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      Hospitals and Alternative Health Care Options

      November 29, 2011 /

      Hospitals are beginning to offer alternative health care.

      You may not be able to choose untested herbal treatments but alternative therapies with a history of positive results are beginning to show up in hospital services.

      What hospitals choose to offer runs the gamut, from well-known therapies such as acupuncture to less familiar treatments like reiki, in which practitioners channel a patient’s energy by placing their hands on or just above specific locations on the body.

      Patient demand is the top reason hospitals offer complementary and alternative therapies, cited by 85 percent. Clinical effectiveness? That comes in second, at 70 percent.

      Hospitals, Research, Resources, Wellness

      Autism May Start in the Womb

      November 29, 2011 /

      Autism may begin in the womb.

      This theory may offer some relief to parents who believe vaccines are the cause of autism.

      The new science suggests that an overgrowth of brain cells in early embryonic development is responsible for the symptoms of autism.

      “In autism something is going terribly wrong with mechanisms that control the number of neurons beginning in prenatal life and may extend to perinatal and early post-natal life,” says lead author Eric Courchesne, Ph.D. When there are too many brain cells, the brain can’t wire itself up correctly. If there’s too much wiring in the prefrontal cortex, it could help explain why children with autism have poor social skills, difficulty communicating and why some may never learn to speak at all.

      Research, Resources

      America’s Growing Waistline and Health Care Woes

      November 21, 2011 /

      Americans are getting fatter.

      At the rate we’re going 83 percent of American men will be overweight or obese by 2020 followed by women at 72 percent projected to be overweight or obese by then, as well.

      The implications go far beyond tight pants and groaning sofas. Obesity is a big risk factor for cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

      Imagining an America of overweight, unhealthy people gives public health officials the willies. And it should be frightening to us civilians, too.

      Health Care Policy, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, Nutrition, Quality Control, Research, Resources, Wellness

      A Link Between Stroke and Mental Impairment Probable

      November 21, 2011 /

      Risk factors for stroke are strong predictors of future mental impairment.

      Maintaining cognitive health is important for everyone as they age but for those who are already at risk for stroke the need is more urgent.

      The volunteers were followed for an average of more than four years. After eliminating from consideration any who had had a stroke, the researchers found 1,907 who were cognitively impaired. After controlling for age, sex, race and education, researchers found that high blood pressure and left ventricular hypertrophy independently predicted cognitive impairment, and the more risk factors a person had, the greater the risk for mental problems.

      Quality Control, Research, Uncategorized, Wellness

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