Researchers link height and cancer

Jul 21, 2011 Posted Under: Health Care Solutions

 

British researchers have found a downside to being tall. Results from a study of more than one million women in the UK suggest taller people are at greater risk of a wide range of cancers.

“This study is important in understanding how cancer develops [since] you can’t do anything about your height,” Jane Green, a clinical epidemiologist at the University of Oxford, told Postmedia News this week.

After following 1.3 million middle-aged women for 10 years, Green and her team found the total risk of cancer rises by about 16 per cent for every 10 centimetres increase in height.

The findings were published in Online First in The Lancet Oncology on Wednesday.

Previous research has already shown that some cancers are linked to height, she said, but this latest study looked at 17 different types of cancers, including breast cancer, bowel cancer and leukemia, rather than focusing on just a few.

The link between height and cancer risk was present across all cancers with very little variation, the researchers found.

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Advisories Issued For Wastewater On NY Beaches

Jul 20, 2011 Posted Under: Health Vocabulary

NEW YORK (CNN) — Health advisories were issued for four beaches in New York City Thursday evening as waste water from a plant continued to discharge into the Hudson River, according to a press release from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.

A four-alarm fire at the North River wastewater treatment plant triggered flooding of wastewater into the Hudson River Wednesday morning, after a blaze began in the plant’s engine room.

The health advisories were issued for South Beach, Midland Beach and Cedar Grove Beach on Staten Island, and Sea Gate in Brooklyn, according to the release.

The beaches are not closed but the New York City Department of Health recommends that people not swim or enter the water at those locations. Read full post…

Pregnant woman has a taste for furniture polish

Jul 20, 2011 Posted Under: Health Vocabulary

A woman in England who is expecting a child has found herself to be addicted to eating polish and other cleaning products. These bizarre eating habits are due to a rare disorder called pica. Women appear to get an interesting variety of strange cravings when they are pregnant. It’s not uncommon for those who are expecting to develop a taste for things some might find odd. A woman in England who is seven months pregnant has a much weirder craving than the much spoken about pickles and ice cream; Emma Veness has the uncontrollable urge to consume furniture polish. The 26-year-old mother-to-be is completely aware of the harm eating polish among other household cleaning products can do to her unborn child. Read full post…

Jenna Fischer Pregnant and Having Real Life ‘Office’ Baby! (VIDEO)

Jul 20, 2011 Posted Under: Health Posts

It’s going to be a boy for Jenna Fischer! In real life, anyway — no word yet on the gender of her second baby on , also due next season (the real life baby is her first). Confused?

That’s okay. To clarify: Fischer’s first real pregnancy is being written into as her character Pam’s second pregnancy. Which you probably already knew. Just like I already know that becoming a mom is going to come extremely naturally to Fischer. How do I possess this secret knowledge?

Sometimes I think I am a little bit psychic, actually, but you don’t need ESP to know that Fischer already has a handle on what having a baby is all about. Read full post…

Drug used to treat atrial fibrillation increases heart risks

Jul 20, 2011 Posted Under: Health Posts

The drug Multaq, also known as dronedarone, which is used to treat abnormal heart rhythms, appears to double the risk of premature death in patients with a long-term form of atrial fibrillation, according to early results of a major clinical trial, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said yesterday.

Patients 65 and older with the condition who took Multaq also faced a higher risk of stroke and hospitalizations for heart failure. Its still unclear whether the drug poses similar risks to patients with other forms of atrial fibrillation.

The FDA said patients taking Multaq should not stop taking the drug but should contact their doctor or other health-care professional.

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5 ways to succeed as a new provider, guaranteed

Jul 20, 2011 Posted Under: Health Care Solutions

Know the 99 codes like the back of your hand

The 99 codes are the 99202 codes through 99205 codes, and 99212 codes through 99215 codes. As the medical industry transitions to EHR, one thing I’ve learned is that the computer is only as smart as the information you give it. This means you cannot rely on your EHR system to inform you of the correct code to use, because it is usually incorrect if you haven’t thoroughly completed your chart note.

For example, some EHR templates require that you click the information into the system, and can only read that information if you use the templates properly. But

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