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Tuesday 31 July 2012
Booze, Energy Drinks, Casual Sex Combo Common in College: Study
Title: Booze, Energy Drinks, Casual Sex Combo Common in College: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 7/30/2012 2:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2012 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 7/30/2012 2:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2012 12:00:00 AM
How Britain became a cycling nation
The Tour de France and Olympic golds are well within the grasp of British riders, and nearly two million of us are now regular cyclists. Yet a decade ago, this was a minority pursuit. So what has changed?
Bradley Wiggins and his team-mate Chris Froome are odds-on to win the Tour de France when it finishes in Paris next Sunday, holding first and second place with a week to go, but amid the celebration one salient fact could go unnoticed: seven years ago, in 2005, there was not a single cyclist from these shores in the race. The dramatic rise of British cyclists riding for a British team to dominate the toughest race in the cycling calendar is the mirror image of a sport and pastime that has boomed in the last few years, whether you measure it by medal count, participation or cash spent on bike bling.
The Tour de France is the start of what could be the perfect summer for cycling, on the results side if not in terms of the weather for actually being in the saddle. The dream scenario for the men who run the sport in Britain would be that, six days after Wiggins or Froome wins the Tour de France, the reigning world road race champion Mark Cavendish sprints up the Mall to win the opening event in the London Olympic Games, the men's road race. The script climaxes the following week with a rush of medals at the London Velodrome, building on the track cycling team's dominance in Beijing in 2008. New national heroes then emerge to act as flagbearers alongside Cavendish ? BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2011 ? Wiggins, Sir Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton.
Those who underestimate cycling have only to stand by the side of a major road leading to the centre of London at rush hour and watch the endless stream of bikes passing as commuters beat congestion on the tube, or see the hordes who watch the Tour of Britain each September (official crowd figures topped a million in 2011). Cycling is no longer at the margins and this summer's events will help it grow further, in terms of participation and economics.
British Cycling's membership has doubled since 2008 to 50,000, while Sport England's latest participation survey suggests nearly two million people currently cycle at least once a week. That's reflected in the buoyant state of the cycle industry. A joint report by British Cycling and the London School of Economics in August last year estimated that as a pastime and industry it is worth �2.9bn to the national economy. Their estimated spend of �230 per cyclist will make any two-wheeled widow smile wryly: the most expensive top-end racing bikes cost as much as a small car, so that might just about cover a pair of brakes.
The LSE figure is borne out by a simple rule of thumb: visit any major cycle event or do a quick commuter count, estimate the value of the bikes within view, and extrapolate. Or you could compare the magazines I edited in the 1990s with their editions now, in terms of page count and advert count. This summer, retailers suggest that mid-range bike sales have been hit hard by the poor weather ? one shop reported in June that its top-selling clothing line was winter overshoes ? but in 2010 and 2011, the market in high-end bikes, those costing more than �5,000, was more than bucking the recession.
"The massive difference in the last three years is the number of serious, first-time buyers ? that's increased enormously. There is a huge increase in people buying a first serious bike, costing �1,000 or more, it's more than doubled," Phil Weaver, who runs Shropshire-based Epic Cycles, told me. The classic pattern, according to Weaver, is that cyclists begin with a commuter bike, buy a low-to-mid-range road bike, get hooked, then look to the top end of the market.
The rise and rise of cycling can be traced back to two coaches, Peter Keen and Dave Brailsford and one event: the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992, when Chris Boardman won the gold medal in the individual pursuit, Britain's first cycling gold since 1920. That created massive short-term hype, but nothing concrete for five years, until Boardman's trainer Peter Keen sat down and wrote a long-term plan for the sport in order to attract funding from the National Lottery: Boardman's gold, and the bronze he won in Atlanta, indicated that British cyclists could compete on the international stage if well resourced. But by then the sport was in crisis, the governing body had been riven with dissent and members had deserted in droves. Major sponsors had disappeared and while Boardman had won a time trial in the Tour de France, he was the only Briton in the race.
Keen's plan seemed outlandish: he proposed the funding be directed mainly at track cycling and women's racing. These, he suggested, were areas where medals could be won in the short term, attracting more funding and creating a virtuous cycle of forward progress. There was an outcry from traditionalists, offended partly by the fact he was only intending to fund teams in road racing ? the most prestigious and popular side of the sport ? as part of preparation for track racing. Keen also felt that, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the professional road side was riddled with drugs and it would be unethical to launch young riders into that milieu. The diehards also hated the lime-green jerseys that Keen's national team wore, briefly, to mark a complete break with the past.
His vision bore fruit almost immediately, with Jason Queally's gold medal in the kilometre time trial at the Sydney Olympics, where Hoy and a 20-year-old Bradley Wiggins were also among the medallists. The momentum continued at the Athens Games, where Wiggins and Hoy both took gold. But as the track cyclists flourished, the road racers were nowhere: Boardman had retired in 2000, and his apparent successor, David Millar, was busted for drugs in 2004 and banned. (He has since returned, reinventing himself as an anti-doping campaigner, and on Friday won a stage of the current tour.) In 2004 and 2005, there was not one British cyclist in the Tour de France.
The key years were 2007 and 2008. By then Keen had moved on, succeeded by Brailsford, who ran the sport along the same lines as Keen, but with a key twist: Brailsford was a road racer at heart, a would-be pro before turning his attention to business. In 2007, when the tour started in London, the first products of the Great Britain cycling academy ? run by a passionate young coach, Rod Ellingworth ? were coming through, led by Mark Cavendish, and Brailsford had spotted the potential for a British-based professional team. The talent was there, he felt, but the sport was clearly changing, with stricter testing pushing drug taking increasingly to the margins. Young British cyclists no longer had to face the ethical minefield that had ensnared Millar.
