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Ask Well: Medicines for Motion Sickness

Various patches, drugs and sprays are available for relief of motion sickness symptoms, some commonly taken by astronauts.
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Ask Well: Medicines for Motion Sickness

The Future of Healthcare - GE

Subscribe to the GE Channel: http://full.sc/12xcByI Twenty-two percent of the world’s population will be at least 60 years old by 2050, double the percentage…
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The Future of Healthcare - GE

Retail Roundup: Lego earnings are awesome, J.C. Penney sees profit

Lego : Everything is awesome for toy brick company Lego, which said Thursday that its global sales rose 10% last year even as the global toy market suffered a slight revenue slide.
Money & Company – latimes.com

Retail Roundup: Lego earnings are awesome, J.C. Penney sees profit

Stethoscopes as Germ Carriers

Doctors’ stethoscopes are contaminated with bacteria that can easily be transferred from one patient to another, a new study found.
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Stethoscopes as Germ Carriers

Obamacare Healthcare Reform

In this webinar, Dr. Marty Kotlar (certified coding and compliance expert) will discuss how the new Health Care Reform Law (Obamacare) will affect providers …

Obamacare Healthcare Reform

Video Clip: Ukraine Protesters Being Shot By Snipers.

Source: atrl.net – Friday, February 21, 2014 Hundreds been killed and hundreds injured after fierce clashes between police and protesters erupted again in Ukraine’s capital following a brief truce. More than 50 people have died this week, a sharp reversal in a months-long crisis that had ...
Video Clip: Ukraine Protesters Being Shot By Snipers.

How to Get Fit in a Few Minutes a Week

A few sessions per week of 30- or 60-second intervals so strenuous you moan, followed by a minute or so of blessed recovery, and a painful repetition or four, may be all it takes to keep fit.
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How to Get Fit in a Few Minutes a Week

Jumping to Solutions

We’ve all seen it. We’ve probably all done it.
What’s that?
Jumping to solutions.
I hope this illustration I created gives you a bit of pause… not just to laugh at others, but to reflect on this personally.


It’s hard to not jump to solutions. But, you get better ...
Jumping to Solutions

Healthcare Reform: Understanding the Basics

Learn the basics of healthcare reform and find out what it means for you.

Healthcare Reform: Understanding the Basics

Secrets of the Ages

A wide-ranging look at the puzzle of longevity, which varies across species in often confounding ways.
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Secrets of the Ages

When Men Get Breast Cancer

A provocative new series by the New York-based fashion photographer David Jay features the faces, and scars, of men with breast cancer.
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When Men Get Breast Cancer

CMS Proposes MA Payment Cut

The proposed 2015 payment rate cut to Medicare Advantage health plans is less than expected and less than the reduction this year, but insurers and their allies in Congress are expressing displeasure with the prospect of a second consecutive haircut.
HealthLeadersMedia.com – Physician...
CMS Proposes MA Payment Cut

Health Care Reform with Michael Moore

Health Care Reform with Michael Moore. Michael Moore’s view on U.S. Health Care Reform.

Health Care Reform with Michael Moore

Progress Against Hepatitis C, a Sneaky Virus

Hepatitis C can go undiagnosed for decades, sometimes becoming evident only after liver damage has already occurred. But there is good news on the pharmaceutical front.
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Progress Against Hepatitis C, a Sneaky Virus

Maine bills seek 'narrow' network explanations

When Roberta Lane went to her local hospital emergency room, where the doctors she’s seen for years practice, she was shocked to find out her insurance wouldn’t cover treatment.
Modern Healthcare Breaking News

Maine bills seek 'narrow' network explanations

Living With Cancer: Wigged Out

Dealing with hair loss also can mean accepting a new persona, writes Susan Gubar.
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Living With Cancer: Wigged Out

What’s In A (Practice) Name?

Based on our 35 years of experience advising more than 15,000 privately owned dental, medical and physical therapy practices, one of the greatest marketing challenges is naming or renaming a practice. In large and small markets across the United States, most healthcare practices are named after...
What’s In A (Practice) Name?

