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HEALTH'Sass: August 2015
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Doctors, food, exercise, crazy laws and notions, and everything that interests me and might increase your sense of well-being. Monday, August 31, 2015. New non-invasive test may replace angiograms. More than 16 million adults have coronary artery disease in this country. This occurs when a buildup of plaque (sludge) narrows the blood supply to the heart, causing chest pain or in severe cases, a heart attack. Will other hospitals be far behind? Friday, August 28, 2015. On the face of it, this sounds nutty...
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HEALTH'Sass: ARFID may be affecting your child
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Doctors, food, exercise, crazy laws and notions, and everything that interests me and might increase your sense of well-being. Friday, August 07, 2015. ARFID may be affecting your child. We have all heard of anorexia (trying not to eat or not eat much) and bulimia (eating and purging), but now the book of mental disrorders has a new entry: Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). This is an eating pattern that persistently fails to meet nutritional and energy needs. Should parents go with the "...
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HEALTH'Sass: Why do some people become addicted to drugs?
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Doctors, food, exercise, crazy laws and notions, and everything that interests me and might increase your sense of well-being. Monday, August 03, 2015. Why do some people become addicted to drugs? Not a great plan. The best way to prevent drug addiction is to not take drugs. But sometimes people need pain-killing opiates or for social or emotional reasons, get sucked into drug taking. Whether you get addicted or not can depend on how you take them, according to researchers at the Univ of Montreal. I am a...
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HEALTH'Sass: May 2015
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Doctors, food, exercise, crazy laws and notions, and everything that interests me and might increase your sense of well-being. Friday, May 29, 2015. Hip hop and mental health- not what you'd expect. There is a group in Britain called Hip-Hop Psych, which tackles mental health issues through the music of hip hop. They published a paper in Lancet Psychiatry. (Medical News Today, written by David McNamee). The group contends that hip hop lyrics go beyond swearing, money lust, and exploitation of women.
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HEALTH'Sass: November 2014
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Doctors, food, exercise, crazy laws and notions, and everything that interests me and might increase your sense of well-being. Friday, November 28, 2014. Coffee may cut Alzheimer's risk. Finally, slurp, slurp, some good news. Or at least news I prefer to think is good, solid, and valid. They had a big Alz conference in Europe and did a giant overview of studies- and moderate coffee drinking seemed to cut the incidence of Alzheimer's by 20%. This means 3-5 cups a day. Wednesday, November 26, 2014. Don't u...
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HEALTH'Sass: October 2014
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Doctors, food, exercise, crazy laws and notions, and everything that interests me and might increase your sense of well-being. Friday, October 31, 2014. Price we pay for not sleeping. I admit it- I have a Teddy Bear. They say that the (ahem) older people sleep less. I sure do! I have always been a spotty sleeper- couple of hours, wake up, then back, tossing around through the night. The National Sleep Foundation recommends:. 16 hours for infants. 12-14 hours for toddlers (1-3). 85-95 hrs for teens. As I ...
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HEALTH'Sass: July 2015
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Doctors, food, exercise, crazy laws and notions, and everything that interests me and might increase your sense of well-being. Friday, July 31, 2015. The Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is fielding a new online evaluation (CasPER) to learn more about the personal side of potential med students. They are the first to delve into this. The Assn of American Medical Colleges identifies 15 core competencies for incoming med students. Who knows what these people are thinking. Well, maybe Rutgers.
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HEALTH'Sass: April 2015
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Doctors, food, exercise, crazy laws and notions, and everything that interests me and might increase your sense of well-being. Thursday, April 30, 2015. Link between migraines and carpal tunnel. Plastic surgeons at the Univ of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have shown that migraines are twice as common in those with carpal tunnel syndrome than in those who don't have the wrist and forearm crippling disorder. These are common conditions affecting 6% (carpal) and 15% (migraines) of adults. Basically it ...
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HEALTH'Sass: June 2015
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Doctors, food, exercise, crazy laws and notions, and everything that interests me and might increase your sense of well-being. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Sometimes older people discouraged from having pets. I want another dog. Then I think.vet bills, food bills, tripping risk, can't walk it with my arthritis, attachment. Well, attachment is what I want. There is a paper in the J of Activities, Adaptation and Aging, reviewing pet ownership by us oldies. My grandmother loved her dachshund. Years after she...
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HEALTH'Sass: June 2014
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Doctors, food, exercise, crazy laws and notions, and everything that interests me and might increase your sense of well-being. Monday, June 30, 2014. My basic nightmare- a walk with a doctor. There is a new program called Walk with a Doc. This is a nonprofit in 148 cities, offering doctor-led walks in parks and malls. The goal is to get people up to 150 minutes a week of moderate aerobic activity. And they are off! I guess the physician comes in handy if something "happens" to a walker.). Sales of cereal...