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The University of Oprah
Has anyone in the country--in the world--got an educational platform as large as Oprah's? Her power is enormous. She banks on the understanding that what women know determines how society rolls. A continuation of that concept is that the better educated women are, the better off society is. Unfortunately, education... (read the rest)
Harvard Prof to Lead Effort to Get Doctors to Use Computers
With no small task on his hands, the Obama admininistration has tapped Harvard professor David Blumenthal to be the national coordinator for health IT, says the Boston Globe. Blumenthal will be responsible for watching over the $20 billion dollars in the economic stimulus package allocated for health information technology and... (read the rest)
Hey! Who Wants to Share Google Health Records?
As reported on CNET, Google is now allowing its users of its online health record service, Google Health, to share their health records with each other. Google has said, according to CNET, this sharing function was created in response to the need of friends and family members to have access... (read the rest)
Stop Bailing Out Wall Street and Help Global Health
As reported in the LA Times health blog, Booster Shots, a grim economy is making global health organizations nervous that nations and individual donors are going to back out on their financial promises. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of Columbia University's Earth Institute, has gone a step further: arguing for the US... (read the rest)
High Fructose Corn Syrup Isn't JUST Sugar After All....
Well, it turns out that the anti-high fructose corn syrup crusaders had something to fear all along. Not just rotting teeth or hyperactivity, but evidently mercury in their children's Frosted Flakes and Fruit Gushers, too. As discussed in today's Huffington Post, this news isn't a recent discovery: FDA has known... (read the rest)
Sick--and Tired--of the Same TV, Americans Want WebMD Equivalent on Daytime Television
>According to the New York Times, Americans are turning to daytime television, in addition to the Internet, to get health information they can use--from none other than the former ABC drama star of Bachelor fame, Travis Stark. At least he actually IS a doctor, and doesn't just play one on... (read the rest)
Health Privacy Exists No Matter Who You Are
According to a recent New York Times article, "health privacy isn't an issue when you are a legend." The article, discussing the recent health disclosures, rumormongering, and volatile stock prices at Apple, due to Steve Jobs' health claims that privacy isn't a luxury that Mr. Jobs can have when he... (read the rest)
Google Goggles Prevent "Sleep Mailing"
Sleep researchers have discovered that in addition to other activities known to be part of sleepwalkers' acts emailing is now part of that, says the New York Times. In order to prevent email mishaps attributed to late night mailing, Google has developed so-called "Mail Goggles" to prevent inappropriate mails from... (read the rest)
Mexico's Healthcare System Wins Red Tape Award
And you think your health insurance company is bad? Just be happy you don't live in Mexico. There it takes two physicians, four bureaucrats, and quadruplicate forms to get life-saving medications in that country, and as Cecilia Velazquez, winner of this year's red tape "prize" in Mexico has brought to... (read the rest)
Stick with the Turkey, Stay Away from the Chicken
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have reported that those giant trucks flying down the highway with chickens stacked many crates high are actually a hazard to our health. According to HealthDay News (via the Washington Post), these tractor-trailer trucks full of chicken and, um, the... (read the rest)
Future of Healthcare is Technology
Based on reports from CNet.com, one small part of O'Reilly's Web 2.0 Meeting in San Francisco this week was about the next phase in healthcare--as they call it Health 2.0. The essentials--lots of people, even more data, and big, bad technology. At the center of it all are innovative ideas... (read the rest)
Granny's Got Your Back
When it comes to protecting kids from getting hurt, it turns out that grandmothers know best, according to a recent Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health study. As reported in US News and World Report, injuries are cut in half when granny is at the watch as opposed to... (read the rest)
Earbuds Killed the Radio Star
How many times have you told someone or been told that the tunes blaring in your MP3 player of choice are just too darn loud and that "you're going to hurt your hearing"? Well, it turns out the scolders were right. EU scientists have learned, according to multiple international news... (read the rest)
Lowering the Exercise Bar, Raising the Numbers on the Scale?
Last week, the DHHS changed the guidelines for physical activity from 30 minutes of moderate activity 5 days a week to just a total of 2 1/2 hours total per week. A reported in the Washington Post, in order to fit into American's busy lifestyles, changing the recommendations means that... (read the rest)
The Perils of a Wrinkle-Free Face
Across the border, Canadians are dying for a wrinkle-free face. Literally. Health Canada has reported that 5 people have died and 8 more have had serious reactions from Botox injections. The worst part is that these uses of Botox were off-label uses in all but one case--not the typical face... (read the rest)
Catwalk Docs
In anticipation of the upcoming London Fashion Week, where the world's best designers will put salad bowls and tissue paper on size zero women and say "Here's modern fashion!", the British Fashion Council suggested investigation and care of the health problems of models, says Sky. But evidently, it's just too... (read the rest)
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