Are you up to date with your vaccines? What about your family, are they? Vaccination time can be confusing, not just for the patient. Here is a view from nurse, educator, mom Sharon Buchbinder on vaccinations and safety in the new IOM (Institute of Medicine) expert report. The IOM Report on The Childhood Immunization Schedule … Continue reading »
Have you heard of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP? Harsh Times SNAP is the new name for food stamps and now comes as an electronic card. A clear sign of harsh economic times in the U.S., 46 million people use food stamps, SNAP, to add food to their groceries each week. That’s 1 in … Continue reading »
TEDx Midatlantic presented a letter to the US President from Dr. Theo Colborn, December 10th 2012 as a TED Talk. On the day of December 21st 2012, I’m sharing her reading of this letter with you, because it is so hopeful. Even if we predicted doom, and in some ways may have created a doomsday … Continue reading »
What is on your summer reading list? Healthcare reform is on top, not just for politicians, but for readers too. For readers of the free reports from IOM, the top 10 this summer start with the Future of Nursing report. Nurses lead healthcare, and are no handmaidens of the doctors now - as nurse Sharon Buchbinder comments here . Equal … Continue reading »
Are you up on all your shots? Are you sure? What about the family? Hard to know, and tough to keep up with the changing rules on who should be immunized when for what. The app challenge “Go Viral to Improve Health” now has a winner. The app challenge contest was set up by science … Continue reading »
What would you think if a third of the world’s population were infected with a bacterium? And if this was one that caused a deadly disease—one that was becoming resistant to all known drugs? Science fiction, maybe? In fact, a third of the world is infected with just such a thing. Two billion people are … Continue reading »
Our health literacy is at the center of healthcare changes the whole country may face very soon. Do you dread going to the doctor? Dread can come from not understanding the process. Do you mistrust the healthcare system? Mistrust follows on the heels of dread, when processes are not understood. A new Institute of Medicine, IOM expert … Continue reading »
Freedom of information sharing is a right we take for granted in science. And in biomedical research we felt secure about that right, until this year. This is the year everything changed. Information sharing is the subject of a new National Academies Press publication, just out and freely available at the link: http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13295 . The experts debate the best … Continue reading »
Are men and women different? When it comes to the body, yes. Aside from the obvious, we have differences in diseases. For example, the H1N1 flu affected pregnant women more than other people during the pandemic. And women have more cases of lupus and osteoporosis than men. The health and disease of our heart, muscles, … Continue reading »