Sleep Apnea May Worsen Diabetes

Sleep apnea can worsen blood sugar control in people with Type 2 diabetes by disrupting the deepest stage of sleep, a new study suggests.
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Sleep Apnea May Worsen Diabetes

Making Antifreeze Less Deadly for Pets, and People

Manufacturers are adopting a novel strategy for to try and reduce poisonings with antifreeze: Make it taste terrible.
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Making Antifreeze Less Deadly for Pets, and People

The Doctor’s Office - March 2014 Issue

A study commissioned by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) shows that 72% of patients surveyed prefer physicians over nurse practitioners (NP) for their medical care.

HealthLeadersMedia.com – The Doctor’s Office

The Doctor’s Office - March 2014 Issue

How Do You Like These Apples?

Take apples beyond the pie and try them in smoothies, sauces, salads, crepes and breads, writes Martha Rose Shulman in this week’s Recipes for Health.
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How Do You Like These Apples?

Bill Clinton assesses problems with healthcare rollout

Listen to President Clinton sum up some of the thorniest aspects of Obamacare, and what about it needs to change in an interview with Ozy’s Carlos Watson.
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Bill Clinton assesses problems with healthcare rollout

Ask Well: Awake at 2 A.M.

Stress, health problems and bad habits can interfere with the ability to sleep. A few simple measures may help.
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Ask Well: Awake at 2 A.M.

Florida docs gear up for fight against telemedicine bill

The Florida Medical Association, seeking to bolster its case against a telemedicine bill being considered in the state Legislature, released results of a survey showing Floridians are opposed to doctors licensed in other states treating Florida…
Modern Healthcare Breaking News

Florida docs gear up for fight against telemedicine bill

The Difficult Balance of Texting While Walking

Attention deficits are not the only perils of peripatetic texting.
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The Difficult Balance of Texting While Walking

Arizona State University - Solving Societal Problems in Healthcare & Energy

The collaborative environment at Arizona State University allows for creative and use-inspired research in nanoscale science and engineering. Researchers are…
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Arizona State University - Solving Societal Problems in Healthcare & Energy

Struggle with Change? Engagement Kata, The Essential Tool in the Innovation Toolbox

Mark’s Note: Today’s post is by Dr. Mark Jaben, following up our recent podcast discussion. See his previous guest posts. 
Hidden brain ————–> prefrontal cortex ————–> creativity
Our brain is only willing to expend ...
Struggle with Change? Engagement Kata, The Essential Tool in the Innovation Toolbox

Learning to Cut the Sugar

Many know Dr. Robert Lustig as “the anti-sugar guy,” but he’d prefer being known as the “anti-processed food guy.” His latest book, “The Fat Chance Cookbook,” offers recipes for more healthful eating.
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Learning to Cut the Sugar

Do Not Call Registry

If you prefer not to receive telemarketing calls, add your home and/or mobile number to the National Do Not Call Registry.
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Do Not Call Registry

Healthcare Reform: Doctors and Sense

The healthcare reform bill has passed, but the debate rages on. Healthcare is a life-and-death issue for everyone, and it should come as no surprise that pas…

Healthcare Reform: Doctors and Sense

Beware of a Cat’s Bite

Although cat bites only account for 10 to 15 percent of animal bites treated in emergency rooms, they pose special infection risks.
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Beware of a Cat’s Bite

A Fresh Case for Breast Self-Exams

A Canadian study that produced negative results for mammography may give renewed momentum to clinical and self-exams.
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A Fresh Case for Breast Self-Exams

How Do You Share & Spread Ideas? Plus a @KaiNexus Update

It has been right about  three years since I was introduced to Dr. Greg Jacobson via a reader of this blog. It was great to meet a physician who had read, loved, and practiced the ideas from Masaaki Imai’s book Kaizen. Greg had also published a journal article about his work… and t...
How Do You Share & Spread Ideas? Plus a @KaiNexus Update

Ask Well: The Problem With Dogs and Chocolate

Chocolate poses a hazard for dogs, who can easily eat enough of it to cause life-threatening seizures.
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Ask Well: The Problem With Dogs and Chocolate

The Need for Big Ideas to solve Big Problems In Healthcare

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The Need for Big Ideas to solve Big Problems In Healthcare

Caring for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver

Watching over loved ones with dementia frequently presents new challenges, and a new book focuses on caregivers and the stressful situations they face.
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Caring for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver

Guest Post: The Best #Lean Offense Isn’t Defense

Mark’s note: Christina Kach is our guest blogger today, with a post written on a flight back from visiting what’s considered to be one of America’s best Lean companies/factories.
A big part of Lean practice teaches us to find the real root cause in a problematic situation....
Guest Post: The Best #Lean Offense Isn’t Defense

Congressman Mike Rogers' opening statement on Health Care reform in Washington D.C.

