February 2, 2012 (University of Washington) â Diabetes risk is increased in men and women who eat a diet that is high in processed meats, according to a study published online this week in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Processed meats include hot dogs, lunch meat, sausages and canned meats.
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Diabetes News from dLife.com
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February 3, 2012
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Breast Cancer Prevention in Africa has taken another dimension with the launch of the International Breast Cancer and Nutrition (IBCN) project, a multinational initiative that seeks to establish the link between diet and breast cancer in Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine
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February 3, 2012
Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), argue that added sweeteners pose dangers to public health, and the government should regulate sugar in the same way as it regulates alcohol and tobacco. They set out their reasons for viewing sugar as "toxic" in a comment article published in Nature this week. First author Robert H... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Health News from Medical News Today
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February 3, 2012
Out of all the weight loss programs that exist, very few are as simple and obvious as a raw food diet. People often forget about the calories that get padded on to foods through basic cooking techniques. Between oil and butter, as well as the general frying and baking... (Source: NaturalNews.com)
NaturalNews.com
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February 2, 2012
(Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press)) Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens? A study published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology found that rats given regular multivitamin and mineral supplements showed a significantly lower risk of developing colon cancer when they were exposed to carcinogens. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
EurekAlert! - Biology
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February 2, 2012
When overweight people included two servings of purple potatoes a day in their diet for a month, they not only reduced their blood pressure, but they also didn't gain weight in the process, a small study shows. (Source: WebMD Health)
WebMD Health
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February 2, 2012
On a low-carb diet, people generally find they are eating lots of non-starchy vegetables in the place (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
About.com Eating Disorders
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February 2, 2012
For many people can trace their heartburn to some of the foods they eat. If you are one of those people, you can share your experiences with what foods are you triggers, and how you have changed your diet to help you live heartburn free. (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
About.com Eating Disorders
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February 2, 2012
Some brands of gift candy boxes will suit the gluten-free diet better than others. Find out what's available. (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
About.com Eating Disorders
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February 2, 2012
People eat until full regardless of the dinnerware, researcher says (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry
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February 2, 2012
Background: School wellness policies are a key component to the prevention of adolescent obesity. This national research study sought to understand the wellness environment in school districts across the country and to identify challenges districts face and needs they have in order to effectively implement, monitor, and evaluate school wellness policies. The study determined (1) perceptions, barriers, and opportunities regarding the development, implementation, and monitoring/evaluation of school wellness policies among school board members, state school boards association leaders, state public health nutrition directors, and school wellness advocates; (2) the readiness and capacity of survey groups to address nutrition and physical activity policies; (3) the extent to which survey groups collaborate; and (4) the acceptability of wellness tools. Methods: In 2006, over 2900 individuals participated in online surveys, focus groups, and key informant interviews. School board members represented 1296 school districts across the nation. Results: School board members expressed the highest level of confidence among all survey groups that their district has the capacity to develop, implement, and monitor/evaluate the wellness policy. The disparities among groups are most notable with regard to perceptions of district capacity to monitor/evaluate the policy. School board members are interested in school wellness policy tools and trainings. Conclusions: There is an opportunity for state school boards associations, state public health nutrition directors, and school wellness advocates to build their own capacity to provide training and resources to districts on wellness issues, particularly physical education/activity, school-based wellness initiatives, and strategies for implementing and monitoring/evaluating wellness policies. (Contains 5 figures.)
2010-11-00
During the last 3 decades, the prevalence of obesity has tripled among persons aged 6-19 years. Multiple chronic disease risk factors, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, and high blood glucose levels are related to obesity. Schools have a responsibility to help prevent obesity and promote physical activity and healthy eating through policies, practices, and supportive environments. This report describes school health guidelines for promoting healthy eating and physical activity, including coordination of school policies and practices; supportive environments; school nutrition services; physical education and physical activity programs; health education; health, mental health, and social services; family and community involvement; school employee wellness; and professional development for school staff members. These guidelines, developed in collaboration with specialists from universities and from national, federal, state, local, and voluntary agencies and organizations, are based on an in-depth review of research, theory, and best practices in healthy eating and physical activity promotion in school health, public health, and education. Because every guideline might not be appropriate or feasible for every school to implement, individual schools should determine which guidelines have the highest priority based on the needs of the school and available resources. Appended are: (1) Summary of "School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity"; and (2) "Healthy People 2020" Objectives for Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Among Children and Adolescents. (Contains 9 boxes.) [For "School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity: Executive Summary," see ED524257.]
