The word ‘pandemic’ conjures a scary picture, and to an extent the idea of an illness spreading through humans on a large scale is daunting. However these types of sicknesses are constantly present, and the H1N1 virus is no different. There is a chance that your office will be affected by the virus, and so contingency planning ahead of time is vital in order to deal with the possibility that an entire department is out sick. In this video, WatchMojo.com learns more about pandemics, and discusses the issue of planning in case your office is hit with the swine flu bug.
According to EurekAlert:
Doctors have less respect for their obese patients than they do for patients of normal weight, a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests. The findings raise questions about whether negative physician attitudes about obesity could be affecting the long-term health of their heavier patients.
As patients had higher body mass index (BMI), physicians reported lower respect for them, according to the study, being published in the November issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine. In a group of 238 patients, each 10-unit increase in BMI was associated with a 14 percent higher prevalence of low patient respect. BMI, calculated from a person’s weight and height, is a shorthand used to determine whether someone is a healthy weight. A person whose BMI is 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight; a BMI over 30 is considered obese.
Mary Margaret Huizinga, M.D., M.P.H., an assistant professor of general internal medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, says the idea for the research came from her experiences working in a weight loss clinic. Patients would come in and “by the end of the visit would be in tears, saying no other physician talked with me like this before. No one listened to me,” says Huizinga, the study’s leader and director of the Johns Hopkins Digestive Weight Loss Center.
“Many patients felt like because they were overweight, they weren’t receiving the type of care other patients received,” she says.”
Tossing and turning all night long is never fun and it makes the day ahead of you that much harder to battle.
So whether you’re struggling from falling asleep, staying asleep or or experiencing poor quality sleep Here are some solutions from the medical experts so that you can have your beauty sleep every night.
Well, this is ironic: Sanjay Gupta got H1N1 on a trip to Afghanistan.
Apparently people have been throwing “swine flu parties” to attempt immunity against the virus while it is a fairly mild form. According to doctors this is a bad idea!
“Reports have emerged of people intentionally mixing with friends who have flu.
Their reasoning is that it is best to be infected before the winter when the virus could become more deadly.
But public health expert Dr Richard Jarvis said such behaviour could undermine the fight against swine flu.”
Continue reading at BBC News.com
“Philippine police say a contestant of the Bulgarian reality show “Survivor” has died of a heart attack while filming on an island beach.
Police say the 53-year-old Noncho Vodenicharov died Saturday despite efforts by a Filipino and a Bulgarian doctor to save him.”
We’re always told that mother knows best, and when it comes to eating our vegetables and getting enough sleep she was right.
But some of her other medical advice — such as waiting an hour after eating before swimming — just doesn’t hold water, according to the authors of two new books about health myths.
Here are some medical wive’s tales unveiled:
Sugar makes kids hyper. Parents insist this one is true, even though 12 studies have shown no effect between children’s behavior and the sugar in their foods.
You should wait an hour after eating before you go swimming. Scientists have labeled that advice “questionable” since 1961. Exercising after eating a big meal may make people feel uncomfortable, but it won’t cause life-threatening cramps.
You need to stay awake if you have a concussion. Most people with concussions will not fall into comas if they go to sleep. If a doctor says the concussion needs no treatment, there’s no reason not to sleep.
According to USAToday.com
About half of American doctors in a new survey say they regularly give patients placebo treatments — usually drugs or vitamins that won’t really help their condition.
And many of these doctors are not honest with their patients about what they are doing, the survey found.
According to a recent study, Bristish scientists have concluded that taller men are move vulnerable to to develop “rapidly progressive and aggresive prostate cancer.”
This conclusion was made because the same factors that influence height also contribute to increased risk of developing high-grade prostate cancer.
The study showed that every 3.9 inches increase in height is associated with 23 percent higher risk of high-grade prostate tumor.
Continue here to read more.
Three big dangers your doctor may not talk about and how to stay safe.
Your doctor has given you the lowdown on how to protect yourself against breast, colon, and lung cancer: Get yearly mammograms (check) and regular colonoscopies (check), and don’t smoke (double check).
But when was the last time she asked if you had any persistent mouth sores, unexplained fevers or joint pain, or discomfort during sex? These can be symptoms of three cancers—oral, leukemia, and endometrial—that don’t get the attention they deserve. Even though they are among the most common cancers affecting women over age 55, these diseases can fall through the cracks as doctors focus on the biggest killers hogging the health headlines, says Elmer Huerta, M.D., president of the American Cancer Society.
Read more for the facts behind these quiet dangers—and the simple ways you can protect yourself.
1- Oral Cancer
2- Leukemia
3- Endometrial (Uterine) Cancer
Read about these quite cancers
According to Laura Flynn McCarthy
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