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As a nurse I try to keep up on my continuing education even though, at least here in Virginia, it isn't required to renew your license. (I'm sure the hospital will have CE requirements, though.) Any easy way for me to do that is through Medscape, a website that provides all kinds of medical stuff including case studies, panel discussions, articles, briefs, slideshows, etc. I regularly get emails from them telling me what's new on the site and then pick and choose from what is interesting to me. (For example, thus far this month I've earned CEs for "learning activities" that included the new AHA recommendations on sexual activity and cardiovascular health, updated guidelines for triaging patients in the field, compassion fatigue and burnout, managing drug-resistant seizures, and innovations in blood glucose control." For the most part, I've learned a lot. Every now and again, though, things come up that make me just sign and shake my head. Usually those have to do with studies that confirm the obvious and so such. Right now I'm reading an article about the effects of diet on ADHD. Allow me to quote: "When drug therapy fails to control ADHD or is unacceptable, adopting a "healthy" diet, eliminating items known to predispose to ADHD, and adding omega-3 fatty acid supplementation may be worth trying, new research suggests."
Wait, wait, what? When drug therapy fails to control? What happened to least-invasive first? Why wouldn't you *start* with diet changes? ('Cause, yeah, THIS was a shocking quote: "...found a link between ADHD in adolescents and a "Western-style" dietary pattern that was high in fat, refined sugars, and sodium and low in fiber, folate, and omega-3 fatty acids".)
So, yeah, news flash people: feed your kids good food and encourage healthy eating habits. Gee, who'd have thunk it??
Edited to add: I don't think I need to read the following articles since they seem, I dunno, really fucking obvious?
* Fracture Risk Reduced With Vitamin D, Calcium Supplementation
* Aspirin Therapy May Increase Risk for Bleeding Events
(more to come, I'm sure)
Wait, wait, what? When drug therapy fails to control? What happened to least-invasive first? Why wouldn't you *start* with diet changes? ('Cause, yeah, THIS was a shocking quote: "...found a link between ADHD in adolescents and a "Western-style" dietary pattern that was high in fat, refined sugars, and sodium and low in fiber, folate, and omega-3 fatty acids".)
So, yeah, news flash people: feed your kids good food and encourage healthy eating habits. Gee, who'd have thunk it??
Edited to add: I don't think I need to read the following articles since they seem, I dunno, really fucking obvious?
* Fracture Risk Reduced With Vitamin D, Calcium Supplementation
* Aspirin Therapy May Increase Risk for Bleeding Events
(more to come, I'm sure)
