Diet and Nutrition. Natural Health, and Healthy Living

Sorry for the slow-blogging. I've had several conferences in the last few weeks, been traveling, and been preparing for my upcoming qualifying exams.

In lieu of "real" blogging, here's an installment in the Imaging the Medical Humanities series of posts. One of the conferences I spoke at involved neuroethics, and much of my examinations will deal with pain and related matters of mind and neuroethics, so I thought it might be appropriate to do several posts on brain images in the West. Part I takes us from the early Renaissance to the early modern era in the late 17th century. As usual, I make no pretense to thoroughness, but hope to present a small and not necessarily representative sample of some interesting and significant images of the brain in the West over the last 500 years or so.

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With Karen Timmons, President & CEO - JCICouple of weeks back, we interviewed Brian Gooch, JCI consultant, who explained how he helps international hospitals plan and prepare for JCI accreditation. Today, we bring you Karen H. Timmons, president and chief executive officer of Joint Commission Resources, Inc. (JCR) (more...)

After Kanye West's mother died following liposuction and breast surgery, two state lawmakers are pushing for greater protections for cosmetic surgery carried out in outpatient clinics.

Articles from: Mercury News

Marston Alfred, founder and chief architect of SugarStats.com chatted recently with me about his relatively new, Web-based program that allows diabetics to track their health statistics online.

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Prevacid with generic name Lansoprazole blocks too much acidity of the stomach. It is used in short-term treatments of hyperacidity-related diseases. This includes stomach and duodenal ulcers, inflammation of the esophagus, and other effects of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease or GERD. It is also used to prevent relapse of the said high acidity-based illnesses.

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It is something of a surprise that it popped up this way, but the establishment challenge to Health 2.0 was going to start somewhere. And it appears to have started with two big states, New York & California ordering 13 companies to stop Gene Testing.

Karen Nickel, from the California Department of Public Health, argues that these companies are “operating without a clinical laboratory license in California. The genetic tests have not been validated for clinical utility and accuracy.”

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