Abo46n2's Favorite Links on health from Diigo

Hallucinogen Gives Lasting Spiritual Boost - washingtonpost.com

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:32:31 -0000

Tags: drugs hallucinogens religion health psychedelics

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AFP: Paralysed man takes a walk in virtual world

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:11:19 -0000

Tags: secondlife health technology

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Japanese Pay Less for More Health Care : NPR

Mon, 05 May 2008 17:29:40 -0000

Japan produces cars, color TVs and computers, but it also produces the world's healthiest people. It has the longest healthy life expectancy on Earth and spends half as much on health care as the United States.

Tags: japan health policy

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Worldometers - real time world statistics

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:46:17 -0000

Tags: statistics world population health government

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Bisphenol A - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:33:01 -0000

Tags: bisphenol nalgene health

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Don't Buy A Nalgene Water Bottle Until You Read This : TreeHugger

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:31:00 -0000

Tags: nalgene health

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In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop - New York Times

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:45:06 -0000

A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired to the hilt, are toiling under great physical and emotional stress created by the around-the-clock Internet economy that demands a constant stream of news and comment.

Tags: blogging health economics web

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In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop - New York Times

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:44:43 -0000

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“I haven’t died yet,” said Michael Arrington, the founder and co-editor of TechCrunch, a popular technology blog. The site has brought in millions in advertising revenue, but there has been a hefty cost. Mr. Arrington says he has gained 30 pounds in the last three years, developed a severe sleeping disorder and turned his home into an office for him and four employees. “At some point, I’ll have a nervous breakdown and be admitted to the hospital, or something else will happen.”

One of the most competitive categories is blogs about technology developments and news. They are in a vicious 24-hour competition to break company news, reveal new products and expose corporate gaffes.

Tags: health economy blogging web

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In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop - New York Times

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:44:32 -0000

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He said the evolution of the “pay-per-click” economy has put the emphasis on reader traffic and financial return, not journalism.

Tags: health blogging economy web

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Blogger ensnared in hotly contested autism-vaccine lawsuit

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:28:12 -0000

There are a number of cases where public controversies remain in areas where the scientific community considers the existing body of evidence conclusive. One such topic, which Ars has experience with, is the proposal that mercury-containing vaccines play a causative role in the development of autism. Despite the fact that all evidence points against the existence of a link, some parents of autistic children have pursued both "cures" for mercury poisoning and lawsuits against vaccine manufacturers. One of those lawsuits has now embroiled an autism blogger, Kathleen Seidel, and her attempts to stay out of it may wind up testing constitutional issues and the role of citizen-journalists.

Tags: autism health law blogging

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Doctors May Be Third Leading Cause of Death

Tue, 22 May 2007 10:05:02 -0000

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This information is a followup of the Institute of Medicine report which hit the papers in December of last year, but the data was hard to reference as it was not in peer-reviewed journal. Now it is published in JAMA which is the most widely circulated medical periodical in the world.

ALL THESE ARE DEATHS PER YEAR:

12,000 — unnecessary surgery 8
7,000 — medication errors in hospitals 9
20,000 — other errors in hospitals 10
80,000 — infections in hospitals 10
106,000 — non-error, negative effects of drugs 2
These total to 250,000 deaths per year from iatrogenic causes!!

225,000 deaths per year

Typo? Thought it was 250,000 deaths per year, not 225,000. posted by abo46n2

Another analysis (11) concluded that between 4% and 18% of consecutive patients experience negative effects in outpatient settings, with:

116 million extra physician visits
77 million extra prescriptions
17 million emergency department visits
8 million hospitalizations
3 million long-term admissions
199,000 additional deaths
$77 billion in extra costs

evidence from a few studies indicates that as many as 20% to 30% of patients receive inappropriate care.

An estimated 44,000 to 98,000 among them die each year as a result of medical errors.2

This might be tolerated if it resulted in better health, but does it? Of 13 countries in a recent comparison,3,4 the United States ranks an average of 12th (second from the bottom) for 16 available health indicators. More specifically, the ranking of the US on several indicators was:

13th (last) for low-birth-weight percentages
13th for neonatal mortality and infant mortality overall 14
11th for postneonatal mortality
13th for years of potential life lost (excluding external causes)
11th for life expectancy at 1 year for females, 12th for males
10th for life expectancy at 15 years for females, 12th for males
10th for life expectancy at 40 years for females, 9th for males
7th for life expectancy at 65 years for females, 7th for males
3rd for life expectancy at 80 years for females, 3rd for males
10th for age-adjusted mortality

The poor performance of the US was recently confirmed by a World Health Organization study, which used different data and ranked the United States as 15th among 25 industrialized countries.

There is a perception that the American public "behaves badly" by smoking, drinking, and perpetrating violence. However the data does not support this assertion.

The proportion of females who smoke ranges from 14% in Japan to 41% in Denmark; in the United States, it is 24% (fifth best). For males, the range s from 26% in Sweden to 61% in Japan; it is 28% in the United States (third best).
The US ranks fifth best for alcoholic beverage consumption.
The US has relatively low consumption of animal fats (fifth lowest in men aged 55-64 years in 20 industrialized countries) and the third lowest mean cholesterol concentrations among men aged 50 to 70 years among 13 industrialized countries.

COMMENT:

Comment by Joseph Mercola, D.O.? posted by abo46n2

this article makes it quite clear that the more powerful number is that doctors are the third leading cause of death in this country killing nearly a quarter million people a year. The only more common causes are cancer and heart disease.

Tags: health medicine statistics

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The Best Natural Health Information and Newsletter - by Dr. Joseph Mercola

Tue, 22 May 2007 10:03:59 -0000

Tags: health medicine

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