Isaac Garcia's Story – Bone Cancer Care at Mayo Clinic

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

What to eat before a workout – and foods to avoid

Experts say eating the wrong foods right before hitting the gym can drag you down

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-to-eat-before-workout-foods-to-avoid/

Foods you shouldn't eat before a workout

What you eat before you head to the gym could make a big difference in your workout and how you feel. CBS News' Nikki Battiste gets some advice from a personal trainer.

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/foods-you-shouldnt-eat-before-a-workout/

Cell Transplant Helps Difficult Type 1 Diabetes

Some people with type 1 diabetes develop a condition called hypoglycemia unawareness, which means they no longer feel symptoms when their blood sugar levels are dropping dangerously.

From: https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/news/20180330/cell-transplant-helps-difficult-type-1-diabetes?src=RSS_PUBLIC

CDEL seeks scholarship applicants for Institute for Teaching and Learning

Association members interested in pursuing a career in academia can apply for a tuition scholarship to attend the Academy for Academic Leadership's Institute for Teaching and Learning.

From: https://www.ada.org/en/publications/ada-news/2018-archive/march/cdel-seeks-scholarship-applicants-for-institute-for-teaching-and-learning

Penn dental school names new dean

The University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine announced March 29 it named Dr. Mark Wolff as its new dean, effective July 1.

From: https://www.ada.org/en/publications/ada-news/2018-archive/march/penn-dental-school-names-new-dean

Fibular free flap

From: Mayo Clinic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkJ8XRFziJc

More Women Die of Lung Cancer in 2 U.S. 'Hot Spots'

Nationwide, the rate of lung cancer death among women fell 6 percent between 1990 and 2015.

From: https://www.webmd.com/lung-cancer/news/20180330/more-women-die-of-lung-cancer-in-2-us-hot-spots?src=RSS_PUBLIC

ER Docs Prescribe More Opioids Than They Realize

Of 109 ER doctors at four hospitals, two-thirds underestimated how often they prescribed opioids such as OxyContin (oxycodone) and Vicodin (hydrocodone), the researchers said.

From: https://www.webmd.com/drug-medication/news/20180330/er-docs-prescribe-more-opioids-than-they-realize?src=RSS_PUBLIC

More Baseball Fans Getting Hit By the Ball

Each year, about 1,750 fans are hurt by foul balls at MLB games. That works out to about two injuries for every three games -- more common than batters getting hit by wayward pitches, according to Indiana University researchers.

From: https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20180330/more-baseball-fans-getting-hit-by-the-ball?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Many Pick the Wrong Drugs for Sneezin' Season

Only 63 percent of people who visit their community pharmacy to purchase treatment for their hay fever have a doctor diagnosis, said study senior author Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich.

From: https://www.webmd.com/allergies/news/20180330/many-pick-the-wrong-drugs-for-sneezin-season?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Synthetic cannabis blamed for severe bleeding

Health officials say the synthetic marijuana drug known as K2 or Spice has caused severe bleeding in at least 17 people in the Chicago area this month. CBS Chicago's Suzanne LeMignot reports.

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/synthetic-cannabis-blamed-for-severe-bleeding/

Synthetic weed blamed for "very severe bleeding"

"What we are seeing is people are coming in with various types of bleeding... nose bleeds, bleeding from their gums, bleeding in their urine," health officials say

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/synthetic-marijuana-k2-spice-weed-cannabis-severe-bleeding-chicago/

Thrill of victory may pose big health risk for hockey fans

The thrill of victory may trigger a heart attack​ among younger male hockey fans, a new study suggests

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hockey-fans-beware-heart-risk-rises-after-home-team-wins/

Man's Stubborn Belly Fat Actually A 30-Pound Tumor

Doctors had expected it to be 12 lbs and were surprised that it was actually 30 lbs.

From: https://www.webmd.com/diet/obesity/news/20180330/mans-stubborn-belly-fat-actually-a-30-pound-tumor?src=RSS_PUBLIC

California Coffee Shops Must Post Cancer Warnings

The industry argued that the level of acrylamide in coffee isn't harmful and that any risks are outweighed by benefits, the AP reported.

