Olivia Newton-John's daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, says plastic surgeries left her 'mutilated'
Over the years, Olivia Newton-John's daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, has gone under the knife multiple times and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars changing her look. She now says those surgeries left her "mutilated."
The model and former MTV reality star spoke to Women's Day and admitted to getting work done at an early age. She now says she's removed multiple fillers from her lips and face.
It's been reported that Chloe, 31, spent over $400,000 on plastic surgery over the years, including getting a nose job, breast augmentations, Botox and filler.
"All those things were a disaster," she said. "Not only did the lip implants look ridiculous, the first boob op I had in Australia when I was 18, left me looking mutilated."
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Health and Healing
World’s No1 Food for Heart Attack, Hypertension, Stroke and Cholesterol!!
Dates are one of the healthiest foods in the world. They have numerous healthy properties and can help us protect our self from different diseases and disorders. They reduce cholesterol, regulate blood pressure, improve our cardiovascular functions, and prevent strokes and heart attacks.
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Dates are one of the healthiest foods in the world. They have numerous healthy properties and can help us protect our self from different diseases and disorders. They reduce cholesterol, regulate blood pressure, improve our cardiovascular functions, and prevent strokes and heart attacks.
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http://spasique.com/worlds-no1-food-for ... olesterol/
You Can Take Steps to Lower Your Breast Cancer Risk
Fear of breast cancer is widespread, yet many women don’t realize that adopting protective living habits may help keep it at bay. The habits described below may also help to ward off other life-threatening ills, like heart disease and diabetes.
Certainly, women have ample reason to worry about breast cancer. The disease is very common. One woman in eight in the United States will develop it in the course of a lifetime. The American Cancer Society estimates that this year 252,710 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed, and 40,610 women will die from the disease.
Regular screening is touted as the most effective way to reduce breast cancer deaths, although experts continue to debate who should be screened, how often and at what ages. But not nearly enough is said about what women can do on their own to lower their risk of getting breast cancer in the first place.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/well ... dline&te=1
Fear of breast cancer is widespread, yet many women don’t realize that adopting protective living habits may help keep it at bay. The habits described below may also help to ward off other life-threatening ills, like heart disease and diabetes.
Certainly, women have ample reason to worry about breast cancer. The disease is very common. One woman in eight in the United States will develop it in the course of a lifetime. The American Cancer Society estimates that this year 252,710 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed, and 40,610 women will die from the disease.
Regular screening is touted as the most effective way to reduce breast cancer deaths, although experts continue to debate who should be screened, how often and at what ages. But not nearly enough is said about what women can do on their own to lower their risk of getting breast cancer in the first place.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/well ... dline&te=1
37 Ways to Cut Your Cancer Risk, According to Science
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Cancer is the number two killer in America, second only to heart disease. What can you do to reduce your chances of getting this deadly condition? You have more control than you might imagine.
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Cancer is the number two killer in America, second only to heart disease. What can you do to reduce your chances of getting this deadly condition? You have more control than you might imagine.
Doctors question 'finish your antibiotics' advice
British disease experts are suggesting doing away with the 'incorrect' advice to always finish a course of antibiotics in the belief it would help stop the spread of drug resistance.
Rather than stopping antibiotics too early, the cause of resistance is "unnecessary" drug use, the team writes in The BMJ medical journal.
"We encourage policy makers, educators and doctors to stop advocating 'complete the course' when communicating with the public," wrote the team, led by infectious diseases expert Martin Llewelyn of the Brighton and Sussex Medical School.
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British disease experts are suggesting doing away with the 'incorrect' advice to always finish a course of antibiotics in the belief it would help stop the spread of drug resistance.
Rather than stopping antibiotics too early, the cause of resistance is "unnecessary" drug use, the team writes in The BMJ medical journal.
"We encourage policy makers, educators and doctors to stop advocating 'complete the course' when communicating with the public," wrote the team, led by infectious diseases expert Martin Llewelyn of the Brighton and Sussex Medical School.
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http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/doctors-qu ... -1.3521212
30 Weirdly Fascinating Health and Body Facts
The camera doesn’t often linger on all the severed heads in Game of Thrones. But if it did, might we see some sign of awareness—at least for a few seconds? A human head doesn’t lose consciousness until after about four seconds, post-decapitation. That’s resiliency of a kind. And the acid in your stomach? Strong enough to dissolve razorblades. It’s not a stretch to imagine that, if the torture-loving Northerner Ramsay Bolton knew this, he’d make use of it.
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The camera doesn’t often linger on all the severed heads in Game of Thrones. But if it did, might we see some sign of awareness—at least for a few seconds? A human head doesn’t lose consciousness until after about four seconds, post-decapitation. That’s resiliency of a kind. And the acid in your stomach? Strong enough to dissolve razorblades. It’s not a stretch to imagine that, if the torture-loving Northerner Ramsay Bolton knew this, he’d make use of it.
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Opinion: How public-private partnerships can wash away poor sanitation
Universal health coverage is part of the world’s movement toward improved quality of life. The Sustainable Development Goals embody that vision for a healthier planet, with SDG 3 looking to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all. There is also SDG 6, which looks to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. These are connected. Children born into poverty are nearly twice as likely to die before their fifth birthday as children in wealthier families. Sanitation is key to a healthy environment, yet access to sanitation remains far from universal.
Unsafe management of fecal waste and wastewater is a major threat to public health for the nearly 2.4 billion people worldwide who lack a decent toilet. Achieving universal access to adequate health services including decent sanitation requires local action everywhere.
Such big vision improvements demand partnerships and the biggest advances demand partners from both the public and private sectors. Sometimes a small, local investment — such as a family’s investment to build a toilet — can leverage a government’s big vision, simply by bringing in a partner with on-the-ground credibility and flexibility.
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https://www.devex.com/news/opinion-how- ... tion-90924
Universal health coverage is part of the world’s movement toward improved quality of life. The Sustainable Development Goals embody that vision for a healthier planet, with SDG 3 looking to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all. There is also SDG 6, which looks to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. These are connected. Children born into poverty are nearly twice as likely to die before their fifth birthday as children in wealthier families. Sanitation is key to a healthy environment, yet access to sanitation remains far from universal.
Unsafe management of fecal waste and wastewater is a major threat to public health for the nearly 2.4 billion people worldwide who lack a decent toilet. Achieving universal access to adequate health services including decent sanitation requires local action everywhere.
Such big vision improvements demand partnerships and the biggest advances demand partners from both the public and private sectors. Sometimes a small, local investment — such as a family’s investment to build a toilet — can leverage a government’s big vision, simply by bringing in a partner with on-the-ground credibility and flexibility.
