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Tag Archives: health
Communicating your childs needs at camp
With school winding down and summer nipping at our heels, be diligent in stating your child’s needs at camp. Don’t assume the camp directors/owners will trickle down the information to staff. Speak directly with your child’s counselors, nursing staff, bus … Continue reading ››
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Tagged camp, children, health, parenting
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A stylish but toxic kitchen?
Amidst the recent e-coli deaths in Europe traced to a German sprout farm, researchers discussed its decreasing incidence here in the US, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304665904576383582242952932.html?KEYWORDS=food+illness+and+the+kitchen#articleTabs%3Darticle. While e-coli has been cut in half over the past 15 years, researchers were puzzled that salmonella … Continue reading ››
Posted in health
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Tagged e-coli, food, health, kitchens
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Zinc and its relationship to Autism or effect on a developing fetus
A small article in yesterday’s WSJ, on how the FDA has prodded manufacturers to remove zinc from denture cream caught my attention: WSJ.com – Zinc in Denture Creams Poses Risk http://on.wsj.com/fgxZbs. Studies show that repeated or prolonged exposure to zinc … Continue reading ››
Posted in Autism, Family, health, Parent
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Tagged autism, children, health
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Healthcare with odds worse than Vegas
“I see dead people”, Haley Joel Osment told Bruce Willis in “The Sixth Sense”, but he could have uttered the same in his first year of residency. A friend of mine who is also a cardiologist and surgeon was recently … Continue reading ››
Posted in health, politics
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Tagged health, healthcare
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Health takes a back seat to be politically correct
As reported in the journal Health Services, and cited in the NYTimes article, link below, Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health concluded that our nation’s “inefficiency in the health care system” is the culprit for US’ poor mortality standings, yet … Continue reading ››
Posted in health, politics
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Tagged health, healthcare
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A king’s ransom for your prescriptions-cheaper to buy illegal ones!
We need to really legalize drugs, even the legal ones. That may sound redundant but I have come to realize the prescription drug market is priced on a whim. This past weekend, I dropped off my son’s prescription at my … Continue reading ››
MORE Celiac symptoms and misdiagnosis
I recently had to rent a car and the young man filling out my paperwork started chatting about how he had missed a semester at Buffalo due to recently diagnosed Celiac Disease. Away at college and without parents to monitor … Continue reading ››
The fine line between illness and allergy
I read Jonathan Papernick’s account of solving his mystery illness with disbelief. Here was a man who was already diagnosed with Celiac Disease and living gluten-free. Common sense would indicate such a patient would be susceptible to other ailments of … Continue reading ››
Posted in Family, food, health
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Tagged allergies, food, health
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Who represents the public in electronic health efforts?
Much effort and publicity has been made in the electronic reporting process of health data for medical professionals and facilities. This affords improved access to patient data should lead to improved care. Lesser known, was a study conducted last year … Continue reading ››
Awareness is contagious
With incidence of food allergies on the rise, chances are you have, or care for/about or know someone who must manage them. At ScanAvert we hear daily from someone who is seeking assistance in this daunting task, particularly a fear … Continue reading ››
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Tagged health
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