Archive for July, 2007
Older Folks Don’t Get The Joke
It’s no laughing matter that elderly adults have a tougher time understanding basic jokes than do younger adults. It’s partially due to a cognitive decline linked to age, as per Washington University in St. Louis scientists Wingyun Mak, a graduate student in psychology in Arts and Sciences, and Brian Carpenter, Ph.D., Washington University associate professor of psychology……..
Original post by Health news from medicineworld.org
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Damaged or diseased vocal cords can forever change and even silence the voices we love, from a family member’s to a famous personality’s. Julie Andrews, who starred in such classics as The Sound of Music, is among the professional singers who have undergone surgery to remove callus-like growths that can form from overuse of these two small, stretchy bands of tissue housed in the larynx, or voice box. Sadly, Andrews may never fully recover her singing voice after surgery on her vocal cords in 1997……..
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MBNQA Criteria Modified to Help Dentists
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Sarasota, FL (April 14, 2001) - Internationally known Quality expert, William Scherkenbach has just completed a modification of the 2001 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Health Care Criteria specifically to improve the quality of Dental Practice Management. The Criteria, which were written for physicians and medical health care, needed to be revised to meet the special needs of dental health care. ?Dentists have been spoon-fed portions of Dental Practice Pabulum for too long. They need something substantive, especially for Practice Management Quality.? said Scherkenbach. He used the 7 major Criteria Categories as the backbone for his treatment plan that also reflects the management tenets of Dr. W. Edwards Deming.
The dentist as a leader The duty of a leader should be to set the aim of the Practice.
Strategic planning for your practice The first step in achieving your aim is found in the first step of Deming Cycle: Plan - Do - Study - Act.
How to focus on patients, other customers, and markets The most important part of your Dental Practice is your Patients.
Information and analysis for front and back office One of Dr. Deming’s favorite questions was “How do you know?” The most important data are unknown and unknowable.
Staff focus You have to transition from “A Star with helpers” to a Practice that better balances the individual and the team.
Process management for front and back office Everything that you think, do, or feel can be described in terms of a process. It is a blending of People, Materials, Methods, Equipment, and Environment.
Practice performance results The proof is in the smile.
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Filed under: Cancer Pre-vivors
Karen Spengler has been fighting cancer for 10 long years. Cancer’s taken a lot out of her–a kidney, part of her leg bone, her hair, which she’s lost nine times–but it hasn’t taken her spirit, or her love of a good mystery.
Her Story is this: The owner of a Kansas City bookstore specializing in suspense novels, called I love A Mystery, Spengler also runs a support group for breast cancer survivors, called Turning Point. And though probably no other member of the group has, like Spengler, undergone treatment almost continuously for a decade, she’s the backbone and the energetic force in the group.
She credits life-saving drugs to her survival against all odds, but there’s another important aspect to her battle with cancer — her positive attitude. Spengler considers herself lucky when most others would see the opposite.
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Original post by Martha Edwards
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Filed under: Breast Cancer, Drug, Clinical Trials
The Journal of the National Cancer Institute published a study that stated — a sharp decline in the use of premenopausal hormones was followed by a drop in the rate of breast cancer.
In the recent past, large clinical trials were conducted as part of the Women’s Health Initiative that raised concerns about the health risks from hormonal therapies to manage menopausal symptoms. This report led many to stop using the drugs.
Since those reports that were published in 2002, the sharp decline in hormonal drugs has also seen a decline in breast cancer cases. They are not sure if this is the only reason that breast cancer rates have dropped.
The researchers however think the results of the trial provide additional evidence that recent declines in breast cancer incidence may be due in part to a decline in the use of postmenopausal hormones.
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Original post by Kristina Collins
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Filed under: Daily news, Rectal Cancer
As Heather reported on earlier today, another blow to alcohol consumption has been found. European research released this week shows a connection between alcohol consumption and the possibility of developing bowel cancer.
The research concluded that people who drink one or two glasses of beer or win per day increase their chances of developing rectal (bowel) cancer by 10 percent. Is that number such a big deal? Absolutely.
Sound like a low amount? It’s not — and the researchers apparently looked at more than 500,000 people in the study, so the results are quite statistically significant. Out of that population, 18,000 people were found to have bowel cancer and the researchers dug in deep until they found out the correlation(s) with certain lifestyle choices.
It’s always a good idea to have alcohol in very moderate amounts (although wine has been found to be healthy and not healthy), and this research points to more evidence to support that point. Will you abandon alcohol completely, though?
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Original post by Brian White
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