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“Did You Use Drugs When You Were a Kid?”
Generations of parents have had to work out how to talk to their kids about sex.
Starting with the those who came of age in the 1960s, they also have had to work out how to talk to their kids about illegal drugs they may have used.
This column, 18 and Under, is by Perri Klass, M.D., [...]
Topics: Friends & Families
How Is Contraception Basic Preventive Care?
Is contraception basic preventive care? Women’s advocates say yes and argue that it should be among those preventive services the new health bill will require to be provided free.
Topics: You, the Patient
CDC Reports on Colorectal and Breast Cancer Screenings…Do You Need Testing?
CDC Vital Signs
Colorectal Cancer
Colon Cancer
22 million adults ages 50-75 still need to be tested
Colorectal cancer screening prevents cancer and saves lives.
Colorectal cancer is cancer of the colon or rectum, and is often called simply “colon cancer.” It is the #2 cause of cancer deaths in the United States and kills more [...]
Topics: You, the Patient
Teen-Agers Need More Sleep…Later School Start Pays Off, Study Shows
There always is a protest when a school considers starting later for older kids, not little ones.
That doesn’t sound like it makes any sense. They are little. They take longer. The weather could be worse.
However, there is a sound basis for concluding that adolescents really do need more sleep. One school system which experimented with [...]
Topics: Friends & Families
What Do Exercise Experts Really Know About Women?
What do exercise scientists know about women? Not that much, says an expert in the field, Dr. David Rowlands, a senior lecturer with the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health at Massey University in New Zealand.
Topics: You, the Patient
Why Talk Therapy Is Fastest Treatment When a Patient Is in Distress
Talk therapy has fallen out of favor in many places because medications have become the mainstay of many psychiatric patients’ treatment. Health plan reimbursement favors pills over talk. However, talk therapy has an important place in treatment. It’s faster than medication, as you will read about here, when the patient is in real difficulty.
Topics: How To Speak Doctor
A New Category of Hospital Does Not Measure Up on Survival Rates
A new category of hospital—the acute care, long-term care hospital—has been developed for patients who need longer to recover from a critical illness than is usual for a short-stay hospital. Those are the hospitals in your community which have been there for years. Why do these new ones exist? General acute care facilities need the beds and may have a financial incentive to discharge patients sooner, says the comment on this Journal Watch summary. The survival rates one year after discharge are extremely low. In 2008, Medicare put a 3-year hold on any new construction of these hospitals. Be aware. Beware of your family member’s being transferred to one without knowing what their outcomes are. Get the patient’s own doctor involved in this process, too.
Topics: How To Speak Doctor
Alco-pops Are Supposed to Have Health Benefits? Like, What?
Teen-aged girls are drinking more. Part of the reason can be attributed to clever packaging and presentation. Alcohol is sold as a “drink of fitness.” This brief explains how they do it.
Topics: Friends & Families
Dying Patients and Families Need More Communications with Care-givers
This study, while it has a number of limitations, suggests that patients and families need to have much more clinical information than they get from care-givers.
Topics: How To Speak Doctor
“The Essential Business Model of Medical Insurance Will Have to Change”
An innovative health care system in Pennsylvania is paying for chronic disease nurses to work in primary care offices to help alert the doctor to patients who need to come in quickly and to help prevent avoidable hospitalizations.
Topics: How To Speak Doctor, News
