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Mistakes are not something that we usually associate with the medical field. But medical misadventures occur and will continue to occur. The obstacles remain formidable what with overcrowding, overworked staff and cost cutting. In the meantime, patients must be vigilant, ask questions and be their own advocate.
Posted: 2010-02-11
Category: Health & Fitness
Exergames, perhaps, can be used positively to treat 'Globesity' and "get kids twitching more than just their thumbs." And exergames may offer an alternative to moderate exercise for those leading sedentary lives and at high risk for obesity and diabetes.
Posted: 2010-02-07
Category: Recreation & Sports
Unfortunately making an initial accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer is not easy due to the nature of the disease and the limitations of current screening methods. On the bright side, PSA test unreliability has and is stimulating the quest for better management techniques, especially in the non-invasive arena. However,the PSA test still remains the so called gold standard
Posted: 2009-12-01
Category: Health & Fitness
CPR remains underutilized and at the same time misunderstood. The message is clear - CPR Needs Resuscitation and Resuscitation needs CPR. What's important is, not how well CPR was done, but whether it was done at all!
Posted: 2009-11-16
Category: Health & Fitness
The organic food industry has clearly outgrown the original regulations meant to protect it and its consumers. And the increased demand for organic food may actually be its own undoing. How 'organic is organic food' is even more important now than in the past!
Posted: 2009-10-12
Category: Food & Beverage
Heart attack and ovarian cancer no longer need to be such aggressive killers of women. So why do we want to shine a special light on heart attack and ovarian cancer? Both can be fatal without early detection. Both have sneaky symptoms, mimic lesser disorders, physicians and other health care providers tend to dismiss or misdiagnose these symptoms, and there are no simple screening tools.
Posted: 2009-09-10
Category: Women's Issues
On June 25, 2009, Michael Jackson, well-known as the King of Pop, died of cardiac arrest. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in the U.S. and the majority of CVD deaths are attributable to Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) which claims more than 250,000 lives each year. Yet SCA mortality remains high even in the setting of bystander CPR and AEDs. WE have a long way to go!
Posted: 2009-09-01
Category: Health & Fitness
