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Smoking Cessation Timeline: What Happens When You Quit
2007-08-30 16:05:00 In the U.S., one-quarter of adults 18 years of age and older smoke cigarettes (1). Smoking is truly a deadly habit. With about 4000 known chemicals in tobacco smoke, more than 50 of them are known to cause cancer. According to the World Health Organization, every six seconds someone in the world dies from tobacco ... More About: Timeline , Quit
Healthy Fast Food Not So Healthy
2007-08-27 17:01:00 Have you ever wondered if those healthy fast food meals are really any better for you? McDonald’s has the Fruit ‘n Yogurt Parfait, Wendy’s offers Garden Sensations salads and at Burger King you can even get a veggie burger. Yogurt, salad, veggie burger … these are all healthy foods. However, new research suggests that healthy fast food ... More About: Food , Fast Food , Fast , Healthy , Heal
Bitter Coffee, Better Health?
2007-08-23 17:56:00 I love my coffee. Who doesn’t want (or need for all you coffee addicts out there) a cup of freshly brewed java to start their day? However, the bitterness of coffee is something most of us could do without. Now chemists in Germany and the U.S. say they have identified the chemicals that are largely ... More About: Health , Coffee , Bitter , Heal
HEALTH Highlights - August 21st, 2007
2007-08-21 15:22:00 Yahoo! Heal th in Stealth Mode or Just Plain Off-the-Radar? » The Healthcare Information Systems Blog I’m becomming more and more interested in health-focused social networking. Jeff O’Connor writes about Yahoo! Health and the lack of attention it’s getting from its parent portal. While I’m on the topic of health-focused social networking, earlier this week Mashable reported ... More About: Highlights , August
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Legislation Update
2007-08-16 06:57:00 Back in July, I wrote that spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) legislation was going to soon be introduced in Congress. Prior to the August recess, legislation to enhance federal support for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) research was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressmen Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and Eric Cantor (R-VA). The bill, H.R. 3334, ... More About: Update , Legislation , Legi
Discredited Stem Cells Created by Virgin Birth
2007-08-15 06:12:00 In 2004, Korean investigators lead by Woo Suk Hwang at Seoul National University announced the creation of the world’s first human embryonic stem cell line generated by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), which involves the transfer of DNA, usually from a skin cell, into an egg cell that has had its DNA-containing nucleus removed. The ... More About: Virgin , Birth , Stem Cells , Create , Disc
Mitosis and Meiosis
2007-08-14 16:51:00 Mitosis is the biological process involving chromosomal duplication and nuclear division. Mitosis is usually followed by cytokinesis, whereby the watery environment inside a cell, known as the cytoplasm, and cell membrane divide. Two identical cells are generated, each having the same number of chromosomes as the parental cell. Somatic cells (meaning any cell that is ... More About: Mitosis , Mito
SCHIP Funding and Fiscal Irresponsibility
2007-08-11 06:40:00 $60 billion dollars in new deficit spending. That’s the amount the Heritage Foundation, a public policy research institute based in Washington D.C., estimates the Senate bill to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP ) will have added to the U.S. budget deficit over the next decade (1-2). Under the bill, funding will drop sharply in ... More About: Funding , Fiscal , Chip
HEALTH Highlights - August 9th, 2007
2007-08-09 06:52:00 Think Bigg A non-profit blogsite dedicated to bringing information and inspiration to those who care about the people, communities, culture and the world in which we live. Another Chapter of “Bad” Foods (Not) Making Kids Fat » Junkfood Science Sandy Szwarc reviews a study that investigated whether young children adjust how much they eat depending on the calorie content ... More About: Health , Highlights , August , Heal
Websites Advertising and Selling Prescription Drugs Increase by 70%
2007-08-05 17:59:00 According to The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, over the last three years the number of websites selling controlled prescription drugs such as opioids, depressants and stimulants has increased. The findings were presented in a new White Paper, “You?ve Got Drugs !” IV: Prescription Drug Pushers on the Internet, in ... More About: Selling , Advertising , Websites , Ease
What You Believe Can Kill You
2007-08-01 08:13:00 The Washington Post published a story yesterday stating that Personal Health Beliefs are Largely Hit and Myth. The story discusses the results of an American Cancer Society (ACS) study released last week, which will be published in the September 1st issue of the journal Cancer. The study assessed the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of scientifically ... More About: Kill
Pediatric Grand Rounds 2.8
