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 Nicholas Genes, M.D., Ph.D. in Better Health Network, Humor, Opinion
Tags: Cyberspace, Drug of Choice, Emergency Medicine, General Medicine, Healthcare Economics, Joshua Schwimmer, Medical Commerce, Medical Jargon, Medical Lingo, Medical Parlance, Medical Phrases, Medical Products, Medical Terms, Niche Marketing, Real World, Rob Lamberts, Sales, Spinal Tape, STEMI-burgers, Throckmorton-Branded Condoms, Virtual World, Website Names
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Many of the peculiar terms and phrases we’ve learned in medicine have found a new use in cyberspace, as titles of websites (consider 10 out of 10, The Central Line, or this blog — and that’s just emergency medicine sites).
But that’s the virtual world — what about the real world? I [recently] saw a couple of products that make me think medical parlance could sell physical products. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Blogborygmi*
May 7th, 2010 by Happy Hospitalist in Better Health Network, Humor, Opinion, True Stories
Tags: Avoid Death and Disease, Chart-Audit Reviews, Chiropractic Medicine, Chiropractor, Derby Girls, Doctor-Derby Names, Drug Companies, General Medicine, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Finance Reform, Healthcare Recession, Hospitalist Medicine, Inpatient Admissions, Insurance Companies, Lectures, Locum Tenens, Lucrative, Medical Conferences, Medical Device Companies, Medical Moonlighting, Medical Necessity, Nurse FlatlinHER, Pharmaceuticals, Private Industry, Roller Derby, Second Jobs for Doctors, Secondary Income, Semi-Retired Doctors, Subspecialty Jobs, Supplemental Income, The Bone Setter, Traveling Doctors, Whip It, Women's Flat Track Derby Association
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Medical moonlighting. That’s what you’d better be thinking about as the healthcare finance reform trap continues its destined pursuit of bankrupting America.
The only possible outcome to all of this mess is the biggest man-made healthcare recession of all time that will make the current economic implosion look like a walk in the park.
What are some possible second jobs for doctors? Every week I get offers to respond to surveys and telephone conferences by private industry asking for my opinions on up-and-coming pharmaceuticals. Just the other day I was offered $500 for a 90-minute interview. (That reminds me, I had better call them back!)
Other second jobs for doctors? Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at The Happy Hospitalist*
