Posted by: healthyadvances on: April 30, 2009
This webcast from The Commonwealth Fund might be beneficial for some and interesting for mostly all. Scheduled for May 1 at 2:30 p.m. (ET), this session will feature two health policy professionals and two journalists to discuss health care stories journalists can expect to cover in the coming days. Questions must be submitted in advance on the Association [...]
Posted by: healthyadvances on: April 29, 2009
Last night the U.S. Senate confirmed Kathleen Sebelius in a 65-31 vote, making her the new secretary of Health and Human Services. So now it seems that the first thing on her list will be this new flu. It’ll be interesting to see if the U.S. government follows suit and proposes a travel ban like [...]
Posted by: healthyadvances on: April 28, 2009
Everyone knows rest is an important part of health–and given all the stressing going on over all this flu news, now may be a good time to get the recommended amounts because the health benefits should not be denied. When you’re sleeping your body is doing a lot more than resting, it’s repairing itself from the [...]
Posted by: healthyadvances on: April 27, 2009
This is probably easier said than done, but before you start stressing over all the news about swine flu, remember to consider your source of information–there’s no need to stress over rumors– and the things you can do to deter germ spreading. And before things get too crazy, just remember numbers are still relatively low [...]
Posted by: healthyadvances on: April 24, 2009
I came across this article today and thought it would be something worth having (I had to print a copy for myself). The article is about the importance of staying flexible by stretching. Now, I know that stretching is not the most glamorous part of a workout– my favorite part is eating afterwards– but it [...]
Posted by: healthyadvances on: April 23, 2009
I wouldn’t label myself a proponent or advocate (I don’t think I’m hardcore enough to be in La Leche League), but here is an article from the BBC about a recent study showing additional benefits of breastfeeding. The findings were a little surprising, but in a good way–even if you haven’t taken a solid stance [...]
Posted by: healthyadvances on: April 22, 2009
Okay, so these scientists are really excited about some advances they’ve made that they’re hoping will lead to an HIV vaccine. They’ve been able to infect a “humanized mouse” with the virus (vaginally and rectally) to see if they can test a vaccine that would be given before and after exposure to the virus to [...]
Posted by: healthyadvances on: April 21, 2009
Now, I’m not an avid soda drinker, but this article from the Times caught my attention and then prompted a lively…conversation between an acquaintance and myself.
Take a look and see where you fall in the debate, but basically she’s all for an extra tax on sodas and I’m thinking that I shouldn’t have to pay [...]
Posted by: healthyadvances on: April 20, 2009
An article from the Medical College of Georgia reports on a study of almost 1,500 veterans who had surgery to remove a cancerous prostate. Researchers found that the likelihood of cancer aggressively showing back up was related to a person’s exposure to Agent Orange, an herbicide and defoliant.
“…the 206 exposed to Agent Orange had nearly [...]