Beijing in 2008 saw Brailsford's cyclists dominate with eight golds; James Murdoch's Sky had come on board as a major sponsor for the Olympic team just before the Games and by 2009 they were lined up to back the pro team project. Serendipitously, that same year Wiggins achieved his breakthrough performance in the tour, finishing fourth after finally paying his full attention to the road after his years of concentrating on the track at the Olympic Games. At the same time, there had been a massive boom in participation at grassroots level, fuelled largely by the emergence of the Mamil: Middle Aged Men in Lycra, able to commit time and money to pursuing their passion, largely mass-participation events based on the format of the Etape du Tour, in which leisure riders get to cycle the route of a stage of the great race.
At the top of the tree, in 2011, British pro cyclists won a record 46 races, partly spurred by Team Sky's formation, but also because of Cavendish's rise to dominate the mass sprints that decide many professional events. The highlight was Cavendish's victory in the world professional road race championship, a feat no Briton had managed since 1965. It was a team performance of striking dominance ? confirmation that Keen's goal of making Britain the world's top cycling nation had been achieved ? masterminded by Ellingworth in a two-year campaign that bore echoes of Sir Clive Woodward's single-minded march towards the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
Unlike Woodward's players, Britain's cyclists have kept going, without a pause for breath. In February 2009, Brailsford had stated his goal of winning the Tour de France with a British cyclist. It was met with widespread scepticism. That is now within reach, whether or not it happens this year. Asked what he would do next if it were to happen, whether he might feel he had nothing else to achieve, he had no hesitation: "Win it again. And again." After this July, few would gainsay him. And looking back further, the original visionary, Peter Keen, wrote in an early Olympic plan that he felt Britain had to aim to be the number one cycling nation in the world. That looked outlandish, but, again, it is perfectly on the cards.
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Mom?s Pot Use Doubles Risk of ?Preemie? Birth: Study
Other risk factors include family history of pre-term births, high blood pressure, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Cardiology)
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Surge in hard-up women offering to sell their eggs
A private hospital in Manchester say donor numbers have swelled after a rule-change mean they are now paid �750 for each donation. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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Health Tip: Help Baby Develop Healthy Sleep Habits
Title: Health Tip: Help Baby Develop Healthy Sleep Habits
Category: Health News
Created: 7/30/2012 8:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/30/2012 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 7/30/2012 8:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/30/2012 12:00:00 AM
Source: http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rss&k=DailyHealth&a=160807
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Psychological Abuse of Children May Be Common
Title: Psychological Abuse of Children May Be Common
Category: Health News
Created: 7/30/2012 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/30/2012 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 7/30/2012 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/30/2012 12:00:00 AM
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Allow me to introduce myself
Hi there Dragonfly readers!�My name is Mahria Lebow and I am the new Regional Technology Coordinator for the Pacific Northwest Region.�I was lucky enough to meet some of you before I got started here at the Regional Advisory Council meeting a few weeks back.
This position brings me back from the Midwest to my favorite part of the country.�I am a native Oregonian, going back six generations to Thomas Simpson Lebow who trekked on the Oregon Trail from Tennessee to Lane County, settling in 1850.� I’m excited to again be sandwiched between the Pacific and the Cascades. I enjoy both camping and surfing, so my recreational activities will be much improved upon from my time in a landlocked state.
Prior to obtaining my Masters of Library and Information Science from the University of Bri...
This position brings me back from the Midwest to my favorite part of the country.�I am a native Oregonian, going back six generations to Thomas Simpson Lebow who trekked on the Oregon Trail from Tennessee to Lane County, settling in 1850.� I’m excited to again be sandwiched between the Pacific and the Cascades. I enjoy both camping and surfing, so my recreational activities will be much improved upon from my time in a landlocked state.
Prior to obtaining my Masters of Library and Information Science from the University of Bri...
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Pathology action learning sets
The DH has published a document detailing all the pathology action learning sets which are currently in operation. Among the subjects covered are:
Anti-coagulant clinics in the community
Costing and commissioning
Demand management
Harmonisation of reference intervals
HPA dyspepsia clinics
Immunology shared service
Informatics
Lab to lab communications
LEAN/6 Sigma
Mortuary services
Order communications
Out of hours reporting
Phlebotomy
Point of care testing
Reporting of results
Service improvement
Service reconfiguration
Transport
Using action learning to work with management teams
Workforce reprofiling
The document is available to download from the DH site.
Pathology action learning sets, summer 2007 (PDF, 432KB)
...
Anti-coagulant clinics in the community
Costing and commissioning
Demand management
Harmonisation of reference intervals
HPA dyspepsia clinics
Immunology shared service
Informatics
Lab to lab communications
LEAN/6 Sigma
Mortuary services
Order communications
Out of hours reporting
Phlebotomy
Point of care testing
Reporting of results
Service improvement
Service reconfiguration
Transport
Using action learning to work with management teams
Workforce reprofiling
The document is available to download from the DH site.
Pathology action learning sets, summer 2007 (PDF, 432KB)
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Well: Sorbets of Summer
The best way to enjoy sorbet in the summer is to make it yourself with fresh summer fruits. (Source: NYT Health)
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Paris police arrest seven over sabotage of V�lib' bicycle network
Suspects accused of theft and damage which caused closure of 50 parking stations in network that inspired London scheme
Paris police have arrested seven people on suspicion of sabotaging part of the French capital's celebrated V�lib' free-rental bicycle network.
The suspects allegedly found a way of getting round the sophisticated electronic security system to remove bikes. If that failed, they resorted to crowbars to wreck the cycles or their stands, leading to the closure of 50 parking stations.
Many of the stolen bikes have been found abandoned, and often damaged, in roads, gardens and public parks around the city.
