By Larry Marsh, Kansas City Star Midwest Voices columnist 2009
Don’t try this without your doctor’s approval, but this might be “just what the doctor ordered.”
The objective of the No-Eat-Day-Diet is to never have a no-eat day.
Here’s how it works. You set a maximum weight you don’t want to exceed. You then weigh yourself every morning. If your weight exceeds your maximum, then it’s a no-eat day.
On a no-eat day, you eat nothing Read the rest of this entry »

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.
— Amidst all the frantic news about Steve Jobs and his medical leave of absence from Apple, one thought should remain paramount: Prayers for him and his family.
While Wall Street focuses on the billions of dollars of shareholder value that Apple lost Wednesday when Jobs disclosed his decision and on what his departure means for the company, let’s not forget Jobs is a human being with a family.
That said, Read the rest of this entry »

OPELOUSAS, La. — The sheriff of St. Landry Parish announced in July that an undercover investigation of area gyms had produced the largest anabolic steroid bust ever in this rural Cajun county.
In an investigation that has identified about 100 suspected steroid users and 15 dealers in the county, 10 people have been arrested, including two former high school football players, the sheriff said. He added that of those 100 suspected users, as Read the rest of this entry »

Those of us who analyze health policy and trends for a living have struggled to follow John McCain’s health plan through its many seemingly-improvised changes. First he was taxing health benefits through both payroll and income tax. Then he said he only intended to apply income tax, which meant that his plan would create even larger deficits. Now he says there
be deficits, because he’s going to make up the cost of those tax credits by slashing Medicare Read the rest of this entry »

The local health unit is asking the province to consider using a new tool to help measure whether families with children can afford to purchase nutritious food.
At the December meeting of the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, Board of Health members approved a motion to send a letter to the Premier of Ontario requesting the Nutritious Food Basket be used as a tool when the government develops its Deprivation Index as part of Read the rest of this entry »

A patient at the Memorial-area emergency department barely warms a seat in the waiting room before a nurse beckons and starts asking questions.
Beyond the desk and behind a thin curtain, the nurse checks the patient’s blood pressure. During a chat, she assesses the medical problem.
To save time, she may process a urine sample instead of sending out for lab results. Minutes later, a chart or a verbal cue from the nurse alerts the emergency physician Read the rest of this entry »

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Health Professionals Appointed to Lead Primary Care and Cancer Strategy

TORONTO, Oct. 30 /CNW/ – Family physicians and nurses play a critical
role in cancer screening and throughout the cancer journey. They greatly
influence patient screening behaviours and help to make sure that the cancer
system meets local patient care needs. Today, Cancer Care Ontario (CCO)
launched a Primary Care and Cancer Strategy to strengthen the connection
between Read the rest of this entry »

Daschle is now urging a far more aggressive push by those advocating systemic change. “This means going on the offensive,” he writes in “Critical,” his recent book about healthcare, in which he singles out drug makers and insurers as potential obstacles to successful healthcare overhaul.
“We cannot assume that the public recognizes the distortions and fallacies peddled by the reform opponents; we have to educate people on the emptiness of the antireform Read the rest of this entry »

Gay, Lesbian Advocacy Groups Focus On National HIV/AIDS Strategy At Denver Conference
conference in Denver called on the Obama administration to create a domestic HIV/AIDS strategy, the
reports. Conference Director Sue Hyde said, “People will have a hard time choosing marriage if they are sick and dying,” adding, “HIV and AIDS have never lost their grip” in the U.S.
The conference, which is sponsored by the
, was expected to attract about Read the rest of this entry »