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https://www.devex.com/news/opinion-how- ... tion-90924
15 Thyroid Cancer Facts Everyone Should Know
SAVE YOUR NECK
You probably don't give much thought to your thyroid, but the small butterfly-shaped gland in your neck?normally measuring between 4 and 6 centimeters or 1.5 to 2.5 inches wide?has a huge impact on your entire body. The thyroid produces thyroid hormone (TH), which regulates your body's metabolism, heartbeat, temperature, mood, and other important processes?reaching out to nearly every, single cell in your body. More than 30 million Americans have a thyroid disorder and an excess of 60,000 Americans are affected by thyroid cancer annually.
If you're relatively young and otherwise healthy, you may not be too concerned with the "c" word. But I know from experience that thyroid cancer can blindside you: at age 33, I was diagnosed with the disease after my doctor discovered a lump in my neck at a routine annual physical. Here's what you should know.
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SAVE YOUR NECK
You probably don't give much thought to your thyroid, but the small butterfly-shaped gland in your neck?normally measuring between 4 and 6 centimeters or 1.5 to 2.5 inches wide?has a huge impact on your entire body. The thyroid produces thyroid hormone (TH), which regulates your body's metabolism, heartbeat, temperature, mood, and other important processes?reaching out to nearly every, single cell in your body. More than 30 million Americans have a thyroid disorder and an excess of 60,000 Americans are affected by thyroid cancer annually.
If you're relatively young and otherwise healthy, you may not be too concerned with the "c" word. But I know from experience that thyroid cancer can blindside you: at age 33, I was diagnosed with the disease after my doctor discovered a lump in my neck at a routine annual physical. Here's what you should know.
Slide show:
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/medica ... ut#image=1
Music activates the whole brain (Credit: Silvia Grav)
The part of my dad that dementia can't take
Even as her father’s dementia makes communication difficult, he adores singing. Our reporter learns he isn’t alone – and research has found music may be key to understanding the brain.
Excerpt:
I’ve long known that music can be used therapeutically for people like my dad, but it has other surprising benefits. Music is one of the many research tools that scientists are using to understand more about the brain – including how and why it slowly stops functioning.
“People have called music a ‘super stimulus’. It really activates the whole brain. That’s why it’s so powerful; why it can have all these effects on people, not just with dementia but all of us,” says Amee Baird, a clinical neuropsychologist at Macquarie University in Sydney. “It’s like this island of preservation in the context of someone who has otherwise got quite severe cognitive impairment.”
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The part of my dad that dementia can't take
Even as her father’s dementia makes communication difficult, he adores singing. Our reporter learns he isn’t alone – and research has found music may be key to understanding the brain.
Excerpt:
I’ve long known that music can be used therapeutically for people like my dad, but it has other surprising benefits. Music is one of the many research tools that scientists are using to understand more about the brain – including how and why it slowly stops functioning.
“People have called music a ‘super stimulus’. It really activates the whole brain. That’s why it’s so powerful; why it can have all these effects on people, not just with dementia but all of us,” says Amee Baird, a clinical neuropsychologist at Macquarie University in Sydney. “It’s like this island of preservation in the context of someone who has otherwise got quite severe cognitive impairment.”
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http://www.bbc.com/future/story/2017121 ... s-dementia
When Evidence Says No, but Doctors Say Yes
Long after research contradicts common medical practices, patients continue to demand them and physicians continue to deliver. The result is an epidemic of unnecessary and unhelpful treatments.
Excerpt:
For all the truly wondrous developments of modern medicine—imaging technologies that enable precision surgery, routine organ transplants, care that transforms premature infants into perfectly healthy kids, and remarkable chemotherapy treatments, to name a few—it is distressingly ordinary for patients to get treatments that research has shown are ineffective or even dangerous. Sometimes doctors simply haven’t kept up with the science. Other times doctors know the state of play perfectly well but continue to deliver these treatments because it’s profitable—or even because they’re popular and patients demand them. Some procedures are implemented based on studies that did not prove whether they really worked in the first place. Others were initially supported by evidence but then were contradicted by better evidence, and yet these procedures have remained the standards of care for years, or decades.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/health/arch ... es/517368/
Long after research contradicts common medical practices, patients continue to demand them and physicians continue to deliver. The result is an epidemic of unnecessary and unhelpful treatments.
Excerpt:
For all the truly wondrous developments of modern medicine—imaging technologies that enable precision surgery, routine organ transplants, care that transforms premature infants into perfectly healthy kids, and remarkable chemotherapy treatments, to name a few—it is distressingly ordinary for patients to get treatments that research has shown are ineffective or even dangerous. Sometimes doctors simply haven’t kept up with the science. Other times doctors know the state of play perfectly well but continue to deliver these treatments because it’s profitable—or even because they’re popular and patients demand them. Some procedures are implemented based on studies that did not prove whether they really worked in the first place. Others were initially supported by evidence but then were contradicted by better evidence, and yet these procedures have remained the standards of care for years, or decades.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/health/arch ... es/517368/
This Healing Breakthrough Has Scientists Scratching Their Heads
I’m a strong advocate of traditional medicine for just about every health issue we humans face.
But, as natural medicine pioneer Dr. Norm Shealy once told me, “You can’t treat a broken leg with a cup of herbal tea.” In other words, there are some things that modern medicine is particularly good at.
The healing arts of our ancestors are enthralling and infinite, but sometimes it’s only fair to give a nod to some of the remarkable new medical achievements that are changing lives as we speak.
To that end, I want to share a revolutionary scientific discovery with you. It involves the use of our own stem cells (we all create them naturally within us) to heal ailments that are occurring in specific parts of our body. The cells are extracted from our own tissues, so there are no moral or ethical conflicts.
This new stem cell leap is being studied in major institutions for its ability to heal Parkinson's disease, Type 1 diabetes, heart disease, spinal cord injury, muscular dystrophy, Alzheimer's disease, strokes, burns, osteoarthritis, vision and hearing loss – to name a few.
Some are calling it the biggest breakthrough in medicine since Dr. Jonas Salk invented the vaccine eradicating polio, the most feared disease of the 20th century.
If you’re curious like I am, and want to get the skinny on what this means to you and your family, I highly recommend checking out a FREE docu-series on this new stem cell approach called The Healing Miracle that airs this Tuesday February 16th.
This bold new series will give you a front row seat into one of the most fascinating, controversial and misunderstood subjects in human health today.
