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13WHAM-TV Legalizing Medical Marijuana in NY 13WHAM-TV The cannabidiol (CBD) levels are very high and the THC, which is the psychotropic affects, are very low so the kids aren’t getting high from it they’re truly getting the benefits of the CBDs or…
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Metformin may trigger B-12 deficiency
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Coincidentally, that’s when I started noticing this problem. Could this drug be the cause?
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Mast Therapeutics Announces Positive Data In Model Of Heart Failure Wall Street Journal In early 2014, the Company plans to initiate a phase 2, clinical proof of concept study in acute limb ischemia that will evaluate whether MST-188 improves the…
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This woman became the first patient in Minnesota to receive a MitraClip for a mitral heart valve repair.
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A Minnesota medical device company is developing a device to help people with class three and four heart failure without increasing the risk of blood clots.
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Publication date: January 2014 Source:European Journal of Radiology, Volume 83, Issue 1 Author(s): Takeshi Johkoh , Fumikazu Sakai , Satoshi Noma , Masanori Akira , Kiminori Fujimoto , Takeyuki Watadani , Yukihiko Sugiyama …
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Portion control tips
Start with a glass of H2O
Wear form-fitting clothes
Add veggie fillers
Dine on dinnerware that helps you lose
Make carbs the topper instead of the base
Set the scene for slower eating
Work for your food
Don’t eat from the bag or box
Slurp your appetizer
Take a lap before serving yourself
Drink from a tall glass
Limit mealtime distractions
Use smaller serveware and dishes
End your meal with a new kind of sweet treat
To lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you consume, which inevitably means one thing: portion control. But you’re not necessarily doomed to a growling stomach until you reach your goal. “Portion control doesn’t mean you have to eat tiny portions of everything,” says Lisa Young, author of The Portion Teller Plan: The No-Diet Reality Guide to Eating, Cheating, and Losing Weight Permanently. “You don’t want to feel like you’re on a diet, but you have to eat fewer calories.”
Here are 14 easy ways to cut portions, trim calories, and lose fat without counting the minutes until your next meal.
Health.com: 16 Ways to Lose Weight Fast
Start with a glass of H2O
Drink 16 ounces (a big glass) of water before you eat, suggests Dawn Jackson Blatner, author of The Flexitarian Diet. Filling your belly with water will naturally make you less likely to overeat, she says. Plus, some symptoms of dehydration may actually be what’s causing your rumbling belly, so sipping some water before you eat may eliminate your “hunger” altogether.
Wear form-fitting clothes
We’re not suggesting you squeeze into pants that are too tight. However, wearing an outfit with a waistband or perhaps a jacket with buttons can serve as a tool to prompt you to slow down and assess how you feel during your meal, says Young. As your clothing begins to feel a little snugger, it may keep you from going back for seconds.
Add veggie fillers
Bulking up your meals with veggies is one easy way to cut calories while filling you up fast. Spinach, for example, can be used as a sandwich-topper or can add fiber and nutrients to pasta and stir-fries, says Blatner. Other ideas to eat more veggies: swap in mushrooms for half the ground meat in most recipes, make oatmeal more filling with diced apples, and use a whole-wheat pita in place of bread so you can stuff it with more veggies.
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Dine on dinnerware that helps you lose
The color of your plate may influence how much you eat, according to a 2012 Cornell University study. The researchers discovered that when a plate and the food on it had a low color-contrast (like pasta with Alfredo sauce on a white plate), people at a buffet served themselves 22 percent more than when there was a higher color-contrast (like pasta with red sauce on a white plate or pasta with Alfredo sauce on a red plate). The study conclusions suggest that if you want to eat less, select plates that have a color-contrast to the food you’re eating for dinner. Or if you want to eat more healthy foods, like a bigger salad, eat greens from a large green plate or bowl!
Make carbs the topper instead of the base
Rethink the way you use grains and starches. Take a breakfast parfait, for instance: instead of starting with a granola base, fill your cup with yogurt and then sprinkle just a tiny amount of granola on top for the crunch you crave. Making a stir-fry? Load up your plate with veggies and a serving of lean protein, then add a quarter cup of brown rice.
Set the scene for slower eating
Dim lights and listen to relaxing music to set the tone for a more leisurely meal, suggests Blatner. “Taking your time while eating increases enjoyment and decreases portions,” she says. Remember to chew slowly, put down your fork between bites, and sip water to make your meal last longer.
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Work for your food
Here’s another way to slow down your eating: munch on foods that require shelling, peeling, or individual unwrapping, suggests Blatner. Oranges, edamame, and pistachios in their shells are healthy options.
Don’t eat from the bag or box
When you sit down with a bag of chips, do you really know how many you’re eating? Researchers from Cornell University sought to answer this question in a study and found that people ate 50 percent more chips when they were given no visual cues as to how large a portion should be. So if you buy a bag of pretzels or tin of nuts that contains 10 servings, divide the contents of the container into 10 smaller baggies ahead of time.
