Comments for CPR.COM http://www.cpr.com Eating Well, Getting Fit and Feeling Good Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:22:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Japanese Coffee Enthusiast’s Hope Cafe by Helping Japanese Tsunami Victims with Coffee | Chemical Cake http://www.cpr.com/2012/01/31/japanese-coffee-enthusiasts-hope-cafe/#comment-5 Helping Japanese Tsunami Victims with Coffee | Chemical Cake Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:22:45 +0000 http://www.cpr.com/?p=313#comment-5 [...] Posting a link to a great story on a coffee enthusiast’s mission to help Japanese recovery workers and tsunami survivors.  Read more about Yoshi Masuda’s mission and HOPE Cafe here. [...] [...] Posting a link to a great story on a coffee enthusiast’s mission to help Japanese recovery workers and tsunami survivors.  Read more about Yoshi Masuda’s mission and HOPE Cafe here. [...]

]]> Comment on Health Resolutions: Lose Weight, Spend Smarter and Take Control by tim http://www.cpr.com/2012/01/12/health-resolutions-lose-weight-spend-smarter-and-take-control/#comment-4 tim Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:28:07 +0000 http://www.cpr.com/?p=228#comment-4 In a related article, a research project called OpenNotes has set out to find out what would happen if patients were encouraged not just to see their medical records but to take them home, study them and really own them. OpenNotes published the <a href="http://www.annals.org/content/155/12/811.abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">first results of a new study</a> on doctor and patient attitudes towards shared medical records. “Knowledge is power,” Ms. Walker said. “A patient goes to the doctor only once in a while, but in between visits, you’re making all kinds of decisions that affect your health every single day.” There's also an <a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/16/161224/putting-medical-records-into-patients-hands" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">interesting discussion</a> on the tech forum Slashdot on why this may not be a good thing - basically, that medical patients are too novice to understand the information, and some "hypochondriacs will chase until they self-diagnose themselves into oblivion". To me, the argument against that is that medical records transparency will potentially benefit many patients who will, over time, become smarter about the information in their own records. (via <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/health/policy/project-puts-records-in-the-patients-hands.html?_r=1"target="_blank" rel="nofollow">NY Times</a>) In a related article, a research project called OpenNotes has set out to find out what would happen if patients were encouraged not just to see their medical records but to take them home, study them and really own them.

OpenNotes published the first results of a new study on doctor and patient attitudes towards shared medical records.

“Knowledge is power,” Ms. Walker said. “A patient goes to the doctor only once in a while, but in between visits, you’re making all kinds of decisions that affect your health every single day.”

There’s also an interesting discussion on the tech forum Slashdot on why this may not be a good thing – basically, that medical patients are too novice to understand the information, and some “hypochondriacs will chase until they self-diagnose themselves into oblivion”. To me, the argument against that is that medical records transparency will potentially benefit many patients who will, over time, become smarter about the information in their own records.

(via NY Times)

]]> Comment on “In every CPR class, you’re taught, even before you do anything, you call 911″ by Hands-only CPR Video | CPR.COM http://www.cpr.com/2012/01/05/in-every-cpr-class-youre-taught-even-before-you-do-anything-you-call-911/#comment-3 Hands-only CPR Video | CPR.COM Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:02:10 +0000 http://www.cpr.com/?p=205#comment-3 [...] Make Your Own Seltzer Stop buying bottles of seltzer at the store!  Read about the inexpensive SodaStream home seltzer system. “In every CPR class, you’re taught, even before you do anything, you call 911″ [...] [...] Make Your Own Seltzer Stop buying bottles of seltzer at the store!  Read about the inexpensive SodaStream home seltzer system. “In every CPR class, you’re taught, even before you do anything, you call 911″ [...]

]]> Comment on 7 Ways to Reduce Meat in Your Diet by Bob Mellish http://www.cpr.com/2011/12/17/7-ways-to-reduce-meat-in-your-diet/#comment-2 Bob Mellish Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:29:45 +0000 http://www.cpr.com/wp/?p=54#comment-2 Thanks for the tip on looking for grass fed labels. It's not necessarily organic but at least it's an indication that the livestock was humanely raised. bm Thanks for the tip on looking for grass fed labels. It’s not necessarily organic but at least it’s an indication that the livestock was humanely raised.

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