new posts in all blogs
Viewing: Blog Posts Tagged with: Health &, Most Recent at Top [Help]
Results 1 - 25 of 415
How to use this Page
You are viewing the most recent posts tagged with the words: Health & in the JacketFlap blog reader. What is a tag? Think of a tag as a keyword or category label. Tags can both help you find posts on JacketFlap.com as well as provide an easy way for you to "remember" and classify posts for later recall. Try adding a tag yourself by clicking "Add a tag" below a post's header. Scroll down through the list of Recent Posts in the left column and click on a post title that sounds interesting. You can view all posts from a specific blog by clicking the Blog name in the right column, or you can click a 'More Posts from this Blog' link in any individual post.
By: Anna Shannon,
on 10/16/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
Books,
parenting advice,
child nutrition,
infant health,
Nutrition for Developing Countries,
Nutrition for Developing Countries Third Edition,
baby development,
baby Nutrition,
care group,
first 1000 days,
Jennifer N. Nielsen,
pregnancy nutrition,
motherhood,
parenting,
child development,
nutrition,
pregnancy,
Pediatrics,
*Featured,
Science & Medicine,
Health & Medicine,
Ann Burgess,
1000 days,
Add a tag
Nowadays we use the term ‘first ‘1000 days’ to mean the time between conception and a child’s second birthday. We know that providing good nutrients and care during this period are key to child development and giving a baby the optimum start in life.
The post The first 1000 days appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Amy Walker,
on 10/14/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
Pokemon Go,
Oxford Medical Case Reports,
augmented-reality,
Jano Boghossian,
OMCR,
Technology,
Journals,
pokemon,
cellphones,
mobile devices,
mobile apps,
distraction,
smartphone,
*Featured,
oxford journals,
Science & Medicine,
Health & Medicine,
Add a tag
We have reached an age where the trajectories of the advancement of technology including mobile applications, artificial intelligence, and virtual and augmented reality may rapidly spike at any given moment, potentiating an increased incidence of unforeseen consequences in the form of distraction-related morbidity. In the not-too-distant past, logging onto the internet meant sitting in front of a computer.
The post Dosing distraction in the world of augmented-reality appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Anna Shannon,
on 10/13/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
Books,
addiction,
addict,
addiction psychology,
behavioural addiction,
Addictive Disease,
Gabriel Segal,
Nick Heather,
relationship between addiction and choice,
Rethinking the relationship,
*Featured,
Science & Medicine,
Health & Medicine,
Psychology & Neuroscience,
Addiction and Choice,
disease,
choice,
Add a tag
There is much that we agree about in our understanding of addiction and what can be done about the harm it causes. However, unusually perhaps for collaborators, we disagree about some important implications of suggesting a rethink of the relationship between addiction and choice. First, what do we agree on? We agree that the relationship between addiction and choice needs rethinking.
The post How much choice is there in addiction? appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Franca Driessen,
on 10/8/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
gravity,
NASA,
astronomy,
international space station,
outer space,
astronauts,
ISS,
final frontier,
Oxford Reference,
space travel,
G-force,
aerospace,
Lisa Brown,
*Featured,
Physics & Chemistry,
Science & Medicine,
Health & Medicine,
Online products,
World Space Week,
space flight,
Earth & Life Sciences,
Space Research,
Advanced Resistive Exercise Device,
aerospace medicine,
ARED,
microgravity,
Shuttle Atlantis,
Add a tag
World Space Week has been celebrated for the last 17 years, with events taking place all over the world, making it one of the biggest public events in the world. Highlighting the research conducted and achievements reached, milestones are celebrated in this week. The focus isn’t solely on finding the ‘Final Frontier’ but also on how the research conducted can be used to help humans living on Earth.
