Hearing Health – Noise Pollution
Are YOU Going Deaf? FYI- there are recommended community limits to noise exposure -70dBa. The level is set as the maximum our ears can take without causing damage. Hearing health has deteriorated especially in cities with mass transit - we are going deaf! To give you...
CDC Zombies – A New Way to Teach
Get the info you need so you and your family can deal with a zombie 'apocalypse'. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has embraced pop TV culture using the popular images and stories of zombies to educate on preparedness for hurricanes, pandemics, earthquakes, and...
Baldness Indicates Heart Disease!?
Male baldness can be a telltale sign of heart disease so if you have coronal baldness (crown/vertex of your head) and frontal baldness you chances are 69% greater that you will have coronary heart disease (CHD) than someone with full head hair. Coronary arteries...
Tablets for Doctors
Did you know the U.S. government has a "Meaningful Use" program that allows a doctor to claim as a Medicare and Medicaid expense the cost of a tablet device. This is allowed as an indirect way to reduce the paper used for patient records. No surprise we see many...
Childhood Obesity-Size Matters
A small, randomized study of 1st graders demonstrated that children serving themselves with a full adult sized plate (larger plate) piled on more calories than when they used a child-sized plate (smaller plate). Other studies have shown same in adults no surprise....
HPV
HPV - you've heard of it - Human PapillomaVirus? What do you think the PAP smears (recommended ages 21-65) are about? Yes, screening for presence of papillomavirus on a woman's cervix. HPV is most common STD in the US but in 90% of cases our immune system clears it....
Glaucoma
Glaucoma is a disease that damages the nerve fibers carrying images from the eye to the brain. The nerve is the optic nerve it is like a cable made up of many fibers (like wires). Once damage occurs blind spots appear in your visual field. As you can imagine it...
Second-Hand Smoke Danger
Smoke even second-hand exposure is a bigger risk for heart disease than High Cholesterol is! Who would have thought? The risk of clogged arteries is greater from secondhand smoke than from several heart disease risk factors, including high cholesterol*. The overall...
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