2007-07-29 16:34:00 At midnight just over a week ago, the seventh and final edition of the children’s wildly popular Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, was officially released. To commemorate the occasion, each section of this week’s PGR begins with a quotation or some dialogue from the story. A total of 25 blog articles are ... More About: Grand , Round , Rounds , Pediatric
Physician Profiling
2007-07-25 18:18:00 The Washington Post published an interesting article today on physician profiling. In the fight to control healthcare costs, employers and insurance companies are now monitoring physican performance. Using sophisticated computer software to analyze millions of health claims and billing data, doctors are being profiled. Physician profiles are rated and used to direct patients to effective and ... More About: Profil
The Highlight HEALTH Web Directory is Now HONcode Accredited
2007-07-24 07:27:00 I’ve written previously about the Highlight HEALTH Web Director y and my effort to catalog and make available health-related websites I find to be informative and useful. I?m very pleased to announce that, similar to Highlight HEALTH, the Highlight HEALTH Web Directory is now an HONcode accredited website. The Health On the Net (HON) Foundation is a non-profit ... More About: Tory
Pediatric Grand Rounds 2.8 Call for Submissions
2007-07-21 17:21:00 Highlight HEALTH will be hosting the next edition of Pediatric Grand Round s, volume 2 edition 8, on Sunday, July 29th. As host, I invite you to send your submissions. What is Pediatric Grand Rounds ? Pediatric Grand Rounds (PGR) is a bi-weekly blog carnival of the best posts pertaining to the health of children. PGR is a ... More About: Call
Healthcare Bloggers Code of Ethics
2007-07-20 07:15:00 The HONcode is the oldest and most widely used ethical code concerning the quality and trustworthiness of medical and health related information available on the internet. It was created for evaluating medical and health websites and outlines eight ethical standards in the presentation of medical and health information online. To become HONcode accredited and display ... More About: Healthcare , Ethics , Code , Bloggers , Logger
Gene Genie at Med Journal Watch
2007-07-16 23:03:00 The eleventh edition of Gene Genie , the blog carnival on genes and gene-related diseases, has been posted at Med Journal Watch . Highlight HEALTH was mentioned under “Genes and diseases”: “But political issues in genetics may also make sense. Walter presents such a case: spinal muscular atrophy legislation to be introduced in congress, posted at Highlight Health.” Recently, I’ve ...
Lawmakers Debate Funding Children?s Health Insurance
2007-07-16 06:19:00 The Washington Post is reporting that the decade-old State Children ’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which expires in September and was expected to be renewed and possibly expanded, is held up in Congress. The debate is the proper role of government in healthcare. The $5 billion dollar program annually helps 6.6 million low-income, uninsured American children see ... More About: Debate , Funding
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Legislation to be Introduced in Congress
2007-07-13 17:14:00 Spinal muscular atrophy legislation, “The SMA Treatment Acceleration Act”, will soon be introduced in both the U.S House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. What is spinal muscular atrophy? Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive (meaning the disorder is inherited by receiving one gene from both mother and father) neuromuscluar disorder that affects motor ... More About: Congress , Legislation , Muscular , Intro , Legi
Highlight HEALTH Links - July 10th, 2007
2007-07-10 06:18:00 What Is Aspartame And Why You Should Avoid It » The Good Human David at The Good Human writes about aspartame, it’s FDA approval and it’s health effects. Very Cool Web Tool » InsureBlog Although it’s a short post, H G Stern writes about one cool tool … Find Your Doc. Heavy metals in foods: more trouble for China » Terra Sigillata Abel Pharmboy at ... More About: Health , Links , July , Highlight , Heal
The Highlight HEALTH Web Directory
2007-07-06 08:11:00 The Highlight HEALTH Web Director y , a companion site of Highlight HEALTH, is a searchable categorized directory of health-related websites. What is a Web Directory? Web directories or as they are also known, search directories, existed before the popularity of search engines. A web directory is not a search engine nor does it display a list of ... More About: Health , Tory
Healthy Tips for the Fourth of July
2007-07-03 19:28:00 I’ll never forget the Fourth of July when I saw a little girl get burned by a sparkler. Nobody, including her parents, expected it to happen. After all, sparklers are the “safe fireworks” for little kids, right? Not true, as you’ll read below. Here are some important safety precautions for you and your children this Fourth ... More About: Tips , Healthy , Fourth of July , Heal
Pediatric Grand Rounds at Breath Spa for Kids
2007-07-02 07:18:00 Pediatric Grand Round s (Volume 2, Issue 6), the bi-weekly blog carnival of the best posts pertaining to the health of children, has been posted at Brea th Spa for Kids . Highlight HEALTH was mentioned: “Walter of Highlight Health reports more common in utero exposures: Second-hand Smoke Exposure Linked to Psychological Problems in Children. Researchers found that children whose ...