The post Space travel to improve health on earth appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Chloe Miller,
on 10/7/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
Journals,
hospital,
Plastic Surgery,
OR,
medical insurance,
*Featured,
oxford journals,
Science & Medicine,
Health & Medicine,
patient safety,
aesthetic surgery,
aesthetic surgery journal,
surgical procedure,
ambulatory surgery center,
CosmetAssure,
elective surgery,
James C. Grotting,
office-based surgery,
office-based surgical facilities,
operating room,
patient health,
surgical safety,
Add a tag
Like many plastic surgeons, and as my aesthetic practice has grown, I prefer to perform most surgeries in my accredited, office-based operating room. By operating in my office, I have access to my own highly qualified team members who are accustomed to working together. In this way, we can create an experience for the patient that is more private, safe, efficient, cost-effective, and highly likely to produce optimal results.
The post How safe are office-based surgical facilities? appeared first on OUPblog.
By: KatherineS,
on 10/7/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
statistics,
Data,
Mathematics,
numbers,
physics,
Very Short Introductions,
temperature,
mass,
measurement,
inflation,
*Featured,
Physics & Chemistry,
Science & Medicine,
Health & Medicine,
David J. Hand,
Measurement: A Very Short Introduction,
VSI 500,
measuring instruments,
pragmatic measurement,
representational measurement,
scientific measurement,
Add a tag
My first degree was in mathematics, where I specialised in mathematical physics. That meant studying notions of mass, weight, length, time, and so on. After that, I took a master’s and a PhD in statistics. Those eventually led to me spending 11 years working at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, where the central disciplines were medicine and psychology. Like physics, both medicine and psychology are based on measurements.
The post Measuring up appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Priscilla Yu,
on 10/4/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
cancer,
Journals,
DNA,
*Featured,
Science & Medicine,
Health & Medicine,
tumors,
cancer treatment,
oncology,
JNCI,
Journal of the National Cancer Institute,
cancer diagnosis,
Susan Jenks,
blood test,
DNA mutation,
Foundation Medicine,
genetic sequencing,
Guardant Health,
Illumina,
Johnson and Johnson,
liquid biopsy,
prenatal testing,
Quiagen,
Roche,
surgical biopsy,
Add a tag
A powerful technology that continues to evolve, researchers say, has rekindled interest in liquid biopsies as a way to disrupt tumor progression. The technology, genetic sequencing, is allowing researchers a closer look at the genetic trail tumors leave in the blood as cancer develops. That capability, as these new “liquid” blood tests work their way into clinics, may further a deeper understanding of how tumors alter their molecular masks to defy treatment.
The post The early promise of “liquid” cancer tests appeared first on OUPblog.
By: William Bocholis,
on 9/30/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
bread,
diabetes,
healthy diet,
*Featured,
oxford journals,
cancer prevention,
Health & Medicine,
american institute for cancer research,
Nutrition Reviews,
dietetics,
Niyati Parekh,
Nour Makarem,
whole grain,
Journals,
obesity,
cancer research,
nutrition,
Add a tag
An emerging field in the area of nutrition and cancer is the role of whole grains in cancer prevention. In a world where carbohydrates, particularly refined sources, are increasingly viewed as the culprit for obesity and associated chronic disease, are whole grains the safest carbohydrate to recommend for cancer prevention? Currently, consuming a plant-based diet containing whole grain foods is part of the American Cancer Society
The post Whole grains for cancer prevention? Take the evidence with a grain… of salt appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Anna Shannon,
on 9/29/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
genome,
genes,
*Featured,
positive psychology,
Science & Medicine,
Health & Medicine,
wellbeing,
genetic factors,
psychology research,
Psychology & Neuroscience,
psychological wellbeing,
chromosome 20,
chromosome 5,
genetic variants,
Genetics of Psychological Well-Being,
happiness-related gene,
happy gene,
mental wellbeing,
Michael Pluess,
molecular differences in the DNA,
Series in Positive Psychology,
The role of heritability and genetics in positive psychology,
Books,
happiness,
Add a tag
It is easy to observe that some people are happier than others. But trying to explain why people differ in their happiness is quite a different story. Is our happiness the result of how well things are going for us or does it simply reflect our personality? Of course, the discussion on the exact roles of nature (gene) versus nurture (experience) is not new at all. When it comes to how we feel, however, most of us may think that our happiness
The post Is happiness in our genes? appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Laura Orchard,
on 9/27/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
Open Access,
Journals,
fertility,
*Featured,
oxford journals,
human reproduction,
Science & Medicine,
Health & Medicine,
ESHRE,
reproductive medicine,
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embrylogy,
fertility patients,
Human Reproduction Open,
Kate Brian,
Siladitya Bhattacharya,
Add a tag
Media coverage of health news can seem to consist of a steady diet of research-based stories, but making sense of what may be relevant or important and what is not can be a tall order for most patients. Headlines may shout about dramatic breakthroughs, exciting new advances, revolutions, and even cures but there may be scant details of the evidence base of the research.
