*Ever wonder why your health care provider asks so many questions about your family’s health history? The answer is very simple. Learning about your family health history is one of the keys to disease prevention and staying healthy longer. According to Medline Plus and the Center for Disease Control, your family history includes health information about you and your close relatives and is an important risk factor for problems like Read the rest of this entry »
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Patrick Lecky says you can fight diabetes and defeat it for goodMillions of people are living with Type 2 diabetes today and have no idea that their condition could be clinically CURED by implementing the kind of low-carb strategies that Adam Campbell wrote about in Men’s Health magazine in November 2006. But with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) telling diabetics they can be on a low-fat, high-carb diet and eat just about whatever they’d Read the rest of this entry »
Americans love television, no doubt about it. And researchers have been monitoring just how beneficial that love can be — at least when it comes to spreading health and medical messages. Now they have a powerful example.
Writers for the show “Grey’s Anatomy,” working with the Kaiser Family Foundation, wove specific and accurate information about HIV transmission into a storyline about a pregnant HIV-infected woman. The resulting episode, which Read the rest of this entry »
December 20, 2008
Parents, pros learn how to keep kids off drugs
DAYTONA BEACH — Michael Robinson was in ninth grade in Jacksonville when he was partying with friends and a marijuana joint was passed around.
As he held it in his hand, the now-Daytona Beach police officer admits he was tempted to take a drag but feared what his parents would do if they found out.
So, he just passed it down the line.
His close friend, on the other hand, puffed Read the rest of this entry »
Some believe there needs to be a commitment to men’s health akin to campaigns in the late 20th century that encouraged women to regularly visit gynecologists, starting during their teen years – visits that intensify as women become pregnant.
“Some of the most successful gynecologic practices have transitioned to provide holistic care,” said Salvatore Giorgianni, science adviser to the Men’s Health Network, an advocacy association. “No one in the Read the rest of this entry »
One “patient” fell asleep. Another compulsively searched for food. The third, curious and easily distracted, wandered off.
The future doctors were perplexed. First-year students in Stanford University’s School of Medicine, their impressive GPAs and MCAT exam scores didn’t matter to these dusty volunteers.
But the students quickly discovered that other skills did. Like patience. Persistence. Rapport. Over a single afternoon, their “patients” — Read the rest of this entry »
Ovarian Awareness of Kentucky is presenting its “2008 Lunch & Learns” this month. The free programs promote awareness of ovarian cancer. Lunches are from noon to 1 p.m., except where noted. The schedule is:
Baptist Hospital East, 4000 Kresge Way, second floor, private dining rooms 1 and 2.
Southwest Regional Library, 10375 Dixie Highway.
Sept. 30, 6 p.m.:
The Cancer Center of Indiana, 2210 Green Valley Road, New Albany.
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