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While college is a place to learn and grow, for many students it becomes four years of sleep deprivation, poor nutrition, and excessive use of alcohol. While the negative health behaviors of college students are detrimental to their overall health, there is evidence that engaging in these poor health habits can be devastating to learning and memory.
Is health promotion a phenomenon that’s relevant mostly to white middle-class individuals? Do health care providers consider culture and socioeconomic status when making assumptions about how different people perceive health and health promotion? Alexandra Garcia encourages health promoters to consider the social issues relevant to their patients’ health and develop programs based on these issues.
Recent research indicates that a long life is not just due to genes but is related to health behaviors—what and how much you eat, where you live, and what type of stress you experience.
Employers look for ways to reduce healthcare costs by rewarding employees with healthy lifestyles lower premiums and other benefits such as free membership in gyms. For those with unhealthy behaviors such as smoking, many companies are charging them higher rates for health insurance.
Physician Dean Ornish believes that loneliness fosters cardiovascular disease. He maintains the antidote is love and intimacy since love protects hearts in ways that aren’t completely understood.
The emotional symptoms that can negatively impact health and well being are often minimized. Staying emotionally healthy, overcoming barriers to treatment, and treatment options are addressed.
Attention deficit disorder, the most common childhood psychiatric disorder, is believed to be a brain malfunction. Children diagnosed with the disorder often receive little more than medications rather than the ongoing care of a physician.
Religious people tend to suffer less stress and are more contented than the non religious. Scientific research has shown that the more a believer includes a religion into daily life, the more he or she will experience positive emotions and overall satisfaction with life.
Nutritional geonomics is the interaction of what a person eats and their genetic material. If doctors in the future will be able to take genetic profiles of their patients, they could determine who would benefit from eating certain foods.
Should consumers pay more to buy organic foods? And what are the chemical health risks of foods produced conventionally? New studies have shown that eating food grown or produced organically can reduce exposure to chemicals and pesticides found in food grown conventionally.
Harvard scientist, Dr. Walter Willett, recommends that consumers abandon the conventional food pyramid and adopt a new way of eating. The new pyramid distinguishes good fats from bad fats and refined versus whole-grain carbohydrates. Willett’s diet is linked to reduced incidences of heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.
How do consumers determine what to believe when it comes to nutrition? Some articles claim all fat is bad, but others tout the benefits of good fats. This article discusses the many conflicting aritcles and how to make sense of the media hype surrounding nutritional recommendations.
While exercise is important for good health, for some individuals who overdo it, exercise may be harmful. Exercise abusers, like individuals with eating disorders, often display signs such as exercising secretively or hiding or lying about exercise. Exercise abuse can also cause a variety of physical complaints including injuries, disruption of menstrual cycles, and infertility.
The female triad is a combination of three conditions related to exercise training and include disordered eating, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis. The three components of the triad pose serious health concerns for young athletic women. To counter the triad, it is suggested that a wellness environment that supports sound physical training and nutritional habits is important.
During the past 40 years, Americans have reduced their sleep time by one to two hours per night. Too little sleep may make you hungry, especially for rich, caloric foods, and may cause your body to store calories more effectively. Researchers believe that sleep affects hormones that regulate hunger, satiety, and metabolism.
The current trend of serving supersize meals and portions to inactive children is contributing to an epidemic of childhood obesity. Among children, overweight or obesity can lead to lifelong weight problems and all associated medical problems. While genes play a role, much obesity is related to eating more calories than are expended.
It’s estimated that over 700 billion dollars on medications for senior citizens will be spent by the government. Nathan Vardi wonders how much of this huge sum will be wasted or stolen.
Every year up to 1,400 college students die from alcohol-related causes, mostly drinking and driving. Frequent drinkers are also eight times more likely to miss a class, fall behind in school work, damage property, and/or become injured while drinking. Legislatures try to find answers to the problems associated with binge drinking among young people.
While pain medicine offers suffers relief, there is also a potential risk. As many pain medicines such as Vioxx are removed from pharmacies, it’s harder and harder to find adequate treatment for individuals who suffer from chronic pain.
Liza Featherstone asks what couples can do about pornography if it becomes and explosive issue. Many men and women consider viewing porn a harmless activity while others believe it undermines their relationship.
For some sex educators and parents, it’s never too early to begin teaching children about the facts of life. Jody Kantor reports on parents who are teaching sex education to children as young as two and three.
Ziauddin Sardar addresses changes in Sexual practices and behaviors and the role of new drugs such as Viagra to treat sexual dysfunction.
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are the single greatest health threat affecting young people today. Karen Testerman addressed the fact that youth are allowed to believe that safe sex exists and that STDs are not a major health threat. In reality, many STDs are incurable and can lead to cancer and infertility.
Jane Brody asks why we don’t have a national initiative to address the diabetes epidemic that is closely related to the increasing obesity problem in the United States. Unfortunately, too many people don’t take the disease seriously even though it can cause serious and sometimes fatal side effects.
Michael Downey discusses the relationship between paper cuts, spicy foods, stubbed toes, and heart disease, colon cancer or Alzheimer’s disease. It appears that these diseases are related to the long-term effects of inflammation on the body.
According to Epstein, the war against cancer is being fought using early screening, treatment, and research. He believes that we should be focusing on cancer prevention via reducing avoidable exposures to cancer causing agents in the environment. The budget for prevention is miniscule compared to treatment and research and according to the author, this is where the bulk of funding should go.
Ten years ago, Americans considered AIDS to be the nation’s most critical health issue. Today, less than 20% believe it’s our major concern. David Jefferson looks at the past twenty years of living with AIDS.
Increasingly, pharmacists have refused to fill prescriptions for certain drugs which violate their personal beliefs. In particular, women seeking prescriptions filled for birth control pills and morning after pills have increasingly been turned away. The authors believe that all pharmacies should be required to dispense all drugs regardless of their personal beliefs.
While we live in a technically advanced society, many hospitals have been reluctant to embrace modern systems that could positively impact health care. Many health centers and hospitals are still writing prescriptions by hand and keeping paper records. Both of these practices can lead to medication and other errors.
Health care specialists/providers who are not medical doctors are seeking greater medical power and control. These specialists, including pharmacists, nurse practitioners, psychologists, and chiropractors, have become more prominent and often work along side doctors. As these professionals move into areas once managed solely by physicians, medical turf wars have begun. Both sides bring up issues such as access to care and patient safety.
Many dentists are concerned that their patients may be overexposing themselves to bleach-based teeth whiteners. While dentists generally consider whitening to be a safe procedure, they don’t believe that tooth bleaching should be considered a daily grooming aid. There is also concern that continuous whitening will make teeth more sensitive and may cause permanent damage to both teeth and gums.
Though the safety of breast implants remains controversial, the demand is higher than ever among women who want to increase their breast size or restore breasts after a mastectomy. Choosing implants, for whatever reason, is a decision that should be made only after a woman fully understands and acknowledges the potential harm and the importance of follow-up medical care.
In September of 2004, the painkilling drug Vioxx was withdrawn from the market due to concerns about increased heart attack risks among users. Other pain relievers such as Celebrex, Aleve, and Bextra may also be a risk factor for heart attacks leaving pain sufferers fewer drugs to ease their symptoms. This article identifies ways to manage both acute and chronic pain and also addresses safe ways to use pain killers.
Since the invention of the electric light bulbs, humans have gotten less and less sleep. It appears that sleeping well keeps people alive longer and death from all causes is lowest among adults who get seven to eight hours of sleep regularly and significantly higher among those who sleep less than seven hours or more than nine hours.
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