Posted by noreply@blogger.com (Health Maven) on 10 February, 2013
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'We're not getting sicker by accident.'
"Americans are sicker and die younger than people in other wealthy nations."
'That stark sentence appears in the January 2013 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, and it comes from the authors of a landmark report -- "Shorter Lives, Poorer Health" -- on differences among high-income countries.
You probably already know that America spends more on health care than any other country. That was one of the few facts to survive the political food fight pretending to be a serious national debate about the Affordable Care Act.
But the airwaves also thrummed with so many sound bites from so many jingoistic know-nothings claiming that America has the best health care system in the world that today, most people don't realize how shockingly damaging it is to your wellness and longevity to be born in the U.S.A.'
Posted by noreply@blogger.com (Health Maven) on 10 February, 2013
'The idea of a coconut oil detox seems a little crazy at first. I'm not big on fad cleanses personally. I've never been good at subjecting myself to an insanely restricted diet (aside from my milk diet, but what can I say? I love milk), especially one that required heavy duty fasting. I know now this is probably because my adrenals have been whacked out for a few years, and fasting can generally aggravate adrenal fatigue (can we say mood swings, anyone?).'
Posted by noreply@blogger.com (Health Maven) on 10 February, 2013
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'Mammograms are in the news again, and it doesn’t look good for those who continue to advocate using them to “detect cancer early” in asymptomatic populations. The science increasingly runs directly counter to the screening guidelines produced by both governmental and nongovernmental health organizations claiming to be advocates for women’s health.
Remember that only last November, the New England Journal of Medicine published a shocking analysis of the past 30 years of breast screening in the US, finding that 1.3 million women were overdiagnosed and overtreated for breast cancer – euphemisms for misdiagnosed and mistreated.'
Posted by noreply@blogger.com (Health Maven) on 10 February, 2013
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Hearing loss is reaching epidemic proportions -- and not just among people who play their music too loud.We all expect to go a little bit deaf when we get older. But in this era of ubiquitous Bluetooths and iPods, hearing loss is starting younger than ever before.
According to researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, one in five people between 48 and 59 is already experiencing a deficit. And a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that a record one in five teens is suffering from hearing loss, as well. Here's how to turn down the volume in your environment before it's too late.'
Posted by noreply@blogger.com (Health Maven) on 10 February, 2013
'If there was a food that you had to eat in order to reduce the risk of mental, physical and emotional issues for your children, it is safe to say most family would have it with every meal. Even if that food smelled, cost a decent amount of money and left a sour taste in mommy’s mouth, she’d still keep it around so her keeps would grow up strong and vibrant. Well, there is a food that is proven to help kids mentally, physically and emotionally and it is called daddy.'
