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Annual Editions : Health 03/04

by: Yarian, Richard

Annual Editions : Health 03/04

by: Yarian, Richard

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Edition: 24th
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Copyright: 06/01/2002
Publisher: MCG
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Summary

This Annual Editions title is a compilation of public press articles that examines how Americans make choices about controlling their health; the impact of stress and emotions on mental health; the effects on diet and nutrition on well-being; influences of exercise and diet on health; how drugs affect our lives; recent research on human reproduction and sexuality; the major causes of death in the Western world; the current state of health care in today's society; food labeling and food and drug interactions; hazards that affect our health and are encountered in today's world. This title is supported by Dushkin Online (www.dushkin.com/online/) our student Web site.

1. How Does Your Life Measure Up?, Alice Lesch Kelly, Walking, March/April 1998

Alice Lesch Kelly provides an opportunity to examine your lifestyle and health behaviors to see just how well you are doing in your efforts to achieve a long and healthy life.

2. Bad Choices: Why We Make Them, How to Stop, Mary Ann Chapman, Psychology Today, September/October 1999

Why is it that people continue to engage in negative health behaviors despite knowing that such behaviors could have serious repercussions concerning their health? Key factors seem to be the need for immediate gratification and our desire to take the path of least resistance. The author suggests possible ways to change this pattern of thinking.

3. Why Do We Do the Things We Do?, Ellen J. Langer, Psychology Today, May/June 2002

Human behavior is rarely rational, and in fact often goes against the very morals that we claim guide us in our actions. How do we reconcile this seemingly paradoxical situation? And more importantly, what can we do to exercise more control over our own behavior?

4. Solving the Diet-and-Disease Puzzle, Bonnie Liebman, Nutrition Action Healthletter, May 1999

The constant flip-flopping on medical advice is enough to make most people believe that the medical experts do not really know what they are talking about. Who is at fault—the medical experts, the media, or John Q. Public? Bonnie Liebman explores this issue by discussing some of the most celebrated reversals in the area of nutrition recommendations.

5. Yet Another Study—Should You Pay Attention?, Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter, September 1998

How do you interpret your risk level for various illnesses when reading reports of late-breaking news that could affect your health? This article presents four questions to ask yourself that will help you make informed decisions regarding your lifestyle choices.

UNIT 2. Stress and Mental Health

6. The Mind and the Heart: They Really Are Connected, Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter, August 2000

In the 1970s researchers believed that heart disease was linked to stress through one’s personality, namely the Type A personality. Several recent studies support the connection between stress and heart disease, but the most important factors appear to be hostility, lack of social support, and mental depression.

7. The Way We Worry, Jane Shiyen Chou, Walking, July/August 2000

For most people the word “worry” has negative connotations; however, worry can also be viewed as a survival mechanism that helps us avoid trouble. In this article the author discusses both the positive and negative aspects of worry and provides helpful suggestions on how to avert what she calls “toxic worry.”

8. Taking Humor Seriously, Consumer Reports on Health, October 2001

Medical experts have known for years that anger and hostility may increase a person’s risk of coronary heart disease, but little was known about the heart-healthy benefits of humor. Now a study from cardiologists at the University of Maryland provides empirical support that humor not only provides heart-healthy benefits but may also protect the immune system from the ravages of stress.

9. How Stress Attacks You, Jerry Adler, Newsweek, June 14, 1999

Stress is an essential element of life, and our bodies have developed a complex and highly efficient pattern of response to deal with it on a short-term basis. When chronic stressors activate this same response pattern, significant bodily damage can occur. This article examines in detail how our bodies respond to stress and suggests some useful stress reduction techniques.

10. Fear Not, Brad Schmidt and Jeffrey Winters, Psychology Today, January/February 2002

The events of September 11, 2001, are far from dim in the collective American memory, and our national psyche reflects our preoccupation with this tragic day. This article traces the effects, positive and negative, that fear can have on the mind, and explores how healthy fear can degenerate into generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), with terrible consequences.

