer over the next 12 months at 1 in 39. Michigan remains second on that list. The likelihood of a specific vehicle striking a deer there is 1 in 78. Pennsylvania (1 in 94) and Iowa (1 in 104) remain third and fourth respectively. Montana (1 in 104) moved up three places to fifth.
Now, aside from the fact that deer present challenges to our driving friends in West Virgina, Michigan, and beyond – they are also the definitive host for Lyme disease. Ticks feed on the deer (who, by the way, become infected with Lyme spirochetes but suffer no symptoms) and on unsuspecting humans – passing the infection along. And so when deer populations increase, Lyme disease often does too. Read more »
October 9th, 2009 by Dr. Val Jones in Health Tips, News, Video
Tags: ABC News, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Breast Cancer Myths, Dr. Val, Dr. Val Jones, Health Channel, Hester Schnipper, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Johnson & Johnson, Lumps, Mammogram, Oncology, Pamela Brown, Radiology, YouTube
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNPftTx3m8I
1. Myth #1: Breast cancer doesn’t run in my family, so I’m less likely to get it.
A strong family history predicts breast cancer in only 5-10% of women in the US. In fact, 80% of breast cancer cases occur in women with no known family history of breast cancer whatsoever.
2. Myth #2: A lump in my breast means that I have breast cancer. Read more »