Congressman Rogers’ makes his opening statement on Health Care reform legislation that is under debate in Congress.
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Congressman Mike Rogers' opening statement on Health Care reform in Washington D.C.

Outpatient Services Under PPACA

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will affect the volume of outpatient procedures in all ambulatory care settings. With respect to Medicaid, not all states have opted in to that expansion under PPACA, but according to a Truven Health Analytics™ forecast, if all states do opt...
Outpatient Services Under PPACA

Valentine’s Day Thoughts & Past Posts

It’s Valentine’s Day. I’ll be on a flight home from Boston later, hoping to see my wife at least a little bit on this day. Anyway, we never go out to dinner on Valentine’s Day proper — our attempt to help “level load” the restaurants (and we get plenty...
Valentine’s Day Thoughts & Past Posts

One Pot of Beans, Four Dinners

In this week’s Recipes for Health, Martha Rose Shulman offers new recipes that make use of those bags of beans lying around the kitchen.
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One Pot of Beans, Four Dinners

Perspectives on Watson: Healthcare

Medical records, texts, journals and research documents are all written in natural language — a language that computers traditionally struggle to understand…

Perspectives on Watson: Healthcare

Alcoholism Through a Doctor’s Eyes

Medical, nursing and other graduate students from New York University have been attending the play “Bill W. and Dr. Bob” as part of their studies, though the drama underscores how little has changed in our beliefs about alcoholism and what we can do abo...
Alcoholism Through a Doctor’s Eyes

GAO urges more transparency, fee changes for student debit cards

The U.S. Government Accountability Office on Thursday urged more transparency in the debit card system used to electronically disburse college students’ financial aid, and said that transaction fees for the cards quickly add up.  
Money & Company – latimes.com

GAO urges more transparency, fee changes for student debit cards

Nurses Explain the Healthcare Law in 90 Seconds

Wondering what the Affordable Care Act can do for you and your family? Check out what nurses have to say about the benefits of the healthcare law and then sh…
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Nurses Explain the Healthcare Law in 90 Seconds

3 ways to improve your social media efforts in 2014

 
Most health care marketers have been debating social media strategies for the 2014 for months now. Some of them may have even started easing into a transition so the new approach isn’t such a shock for their audience.
 
If you feel like you’re behind the crowd with your health care ...
3 ways to improve your social media efforts in 2014

Parents Are Poor Judges of Children’s Weight

More than half of parents of overweight and obese children underestimated their weight, a new study found.
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Parents Are Poor Judges of Children’s Weight

Why Vitamins May Be Bad for Your Workout

Antioxidant supplements like vitamins C and E may actually reduce the benefits of training.
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Why Vitamins May Be Bad for Your Workout

Those Who Are Newest to #Lean Are Often Those Who Think It’s Simplest

Here’s a great post from Pascal Dennis on Lean and PDCA (or PDSA):
PDCA – the Pounding Heart Muscle of Life
Everybody should read Pascal’s post… twice. Honestly, go read it a few times before returning here.
I was fortunate to take an LEI class with him about five years...
Those Who Are Newest to #Lean Are Often Those Who Think It’s Simplest

Healthcare Reform: Overview of Access to Care and Regulatory Process

John Lumpkin Senior Vice President and Director Health Care Group, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Westlake Forum III April 11, 2011 Emory University, Atlanta GA.

