Dr. Elaina George, an Otolaryngologist out of Atlanta, says that the doctor alleged to have killed Michael Jackson was not only unethical, but incredibly irresponsible in his choice of medications. Dr. Conrad Murray is subject to investigation after Jackson’s death was ruled a homicide in initial autopsy reports. But while many believe that Jackson’s death was an accidental occurrence, Dr. George states that the combination of drugs given to Jackson was almost likely to kill him.
“There was no way that harm would not have come to Mr. Jackson,” says Dr. George, who advocates for doctors on a regular basis. “It was beyond negligent to give him a mixture of three different kinds of sedatives, a muscle relaxant, an antidepressant in addition to Propofol, a general anesthetic that is only used in an operating room setting (because it can stop someone’s breathing). Each of these drugs by themselves can be lethal, but together it is a recipe that will almost definitely kill someone.”
Dr. George goes on to say that there is almost no medical scenario in which the drug combination found in Jackson’s body would have been appropriate. She argues that beyond being unethical, Dr. Murray was in direct violation of the Hippocratic Oath, one of the most fundamental rules of practicing medicine.
“Hopefully, Mr. Jackson’s death will teach us that prescription drugs, though helpful are no substitute for doctors doing everything in their power to protect the health of their patients, including just saying no when it is appropriate.”
Dr Elaina George is a prominent Board certified Otolaryngologist who practices in Atlanta. She has published in several scientific journals and presented her research at national meetings. You can listen to her radio show Medicine on Call, and read her blogs as a medical correspondent for Your Black World .
Every morning women all across America wake up, head to the makeup mirror, and add years to their face.
Francine Porter, whose anti-aging ingredient Blue Copper is hailed by Allure magazine as one of the most influential beauty breakthroughs of the decade, has spent her career on the cutting-edge of skincare technology, and in doing so has come across her fair share of beauty mistakes.
Undeniably, faces change as they mature. The little problem areas that once could be touched up with a bit of concealer or foundation begin to get larger and more frequent, and the skin’s natural color starts to shift.
Skin in its fifties has a totally different set of needs than skin in its twenties, and beauty choices that look fresh on a twenty-five year old can end up looking severe on a woman of fifty-five. Francine offers the following simple tips to women looking to add some refreshing youth to their face:
Tame your impulse to over-use foundation. As women age they need less and less foundation, not more and more. Many makeup users, worried about their skin’s changing texture and tones as they mature, start heaping on more and more foundation. This tends to give a mask-like effect, accentuating every fine line on the face. The result is artificial and heavy – the exact opposite of youthful. Apply and blend foundation only where you have any uneven skin tone and only where you need it (usually around nose, under eyes, or any red or splotchy area). Or, simply wear a lightweight tinted moisturizer with SPF protection for a natural healthy look.
Find “Light Reflective” and “Soft Focus” Pigments. These concoctions first started to appear a few years ago, and they really do work beautifully. They are available in a variety of creams, lotions, etc. and give the face an instant lift by reflecting light and minimizing the look of fine lines and wrinkles. Look for products with a “soft focus effect”, which is smoothing and subtle, and stay away from anything with too much sparkle or glitter.
Toss out your brown lipstick. Brown is too harsh; you want fresh and soft. Stay with medium to light shades of roses and pinks (try pinky roses, or even copper roses) but leave the extreme colors to the teens and twentysomethings. Soft reds can look stunning but stay away from flat, matte intense reds that, again, create unflattering contrast on your face. And, while on the subject, a quick Lip Pencil 101: lip pencils are great to add subtle definition but make sure they work with your natural lip tone and closely match the lip color itself.
Abstain from facial bronzer. Many skin tones take on a yellow undertone as they mature, and applying bronzer (or self tanner) to the face only intensifies this. Instead of enhancing your skin tones you’ve just given yourself the infamous Jaundice Makeover. Stick with creamy natural pinks and rosy blushes for a healthy “just came back from yoga class” glow to your skin. Nothing looks fresher or younger, plus, you didn’t have to do thirty reps of the Downward Facing Dog pose.
Get a face-lift, don’t get surgery. There has been a recent surge in nonsurgical and noninvasive ways to perk up your skin and even out your complexion. One procedure that is increasing daily in popularity is LED Treatments. Available in many spas and department stores (as well as dermatologists’ offices), this quick and painless treatment uses specific wavelengths of light to stimulate collagen production and encourage healthy skin.
When applying cosmetics to fight the clock, it’s most important to think “soft, natural, warm.” It can be easy to fall into over-using cosmetics or emphasizing the wrong colors, so take a good look at your skincare and make-up regimen. Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but a youthful glow is always in. Toss out the browns and bronzers, pick up a few new skincare habits, and step into the new season with a fresh face that looks years younger.
