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HEALTHBEAT SHOW NOTES .... Episode #41 - Recorded April 21, 2006

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of HealthBeat, Chiropractic OnLine Today’s Health, News and informational Podcast.

In this week’s news:  We’ll Look At –

• New York State Hospital patient-safety ratings

• Katrina Victims and Health Problems

• FCER's 2006 Conference on Chiropractic Research

• Senate Bill 1955 Still in the News

• Exercise and Nutrition

• Exercise Participation Reverses Age-Related Drop in Exercise Capacity and Efficiency

• Health and the Economy

• And finally, Health Corner looks at changes to the Canadian Healthcare System

For HealthBeat, This is Dr. Todd Eglow.

Welcome to HealthBeat Podcast #42, recorded April 28, 2006.  HealthBeat is Chiropractic OnLine Today’s radio program, providing current news and commentary about Chiropractic and Health.

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And Now for some news ….

New York State rated 50th for patient-safety incidents in hospitals

According to a study released on Monday April 3, 2006 by HealthGrades medical errors remain a leading cause of death and injury at hospitals nationwide.

New York hospitals ranked at the bottom when it comes to keeping patients from developing complications or new infections while in the hospital.

Surf to our Show Notes for a link to this Study - http://www.healthgrades.com/media/dms/pdf/PatientSafetyInAmericanHospitalsStudy2006.pdf

Katrina Victims and Health Problems

According to a NY Times article, Families displaced by Hurricane Katrina are suffering from mental disorders and chronic conditions like asthma and from a lack of prescription medication and health insurance at rates that are much higher than average, a new study has  found.

The study, conducted by the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and the Children's Health Fund, is the first to examine the health issues of those living in housing provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Based on face-to-face interviews with more than 650 families living in trailers or hotels, it provides a grim portrait of the hurricane's effects on some of the poorest victims, showing gaps in the tattered safety net pieced together from government and private efforts.

Among the study's findings: 34 percent of displaced children suffer from conditions like asthma, anxiety and behavioral problems, compared with 25 percent of children in urban Louisiana before the storm. Fourteen percent of them went without prescribed medication at some point during the three months before the survey, which was conducted in February, compared with 2 percent before the hurricane.

Instead of being given a chance to recover, the study says, "Children and families who have been displaced by the hurricanes are being pushed further toward the edge."

For more information, see the April 18th edition of the NY Times -http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/18/us/nationalspecial/18health.html?hp&ex=1145332800&en=10f3a48e093c9b7c&ei=5094&partner=homepage

FCER's 2006 Conference on Chiropractic Research

The Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER) presents the 2006 Conference on Chiropractic Research (CCR), to be held September 15-16, 2006, at the Hotel Sofitel Chicago O'Hare in Chicago , Illinois.  The CCR will be the most prestigious forum within the chiropractic community for presentation of original thought and research in 2006.

Two research tracks and one clinical track will be featured. The clinical track will have workshops designed to enable the practitioner to incorporate research evidence into practice on Monday morning.

Approximately 80-90 abstracts will be accepted for platform (60) and poster (20-30) presentation, depending on quality of submissions.

For more information, surf to http://www.FCER.org

Senate Bill 1955 Still in the News

Senate Bill 1955 is still in the news, and COT’s HealthBeat has been right on top of this coverage from the beginning.

Presently, a coalition of labor unions, health care and consumer groups is urging Americans to join a grassroots campaign to defeat a controversial health care bill scheduled for Senate consideration in early May. The proposed legislation, S.1955, would deregulate the health insurance market and gut state patient protection laws — leaving millions of patients without crucial health benefits like mammograms and prenatal care.

According to the American Chiropractic Association, a decision on this bill is only weeks away, so time is of the essence.  S. 1955 would thwart years of state efforts to ensure that consumers have adequate health insurance coverage — yet it has received surprisingly little attention and many Americans have no idea how severely their health care benefits could be affected. As important as expanding health insurance coverage is, particularly in the small business market, it is also important for such coverage to reliably secure patient’ healthcare services."

The diverse coalition opposing S.1955 includes groups such as the American Diabetes Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Cancer Society, the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of Teachers and many others.

For more information, surf to the ACA’s website at http://www.acatoday.org

Exercise and Nutrition

According to the National Council on Strength and Fitness, most athletes and coaches do not realize the benefit of proper nutrition between training sessions.

All forms of exercise are body stressors. Stress from a strict interpretation of response, is a mechanism of energy preparation; chemical primers facilitate response to “fight or flight”. Unlike distress induced by a serious injury or emotional stress, exercise is a positive stress (eustress) which means that the acute damaging “stressor” results in a positive adaptation.

For example, after lifting weights your muscle proteins are going thru chemical changes. In response any inflammation leads to muscle remodeling through protein synthesis and the myofilaments which refer to small muscle components, are repaired. Prolonged exposure to appropriate doses of stress with proper recovery leads to physiological enhancements specific to the training.

Surf to our web site and click on the Show Notes link to read the full article, which gives some attention to how the major food macronutrients, i.e., Carbohydrates, Fats and Proteins, can affect a persons recovery period from exercise.

As always, COT’s HealthBeat recommends that before any new or modified exercise or nutritional programs are undertaken, that you get clearance from a qualified healthcare professional.

http://www.ncsf.org/enew/articles/articles-Post-Training.aspx

Exercise Participation Reverses Age-Related Drop in Exercise Capacity and Efficiency

A study published in the March 7th issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reports that after only 6 months of regular exercise, adults in their 60s and 70s can experience significant increases in both exercise capacity and efficiency.

The study compared sedentary adults in their 60s and 70s with those in their 20s and 30s and found that the older population had to work harder, meaning they needed to use much more oxygen to do the same amount of work, than their younger counterparts.

The study concluded that older age is associated with a decreased exercise efficiency and an increase in the oxygen cost of exercise, which contribute to a decreased exercise capacity. These age-related changes are reversed with exercise training, which improves efficiency to a greater degree in the elderly than in the young

For more information, surf to our Show Notes for a link to this study - http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/5/1049

Health and the Economy

According to a Reuter’s health story, if a high-fat cholesterol-laden snack doesn't trigger a heart attack, then a healthy economy just might.

The risk of a fatal heart attack rises when the U.S. economy strengthens and increases further if macroeconomic conditions remain robust over the next several years, according to a study published in March 2006.

The death rate rises in the year the economy expands and grows further if the lower rate of joblessness is maintained, according to the story’s author.

A 1-percentage point drop in unemployment is estimated to raise mortality by 1.3 percent or 2,515 additional deaths per year from heart attacks, the study showed. The mortality rate is similar for males and females.

The study focuses on 20 states with the largest populations pooled over the years 1979 to 1998 including California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Massachusetts, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Washington State, Maryland and Minnesota.

These states account for almost three-quarters of the national heart attack death rate and have similar patterns to the entire country.

Surf to our Show Notes for a link to this article - http://heart.healthcentersonline.com/newsstories/strongeconomygeneratesmoreheartattacks.cfm?general=nl_heart

As always, please surf to our Podcast Show Notes at ChiropracticRadio.com for a full listing of web references mentioned in today’s show.

And remember - COT’s Healthbeat always recommends discussing any nutritional or exercise lifestyle modifications with a qualified healthcare professional.

Health Corner – In this edition of Health Corner, we listen to an interview from the New England Journal of Medicine’s network concerning changes to the Canadian Healthcare System.

Back in the 1990’s, during the debate over making changes to the US Healthcare System, much talk was over the comparison to the Canadian system.  This interview discusses the current system.

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For Chiropractic OnLine Today’s HealthBeat, This is Dr. Todd Eglow.

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