Weekly Health News 8 Epistaxiophobia 7 HOURS A NIGHT
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Is drinking eight glasses of water every day good for you? Does sugar make
one hyperactive? These questions and others are answered by the medical
staff of the University of Arkansas.
Stories for the waiting room
Here's some advice from "The Physical Life of Women" (published in 1872) on
how to have beautiful children: "During pregnancy, the mother should often
have some painting or engraving representing cheerful or beautiful figures
before her eyes, or often contemplate some graceful statue. She should avoid
looking at or thinking of ugly people or those marked by disfiguring
diseases."
Get me that. Stat!
According to "Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die," at
least 50,345 Americans have died from medical research since 1930.
Never say diet
The record for eating live cockroaches is held by Ken Edwards of Derbyshire,
England, who consumed 36 hissing Madagascar roaches in one minute in 2001.
Observation
Imprisoned in every fat person is a thin one wildly signaling to be let out.
- Cyril Connolly
You can call me 'Doc'
Most patients want their doctors to shake hands when they first meet, and
about half want their physicians to use their first names in greetings,
concludes a survey of patient expectations and preferences by researchers at
Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
In a poll of 415 adult patients between 2004 and 2005, 78 percent said they
wanted their doctors to shake hands; 18.1 percent did not. It's not clear
what the remaining 3.9 percent wanted - perhaps a hearty slap on the back.
Just over 50 percent of patients wanted doctors to use their patient's first
names, 17.3 percent preferred to be called by their last name, and 23.6
wanted physicians to use both their first and last names.
On the flip side, 56.4 percent of patients wanted doctors to introduce
themselves using first and last names; 32.5 percent expected their
physicians to identify themselves only by their last name, and 7.2 percent
preferred doctors to use only their first name, as in "Hello, I'm Doctor
Bob."
The survey, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, also videotaped
123 new patient visits in the offices of 19 physicians in Chicago and
Burlington, Vt.
The results: Doctors and physicians shook hands 82.9 percent of the time,
but doctors never mentioned their patients' names in 50.4 percent of the
visits and failed to identify themselves 11.4 percent of the time.
Phobia of the week
Epistaxiophobia - fear of nosebleeds
Best medicine
Members of a neighborhood health club were meeting for the first time. The
leader of the group suggested they go around the room, describing their
daily routine and habits.
Several people spoke about too much food and drink, being lazy and other
physiological offenses. Then one egregiously overweight member declared, "I
eat moderately. I drink moderately. I exercise frequently."
"Really!" exclaimed the leader. "And there's nothing else you'd like to
add?"
"Well, yes," admitted the overweight member. "I also lie extensively."
Curtain calls
John B. Curtis is sometimes credited with inventing chewing gum in 1848,
though he admitted his idea came from watching American Indians chew tree
sap. Curtis' big seller (relatively speaking) was a spruce-flavored gum, but
he was always producing and testing new flavors.
Doing so killed him. Curtis died from asphyxiation caused by a lump of gum
that became stuck in his throat.
HEALTH SCREENINGS
"Celebrity Fit Club"
8 p.m. Wednesday, VH1
In the season finale, Harvey gathers the cast for one last fit camp to
assess the improvements they've made over 99 days. But the final weigh-in
ends in drama, with Dustin at the center of it.
"Critical Hour: P.A.R.T.Y."
8 and 11 p.m. Friday, Discovery Health (digital cable)
Trauma teams everywhere have seen their share of youth who die in trauma,
often the result of split-second decisions. But Toronto's Sunnybrook
Hospital has a novel way to try to stop the death toll and the tragedy.
"Brainman"
8 and 11 p.m. Sunday, Discovery Health (digital cable)
Daniel T. is a "super brain," able to calculate numbers to hundreds of
decimal points in seconds and learn new languages in a week. Through a set
of challenges against other "super brains," Daniel's abilities are
demonstrated.
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SEVEN HOURS A NIGHT
It's OK if you have to TiVo Jay Leno. Just get some sleep and preferably
more than seven hours. According to a study in the Archives of Internal
Medicine, sleeping fewer than that a night may cause health problems.
Researchers surveyed more than 17,000 people ages 17 to 30 and found that 21
percent got seven hours or fewer of sleep a night. They were nearly twice as
likely to rate their health as poor compared with longer sleepers.
HEATING UP FOR FITNESS
Need one more reason to get in shape? You'll cope better with the heat, a
study in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise reports. Researchers put
people of various fitness levels in a hot room and had them do knee
extensions with every increase in core temperature until they reached 103
degrees Fahrenheit. Most of the fit folks could do 10 reps with each degree
change, but less than half of the unfit ones could. The body starts sweating
earlier to cool you down when you're fit.
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