Environmental factors like sunlight, sleep & screens may play vital roles

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) May 2013 –  For decades doctors have looked inside the minds of patients to better understand A-D-H-D.  Now, in a fascinating new approach, many are beginning to look at external factors like the three S’s - sunlight, sleep and screens - to better understand this growing problem.

“This opens up new vistas for us, new things to be investigated that maybe we hadn't quite thought about before,” said Eugene Arnold, MD, a psychiatrist and ADHD expert at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s Nisonger Center.

Science behind nutrition & physical activity focus of statewide event

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) - Want your student to do better academically? Make sure breakfast and physical activity are part of their day. That’s the key message from a statewide summit called the Learning Connection Ohio Summit. Key Ohio school leaders are joining forces to explore the science of nutrition and physical activity and their link to how well students perform in school.

Ohio Action for Healthy Kids, in conjunction with the American Dairy Association Mideast, the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hunger Alliance and support from Cardinal Health, is hosting the statewide summit Tuesday May 7, 2013 at the Creekside Event Center in Gahanna, Ohio. Hundreds of school leaders will come together from all across the state for this one day event.

Study tracks what & where you eat to see how your home impacts health

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) May 2013 –  If you want to improve your health, doctors often suggest making changes to your diet or exercise routine.  But what about making changes to your house?

A compelling new study is underway at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center to see how your home may impact your health.

“There have really been no studies that have looked very carefully at people’s homes to see if they either reinforce healthy activity and behaviors or undermine them,” said Charles Emery, professor of psychology and internal medicine at Ohio State and principal investigator.  “So, that’s why we decided to do this study.”

A growing number of patients learn of allergies to new hips & knees only after surgery is done

DENVER, CO -- Imagine what Paula Spurlock must have been going through.  Shortly after having a hip replaced in 2011, the trouble started.  “I had horrible itching and intense pain throughout my body,” she said.  “I couldn’t take it.  Every single thing in me itched.”

After many months and several trips to specialists, Spurlock was told it could be anything from food allergies to her medication.  But no matter what she changed, the symptoms persisted and Spurlock resigned herself to a life of misery.  “I just kind of thought that’s what life was going to be like,” she said.

Breast Cancer Patient Education Act coincides with Angelina Jolie’s educational New York Times op/ed

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) today announced its strong support of the “Breast Cancer Patient Education Act” (S. 931). This bipartisan legislation is being introduced today, coinciding with National Women’s Health Week, in the U.S.  House of Representatives by Reps. Leonard Lance (R-NJ) and Donna Christensen, M.D. (D-VI) and in the United States Senate by Sens. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and David Vitter (R-LA).