Health Briefs on Fat Risk and Diet Trends
Chicago reports on obesity risk and government data suggesting 40 to 50 pound overweight individuals may have lower untimely death risk, sparking debate among critics of food policing. Diet trends include kid friendly fruit snacks, Sunkist packages, and a push to double fruit and vegetable intake through market displays. A separate survey shows 66 percent of teens think tanning improves appearance despite cancer risks.
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Chicago
David Katz
Yale University
Lisa Cusumano
Carol Stream
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Mom
Uncle Sam
Food Marketing Institute
Sunkist
Rick Harris
Lindsey Vitez
Vitez
American Academy of Dermatology
Nontraditional path led Dr. Diana Duff to OB-GYN practice
Dr. Diana Duff, now 54, pursued medicine starting at 39 and built a homey OB-GYN office in a former residence formerly owned by Haskell Hestand. Her journey included oilfield geology and zookeeping, with support from Baylor College of Medicine and family ties that extend into her staff and patients.
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Mark Sterkel
Odessa
Diana Duff
Dr. Duff
Odessa Ob-Gyn
Duff
Mark
New Orleans
Mark Dugas
Baylor
Ben Taub General Hospital
Bill
Baylor College of Medicine
David Libson
Hle
Haskell” Hestand
Medical Center Hospital
Libson
Ladie Warner
Warner
Hestand
DeeDee
Cary Dobbs
Sierra
Dobbs
Conner
China
Beth Schuessler
Hardensberg
Ind
PC Anywhere
Emily Harrington
Harrington
Nursing officer named chief at Medical Center Hospital
Marlene McAllister brings varied background from critical care to international work to become chief nursing officer at Medical Center Hospital. She aims to build on an excellent patient care foundation and maintain the area's premier hospital status, succeeding Nora Wilson who retired after 14 years. McAllister comes from Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa where she was an internal consultant with the chief.
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Marlene McAllister
Medical Center Hospital
McAllister
Nora Wilson
MCH
Saint Francis Hospital
Tulsa
Okla
Mark Sterkel
Peggy Walters
Hospice care rising as terminally ill seek comfort at home
In Fort Lauderdale and Coral Springs, terminally ill patients turn to hospice after doctors cannot reverse diseases. Jean Dunbar, 55, chose home hospice to die with dignity, joining a nationwide trend of growing hospice use. Medicare spent 6.3 billion on hospice last year, with Florida ranking third in patients dying in hospice nationwide.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Jean Dunbar
Dunbar
Coral Springs
Terri Schiavo
Medicare
Florida
Arizona
Colorado
CNA
Mary Groom
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