From: https://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20180330/california-coffee-shops-must-post-cancer-warnings?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Mayo Clinic Minute: Tai chi keeps seniors on their feet

From: Mayo Clinic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vljJ0u-avg

CDC director pledges to bring opioid epidemic "to its knees"

New director of the top public health agency also said he believes the AIDS epidemic​ could be ended in three to seven years in the U.S.

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-director-pledges-to-bring-opioid-epidemic-to-its-knees/

California judge rules coffee must come with cancer warning

A judge ruled coffee shops must serve coffee with a cancer warning in California. Chains like Starbucks and Whole Foods will have to post signs telling people about possible carcinogens. Anna Werner reports.

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/california-judge-rules-coffee-must-come-with-cancer-warning/

Why Whooping Cough Has Made a Comeback

It's due to natural population turnover, incomplete vaccination coverage, and gradually weakening protection from a highly effective but imperfect vaccine, they said.

From: https://www.webmd.com/children/news/20180329/why-whooping-cough-has-made-a-comeback?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Chronic pain and childhood trauma

Recently a journalist colleague of mine put out a call for quotes from those who suffer from severe premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysmorphic disorder (more commonly known as PMS and PMDD, respectively) who also suffered a history of childhood abuse. Her interest was piqued by a 2014 peer reviewed article that appeared in the Journal of Women’s Health linking the disorders with early onset abuse. I answered the call, having both PMS and PMDD, as well as a history of child abuse by both my stepfather and my mother.

Yet despite having both a history of abuse and several diagnoses that contribute to chronic pain, it’s only been in the past few years that I’ve become aware of the connection between the two. It wasn’t until I started writing a collection of personal essays about my youth, and researching scientific literature about childhoods like mine, that I stumbled upon the now-famous 1998 ACE study, which explored “adverse childhood experiences.” Specifically, the study surveyed 17,000 middle-income adults who had health data stretching back to their early childhoods. The ACE research indicated that the more adversities an individual experienced as a child — whether poverty, parental death or incarceration, neighborhood violence, or abuse — the more likely that person would suffer from serious physiological disorders as an adult.

Understanding the connection

While the causality between childhood adversity and adult chronic illness has yet to be fully determined, researchers now have enough knowledge about the way chronic stress impacts physiological health to make some educated guesses about their potential link. When we are threatened, our bodies have what is called a stress response, which prepares our bodies to fight or flee. However, when this response remains highly activated in a child for an extended period of time without the calming influence of a supportive parent or adult figure, toxic stress occurs and can damage crucial neural connections in the developing brain. According to Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child, the impacts of experiencing repeated incidents of toxic stress as a child “…persist far into adulthood, and lead to lifelong impairments in both physical and mental health.”

Why addressing pain and trauma should go hand in hand

The fact that childhood adversity is so intimately intertwined with adult illness does not mean that those physiological diseases experienced by adults who had traumatic childhoods are not real or valid, or that their causes are “psychosomatic.” The biological impacts of childhood adversity are not only genuine, but can be very difficult (and sometimes impossible) to completely undo.

However, it does offer hope that psychological care for those with a history of childhood trauma may help tame their overactive stress response in the present day, and in turn provide some complementary health benefits for those also dealing with physiological diseases. In my case, while processing my traumatic childhood history in psychotherapy has not automatically cured my physical ailments (and will not), it does help me relearn how to react to stress.

Pediatric health care providers and educators should understand how far into the future the effects of childhood abuse and adversity may extend. This knowledge should serve as further motivation to help children in these situations access necessary supports as quickly as possible, to guard against some of the biological changes that could make them suffer later on in life. Likewise, those who work in the mental health field with adults who suffered childhood trauma would well do to study the link between that and chronic pain and illness, so that they can better support their patients.

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From: Laura Kiesel https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/chronic-pain-and-childhood-trauma-2018033012768

Starbucks must carry cancer warning in California, judge rules

Starbucks and other coffee sellers must put a cancer warning on coffee sold in California, a Los Angeles judge ruled.

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/starbucks-must-carry-cancer-warning-in-california-judge-rules/