Category: Wellness (Page 40 of 116)

10 Simple Rules For Eating Well

March 8, 2012 / Staff

There are a few simple rules which will help you to eat safely.

Quite simply put; avoid food in packages and if packaged allow for only 5 ingredients.

And READ labels.

This is probably the best advice anyone can give.

Avoid ingredients with added sugars, oils, and anything you can not pronounce.

When you make these simple choices you will not only improve your health, and your family’s health, but you will create a “wellness spring” that will shift the demand in the marketplace. You will not only take back your health, but also help America take back its health. You vote three times a day with your fork and it impacts our health, how we grow food, energy consumption, climate change and environmental degradation. You have more power than you think. Use it!

Nutrition, Quality Control, Wellness

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And The Fattest Cities Are…

March 7, 2012 / Staff

The fattest and fittest cities in the U.S. have been listed and ranked.

Follow the link to see how your city compares.
The results come from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index and are based on interviews with more than 350,000 American adults between Jan. 2 and Dec. 29, 2011. Participants reported their height and weight, which was used to calculate body mass index, or BMI, a measure of a person’s fatness. BMI scores of 30 or greater are considered obese. (For example, a 5-foot-4-inch woman who weighs 174 pounds or more, or a 5-foot-10-inch man who weighs 209 pounds or more would have a BMI of 30.)

Quality Control, Research, Wellness

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Toddlers Sedated For Surgical Dentistry On The Rise

March 6, 2012 / Staff

A mouthful of cavities is making it necessary for dentists to anesthetize very young children for dental procedures such as filling cavities, root canals and extractions.

Geting children to sit through an x-ray can be difficult not to mention the restraint necessary to get through a potentially painful dental procedure making sedation the most practical way to handle the situation.

Fruit juices, bottled water lacking fluoride and poor dental hygiene have contributed to children’s toot decay across socio-economic lines.

Children from all walks of life are experiencing a rise in tooth decay affecting children as young as 18 months old.

Early symptoms can be hard to distinguish from normal teething so parents often miss the symptoms.

Using general anesthesia on healthy children has risks, including vomiting and nausea, and, in very rare cases, brain damage or death. Using anti-anxiety drugs to relax a child coupled with local anesthesia for pain has risks, too, including an overdose that could suppress breathing.

Given the risks of general anesthetic it would be well advised to make the changes necessary to improve dental health.

Stop endless snacking on sweets

Skip juices in favor of fluoridated water

Brush teeth daily regardless of the inconvenience and resistance

And start dental check-ups by your child’s first birthday.

Doctors, Quality Control, Research, Wellness

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Things You Are Doing That Annoy Your Doctor

March 6, 2012 / Staff

There are things that drive doctor crazy.

Specifically, 5 things.

In their best efforts to care for patients physicians have to deal with misinformation and lack of education when dealing with patients.

Sometimes a little information is a dangerous thing when it is taken out of context.

A patient’s lack of medical knowledge can turn even the most conscientious consumer into a believer of half truths and unsubstantiated outcomes.

Poor communication is also a huge concern.

Tell your doctor everything when asked. What you don’t know could hurt you.

Doctors, Wellness

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The Financial Toll Of Caring For Those With Alzheimer’s

March 5, 2012 / Staff

Although no one wants to look at caring for an ill loved one as a burden, however, there is no denying the overwhelming financial cost involved.

Unpaid caregivers are a huge part of the economy which is growing every year with the increase in Alzheimer’s and dementia cases as baby boomers age.

There is an urgent need to address this national emergency.

Caring for a family member with the personality-draining disease can take a hefty financial and emotional toll. Nearly 15 million people fall into the role of unpaid caregiver for those sick with dementia, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Add it all up, and it comes to about 17 billion hours of unpaid care valued at $202 billion in 2010 alone.
So to help with the staggering cost of care, the Obama Administration has included $26 million in the proposed 2013 budget. That money will go to education, outreach and support for families affected by the disease.

Health Care Policy, Medicare, Quality Control, Resources, Wellness

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