Albert Asseraf, a director general at JCDecaux, responsible for V�lib' said maintenance and repair teams were working on repairing the damage and introducing a new security system.
"We have reinforced the access points so they are more difficult to get to," Asseraf said. He described the damage as the result of "irresponsible and absurd acts".
Paris police said they were looking into whether the "acts of sabotage" were carried out by an organised gang or individuals wishing to return home after a late night out by another means than by foot.
The spate of thefts and vandalism has been likened to the 1948 Italian film Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves) directed by Vittorio De Sica, in which a poor man searches the streets of Rome for his stolen bicycle, which he needs in order to work. The film was in the top 10 of the British Film Institute's list of 50 films to see before the age of 14.
V�lib' was introduced five years ago and became the model for similar projects in other cities, including London.
There are now 23,500 bikes parked at 1,400 self-service points across the French capital. An estimated 130m journeys have been made since its launch, around 110,000 every day, mostly by people travelling to and from their jobs. In five years the number of cyclists in Paris has risen by 41%.
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Do I Have A Food Addiction?
Can we really be addicted to food? After all, we need food to survive. Our brains are wired to experience pleasure from eating which is what motivates us to consume enough energy?clearly a survival instinct.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
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Monday 30 July 2012
Overweight men can boost low testosterone levels by losing weight
Weight loss can reduce the prevalence of low testosterone levels in overweight, middle-aged men with prediabetes by almost 50 percent, a new study finds.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120625124914.htm
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Deferasirox for Porphyria Cutanea TardaDeferasirox for Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
A small pilot study offers promise for an alternative to phlebotomy in the treatment of this systemic and dermatologic disease. Medscape Dermatology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
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Exercise and a healthy diet of fruits and vegetables extends life expectancy in women in their 70s
Women in their seventies who exercise and eat healthy amounts of fruits and vegetables have a longer life expectancy, according to new research.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530100512.htm
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FDA Gives Nod to New Breast Cancer Drug
Title: FDA Gives Nod to New Breast Cancer Drug
Category: Health News
Created: 7/20/2012 6:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 7/23/2012 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 7/20/2012 6:06:00 PM
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Not All Belly Fat Is Bad for the Heart
Title: Not All Belly Fat Is Bad for the Heart
Category: Health News
Created: 7/22/2011 11:01:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/22/2011 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 7/22/2011 11:01:00 AM
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Neglect May Harm Brain Growth in Children
Title: Neglect May Harm Brain Growth in Children
Category: Health News
Created: 7/24/2012 2:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 7/25/2012 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 7/24/2012 2:06:00 PM
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Genes Influence Whether Psych Drugs Lead to Weight Gain
Title: Genes Influence Whether Psych Drugs Lead to Weight Gain
Category: Health News
Created: 7/20/2012 4:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 7/23/2012 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 7/20/2012 4:05:00 PM
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Should the skin be swabbed with a steret prior to venesection in an immunosuppressed patient?
We found limited information with which to answer this question. We have answered question previously on the need for swabbing the injection area [1]. (Source: NLH Question Answering Service)
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Paris police arrest seven over sabotage of V�lib' bicycle network
Suspects accused of theft and damage which caused closure of 50 parking stations in network that inspired London scheme
Paris police have arrested seven people on suspicion of sabotaging part of the French capital's celebrated V�lib' free-rental bicycle network.
The suspects allegedly found a way of getting round the sophisticated electronic security system to remove bikes. If that failed, they resorted to crowbars to wreck the cycles or their stands, leading to the closure of 50 parking stations.
Many of the stolen bikes have been found abandoned, and often damaged, in roads, gardens and public parks around the city.
Albert Asseraf, a director general at JCDecaux, responsible for V�lib' said maintenance and repair teams were working on repairing the damage and introducing a new security system.
"We have reinforced the access points so they are more difficult to get to," Asseraf said. He described the damage as the result of "irresponsible and absurd acts".
Paris police said they were looking into whether the "acts of sabotage" were carried out by an organised gang or individuals wishing to return home after a late night out by another means than by foot.
The spate of thefts and vandalism has been likened to the 1948 Italian film Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves) directed by Vittorio De Sica, in which a poor man searches the streets of Rome for his stolen bicycle, which he needs in order to work. The film was in the top 10 of the British Film Institute's list of 50 films to see before the age of 14.
V�lib' was introduced five years ago and became the model for similar projects in other cities, including London.
There are now 23,500 bikes parked at 1,400 self-service points across the French capital. An estimated 130m journeys have been made since its launch, around 110,000 every day, mostly by people travelling to and from their jobs. In five years the number of cyclists in Paris has risen by 41%.
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'Egg Therapy' May Help Allergic Kids
Title: 'Egg Therapy' May Help Allergic Kids
Category: Health News
Created: 7/19/2012 11:00:00 AM
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Category: Health News
Created: 7/19/2012 11:00:00 AM
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Source: http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rss&a=160437&k=Allergies_General
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Food Journal: Write It Down, Shed More Pounds
Title: Food Journal: Write It Down, Shed More Pounds
Category: Health News
Created: 7/13/2012 11:00:00 AM
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Category: Health News
Created: 7/13/2012 11:00:00 AM
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Source: http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rss&a=160240&k=Diet_and_Weight_Management_General
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Hearing Loss May Skew Alzheimer's Test Results
Title: Hearing Loss May Skew Alzheimer's Test Results
Category: Health News
Created: 7/22/2011 11:01:00 AM
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Category: Health News
Created: 7/22/2011 11:01:00 AM
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Sunday 29 July 2012
50th GP Health Centre opens
Health Minister Mike O’Brien visited North Essex to officially open the 50th fully operational GP health centre in England. The North Colchester Healthcare Centre is already proving popular with local residents and 2,629 patients have visited the centre in its first four weeks. The centre is open from 7am to 10pm, seven days a week, as part of a Government programme to increase access to family doctor services.
