July 31st, 2010 by Toni Brayer, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips, Research
Tags: App, Consequences of Eating Chemicals, Consumer Safety, Dietetics, Eating Healthy, Environmental Working Group, EWG, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Food and Nutrition, Food Rinsing, Food Safety, Fruits and Vegetables, General Medicine, Internal Medicine, iPhone, Organic Foods, Pesticide-Free Produce, pesticides, Public Health, Rinse Your Fresh Produce, Safeway, The Dirty Dozen, The Shopper's Guide to Pesticides
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The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a non-profit focused on public health. We know that the long-term consequences of eating chemicals from pesticides used on our foods is damaging to our health.
The EWG analyzed data from the FDA and found that people who eat five fruits and vegetables a day from the “Dirty Dozen” are eating 10 pesticides a day. We want people to eat more fruits and vegetables, but NOT to ingest more chemicals. Rinsing reduces but does not eliminate pesticides. So what’s the answer? Rinse completely and buy the “Dirty Dozen” foods organic whenever possible. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at EverythingHealth*
July 30th, 2010 by RyanDuBosar in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News, Research
Tags: Academic Difficulties, Academic Medicine, Clinical-Community Setting, General Medicine, Gross Anatomy, Health Sciences, Liberal Arts Student, Medical School Environment, Medical School Students, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, No MCAT Required, Pediatrics, Pre-Med Students, Pre-Med Subjects, Preclinical Years, Psychiatry, Sam Cooke, Step 1 Exam, Traditional Premed Science Curriculum, Training New Doctors, University Hospitals
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Study painting, drama or the “soft” social sciences and you’ll probably be a pretty good doctor anyway. Mt. Sinai School of Medicine has been doing it for years and compared students in a special liberal arts admissions program to its traditional pre-med students.
For years, Mt. Sinai has admitted students from Amherst, Brandeis, Princeton, Wesleyan, and Williams colleges based on a written application with personal essays, verbal and math SAT scores, high school and college transcripts, letters of recommendation, and personal interviews. No MCAT is required.
Students need to take one year of biology and one year of chemistry and maintain (swallow hard) a “B” average. They later get an abbreviated course in organic chemistry and medical physics. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at ACP Internist*
July 29th, 2010 by Medgadget in Better Health Network, News, Research
Tags: Acoustic Parameters, Autism, Children's Health, Developmental Pediatrician, Early Detection, Early Diagnosis, Language Delays in Children, LENA, Neurology, Pediatrics, Pre-Speech Vocalizations, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Speech-Language Clinician, Syllabification, Vocal Analysis, Voice Recorder, Well-Formed Syllables
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Identifying autistic kids as early as possible is very important so that appropriate clinical interventions and upbringing can have the most beneficial effect.
Now a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has shown that analyzing the unique signature of children’s pre-speech vocalizations can be a pretty good way to identify potential cases of autism. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Medgadget*
July 29th, 2010 by Berci in Better Health Network, Medical Art, News, Research
Tags: BP Oil Spill, Cancer, Chemical Exposure, Ecological Effects, Ecology, Environmental Contaminants, Environmental Disasters, Environmental Health, General Medicine, Health Consequences, Hormonal Disruptions, Public Health, Public Safety, Respiratory Disease
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The health consequences of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could be really serious and may include cancer, respiratory diseases, and hormonal disruptions. These health effects and the ecological issues are shown on a new infographic. Click on the image for the full version:
*This blog post was originally published at ScienceRoll*
July 29th, 2010 by Bryan Vartabedian, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Policy, Opinion, Research
Tags: General Medicine, Health 2.0, Healthcare Professionals Online, Medical School Applications, Medical Students, Medicine and the Internet, Social Media, Social Media in Healthcare, Social Medical Community, Social Platforms in Medicine, SXSW
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I have a friend actively involved in social health applying for medical school. She reached out to ask me how much should she make of her social media involvement? Will the mention of participation on a SXSW panel or the start of a social community help or hurt her application?
Actually a good question. Some academics, after all, see social media as a waste of time, but many are curious about it. The really smart ones understand its potential power. So as a medical school applicant you can see how this could work for you or against you.
While initially I thought that positioning yourself as a social health innovator could be something of a liability, I think the potential upside outweighs risk. But like so many things, it’s all in how you set it up. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at 33 Charts*
