The UCSF Patient Health Library subscribes to over a dozen health and wellness newsletters that are not available for free online. We also have access to all of the online journals the UCSF subscribes to.
Here are highlights from the newsletters. To read the articles, look at the online journals or ask a health or medical question, visit the Patient Health Library.
Consumer Reports on Health
January 2015
-The trouble with diet pills, pp.1,4-5
-Make your home a safer place, pp.6-7
-Stop paying too much for drugs, p.8
-What you must know about milk, p.9
"Q: Should I opt for organic milk? A: Yes....[benefits include] 100% organic feed, no growth hormones, and no antibiotics....and healthy agricultural practices."
Johns Hopkins Medical Letter: Health After 50
January 2015
-Which drugs are best for preventing fractures, pp.1-2
-New device for a hard-to-treat type of hearing loss: the hybrid cochlear implant, p.3
-Ways to manage your angina and reduce symptom frequency, p.5
Winter 2014-2015
-You can fight age-related weight gain, pp.1-2
-A team-based approach to weight loss, p.3
-Probiotics: what to consider before adding these supplements to your diet, pp.4-5
-How to make snacking a sensible part of your weight control efforts, p.6
Mayo Clinic Health Letter
January 2015
-Exercise after join replacement: DOs and DON'Ts, pp.4-5
February 2015
-Seven ways to prevent cancer, pp.4-5
Supplement, February 2011665
-Aging and skin
Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter
January 2015
-Can you train your brain to crave healthier foods? pp.1,3
UC Berkeley Wellness Letter
Winter 2014-2015
-Vitamin D, pp.1-4
-Family history 101, pp.5
Showing posts with label weight loss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weight loss. Show all posts
Monday, February 2, 2015
Friday, January 2, 2015
Making Your Resolutions Stick
New Year’s resolutions—they’re easy to make but easier to break. Why is it so hard to make the healthy changes that we know can help us feel better and live longer? And why is it so hard to make them last?
Following are tools that can help you remove the barriers to making good habits a part of your life:
Making Your Resolutions Stick
[Source: American Psychological Association]
How to Create Healthy Habits
[Source: NIH News in Health from the National Institutes of Health ]
Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Outlook
[Source: UCSF Medical Center]
Behavior Modification Ideas for Weight Management
[Source: UCSF Medical Center]
Passing on Healthy Habits to Your Children
[Source: American Academy of Family Physicians]
Healthy Sleep Tips
[Source: American Academy of Sleep Medicine]
Adopt Good Sleep Habits
[Source: Harvard Medical School]
Healthy living
[Source: MedlinePlus]
Following are tools that can help you remove the barriers to making good habits a part of your life:
Making Your Resolutions Stick
[Source: American Psychological Association]
How to Create Healthy Habits
[Source: NIH News in Health from the National Institutes of Health ]
Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Outlook
[Source: UCSF Medical Center]
Behavior Modification Ideas for Weight Management
[Source: UCSF Medical Center]
Passing on Healthy Habits to Your Children
[Source: American Academy of Family Physicians]
Healthy Sleep Tips
[Source: American Academy of Sleep Medicine]
Adopt Good Sleep Habits
[Source: Harvard Medical School]
Healthy living
[Source: MedlinePlus]
Monday, January 6, 2014
Making Your Resolutions Stick
New Year’s resolutions—they’re easy to make but easier to break. Why is it so hard to make the healthy changes that we know can help us feel better and live longer? And why is it so hard to make them last?
