Hope, Hype, And Health In Silicon Valley
Source: Forbes
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 01:09:18 -0700 | health-news
Now, I've reached what I can only hope is the plateau of productivity. I've an even deeper belief in the power that Silicon Valley technology and thinking could have if applied to healthcare problems, as well as an equally strong...
'Aspirin could double the risk of blindness'
Source: Pak Tribune
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 02:36:24 -0700 | health-news
Regular intake of the 'wonder drug' aspirin for 10 years could more than double the risk of sight loss, a new study has claimed...Researchers from the University of Wisconsin used data from the Beaver Dam Eye Study on age-related eye...
Can A Piece Of Hair Reveal How Much Coke Or Pepsi You Drink?
Source: National Public Radio
Madison :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 09:03:11 -0700 | health-news
One way to know how much soda people drink is to ask them...And this is a challenge for researchers who study the links between sugar-sweetened beverages and obesity . A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition explains a...
The trial of Vernon Hershberger, another raw milk farmer facing prison time for producing real food
Source: Natural News
Baraboo :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 22:26:35 -0700 | health-news
Just a few days remain before Amish raw milk farmer Vernon Hershberger of Wisconsin faces a corrupt legal system with an ingrown vendetta against the production and distribution of real food. Beginning on May 20, 2013, at 8 a.m., Vernon,...
Report: Human stem cells cloned
Source: CNN
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 11:51:32 -0700 | health-news
It's been 17 years since Dolly the sheep was cloned from a mammary cell. And now scientists applied the same technique to make the first embryonic stem cell lines from human skin cells. Ever since Ian Wilmut, an unassuming embryologist...
Fond du Lac professor helps study Marine suicides
Source: The Daily Herald
Fond du Lac :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 06:24:10 -0700 | health-news
A Fond du Lac professor will help study the rising suicide rate among U.S...Janet McCord is an associate professor of thanatology in Marian University's School of Nursing and Health Professions. She has been trained by the American Association of Suicidology...
Doctors: Cancer Patients Who Watched The Onion's Amazon Pilot Daily Showed Signs Of Remission
Source: The Onion
Madison :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 15:55:25 -0700 | health-news
American Medical Association Monday, thousands of patients at cancer treatment facilities across the United States displayed signs of full remission after repeatedly viewing The Onion's new Amazon television pilot over a period of several days. Every form of cancer we...
Obesity Crisis May Be Fueling Big Jump in Sleep Apnea Cases
Source: WebMD
Madison :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 10:12:35 -0700 | health-news
The widening American waistline may be feeding an epidemic of sleep apnea , potentially robbing millions of people of a good night's rest, a new study suggests. The research didn't definitively link the rise in obesity to sleep apnea, and...
Opinion: How Am I Supposed To Get Off When News Networks Only Show Obese People From The Neck Down? (...
Source: The Onion
Madison :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-08 12:20:59 -0700 | health-news
How Am I Supposed To Get Off When News Networks Only Show Obese People From The Neck Down?...Every time I turn on the television and there's a news segment about obesitywhether it's on diabetes, heart disease, or the American dietthey...
Integrated care: The bridge between quality and efficiency
Source: Hospital Impact
Eau Claire :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-06 14:42:14 -0700 | health-news
Julie Manas Care integration has become one of the fastest growing buzzwords in healthcare lately, which perhaps has as much to do with people like me who end up using those two words in nearly every conversation (honestly, we can't...
This National Nurses Week, let us resolve not to overwork them
Source: The Progressive
Madison :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-06 06:20:11 -0700 | health-news
The hours worked by registered nurses (RNs) the largest profession in health care have actually increased over the past several decades...Studies on nursing hours have documented that most nurses do not leave after 12 hours but actually work 13 or...
Anecdotal Evidence Offers Clues to Youth Concussions
Source: The New York Times
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-05 12:01:33 -0700 | health-news
Here are some of their observations after watching the concussion phenomenon from the inside. Although it is not clinical data arrived at by scientific means, it is meant to capture a picture of general findings. ¶ Female patients are making...
Discovery Helps Show How Breast Cancer Spreads
Source: Newswise
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-05 11:08:19 -0700 | health-news
EDT Embargo expired: 5/5/2013 1:00 PM EDT Source Newsroom: Newswise Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered why breast cancer patients with dense breasts are more likely than others to develop aggressive tumors that spread....
States 'Blindsided' by Plan to Shift 'Uninsurables' Cost Under ObamaCare
Source: Fox
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-04 15:56:27 -0700 | health-news
Published May 04, 2013 Associated Press Thousands of people with serious medical problems are in danger of losing coverage under President Obama's health care overhaul because of cost overruns, state officials say. At risk is the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan,...
American Cancer Society Hosts Crowd of More Than 7,000 Participants at 2013 Making Strides Against ...
Source: The Motley Fool
Menomonee Falls :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-04 13:00:19 -0700 | health-news
announced today that more than 7,000 individuals joined together in celebration of life and survival for the 2013 American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer ® walk on May 4, 2013, at Veterans Park on Milwaukee's lakefront.
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