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According to a new report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and conducted at Boston’s MassGeneral Hospital for Children, more than a quarter of U.S. children live with at least one chronic health condition. What’s more, the major childhood afflictions of 50 years ago (congenital defects, infectious disease and accidents) are on the decrease, while lifestyle-related conditions (obesity, asthma, other physical conditions, and behavior/learning problems) are on the increase.
This is a dangerous and costly trend that will no doubt have a major impact on the nation’s health policy.
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It is estimated that over 90% of the cells inside our bodies are not our own—they belong to our gut flora, the “garden” of bacteria within our digestive tracts (without which human survival would be quite a challenge).
It is also estimated that a well-nourished adult eats at least 30 tons of food in a...Read More »
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Preliminary results from Center for Disease Control and Prevention National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) affirm that the Internet has become an increasingly important source of health information for consumers, although many are concerned about security and confidentiality.
According to the survey of 7,192 adults age 18-64, in the first six months of 2009:
- 51% used the Internet to look up health information
- 3% used an online chat group to learn about health topics
- Women (58%) were more likely than men (43%) to look up health information on the Internet
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Note to doctors who treat diabetic patients: your patients may have different priorities than you do.
That seems to be the startling conclusion from study conducted by the University of Michigan Medical School and just published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
The study, based on responses to a survey of 92 doctors and 1,169 diabetic patients at nine Midwest VA facilities, found that:
- Nearly a third of doctors and their patients with diabetes rank certain health conditions differently.\n
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According to the American Heart Association (AHA), 39% of Americans think their heart health is ideal—despite the fact that over half of Americans have received medical advice that they are at cardiovascular risk and/or need to make lifestyle changes. Pair this with recent CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) statistics that more than one in five US teenagers has abnormal cholesterol levels, and it seems that we could be giving our...Read More »
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