The Patient Health Librarian has compiled the following tools that can help you remove the barriers to making good habits a part of your life:
Making Your Resolutions Stick
[Source: American Psychological Association]
How to Create Healthy Habits
[Source: NIH News in Health from the National Institutes of Health ]
Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Outlook
[Source: UCSF Medical Center]
Behavior Modification Ideas for Weight Management
[Source: UCSF Medical Center]
Passing on Healthy Habits to Your Children
[Source: American Academy of Family Physicians]
Healthy Sleep Tips
[Source: American Academy of Sleep Medicine]
Adopt Good Sleep Habits
[Source: Harvard Medical School]
Healthy living
[Source: MedlinePlus]
The Patient Health Librarian has compiled the following tools that can help you remove the barriers to making good habits a part of your life:
Making Your Resolutions Stick
[Source: American Psychological Association]
How to Create Healthy Habits
[Source: NIH News in Health from the National Institutes of Health ]
Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Outlook
[Source: UCSF Medical Center]
Behavior Modification Ideas for Weight Management
[Source: UCSF Medical Center]
Passing on Healthy Habits to Your Children
[Source: American Academy of Family Physicians]
Healthy Sleep Tips
[Source: American Academy of Sleep Medicine]
Adopt Good Sleep Habits
[Source: Harvard Medical School]
Healthy living
[Source: MedlinePlus]
Friday, April 19, 2013
Health Newsletters at the Patient Health Library, April 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!
DukeMedicine HealthNews
March 2013
-Rethinking cholesterol management, p.3
-Mammography: to screen or not?, pp.4-5
-Aerobic exercise beats resistence training for weight and fat loss, p.7
Harvard Health Letter
April 2013
-Considering a gluten-free diet, pp.1,7
-Venous leg ulcers, p.6
-What you should know about magnesium, p.7
Harvard Men's Health Watch
March 2013
-Fighting back against allergy season, p1,7
-Weight loss for better sleep, p.4
-Lift weights for diabetes protection, p.5
-Boost your hearing aid success, p.6
-The latest blood thinners, p.7
Harvard Women's Health Watch
April 2013
-7 simple ways for women to get active, pp.1,7
-Why breast density matters, p.3
-High blood pressure, a silent danger, pp.4-5
Johns Hopkins Medical Letter: Health After 50
April 2013
-Protect aging skin, pp.4-5
-Recognizing the subtle signs of ovarian cancer, p.6
Not all information is free and not all of it is online!
DukeMedicine HealthNews
March 2013
-Rethinking cholesterol management, p.3
-Mammography: to screen or not?, pp.4-5
-Aerobic exercise beats resistence training for weight and fat loss, p.7
Harvard Health Letter
April 2013
-Considering a gluten-free diet, pp.1,7
-Venous leg ulcers, p.6
-What you should know about magnesium, p.7
Harvard Men's Health Watch
March 2013
-Fighting back against allergy season, p1,7
-Weight loss for better sleep, p.4
-Lift weights for diabetes protection, p.5
-Boost your hearing aid success, p.6
-The latest blood thinners, p.7
Harvard Women's Health Watch
April 2013
-7 simple ways for women to get active, pp.1,7
-Why breast density matters, p.3
-High blood pressure, a silent danger, pp.4-5
Johns Hopkins Medical Letter: Health After 50
April 2013
-Protect aging skin, pp.4-5
-Recognizing the subtle signs of ovarian cancer, p.6
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Breaking bad habits
Breaking Bad Habits: Why It’s So Hard to Change
(Excerpted from NIH News In Health, January 2012)
If you know something’s bad for you, why can’t you just stop? About 70% of smokers say they would like to quit. Drug and alcohol abusers struggle to give up addictions that hurt their bodies and tear apart families and friendships. And many of us have unhealthy excess weight that we could lose if only we would eat right and exercise more. So why don’t we do it?
“Habits play an important role in our health,” says Dr. Nora Volkow, director of NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse. “Understanding the biology of how we develop routines that may be harmful to us, and how to break those routines and embrace new ones, could help us change our lifestyles and adopt healthier behaviors.”
Habits can arise through repetition. They are a normal part of life, and are often helpful. “We wake up every morning, shower, comb our hair or brush our teeth without being aware of it,” Volkow says.
