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New Google Site Helps Consumers Find Flu Shots

Google has launched a web-based flu shot finder to help consumers find clinics that have vaccine available.

Written on November 11, 2009 | Posted in Wellness/Healthy Living Proof | 1 comment

Dueling Doc Raps Teach Kids To Avoid H1N1

That’s the latest “doc rap” on H1N1 to hit the airwaves, and I think it’s a great one for kids. Many of you have probably seen the terrific rap video by Dr. John Clarke that went viral a while ago. (It’s below if you haven’t). Dr. Clarke’s rap is artistically superior and more sophisticated, but [...]

Written on November 2, 2009 | Posted in Wellness/Healthy Living Proof | No comment

Retail Clinics Get High Marks in Study

Is using one of those walk-in-clinics like at a store the same as going to a doctor’s office or a hospital?  According to recent research by the Rand Corp., the quality of the care you get is similar or better, but you’ll likely end up paying less at the retail clinic.  Much less if your [...]

Written on September 16, 2009 | Posted in Cut Your Costs,Disease Trends,Exercise,Rate Your Provider/Hospital | No comment

Long and Possibly “Crazy” Flu Season Expected

Experts say this year’s flue season could start with H1N1 outbreaks but then be followed by another, much rarer, strain that tends to make elderly patients much sicker. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is encouraging patients to get vaccinated “as soon as vaccines become available at their doctor’s offices and in their communities.” According [...]

Written on September 10, 2009 | Posted in Wellness/Healthy Living Proof | No comment

Eat Fish With Less Worry: Go to Fish for Your Health

State by state, www.Fish4Health.net lists the seafood-related advisories you need to be aware of and other helpful information about eating fish.

Written on August 16, 2009 | Posted in Diet,Disease Trends,Mobile Phone Health Apps | No comment

Breast Cancer and Micrometastases: More Treatment is Better

A new study shows that breast cancer patients who show even traces of cancer in their lymph nodes are more likely to survive with more aggressive treatment.

Written on August 13, 2009 | Posted in Exercise,Medical Breakthroughs | No comment

Health Reform Clears Big Hurdle, but Faces an Even Bigger One

Health care reform is moving again, but many experts still question whether in the end, it will be real reform that encourages higher quality care and lowers overall costs. The House Energy and Commerce Committee finally voted and approved the health care reform bill that had been stalled as moderate democrats objected to some of [...]

Written on August 2, 2009 | Posted in Cut Your Costs,Exercise,Health Care Reform | No comment

Low Calorie Diet Can Extend Primates’ Lives

Feeding Rhesus monkeys a low calorie diet can greatly extend their lives, a long-term study shows. The study began in 1989 with an analysis of the monkeys’ usual diets. Then, the researchers broke the monkeys into two groups, and started cutting calories from one group’s diet. The group on the restricted diet were eventually eating [...]

Written on July 9, 2009 | Posted in Diet,Disease Trends | Comments

Obama Nominates Francis Collins as NIH Head in Boost for Patient Advocates

President Barack Obama has nominated genomics pioneer Francis Collins as head of the National Institutes of Health, Health and Human Services. According to a White House Press release, Obama said: “The National Institutes of Health stands as a model when it comes to science and research.  My administration is committed to promoting scientific integrity and [...]

Written on July 8, 2009 | Posted in Advocacy,Stress Reduction and Insomnia | No comment

Online Workplace Obesity Prevention Program Launched by CDC

The Centers for Disease Control has just launched LeanWorks, an online obesity prevention program that employers can use to help trim their workers’ waistlines. It’s no secret, Americans are getting fatter and fatter and sicker and sicker because of it.  Employers are worried about the nation’s fat epidemic because, as the LeanWorks site points out [...]

Written on July 5, 2009 | Posted in Workplace Wellness | No comment