Infant car safety seats can—and do—save newborns’ lives in traffic accidents. In fact, you can’t leave the hospital without one.
However, these seats, which require infants to be placed in an upright position, can also cause breathing problems when babies sleep in them, according to a study in the journal Pediatrics. The seats can compress the chest wall and reduce airway size, which could result in lower oxygen levels in the blood, the researchers found.
“Car seats and car beds can result in mild respiratory compromise in about 20% of newborns,” explains lead researcher T. Bernard Kinane, MD, the chief of pulmonary pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston. “These safety devices should only be used for protection during travel and not as a replacement for a crib.” A car bed is a special type of car seat used for premature infants or newborns that are at risk of breathing problems.
Many parents think of car seats as a cozy spot for kids to sleep, even outside of the car, because they’re so easy to use, says Selena Silva, the program coordinator at the Child Passenger Safety Program at Children’s Hospital, in Denver.
“In the early days of parenthood, new parents are desperate to find any comfortable place for an infant to sleep,” she says. “But car seats are really meant to be used in cars.”
Freezing of Gait (FOG) is an often incapacitating symptom common in Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s patients experiencing FOG feel as if their feet are glued to the floor. Will power to keep moving has no effect, leaving the Parkinson’s patient frozen in place. The associated physical and psychosocial consequences have a great impact on the patients’ quality of life, and injuries are common as the end result is often falling.
Neurologists prescribe pharmaceuticals commonly causing an array of side effects including mood changes and hallucinations. Furthermore, at advanced stages, FOGs are resistant to treatment with medications.
The resultant loss of independence and treatment costs of injuries add substantially to the health care expenditures associated with Parkinson’s disease.
Doctors have known for over 50 years that Parkinson’s patients suffering from FOG can walk almost normally when certain visual cues are placed in their path. The use of tranverse lines drawn on the floor have been studied extensively with good results.
Some challenges have kept this treatment strategy from leaving the clinical study setting:
The requirement of drawing cues on the ground in the patient’s own environment.
The distance between the visual cues needs to be regularly adjusted to be appropriate for different ways of walking during different parts of the day and at different days.
The GaitAid device was developed to provide the benefits of this treatment strategy while solving these problems. It provides easy to use state of the art technology to display these cues through special glasses. The device provides cues which are automatically appropriate for each step taken no matter how big or fast. It is like having an expert physical therapist at your disposal drawing the cue needed for your next step just where it needs to be. In addition, clinical research has shown that, by providing separate cues for each foot as provided by the GaitAid, the improvement is two fold what was achieved by the transverse lines (same for both feet) strategy.
The GaitAid is the first device to offer a lasting improvement in walking as opposed to other devices on the market targeting FOG. With the GaitAid, one has the opportunity to train and improve so that later improved walking is possible without the device.
Overall, 22 percent of all U.S. households with children had at least one child with special health care needs according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal Child and Health Bureau (2008).
Children with special health care needs are defined as those children who have a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition who also require health and related services or a type or amount beyond that required by children generally.
The National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs chartbook 2005-06 outlines the most commonly reported health conditions as allergies (53 percent); asthma (39 percent); attention-deficit and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (30 percent); depression, anxiety or other emotional problems (21 percent); and migraine or frequent headaches (15 percent). Having a child with a special health care need can leave parents frustrated, anxious and unsure.
Parents looking for support can find it in the form of a new video and brief tip sheet from motivational speaker and author, Lisa A. Lundy, which you can download free from her website at www.TheSuperAllergyCookbook.com.
Dr. Elaina George, an Otolaryngologist out of Atlanta, says that the doctor alleged to have killed Michael Jackson was not only unethical, but incredibly irresponsible in his choice of medications. Dr. Conrad Murray is subject to investigation after Jackson’s death was ruled a homicide in initial autopsy reports. But while many believe that Jackson’s death was an accidental occurrence, Dr. George states that the combination of drugs given to Jackson was almost likely to kill him.
Every morning women all across America wake up, head to the makeup mirror, and add years to their face. 
Infant car safety seats can—and do—save newborns’ lives in traffic accidents. In fact, you can’t leave the hospital without one.
Freezing of Gait (FOG) is an often incapacitating symptom common in Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s patients experiencing FOG feel as if their feet are glued to the floor. Will power to keep moving has no effect, leaving the Parkinson’s patient frozen in place. The associated physical and psychosocial consequences have a great impact on the patients’ quality of life, and injuries are common as the end result is often falling.
Overall, 22 percent of all U.S. households with children had at least one child with special health care needs according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal Child and Health Bureau (2008). 
