Healthtalkonline is a website with a lot of information from the point of view of the patient on a lot of diseases. Both mental and physical health. I tried their information on depression. They interviewed 38 people about their experiences of this condition. This resulted in a whole list of topics. Stories about discovery of depression, how to negotiate with the health system (doctors included), self care, support, and living with depression and discovery. Awesome information for patients and their relatives. The information is presented very clearly mostly with video interviews of patients. Saw an interview on video of a .....read more »

Excellent and amazing examples of the introduction of new technology in medicine. How to see ECG real time on your phone, a very small ultra sound apparatus, all 7 vital signs in one screen real time. You can have your own EEG during sleep on your clock. From TedMed No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. ..read more »

Thanks to David Rothman. This is why placebo controlled trials are extremely necessary and seldom done. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. ..read more »

Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, W. Va., TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food. Important lecture about how we lost touch with what we eat. The most shocking part of this video is after 12 minutes were he shows kids trying to name vegetables. They really don't know what they are. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. ..read more »

In this second post about jazz and health we focus on the literature regarding somatic illness instead of mental illness. In the previous post we already mentioned drug use as one of the major hazards for jazz musicians. Drug use by jazz musicians can have all sorts of reasons such as the enhancement of creativity, boredom and isolation especially during long road trips or being on tour. According to a recent article in the Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology: The lost years: the impact of cirrhosis on the history of jazz, this drug and alcohol abuse is probably the reason why the .....read more »

Theres little debate that drinking moderate amounts of red wine can help the fight against heart disease, Alzheimers disease and some cancers, especially in women. The key to how much your body benefits though, is in your genes. But don't forget, just a little bit of wine, alcohol drinking can also get out of control in some, this is also partly in your genes. Thanks Clinical Cases and Images No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. ..read more »

With the Internet many patients visit the GP after extensive searches on the Internet. They usually have an idea about what's wrong with them. In a recent publication in the British Medical Journal I found a recent article on this subject. In visits to a GP patients the self diagnosis (also called self labelling) was responsible for initiating a diagnosis in 18% of consultations. Few studies have been done on the accuracy of self diagnosis. These studies suggest that recurrent urinary tract infection, recurrent anterior uveitis, schistosomiasis, and head lice can all be self diagnosed correctly. There are also studies suggesting that .....read more »

The mural tells the story of a horrible day back in the spring. Fred was being transferred to a new hospital and Regina needed records of Fred's many tests and treatments from the old hospital. "I had gone down to medical records," Holliday says, "and they said, 'That'll be 73 cents a page and a 21-day wait.' I said, 'My husband is upstairs with Stage IV kidney cancer in your hospital and you're telling me I have to wait 21 days? Everything's on the computer. All you got to do is print it out and you're going to make me wait .....read more »

Aging is associated with well described changing in sleep patterns. Total sleep time decreases, elderly sleep less It takes longer before falling a sleep Elderly go to bed earlier and they awake earlier There sleep architecture has changed, the slow wave sleep on EEG is reduced, REM sleep is reduced They're easier aroused from sleep They sleep fragmented with many arousals Daytime napping In case of primary insomnia, that is sleeplessness that is not attributable to a medical, psychiatric or environmental cause. In that case the general principles of sleep hygiene are applicable. Fundamentals of good sleep hygiene What to do Use your bed only for sleep and sexual activities. If .....read more »

Reuse of syringes, all too common in under-funded clinics, kills 1.3 million each year. Marc Koska clues us in to this devastating global problem with facts, photos and hidden-camera footage. He shares his solution: a low-cost syringe that can't be used twice. Horrifying story of the undisciplined and dangerous use of syringes in the underdeveloped countries causing a lot of harm and lives. At the end a genious solution to the problem. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. ..read more »