Habits can also develop when good or enjoyable events trigger the brain’s “reward” centers. This can set up potentially harmful routines, such as overeating, smoking, drug or alcohol abuse, gambling and even compulsive use of computers and social media.
The good news is, humans are not simply creatures of habit. We have many more brain regions to help us do what’s best for our health.
“Humans are much better than any other animal at changing and orienting our behavior toward long-term goals, or long-term benefits,” says Dr. Roy Baumeister, a psychologist at Florida State University. “We’ve found that you can improve your self-control by doing exercises over time,” Baumeister says.
Volkow notes that there’s no single effective way to break bad habits. “It’s not one size fits all,” she says.
One approach is to focus on becoming more aware of your unhealthy habits. Then develop strategies to counteract them. For example, habits can be linked in our minds to certain places and activities. You could develop a plan, say, to avoid walking down the hall where there’s a candy machine. Resolve to avoid going places where you’ve usually smoked. Stay away from friends and situations linked to problem drinking or drug use.
One way to kick bad habits is to actively replace unhealthy routines with new, healthy ones. Some people find they can replace a bad habit, even drug addiction, with another behavior, like exercising. “It doesn’t work for everyone,” Volkow says. “But certain groups of patients who have a history of serious addictions can engage in certain behaviors that are ritualistic and in a way compulsive—such as marathon running—and it helps them stay away from drugs. These alternative behaviors can counteract the urges to repeat a behavior to take a drug.”
Bad habits may be hard to change, but it can be done. Enlist the help of friends, co-workers and family for some extra support.
Making Your Resolutions Stick: How to Create Healthy Habits
[From NIH News in Health]
Eating habits and behaviors
[From MedlinePlus]
Choosing a Safe and Successful Weight-loss Program
[From the Weight-control Information Network / National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases]
Your Child's Habits
[From KidsHealth.org]
(Excerpted from NIH News In Health, January 2012)
If you know something’s bad for you, why can’t you just stop? About 70% of smokers say they would like to quit. Drug and alcohol abusers struggle to give up addictions that hurt their bodies and tear apart families and friendships. And many of us have unhealthy excess weight that we could lose if only we would eat right and exercise more. So why don’t we do it?
“Habits play an important role in our health,” says Dr. Nora Volkow, director of NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse. “Understanding the biology of how we develop routines that may be harmful to us, and how to break those routines and embrace new ones, could help us change our lifestyles and adopt healthier behaviors.”
Habits can arise through repetition. They are a normal part of life, and are often helpful. “We wake up every morning, shower, comb our hair or brush our teeth without being aware of it,” Volkow says.
Habits can also develop when good or enjoyable events trigger the brain’s “reward” centers. This can set up potentially harmful routines, such as overeating, smoking, drug or alcohol abuse, gambling and even compulsive use of computers and social media.
The good news is, humans are not simply creatures of habit. We have many more brain regions to help us do what’s best for our health.
“Humans are much better than any other animal at changing and orienting our behavior toward long-term goals, or long-term benefits,” says Dr. Roy Baumeister, a psychologist at Florida State University. “We’ve found that you can improve your self-control by doing exercises over time,” Baumeister says.
Volkow notes that there’s no single effective way to break bad habits. “It’s not one size fits all,” she says.
One approach is to focus on becoming more aware of your unhealthy habits. Then develop strategies to counteract them. For example, habits can be linked in our minds to certain places and activities. You could develop a plan, say, to avoid walking down the hall where there’s a candy machine. Resolve to avoid going places where you’ve usually smoked. Stay away from friends and situations linked to problem drinking or drug use.
One way to kick bad habits is to actively replace unhealthy routines with new, healthy ones. Some people find they can replace a bad habit, even drug addiction, with another behavior, like exercising. “It doesn’t work for everyone,” Volkow says. “But certain groups of patients who have a history of serious addictions can engage in certain behaviors that are ritualistic and in a way compulsive—such as marathon running—and it helps them stay away from drugs. These alternative behaviors can counteract the urges to repeat a behavior to take a drug.”