The Government committed to opening 152 GP Health Centres and over 100 GP practices in the most poorly served areas and provided extra funding to deliver this. The majority of contracts for these new services have now been awarded to a broad range of providers, with over 50% run by existing GPs either as GP partnerships or in collaboration with the independent sector. In each ...
The Government committed to opening 152 GP Health Centres and over 100 GP practices in the most poorly served areas and provided extra funding to deliver this. The majority of contracts for these new services have now been awarded to a broad range of providers, with over 50% run by existing GPs either as GP partnerships or in collaboration with the independent sector. In each ...
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Whey Protein May Be Helpful for Weight Loss
Title: Whey Protein May Be Helpful for Weight Loss
Category: Health News
Created: 7/16/2011 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/18/2011 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 7/16/2011 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/18/2011 12:00:00 AM
Source: http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rss&k=WeeklyHealth&a=147015
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Panel: Drop Co-Pay for Women's Birth Control
Title: Panel: Drop Co-Pay for Women's Birth Control
Category: Health News
Created: 7/21/2011 11:01:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/21/2011 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 7/21/2011 11:01:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/21/2011 12:00:00 AM
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Eating fast increases diabetes risk
People who wolf down their food are two and a half times more likely to suffer from type 2 diabetes than those who take their time according to new research.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120507210038.htm
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Greater diet-induced obesity in rats consuming sugar solution during the inactive period
New research suggests that not only the amount and type of food eaten but the time of day it is eaten is important in contributing to obesity.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120710093808.htm
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Extended daily fasting overrides harmful effects of a high-fat diet: Study may offer drug-free intervention to prevent obesity and diabetes
It turns out that when we eat may be as important as what we eat. Scientists have found that regular eating times and extending the daily fasting period may override the adverse health effects of a high-fat diet and prevent obesity, diabetes and liver disease in mice.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120517131703.htm
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Adolescents who have more than four meals a day are thinner
Certain healthy habits, like eating more than four times a day or not eating too fast, are associated with lower body fat levels independently of exercise habits during free time.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120620113230.htm
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'Explosion' of Sex-Spread Hepatitis C in HIV-Positive Men
Title: 'Explosion' of Sex-Spread Hepatitis C in HIV-Positive Men
Category: Health News
Created: 7/22/2011 11:01:00 AM
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Category: Health News
Created: 7/22/2011 11:01:00 AM
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Vegetarian Diet May Prevent Diverticular Disease
Title: Vegetarian Diet May Prevent Diverticular Disease
Category: Health News
Created: 7/21/2011 11:01:00 AM
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Category: Health News
Created: 7/21/2011 11:01:00 AM
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Complications With Negative Pressure Wound TherapyComplications With Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
What patient risk-factors have the biggest influence on outcomes -- with negative pressure wound therapy? Wounds (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
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Quitting Smoking Does Mean Weight Gain for Many: Study
Title: Quitting Smoking Does Mean Weight Gain for Many: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 7/10/2012 8:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 7/11/2012 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 7/10/2012 8:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 7/11/2012 12:00:00 AM
Source: http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rss&a=160137&k=Diet_and_Weight_Management_General
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Saturday 28 July 2012
Flip-flops: A painful problem for feet
One common culprit of America's hurting feet, especially during the warm summer months, is flip-flops. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
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What is the temperature range that blood samples need to be kept at?
Unfortunately, we cannot answer this question. We searched the NLH Library, the Lab Tests Online, and the National Association of Phlebotomists websites but found no useful information to answer this question. (Source: NLH Question Answering Service)
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Shoulder pain and dysfunction in 150 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients
CONCLUSIONS: Shoulder pain and dysfunction is highly prevalent in patients with type 2 diabetes; these disorders affect more women and the elderly.OBJETIVO: Estudar a preval�ncia de dor e disfun��o do ombro em pacientes com diabetes melito (DM) do sul do Brasil e verificar a poss�vel associa��o com controle glic�mico e fatores epidemiol�gicos. SUJEITOS E M�TODOS: Estudaram-se 150 pacientes com DM tipo 2 para dor e disfun��o do ombro pelo instrumento UCLAm (University of California at Los Angeles Shoulder Rating Scale modificada), dados epidemiol�gicos e de tratamento, valores de Hb A1C e glicemia de jejum. RESULTADOS: Verificou-se que havia dor em 63,4% e disfun��o em 53,4% da amostra estudada. Em 26,6% dos pacientes, o desempenho do ombro foi considerado ruim. N�o se encont...
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Heart Attack, Stroke More Common in Shift Workers
Title: Heart Attack, Stroke More Common in Shift Workers
Category: Health News
Created: 7/27/2012 11:00:00 AM
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Category: Health News
Created: 7/27/2012 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/27/2012 12:00:00 AM
Source: http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rss&k=DailyHealth&a=160759
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Neuroscience To Benefit From Fruit Fly Phlebotomy
Drawing blood from a fruit fly may only be slightly easier than getting it from a proverbial stone or turnip, but success could provide substantial benefits for neuroscientists.Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago managed the feat and say their method could expedite understanding of the physiology of important insects such as Drosophila melanogaster, the common laboratory fruit fly that shares almost three-quarters of its genetic code with humans. (Source: Genetics News From Medical News Today)
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Two new blood types discovered
When a person is involved in a serious accident one of the most important requirements is making sure they receive the correct type of blood. Many people are familiar with the common blood categories such as A, B, AB or O but most may not have heard about the Langereis or Junior types. However, these cells are vital to whether a person lives or...