Second-hand Smoke Exposure Linked to Psychological Problems in Children
2007-06-29 22:26:00 The first evidence linking mothers’ second-hand smoke exposure while pregnant to their child’s attention deficit disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder has been published in the current issue of Child Psychiatry and Human Development. ADHD and conduct disorder behaviors are called externalizing psychopathology with symtoms that include aggressive behavior, ADHD, defiance and conduct disorder. The More About: Children , Smoke , Problems , Psychological , Hand
Medicexchange: A Medical Imaging Resource
2007-06-27 07:26:00 The New England Journal of Medicine calls the development of body imaging one of the most important medical developments of the past 1,000 years (1). Indeed, patient-specific information regarding disease diagnosis and progression is routinely obtained today using medical imaging. Medicexchange is a medical imaging portal where you can find all the world’s leading medical imaging ... More About: Medical , Resource , Imaging , Dice , Chang
Highlight HEALTH Links - June 26th, 2007
2007-06-26 06:57:00 Kick Start Your Energy « Heal th y Lifestyle Part of staying healthy is managing stress. Borzack over at Healthy Lifestyle presents a series of mental exercises that can help increase and protect our energy levels to better manage everyday stress. Birth Order and IQ « Unintelligent Design Clark over at Unintellegent Design discusses a study that examines the impact ... More About: June , Links , Highlight
Highlight HEALTH Summer Survival Guide
2007-06-23 17:32:00 In the Northern hemisphere, summer officially starts on June 21. This day, also know as the summer solstice, has more daylight than any other day of the year because the sun reaches its greatest distance above the equator. Summer is a great time to get outdoors and be active. However, along with the fun and ... More About: Health , Guide , Highlight , Survival
Healthcare Costs and the Looming U.S. Budget Crisis
2007-06-20 18:49:00 The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released a report last month on the state of the U.S. economy (1). The report warns that the U.S. is headed for a budget crisis unless it reforms healthcare spending. Without reform, the report forecasts that healthcare costs will consume approximately 20% of GDP by 2050: “The major ... More About: Healthcare , Budget , Crisis , Isis , Costs
Pediatric Grand Rounds at Med Journal Watch
2007-06-18 22:43:00 Pediatric Grand Round s (Volume 2, Issue 5), the bi-weekly blog carnival of the best posts pertaining to the health of children, has been posted at Med Journal Watch . Highlight HEALTH was mentioned in the “Hot topics” section: “Neurofibromatosis, a rare tumor in children, is another such case. Walter at Highlight Health reviews a conference that just ... More About: Rounds
Highlight HEALTH Links - June 16th, 2007
More articles from this author:2007-06-16 08:00:00 Which Fork Is for the Grubs? « Mark?s Daily Apple At Mark’s Daily Apple, Mark is writing a new column called Primal Heal th , addressing issues of diet, exercise and stress in the context of our DNA blueprints. It looks to be an interesting series. Kid-friendly Food Not to Blame « Junkfood Science Sandy over at Junkfood Science writes ... More About: June , Links , Highlight 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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