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American Medical Association - Physicians, Medical Students & Patients (AMA)

American Medical Association - Physicians, Medical Students & Patients (AMA)

MEDgle - On-Demand Clinical Case Analysis for Patients and Health Professionals - search your symptoms, diagnoses, drugs, procedures Heal Your Heart; Heal Your Life We are all familiar with saying such as “Slow down or you’ll have a heart attack,” or “He died of a broken heart.” Well, it turns out there is some truth in these metaphors. Scientists are now finding out that chronic stress can literally break your heart, while compassion and mindful breathing may help to heal it. Stephen Porges, a psychophysiologist and Professor at the University of Illonois at Chicago has proposed a Polyvagal Theory that ties our unconscious perceptions of threat and safety to heart rate rhythm and the ability to regulate physiological arousal. According to Porges, our response systems to threat exist in a layered hierarchy that is functional for survival. The middle layer is a more sophisticated vagal system, unique to mammals. At the highest level of the nervous system, when our brains detect that the environment is safe, the vagus will shut down the fight or flight response and instead, activate a more recently developed system, unique to humans. {*style:<b>

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DocInfo Welcome to DocInfo The Premier Physician Profile and Disciplinary History Report Service A Service Provided by the Federation of State Medical Boards. The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has collected data on physicians for more than 40 years. Available to the public is the FSMB Physician Profile from our comprehensive, nationally-consolidated data bank of U.S. licensed physicians. The FSMB Physician Profile provides professional information on medical doctors, osteopathic physicians and the majority of physician assistants licensed in the United States. We not only search the state where the physician is currently practicing, we also search all known practice locations throughout the United States. Have you ever wondered? The FSMB DocInfo Profile will answer these questions. To obtain a copy of your physician's FSMB Physician Profile, please select one of the Order Options at the left.

Health News Distribution | Health News Licensing | Health Content Syndication Feds Bolster High Risk Insurance Funds In Two States Short Takes On News & Events By Phil Galewitz December 22nd, 2011, 4:51 PM The federal government this month increased funding to New Hampshire and California to make sure their new high-risk pools that provide coverage to uninsured people with pre-existing condition don’t run out of money before 2014. Because nationwide enrollment has been far less than expected, overall federal funding for the program established under the health overhaul appears plentiful– $5 billion was set aside and less than $500 million has been spent in the first 16 months. But funding allotments for a few states are beginning to run low, largely because the health costs have been higher than expected. Officials in both California and New Hampshire feared they might start running out of funds by early next year. New Hampshire, which was allotted $20 million, was given another $30 million.

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