Cancer Screenings Fell In The Last 10 Years
January 16, 2013Cancer Screenings Fell In The Last 10 Years A study which was supported by a National Cancer Institute fellowship revealed that in the last ten years, the United States population did not meet Healthy People 2010 (HP2010), except for colorectal cancer. This was published December 27, 2012 in Frontiers in Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention. […]
Who Is Your Hero? When I was a child, there were many TV heroes one could choose to emulate. There was Superman with his incredible strength, Batman with his great ability to save the day, and even Jimmy Stewart who believed in the angel that rang the Christmas bell. Oh, and I can’t not mention […]
Finally! New US Food Safety Rules
January 15, 2013Finally! New US Food Safety Rules Have you noticed how many food recalls we have had in the past couple of years? It’s been everything from peanut butter, cabbage, onions, bell peppers, lettuce, cantaloupe, spinach, and more. I can not remember ever having so much food sickness as we have had recently. It seems […]
Be Careful When Taking Drugs With Grapefruit
January 15, 2013Be Careful When Taking Drugs With Grapefruit Warning! People are trying to lose weight with many different methods. One way is by ingesting a lot of grapefruit. This information came to me and I felt I needed to share it with you. The Canadian Medical Association Journal has recently published findings that a number […]
Nurses Are Still The Most Trusted Medical Professionals
January 14, 2013Nurses Are Still The Most Trusted Medical Professionals A new Gallup Poll survey shows in the United States, 85% of the people still believe nurses rank the highest for honesty and ethics. I agree with that. Remember, I was a nurse before I went back to medical school to become a doctor. I have been on […]
Tumor Boards A Waste Of Time? The Journal of National Cancer Institute published a new study December 28, 2012. It was reported that tumor boards may not really be improving the quality of care for oncology patients. Tumor board members make up a multidisciplinary team, including medical, surgical, and radiation oncologist. Others on the board are pathologists, […]
The Super Brain Have you read Deepak Chopra’s new book called Super Brain? If not, I would recommend it. Dr. Chopra and Rudolph Tanzi of Harvard Medical teamed up to bring to us ways that we can use our brain in order to make it better. They believe that the secret to improving our brain is to […]
Food Allergies Caused By Pesticides And Chlorinated Water?
January 11, 2013Food Allergies Caused By Pesticides And Chlorinated Water? A study recently published in December 2012 medical journal called Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, stated that widely used pesticides and chlorinated water may be contributing to an increasing level of food allergies in the United States. Bear with me, this may not be the […]
Hospital Employees Fired I’ m sure you have seen on the news lately how people are losing their jobs due to cutbacks, companies going under, etc. Well, the unemployment status just added 8 more people. However, this was not due to the normal causes we hear about. Eight employees, including nurses were just fired from […]
Organic Chicken Or Deception? I really do not want to sound so negative but I actually woke up several times in the night thinking if I should write about this. We always tell our patients at New Hope Unlimited to be careful with the meat they eat. It is very important to buy meat […]