Click here for more information and to register
https://www.thehealingmiracle.com/
When we first heard about this film project on stem cell therapy, I have to admit that I was moved by the compelling personal stories behind it, and I quickly realized I had a lot to learn. I also felt called to share.
If you know someone who is sick or in pain, chances are you’d do just about anything to help them get their life back – I know I would.
http://www.thesacredscience.com/stem-cell-series
Stay curious,
Nick Polizzi
Founder, The Sacred Science
I’m a strong advocate of traditional medicine for just about every health issue we humans face.
But, as natural medicine pioneer Dr. Norm Shealy once told me, “You can’t treat a broken leg with a cup of herbal tea.” In other words, there are some things that modern medicine is particularly good at.
The healing arts of our ancestors are enthralling and infinite, but sometimes it’s only fair to give a nod to some of the remarkable new medical achievements that are changing lives as we speak.
To that end, I want to share a revolutionary scientific discovery with you. It involves the use of our own stem cells (we all create them naturally within us) to heal ailments that are occurring in specific parts of our body. The cells are extracted from our own tissues, so there are no moral or ethical conflicts.
This new stem cell leap is being studied in major institutions for its ability to heal Parkinson's disease, Type 1 diabetes, heart disease, spinal cord injury, muscular dystrophy, Alzheimer's disease, strokes, burns, osteoarthritis, vision and hearing loss – to name a few.
Some are calling it the biggest breakthrough in medicine since Dr. Jonas Salk invented the vaccine eradicating polio, the most feared disease of the 20th century.
If you’re curious like I am, and want to get the skinny on what this means to you and your family, I highly recommend checking out a FREE docu-series on this new stem cell approach called The Healing Miracle that airs this Tuesday February 16th.
This bold new series will give you a front row seat into one of the most fascinating, controversial and misunderstood subjects in human health today.
Click here for more information and to register
https://www.thehealingmiracle.com/
When we first heard about this film project on stem cell therapy, I have to admit that I was moved by the compelling personal stories behind it, and I quickly realized I had a lot to learn. I also felt called to share.
If you know someone who is sick or in pain, chances are you’d do just about anything to help them get their life back – I know I would.
http://www.thesacredscience.com/stem-cell-series
Stay curious,
Nick Polizzi
Founder, The Sacred Science
Scientists Discover a Bone-Deep Risk for Heart Disease
Few doctors, and even fewer patients, have heard of CHIP. But it is emerging as a major cause of heart attacks and stroke, as deadly as high blood pressure or cholesterol.
It’s been one of the vexing questions in medicine: Why is it that most people who have heart attacks or strokes have few or no conventional risk factors?
These are patients with normal levels of cholesterol and blood pressure, no history of smoking or diabetes, and no family history of cardiovascular disease. Why aren’t they spared?
To some researchers, this hidden risk is the dark matter of cardiology: an invisible but omnipresent force that lands tens of thousands of patients in the hospital each year. But now scientists may have gotten a glimpse of part of it.
They have learned that a bizarre accumulation of mutated stem cells in bone marrow increases a person’s risk of dying within a decade, usually from a heart attack or stroke, by 40 or 50 percent. They named the condition with medical jargon: clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential.
CHIP has emerged as a risk for heart attack and stroke that is as powerful as high LDL or high blood pressure but it acts independently of them. And CHIP is not uncommon.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/29/heal ... dline&te=1
Few doctors, and even fewer patients, have heard of CHIP. But it is emerging as a major cause of heart attacks and stroke, as deadly as high blood pressure or cholesterol.
It’s been one of the vexing questions in medicine: Why is it that most people who have heart attacks or strokes have few or no conventional risk factors?
These are patients with normal levels of cholesterol and blood pressure, no history of smoking or diabetes, and no family history of cardiovascular disease. Why aren’t they spared?
To some researchers, this hidden risk is the dark matter of cardiology: an invisible but omnipresent force that lands tens of thousands of patients in the hospital each year. But now scientists may have gotten a glimpse of part of it.
They have learned that a bizarre accumulation of mutated stem cells in bone marrow increases a person’s risk of dying within a decade, usually from a heart attack or stroke, by 40 or 50 percent. They named the condition with medical jargon: clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential.
CHIP has emerged as a risk for heart attack and stroke that is as powerful as high LDL or high blood pressure but it acts independently of them. And CHIP is not uncommon.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/29/heal ... dline&te=1
Data and medicine
A revolution in health care is coming
Welcome to Doctor You
NO WONDER they are called “patients”. When people enter the health-care systems of rich countries today, they know what they will get: prodding doctors, endless tests, baffling jargon, rising costs and, above all, long waits. Some stoicism will always be needed, because health care is complex and diligence matters. But frustration is boiling over. This week three of the biggest names in American business—Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase—announced a new venture to provide better, cheaper health care for their employees. A fundamental problem with today’s system is that patients lack knowledge and control. Access to data can bestow both.
The internet already enables patients to seek online consultations when and where it suits them. You can take over-the-counter tests to analyse your blood, sequence your genome and check on the bacteria in your gut. Yet radical change demands a shift in emphasis, from providers to patients and from doctors to data. That shift is happening. Technologies such as the smartphone allow people to monitor their own health. The possibilities multiply when you add the crucial missing ingredients—access to your own medical records and the ability easily to share information with those you trust. That allows you to reduce inefficiencies in your own treatment and also to provide data to help train medical algorithms. You can enhance your own care and everyone else’s, too.
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https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/ ... na/96088/n
A revolution in health care is coming
Welcome to Doctor You
NO WONDER they are called “patients”. When people enter the health-care systems of rich countries today, they know what they will get: prodding doctors, endless tests, baffling jargon, rising costs and, above all, long waits. Some stoicism will always be needed, because health care is complex and diligence matters. But frustration is boiling over. This week three of the biggest names in American business—Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase—announced a new venture to provide better, cheaper health care for their employees. A fundamental problem with today’s system is that patients lack knowledge and control. Access to data can bestow both.
The internet already enables patients to seek online consultations when and where it suits them. You can take over-the-counter tests to analyse your blood, sequence your genome and check on the bacteria in your gut. Yet radical change demands a shift in emphasis, from providers to patients and from doctors to data. That shift is happening. Technologies such as the smartphone allow people to monitor their own health. The possibilities multiply when you add the crucial missing ingredients—access to your own medical records and the ability easily to share information with those you trust. That allows you to reduce inefficiencies in your own treatment and also to provide data to help train medical algorithms. You can enhance your own care and everyone else’s, too.
