Seven Diseases - Is Your Doctor Missing Something?
According to Prevention Magazine, there are seven diseases that doctors frequently miss. Seven serious diseases. And although most of them can affect both men and women, most of these diseases affect women at much higher percentages. This article lits the seven diseases and gives the information necessary to help women become more proactive in their own healthcare. Of course, we as patients are not qualified to diagnose ourselves. But we are qualified to raise concerns with our physicians and ask about symptoms of these diseases if they have not been adequately diagnosed.
The CDC on CFS
In the past I have been sharply critical of the CDC and its attitude about chronic fatigue syndrome. Funds were diverted from CFS to other projects within the CDC and the backing of the agency, which still remains the bottom line for a disease’s validity, was never there. It was trivialized and ignored.
Perhaps it was the grassroots efforts of the victims of CFS. Perhaps it was the associations that represent all of the afflicted people. Maybe it was just a stroke of good luck. I would like to think it was because the officials within the CDC realized the error of their ways and are doing what they can to make amends.
Whatever the reason, the CDC is now taking information about CFS to the people. They are educating people who may be ill and not realize they should seek a physician for this condition. They are bringing awareness to the American public. They are also destroying myths and educating people on the little known facts about chronic fatigue syndrome.
The “Miami Herald,” recently reported that the once lax CDC (about CFS) is now acknowledging CFS for the disabling disease that is. To that end, they have listed five things they believe the general public does not know, and needs to know, about this mysterious and insidious disease that affects over one million Americans, Considering 80% of those people are undiagnosed, this is information that should be read and understood by all.
5 Things You Didn’t Know about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Climactic Changes As A Health Concern?
The Day After Tomorrow was a great science fiction “end-of-the-world” film. Unfortunately, like many disaster films, it is potentially a greater risk of being a possible future than any of us can really wrap our brain around. This topic is also one that we know ecologists and climatologists are working on. But the CDC has taken this to the next level and is concerned not only about global warming, but about climactic changes in general. To that end, the CDC has a special section on their Web site about how climactic changes affect the health of the public.
Although scientific understanding of the effects of climate change is still emerging, there is a pressing need to prepare for potential health risks. This public health preparedness approach is applied to other threats in the absence of complete data, such as terrorism and pandemic influenza. A wide variety of organizations (federal, state, local, multilateral, private and nongovernmental) is working to address the implications of global climate change. Despite this breadth of activity, the public health effects of climate change remain largely unaddressed.
CDC Web Site
It is an interesting site that the CDC has put together. It lists out the potential problems caused by climactic change and then names the populations that would most likely be affected by these climactic events. It clearly illustrates a world that is changing and how the world’s healthcare needs are changing as well.