UNIT 3. Nutritional Health

11. How Much Protein Is Enough?, Consumer Reports on Health, February 2001

Most Americans prefer protein-rich foods at mealtime, and the primary source of this protein is beef and poultry. While protein provides both energy and raw material for the body’s growth and repair, excessive dietary intake of animal protein may lead to bone loss, kidney disease, and some types of cancer.

12. Antioxidants: No Magic Bullet, Bonnie Liebman, Nutrition Action Healthletter, April 2002

Oxidants have been linked to cancer, heart disease, eye disease, and memory loss. Are antioxidants the answer? Researchers are now beginning to reevaluate their position on these “wonder” drugs and what the evidence really shows about the promise they hold for future treatments.

13. Tips for the Savvy Supplement User, FDA Consumer, March/April 2002

Dietary supplements can be effective health-boosters when used properly—and they can create health risks and have unintended effects when overused or used improperly. This article serves as an overview of the do’s and don’ts of supplements.

14. Fast Food 2002: The Best & Worst, Bonnie Liebman and Jayne Hurley, Nutrition Action Healthletter, September 2002

Everyone is pressed for time occasionally. And everyone needs to eat. The combination of these two factors has led to the rapid and successful growth of the fast-food industry. This article lists the healthiest (and unhealthiest) menu choices available at popular fast-food chains.

UNIT 4. Exercise and Weight Control

15. Measure Your Fitness Level, Consumer Reports on Health, April 2002

Declining health is not an inevitability of aging, and careful monitoring of your physical fitness can ward off disease well into old age. This article lists four simple tests designed to measure your fitness level, and provides a key to compare your score with the average in your age/sex bracket.

16. How the Body Knows When to Gain or Lose, Gina Kolata, New York Times, October 17, 2000

With so many diets, so many promises, and so many books on the subject of weight loss, why aren’t more people successful at losing weight? Many scientists now believe that our body weight may be controlled by endogenous chemicals that are modulating our appetite. In obese individuals, this system of control may be distorted.

17. Ten Tips for Staying Lean, Bonnie Liebman, Nutrition Action Healthletter, July/August 1999

According to recent statistics, more than 97 million Americans are either overweight or obese, and the numbers are growing. Are you happy with your weight? Bonnie Liebman presents 10 useful tips for those who are interested in either losing a few pounds or merely maintaining their current weight.

18. Big Fat Lies: The Truth About the Atkins Diet, Bonnie Liebman, Nutrition Action Healthletter, November 2002

For decades, the controversial “Atkins diet”—low in carbohydrates, high in fat- has sparked contempt among the scientific community, interest among the general population, and huge revenues for its proponents, including a $700,000 book advance for a recent proponent, Gary Taubes. This article features the reactions of several prominent scientists, including several that Taubes quotes in his reporting, and lists the myths and half-truths that circulate around this diet.

19. A Guide to Rating the Weight-Loss Websites, Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter, Special Supplement, July 2000

Statistics suggest that while many people attempt to lose weight on their own, approximately half rely on formal weight-loss programs such as Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig. With the growth of the Internet has come a third option—“Cyber Weight-Loss Programs.” This article examines several of these weight-loss Web sites and rates them on both the quality of information and the support services that they provide.

UNIT 5. Drugs and Health

20. Prescription for Trouble, Consumer Reports, February 2001

If you have access to the Internet, you can get many prescription medications without a prescription. Ordering medications online without the benefit of a doctor’s prescription is about as easy as ordering clothes. Unfortunately, unlike clothes, the wrong medication or the wrong dosage can have serious repercussions for your health. This article provides helpful suggestions on how to avoid some of the hazardous pitfalls of ordering medications online.

21. Sweet Medicines, Thomas Maeder, Scientific American, July 2002

Sugar-based medicines may play an important role in the medicine of tommorrow. With the human genome deciphered, it is clear that sugar, a critical factor in the body’s processes, is also in need of study. This article lists past and future treatments in which sugar plays a role and describes the efforts of scientists to harness this surprisingly complex substance and mold it to their benefit.

22. Getting Stupid, Bernice Wuethrich, Discover, March 2001

According to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, nearly 7 million youths between the ages of 12 and 20 binge at least once a month. While binging among youths is nothing new, recent research findings have discovered that this manner of drinking may permanently rob them of as much as 10 percent of their mental capacity.