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https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/ ... na/96088/n
Cancer Risk From Cellphone Radiation Is Small, Studies Show
Do cellphones cause cancer?
Despite years of research, there is still no clear answer. But two government studies released on Friday, one in rats and one in mice, suggest that if there is any risk, it is small, health officials said.
Safety questions about cellphones have drawn intense interest and debate for years as the devices have become integral to most people’s lives. Even a minute risk could harm millions of people.
These two studies on the effects of the type of radiation the phones emit, conducted over 10 years and costing $25 million, are considered the most extensive to date.
In male rats, the studies linked tumors in the heart to high exposure to radiation from the phones. But that problem did not occur in female rats, or any mice.
The rodents in the studies were exposed to radiation nine hours a day for two years, more than people experience even with a lot of cellphone use, so the results cannot be applied directly to humans, said John Bucher, a senior scientist at the National Toxicology Program, during a telephone news briefing.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/heal ... d=45305309
Do cellphones cause cancer?
Despite years of research, there is still no clear answer. But two government studies released on Friday, one in rats and one in mice, suggest that if there is any risk, it is small, health officials said.
Safety questions about cellphones have drawn intense interest and debate for years as the devices have become integral to most people’s lives. Even a minute risk could harm millions of people.
These two studies on the effects of the type of radiation the phones emit, conducted over 10 years and costing $25 million, are considered the most extensive to date.
In male rats, the studies linked tumors in the heart to high exposure to radiation from the phones. But that problem did not occur in female rats, or any mice.
The rodents in the studies were exposed to radiation nine hours a day for two years, more than people experience even with a lot of cellphone use, so the results cannot be applied directly to humans, said John Bucher, a senior scientist at the National Toxicology Program, during a telephone news briefing.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/heal ... d=45305309
20 Everyday Habits That Increase Your Cancer Risk
So many new potential causes of cancer pop up every month that it’s hard to know what to believe and what to brush off. Just this week, a study in the journal Nature found asparagine — a chemical compound in asparagus — might even be linked to breast cancer. (Don’t worry, though — more tests still need to be done before you give up the veggie for good!)Because cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and it's being predicted 22 million new cases will come about within the next 20 years, it’s more important than ever to be aware of things you’re doing every day that can increase your risk, starting with these 20 common habits. To learn more about cancer, know that This Is How Likely You Are to Get Cancer in Your Lifetime.
Slide show:
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/medica ... ut#image=1
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Are Hospitals Becoming Obsolete?
Hospitals are disappearing. While they may never completely go away, they will continue to shrink in number and importance. That is inevitable and good.
The reputation of hospitals has had its ups and downs. Benjamin Rush, a surgeon general of the Continental Army, called the hospitals of his day the “sinks of human life.” Through the 19th century, most Americans were treated in their homes. Hospitals were a last resort, places only the very poor or those with no family went. And they went mainly to die.
Then several innovations made hospitals more attractive. Anesthesia and sterile techniques made surgery less risky and traumatic, while the discovery of X-rays in 1895 enhanced the diagnostic powers of physicians. And the understanding of germ theory reduced the spread of infectious diseases.
Middle- and upper-class Americans increasingly turned to hospitals for treatment. Americans also strongly supported the expansion of hospitals through philanthropy and legislation.
Today, hospitals house M.R.I.s, surgical robots and other technological wonders, and at $1.1 trillion they account for about a third of all medical spending. That’s nearly the size of the Spanish economy.
And yet this enormous sector of the economy has actually been in decline for some time.
Consider this: What year saw the maximum number of hospitalizations in the United States? The answer is 1981.
More....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/25/opin ... dline&te=1
******
Doctors, Revolt!
Excerpt:
I had known Dr. Lown as a doctor and a patient; now I got to know him as an activist. We agreed that the health care system needed to change. To do that, Dr. Lown said, “doctors of conscience” have to “resist the industrialization of their profession.”
This begins with our own training. Certainly doctors must understand disease, but medical education is overly skewed toward the biomedical sciences and minutiae about esoteric and rare disease processes. Doctors also need time to engage with the humanities, because they are the gateway to the human experience.
To restore balance between the art and the science of medicine, we should curtail initial coursework in topics like genetics, developmental biology and biochemistry, making room for training in communication, interpersonal dynamics and leadership.
Such skills would not only help doctors care for our fellow human beings but would also strengthen our ability to advocate for health care as a human right and begin to rectify the broken economics and perverse incentives of the system.
Finally, hospitals should be a last resort, not the hallmark of the health care system. The bulk of health care resources should go instead into homes and communities. After all, a large majority of health problems are shaped by nonmedical factors like pollution and limited access to healthy food. Doctors must partner with public health and community development efforts to create a culture of health and well-being in patients’ daily lives.
As I navigate my professional journey, Dr. Lown’s example inspires me to go to work every day with the perspective of a patient, the spirit of an activist and the heart of a healer.
More...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/24/opin ... dline&te=1
So many new potential causes of cancer pop up every month that it’s hard to know what to believe and what to brush off. Just this week, a study in the journal Nature found asparagine — a chemical compound in asparagus — might even be linked to breast cancer. (Don’t worry, though — more tests still need to be done before you give up the veggie for good!)Because cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and it's being predicted 22 million new cases will come about within the next 20 years, it’s more important than ever to be aware of things you’re doing every day that can increase your risk, starting with these 20 common habits. To learn more about cancer, know that This Is How Likely You Are to Get Cancer in Your Lifetime.
Slide show:
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/medica ... ut#image=1
******
Are Hospitals Becoming Obsolete?
Hospitals are disappearing. While they may never completely go away, they will continue to shrink in number and importance. That is inevitable and good.
The reputation of hospitals has had its ups and downs. Benjamin Rush, a surgeon general of the Continental Army, called the hospitals of his day the “sinks of human life.” Through the 19th century, most Americans were treated in their homes. Hospitals were a last resort, places only the very poor or those with no family went. And they went mainly to die.
Then several innovations made hospitals more attractive. Anesthesia and sterile techniques made surgery less risky and traumatic, while the discovery of X-rays in 1895 enhanced the diagnostic powers of physicians. And the understanding of germ theory reduced the spread of infectious diseases.
Middle- and upper-class Americans increasingly turned to hospitals for treatment. Americans also strongly supported the expansion of hospitals through philanthropy and legislation.
Today, hospitals house M.R.I.s, surgical robots and other technological wonders, and at $1.1 trillion they account for about a third of all medical spending. That’s nearly the size of the Spanish economy.
