More Adults Are Benefiting From Health Online

July 3, 2009 at 10:01 pm | In Health, Health Information, Health care | 2 Comments
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According to a recent study,  more adults are finding health information online useful and more are reporting postive  health experiences than 2006.

Researchers studied 2,253 adults.

  • 75% of Americans have access to the Internet
  • 61% use the Internet to obtain health info

 

Results-  60% 0f e-patients  (42% adults) say they or someone they know were aided by taking medical advice or using health information online; this is a significant increase from 2006.

 At makinghealthdecisions.com they teach and educate people to take care of their health.  It is all done online amd anyone, anywhere in the world can accces tools to make health decisions.

This is good news

Is Your Health At Risk?

June 22, 2009 at 10:26 pm | In Health, Health Information, Health Promotion, Risk Factors | 1 Comment
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Individuals who spend a lot of time on computers such as those who earn a living  working with them are at risk for certain health problems.

The question arose : Are bloggers health at risk?

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/05/05/are-bloggers-really-putting-their-health-at-risk/

Some believe they are, others think there are some good things about blogging.

At   makinghealthdecisions.com, computer workers and users can learn to take care of their health. They teach people to take control.

The Exercise cure

June 9, 2009 at 1:56 am | In Diseases, Health, Health Information, Health Promotion, Risk Factors | Leave a Comment

Exercise improves cognitive functioning, controls weught and reduces the risk of obesity related illnesses. It protects us from fatal ilnesses  such as:

  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Stroke
  • Hypertension
  • Stroke
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Colon cancer
  • Breast cancer
  • Anxiety
  • Depression

The exercise we need is above and beyond normal daily activites such as housekeeping .

Recommended are:

  • Thirty minutes of moderate exercise daily
  • Muscle strengthening to strengthen major muscles
  • Cardio vascular exercise
  • Flexibiliity stretching to improve balance.

Physical inactivity is one of the major health risk factors used by makinghealthdecisions.com to teach people to take care of their health.

Passengers Exposed To Tuberculosis in Canada

June 1, 2009 at 11:24 pm | In Diseases, Health, Health Information, Infections | 1 Comment

A passenger travelling  in  Canada,  from Alberta  to British Columbia  with active tuberculosis on May 24 has public health officials worried.  They want to get this information out to the public as soon possible.

The bus made several stops  between the two provinces,  and several people were getting on and off the bus.

Tuberculosis is a contagious disease that can be picked up from the infected person through air droplets.  Those particularly at risk are those with existing  HIV infection, to these persons it can be a deadly disease.

World No Tobacco Day -2009

May 30, 2009 at 1:07 pm | In Health, Health care, Risk Factors, Smoking, WHO | 1 Comment
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World No Tobaco Day is May 31,2009

This year’s  theme: Tobacco Health Warnings’

Warnings on packaging are effective in communicating the dangers of tobacco use.  The World Health Organization (WHO) has endorsed this and has made the theme for 2009.   Read More on this theme

Some facts:

  • There are more than1 billion smokers in the world
  • Tobacco kills more than 1/2 of its users
  • Tobacco use is a risk factor for six of the eight leading causes of deaths

 Visit Picture Gallery

Tobacco use is a health risk factor- see the graph

Read about a  health program for quitters.

 Give aways

World No Tobacco Day- Looking Back

May 18, 2009 at 1:33 am | In Health, Health Information, Risk Factors, Smoking, WHO | Leave a Comment

This post is taking us back to 2008 : Looking  Back at World No Tobacco Day 2008

The theme for 2008 was: ‘Tobacco  Free Youth’

The theme for 2009 is: ‘ Tobacco Health Warning’

Personal Health Records

May 9, 2009 at 3:49 am | In Health, Health care, Personal Health Records, Uncategorized | 1 Comment
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The importance of personal health records was highlighted at The Latino Coalition Economic Summit in Washington.

Experts from federal agencies and corporations including the US department of Health and Human Sciences are appearing.

They are there advising the coalition members on how to pursue business development, including those linked to President Obama’s stimulus package. The package for health information technology

A bilingual Personal Health Record in both english and spanish is being highlighted. Once offered it wil make it easy for Latino families to better manage their health.

Read more

Swine Flu May Cause Pandemic

April 28, 2009 at 9:30 am | In Diseases, Health, Health care, Infections, Swine Flu, Virus, WHO | Leave a Comment
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Swine flu a mix of the human, the pig and the bird flu viruses has spread to California and Texas. The influenza type flu took the lives of 81 people in Mexico before spreading to other parts.

2,000 calls came through a hot line within hours, from city residents claiming they may have the disease.

They fear a pandemic as the deadly influenza spreads to other countries

World Malaria Day-2009

April 24, 2009 at 9:20 am | In Diseases, Health, Health care, Infections, WHO | Leave a Comment
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April 25, 2009 is World Malaria Day. It is a day to make the world care. It is a time for countries affected by the disease to learn from each other and support each others’ efforts. It is an opportunity for countries free from malaria to learn about its impact on the health of those affected.

The theme : “Counting Malaria Day Out.”   The Roll Back Malaria  (RBM) partnership  will jump start a two year campaign to evaluate the progress in achieving the goals.

We will be sharing information about malaria at this blog at part of my efforts to join in.

The RBM partnership

Taking Care Of Your Health

April 22, 2009 at 2:14 am | In Health, Health Information, Health Promotion, Health care, Healthy eating, Nutrition, Smoking | 5 Comments

There is a website where people can learn to take care of themselves and their healths. They use health risk factors to teach and educate peole to be experts in their own health.

The program offers tutorials, texts, health assessments, screening, coaching, counselling, nutrition,weight loss and more. All online and anyone, anywhere can access.

The learning aids are simple enough that anyone can learn and improve their health in 5 months.

Read more  about it

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