Bad habits may be hard to change, but it can be done. Enlist the help of friends, co-workers and family for some extra support.
Making Your Resolutions Stick: How to Create Healthy Habits
[From NIH News in Health]
Eating habits and behaviors
[From MedlinePlus]
Choosing a Safe and Successful Weight-loss Program
[From the Weight-control Information Network / National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases]
Your Child's Habits
[From KidsHealth.org]
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Breaking bad habits
Breaking Bad Habits: Why It’s So Hard to Change
(Excerpted from NIH News In Health, January 2012)
If you know something’s bad for you, why can’t you just stop? About 70% of smokers say they would like to quit. Drug and alcohol abusers struggle to give up addictions that hurt their bodies and tear apart families and friendships. And many of us have unhealthy excess weight that we could lose if only we would eat right and exercise more. So why don’t we do it?
“Habits play an important role in our health,” says Dr. Nora Volkow, director of NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse. “Understanding the biology of how we develop routines that may be harmful to us, and how to break those routines and embrace new ones, could help us change our lifestyles and adopt healthier behaviors.”
Habits can arise through repetition. They are a normal part of life, and are often helpful. “We wake up every morning, shower, comb our hair or brush our teeth without being aware of it,” Volkow says.
Habits can also develop when good or enjoyable events trigger the brain’s “reward” centers. This can set up potentially harmful routines, such as overeating, smoking, drug or alcohol abuse, gambling and even compulsive use of computers and social media.
The good news is, humans are not simply creatures of habit. We have many more brain regions to help us do what’s best for our health.
“Humans are much better than any other animal at changing and orienting our behavior toward long-term goals, or long-term benefits,” says Dr. Roy Baumeister, a psychologist at Florida State University. “We’ve found that you can improve your self-control by doing exercises over time,” Baumeister says.
Volkow notes that there’s no single effective way to break bad habits. “It’s not one size fits all,” she says.
One approach is to focus on becoming more aware of your unhealthy habits. Then develop strategies to counteract them. For example, habits can be linked in our minds to certain places and activities. You could develop a plan, say, to avoid walking down the hall where there’s a candy machine. Resolve to avoid going places where you’ve usually smoked. Stay away from friends and situations linked to problem drinking or drug use.
One way to kick bad habits is to actively replace unhealthy routines with new, healthy ones. Some people find they can replace a bad habit, even drug addiction, with another behavior, like exercising. “It doesn’t work for everyone,” Volkow says. “But certain groups of patients who have a history of serious addictions can engage in certain behaviors that are ritualistic and in a way compulsive—such as marathon running—and it helps them stay away from drugs. These alternative behaviors can counteract the urges to repeat a behavior to take a drug.”
Bad habits may be hard to change, but it can be done. Enlist the help of friends, co-workers and family for some extra support.
Making Your Resolutions Stick: How to Create Healthy Habits
[From NIH News in Health]
Eating habits and behaviors
[From MedlinePlus]
Choosing a Safe and Successful Weight-loss Program
[From the Weight-control Information Network / National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases]
Your Child's Habits
[From KidsHealth.org]
(Excerpted from NIH News In Health, January 2012)
If you know something’s bad for you, why can’t you just stop? About 70% of smokers say they would like to quit. Drug and alcohol abusers struggle to give up addictions that hurt their bodies and tear apart families and friendships. And many of us have unhealthy excess weight that we could lose if only we would eat right and exercise more. So why don’t we do it?
“Habits play an important role in our health,” says Dr. Nora Volkow, director of NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse. “Understanding the biology of how we develop routines that may be harmful to us, and how to break those routines and embrace new ones, could help us change our lifestyles and adopt healthier behaviors.”
Habits can arise through repetition. They are a normal part of life, and are often helpful. “We wake up every morning, shower, comb our hair or brush our teeth without being aware of it,” Volkow says.
