Health Newsletters at the Patient Health Library, January 2013

Here are highlights from recent health and wellness newsletters at the UCSF Patient Health Library.  To see the entire articles, visit the Patient Health Library!

Not all information is free and not all of it is online!

Consumer Reports on Health

December 2012
-40 tips to get you through the holiday season, pp.1-5
-A guide to shopping for meat, pp.6-7
-How to hire a home-care aide, p.8

Harvard Health Letter

November 2012
-Choosing good carbs, pp.1-7
-Reduce your pain with mental distractions, p.3
-Alternative treatments for knee pain, p.4

Johns Hopkins Medical Letter: Health After 50

August 2012
-Arthritis, anxiety and depression: frequent companions, pp.1-2
-Do you really need that test? pp.4-5
-Shingles, p.7


Mayo Clinic Health Letter

December 2012
-Rheumatoid arthritis, pp.1-3

NIH News in Health

December 2012
-Understanding glycemic index and glycemic load, p.3
http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/issue/Dec2012/Feature2 (this one IS free online!)


Nutrition Action Newsletter

October 2012
-Going organic: what's the payoff? pp.1-6
-Meaning of "organic" and other food labels, p.7
-Scoring the nutrients in vegetables, pp.13-15
(for more nutrient data in foods, see: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/)

December 2012
-Exercising: no more excuses, pp.1-6
-Caffeine, pp.7-9
-The best soups, pp.11-13

Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter

November 2012
-Compare cooking-oil choices, p.4-5

Supplement to November 2012
-Can supplement pills deliver on their promises?

December 2012
-Watch your weight and help protect your brain, pp.1-3
-Staying active prolongs life, p.3
-Does it pay to pick organic? pp.4-5
-Fish oil pills, p.7

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NCI Cancer Bulletin's 2012 Favorite Feature Stories

"As we do every year, we have compiled a list of feature stories published over the past year that we think are worth another look. We chose these in-depth articles not only because of their popularity with readers, but also for their potential impact on clinical practice and/or their value as important but under-reported topics."  - From the NCI Cancer Bulletin subscription email (subscribe to the NCI Cancer Bulletin).

• Studies Raise Concerns about Partial-Breast Radiation Therapy (January 10)
• Staying Alive: New Technique Grows Normal and Cancer Cells Rapidly (January 24)
• Connecting the Dots: Network Analysis Helps Public Health Researchers Get the Big Picture (February 7)
• Leading Health Organizations Revise Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines (March 20)
• A Conversation with Dr. Bert Vogelstein about Whole-Genome Sequencing to Predict Cancer Risk (April 3)
• A Transfer of Power: Harnessing Patients’ Immune Cells to Treat Their Cancer (May 1)
• Many Survivors of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers Have Chronic Health Problems, Unhealthy Behaviors (June 26)
• A Tough Transition: Cancer Survivorship Plans Slow to Take Hold (June 26)
• To Eat or Not to Eat: With Cancer Therapies, That Is the Question (July 10)
• As Patient Navigation Expands and Evolves, Nurses Assume Many Roles  (July 24)
• Using New Approach, Scientists Find Evidence for Cancer Stem Cells (August 7)
• Singled Out: Researchers Look to Single Cells for Cancer Insights (September 18)
• Study Urges Caution on Source of Unrelated Donor Stem Cell Transplants (October 30)
• Dietary Intervention for Patients Receiving Chemoradiotherapy for Lung Cancer (November 13)
• Crunching Numbers: What Cancer Screening Statistics Really Tell Us  (November 27)
• All That Glitters: A Glimpse into the Future of Cancer Screening (November 27)
• Dr. Titia de Lange: Telomere Function and Cancer (December 11)

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