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Amazing news coming out of The Economist magazine, British and Belgian researchers have shown that patients in a vegetative state will respond to commands while in an MRI scanner. Studies are still in the early phases but results have shown small amounts of communication might be possible with loved ones who were considered brain dead.

To read all the details on this exciting procedure and the results of working on vegetative patients click here.

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7/15/10

For the first time I don’t know what to say. I don’t know how I feel about this commercial. The commercial makes no mention of abortion but it seems like that is what they are pushing. If my child was in this situation I would want to know. As a parent I would want to be there to help my baby get through the situation safely.

I don’t know if televising easy ways for teens to deal with pregnancy issues is the way to go. Would this push teens to use the service as a form of birth control? Can you imagine watching Hanna Montana and having this commercial pop up?

If my teen was pregnant and they didn’t want to tell me, I think I would feel more comfortable with him calling the family doctor before a clinic that is known to promote abortion. I’m not saying that I’m anti abortion but I just think that all avenues should be gone over with the pregnant teen before pushing them into an abortion.

Watch it and tell me what you think? I’m so torn on this one.

5/25/10

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Enfagrow has produced a flavored toddler formula. Flavors include chocolate and strawberry and the target is children aged 1-3. There is a huge concern over diabetes and obesity.

What do you think about this new formula? Should children be taught to accept more natural flavors? In my opinion if you really get down to it children should be getting most of their nutrition from food at this point. This formula could then be used as a treat.

I also thought that moms were supposed to be giving their children whole milk at this age due to the milk fat and brain growth. Hmm.

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5/11/10

Its official I now have a love hate relationship with vaccines. I wish we didn’t have to have any of this mystery goo injected into our bodies or our babies. Darned if you do and darned if you don’t.

Government officials asked doctors to stop using Rotarix a vaccine used against Rotavirus today. The vaccine is contaminated with material from a pig virus. Man this brings a lot of questions to mind. Here is an official statement that doesn’t make me feel any better about the situation.

"There is no evidence at this time that this material poses a safety risk," Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg told reporters in a conference call. The drug was first approved in 2008 so in my opinion families who have given this vaccine to their children don’t know the long term issues this vaccine could cause either.

About 1 million children in the United States have received the vaccine. GlaxoSmithKline who makes the vaccine emphasized Monday that the pig virus is not known to cause illness in humans, saying "it is found in everyday meat products and is frequently eaten with no resulting disease or illness."

Now there are viruses in our food supply too. I seriously need to compile a list of all the things that I have heard is in American meat products other than just meat. We are all one giant human experiment, I swear.

3/23/10

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If you have not been following this story here is a brief recap. Anne Mitchell was working for a doctor who had some shady practices. After composing an anonymous letter with a colleague about the doctor Anne found herself indicted and facing 10 years in prison.

Anne was arrested in Kermit, Texas for misuse of official information. If a doctor is abusing patients is that not official information?

Here is where it gets interesting. Dr. Rolando Arafiles Jr has been disciplined and fined by the Texas Medical Board before. He had a very cozy relationship with the Sheriff in town whose life he saved. Had the Sheriff not been a patient would the outcome of this dispute be different? Did the Sheriff abuse his power by seizing Anne’s computers, finding the anonymous letter and then throwing her in jail over a letter?

Thank goodness Anne was not found guilty for her act. No nurse in this country would ever take on a doctor again. Anne has lost her job but there is no mention of Dr. Arafiles being suspended from practicing medicine. Why does he get to keep practicing?

I’m not saying that he needs to lose his job but something should happen until the Texas Medical Board and the courts can sort all of this out. Mitchell and Galle the other nurse involved have now filed a civil suit.

It is in my opinion that Dr. Arafiles could have made things easier on himself and everyone involved if he just would have left the Sheriff out of it and handled it with the hospital. I think that having the Sheriff handle things the way he did made the doctor look way worse.

As a patient I like to have nurses like Anne Mitchell around as long as they are telling the truth. Patients need someone to stick up for them in the tricky world of health care. What do you think?

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2/22/10