And yet this enormous sector of the economy has actually been in decline for some time.
Consider this: What year saw the maximum number of hospitalizations in the United States? The answer is 1981.
More....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/25/opin ... dline&te=1
******
Doctors, Revolt!
Excerpt:
I had known Dr. Lown as a doctor and a patient; now I got to know him as an activist. We agreed that the health care system needed to change. To do that, Dr. Lown said, “doctors of conscience” have to “resist the industrialization of their profession.”
This begins with our own training. Certainly doctors must understand disease, but medical education is overly skewed toward the biomedical sciences and minutiae about esoteric and rare disease processes. Doctors also need time to engage with the humanities, because they are the gateway to the human experience.
To restore balance between the art and the science of medicine, we should curtail initial coursework in topics like genetics, developmental biology and biochemistry, making room for training in communication, interpersonal dynamics and leadership.
Such skills would not only help doctors care for our fellow human beings but would also strengthen our ability to advocate for health care as a human right and begin to rectify the broken economics and perverse incentives of the system.
Finally, hospitals should be a last resort, not the hallmark of the health care system. The bulk of health care resources should go instead into homes and communities. After all, a large majority of health problems are shaped by nonmedical factors like pollution and limited access to healthy food. Doctors must partner with public health and community development efforts to create a culture of health and well-being in patients’ daily lives.
As I navigate my professional journey, Dr. Lown’s example inspires me to go to work every day with the perspective of a patient, the spirit of an activist and the heart of a healer.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/24/opin ... dline&te=1
The 17 Most Ignored Cancer Symptoms in Women and Men
Pay attention to these cancer symptoms you are most likely to ignore, and get yourself to a doctor if they persist, according to Caring.com.
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Pay attention to these cancer symptoms you are most likely to ignore, and get yourself to a doctor if they persist, according to Caring.com.
Slide show:
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/medica ... ut#image=1
It's time for a Food Revolution
The statistics are alarming.
If you’re over 50, the groundwork for dementia may already be in your brain.
The idea of losing everything you’ve ever cared about to this degenerative disease and being a burden on your family is almost too terrible to bear.
Half of seniors over 85 will die with some form of dementia.
But it doesn’t have to be your fate!
Research now shows that if you treat your brain right, you can actually prevent dementia or even reverse brain cell damage that may have already started.
Unfortunately, this isn’t information you’re going to hear on cable TV or likely not even from your doctor.
With your special report, you’ll find out what everyone needs to know about how food can help keep your brain healthy.
And in the Food Revolution Summit, you’ll get the most up-to-date research and wisdom about how the food you eat affects your health and the health of the planet.
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BRAIN FOOD
8 Superfoods Your Brain Will Love
https://cdn.foodrevolution.org/special- ... rfoods.pdf
The statistics are alarming.
If you’re over 50, the groundwork for dementia may already be in your brain.
The idea of losing everything you’ve ever cared about to this degenerative disease and being a burden on your family is almost too terrible to bear.
Half of seniors over 85 will die with some form of dementia.
But it doesn’t have to be your fate!
Research now shows that if you treat your brain right, you can actually prevent dementia or even reverse brain cell damage that may have already started.
Unfortunately, this isn’t information you’re going to hear on cable TV or likely not even from your doctor.
With your special report, you’ll find out what everyone needs to know about how food can help keep your brain healthy.
And in the Food Revolution Summit, you’ll get the most up-to-date research and wisdom about how the food you eat affects your health and the health of the planet.
Take Action Now
https://www.foodrevolutionsummit.org/br ... 4&opid=283
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BRAIN FOOD
8 Superfoods Your Brain Will Love
https://cdn.foodrevolution.org/special- ... rfoods.pdf
Turmeric has a 6,000-year track record in Ayurvedic medicine.
Now, modern science is finding this herb to have a stunning array of beneficial properties.
Get the whole story here.
https://foodrevolution.org/blog/turmeri ... &lastname=
Turmeric has been found to have properties that can be helpful in:
•Destroying multi-drug resistant cancer
•Protecting against radiation-induced damage and heavy metal toxicity
•Reducing inflammation
•Preventing Alzheimer’s related pathologies
•And more
Because it’s a natural substance, turmeric will likely never receive the FDA stamp of approval, due to its lack of patentability and therefore profitability
But that doesn’t mean you can’t learn from, and make use of, the tremendous body of research that has found this herb to be useful for preventing and treating hundreds of health conditions.
Learn all about the incredible benefits of turmeric here.
https://foodrevolution.org/blog/turmeri ... &lastname=
Now, modern science is finding this herb to have a stunning array of beneficial properties.
Get the whole story here.
https://foodrevolution.org/blog/turmeri ... &lastname=
Turmeric has been found to have properties that can be helpful in:
•Destroying multi-drug resistant cancer
•Protecting against radiation-induced damage and heavy metal toxicity
•Reducing inflammation
•Preventing Alzheimer’s related pathologies
•And more
Because it’s a natural substance, turmeric will likely never receive the FDA stamp of approval, due to its lack of patentability and therefore profitability
But that doesn’t mean you can’t learn from, and make use of, the tremendous body of research that has found this herb to be useful for preventing and treating hundreds of health conditions.
Learn all about the incredible benefits of turmeric here.
https://foodrevolution.org/blog/turmeri ... &lastname=
Are We Being Misled About Precision Medicine?
Doctors and hospitals love to talk about the cancer patients they’ve saved, and reporters love to write about them. But deaths still vastly outnumber the rare successes.
Excerpt:
“There are very few instances in which we can look at a genomic test and pick a drug off the shelf and say, ‘That will work,’” said Dr. Nikhil Wagle, a cancer specialist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston who helped develop precision-medicine tests. “That’s our goal in the long run, but in 2018 we’re not there yet.”
Mr. Primiano said: “You think it’s going to be more precise, like a laser versus a shotgun. But it’s still a shotgun.”
There has been real progress, of course. Testing for genetic mutations has become standard in lung cancer, melanoma and a handful of other tumor types. But the number of people with advanced cancer eligible for these approaches is just 8 percent to 15 percent, experts estimate. And these targeted therapies help about half of patients who try them, said Dr. Vinay Prasad, an associate professor at Oregon Health and Science University.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/opin ... 3053090912
Doctors and hospitals love to talk about the cancer patients they’ve saved, and reporters love to write about them. But deaths still vastly outnumber the rare successes.
Excerpt:
“There are very few instances in which we can look at a genomic test and pick a drug off the shelf and say, ‘That will work,’” said Dr. Nikhil Wagle, a cancer specialist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston who helped develop precision-medicine tests. “That’s our goal in the long run, but in 2018 we’re not there yet.”