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The highs and lows of downhill mountain biking | Peter Walker
As a long-distance rider, the world of full-face helmets and chair lifts was alien to me. I took to the Alps to see what I was missing
It's a slightly humiliating admission given how long I've been mountain biking, but when it comes to the more technical descents I've always been a bit of a wimp.
Fire roads, gravel paths, even root-strewn forest tracks: that's fine. But point me down an atypically steep slope littered with sizeable rocks or, God forbid, one of those man-made things with steep bermed walls, let alone jumps, and I tend to inch and slip down like a particularly cautious penguin on an ice skid.
So it was that Florian and Steve, my two guides-cum-tutors in the French Alps, faced something of a challenge.
Downhill mountain biking has become increasingly important for the region's summer tourism business, with the centre around Morzine, part of the Portes du Soleil aggregation of French and Swiss Alpine resorts.
This year, Morzine was the base for the area's annual MTB carnival called the Pass'Portes, where thousands of (95% male) downhill aficionados lug themselves and their lavishly suspensioned machines up a network of gondolas and chair lifts before heading down again at absurd speed. In the evenings the pine-panelled bars echo to the sound of tales of near catastrophe and indifferent euro-rock.
This had previously been a slightly alien world to me. As an avowed cross country or long-distance ("enduro" to use the parlance) rider, my bike is a lightweight, bone-jarring hardtail with a positively spartan 80mm of travel on the front fork.
So, when the hugely enthusiastic Pass'Portes press team asked if I'd like to see what I'd been missing my reservations were limited, albeit centred mainly around painful injury.
To help me out I was lent a far more suitable bike, strictly speaking an "all mountain" rather than downhill machine, but with a positively sofa-like 140mm of give both front and rear. I was also kitted out with plastic armour for my elbows, knees and shins.
Most crucial of all was the expert assistance. The first morning's riding fell to Florian, an absurdly young and enthusiastic Frenchman who perhaps has many teenage boys' dream job: ski instructor by winter, MTB guide by summer. Endlessly patient at my initial tortoise-like progress, with a trademark starting cry of "Allez, go!" he led me through ever-quicker leans through the banked mud turns, managing to lead the way while simultaneously twisting back to watch my efforts and offer a raised thumb of approval.
The next day came Steve, an expatriate Scotsman who somehow decided that as a passionate mountain biker ? in his youth he was good enough to compete in World Cup downhill events ? the Alps might be a better base than Glasgow.
His plans for me were even more ambitious: re-learning my entire posture for riding downhill. My bum-stuck-out, leaning backwards position was, apparently, excessive, leaving me without sufficient control over the front end. The solution still involved an arched back to keep the bum out, but the pivot point was more central and thus more flexible.
For all the pair's talents, I still never ventured down any trail more technical than a blue run (they use the same green/blue/red/black system as skiing), but it takes more than two mornings to undo 20 years of bad habits.
By the end of the second day I was, however, considerably more confident, though in part this was because of the bike. I was also ? and this was the real change ? positively enjoying myself.
I doubt I'll ever be a convert to pure downhilling. To me, the weighty bikes, armour, full-face helmets and baggy outfits smack more of motorcross or speedway than cycling. I also remain sufficiently purist to consider it cheating if you don't ride up a hill before riding down it.
But I'd recommend anyone giving it a try. It's certainly made me a more skilled rider.
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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2012/jul/17/downhill-mountain-biking
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The doping-drug Epo has an impact in the brain
Sportsmen and women have been known to dope with the blood hormone Epo to enhance their performance. Researchers have now discovered, through animal testing, that Epo has a performance-enhancing effect in the brain shortly after an injection by improving oxygen transport in blood. As Epo also increases motivation, it could be useful in treating depression, experts say.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120611105307.htm
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Blood Loss Improves Insulin Sensitivity in Iron Overload
Patients with type 1 hereditary hemochromatosis, associated with a homozygous mutation in the HFE gene, can benefit from phlebotomy and hence iron depletion, Italian researchers report in the January issue of Diabetes Care. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
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Phobic Anxiety May Link to Premature Aging
Title: Phobic Anxiety May Link to Premature Aging
Category: Health News
Created: 7/13/2012 2:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 7/16/2012 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 7/13/2012 2:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 7/16/2012 12:00:00 AM
Source: http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rss&k=WeeklyHealth&a=160259
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Ramadan and the Olympics: to fast or not to fast?
As the games coincide with the Islamic holy month, Muslim athletes face a tough choice. Team GB discus thrower Abdul Buhari speaks about his personal decision
Abdul Buhari has been fasting for Ramadan since the age of 12, but this year he will be missing the holy month. He has good reason for it: Buhari, 30, is one of the UK's top discus throwers and will be representing Team GB in the men's discus event at London 2012. He has decided not to risk his Olympic performance by being without food or water.
"It was a really difficult decision because I've fasted all my life for Ramadan ? it's incredibly important to me. But if I fast, it will be impossible to stay in peak condition and perform at my highest level in the Games," he says. "I believe God is forgiving, and I'll make up for every single day I've missed." He plans to fast later on in the year.
This is the second time Buhari has missed Ramadan; last year, when it coincided with the athletic world championships in Korea, was the first. After much discussion with his coach, wife and several imams, he concluded that fasting and competing in top-level athletics just weren't compatible. "I went through it with my trainer, looking at whether I could get enough calories for the nutrition and energy I needed, but in the end we decided it would be too risky."
In Korea, Buhari shared a flat with fellow Team GB athlete and Muslim Mo Farah for the championships. "We both weren't fasting and we found that really hard. No Muslim wants to miss Ramadan."
