05/22/17

Monday, May 22, 2017

No fruit juice before child's first birthday, new guidance suggests

The American Academy of Pediatrics is putting more stringent guidelines on fruit juice for children. The association recommends that instead of juice, parents feed their kids whole fruits. Dr. Jon LaPook has more.

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/no-fruit-juice-before-childs-first-birthday-new-guidance-suggests/

Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation: Thinking Differently Speaker Series, Elisabeth Rosenthal, M.D.

From: Mayo Clinic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82LTklvSwj0

Study: ‘Healthy Old’ May Not Need Statins

But specialists cite research flaws, limitations

From: http://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/news/20170522/study-casts-doubt-on-need-for-statins-in-the-healthy-old?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Seventieth World Health Assembly opens in Geneva

In her final opening address to the World Health Assembly as Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan offered some advice to delegates "as you continue to shape the future of this Organization".

From: http://www.who.int/entity/mediacentre/news/releases/2017/seventieth-world-assembly/en/index.html

Gender confirmation surgeries on the rise in the U.S.

For members of the transgender community, these procedures can be life-saving, advocates say

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gender-confirmation-surgeries-on-the-rise-in-the-u-s/

Mayo Clinic: Neurofibromatosis Clinic Arizona

From: Mayo Clinic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-jN1oaXLbw

Could 'Safer' Filtered Cigarettes Be More Deadly?

New report suggests they're tied to rising rates of an aggressive lung cancer

From: http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/news/20170522/could-safer-filtered-cigarettes-be-more-deadly?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Botulism Outbreak Caused by Nacho Cheese Sauce

California Botulism Outbreak Caused by Nacho Cheese Sauce Seizures of Fentanyl-Containing Drugs More Than Double: DEA

From: http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/food-poisoning/news/20170522/health-highlights-may-22-2017?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Cut Calories, Lengthen Life Span?

Study found middle-aged adults who reduced their intake showed slower biological aging

From: http://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/news/20170522/cut-calories-lengthen-life-span?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Antibiotics Fail in 1 in 4 Adult Pneumonia Cases

Patients typically helped by other means, but levels of drug resistance are concerning, researchers say

From: http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20170521/first-try-antibiotics-now-fail-in-1-in-4-adult-pneumonia-cases?src=RSS_PUBLIC

That famous map of tastes on the tongue is all wrong

A leading scientist explains the origins of the popular myth that you taste sweet, salty, sour and bitter on different areas of your tongue

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tongue-taste-buds-map-all-wrong/

Mayo Clinic School of Medicine Commencement 2017

From: Mayo Clinic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orR429LwLQc

Nathan and Curtis Hot Dogs recalled

A company is recalling more than 200,000 pounds of Nathan and Curtis hot dogs after metal objects were found in the packages.

From: http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/food-poisoning/news/20170522/nathan-and-curtis-hot-dogs-recall?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Doctors' advice about fruit juice for kids

The American Academy of Pediatrics is out with new guidelines about when young children should start drinking fruit juice, and just how much is healthy. Meg Oliver has details.

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/doctors-advice-about-fruit-juice-for-kids/

Aggressive treatment for sepsis can save lives

Every additional hour it takes to give antibiotics and perform other key steps increases odds of death by 4 percent, according to a new study

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sepsis-syndrome-aggressive-treatment-saves-lives/

Overweight kids face higher depression risk later

Ask your child if he or she is being bullied or "fat-shamed" at school, one expert advises parents

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/overweight-obese-children-higher-risk-depression-as-adults/

WHO: Speech by Dr Veronika Skvortsova, President of the 70th World Health Assembly - (English)

From: World Health Organization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBu3Ri8Sh2A

WHO: Dr Margaret Chan, address to the Seventieth World Health Assembly

From: World Health Organization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3j8dJm8a9c

Mayo Clinic Minute: Do you have these melanoma risk factors?

From: Mayo Clinic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k4ktYx3Wp4

A spoonful of motivation helps the medicine go down

We have all done it. We are prescribed a medication to help us, but we don’t take it as directed, or at all. Sometimes we don’t even fill the prescription.