2011-09-16
Although higher rates of substance use among young adults aged 16 to 24 are well-established (OAS, 2010), existing workplace substance use prevention and early intervention programs primarily target older workers. These data suggest that workplaces need substance abuse prevention and early intervention programs that are proven to be efficacious with young working adults. To address this critical need in American workplaces, in 2004 the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced its Young Adults in the Workplace initiative (originally entitled Youth in the Workplace [YIW]) (SAMHSA, 2004). The YIW initiative was designed as a two-phase collaborative effort among SAMHSA investigators, multiple grantees, and a coordinating center. It was conceived as a mechanism to test the efficacy of workplace substance use prevention or early intervention programs for young working adults aged 16 to 24. In Phase I, SAMHSA required grantees to develop workplace programs by starting with interventions shown to be efficacious either for adults in workplace settings or for young adults in non-workplace settings and to modify these programs specifically for use with young adult workers. In Phase II, SAMHSA funded a subset of the Phase I grantees to implement the workplace programs and to participate in a cross-site evaluation of the YIW initiative conducted by the Coordinating Center. Based on a peer-review process, SAMHSA funded 13 Phase I grantees and 6 Phase II grantee teams (including workplace partners). This publication briefly describes the background and rationale for the YIW initiative, presents the interventions implemented by the six YIW grantees, and provides an overview of the methods and design of the cross-site evaluation. Chapters in this book include: (1) The Young Adults in the Workplace Initiative: An Introduction (Deborah M. Galvin, William Schlenger, and Johannes Norling); (2) Healthy WorkLife for Young Adults: Implementing Health Promotion and Substance Abuse Prevention in a Health Care Setting (Rebekah K. Hersch, Royer F. Cook, Daniel Hughes, Samantha L. Leaf, and Douglas W. Billings); (3) Substance Abuse Prevention for the Young Workforce in the Railroad Industry: An Adaptation of the PREVENT Program (Rebecca Spicer, Ted Miller, and Eduard Zaloshnja); (4) Team Resilience: Health Promotion for Young Restaurant Workers (Joel B. Bennett and Charles C. Aden); (5) Substance Abuse Prevention in the Electrical Industry: The NECA-IBEW Team Awareness and Team Vigilance Programs (Eric Einspruch, Chris O'Neill, Kelly Jarvis, Kelly Vander Ley, and Pamela Raya-Carlton); (6) Adapted Team Awareness for Youth and Conservation Corps (Jean Denious, Chandra Ring, Nick Reese, Jennifer Hooks, Caitlin Kozicki, Cori Stott, and Brie Reimann); (7) LifeSkills Training Wellness Program: An Application for Young Adults in Supermarkets (Christopher Williams, Jessica Samuolis, Kenneth W. Griffin, and Gilbert J. Botvin); and (8) The Young Adults in the Workplace Initiative: Cross-Site Evaluation Methods (Georgia T. Karuntzos, Jeremy Bray, Laurie Cluff, and Deborah M. Galvin). Chapters contain figures, tables and references.
2011-03-00
This article is the third of a 4-part series on "Health Promotion and Wellness" from the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD). It focuses on health disparities and people with disabilities. Health disparities are differences in health outcomes between groups that reflect social inequalities. Disability rates vary by ethnicity, age, sex and income, ranging from 10.4% among Asians to 22.6% among non-Hispanic black to 31.3% among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Health disparities are greater for people who both have disabilities and are people of color. U.S. National Health Interview Survey data show that people with both mobility limitations and minority status experience greater health disparities than adults with minority status or mobility limitations alone in most outcomes measured. Among the measures with the greatest disparities were worsening health, depressive symptoms, diabetes, stroke, visual impairment, difficulty with activities of daily living, obesity, physical activity and low workforce participation. There are significant data gaps in the critical disparity domains defined in the Healthy People series of national planning objectives: (1) disability status; and (2) sexual orientation and identity. Only eight of the 22 disparity topics analyzed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) include disability, and few effective interventions to overcome disparity based on disability exist. [For part 2, see EJ948318.]