All four of Team GB's Muslim athletes (Buhari, Farah, rower Moe Sbihi and fencer Husayn Rosowsky) have decided not to fast during Ramadan this year, so as not to jeopardise their Olympic performance. While Farah and Rosowsky will also make up for it later in the year, Sbihi has instead decided to provide 60 meals a day for the poor for every day of fasting he misses. He came up with the charitable solution after consulting with Muslim scholars in Morocco, where his father is from.
More than 3,000 Muslim athletes are expected to participate in London 2012, although the games organisers say it's impossible to know how many are fasting. Still, they are prepared: fasting athletes can order "breaking-fast packs", filled with dates, water and energy bars, and the canteen will be open 24 hours so anyone fasting can eat sehri, the pre-fast meal consumed just before sunrise, in the early hours.
But is it really advisable for athletes to compete or train while fasting? In 2009, the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s nutrition working group began investigating the impact of fasting on sports performance. A team of scientists, led by Ron Maughan, professor of sport and exercise nutrition at Loughborough University, analysed more than 400 articles on Ramadan and sports, and published its findings in the British Journal of Sports Medicine last month. The report concluded: "Fasting of short duration or intermittent nature has little or no effect on the health or performance of most athletes ? Ramadan observance has only limited adverse consequences for either training or competitive performance."
"Everyone tends to assume that performance is going to be affected by Ramadan, but there's nothing unusual about playing sports in Ramadan," says Maughan. "Most people who fast for Ramadan, whether they are athletes or not, have been fasting for years. They know how to cope and how far their bodies can go. So it's perfectly safe."
Even though they have opted out of this summer's fasting, Buhari, Sbihi and Rosowsky have all trained during Ramadan in the winter months without problems. As Rosowsky puts it: "You just focus, man up and get on with it."
Buhari weighs 20 stone. He eats six meals and drinks six litres of water on a normal day. On training days during Ramadan he would wake up extra early for sehri, eat a large variety of slow-releasing carbohydrates from porridge and seeded bread to sweet potatoes, brown rice and pasta, along with plenty of water and electrolytes to prevent cramping. At the end of the fast, he'd repeat the process. "Sure, sometimes I would feel thirsty, but ultimately my faith was my motivation. I could draw on that to get me through," he says.
Being able to train during Ramadan is one thing for a competitive athlete and another for your average person, warns Drew Price, a performance nutritionist who works with athletes and Premiership footballers who observe the Ramadan fast. "Ramadan isn't as difficult as people think for athletes, but they have a whole support team to monitor them while fasting. The average person won't have that, so if they want to exercise and fast, they should listen to their bodies. Generally, the fitter you are, the easier it is. Ramadan is only a few weeks out of the year, so you can afford to take it easy in terms of the intensity and volume of exercise you do for one month if you train well the rest of the year."
Personal trainer Imran Ilahi owns a health club in St John's Wood, north London, and last year published Fit4Ramadan, an online fitness manual about how to stay in shape while fasting. He works out during Ramadan, preferring to train before sehri, rather than during fasting hours.
"The key is to focus on maintaining your fitness during Ramadan, rather than improving it or making it worse," he says. "You can still eExercise before you start the fast, or after you've broken it. Just do slightly less than you normally would and you'll find it gives you more energy."
Asif Ahmad, a 26-year-old from London who goes to the gym three times a week during Ramadan, agrees. "It's a strange concept to comprehend, but playing sports really does mean that adrenaline overshadows most of your natural reactions such as thirst or fatigue," he says "It's all about discipline, after all."
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Achieve Olympic feet with barefoot running
British Olympic runners could run more economically by just taking off their shoes, say researchers.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120702133246.htm
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Friday 27 July 2012
A neurophysiological marker of impaired preparation in an 11?year follow?up study of attention?deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Conclusions:? Attentional and preparatory deficits in ADHD continue into adulthood, and the attenuated CNV appears to reflect a particularly stable ADHD marker. Although some deficit reductions may have gone undetected due to small sample size, the findings challenge those developmental lag models postulating that most ADHD?related deficits become negligible with brain maturation. (Source: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
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Untreated Heartburn May Raise Risk for Esophageal Cancer, Study Says
Title: Untreated Heartburn May Raise Risk for Esophageal Cancer, Study Says
Category: Health News
Created: 7/25/2012 6:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 7/26/2012 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 7/25/2012 6:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 7/26/2012 12:00:00 AM
Source: http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rss&k=DailyHealth&a=160686
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Pathology action learning sets
The DH has published a document detailing all the pathology action learning sets which are currently in operation. Among the subjects covered are:
Anti-coagulant clinics in the community
Costing and commissioning
Demand management
Harmonisation of reference intervals
HPA dyspepsia clinics
Immunology shared service
Informatics
Lab to lab communications
LEAN/6 Sigma
Mortuary services
Order communications
Out of hours reporting
Phlebotomy
Point of care testing
Reporting of results
Service improvement
Service reconfiguration
Transport
Using action learning to work with management teams
Workforce reprofiling
The document is available to download from the DH site.
Pathology action learning sets, summer 2007 (PDF, 432KB)
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Anti-coagulant clinics in the community
Costing and commissioning
Demand management
Harmonisation of reference intervals
HPA dyspepsia clinics
Immunology shared service
Informatics
Lab to lab communications
LEAN/6 Sigma
Mortuary services
Order communications
Out of hours reporting
Phlebotomy
Point of care testing
Reporting of results
Service improvement
Service reconfiguration
Transport
Using action learning to work with management teams
Workforce reprofiling
The document is available to download from the DH site.
Pathology action learning sets, summer 2007 (PDF, 432KB)
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Should we sleep more to lose weight?