Healthcare Reform: Overview of Access to Care and Regulatory Process

Movie Date Night Can Double as Therapy

A study of couples seeking marriage counseling found that guided discussions after viewing relationship movies can be as helpful as two intensive therapist-led counseling methods.
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Movie Date Night Can Double as Therapy

Mars Foodservices US Recalls Infused Rice Products Sold For Wholesale Distribution --UNCLE BEN’S® Retail Grocery Products Not Affected--

Mars Foodservices US is voluntarily recalling Foodservices UNCLE BEN’S® INFUSED® Rice products, which are only sold in 5 lbs and 25 lbs bags. UNCLE BEN’S® Brand Ready to Heat, Boxed, Bag or Cup Products available in supermarkets and other retail outlets are not involved.
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Mars Foodservices US Recalls Infused Rice Products Sold For Wholesale Distribution --UNCLE BEN’S® Retail Grocery Products Not Affected--

Republicans and Democrats Are Right About Majors Problems with Healthcare

In some areas, both Republicans and Democrats are correct about majors problems with our current healthcare system. We won’t be able to address these issues …
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Republicans and Democrats Are Right About Majors Problems with Healthcare

Tackling Menopause’s Side Effects

New guidelines for the treatment of symptoms address hot flushes and vaginal atrophy, distressing consequences for up to three-fourths of American women with menopause.
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Tackling Menopause’s Side Effects

Wyoming Firm Recalls Beef Jerky Products Due to a Processing Deviation

Wyoming Authentic Products, LLC, a Cody, Wyo. establishment, is recalling approximately 365 pounds of beef jerky products due to a processing deviation.
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Wyoming Firm Recalls Beef Jerky Products Due to a Processing Deviation

Think Like a Doctor: Return of the Stomach Bug

Can you solve a medical mystery involving an elderly woman with a 10-day stomach ailment identical to a problem she suffered four years ago?
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Think Like a Doctor: Return of the Stomach Bug

Car Seats Save Lives but Are Still Underused

More than 9,000 children under 12 died in motor vehicle accidents between 2002 and 2011, in many cases because they were not properly restrained in child seats or seat belts.
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Car Seats Save Lives but Are Still Underused

Home builder and kitchen and bath shows combine for first time

Women wearing yellow raincoats and boots, a guy in a shark costume and several home improvement celebrities were among sightings this week at the Las Vegas Convention Center as more than 75,000 hardy home builders, interior designers and others navigated 650,000 square feet of exhibit...
Home builder and kitchen and bath shows combine for first time

Top 25 countries with the world's best healthcare systems

Healthcare is needed everywhere, regardless of political, social, cultural or religious affiliation. Healthcare by country http://www.photius.com/rankings/he…

Top 25 countries with the world's best healthcare systems

One-Wok Meals

Martha Rose Shulman, the Recipes for Health columnist, offers new ways to showcase vegetables in under 20 minutes.
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One-Wok Meals

Think Like a Doctor: Stomach Bug Solved!

Readers solve the case of a 70-year-old women with 10 days of gastrointestinal distress that was just like an episode she’d had four years earlier.
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Think Like a Doctor: Stomach Bug Solved!

How Successful People Stay Calm

The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance. TalentSmart has conducted research with more than a million people, and we’ve found that 90% of top performers are skilled at managing their emotions in times of stress in order to remain c...
How Successful People Stay Calm

Understanding Healthcare Reform

Mark Carbillano step-by-step explains all facets of Healthcare Reform and the Affordable Care Act.
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Understanding Healthcare Reform

Living With Cancer: An Artist’s View

The cancer paintings of the Canadian artist Robert Pope remind us that the disease, as well as the effort to treat it, can take a toll on the human spirit.
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Living With Cancer: An Artist’s View

The ultimate decoy: Scripps Research Institute scientists find protein that helps bacteria misdirect immune system

A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has discovered an unusual bacterial protein that attaches to virtually any antibody and prevents it from binding to its target. Protein M, as it is called, probably helps some bacteria evade the immune response and establish...
The ultimate decoy: Scripps Research Institute scientists find protein that helps bacteria misdirect immune system

Sugary Foods Increase Heart Risks

Eating sugary foods, researchers have found, increases the risk of dying from heart disease.
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Sugary Foods Increase Heart Risks

Woman Faints While President Obama Gives Remarks About Healthcare Website Issues

The president pauses his remarks about the affordable care act to make sure woman is ok.

