St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital - Your Heath Topics Introduction The purpose of this tool is to help you decide whether diabetes medication is right for you. When making a decision like this, you must balance: The reasons for taking the medication The potential health risks, side effects, or limitations of the medication Whether there are alternative treatments that may be more appropriate Cost This tool is not a substitute for professional medical care and advice. Your doctor may make certain recommendations to you. What is the medication? Type 2 diabetes makes up more than 90% of all cases of diabetes and usually occurs in adulthood. Losing weight, eating a healthy diet, and exercising may help you control your diabetes. Insulin is not available in oral form. Click the icon to see an illustration detailing an insulin pump. Medications that increase insulin production by the pancreas. Key points How much time this decision tool will take 5 - 10 minutes What this tool will provide References: American Diabetes Association.
International: Obesity Costs U S About 147 Billion Annually Study Finds Eric Finkelstein RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.—Annual medical expenditures attributable to obesity have doubled in less than a decade, and may be as high as $147 billion per year, according to a new study by researchers at RTI International, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. The study, published on the Health Affairs' Web site, reports that, between 1998 and 2006, the prevalence of obesity (body mass index greater than 30) increased by 37 percent. This increase is responsible for 89 percent of the increase in obesity costs that occurred during this time period. The results also showed that an obese person has $1,429 per year more medical costs, or about 42 percent more costs, than someone of normal weight. Much of the costs to Medicare are a result of the added prescription drug benefit.
St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital - Your Heath Topics Alternative Names Resources - diabetes Information The following sites provide further information on diabetes: American Diabetes Association | www.diabetes.orgJuvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International | www.jdrf.orgNational Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion | www.cdc.gov/diabetes/National Diabetes Education Program | Diabetes Information Clearinghouse | www.diabetes.niddk.nih.govNational Library of Medicine MedlinePlus | www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabetes.html See the following for information on diabetes-related complications: Diabetic retinopathy resourcesDiabetic neuropathy (nerve pain) resources American Chronic Pain Association | www.theacpa.orgNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/diabetic/diabetic.htmKidney disease resources Review Date: 5/8/2013 Reviewed By: Jennifer K.
Obesogens and obesity—An alternative view? - Sharpe - 2013 - Obesity Abstract It is accepted that diet is a major contributor to the obesity epidemic, but environmental ‘obesogenic’ chemicals have also been suggested recently as playing a role, based on in vitro, animal and epidemiological studies. Using two such ‘obesogen’ examples (bisphenol A, certain phthalate esters), we argue that their association with obesity and obesity-related disorders in humans could be circumstantial, and thus non-causal, because a Western style diet increases exposure to these compounds. This possibility needs to be addressed before further (confounded) epidemiological studies on ‘obesogens’ are undertaken. The prevalence of obesity more than doubled between 1980 and 2008 worldwide, so that by 2008, 10% of men and 14% of women in the world were obese (body mass index, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) and at least 2.8 million people die each year as a result of being overweight or obese [1]. Adiposity is highly heritable, with an estimated genetic contribution to BMI of 20-84%.
Home - Pencil Project Obesity Is a Disease Requiring Treatment | Health Nutrition Medicine Dr. Mitchell Roslin is chief of obesity surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, holds several patents for the treatment of obesity and designed a method for treating relapse after gastric bypass. Roslin has expertise in laparoscopic obesity surgery, duodenal switch surgery and revisional bariatric surgery. He contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Although we are only in the second decade of the 21st century, from a health standpoint, this period has already been labeled as the century of chronic disease. While that might sound less threatening, it is, in fact, not. From an economic standpoint, the obesity and diabetes epidemic , or diabesity, will make health-care reform and cost-containment nearly impossible to achieve. That is why the American Medical Association's (AMA) decision to label obesity a disease is so essential. Many reading this piece will feel that obesity is a matter of personal choice and self-control.