The post How fertility patients can make informed decisions on treatment appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Hannah Paget,
on 9/26/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
Books,
Sociology,
agriculture,
genetic engineering,
DNA,
gentics,
HIV,
brave new world,
biotechnology,
Embryos,
*Featured,
Science & Medicine,
Health & Medicine,
stem cells,
biological weapons,
Psychology & Neuroscience,
genome editing,
John Parrington,
Optogenetics,
Redesigning life,
stem cell technology,
Add a tag
“O, wonder!/How many goodly creatures are there here!/How beauteous mankind is!/O brave new world,/That has such people in't!” Shakespeare’s lines in The Tempest famously inspired Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World, first published in 1932. Huxley’s vision of the future has become a byword for the idea that attempts at genetic (and social) engineering are bound to go wrong. With its crude partitioning of society, by stunting human development before birth, and with its use of a drug – soma – to induce a false sense of happiness and suppress dissent, this was the opposite of a ‘beauteous’ world.
The post Genome editing’s brave new world appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Amy Walker,
on 9/23/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
job satisfaction,
cardiology,
european heart journal,
european society of cardiology,
ESC,
Oxford Medical Handbooks,
Ellie Gregory,
esc congress,
healthcare workers,
Books,
inspiration,
Journals,
hospital,
Rome,
*Featured,
Science & Medicine,
Health & Medicine,
Online products,
Oxford Medicine Online,
Add a tag
The ability to improve the health of another person or to save their life requires great skill, knowledge, and dedication. The impact that this work has goes above and beyond your average career, extending to the families and friends of patients. We were interested to discover what motivates the people who play a vital role in the health and quality of life of hundreds of people every year.
The post What inspires the people who save lives? appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Emma Horton,
on 9/23/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
Earth & Life Sciences,
Psychology & Neuroscience,
Rheumatology,
brain a journal of neurology,
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy,
Nutrition Reviews,
DNA research,
FEMS journals,
peer review week,
peer review week 2016,
Oxford Medical Case Reports,
Journals,
reviewing,
*Featured,
oxford journals,
peer review,
Science & Medicine,
Health & Medicine,
Add a tag
As part of Peer Review Week, running from 19th-25th September, we are celebrating the essential role that peer review plays in maintaining scientific quality. We asked some of our journal’s editorial teams to tell us why peer review is so important to them and their journals.
The post Why peer review is so important appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Laura Richards,
on 9/16/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
Books,
psychiatry,
anaesthesia,
primary care,
*Featured,
medical school,
Images & Slideshows,
Health & Medicine,
paediatrics,
Oxford Medical Handbooks,
medical school rotations,
medical specialties,
obstetrics and gynaecology,
OHCS,
opthamology,
orthopaedics,
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties,
Add a tag
Starting clinical rotations in hospital can be a daunting prospect, and with each new specialty you are asked to master new skills, knowledge, and ways of working. To help guide you through your rotations we have illustrated some of the different medical specialties, with brief introductions on how to not just survive, but also thrive in each.
The post Medical specialties rotations – an illustrated guide appeared first on OUPblog.
