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Fighting Flab with Flying Insects

srxa wrote 1 day ago: If, like us, you live in the East Coast of the US, you’ve probably stated to see some of the billion … more →

Tags: Environmental, obesity, sexual behavior, Weight loss, Word on Health, cicadas, brood, swarmageddon 2013, Jodi Arias

Dogs Double Risk for Distracted Driving

srxa wrote 1 week ago: Distracted driving is something we usually associate with teens and their cell phones, or frenzied m … more →

Tags: aging, Clinical Research, Word on Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, PhD, Accidents, Auto Accidents, Car Accidents, motor vehicle collission

www.Can-I-Help-You-With-That?

srxa wrote 2 weeks ago: There’s days when reading the news makes you feel old. Today is one of those days. It started out wi … more →

Tags: Word on Health, aging, nurses, robotics, Georgia Institute of Technology, iPhone, Internet, World Wide Web, robotic surgery

Fluffy Therapy

srxa wrote 2 weeks ago: These days, therapy dogs and cats are often brought into health care facilities to help boost their … more →

Tags: Word on Health, Pharmacies, Pet Therapy, animal therapy, rojo, napoleon, Llamas, Alpacas, therapy elephants

Radioactive Bacteria:1 - Pancreatic Cancer:0

srxa wrote 2 weeks ago: Years ago, when I was just starting my healthcare career, I worked with a team specializing in the m … more →

Tags: Cancer, Clinical Research, Word on Health, pancreatic cancer, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, bacteria, listeria, listeria monocytogenes

Pumped Up about Promising new Parkinson’s Pump

srxa wrote 3 weeks ago: Parkinson’s disease, as many of our readers know is a chronic, progressive neurological disease that … more →

Tags: Cleveland Clinic, Clinical Research, Parkinson's disease, Word on Health, FDA, drugs, Neurology, brain, Brain health

Should You Stay or Should You Go?

srxa wrote 3 weeks ago: Picture this familiar scene. A critically injured person is wheeled into the emergency room by param … more →

Tags: Health Outcomes, Emergency Medicine, Word on Health, paramedics, death, CPR, Emergency Departments, end of life decisions, family presence during resuscitation

Bullseye! Lyme Disease Without the Rash

srxa wrote 3 weeks ago: With the weather finally starting to warm up, if you’re anything like me, you probably can’t wait to … more →

Tags: Infectious Disease, Lyme Disease, Word on Health, Lupus, Lyme, ticks, Borrelia Burgdorferi, Tick bites, PCR

Put on the red light

srxa wrote 4 weeks ago: We’ve all been there, some of us more often than others. You know what I’m talking about. That mid-a … more →

Tags: behavioral health, Clinical Research, Word on Health, sleep, fatigue, sleep 2, Accidents, light, lighting research

The Skinny on Breakthrough Myelin Sheath Disorders1 comment

srxa wrote 1 month ago: In patients with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and other rare genetic disorders known as leuko … more →

Tags: Multiple Sclerosis, Stem cells, Word on Health, Cerebral-Palsy, fibroblasts, cerebral palsy, leukodystophy, case western reserve school of medicine, oligodendrocytes

Puzzling how to get Lady Gaga out of your head?

srxa wrote 1 month ago: You know how it goes. You hear a song on the radio, or TV and it gets stuck in your mind. Once there … more →

Tags: behavioral health, Word on Health, Lady Gaga, Music, catchy tunes, Earworms, music getting stuck in your head, Beyonce, Carly Rae Jepsen

Pharma Under Fire for Fair Balance Failings

srxa wrote 1 month ago: Uh oh! Seems like the Pharma industry is in trouble again. Research published in the Journal of Gene … more →

Tags: Pharmaceutical Industry, physicians, Word on Health, Medical Education, Doctors, Drug safety, FDA, drugs, pharma industry

Praying for Boston1 comment

srxa wrote 1 month ago: No words tonight, only prayers. For the victims, for the families, for Boston, for sport, for the fi … more →

Tags: Injuries, condolences, Boston Marathon, Prayers, Sympathy, tragedy, Outrage

Lift Weights to Lower Blood Sugar?1 comment

srxa wrote 1 month ago: SRxA’s Word on Health was interested to read that researchers in the Life Sciences Institute a … more →

Tags: Diet, diabetes, Exercise 2, Clinical Research, Word on Health, ATP, bllod sugar, Blood Glucose, health

Bye-Bye Backside

srxa wrote 1 month ago: Anyone who’s ever been a hospital patient knows that hospital gowns come in three sizes: short, shor … more →

Tags: Word on Health, patient safety, Henry Ford Hospital, hospital gown, hospital gown jokes, henry ford innovation institute, college for creative studies, Fashion, functionality

Cutting Costs by Cutting Pills

srxa wrote 1 month ago: According to some disturbing data released yesterday by the CDC, many US adults aren’t following doc … more →

Tags: behavioral health, Adherence, drugs, Health Outcomes, Health Care Costs, Word on Health, Drug safety, Medicaid, CDC

Welcome to World Allergy Week

srxa wrote 1 month ago: Today marks the start of the World Allergy Organization’s (WAO) annual World Allergy Week. During th … more →

Tags: Allergy, Food Labels, Health Outcomes, Food Allergy, Word on Health, Anaphylaxis, epinephrine, World Allergy Organization, Food Allergies

Stopping Herpes From Going Viral

srxa wrote 1 month ago: On Wednesday SRxA’s Word on Health reported on a link between memory loss and cognitive decline and … more →

Tags: Clinical Research, HIV, Infectious Disease, sexually transmitted disease, Word on Health, herpes, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, M-D, oral herpes

Emergency! Epinephrine in Anaphylaxis: under-use and inappropriate use by EMS

srxa wrote 1 month ago: Despite a decline in anaphylaxis deaths over the past 25 years, lack of epinephrine and incorrect ad … more →

Tags: Allergy, AAAAI, drugs, Emergency Medicine, Word on Health, Anaphylaxis, 5 rights of medication administration, Anaphylaxis, anaphylaxis related-death


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