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The Battle Against Misdiagnosis
- Health & Healing
- September 2, 2014
How is it possible that several different doctors in the emergency room of a major New York City hospital could misdiagnose what was wrong with 12-year-old Rory Staunton? The symptoms and subsequent lab tests should have indicated the presence of a serious streptococcal bacterial infection, but that’s not what he was immediately treated for. As a result, the infection traveled into his bloodstream. Rory went into septic shock and died.
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When health care kills
- Health & Healing
- August 1, 2014
Medical mistakes are a leading cause of death in America. What’s changed in the last 15 years since a major study found that 100,000 patients died each year in hospitals from mistakes that were preventable?
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Eye test may be able to detect Alzheimer’s decades before onset
- Health & Healing
- July 17, 2014
Could an eye exam one day be used to determine who is at risk for Alzheimer’s? Beta amyloid proteins are usually found in the brain and can be an indicator of the disease, but a new study discovered that they also show up as bright dots during an eye exam.
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Shorter sleep may speed brain aging
- Health & Healing
- July 14, 2014
Are you getting enough sleep? A new study once again shows just how important sleep is for your memory and cognitive functioning. Lack of sleep can actually cause structural changes in the brain, which may accelerate a little faster with age.
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A Web Design Entrepreneur Has a Hit with Health Care Consumers
- Health & Healing
- July 14, 2014
Imagine being on the operating table and about to drift off from the anesthesia, when you hear your surgeon comment: “I’m excited I get to do this operation. I don’t get to do many of them.” It’s not exactly a confidence inducing moment. But that’s exactly what happened to Mitch Rothschild when he went in for surgery on his Achilles tendon.
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The Natural Ingredient You Should Ban from Your Diet
- Health & Healing
- July 13, 2014
Did you know that carrageenan, which is sometimes used as a thickener in yogurt, ice cream and cottage cheese, may cause inflammation and digestive problems? Lots of companies even use it in their organic and reduced fat products. But just because it’s a natural ingredient made from seaweed doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good for you.
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Eye Protection From the Sun Especially Important for Kids
- Health & Healing
- July 13, 2014
Are you protecting your child’s eyes from the sun’s ultraviolet rays? Vision experts say that children’s sunglasses are an important protective measure, particularly because their young eyes are still developing and have a harder time filtering UV light. When young eyes are overexposed to the sun, the damage is cumulative and also permanent.
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The dangers of junk sleep
- Health & Healing
- June 18, 2014
Do you use your smartphone as your alarm clock? If so, you may be hurting your chances of getting a good night’s sleep. Clinical psychologist, Michael Breus, makes this point: Using electronic devices before bed, whether it’s your phone, laptop or the TV playing in the background, can affect your body’s natural sleep cycle.
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We Kill Germs at Our Peril
- Health & Healing
- June 11, 2014
Antibiotics have been helping to cure bacterial infections since the 1940s, but could overusing them do more harm than good? In his book “Missing Microbes,” Dr. Martin J. Blaser, a New York University School of Medicine professor, cautions that the overuse has led to an increase in infections that are resistant to antibiotics, and that in turn has serious health consequences.
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PulsePoint notification app helps off-duty firefighter save Milwaukie man’s life
- Health & Healing
- June 2, 2014
There is a life-saving app that is worth knowing about. It’s called PulsePoint. What it does is alert people who have signed up and are trained in cardiac pulmonary resuscitation (CRP) that someone in their nearby vicinity is having a medical emergency.
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White bread is a ‘bomb of sugar’ that can make you fat
- Health & Healing
- June 2, 2014
How much white bread do you eat each day? Could it be causing you to pack on extra pounds? A new study by Spanish researchers found that consuming 6 or more slices daily can contribute to becoming overweight and even obese.
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Brought back from the dead
- Health & Healing
- May 5, 2014
Is it possible to reverse death for some lucky people? Just ask Joe Tiralosi of Brooklyn, New York, who began feeling sick one day driving in New York City. He made a smart move by heading to the emergency room of New York Presbyterian Hospital. It was there that he literally dropped dead. But talk about being in the right place at the right time.
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Protein May Hold the Key to Who Gets Alzheimer’s
- Health & Healing
- May 1, 2014
Take the case of two different people whose brains both have a buildup of a myloid plaques and tau tangles, which are associated with Alzheimer’s disease. One develops Alzheimer’s; the other does not. What accounts for that?
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Exercise regularly to reverse skin aging and stay young
- Health & Healing
- April 30, 2014
Yet another reason to exercise that may surprise and motivate you! New research found that regularly exercising can keep your skin looking youthful and even reverse some of the effects of aging.
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6 women drop 320 pounds, vow to live longer
- Health & Healing
- April 30, 2014
In honor of American Heart Month, Woman’s Day magazine partnered with nutritionist Joy Bauer to challenge six women with significant heart health risk factors to “live longer and stronger.” Collectively these women ended up losing a total of 360 pounds and changed their lives in the process.
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