Mr. Primiano said: “You think it’s going to be more precise, like a laser versus a shotgun. But it’s still a shotgun.”
There has been real progress, of course. Testing for genetic mutations has become standard in lung cancer, melanoma and a handful of other tumor types. But the number of people with advanced cancer eligible for these approaches is just 8 percent to 15 percent, experts estimate. And these targeted therapies help about half of patients who try them, said Dr. Vinay Prasad, an associate professor at Oregon Health and Science University.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/opin ... 3053090912
Enact food policies to curb chronic disease and health inequity
Unhealthy dietary patterns are a leading risk factor for death and disability in Canada. Best available evidence supports a diet rich in whole, unprocessed vegetables, fruits, whole grains and protein foods, with an emphasis on protein foods that are plant-based such as nuts, seeds and legumes, and moderate amounts of animal-based protein sources such as fish, poultry, meats and low-fat dairy products. Processed foods high in sodium, sugar and saturated and trans fats should be avoided. Canada’s new Food Guide should provide a foundation for healthy eating. However, it is difficult for many Canadians to eat healthy within the current food environment. There is a need to create food environments through public policies that support Canadians in maintaining healthy diets where they live, learn, work, and play. Such policies must include those that ensure:
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https://www.change.org/p/enact-food-pol ... -canadians
Unhealthy dietary patterns are a leading risk factor for death and disability in Canada. Best available evidence supports a diet rich in whole, unprocessed vegetables, fruits, whole grains and protein foods, with an emphasis on protein foods that are plant-based such as nuts, seeds and legumes, and moderate amounts of animal-based protein sources such as fish, poultry, meats and low-fat dairy products. Processed foods high in sodium, sugar and saturated and trans fats should be avoided. Canada’s new Food Guide should provide a foundation for healthy eating. However, it is difficult for many Canadians to eat healthy within the current food environment. There is a need to create food environments through public policies that support Canadians in maintaining healthy diets where they live, learn, work, and play. Such policies must include those that ensure:
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https://www.change.org/p/enact-food-pol ... -canadians
We Know How to Conquer Tuberculosis
Why aren’t outbreaks in poor countries treated the same way as those in rich ones?
Excerpt:
Antibiotics could eradicate tuberculosis, but only if they were given to people before they became contagious. In other words, doctors couldn’t just treat the people who were visibly sick. They would have to test all of the people that person came into contact with, and treat the ones who tested positive — even if they didn’t have symptoms yet. That way, the bacteria that caused the disease would be killed before it had a chance to spread.
In richer countries like the United States, Britain and Canada, that strategy has long since become a norm of public health. It’s helped eradicate TB from all but the poorest quarters — and, in some cases, even from there. And it’s kept some serious outbreaks from becoming epidemics. In poor countries, though, the approach has been deemed impractical. Tracking down all of a given patient’s contacts is difficult in the best of circumstances, the thinking goes, and resources are scarce enough that giving drugs to people who are not yet sick sounds extravagant.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/opin ... dline&te=1
Why aren’t outbreaks in poor countries treated the same way as those in rich ones?
Excerpt:
Antibiotics could eradicate tuberculosis, but only if they were given to people before they became contagious. In other words, doctors couldn’t just treat the people who were visibly sick. They would have to test all of the people that person came into contact with, and treat the ones who tested positive — even if they didn’t have symptoms yet. That way, the bacteria that caused the disease would be killed before it had a chance to spread.
In richer countries like the United States, Britain and Canada, that strategy has long since become a norm of public health. It’s helped eradicate TB from all but the poorest quarters — and, in some cases, even from there. And it’s kept some serious outbreaks from becoming epidemics. In poor countries, though, the approach has been deemed impractical. Tracking down all of a given patient’s contacts is difficult in the best of circumstances, the thinking goes, and resources are scarce enough that giving drugs to people who are not yet sick sounds extravagant.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/opin ... dline&te=1
Over 100 experts from 20 different countries break the silence…
In each episode of A Global Quest, a brand new international panel of doctors, scientists, researchers and cancer survivors – reveal revolutionary cancer preventatives… therapies… and life-saving treatments that can protect you and your loved ones from cancer.
Sign up now for FREE to watch The Truth About Cancer®: A Global Quest – and join our mission to educate, expose and eradicate cancer once and for all!
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We’ve all been told that cancer is a death sentence… but well over 100 of the leading alternative health experts want you to know the truth!
Cancer does not have to be a death sentence!
This is exciting news!
As our knowledge of cancer evolves, we have more cancer survivors and alternative health experts challenging what we used to believe as true. And this is a good thing.
My friends Ty and Charlene Bollinger are on a mission to change the way we think about cancer.
Ty endured the painful loss of both parents and way too many loved ones to cancer. But rather than take it lying down or giving up… Ty and Charlene set out on a life-changing mission to find real answers, to spread hope and to defeat cancer once and for all!
They traveled the world and gathered a “who’s who” of the very brightest minds and caring hearts in the field of alternative healing. Here’s just a taste of the amazing line-up:
Dr. Patrick Quillin - Beating Cancer with Nutrition
Dr. Joseph Mercola - Ketogenic Diet and Cancer
Dr. Robert Scott Bell - Gut Health, the Microbiome, and Cancer
Dr. Rashid Buttar -The Cancer Conflict: Resolving the 5th Toxicity
Dr. Tony Jimenez - Treating Cancer with Sound and Light
Chris Wark - How "Chris Beat Cancer"
Plus so many more
In The Truth About Cancer®: A Global Quest docu-series, these experts share their cutting-edge, and groundbreaking information about healing and preventing cancer and other chronic diseases…
And you can have a free front row seat. That’s right! You can watch The Truth About Cancer®: A Global Quest docu-series from the comfort of your own home… absolutely FREE to see. (The series starts on October 9, so be quick!)
Get your FREE ticket here.
In just a few short days, you’ll know all these experts therapies, treatments, and protocols that can save your life, or the life of a loved one.
Cancer will never be a death sentence again.
To Your Health!
In each episode of A Global Quest, a brand new international panel of doctors, scientists, researchers and cancer survivors – reveal revolutionary cancer preventatives… therapies… and life-saving treatments that can protect you and your loved ones from cancer.
Sign up now for FREE to watch The Truth About Cancer®: A Global Quest – and join our mission to educate, expose and eradicate cancer once and for all!
https://go.thetruthaboutcancer.com/agq- ... an=trailer
We’ve all been told that cancer is a death sentence… but well over 100 of the leading alternative health experts want you to know the truth!