2011-07-00
Background: Businesses have been exposed to many positive accounts of the benefits of employee wellness to improve employee performance as well as reduce health and injury claims costs for the employer. However, many do not have the tools or experience to effectively demonstrate the benefits of a workplace wellness program for their own management and other stakeholders. Purpose: This paper presents a) basic components for evaluating a workplace wellness program, b) observations gleaned from evaluating a wellness project, and c) a design for a simple evaluation system that provides information about the efficacy of the wellness program and establishes a foundation for more formal wellness program evaluation. Setting: Maine. Intervention: Evaluating a wellness program and creating a system of measures for a sustainable evaluation system. Research Design: Steps in wellness program evaluation are delineated (common definitions, evaluation design, i.e., logic model, data collection tools, data collection, comparison analyses, and ROI) and carried out. Particulars for a sustainable wellness program evaluation are rendered. Data Collection and Analysis: We describe how to apply the process and measurements depicted in the logic model. We illustrate a method for calculating return on investment (determine the ratio of known wellness program costs to decreases in injury claims costs and sick leave costs). We recommend components for a sustainable evaluation system based on our experience in actualizing the logic model. Findings: Applying the analyses we found positive benefits of employee wellness in our Maine DOT case. Workers' compensation hours claims dropped from 875 hours in 2006, to 236 hours in 2007. Strains contributed roughly 17% of the overall injury costs reported for all three years, and almost one third of the costs for 2005. We computed a four-year ROI of $2.90. To help establish regular and routine wellness program evaluation we describe and recommend additional data sources and measurement points. (Contains 2 figures and 2 tables.)
2011-07-00
Universities are taking a more active approach in understanding and monitoring employees' modifiable health risk factors and chronic care conditions by developing strategies to encourage employees to start and sustain healthy behaviors. WellBama, the University of Alabama's signature health and wellness program, utilizes a collaborative model in partnership with select colleges and departments to implement strategies to improve employees' health status. The program provides onsite health screenings and assessments, timely health advising sessions, assistance in setting and monitoring individual health goals to promote improved health, and preventive examination referrals.
2011-00-00
It is well known that chronic diseases are the most common, costly, and preventable of all health issues in the United States. Chronic diseases continue to be a major health concern. Of the top 10 leading causes of mortality, 7 are identified as chronic. More recently, the prevalence of these chronic conditions has increased among the adolescent population. School districts can influence disease prevention and health promotion practices by adopting and enforcing policies that have a positive impact on the health of adolescents. A coordinated approach that addresses disease prevention and health promotion within the school environment, as well as the classroom, would result in the most effective outcomes. An example for the school environment is a wellness policy that promotes healthier options in vending machines and a la carte lines. An example for the classroom setting is health educators who assist adolescents in understanding the seriousness of chronic diseases and teach them skills so they can be empowered to make positive behavior changes. The purpose of this performance task is to help adolescents (1) analyze influences (i.e., school/state/national policies) on their behaviors; and (2) identify ways they can take more responsibility for their own health. (Contains 1 table.)
2011-05-00
Schools play a critical role in improving the dietary and physical activity behaviors of students. Schools can create an environment supportive of students' efforts to eat healthily and be active by implementing policies and practices that support healthy eating and regular physical activity and by providing opportunities for students to learn about and practice these behaviors. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) synthesized research and best practices related to promoting healthy eating and physical activity in schools, culminating in nine guidelines. These guidelines were informed by the "Dietary Guidelines for Americans", the "Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans," and the "Healthy People 2020" objectives related to healthy eating and physical activity among children and adolescents, including associated school objectives. The guidelines serve as the foundation for developing, implementing, and evaluating school-based healthy eating and physical activity policies and practices for students. Each of the nine guidelines is accompanied by a set of implementation strategies developed to help schools work toward achieving each guideline. Although the ultimate goal is to implement all nine guidelines included in this document, not every strategy will be appropriate for every school, and some schools, due to resource limitations, might need to implement the guidelines incrementally. [For the full report, "School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Recommendations and Reports. Volume 60, Number 5," see ED524258.]