Habits can also develop when good or enjoyable events trigger the brain’s “reward” centers. This can set up potentially harmful routines, such as overeating, smoking, drug or alcohol abuse, gambling and even compulsive use of computers and social media.
The good news is, humans are not simply creatures of habit. We have many more brain regions to help us do what’s best for our health.
“Humans are much better than any other animal at changing and orienting our behavior toward long-term goals, or long-term benefits,” says Dr. Roy Baumeister, a psychologist at Florida State University. “We’ve found that you can improve your self-control by doing exercises over time,” Baumeister says.
Volkow notes that there’s no single effective way to break bad habits. “It’s not one size fits all,” she says.
One approach is to focus on becoming more aware of your unhealthy habits. Then develop strategies to counteract them. For example, habits can be linked in our minds to certain places and activities. You could develop a plan, say, to avoid walking down the hall where there’s a candy machine. Resolve to avoid going places where you’ve usually smoked. Stay away from friends and situations linked to problem drinking or drug use.
One way to kick bad habits is to actively replace unhealthy routines with new, healthy ones. Some people find they can replace a bad habit, even drug addiction, with another behavior, like exercising. “It doesn’t work for everyone,” Volkow says. “But certain groups of patients who have a history of serious addictions can engage in certain behaviors that are ritualistic and in a way compulsive—such as marathon running—and it helps them stay away from drugs. These alternative behaviors can counteract the urges to repeat a behavior to take a drug.”
Bad habits may be hard to change, but it can be done. Enlist the help of friends, co-workers and family for some extra support.
Making Your Resolutions Stick: How to Create Healthy Habits
[From NIH News in Health]
Eating habits and behaviors
[From MedlinePlus]
Choosing a Safe and Successful Weight-loss Program
[From the Weight-control Information Network / National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases]
Your Child's Habits
[From KidsHealth.org]
Monday, October 11, 2010
Mood and Food
Do you eat when you're not hungry? Here are some helpful hints regarding mood and food from the Mayo Clinic:
"You might be indulging as a response to stress or boredom. Pay attention to when you eat and how you're feeling. If you turn to comfort foods out of habit rather than hunger, try a new tact. Instead of opening a bag of potato chips or unwrapping a candy bar, take a walk or treat yourself to a movie. If stress seems to nudge you toward the refrigerator, find a distraction. Listen to music, read a book or chat with a friend."
UCSF resources on food, eating habits and nutrition:
UCSF Women's Health Resource Center
2356 Sutter Street, 1st Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143-1750
Phone: 415.353.2668
"You might be indulging as a response to stress or boredom. Pay attention to when you eat and how you're feeling. If you turn to comfort foods out of habit rather than hunger, try a new tact. Instead of opening a bag of potato chips or unwrapping a candy bar, take a walk or treat yourself to a movie. If stress seems to nudge you toward the refrigerator, find a distraction. Listen to music, read a book or chat with a friend."
- Weight-loss help: Gain control of emotional eating
- Snacks: How they fit into your weight-loss plan
- Guide to portion control for weight loss
- Feel full on fewer calories
UCSF resources on food, eating habits and nutrition:
- Food and nutrition resources from the UCSF Library.
- Learn how to establish healthy eating habits for your children from the UCSF Children's Hospital.
- The UCSF Women's Health Resource Center offers women and their families the opportunity to learn about women's health issues that cross the life span — from adolescence to menopause and beyond. Services include:
- A lending library with over 2000 women's health titles.
- An extensive collection of patient education materials covering a wide variety of health topics.
- Regular classes and workshops to give you an opportunity to learn about specific women's health issues and to talk to some of the leading researchers and physicians about your questions and concerns.
- The Resource Center has linkages with many bay area programs to help you and your family. They maintain a community resources database with information on topics including nutrition, exercise and body image.
UCSF Women's Health Resource Center
2356 Sutter Street, 1st Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143-1750
Phone: 415.353.2668
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