By: KatherineS,
on 9/16/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
VSI,
Very Short Introductions,
MRI,
oxford reference online,
*Featured,
Science & Medicine,
Health & Medicine,
Psychology & Neuroscience,
Cognitive Neuroscience,
A Short Guide to Brain Imaging,
brain activity,
brain tumours,
Cognitive Neuroscience: A Very Short Introduction,
fMRI,
functional brain imaging,
Richard Passingham,
Add a tag
Functional magnetic brain imaging (fMRI) is a method that allows us to study the workings of the human brain while people perceive, reason and make decisions. The principle on which it is based is that, when nerve cells or neurons in a particular region become active, there is an increase in the blood supply to that brain area. This can be visualized because the scanner can be sensitized to the changes in the blood oxygen level that occur when the nerve cells become active.
The post What has functional brain imaging discovered? appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Cassandra Gill,
on 9/10/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
impact of suicide,
loss survivors,
societal issues,
suicide facts,
suicide postvention,
suicide research,
suicide survivors,
mental health,
bereavement,
suicide prevention,
suicide intervention,
oppression,
Social Work,
*Featured,
Science & Medicine,
Health & Medicine,
Online products,
world suicide prevention day,
Encyclopedia of Social Work,
Add a tag
Social workers regularly come into contact with those who are at risk of or exposed to suicide, through direct practice, as well as in family, group, and community roles. However, social work authors have been notably missing in the scholarly literature on suicide .
The post Social work and suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Priscilla Yu,
on 9/6/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
Journals,
*Featured,
medical research,
Science & Medicine,
Health & Medicine,
JNCI,
Journal of the National Cancer Institute,
American Statistical Association,
Beatrice Grabowski,
clinical scientists,
data interpretation,
Matrixx Initiatives Inc. v. Siracusano,
p value,
P value definition,
scientific reasoning,
statistical significance,
statistics,
Add a tag
In 2011, the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Matrixx Initiatives Inc. v. Siracusano that investors could sue a drug company for failing to report adverse drug effects—even though they were not statistically significant. Describing the case in the Wall Street Journal, Carl Bialik wrote, “A group of mathematicians has been trying for years to have a core statistical concept debunked.
The post Misinterpretation and misuse of P values appeared first on OUPblog.
By: RachelM,
on 9/2/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
christianity,
NHS,
Social Work,
Church of England,
national health service,
*Featured,
Health & Medicine,
Arts & Humanities,
brexit,
Douglas J. Davies,
Lifestyle & Death-Style in Britain Today,
Mors Britannica,
Books,
ethics,
UK,
Funerals,
Religion,
Politics,
death,
Add a tag
Politicians are more than anxious over negative public opinion on the National Health Service, falling over backwards to say that the NHS is "safe in our hands." Meanwhile, the Church of England is concerned about losing "market-share," especially over conducting funerals. One way of linking these two extremely large British institutions is in terms of life-style choices.
The post The NHS and the Church of England appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Simon Turley,
on 9/2/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
consciousness,
Hypnosis,
*Featured,
Science & Medicine,
Health & Medicine,
unconscious mind,
Psychology & Neuroscience,
Neuroscience of Consciousness,
Benjamin Libet,
cold control theory of hypnosis,
hypnotic response,
mindfulness meditation,
Peter Lush,
Zoltan Dienes,
meditation,
Journals,
Add a tag
A hypnotist tells a subject that their outstretched arm will begin to rise upward as though tied to an invisible balloon. To their astonishment, the subject’s arm rises just as suggested, and seemingly without their intention. While it may appear as though the subject is being controlled by the hypnotist, it is well established that nobody can be hypnotised against their will. Hypnosis therefore seems to present a paradox
The post Hypnosis and the conscious awareness of intentions appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Alexandra Fulton,
on 8/30/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
undergraduate,
university policy,
binge drinking,
college football,
american football,
*Featured,
oxford journals,
Science & Medicine,
Health & Medicine,
Sports & Games,
alcohol misuse,
alcohol consumption,
Lab Medicine,
LABMED,
Matthew D. Krasowski,
tailgating,
Journals,
Add a tag
Tailgating is a very popular activity associated with American college football games. Tailgating typically involves food and alcoholic beverages served from the backs of parked vehicles or associated equipment at or near athletic events. At large universities with Division I football programs, the football stadiums may hold upwards of 100,000 fans, sometimes with thousands of additional fans
The post Alcohol and tailgating at football games appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Chloe Miller,
on 8/29/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
Music,
Journals,
healthcare,
*Featured,
music therapy,
oxford journals,
Health & Medicine,
Psychology & Neuroscience,
American Music Therapy Assocation,
Journal of Music Therapy,
client assessment,
Kimberly Sena Moore,
MASA-R,
MATA-HD,
MATADOC,
MSS,
music therapy assessment tool,
patient wellbeing,
Add a tag
Most would agree with the idea that music can have a powerful hold over us—our thoughts, feelings, and movements. Given this, how might music help measure thoughts, feelings, and movements in a way that allows professionals in healthcare improve client treatment? The music therapy profession seems to be experiencing a surge in developing data-measuring tools that incorporate music in the client assessment.