Cancer does not have to be a death sentence!
This is exciting news!
As our knowledge of cancer evolves, we have more cancer survivors and alternative health experts challenging what we used to believe as true. And this is a good thing.
My friends Ty and Charlene Bollinger are on a mission to change the way we think about cancer.
Ty endured the painful loss of both parents and way too many loved ones to cancer. But rather than take it lying down or giving up… Ty and Charlene set out on a life-changing mission to find real answers, to spread hope and to defeat cancer once and for all!
They traveled the world and gathered a “who’s who” of the very brightest minds and caring hearts in the field of alternative healing. Here’s just a taste of the amazing line-up:
Dr. Patrick Quillin - Beating Cancer with Nutrition
Dr. Joseph Mercola - Ketogenic Diet and Cancer
Dr. Robert Scott Bell - Gut Health, the Microbiome, and Cancer
Dr. Rashid Buttar -The Cancer Conflict: Resolving the 5th Toxicity
Dr. Tony Jimenez - Treating Cancer with Sound and Light
Chris Wark - How "Chris Beat Cancer"
Plus so many more
In The Truth About Cancer®: A Global Quest docu-series, these experts share their cutting-edge, and groundbreaking information about healing and preventing cancer and other chronic diseases…
And you can have a free front row seat. That’s right! You can watch The Truth About Cancer®: A Global Quest docu-series from the comfort of your own home… absolutely FREE to see. (The series starts on October 9, so be quick!)
Get your FREE ticket here.
In just a few short days, you’ll know all these experts therapies, treatments, and protocols that can save your life, or the life of a loved one.
Cancer will never be a death sentence again.
To Your Health!
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World Mental Health Day: Recognising the importance of sound mind
Mental health is similar to physical health — everybody has it and should take care of it. When we reflect about our health in general, it is important to include the health of our minds as well as the health of our bodies in our thinking, plans, and conversations.
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Mental health is similar to physical health — everybody has it and should take care of it. When we reflect about our health in general, it is important to include the health of our minds as well as the health of our bodies in our thinking, plans, and conversations.
More...
https://the.ismaili/news/world-mental-h ... sound-mind
The Results of Your Genetic Test Are Reassuring. But That Can Change.
Laboratories frequently “reclassify” genetic mutations. But there is no reliable system for telling patients or doctors that the results of their genetic tests are no longer valid.
The results of a genetic test may seem final — after all, a gene mutation is present or it is not. That mutation increases the risk of a disease, or it does not.
In fact, those findings are not as straightforward as they might seem, and the consequences may have grave implications for patients.
While a person’s genome doesn’t change, the research linking particular bits of DNA to disease is very much in flux. Geneticists and testing labs constantly receive new information that leads them to reassess genetic mutations.
As a result, a mutation seen as benign today may be found dangerous tomorrow. And vice versa. But there is no good way to get the new information to doctors and patients.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/heal ... 3053091016
Laboratories frequently “reclassify” genetic mutations. But there is no reliable system for telling patients or doctors that the results of their genetic tests are no longer valid.
The results of a genetic test may seem final — after all, a gene mutation is present or it is not. That mutation increases the risk of a disease, or it does not.
In fact, those findings are not as straightforward as they might seem, and the consequences may have grave implications for patients.
While a person’s genome doesn’t change, the research linking particular bits of DNA to disease is very much in flux. Geneticists and testing labs constantly receive new information that leads them to reassess genetic mutations.
As a result, a mutation seen as benign today may be found dangerous tomorrow. And vice versa. But there is no good way to get the new information to doctors and patients.
More...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/heal ... 3053091016
Seeing Sounds
Researchers uncover molecular clues for synesthesia.
One in 25 people have synesthesia, perceiving the world in unusual ways. An experience with one sense automatically leads to perception in another sense: for example, seeing colors when listening to music. Now researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and the University of Cambridge report clues into biological origins of such variations in human perception. They studied families with synesthesia, and describe genetic changes that might contribute to their differences in sensory experience.
Some people with synaesthesia may see sounds, while others may taste them or feel them as shapes. This kind of sensory cross-talk comes in many forms, and develops during early childhood. It has been known for over a century that synaesthesia runs in families, giving a strong hint that inherited factors are important.
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http://maxplanck.nautil.us/article/324/ ... a-60760513
Researchers uncover molecular clues for synesthesia.
One in 25 people have synesthesia, perceiving the world in unusual ways. An experience with one sense automatically leads to perception in another sense: for example, seeing colors when listening to music. Now researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and the University of Cambridge report clues into biological origins of such variations in human perception. They studied families with synesthesia, and describe genetic changes that might contribute to their differences in sensory experience.
Some people with synaesthesia may see sounds, while others may taste them or feel them as shapes. This kind of sensory cross-talk comes in many forms, and develops during early childhood. It has been known for over a century that synaesthesia runs in families, giving a strong hint that inherited factors are important.
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http://maxplanck.nautil.us/article/324/ ... a-60760513
What’s Life Like After Depression? Surprisingly, Little Is Known
Most research on depression focuses on the afflicted, a new paper argues, overlooking a potentially informative group: people who have recovered.
A generation ago, depression was viewed as an unwanted guest: a gloomy presence that might appear in the wake of a loss or a grave disappointment and was slow to find the door. The people it haunted could acknowledge the poor company — I’ve been a little depressed since my father died — without worrying that they had become chronically ill.
Today, the condition has been recast in the medical literature as a darker, more permanent figure, a monster in the basement poised to overtake the psyche. For decades, researchers have debated the various types of depression, from mild to severe to “endogenous,” a rare, near-paralyzing despair. Hundreds of studies have been conducted, looking for markers that might predict the course of depression and identify the best paths to recovery. But treatment largely remains a process of trial and error. A drug that helps one person can make another worse. The same goes for talk therapies: some patients do very well, others don’t respond at all.
“If you got a depression diagnosis, one of the most basic things you want to know is, what are the chances of my life returning to normal or becoming optimal afterward?” said Jonathan Rottenberg, a professor of psychology at the University of South Florida. “You’d assume we’d have an answer to that question. I think it’s embarrassing that we don’t.”
In a paper in the current issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science, Dr. Rottenberg and his colleagues argue that, in effect, the field has been looking for answers in the wrong place. In trying to understand how people with depression might escape their condition, scientists have focused almost entirely on the afflicted, overlooking a potentially informative group: people who once suffered from some form of depression but have more or less recovered.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/22/heal ... 3053091023
Most research on depression focuses on the afflicted, a new paper argues, overlooking a potentially informative group: people who have recovered.
