Living a busy life doesn’t leave a lot of room for planning meals. Planning meals is important, because your body needs fuel to function properly. Food, water and oxygen provide the energy that your cells need to function and grow.…
Introduction Electronic health records (EHRs): the very mention can cause panic, but that need not be the case. This discussion is designed to make the topic of EHRs more easily understood. The keeping of medical records is a time and…
The causes of physician shortage in America are multivariate, but not all the causes are complex. Causes range from natural attrition caused by aging into retirement, as well as voluntary attrition caused by rising overhead expenses, and decreased entry…
Mobile healthcare or mHeath is a term that refers to all aspects of medical care and communications that incorporate the use of mobile computing devices such as cell phones, smart phones, laptops, tablet computers, and PDAs. Mobile communications are quick,…
Introduction Prior to the widespread use of Papanicolaou (PAP) smears in the 1950s, cervical cancer was a major cause of death for American women of child-bearing age. Due to early detection and treatment, cervical cancer is now the 14th most…
Your brain is “command central” for your life. It makes imagination, self- expression, and decision-making possible. Brain injury occurs when there is damage to one or more parts of the brain, or to the entire brain. Traumatic brain injury or…
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of obese adults in the U.S. increased by 2.4 million from 2007 to 2009. In every state, about 15 percent of adults are obese. You don’t have to spend…
Anorexia and its subtype, bulimia, are insidious illnesses that devastate your mind and body. Approximately 7 million women and 1 million men in America suffer from an eating disorder. Anorexia affects 1 in 200 women. Bulimia occurs more often, affecting 2 to…