2011-09-00
High school dropout continues to be an issue of national concern, and the inability of educators and researchers to find means of effectively reducing the dropout rate may be grounded in their approach to understanding this issue. Because there is limited prior research in addressing wellness, perceived stress, and mattering in relationship to at-risk status for dropping out of high school, this study concentrates on the gap in the educational and counseling literature documenting the extent to which these variables can contribute to the prediction of students who are at risk of dropping out of high school. Specifically, wellness, perceived stress, mattering, and at-risk status for dropping out of high school were assessed across 175 students attending a medium-sized high school located in the southeastern part of the United States. Parental informed consent documents and adult student consent documents were obtained primary to gathering data. Packets were administered to each participating student containing a minor assent document to be completed by minor students and removed by adult students, a demographic questionnaire, the Five Factor Wellness Inventory-Teenage Version, the Student At-Risk Identification Scale-Student Questionnaire, the General Mattering Scale, and the Perceived Stress Scale. There were 2 hypotheses considered in this study. First, a significant relationship was posited between the 5 second-order variables of wellness, perceived stress, mattering, and at-risk status for dropping out of high school. This hypothesis was supported with all variables correlating significantly. Second, an overall regression model with 7 predictors (the 5 second-order factors of wellness: creative self, coping self, social self, essential self, and physical self; perceived stress; and mattering) was expected to significantly predict at-risk status for dropping out of high school. Regression analysis revealed that the complete model including all seven predictor variables significantly predicted at-risk status for dropping out of high school, F (7, 167) = 12.89, p less than 0.05. This model accounts for 35.1% of the variance in at-risk status for dropping out of high school. Thus, this hypothesis also was supported. These findings indicate that counselors should utilize skills and interventions that help students stay engaged in the academic process. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
2010-00-00
This exploratory, qualitative study examined the professional identity of 238 practicing counselors and how they perceived counseling as distinct from psychology and social work. Participants' professional identities seemed to be grounded in a developmental, prevention, and wellness orientation toward helping. Participants also seemed to embrace a unified professional identity. Psychology was perceived as emphasizing testing and social work as focusing on systemic issues. Findings and implications for the counseling profession and interprofessional collaboration are discussed.
2011-00-00
During packaging and labeling, tablets from one product type may have carried over into packaging of another product.
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Use of an inhaled product with glass particles has the potential to cause choking which could be life-threatening.
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Oral contraceptive daily regimen may be incorrect and could leave women without adequate contraception, and at risk for unintended pregnancy.
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Consequences of using the incorrectly labeled product may result in high potassium blood levels (hyperkalemia) or high sodium levels in the blood (hypernatremia).
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Potential adverse events after intravenous administration of solutions containing particulates may include emboli and result in disruption of blood flow, causing tissue/organ damage.
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The risks and benefits of continuing treatment with Tysabri should be carefully considered in patients who are found to be anti-JCV antibody positive and have one or more of the other known risk factors for PML.
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Systemic absorption of topically administered Minoxidil could cause low blood pressure, heart palpitations and associated cardiac symptoms.
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Possibility of an adverse reaction or unknown drug-drug interaction.
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New Boxed Warning and Contraindication highlighting these risks added to product labeling.
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UPDATED 01/12/2012. FDA is updating healthcare professionals and the public about preliminary findings from ongoing investigations following the voluntary recall of CardioGen-82.