Wireframes What Makes Web 2.0 and Social Computing So Difficult? There are Ten Barriers to Web 2.0: Fear of hostile or embarassing postings that can damage your image. Concern that staff may act inappropriately or disclose proprietary information. Web 2.0 is defined by agility, transparency, empowerment, user-centricity and creativity... not words typically used to describe most organizations. Charles B. is founder and CEO of Cognetics Corporation, a company that, since 1982, has created award-winning interactive designs that connect people and teams with computers. Dr. He developed a pre-web browser, is author of LUCID – the a widely used interaction design framework, and most recently In the Know! Dr. Download Charlie's Detailed Vita Vista users -- if you are using an older version of Adobe Reader, you may have a problem with the PDF. Download The First 10 Seconds as a PDF
Op-Ed: Who’s to Blame for Childhood Obesity? Uh, That Would Be You. We are a nation of advocates. Of changemakers. Of visionaries. We have achieved incredible medical advancements, such as developing childhood vaccines for adult cancers. When we decide as a nation that something should happen, it does. And yet, despite decades of mounting evidence, we have not been able to address the single-most important health threat facing our children today: childhood obesity. A Surprising Dip in Childhood Obesity Rates We all know that childhood obesity is rampant in America. Why then, does it continue? The real culprit of childhood obesity is you. Wow--The Effects of Childhood Obesity on Adolescent Health Are Much Worse Than We Thought So what? While this temporarily flew across the blogosphere, the surge of emotion was almost entirely limited to vitriolic blog comments related to Congress. Some Programs to Get Kids Moving Might Be a Waste of Time Why? Second, as a society we have become afraid of discussing weight—it is almost taboo. Who's to Blame for Obesity?
The Importance Of Wireframes In Web Design And 9 Tools To Create Wireframes Designing wireframes and prototypes play an important role in every web development project. Whether you’re a creative agency or an individual, wireframing your designs before development is something that can help you save your valuable time and money. “Good design must necessarily, in my opinion, have an impact on people’s lives, no matter how seemingly small. Web Prototyping saves the costs of any marketing communication that may be necessary to undo brand damage resulting from a poorly functioning website and a frustrating user experience. Of course, a designer doesn’t have to reinvent the wheel with each new wireframe diagram. These common elements are the must-have items, which, if absent, can cause visitors to experience frustration and resentment that may linger long after they’ve moved on to other sites. Alienating visitors and creating a negative brand impression will not help the site owners achieve its business goals, nor will it save money. What Is A Wireframe? Why? #2 UXPin
Congress Is Literally Going To Make America Stupid By Starving The Poor The rich get richer, the poor get poorer and at latest count, more than 16 million American children are living in poverty, right this minute. While their lives may be bleak now, new research shows that even if they do manage to pull themselves out of the poverty they were raised in, those kids will struggle to become functional adults. An emerging field of research is finding that inside the minds of poor children, the struggle for emotional and economic stability has lifelong effects, leaving them emotionally stunted and intellectually disadvantaged—permanently. Research published by the National Academy of Sciences found that children who grew up with severe stress in their early lives, like orphans, have "altered brain circuitry" that affects their amygdala function. As The Atlantic puts it, experiencing poverty is like knocking 13 points off your IQ, or perpetually trying to function on a missed night of sleep. America's destitute millions rely on the program to simply survive.
Corn Subsidies Make Me Sick (and Fat) There are few government policies disheartening enough to make me lose sleep at night. But of those few, the subsidization of the corn industry is one big one, and the way in which the government continues to squander billions of dollars on a senseless policy that arguably does more harm than good, is simply outrageous. Here is the situation, in brief: The U.S. Government currently spends around $300 billion every five years on something called the “Farm Bill.” So what’s so horrible about corn subsidies? This policy of subsidizing corn farmers is also potentially bad for our health. Corn subsidies don't just threaten our health though. Wrong. In fact, let’s use the Brazilian model of producing ethanol; the country runs more than half of its vehicles on pure, 100% ethanol fuel, and their way of producing it is over seven times more efficient than the American way. Don’t get me wrong: I like farmers.
Taxpayers Turn U.S. Farmers Into Fat Cats With Subsidies A Depression-era program intended to save American farmers from ruin has grown into a 21st-century crutch enabling affluent growers and financial institutions to thrive at taxpayer expense. Federal crop insurance encourages farmers to gamble on risky plantings in a program that has been marred by fraud and that illustrates why government spending is so difficult to control. And the cost is increasing. The U.S. The arrangement is a good deal for everyone but taxpayers. With a showdown over the nation’s finances -- and a possible government shutdown -- looming this fall, the growing insurance tab is a bipartisan target. Lobbyists Win Yet the president and the Republicans’ chief budget expert are no match for the farm and insurance lobbies, which spent at least $52 million influencing lawmakers in the 2012 election cycle. Crop insurers and the USDA say that the subsidized insurance helps stabilize food prices for consumers while protecting farmers from weather-related losses. Risk Factor