A generation ago, depression was viewed as an unwanted guest: a gloomy presence that might appear in the wake of a loss or a grave disappointment and was slow to find the door. The people it haunted could acknowledge the poor company — I’ve been a little depressed since my father died — without worrying that they had become chronically ill.
Today, the condition has been recast in the medical literature as a darker, more permanent figure, a monster in the basement poised to overtake the psyche. For decades, researchers have debated the various types of depression, from mild to severe to “endogenous,” a rare, near-paralyzing despair. Hundreds of studies have been conducted, looking for markers that might predict the course of depression and identify the best paths to recovery. But treatment largely remains a process of trial and error. A drug that helps one person can make another worse. The same goes for talk therapies: some patients do very well, others don’t respond at all.
“If you got a depression diagnosis, one of the most basic things you want to know is, what are the chances of my life returning to normal or becoming optimal afterward?” said Jonathan Rottenberg, a professor of psychology at the University of South Florida. “You’d assume we’d have an answer to that question. I think it’s embarrassing that we don’t.”
In a paper in the current issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science, Dr. Rottenberg and his colleagues argue that, in effect, the field has been looking for answers in the wrong place. In trying to understand how people with depression might escape their condition, scientists have focused almost entirely on the afflicted, overlooking a potentially informative group: people who once suffered from some form of depression but have more or less recovered.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/22/heal ... 3053091023
Innovation can assist in the end of the AIDS epidemic by 2030, here’s how
A United Nations initiative backed by global experts has set its sights on an ambitious programme to bring an end to the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
A United Nations initiative backed by global experts has set its sights on an ambitious programme to bring an end to the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
The 90-90-90 strategy aims to do this by reaching three targets: 90% of all people with HIV must know their status, 90% of those diagnosed with HIV must receive antiretroviral therapy, and 90% of people receiving antiretroviral therapy must be virally suppressed. When a person is virally suppressed it means the virus in their blood is undetectable. The last goal is informed by evidence that people with a suppressed viral load are less likely to transmit HIV to others.
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https://www.cnbcafrica.com/news/special ... heres-how/
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: The importance of early detection
Worldwide, breast cancer is the most common type of cancer, and can affect up to one in eight women. Like some other forms of cancer, the condition is treatable, and over 90 per cent of cases are successfully treated when detected early. Men can also be diagnosed with breast cancer in rare instances, with approximately one out of every 100 cases affecting men.
Cancer in general accounts for a large proportion of the deaths caused by non-communicable diseases globally. These include cardiovascular diseases, cancers, respiratory diseases, and diabetes. Today, such conditions are responsible for over 70% of all deaths around the world.
In a speech at the initiation ceremony of the Aga Khan University Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, in December 2015, Mawlana Hazar Imam remarked on the healthcare challenges of the future.
“We are more and more confronted in modern society by non-communicable disease and therefore in the decades ahead we will be concentrating through the Aga Khan Health Network and other medical institutions in dealing with non-communicable diseases. And I refer to diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, mental and neurological illness, cancer and others. These are the areas where we must concentrate properly, to serve future generations of society.”
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https://the.ismaili/news/breast-cancer- ... -detection
A United Nations initiative backed by global experts has set its sights on an ambitious programme to bring an end to the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
A United Nations initiative backed by global experts has set its sights on an ambitious programme to bring an end to the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
The 90-90-90 strategy aims to do this by reaching three targets: 90% of all people with HIV must know their status, 90% of those diagnosed with HIV must receive antiretroviral therapy, and 90% of people receiving antiretroviral therapy must be virally suppressed. When a person is virally suppressed it means the virus in their blood is undetectable. The last goal is informed by evidence that people with a suppressed viral load are less likely to transmit HIV to others.
More...
https://www.cnbcafrica.com/news/special ... heres-how/
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: The importance of early detection
Worldwide, breast cancer is the most common type of cancer, and can affect up to one in eight women. Like some other forms of cancer, the condition is treatable, and over 90 per cent of cases are successfully treated when detected early. Men can also be diagnosed with breast cancer in rare instances, with approximately one out of every 100 cases affecting men.
Cancer in general accounts for a large proportion of the deaths caused by non-communicable diseases globally. These include cardiovascular diseases, cancers, respiratory diseases, and diabetes. Today, such conditions are responsible for over 70% of all deaths around the world.
In a speech at the initiation ceremony of the Aga Khan University Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, in December 2015, Mawlana Hazar Imam remarked on the healthcare challenges of the future.
“We are more and more confronted in modern society by non-communicable disease and therefore in the decades ahead we will be concentrating through the Aga Khan Health Network and other medical institutions in dealing with non-communicable diseases. And I refer to diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, mental and neurological illness, cancer and others. These are the areas where we must concentrate properly, to serve future generations of society.”
More...
https://the.ismaili/news/breast-cancer- ... -detection
THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON FROM 83,000 BRAIN SCANS: DANIEL AMEN
Video:
https://tedsummaries.com/2014/04/17/the ... niel-amen/
Excerpt:
The most important Daniel has learned is that you can literally change people’s brains and when you do, you change their lives. On a study on NFL players, players showing poor brain function were put on a Brain Smart program. After the program 80% of the players improved their memory, mood, and blood flow. It is possible to reverse brain damage. He mentions several other studies including Andrew, a 9 year old boy, who was extremely violent and would draw pictures of himself shooting other kids. He was a tragedy waiting to happen, but instead of blindly medicating him Daniel used brain scans to identify a golf ball sized cyst in his brain. After the cyst was removed, all of his behavioral problems went away. Daniel reveals that Andrew is his own nephew and ends his talk with a picture of Andrew at 18 years.
Video:
https://tedsummaries.com/2014/04/17/the ... niel-amen/
Excerpt:
The most important Daniel has learned is that you can literally change people’s brains and when you do, you change their lives. On a study on NFL players, players showing poor brain function were put on a Brain Smart program. After the program 80% of the players improved their memory, mood, and blood flow. It is possible to reverse brain damage. He mentions several other studies including Andrew, a 9 year old boy, who was extremely violent and would draw pictures of himself shooting other kids. He was a tragedy waiting to happen, but instead of blindly medicating him Daniel used brain scans to identify a golf ball sized cyst in his brain. After the cyst was removed, all of his behavioral problems went away. Daniel reveals that Andrew is his own nephew and ends his talk with a picture of Andrew at 18 years.