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Today is World Cancer Day and this year's theme is "Together it is possible." (Source: CTV Health)
CTV Health
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February 4, 2012
A new study recently published in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management (JIPM) shows that from 2003 to 2008, the use of insecticide active ingredients was reduced by about 90% in University of Florida housing buildings after an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program was implemented. IPM is a systematic approach to managing pests based on long-term prevention or suppression by a variety of methods that are cost effective and minimize risks to human health and the environment... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Health News from Medical News Today
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February 4, 2012
A new study shows that the combination of clopidogrel and aspirin increases risk of hemorrhage and mortality, including nonvascular mortality, vs aspirin alone. (Source: theHeart.org)
theHeart.org
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February 3, 2012
A federal rule requiring large graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging and advertising may violate the free speech rights of tobacco companies, a U.S. district court judge said at a hearing. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Medscape Medical News Headlines
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February 3, 2012
A new study shows that the combination clopidogrel and aspirin increases risk of hemorrhage and mortality including non-vascular mortality vs aspirin alone. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Medscape Today Headlines
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February 3, 2012
World Cancer Day 2012 will focus on preventing cancer and emphasize that up to one third of common cancers can be prevented by lifestyle changes. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Medscape Today Headlines
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February 3, 2012
Federal health officials recommended on Thursday that all boys be routinely vaccinated against infection with human papillomavirus, or HPV. (Source: NYT)
NYT
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February 3, 2012
A report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that was published in Child Abuse and Neglect - The International Journal, reveals that the total lifetime estimated financial costs that is associated with just one year of confirmed cases of child maltreatment, including physical and sexual abuse, psychological abuse and neglect, is about 124 billion U.S. dollars. The researchers examined confirmed incidents of child maltreatment over the period of one year and found 1,740 fatal and 579,000 non-fatal cases... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Health News from Medical News Today
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February 3, 2012
Dr. David Agus, author of New York Times best-seller "The End of Illness" says prevention is key to avoiding disease (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Health News: CBSNews.com
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February 3, 2012
Doctor and author David Agus feels too many people die from cancer when there are ways to prevent it from hitting. He talks to Gayle King and Charlie Rose about prevention methods. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Health News: CBSNews.com
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February 3, 2012
School funding cuts and a focus on academics over physical fitness has emptied playgrounds and stalled physical education programs across the country, causing the childhood obesity rate to skyrocket. That prompted Phillip Newman, wellness director at the Bob Sierra YMCA Youth & Family Center, to brainstorm a solution. His idea came to fruition last August, when Newman started the Fit Start program at the YMCA. The program allows kids and teenagers to participate in physical activity through activities such as obstacle courses, spinning, zumba classes and boot-camp style training. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)
RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity
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February 4, 2012
Helps mental health agencies integrate health and wellness measures into their service settings. -- Maine Department of Health and Human Services (Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center)
Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center
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February 3, 2012
Describes ACA initiatives that will be implemented between now and the year 2016 and affect small businesses in terms of insurance exchanges, penalties for not providing affordable coverage, tax credits, and grants for wellness programs. -- Kaiser Family Foundation (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center
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February 2, 2012
Overeaters Anonymous meeting âMeditation and Writingâ session. Thursdays 7 a.m., St. Benedict Monastery, 9535 Linton Hall Rd., Bristow. 703-361-0106, 703-754-9237 or www.oanova.org. Free.
Grief support group Thursdays 7 p.m., Occoquan Bible Church, 3700 Old Bridge Rd., Woodbridge. 703-878-4673. Free.
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February 2, 2012
This week results from a study conducted in 2008 found their way into a medical journal: Virtual coaches work. According to the study, conducted by researchers at the Center for Connected Health, Northeastern University, and Massachusetts General Hospital overweight people wearing wireless pedometers upped their average activity levels by a significant amount if they checked [...] (Source: mobihealthnews)
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February 2, 2012
It’s come up again.
“I am studying the wireless healthcare market and wanted to understand if there is any difference between wireless healthcare and mobile healthcare (m-health) market,” reads the question on the popular LinkedIn Wireless Health group’s message board.
Some of the responses are expected, others are, shall we say, interesting:
“Generally, m-health uses mobile cellular technology, [...] (Source: mobihealthnews)
mobihealthnews
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February 2, 2012
Long-term-care ombudsman Call to receive help in resolving complaints made by or for residents of long-term-care facilities. 703-324-5861.
Speech-and-hearing screenings For age 3 and older. Thursday, Blue Ridge Speech and Hearing Center, 19465 Deerfield Ave., Suite 201, Lansdowne. 703-858-7620. Free; appointments required.
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February 1, 2012
Overweight people who make use of web-based virtual coaches show more commitment to improving their health than those who don’t, according to a new study by the Center for Connected Health and Massachusetts General Hospital.
The study gives added weight to the ability of mobile health tools to change unhealthy behaviors in the home, a key factor in their acceptance by physicians and health plans as a means of promoting wellness and helping people with chronic conditions.
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Healthcare IT News
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February 1, 2012
Do you think recovery equates to abstinence? According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, recovery is "A process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential." A bit different from the 12 steps version of recovery, wouldn't you say?read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Psychology Today Addiction Center
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February 1, 2012
“It’s especially not my style to have you come in to my clinic and feel like you’re in a prison, or that there’s security between you and my staff. “Instead I want a big open space.” I was taking everyone on a tour of the wellness clinic inside my new Sears Center building. I had [...] (Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies)
Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies
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January 31, 2012