May 10th, 2010 by RamonaBatesMD in Better Health Network, Health Policy, Health Tips, News, Opinion, Research
Tags: Chemical Exposure, Child Care Safety, Children's Health, Drug Disposal, Electromagnetic Energy, Environmental Cancer, Environmental Carcinogens, Environmental Contaminants, Environmental Health, Internal Medicine, kids, National Cancer Institute, NCI, Oncology, Overexposure, Pediatrics, Pharmaceutical Disposal, President's Cancel Panel Report, Preventive Health, Preventive Medicine, Secondhand Smoke, Tobacco Exposure, Toxics, toxins, Ultraviolet Light, UV Rays
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While most of the news sources are reporting that cancers from the environment are ‘grossly underestimated’ in response to the recently released 240-page report from the President’s Cancer Panel, I want to focus on the steps individuals can take to lessen their personal exposure to environmental carcinogens. Collectively, these small actions can drastically reduce the number and levels of environmental contaminants. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Suture for a Living*
May 10th, 2010 by Richard Cooper, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Policy, Opinion, Research
Tags: AJ Managed Care, American Journal of Managed Care, Commonwealth Fund, Conventional Care, Diagnostic Cost Groups, DvCGs, Group Health, Health Affairs, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare spending, JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association, Lancet, Low-Income Patients, medicaid, Medical Home, Medicare, NEJM, New England Journal of Medicine, Patient-Centered, Primary Care Economics, Primary Care Medicine, The Poor
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Group Health has published two papers recently, one in Health Affairs and the other in JAMA, both extolling the virtues of its Medical Home. These follow their brief report last fall in the NEJM and the lengthy description of their model in the American Journal of Managed Care. Their model has been promoted by the Commonwealth Fund, and it is cited in the currrent issue of Lancet.
The big news is that costs were a full 2% lower than conventional care, hardly a great success –- it wasn’t even statistically significant. But was even this small difference due to the Medical Home, or was it because the Medical Home patients were less likely to consume care? Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at PHYSICIANS and HEALTH CARE REFORM Commentaries and Controversies*
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*