23. Beat the Winter Bugs: How to Hold Your Own Against Colds and Flu, Michelle Meadows, FDA Consumer, November/December 2001

Flu and colds—everyone gets them, nobody wants them. But this time of year, they are an unwanted gift we get all too often. How can we prevent being on the receiving end this holiday season? And once we’re past the prevention stage, how can we lessen our symptoms and shorten the duration of the illness?

UNIT 6. Human Sexuality

24. Sex in America, Michael W. Ross, Psychology Today, January/February 2002

With the release of “Call to Action to Promote Sexual Health and Responsible Sexual Behavior,” Attorney General David Satcher’s 2001 report on sex in America, it is clear that the need for honest discussion about sexuality is urgent. This article highlights that point by featuring interviews with a cross section of Americans, including STD sufferers, teens dealing with early pregnancy, and others whose lives have been negatively impacted by their sexual choices.

25. The New Gender Wars, Sarah Blustain, Psychology Today, November/December 2000

While most experts agree that men and women have more than just biological differences, the exact nature of these differences is a point of contention between male and female researchers who are studying these differences. Can individuals with a gender bias objectively research gender differences and come to impartial conclusions?

26. Condoms: Barriers to Bad News, Tamar Nordenberg, FDA Consumer, March/April 1998

It is generally acknowledged that, besides abstinence, the male condom and, to a lesser degree, the female condom are the primary weapons we have in the battle against STDs. Tamar Nordenberg explains under what circumstances condoms are most likely to fail and what we can do to achieve maximum protection through their use.

27. **Love Is Not All You Need**, Pepper Schwartz, Psychology Today, May/June 2002

Is this real love? Or just real lust? Is passionate love the best indicator or predictor of relationships that last? What are the factors most likely to determine the success or failure of a lasting relationship? This article discusses the importance of compatibility, intelligence, sex, communication, empathy, and flexibility in a love that lasts.

28. Genital Herpes: A Hidden Epidemic, Linda Bren, FDA Consumer, March/April 2002

Genital herpes is a lifelong illness, with no known cure and little hope for a cure in the near future. While not deadly like syphilis or AIDS, this disease can be both physically and psychologically damaging for the victim, and it may put infected individuals at increased risk for contracting HIV. This article provides information about the disease, as well as treatments to minimize outbreaks.

UNIT 7. Current Killers

29. An American Epidemic: Diabetes, Jerry Adler and Claudia Kalb, Newsweek, September 4, 2000

According to many public health experts, the next great lifestyle disease epidemic to hit the United States will be noninsulin-dependent diabetes (also known as type 2 or adult onset diabetes). This disease, which normally strikes after age 40, is demonstrating a dramatic rise among people in their 30s. Even children are being diagnosed with this form of diabetes.

30. Should I Get a Mammogram This Year?, Shinta Cheng, WebMD Medical News, January 29, 2002

The value to women of having a periodic mammogram has for years been heavily stressed. Recent research, however, discloses that there have been no reliable trials that support the use of mammograms in combating breast cancer.

31. Cancer: How to Lower Your Risk, Bonnie Liebman, Nutrition Action Healthletter, October 2002

Cancer is becoming more and more pervasive throughout American society, as the baby boomers continue their trek toward old age. By age 40, your chances of developing cancer in the next 20 years is 1 in 11; and by age 60, the odds are a grimmer 1 in 5 (for women), and 1 in 3 (for men). This article provides useful advice on preventing the most common forms of cancer.

32. Living With AIDS—20 Years Later, Anne Christiansen Bullers, FDA Consumer, November/December 2001

More than 20 years after the first reported outbreak of AIDS in the United States, we have yet to fully come to terms with this disease as a society, and a cure is nowhere in sight. Now some experts fear that the progress that we have witnessed in the medical management of HIV/AIDS has led to a dangerous complacency about this disease.

UNIT 8. America’s Health and the Health Care System

33. When Nagging Symptoms Should Trigger a Doctor’s Visit, Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter, July 2000

Some people run to the doctor for every little ache and pain, while others avoid doctors like the plague. This article presents practical advice on how to decide whether a symptom is serious enough to warrant a visit to the foctor.