Woman Faints While President Obama Gives Remarks About Healthcare Website Issues

CBO report undermines GOP calls for repeal of risk corridor program

Republicans are aggressively attacking the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s risk corridors, a mechanism intended to soften the financial risk to insurers that sell plans in the first years of the exchanges. New projections by the…
Modern Healthcare Breaking News

CBO report undermines GOP calls for repeal of risk corridor program

The Workout: Training to Bobsled

Olympic bobsledders have to be fast, lean and powerful. We talked to Army Capt. Chris Fogt, a member of Team USA’s four-man bobsled team about what it takes to achieve a bobsledder’s body.
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The Workout: Training to Bobsled

Shivering as a Form of Exercise

This winter’s frigid temperatures could be having one desirable side effect. They may be revving up your metabolism.
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Shivering as a Form of Exercise

Reform Update: Study looks at Oregon Medicaid enrollee trends to help prep other states for new beneficiaries

A new study tracking treatment trends for new Medicaid enrollees in Oregon aims to prepare other states for the demands of adding millions of beneficiaries to their rolls under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Modern Healthcare Breaking News

Reform Update: Study looks at Oregon Medicaid enrollee trends to help prep other states for new beneficiaries

They’ll soon be talking about my generation, but I’m not there yet

I had had a long day yesterday, starting with a trip up the interstate to Columbia to meet with other medical chiefs from around the state of South Carolina to discuss the issues that affect the practice of psychiatry in the mental health system...
They’ll soon be talking about my generation, but I’m not there yet

Rep. Tim Murphy on Problems with Healthcare Navigators

Rep. Murphy talks to Melissa Francis of Fox Business to discuss the Energy & Commerce Committee review of the M spent by the Administration on “navigators…

Rep. Tim Murphy on Problems with Healthcare Navigators

Alive With a New, Old Liver

With a failing liver, Jonathan Nuñez underwent a rare transplant in which he kept part of his old organ, which eventually replaced the transplanted one. His success has his doctor wondering why the procedure isn’t done more often.
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Alive With a New, Old Liver

Children enjoy allowance hikes as economy improves

Children are enjoying hikes in their allowances as the fortunes of their parents brighten.
Money & Company – latimes.com

Children enjoy allowance hikes as economy improves

Reaction Time May Predict Longevity

There are many well established risk factors for cardiovascular death, but researchers may have found one more: slower reaction time.
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Reaction Time May Predict Longevity

As Peanut Allergies Rise, Trying to Determine a Cause

Peanut allergies afflict an increasing number of children, and recent studies are changing the convention wisdom about what causes them.
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As Peanut Allergies Rise, Trying to Determine a Cause

Obama HealthCare Obamacare Mandatory RFID Chip Implant

Obamacare RFID Chip Implant mandatory on 3-23-13. President Obama travels to Prince Georges Community College in suburban Washington, DC, to talk about how t…

Obama HealthCare Obamacare Mandatory RFID Chip Implant

Toyota here is the spot in the Super Bowl

Source: xgoweb.com – Sunday, February 02, 2014 Here’s Toyota ‘s turn , also ahead of the Super Bowl on February 2 , reveals the spot where we got a glimpse a few days ago with the teaser . The stars of the commercials are Terry Crews , who recently appeared in The Mercenaries and Scary Mov...
Toyota here is the spot in the Super Bowl

Patient Safety Orgs Cut Ties With Denham

Patient safety advocate Charles Denham, MD, denies taking kickbacks from a product manufacturer, but the National Quality Forum and the Leapfrog Group are parting ways with him.
HealthLeadersMedia.com – Physician Leadership News

Patient Safety Orgs Cut Ties With Denham

Michele's Corner: Solutions for Healthcare Reform

On August 16, 2012, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-06) responds to a constituent who wanted to know her solutions for health care reform to replace Obama…
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Michele's Corner: Solutions for Healthcare Reform

Low Vitamin D Tied to a Pregnancy Risk

Low vitamin D levels were associated with an increased risk for severe preeclampsia, a serious and sometimes fatal disorder of pregnancy.
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Low Vitamin D Tied to a Pregnancy Risk