The post A new (musical) direction for healthcare? appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Alexandra Fulton,
on 8/22/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
Grand rounds,
Katie L. Imborek,
Lab Medicine,
LABMED,
laboratory medicine,
lgbt health,
Matthew D. Krasowski,
medical record,
patient data,
transgender healthcare,
transgender medicine,
transgender patients,
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics,
Journals,
lgbtq,
*Featured,
oxford journals,
Science & Medicine,
Health & Medicine,
pathology,
blood donation,
Add a tag
The last several years have seen increased visibility of transgender individuals in the media in United States. While this has served to increase attention on some issues related to the transgender population, what often gets overlooked is that the transgender population remains one of the most underserved groups in the country.
The post Obstacles in transgender healthcare appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Brittany Hobson,
on 8/22/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
consumer research,
JCR,
journal of consumer research,
retail industry,
consumer choice,
Dipayan Biswas,
food choice,
food consumption,
food display,
Marisabel Romero,
marketing,
Sociology,
Journals,
food marketing,
healthy eating,
Social Sciences,
*Featured,
Health & Medicine,
Add a tag
The results of our recent experiments show that displaying healthy food to the left of an unhealthy option can influence the selection and consumption volume of the healthier choice. Since managers typically have considerable flexibility in terms of how they display food items in retail outlets and restaurant menus, they can use the findings of our research to design optimal menu formats to suit their sales objectives.
The post Can we encourage healthier choices by the way we display food options? appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Amelia Carruthers,
on 8/20/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
travel medicine,
Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine,
Travel Advice,
Silvia Dell'Amore,
Tourist,
travel safety,
Books,
holidays,
Vacation,
adventure,
Mark Twain,
Geography,
bugs,
eating,
Thailand,
drinking,
mosquitoes,
Taxi,
Duct Tape,
Travel Tips,
*Featured,
Health & Medicine,
Add a tag
It's time for holidays! Your suitcase is packed, you're ready to leave, and cannot wait to get a proper tan to show on social media. Mark Twain used to say that “travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness”, but unfortunately the health problems we may come across while travelling are far less poetic. Danger is always lurking, especially in far-flung and unexplored destinations.
The post Around the world in 15 travel health tips appeared first on OUPblog.
By: Sian Powell,
on 8/19/2016
Blog:
OUPblog
(
Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:
cognitive health,
cognitive reserve,
dementia care,
public health,
dementia prevention,
dementia risk,
education and dementia,
Francisca S. Then,
Journals,
dementia,
*Featured,
age and ageing,
Health & Medicine,
Cognitive Function,
Add a tag
Attaining a higher level of education is considered to be important in order to keep up good cognitive functioning in old age. Moreover, higher education also seems to decrease the risk to develop dementia. This is of high relevance in so far that dementia is a terminal disease characterized by a long degenerative progression with severe impairments in daily functioning. Despite a great amount of research emphasizing the relevance of education, it is not entirely clear how education protects cognitive functioning in old age and how much education is possibly ‘enough’.
The post Years of education may protect against dementia appeared first on OUPblog.
View Next 25 Posts