from Hannah Cutting-Jones, University of Oregon Ever mix a protein smoothie for breakfast or grab a protein bar after an afternoon workout? If so, you are likely one of those millions of people looking for a higher protein diet. Protein fortified products…Read More »
We talk a lot about inflammation here, and some of you have raised good questions (and answers) about what we really want to achieve. Ongoing thanks for your comments and thoughtful responses. So what do we mean by inflammation when we lurk…Read More »
On Stacie Garcia-Moon’s first chemotherapy day last June, she sat in her IV chair and wept through a box of Kleenex. As one of the youngest patients at the infusion clinic that morning, Garcia-Moon, a 43-year-old mother of three from Lowell, Michigan,…Read More »
I looked at the whole thing Couples therapy from my nursery when I visited my parents in July. It was a time and place as appropriate as any to entertain some heavy psychoanalytic ideas that would undoubtedly make me ponder my life.…Read More »
Mobility problems are difficult to cope with. It can be frustrating not to be able to move around freely, let alone go outside of your home. The good news is that there are mobility aids like the rollator that allow people to…Read More »
Oct. 202021 HL7 launches Helios public health FHIR accelerator A new initiative launched by Health Level Seven International (HL7) and jointly supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC)…Read More »
Breast implant disease is not a medically recognized condition. It is a term used to describe a group of symptoms that occur after someone undergoes a breast implant surgery.
Be careful with your posture and equipment as you rake and you will likely save yourself some pain. (For Spectrum Health Beat) Jumping into piles of leaves can be great fun, but raking them up afterward can cause back pain. Each year,…Read More »
In between answering emergency calls, Jerrad Dinsmore (left) and Kevin LeCaptain perform a wellness check-up on a woman in her 90s. The rescue team in the small town of Waldoboro, Maine, was already understaffed. Then a team member recently quit after the…Read More »
By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News Joanne Whitney, 84, a retired associate clinical professor of pharmacy at the University of California-San Francisco, often feels devalued when dealing with healthcare providers. There was the time a few years ago when she told an…Read More »
