Physical activity is anything that gets your body moving. Start at a comfortable level. Once you get the hang of it, add a little more activity each time you exercise. Then try exercising more often.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Resources for Physical Exercise
Regular physical activity helps improve your overall health and fitness, and reduces your risk for many chronic diseases.
Physical activity is anything that gets your body moving. Start at a comfortable level. Once you get the hang of it, add a little more activity each time you exercise. Then try exercising more often.
Physical activity is anything that gets your body moving. Start at a comfortable level. Once you get the hang of it, add a little more activity each time you exercise. Then try exercising more often.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Remote Patient Visits/Prescriptions - Playing with Scorpions
Prescribing by Phone Is Like Playing With Scorpions
Can you practice medicine over the phone? What is an appropriate way to use communication technology to help treat patients? Recently on Medscape Connect, an all-physician discussion group, members discussed how they had used the phone and other devices to diagnose, prescribe, or otherwise deal remotely with medical issues.
A primary care physician started things off: "Given my experiences with my own patients, I always insist they come into the office before I prescribe antibiotics if I haven't just seen them. Have you had experiences where you were glad you made your patient come in to your office before treating them based on what they told you over the phone, or a time when you wish you had?"
Electronic Patient–Physician Communications Face Barriers
Telephone calls and emails by patients can be very efficient, but these electronic communications may never be widely used unless physicians are reimbursed for them and are given extra time to do the work, according to a new study published in the August issue of Health Affairs.
Despite the potential advantages associated with e-communications, a 2008 study has found that less than 7% of physicians regularly communicate with their patients electronically.
Monday, March 31, 2014
Mediterranean Diets Beat Low-Fat for CVD Prevention
Loma Linda, CA — A Mediterranean diet supplemented with either extra virgin olive oil or mixed nuts may cut the risk of cardiovascular events by as much as 30% in subjects at high risk of developing heart disease, as compared with people advised to eat a reduced-fat diet [1].
Those are the key findings from the randomized controlledPREDIMED primary-prevention trial presented here at theInternational Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition.
The Mediterranean diet already reigns supreme in secondary prevention of CV events. PREDIMED, which looked at diet effects on hard clinical end points, carves out an important role for this dietary eating pattern in primary prevention.
Are You Considering Complementary Medicine?
Millions of Americans use some form of complementary medicine. Like any decision concerning your health, decisions about whether to use complementary therapies are important. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has developed this fact sheet to assist you in your decisionmaking about complementary practices and products.
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- Key Points
- What Do “Complementary,” “Integrative,” and “Alternative” Mean?
- How can I get reliable information about a complementary therapy?
- Are complementary therapies safe? How can I minimize risks in using these therapies?
- How can I determine whether statements made about the effectiveness of a complementary therapy are true?
- Are complementary therapies tested to see if they work?
- I am interested in a therapy that involves treatment from a complementary medicine practitioner. How do I go about selecting a practitioner?
- Can I receive treatment or a referral to a complementary medicine practitioner from NCCAM?
- Can I participate in a clinical trial of a complementary therapy?
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Universal Flu Vaccination: Are We Paying Attention?
Despite recommendations for universal vaccination of all individuals older than 6 months, influenza vaccine uptake in the United States remains dismal. Although there are clear benefits of large-scale vaccination in terms of both use of healthcare resources and improved work productivity, the issue of whether the influenza vaccine may prevent cardiovascular (CV) events has been controversial.
However, a new meta-analysis finds that the influenza vaccine may reduce the risk for CV events by more than one third among adults, and even more among adults at high risk for CV disease (CVD).[1] These findings could have important implications for public health policy, as well as the way in which physicians counsel individual patients regarding the use of the influenza vaccine.
Google Makes Nutrition Data Comparison a Cinch
Google Makes Nutrition Data Comparison a Cinch (via http://eatdrinkbetter.com)
Is there anything Google can’t or won’t do? I know. That’s a silly question. So, what if you want to know the nutrition data comparison, say, between kale and beef? Just go to Google and type it in: “compare kale beef.” Or “kale vs. beef…
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Free Patient Websites. Nonprofit Organization. | CaringBridge
CaringBridge provides free websites that connect people experiencing a significant health challenge to family and friends, making each health journey easier. CaringBridge is powered by generous donors.
CaringBridge websites offer a personal and private space to communicate and show support, saving time and emotional energy when health matters most. The websites are easy to create and use. Authors add health updates and photos to share their story while visitors leave messages of love, hope and compassion in the guestbook.
When to Argue With the Doctor - AllHealthcare.com
Most of our daily problems, including common annoyances such as arguments with coworkers, are dismissed as not life or death. However, when nurses, healthcare professionals, and doctors are involved, it can be a matter of life or death. Egos need to be left outside the hospital by the professionals entrusted with the health and safety of the patients they care for, which sometimes means you must argue with doctors.The problem is that a hospital isn’t really conducive to arguing. And doctors aren’t like lawyers, who argue for a living. They’re used to having everyone accept their opinion as gospel, and can take it as a personal affront when anyone disagrees with them. Unfortunately, doctors are people and people make mistakes, and with nurse practitioners and RNs taking on more and more duties, nurses and doctors butting heads is becoming increasingly common.
Doctor Visit Preparation and Communication
The Empowered Patient Coalition Choosing a Doctor Fact Sheet
Prepare for Doctor’s Visits from the Partnership for Healthcare Excellence
Be Prepared for Doctor’s Visits from AHRQ
Tips for Talking to your Doctor from AHRQ
Communicating with your Doctor from the Ohio State University Medical Center
Questions to Ask the Doctor for Cancer Patients
How to Communicate Your Loved One's Symptoms from the National Family Caregiver Alliance
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