Explaining things to children isn't always easy. Sometimes you have to sacrifice telling the whole story as you understand it, in favor of reaching an understanding with them. But, as you've probably experienced personally, children are extremely perceptive and honest about their feelings.
When talking to children in your life about health, have you struggled? What techniques did you use that worked? How much detail did you share? What did you purposely leave out or "soften" when talking t…
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Added by amanda on November 23, 2009 at 12:42pm —
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I get inquiries every week from writers with something to say about patient safety. Today, I published a guest post from Jennifer Johnson, a nurse practioner who writes for an educational website.
I do accept guest posts for the HealthCare PSI Blog, so if you'd like to be considered just drop me a line!
Click here to read Jennifer Johnson's post.
As always, thank…
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Added by dk on November 23, 2009 at 12:35pm —
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This particular article that I read today applied to Facebook, but it got me thinking about my blog. Do we really know who is reading it and what they are actually doing with the information that we are putting out there?
In this article a Canadian woman had her long term sick leave for depression revoked because her insurance company found photos of her on Facebook that showed her "having…
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Added by Janeen on November 23, 2009 at 10:30am —
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I'm a little late for Halloween, but I wanted to blog about a skeleton rattling around in the medicine cabinet of many headache, pain, epilepsy, psychiatric and other patients, and the startling fact is,
they don't even know it. Their nurses, pharmacists and doctors often don't know it. The skeleton may be affecting you and you might not even be aware of it, and it's likely that even if your doctor or nurses saw it, they wouldn't recognize it. Those who suffer it typically go undiagnosed.…
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Added by Ellen S on November 23, 2009 at 9:00am —
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Once again, we have moved. The ADHD Hunter's new home is now at
ADHDHunter.com. We have transferred most of the content from here and are expanding into audio podcasts and a new ADHD Support Academy. Please give a click and let us know what y…
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Added by ADHD Hunter on November 23, 2009 at 5:00am —
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As there are so many different subjects on this forum, one thing I would like to suggest is a chat room for people with dystonia. WeMove stopped theirs, and yahoo groups did too. Since it's the holiday season, some people aren't so jolly.
Or maybe there needs to be different chat rooms for all your different blog-ings.
I tried on bravenet.com to open a chat room as it's free, and my computer illiteracy only made a chat room with my name on it. No good.
I've asked Beka and she seems to think one…
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Added by Lizzy Holder on November 23, 2009 at 2:30am —
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As there are so many different subjects on this forum, one thing I would like to suggest is a chat room for people with dystonia. WeMove stopped theirs, and yahoo groups did too. Since it's the holiday season, some people aren't so jolly.
Or maybe there needs to be different chat rooms for all your different blog-ings.
I tried on bravenet.com to open a chat room as it's free, and my computer illiteracy only made a chat room with my name on it. No good.
I've asked Beka and she seems to think one…
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Added by Lizzy Holder on November 23, 2009 at 2:30am —
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I have restored CBC differential blood measurements to normal and gone from draining 500 ml of blood every three weeks for 2 1/2 years to now extending the blood draws to over 43 weeks.
Jak2v617f mutation is sensitive to hypoxia within cells from all over the body. Without this mutation, bone marrow responds to micromanaged signals from the kidney. When Hypoxia crosses the line above the diaphragm and is extended into lungs and heart the loss of oxygen is fatal. Hypoxia starts in the hands and…
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Added by jim on November 22, 2009 at 1:14pm —
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The news has been trickling in lately about the health benefits of chocolate. As if this isn't exciting enough, recently there has been scientific data suggesting women during pregnancy can benefit from the delectable treat as well. A Yale study suggests that women who eat chocolate during pregnancy are at decreased risk of developing preeclampsia.
Preeclampsia is a serious complication. Hypertension (pregnancy induced hyp…
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Added by Amy K on November 22, 2009 at 1:57am —
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One of the scariest phrases I've ever heard:
"You're dilated to 2. I'm going to get hold of your doctor right away, okay?"
It was the beginning of a blur even today I scarcely remember.