34. Don’t Be a Wimp in the Doctor’s Office, Maureen Boland, American Health, April 1999

When it comes to physicians, many people, especially women, are afraid to assert themselves. Rather than being turned off by your expression of needs, research shows that physicians and caregivers are more responsive and provide better care to individuals who take an active role in the health care process. This article provides several useful suggestions on ways in which you can have a positive impact on the quality of the health care that you receive from your doctor.

35. Avoiding Hospital Blunders, Consumer Reports on Health, June 2000

America has some of the best health care in the world, but if hospital errors occur, and they frequently do, they can prove deadly. Hospital errors are currently the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, ahead of car accidents, breast cancer, and AIDS. This article discusses what you can do to protect yourself.

36. HELP!, Alexis Jetter, Health, July/August 2000

According to a recent report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, physicians under managed care have so little time with patients that only 1 patient in 10 is given enough information to make an informed medical decision. This article provides tips on getting the most out of the time that you spend with your doctor and on strengthening your doctor-patient relationship.

UNIT 9. Consumer Health

37. How to Research a Medical Topic, Consumer Reports on Health, October 2000

This article offers some practical suggestions on using Internet resources effectively when searching for medical information.

38. A Quiz That Counts, Bonnie Liebman, Nutrition Action Healthletter, May 2002

Due to the rapid rate of change in our understanding of factors that influence our health, it is good to occasionally test your health knowledge. This quiz provides readers with an opportunity to assess their knowledge in the areas of nutrition, disease and disease prevention, and food safety.

39. How Accurate Are Food Claims?, Consumer Reports on Health, October 2002

If a product has the “heart check” mark on it, it must have beneficial effects on the heart, right? Not necessarily. This article explores examples of health-related food claims and provides helpful advice on how to use the “Nutrition Facts Panel” to guide you in making healthful food choices.

40. Are Health Food Stores Better Bets Than Traditional Supermarkets?, Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter, May 1999

All the publicity concerning the impact that diet can have on a person’s health appears to have spawned a new trend in supermarkets—“the natural food” supermarket. These stores specialize in organic fruits and vegetables as well as whole grains and nutritional supplements. The philosophy underlying these stores suggests that purchasing your groceries there will provide you with higher quality foods. The truth is, the only thing that is likely to be higher is your grocery bill.

41. Food Additives—What You Need to Know, University of California at Berkeley Wellness Letter, June 2002

“Food additives, chemicals, and artificial ingredients” are keywords often associated with junk food and an unhealthy diet. But just because snack foods often contain high doses of these substances, it does not necessarily mean that junk foods are unhealthy. This article addresses the vital and often unappreciated role that food additives play in protecting our health and the quality of our food.

UNIT 10. Contemporary Health Hazards

42. Trying to Look SUNsational? Complexity Persists in Using Sunscreens, Larry Thompson, FDA Consumer, July/August 2000

Scientific studies linking skin cancer to sunburn have prompted millions of Americans to cover themselves with sunscreen lotions. But do sunscreens really prevent skin cancer? Larry Thompson provides the reader with the most current thinking about how best to protect your skin from the damaging effects of the sun.

43. Germ Crazy, Deborah Franklin, Health, May/June 1998

Based on the number of antibacterial products on the market today, some scientists are becoming increasingly concerned that excessive use of antibacterial products could produce resistance in the germs themselves.

44. Magic Bullets Under Siege: When Antibiotics Stop Working, Glenn Morris, Nutrition Action Healthletter, May 2000

Over the last few years the medical community has voiced concern that our reliance on antibiotics has created strains of superbugs that are resistant to the most commonly prescribed antibiotics. Physicians, farmers, and consumers must all adopt a more responsible manner of antibiotic usage if we are to preserve their dwindling effectiveness, according to Glenn Morris.

45. The Infection Connection, Consumer Reports on Health, August 2002

Just when scientists thought infectious diseases were a plague of the past, new research links pathogens to chronic diseases such as heart disease, multiple sclerosis, various cancers, and ulcers. Recent discoveries have even demonstrated that pathogens that cause one disease may protect us from another illness. This article presents examples of how these findings may be put to use.

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