April 13th, 2010 by Nancy Brown, Ph.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips, News, Opinion, Research
Tags: 1970s, Baby Boomers, Dermatology, Malignant Melanoma, Oncology, Preventive Healthcare, Skin Cancer, Sunblock, Sunburn, Sunscreen, Tanning, teens, Young Adults
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Baby boomers may have a new reputation. According to new cancer research, they are five times more likely to be diagnosed with malignant melanoma — the type of skin cancer that kills the most people.
The incidence rates of melanoma have risen from 7 cases per 100,000 people in the 1970’s to 36 cases per 100,000 today. The rising rate corresponds to the increase in tanning during the 1970’s, when baby boomers were young adults.
Parents and grandparents of teens should be checked by dermatologists as part of their preventive healthcare. I can only hope that teens today will be responsible for the stopping of this increase as they’ve grown up with the message that sunscreen is important and should be a daily part of their lives.
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April 13th, 2010 by KevinMD in Better Health Network, Opinion, Research
Tags: Doctors, General Medicine, Google, Internet, Obsolete, Online Health Information, Patient Education, Phase Out, Primary Care, Researching Online, Search Engines, Web
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More and more patients are on the Internet researching health information, and for the most part this is a good thing. But are doctors in danger of being “phased out” by Google and other search engines?
Read more about it here: Health information online won’t make doctors obsolete.
*This blog post was originally published at KevinMD.com*
April 13th, 2010 by Medgadget in Better Health Network, Health Tips, News, Opinion, Research
Tags: American Chemical Society, Antioxidant, Anuj Chauhan PhD, Cataracts, Contact Lens, Contact Lenses, Dry Eye, Eye Conditions, Eye Therapy, Glaucoma, Nanobricks, Ophthalmology, Optometry, University of Florida, Vitamin Clusters, Vitamin E, Vitamin Structures
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Researchers at the University of Florida in Gainesville have developed a vitamin E-secreting contact lens that can bring the valuable antioxidant directly to eyes.
Vitamin E is packaged into clusters within the lens and the aggregate works to slowly release the chemical while remaining invisible to the eye.
“These vitamin structures are like ‘nanobricks’,” said Anuj Chauhan, Ph.D., lead researcher of the study. “The drug molecules can’t go through the vitamin E. They must go around it. Because the nanobricks are so much bigger than the drug molecules -– we believe about a few hundred times bigger –- the molecules get diverted and must travel a longer path. This increases the duration of the drug release from the lenses.” Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Medgadget*
April 12th, 2010 by GruntDoc in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News, Opinion, Research
Tags: Behavioral Medicine, Boston University School of Public Health, Efficient Use, General Medicine, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare reform, Healthcare System, Patient Education, Primary Care, Public Education, Save Money, Tufts University School of Medicine
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Educating individuals about the costs of healthcare could save money and lead to a more efficient use of the healthcare system, report policy researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and Boston University School of Public Health.
You mean that people, when faced with facts about cost (and their end of it), choose the less-costly option? When did this start? Oh, yeah — we do it all the time — except in medicine, where our costs will bankrupt the country.
*This blog post was originally published at GruntDoc*
April 11th, 2010 by Harriet Hall, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News, Opinion, Quackery Exposed, Research, True Stories
Tags: 5-HTP, Dream Water, DSHEA, Fall Asleep, FDA, GABA, General Medicine, Insomnia, Melatonin, Natural Ingredients, Natural Medicines, Natural Remedies, Naturopathy, Perfect Blend, Primary Care, Proprietary, Quality of Sleep, Relaxation, Secret Formula, Sleep Deprived, Sleep Medicine, Sleep Remedy, Tryptophan
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A new product, Dream Water, is designed to help one relax, fall asleep and improve the quality of sleep using the “perfect blend” of all-natural ingredients melatonin, GABA and 5-HTP (tryptophan).
A single-dose 2.5-ounce bottle retails for $2.99. They also offer a more dilute formulation in an 8-ounce bottle. They suggest drinking half a bottle, keeping it at your bedside, and drinking more if you wake up during the night.
What dosage will you get from half a bottle? From a whole bottle? There’s no way to know. They offer a money-back guarantee, free shipping, free samples, and lots of testimonials. But they refuse to disclose how much of what is in their product. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Science-Based Medicine*