Slurp your appetizer
Before you dive into your entrée, have some soup. Though it may seem counterintuitive to add more to your meal, research shows that starting a meal with soup may help you reduce your overall calorie intake. In a 2007 study, people who ate soup before their lunch entrée reduced their total calorie intake by 20 percent. Your best bet: a broth-based soup, preferably with veggies to help you feel full from the natural fiber, says Young. Here are a few healthy soup recipes to get you started.
Take a lap before serving yourself
In a Cornell University study published in PLoS One, researchers observed people at two separate breakfast buffet lines that featured the same seven items: cheesy eggs, potatoes, bacon, cinnamon rolls, low-fat granola, low-fat yogurt, and fruit. One line presented the foods from healthiest to least-healthy, while the other line had the order reversed. Regardless of which line they passed through, more than 75 percent of diners put the first food they saw on their plates; the first three foods they encountered in the buffet made up two-thirds of all the foods they added to their plate. So take a stroll around the buffet or dinner table before you serve yourself, suggests Young.
Drink from a tall glass
It’s okay to have a cocktail with your meal if that’s what you really want, but keep it to one glass and enjoy it slowly, suggests Young. To trick yourself into believing you’re having more, pour your drink into a tall, thin glass. A 2005 study published in the journal BMJ revealed that practiced bartenders who poured what they thought was a shot of alcohol (1.5 ounces) into a short, wide glass poured 20 percent more than when the glass was tall and thin. Add extra ice to your drink to make it look like even more!
Limit mealtime distractions
Turn off the TV and put your smartphone away while you eat. A recent review of studies found that people who watched television during meals tended to consume more than those who ate without any distractions. And for you office dwellers? Consider taking your lunch break away from your desk—in an American Journal of Clinical Nutrition study, people who played computer solitaire while having lunch felt less full at the end, and went on to eat more food later in the day than those who didn’t play the game.
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Use smaller serveware and dishes
Turns out that even food experts aren’t so savvy about eyeballing portion sizes. In a Cornell University study, 85 nutrition experts gathered for an ice cream social to celebrate the success of a colleague. They were randomly given either a small or large bowl, or a small serving scoop or large serving scoop. Then, the nutritionists were asked to complete a brief survey while the study researchers secretly weighed their bowls. Those given the larger bowls served themselves 31 percent more without realizing it, while those who used the larger scoop unknowingly served themselves 14.5 percent more. Moral of the story? Dish up your own food with a small utensil onto a small bowl or plate, and chances are you’ll eat less.
End your meal with a new kind of sweet treat
Many people have trained themselves to expect a sweet treat at the end of a meal, says Blatner. Swap in a new, healthier ritual after meals to signal that you’re done eating. She recommends brewing a flavorful decaf tea like peppermint, cinnamon, chocolate, or one of your favorite fruity varieties for low-or-no-calorie sweet-tooth satisfier.
This article originally appeared on Health.com.
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Sanford Health, a South Dakota-based non-profit health system, said today it will use a $125 million gift to establish a new clinical genomic medicine initiative called Sanford Imagenetics that will stretch across multiple US regions.
The new program will integrate genetic testing in primary care for adult patients with a research program that seeks to define which markers are most successful, Sanford Health said.
Sanford Clinic President Dan Blue said in a statement that Sanford Health will “take a national lead role in using existing genetic markers and incorporating future discoveries for internists to individualize care for patients with cancer, diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and other conditions.”
“We will also study the outcomes to evaluate the efficacy of this approach as well as in-depth bioinformatics research focused on the practical clinical interpretation of the complicated biological data,” added Gene Hoyme, president of Sanford Research.
Beginning later this year, Sanford Imagenetics will offer patients the opportunity to take genetic tests and undergo genetic counseling, and physicians will use their patients’ genetic information to prescribe medications and dosage, and to determine which treatments to use, such as statins or blood thinners.
Sanford Health said it will have dedicated facilities “in all major markets” to implement the new program, including spaces to house the internal medicine practice, genetic counselors, medical geneticists, research, education, and lab services. Sanford Health also said it is the largest rural non-profit healthcare system in the country, with 39 hospitals, 140 clinics, and 1,360 physicians located in 126 communities in nine states.
To launch the initiative, Sanford Health said it has already started recruiting internal medicine and genetics staff to support the Imagenetics program, and it has developed partnerships with Augustana College and the University of South Dakota to develop academic programs to train doctors, scientists, and nurses in genomic medicine.
The $125 million donation was provided by philanthropist Denny Sanford, who has already given nearly half a billion dollars to Sanford Health.
