Category: Resources (Page 18 of 32)

      Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Found in India

      January 14, 2012 /

      TB that resists antibiotic treatment is causing problems in India.

      Over crowded living conditions, poor hygiene, ill-informed medical staff are and over use of antibiotics are fueling the already rampant problem.

      The risk of drug resistant disease becoming pandemic is one of the Greatest concerns of the World Health Organization.

      The problem of evolving TB drug resistance has been brewing for years. In the early 1990s, multidrug-resistant TB began spreading in New York City, abetted by homelessness, prison outbreaks and HIV. Aggressive identification and treatment of these cases, including the direct observation of patients taking their pills, snuffed out that epidemic.

      In 2005, extensively drug-resistant TB — strains untreatable with the three first-line drugs and several second-choice medications — cropped up in the South African province of Kwazulu-Natal, again abetted by HIV, which devastates immune defenses.

      Quality Control, Resources, Wellness

      And the Healthiest Cities Are…..

      January 13, 2012 /

      This could get complicated if you’re coupled; it seems that there are cities which are healthy for women and cities which are healthy for men.

      Women tend to be healthiest in the South and men in the North and the unhealthiest cities are the same for both and included Memphis, Tennessee; Birmingham, Alabama; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Detroit, Michigan; St. Louis, Missouri; Jackson, Mississippi; Cleveland, Ohio; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Toledo, Ohio; and Kansas City, Missouri.

      Raleigh in North Carolina has been rated the healthiest U.S. city for women, while Burlington, Vermont has earned the same accolade for men, according Men’s and Women’s Health magazines.
      Both cities scored top marks in the magazine polls that ranked 100 of the largest U.S. cities in 30 categories ranging from obesity and the amount of time they spent working out to how often they saw their doctor.

      Read the whole article here and get the complete list of the healthiest and unhealthiest cities for men and women at www.menshealth.com and www.womenshealthmag.com.

      Quality Control, Research, Resources, Wellness

      The Price Society Pays for Diabetes

      January 11, 2012 /

      The overall cost of diabetes on society is greater than the dollars and cents spent to treat and care for patients.

      A new study from researchers at Yale suggests that the disease, which currently affects nearly 8 percent of the U.S. population, could have significant nonmedical costs to society as well.

      The study, which appears in the January issue of the policy journal Health Affairs, suggests that young people diagnosed with the disease are more likely to drop out of high school and to forgo or fail to finish college. As a result, they’re likely to earn less than those without diabetes.

      Nutrition, Quality Control, Research, Resources, Wellness

      Dioxin Guidelines Under Review

      January 8, 2012 /

      Farmers and the food industry are asking the Obama administration to ease coming federal guidance that will advise consumers to minimize their intake of dioxins, chemicals that may be harmful at certain levels.

      The standards would, for the first time, set a limit on how much dioxin Americans can be exposed to and still be safe. The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to release the guidelines in January.

      Dioxins are a byproduct of paper, metal and cement production, but the primary source of exposure for people is food. Meat and dairy products in particular absorb the chemicals, which are ubiquitous.

      Quality Control, Research, Resources

      Understanding How and Why Placebos Work

      January 7, 2012 /

      Scientists and researchers aren’t quite sure why but placebos work.

      A particular mind-set or belief about one’s body or health may lead to improvements in disease symptoms as well as changes in appetite, brain chemicals and even vision, several recent studies have found, highlighting how fundamentally the mind and body are connected.

      It doesn’t seem to matter whether people know they are getting a placebo and not a “real” treatment. One study demonstrated a strong placebo effect in subjects who were told they were getting a sugar pill with no active ingredient.

      Everything from from infertility and weight loss, Parkinson’s disease and depression have responded to placebo treatments.

      This could change a lot bout how we treat illness and disease.

      Research, Resources, Wellness

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