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Bullying Over Obesity – Parents Main Concern
Well, a little late on the blogging but as they say “better late than never.” I tend to write about the articles and events that grab me right off the bat and at first this one did not. But as I did something thinking, I realized the value of the article and the fact that the contents involved need to be addressed.
I read an article on the Health Digest website entitled Parents Battle Bulge, Bullying With Overweight and Obese Kids. At the University of Michigan, they have taken the results from a poll taken at Motts Children Hospital. According to this, parents who have overweight children are more concerned about them being bullied rather than their children being obese themselves. Yes folks, you read that correctly. The parents have a greater concern about the bullying factor rather than the overall health of their child. To be honest, I can understand that completely. Bullying should be a strong concern not only with parents but with schools, workplaces and within the community as a whole. Unfortunately, people are more concerned with Steve’s soccer shorts, what President Bush had for dinner and of course, the national election we will be having in November. Read the rest of this entry »
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Statin Drugs For Obese Kids at Age 8 You Must Be Kidding
By prescribing statins for eight years-old is tantamount to saying that food and diet have failed. And that children are incapable of changing their eating habits and lifestyle.
Recently, the American Academy of [tag] Pediatrics (AAP) announced recommendations to prescribe cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to obese children as young as eight. But prescribing statins to children is the complete opposite of what should be done.
We cannot expect to maintain eight year-old on statins until the end of their days. This may seem like a winning solution for pharmaceutical companies to offset the falling sales of statins to adults. Just think about the financial, health and ethical implications for the public. And the dangers we are exposing our children into all the side-effects from taking statins drugs.
There is an old saying that goes, like this.
“It’s better to have a fence at the top of a cliff than an ambulance at the bottom”. Read the rest of this entry »
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General Scope of Health Care Administration
It will not be wrong if we say that this is challenging time for health care administration. Increase in world’s population, high rate of diseases and increased pollution has over loaded the facilities and it is a real test of administrators.
To cater for such a rush there is a terrible need of professional administration staff, who can handle the ongoing situation efficiently. This high demand of professionals has made this filed a lucrative one; therefore more people are rushing towards institutes in order to gain knowledge and degrees related to health care management or administration.
MBA in Health Care Administration is the most popular masters degree program these days. An effective MBA program in this field should offer following training parameters.
• How and where it is to be delivered?
• Who can provide these services?
• How it is financed? Read the rest of this entry »