Health. In the future, the EOSC plans to expand by adding an outdoor competition swimming pool, a two-court basketball gymnasium with an elevated running track, three soccer fields and additional parking. Oakland District Attorney Nancy O’Malley announced Thursday morning the launch of a billboard campaign aimed at combating human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of minors in the Bay Area. A care facility has backed out of a deal to receive brain dead teen as Attorney Chris Dolan accuses Children's Hospital of getting in the way. The family of Jahi McMath says they have found a Bay Area facility to accept the 13-year-old, but Children's Hospital says transferring her would violate a recent court order. With call centers inundated with questions and lengthy wait times, volunteer groups are bridges between East Bay residents and Covered California.
In a boon for West Oakland residents, cancer-causing diesel pollution from the Port of Oakland's maritime operations has plunged 70 percent. United States Department of Agriculture - Radio News. Health Podcasts from the U.S. Government. Meds. The debate over e-cigarettes has been heating up. Are the smokeless, battery-powered, nicotine-dispensing devices a gateway to smoking for young people or a helpful way for smokers to quit? Public health experts can be found on both sides of the debate. An article in the New York Times cited two leading figures, Dr. Michael Siegler from Boston University and Dr. Stanton A. Glantz from the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. ... Read more... I’ve been involved in several boisterous Twitter debates about vaccines, at least to the extent that one can debate using snippets of 140 characters or less. Read more... The statistics tell us that our children are getting sicker and sicker. Read more... A Canadian study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that about one third of new prescriptions (written by primary care physicians) are never filled. Read more... You know those little packets of paper, folded over eight times, written in type that can’t possibly be seen? News, Videos & Podcasts, 2011 - News & Events - UM SPH.
Naked Nutrition offers ONLINE Organic Diet, Exercise, Weight-Loss and Health and Wellness via Skype. Skin Care Laser Center Burbank Los Angeles | Lisa Benest MD. Nourish Me. So. I have a bit of a thing for Deborah Madison. She cooks the kind of food I want to eat, the kind of food that would make Michael Pollan's heart sing the sweetest tune imaginable. A prolific writer, her books have become subtly simpler over the years and Vegetable Literacy, her latest, is, I reckon, the best yet. I'm in the middle of writing something for The Guardian about simple dressings, things you can make ahead of time when you have a moment or two, that can turn plain things into much worthier meals. Toying with the idea of sharing Madison's kale pesto (below), the decision to share it here, instead, is one I feel far more comfortable with. Puts to good use just a fraction of the kale I planted in the flower garden, and it's something I've made often this winter.
Took a tonne of photos, too. Grab yourself some kale, enough to fill a litre (quart) measuring jug once trimmed and stemmed. Then you get about this many porcini (you know it means little pig, right?) Diet and Nutrition 101 - Diet and Nutrition Center. Raw Model - The Lifestyle for Beauty, Energy, and Mental Clarity. Health and Wellness - Well Blog. Celiac disease 4 times as common today as it was 50 years ago, silent disease may increase mortality 4 times. Celiac disease is the most common genetically based food intolerance (1% prevalence among general population) (JAMA 2014, From Mayo Clinic: Celiac disease, an immune system reaction to gluten in the diet, is at least four times as common today as it was 50 years ago, according to findings of a Mayo Clinic study published this month in the journal Gastroenterology.
Lack of awareness of celiac could be contributing to a delay of up to 11 years in diagnosis of adults in North America ( The study also found that subjects who unknowingly had celiac disease were nearly four times as likely as celiac-free subjects to have died during the 45 years of follow-up. In the video files below, Joseph Murray, M.D., the Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist who led the study, describes the study findings and provides background on the disease, its symptoms and treatment.
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Throughout 2014, the Wall Street Journal is telling the stories of ten people, documenting the impact the law has on their lives. Along the way, we’re asking you to share your story with us. More than 100 people have written in to share their experience with the law known as Obamacare. Below is a small sample of these stories. Want to tell us how you’ve been affected by the health law changes? “The Affordable Care Act allowed me to stay on my dad’s insurance plan for a year after graduation until I found a job with benefits.” – David Stanton “It has allowed me to leave my job of 10 years and start my own company–a dream come true!
“I am a gastroenterologist in a large single specialty group. “I have owned a [medical billing] revenue cycle management company since 1982. I was one of the lucky few who signed up for the ACA before this year.