Why? Things get in the way of getting to the pharmacy. One last phone call at work or one more math problem with your child. Or we begin to feel better and stop taking the medicine. Or we don’t understand the instructions. Or we are not convinced the medication will work. Or there are side effects we do not like. Or the medication is too expensive.

Or any of a hundred other reasons.

Adherence is how well we follow the recommendations from our health provider. Medication adherence ranges, but the track record isn’t good, with the average rate about 50%.

What are the consequences of non-adherence? Disease progresses. Medications are wasted and become less effective in the long term. Hospitalization risk increases. As a society, the potential financial cost of non-adherence is $100 billion per year. As the late former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop said, “Drugs don’t work in patients who don’t take them.”

Partner with your provider to maximize motivation

While there are many factors that influence adherence, motivation plays an important role. Increasing motivation to stick with a medication regimen requires work by both the patient and the provider.

Think about your current and future life goals and how this medication can help you reach these goals. Clearly communicate these goals to your provider and encourage your provider to help connect taking your medication correctly to your life goals and values. Explain your schedule and activities, and ask him or her to help find a medication regimen that fits your lifestyle as closely as possible, to make adherence as easy as possible.

Ask direct questions about the medication, including how often to take it (fewer doses are better!), potential side effects, and cost. Repeat the answers back to ensure you’re clear on the instructions. At your next visit, talk about how you are doing with taking your medications. Don’t be afraid to bring up any barriers that prevent you from taking them regularly and correctly, including cost.

Other tips for sticking with your medications

There are several ways to increase motivation to take medication as prescribed.

Think about why you are taking the medication in the first place. Will it help reduce pain so you can return to work? Prolong your life so you can spend time with your grandchildren? Find ways to remind yourself of why it is important and visualize the results of success! Put a picture of your family next to your medicine.
Track progress in a journal. Use a sticker chart and reward yourself (a movie, a special purchase) regularly and often.
Take your medication at a similar time each day. Perhaps you can combine taking the medication with other regular, daily activities that are already part of your routine (for example, brushing your teeth), so taking the medication becomes “automatic.”
Use a medication planner/pill box. Send yourself email and text reminders.
Enlist family and friends to help with these strategies.

So, develop a plan to increase your motivation to take your medications as prescribed, and find strategies to be successful. Your life goals will thank you!

Sources

Medication adherence: WHO cares? Mayo Clinic Proceedings, April 2011.

Adherence to medication. New England Journal of Medicine, August 2005.

Adherence to Long-Term Therapies: Evidence for Action. Geneva, Switzerland, World Health Organization, 2003.

The post A spoonful of motivation helps the medicine go down appeared first on Harvard Health Blog.

From: David R. Topor, PhD, MS-HPEd http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/a-spoonful-of-motivation-helps-the-medicine-go-down-2017052211727

Transgender Surgeries Up 20 Percent in 2 Years

Plastic surgeons' group identifies top transition treatments

From: http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20170522/us-transgender-surgeries-up-20-percent-in-2-years?src=RSS_PUBLIC

No Fruit Juice Before Age 1, Pediatricians Say

Plus, they support limits for older kids and doing away with sippy cups for toddlers

From: http://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20170522/no-fruit-juice-before-age-1-pediatricians-say?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Minimally Invasive, Scarless Brain Surgery

From: Mayo Clinic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugVhPbLFLUk

ADA, others urge HHS to ensure deeming rule is implemented

The ADA is one of 51 organizations asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that the final rule on tobacco products is implemented in accordance with its provisions following the Food and Drug Administration's decision to delay enforcement of the rule.

From: http://www.ada.org/en/publications/ada-news/2017-archive/may/ada-others-urge-hhs-to-ensure-deeming-rule-is-implemented

WHO Travel to Support Programme Work

Travel is an essential aspect of WHO’s global health work-- convening experts for collective decision-making on health interventions or traveling experts anywhere in the world that requires technical assistance for global health.

From: http://www.who.int/entity/mediacentre/news/releases/2017/travel-to-support-programme-work/en/index.html

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