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VIRTUAL HEALTH
BY LAURIE DAVIES
Your Family Portrait
Heart disease, cancer and diabetes can run in families. That's why
knowing your family history is important.
Yet, a recent survey found that only one-third of Americans have
tried to collect and record their family's health history.
The U.S. surgeon general's "My Family Health Portrait" can
make this effort fun and easy. The online tool helps users organize,
update and save information-even creating a graph representing
health concerns that may be generational.
Access the tool at familyhistory.hhs.gov.
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Supplement
T
Savvy
he majority of adults in the U.S.
take one or more dietary supplements at least daily. Keeping them
straight-especially if you take prescription
medications-is essential.
The My Dietary Supplements
(MyDS) mobile app can help.
The app offers an easy way
to track the vitamins, minerals,
herbs and enzymes you're taking. Users
can access the latest medical information
on each supplement or email their supplement list to their healthcare provider.
MyDS, created by the National
Institutes of Health Office of Dietary
Supplements, is free and can be downloaded at myds.nih.gov.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY THINKSTOCK; ENDOMONDO
The Internet has opened up a virtual world of health information,
tools and advice. Patients and caregivers, however, must also navigate
a minefield of medical misinformation.
For example, a group of neurologists reviewed the most frequently
watched YouTube videos about movement disorders, only to find
that the people in the videos did not even have movement disorders.
Their conclusion, published in a letter to the editor in the New
England Journal of Medicine, is that patients suffering from neurological
disorders could end up confused about treatment options.
This quick checklist from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
can help you evaluate online health content.
K Can you easily see who sponsors the site?
K Is the sponsor a government agency, a medical school or other
reliable health-related organization?
K Is there contact information?
K Can you tell when the content was written?
K Is your privacy protected?
K Does the site make claims that seem too good to be true? Does it
promise miraculous cures?
When in doubt, talk to your doctor about any health concerns. He
or she is your best resource for diagnostic options or treatments that
apply to your specific health needs.
http://familyhistory.hhs.gov
http://myds.nih.gov
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vim & Vigor - Spring 2014 - Community Healthcare
Vim & Vigor - Spring 2014 - Community Healthcare
Contents
Community Message
Community Briefs
A Fresh Start
A Tale of Three Hearts
Occupational Hazards
The New Rules of Play
Shopping for Two
Back to Basics
Burn, Baby, Burn
Angelina Jolie
Rock Your Health
Breaking Up with Salt
Disgusting! (or Not?)
Virtual Health
Let’s Be Social
SPOTLIGHT ON: St. Catherine Hospital
SPOTLIGHT ON: St. Mary Medical
SPOTLIGHT ON: Community Hospital
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