Epidemiological studies suggest a relationship between short sleep duration and metabolic dysfunctions like obesity and type 2 diabetes. While the mechanisms behind these observations are largely unknown, experimental investigations point to an orexigenic effect of acute sleep deprivation.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120710093929.htm
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Some Aluminum Water Bottles Leach BPA
Title: Some Aluminum Water Bottles Leach BPA
Category: Health News
Created: 7/13/2011 11:01:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/13/2011 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 7/13/2011 11:01:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/13/2011 12:00:00 AM
Source: http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rss&k=WeeklyHealth&a=146851
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Body Language of Triumph Will Be on Display at Olympics
Title: Body Language of Triumph Will Be on Display at Olympics
Category: Health News
Created: 7/26/2012 10:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/26/2012 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 7/26/2012 10:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/26/2012 12:00:00 AM
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Transfusions in the Preterm Infant
This article reviews the need for administering red cell transfusions, summarizes studies evaluating the efficacy of restrictive transfusion guidelines, and provides strategies to decrease red cell transfusions in neonates, including instituting neonatal transfusion guidelines. (Source: NeoReviews recent issues)
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'Dessert' With Breakfast Boosts Weight Loss: Study
Title: 'Dessert' With Breakfast Boosts Weight Loss: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 6/25/2012 4:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/26/2012 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 6/25/2012 4:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/26/2012 12:00:00 AM
Source: http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rss&a=159640&k=Diet_and_Weight_Management_General
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In Florida, a Fight Brews Over Governor?s Vow to Opt Out of Medicaid Expansion
Gov. Rick Scott has vowed to reject the expansion of Medicaid, a major plank of the health care law, but advocates for the poor and some players in the health care industry ? especially hospitals ? intend to push back. (Source: NYT Health)
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STD Trichomonas May Be More Common Than Thought
Title: STD Trichomonas May Be More Common Than Thought
Category: Health News
Created: 7/13/2011 11:01:00 AM
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Category: Health News
Created: 7/13/2011 11:01:00 AM
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Source: http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rss&k=WeeklyHealth&a=146853
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Thursday 26 July 2012
Tips for cancer survivors to keep cool in the summer heat
Cancer survivors should be careful with potential for dehydration and sunburn. (Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed)
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Transfused blood 'should be stored differently'
Transfused blood may need to be stored differently to avoid complications such as infection, organ failure and death, according to new findings. Resesatch published in journal Circulation revealed new biological mechanisms which are able to reduce blood flow and potentially damage vital tissues in blood used after a storage period of over 39 days....
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trandolapril, Mavik
Title: trandolapril, Mavik
Category: Medications
Created: 2/6/2000 10:53:00 PM
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Category: Medications
Created: 2/6/2000 10:53:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/28/2012 12:00:00 AM
Source: http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rss&a=12528&k=High_Blood_Pressure_General
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Blood Loss Improves Insulin Sensitivity in Iron Overload
Patients with type 1 hereditary hemochromatosis, associated with a homozygous mutation in the HFE gene, can benefit from phlebotomy and hence iron depletion, Italian researchers report in the January issue of Diabetes Care. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
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Don't feel like exercise? Scientists find compound that may help you work out harder
Could there be a pill to help you exercise harder? A new report suggests this might be possible. Researchers found that elevating a hormone in the brain, erythropoietin, motivated mice to exercise. The form of erythropoietin used in these experiments did not elevate red blood cell counts, offering benefits for a range of health problems from Alzheimer's to obesity, and mental health disorders where increased exercise can improve symptoms.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120612193126.htm
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Quitting Smoking Does Mean Weight Gain for Many: Study
Title: Quitting Smoking Does Mean Weight Gain for Many: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 7/10/2012 8:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 7/11/2012 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 7/10/2012 8:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 7/11/2012 12:00:00 AM
Source: http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rss&a=160137&k=Diet_and_Weight_Management_General
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Fighting obesity with thermal imaging
Scientists in the United Kingdom believe they've found a way of fighting obesity -- with a pioneering technique which uses thermal imaging. This heat-seeking technology is being used to trace our reserves of brown fat -- the body's 'good fat' -- which plays a key role in how quickly our body can burn calories as energy.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120718122752.htm
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FDA Approves First Drug for HIV Prevention
The FDA has approved use of the HIV drug Truvada to help people at high risk avoid infection with the AIDS virus. Safe sex and frequent HIV tests are still needed. And Truvada must be taken every day for it to work. (Source: WebMD Health)
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Dalma Malhas: what went wrong?
Dalma Malhas was briefly set to make Olympic history as the first woman to compete for Saudi Arabia. Was it all a ruse or will anyone else get the same opportunity?
In terms of comic value, a Saudi Arabian woman Olympian is in the same athletic under-class as Eddie the Eagle or Eric the Eel. The very concept is down there with ski-jumpers from Essex and swimmers from Equatorial Guinea, especially when you consider that the Saudi is likely to have to wear a veil, and be accompanied by a chaperone. Novelty-value men have been competing for years, of course, while women from the Gulf Kingdom have been excluded from international sporting competition.
Until now, that is. In a startling development within arguably the most despotic and reviled Arab country in the world, western media such as the BBC reported that a 20-year-old equestrian would compete for Saudia Arabia and light up the London Olympics with her talent, charisma and ? most important of all ? faith in feminist progress. Not only is Dalma Malhas a fine horsewoman, but she apparently believes in the potential of autocratic Islamic monarchies to adapt and change. Or, as a gushing profile by one journalist put it, Dalma is "now emerging as a torch for women in Saudi Arabia by showing how freedom to perform can allow women to achieve their goals".