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Below the reader will find a compilation of all the articles related to Affordable Care Act Featured at RAND
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)—the sweeping health care reform sometimes known as “Obamacare”—was enacted in 2010. The law aims to expand access to health coverage for uninsured Americans.
The ACA does this through several provisions: an individual mandate requiring adults to have health insurance or pay a fine; an employer mandate requiring firms with 50 or more employees to offer coverage or pay a fine; a requirement that each state establish a health insurance exchange or accept a federally established exchange in which individuals and small businesses can buy coverage; an expansion of Medicaid eligibility to cover greater numbers of lower-income people. (A 2012Supreme Court decision held that states could not be required to expand Medicaid, thus leaving expansion up to the states.)
In addition, the ACA makes changes to Medicare intended to cut costs, shore up the program’s fiscal solvency, and improve delivery of care.
With most of the ACA’s provisions taking full effect in 2014, the complex process of implementing the law is underway across the country. RAND research is tracking the progress of implementation and assessing the potential consequences of choices facing decisionmakers at many levels: federal and state governments, employers, families, and individuals.Our recent work has examined the likely impact of the ACA in four key policy areas:
The RAND Health Reform Opinion Study tracks public opinion of the Affordable Care Act by surveying the same people over time. This allows us to observe true changes in public opinion, rather than changes based on who was surveyed randomly.
With the complex process of implementing the ACA underway, RAND research is tracking the progress of implementation and assessing the potential consequences of choices facing federal and state governments, employers, families, and individuals.
Through a number of provisions — such as individual and employer mandates, health insurance exchanges, and the expansion of Medicaid — the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) aims to expand access to health care for uninsured Americans. RAND has examined implementation challenges, cost and coverage implications, Medicaid expansion, state health insurance exchanges, and reforms to both care delivery and payment.
The RAND Health Reform Opinion Study tracks public opinion of the Affordable Care Act by surveying the same people over time. This allows us to observe true changes in public opinion, rather than changes based on who was surveyed randomly.
With the complex process of implementing the ACA underway, RAND research is tracking the progress of implementation and assessing the potential consequences of choices facing federal and state governments, employers, families, and individuals.
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Article ID #101: 460 symposia including some 1,845 speakers: Male Dominated Life Sciences Scene in 2011-2013. Published on 1/7/2014
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If women are part of the group that invites speakers to talk at a meeting, that lineup of people giving talks tends to include more female scientists, suggests a study from Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s Arturo Casadevall and Yale University’s Jo Handelsman appearing in mBio.
Men, notes Ivan Oransky at MedPage Today, make up the vast number of speakers at quite a few biomedical conferences. For instance, Rock Health and XX in Health reports that the 2013 Medicine X conference had a 38 to 62 female to male speaker split while 26 percent of the speakers at the Digital Health Summit were female and 13 percent were at the ForbesRx meeting.
Jonathan Eisen has noted at his blog Phylogenomics that the effect extends to genomics meetings. He’s pointed out a number of conferences in his field that are also dominated by men.
In mBioCasadevall and Handelsman examine 460 symposia including some 1,845 speakers at two meetings put on by the American Society for Microbiology between 2011 and 2013.
For the ASM General Meeting, Casadevall and Handelsman report that sessions convened by all men included an average 25 percent female speakers while sessions organized by a team that included at least one woman had an average 43 percent female speakers. Having a woman on the convener team decreased the likelihood of an all-male session by some 70 percent for the ASM General Meeting, they added.
A similar decline was noted for the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy meetings.
“The results suggest that an experiment in which at least one woman is included in every team of conveners might increase the proportional representation of women among the speakers at ASM meetings,” the authors say. “An alternative might be to explicitly charge conveners with finding speakers who reflect the diversity of microbiologists.”
Philosopher Janet Stemwedel cautions, though, that fixing the problem may not be so easy because the mechanism behind the effect of more female conveners leading to more female speakers is unclear, as she tells MedPage Today. Still, ” I think it’s at least plausible that a diversity criterion might be a useful workaround for the blind spot implicit gender bias imposes when people think on people in their field doing good and important work,” she tells Oransky.
“Many jobs outside of academia are highly specific: chief of an imaging facility, director of research administration for a cancer institute, associate director of a science museum,” Beans writes, adding that “[l]eaving academia with the singular goal of obtaining any one of these jobs would be risky. The best we can do is identify a broader career category to work towards, such as science research, administration, or outreach.”
She and some of her graduate school colleagues pulled together a panel of biologists who have pursued careers outside of academia. While they couldn’t provide a sign-posted path to follow, Beans writes that the panelists did offer a few tips on how to start blazing your own way. For instance, the panelists suggested going on informational interviews to learn more about how people got into careers you are interested in or volunteering (perhaps while still in school so it isn’t as much of a financial drain) to build your network and resume at the same time. Additionally, they suggested turning to the alumni network of your department — there are likely quite a few others who came before you who have left academia as well.
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