My beautiful daughter wasn't supposed to be born yet. It was too early. Things were happening too fast. One nurse turned into three, and their movements told me more than their words, which were chosen carefully to distract me.
I had gone to the hospital after my normal…
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Added by Ellen S on November 22, 2009 at 12:30am —
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Hot tubs/spas and their burbling, swirling, heated water goodness are widely used for pain relief and relaxing a sore body after a hard day's work.
Did you know a good soak in a hot tub can also help treat some sleep problems?
Hot tubs are more than great big bath tubs, or little tiny swimming pools. They play an important role in the health care of a large percentage of their owners.
Some facts about hot tubs:
** When water is used to treat health conditions, it's called…
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Added by Ellen S on November 21, 2009 at 11:37pm —
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Added by Sunstone Holistic on November 21, 2009 at 7:00pm —
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Here we go again. I can barely keep up with all the cancer screening guidelines and recommendations flying around these days. On Tuesday, another breast cancer screening guideline was released by... “The US Preventive Services Task Force.” My first reaction to the story was…..wait, who's that?? I had to look up the USPSTF; I’d never heard of them.
Who is the USPSTF?
The
US Preventive Services Task Force is a division in…
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Added by Alicia C. Staley on November 21, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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After addressing the first point of the World Health Organization's (WHO) first ever women's health report yesterday; Women's Health Report: let's talk inequalities, today let's take a look at how very central sexuality and reproduction are to women's health. I mentioned …
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Added by Sarah on November 21, 2009 at 8:00am —
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A resent study at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland showed that women who were getting less than 7 hrs of sleep per night were at risk for significant weight gain. Those getting only 5 hrs per night were at high risk (32%) of major gains averaging 33 pounds over their adequately sleeping sisters. They were also 15% more likely to become clinically obese.
Researchers looked at diet and exercise of shorter and longer sleepers which might account for the weight differences, but found on…
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Added by Ellen S on November 20, 2009 at 11:30pm —
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As I have been reading the WHO’s first ever Women’s Health report, I have been surprised by the
lack of surprise that I am actually experiencing. Reading through the five main points in the executive summary, while I am angered by the data and the response to the previous, I am honestly not surprised. Unfortunately, women are still considered inferior beings, whether here in the United States or across the globe in sub-Saharan Africa.
For the next few days I’m going to try to address s…
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Added by Sarah on November 20, 2009 at 10:00pm —
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Hybnobirth, is it hip? Whether it is hip or not, hypnobirthing is getting more and more attention and seems to be gaining in popularity as a technique for natural childbirth. If you are like me, perpetually curious and interested in health issues, you may want to know more about it.
Hypnobirth is a practice using
self-hypnosis to eliminate pain and fear from the birthing experience. It is about achieving a state of relaxat…
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Added by Amy K on November 20, 2009 at 6:30pm —
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As of next week, the holiday season will be in full swing. This time of year is a fun time but often very stressful for everyone. In fact, it seems like the planning, preparation, and organization involved take twice as long as the celebration time. And though I'm sure all of us would agree that the stress put in is worth the enjoyment that comes out,
it's not always easy to juggle all the different pieces at once especially if you're already juggling health routines. If you're a caregive…
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Added by amanda on November 20, 2009 at 1:30pm —
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With the recent expulsion of Dr. Michael Kamrava from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Reproductive Science Center of the San Francisco Bay Area (RSC) has embraced the revised embryo implantation guidelines. Due to the national attention Nadya Suleman received from her six implanted embryos (resulting in eight live births last winter), the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) has changed the recommended limit to the number of implanted embryos transferred dur
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Added by Sarah on November 20, 2009 at 6:30am —
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A handful of Senators have risen to the occasion, joining forces with
some of the nations most esteemed academic medical centers, and have introduced a bill to establish national centers of excellence for the treatment of depression and bipolar disorders.
The bill, called the ENHANCED Act of 2009, was introduced in late October by U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), George Voinovich (R-OH), Sherro…
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Added by Amy K on November 19, 2009 at 10:21pm —
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