So far, so very Olympic-spirited, but the same glowing write-up later adds: "Though equestrianism means a lot to Saudi Arabian culture and religion, it is not an easy sport for anyone to practise in the Kingdom, especially because sport is not encouraged for women, due to traditional and cultural restrictions." Such euphemisms fail, unfortunately, to convey the full horror of the female condition in a country defined by ultra-conservative Wahhabi Islamic orthodoxy and equally patriarchal tribal customs. Saudi women are currently barred from voting or standing for office, are not allowed to expose any part of their body beyond eyes and hands, and have to have a "male guardian" with them at all times. They have separate entrances for public buildings and are not allowed to drive a car. The black humour that underpins state policy was inadvertently summed up in a recent speech by King Abdullah, who said: "I want women to drive when society is ready for it."
Which perhaps makes it less surprisingly that less than 24 hours after the BBC reported Malhas's inclusion in the team, the Olympic federation denied that she would compete. In fact her horse has been out of action for weeks. Why then were the Saudi authorities keen to tell the BBC that she would? The answer lies, as with so many developments in the Middle East and North Africa, in last year's Arab Spring. As dictatorial regimes toppled from Cairo to Tunis, the surviving ones have tried to present a slick PR sheen, hiding their oppression with a sense of glowing achievement.
Malhas fits the bill perfectly ? not, unfortunately, because she is representative of downtrodden Saudi women, but because she is an American-born, London-educated multi-millionaire's daughter who conforms to the glamorous, internationalist image her massively wealthy country strives to portray abroad. The blond, blue-eyed sportswoman touched on the deceit herself when, interviewed during the youth Olympics in Singapore in 2010, she admitted: "I didn't care much about me being there as a representative of Saudi Arabia, because anyone could probably do that." Her links with the country were, at best, nominal, with no official sponsorship from Riyadh nor national competitive trials.
It is no coincidence that earlier this year the International Olympic Committee said it was preparing to ban Saudi Arabia from London 2012 altogether unless the country sent women to the Games. Tessa Jowell, Britain's former Olympics minister, led the outcry in February, saying that the Saudis were "clearly breaking the spirit of the Olympic charter's pledge to equality".
In turn, a terse response from the Olympic committee in Saudi Arabia was that it would "oversee participation of women athletes who can qualify". Yet only one woman was identified as likely to qualify in any report so far and that was Malhas.
It is hard to understand how any woman could have qualified, given the range of repressive measures affecting female participation in sport in the Gulf Kingdom, including the fact that physical education is banned in girls' state schools and a 2009 decision to close all private gyms to women.
A prominent Saudi religious scholar highlighted the still prevalent orthodoxy by saying that "opening sports to women and girls will lead to immorality". Despite chronic obesity levels and related diseases among Saudi women, a recent human rights report relates a widely held belief in the desert state that "once women start to exercise they will shed modest clothing, spend unnecessary time out of the house, and have increased possibilities of mingling with men".
The political tokenism prevalent in Saudi Arabia is certainly summed up by the Malhas case. Other gestures include the fact that in three years time women will technically be allowed to vote in local elections for the first time ? as long as they get a male guardian's permission to do so.
As with the minuscule political reforms, letting Malhas compete in London gives the impression that the Saudis have appreciated the spirit of the Arab Spring while in fact not acting upon it. Malhas took bronze in Singapore, and said: "I hope this medal will open the door for many Saudi Arabian women in my country and in the Arab world too. They just need to work hard ? if I did it, they could do it too." When read out loud, the sentiment certainly sounds like the stuff of sporting legend. In reality, however, it is as grimly comical as the heroic failures played out at previous Olympics.
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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/jun/25/dalma-malhas-what-went-wrong
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Acting for Change: Transforming Pathology Services through Action Learning (DH)
Building on the earlier success of the Pathology Action Learning Programme, in 2007/08 DH supported around 30 learning sets. They used action learning techniques to tackle issues such as point of care testing, workforce re-profiling, phlebotomy, and ser... (Source: Clinical Governance Sitewide RSS Feed)
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Even Slight Mental Decline Can Harm Health, Studies Suggest
Title: Even Slight Mental Decline Can Harm Health, Studies Suggest
Category: Health News
Created: 7/16/2012 6:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 7/17/2012 12:00:00 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 7/16/2012 6:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 7/17/2012 12:00:00 AM
Source: http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rss&k=WeeklyHealth&a=160313
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Wednesday 25 July 2012
The Importance of Support for Eating Disorders
In her first session with me Rose exclaimed emphatically, ?No offense to you, but I feel that I should be able to control my food and weight by myself without the help of a therapist!?
Over the years, Rose had tried various ways to cure her food and weight obsession. Although she had been able to achieve some temporary relief, nothing lasted for very long. She soon found herself back on the not-so-merry-go-round of failed diets and increasing self-hatred and desperation. Was there something Rose was not getting?
I did a thorough review of all her previous attempts to get better: the numerous diets, New Year?s resolutions, self-help books, a workshop here and there, also a couple of Overeaters Anonymous groups.
A pattern started to emerge: It seemed that every time she started to fee...
Over the years, Rose had tried various ways to cure her food and weight obsession. Although she had been able to achieve some temporary relief, nothing lasted for very long. She soon found herself back on the not-so-merry-go-round of failed diets and increasing self-hatred and desperation. Was there something Rose was not getting?
I did a thorough review of all her previous attempts to get better: the numerous diets, New Year?s resolutions, self-help books, a workshop here and there, also a couple of Overeaters Anonymous groups.
A pattern started to emerge: It seemed that every time she started to fee...
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Long commutes may be hazardous to health
As populations move even further away from urban centers, more people spend longer hours behind the wheel on their way to and from work. While sedentary behavior is known to have adverse effects on cardiovascular and metabolic health, the impact of long commutes by automobile are less understood. A new study has found that greater commuting distances are associated with decreased cardiorespiratory fitness, increased weight, and other indicators of metabolic risk.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120508103921.htm
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