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Hot Topic: Clean Eating

Clean Eating is a term that’s been thrown around a lot lately, only it’s not necessarily understood. We’ll explain what it is and if it’s advisable to eat this way.

Author Terry Walters helped fuel the Clean Eating movement into mainstream America. According to the author of Clean Food and Clean Start, it’s all about consuming natural, unprocessed foods. Her philosophy is:

This means eating whole grains, fruits and vegetables and lean proteins (a.k.a. real food

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July 18th, 2011  in Health Care Advice No Comments »

Know about Different Types of Headache

Headache is one of the most common health problems that doctors and other medical professionals encounter in clinical practice. Patient seeking medical attention to get relief from headache is common. But headache is not an easy clinical problem to deal with and doctors find it often difficult to treat headache successfully as it is difficult to find out a cause for headache. Careful clinical examination, complete history taking along with judicious use of investigations (such as CT scan, MRI, EEG etc.) is essential to determine the cause of headache and at times it may not be possible to find out the cause of headache despite extensive investigations.

According to International Headache Society classification headache is classified into primary headache and secondary headache.

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July 18th, 2011  in Health Care Advice No Comments »

Help Wanted: Artists to Create Miracles

And.er…uh….just where are these miracles going to come from?

Another clinical study? A deeper dive into EHRs? More ‘command and control’ from quality assurance reviews? Another ‘gotcha’ hearing? Another malpractice trial?

I wonder about that a lot these days and sometimes I’m not optimistic because it seems intuitively obvious to me that we are not going to dig our way out of a hole by digging in the same hole faster, better or more efficiently.

We’re in need of radical solutions. I’ve been wondering about other approaches. Then I saw one. Quite unexpectedly from artists and musicians.

Huh?  

Yes. Artists and musicia

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July 17th, 2011  in Health Care Advice No Comments »

Health problems of Underweight

Underweight may cause several health problems in an individual. Some of the health problems due to underweight may have far reaching consequences and some of the health problems due to underweight are minor.

The following are some of the health problems of underweight:

  • Underweight can cause growth retardation, especially in growing children. The final height and health of children who suffer from underweight may be less than normal. Due to growth retardation the optimum health may not be possible in the future life and life may not be productive to the expectation.
  • Underweight causes poor general health and the resistance to infection is lowered as well as there is increased susceptibility to infections like tuberculosis.

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July 16th, 2011  in Health Care Advice No Comments »

The Veggie Table: 5 Ways to Fit Veggies in your Breakfast

When it comes to soups, salads, stews, sandwiches, casseroles, pasta and pizza, you can find an abundance of veggies used to add flavor, crunch, and necessary nutrients. But the one place you may not find your fill of vegetables is in breakfast foods. With the average American only getting about two servings of veggies each day, that morning meal is a crucial place to make sure you’re meeting your veggie mark. Here are some mouth-watering ways to get vegetables in your breakfast each day.

Green smoothies have risen in popularity ever since celebrity health fanatics like Dr. Oz have started touting their benefits. A

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July 16th, 2011  in Health Care Advice No Comments »
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