Health

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The Annual Editions series is designed to provide convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. Annual Editions are updated on a regular basis through a continuous monitoring of over 300 periodical sources. The articles selected are authored by prominent scholars, researchers, and commentators writing for a general audience. The Annual Editions volumes have a number of common organizational features designed to make them particularly useful in the classroom: a general introduction; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; and a brief overview for each section. Each volume also offers an online Instructor's Resource Guide with testing materials. Using Annual Editions in the Classroom is a general guide that provides a number of interesting and functional ideas for using Annual Editions readers in the classroom. Visit www.mhhe.com/annualeditions for more details.

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• Annual Editions: Health
• Verlag: Dushkin Publishing
• 2012/13
• Seitenzahl: 151
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 269mm x 208mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780078051036
• ISBN-10: 0078051037
• Artikelnr.: 33603626

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Annual Editions: Health 12/13, Thirty-Third Edition
Preface
Series
Correlation Guide
Topic Guide
Internet References
Unit 1: Promoting Healthy Behavior Change
Unit Overview
1. Crimes of the Heart, Walter C. Willett and Anne Underwood, Newsweek,
February 15, 2010
Major improvements in public health that were seen in Albert Lea,
Minnesota, in 2009 as a result of the city's decision to become
involved in the AARP/Blue Zones Vitality Project, which promotes
healthy behavior. The town helped to support healthy behavior change by
changing the town's environment to include ways that encouraged a
healthier lifestyle.
2. The Perils of Higher Education, Steven Kotler, Psychology Today,
March/April 2005
While college is a place to learn and grow, for many students it
becomes four years of sleep deprivation, poor nutrition, and excessive
use of alcohol. While the negative health behaviors of college students
are detrimental to their overall health, there is evidence that
engaging in these poor health habits can be devastating to learning and
memory.
3. Carrots, Sticks, and Health Care Reform-Problems with Wellness
Incentives, Harald Schmidt, Kristin Voigt, and Daniel Wikler, New
England Journal of Medicine, January 20, 2010
Chronic medical conditions, particularly those linked to obesity, are
increasing in the United States. Employers have used incentives as well
as penalties to support healthier behaviors. The authors support
incentives to increase health-supporting behaviors but caution that
there can be negative effects as well.
Unit 2: Stress and Mental Health
Unit Overview
4. The Depressing News about Antidepressants, Sharon Begley, February
8, 2010
While antidepressant drugs appear to lift depression in most patients,
the benefit is not much more than the effects from a placebo when taken
unknowingly as part of a research study. Antidepressants also cause a
variety of side effects and can cause withdrawal symptoms when
discontinued.
5. "I Can't Let Anything Go": A Case Study with Psychological Testing
of a Patient with Pathologic Hoarding, Janna Koretz and Thomas G.
Gutheil, American Journal of Psychotherapy, November 3, 2009
Compulsive hoarders are unable to dispose of his or her possessions
without severe anxiety. As a result, hoarders often accumulate huge
quantities of items, often in such amounts they are unable to move
within their homes. The condition, linked to obsessive compulsive
disorder, is a challenge to mental health providers.
6. Internet Addiction, Greg Beato, Reason, August/September 2010
Greg Beato discusses the addiction of Americans to the Internet, which
impacts their normally balanced ways of living. He notes the operation
of reSTART, a residential treatment center in the United States for
individuals who try to get themselves clean from iPhones and other
digital devices that negatively affect their lives.
Unit 3: Nutritional Health
Unit Overview
7. Antioxidants: Fruitful Research and Recommendations, Pamela S.
Brummit, Today's Dietitian, September 2008
Historically, the health benefits of foods have been explained by
vitamins, minerals, fiber, protein, and healthy fats. Research on other
bioactive food components, such as phytochemicals, provides yet another
aspect to the benefit of eating a variety of plant-based foods. This
article reviews the functions of the antioxidants beta carotene,
vitamin C, vitamin E, and selenium.
8. Keeping a Lid on Salt: Not So Easy, Nanci Hellmich, USA Today, April
28, 2010
The recommendation to reduce dietary sodium is not new, however, the
U.S. Dietary Guidelines is now recommending that all Americans can
benefit from consuming less sodium. The complicating factor: Sodium is
in so many of foods commonly eaten in the United States. Hellmich
reviews the topic and explains why the suggestion is controversial.
9. Fruit Loopiness, Katherine Schreiber, Psychology Today,
January/February 2011
Despite a rising tide of information about healthy eating, there has
been a decline in the number of adults in the United States who
consumed three or more vegetable servings a day in 2009. It appears
that the cure for the dietary problems is not providing more healthy
information, such as nutritional labeling, but addressing the
underlying motivational issues that lead people to eat unhealthy foods.
10. F.D.A. Panel to Consider Warnings for Artificial Food Colorings,
Gardiner Harris, The New York Times, March 29, 2011
While researchers have not found a specific link between artificial
food colors and behavioral changes in children, the F.D.A. is reopening
the issue. A panel of experts will begin a process to review of the
evidence and possibly make changes that will affect food safety
regulations.
Unit 4: Exercise and Weight Management
Unit Overview
11. Phys Ed: Why Wii Fit Is Best for Grandparents, Gretchen Reynolds,
New York Times, December 1, 2010
Exergames such as Wii are marketed with the message that they improve
people's health and fitness. Gretchen Reynolds maintains that young
players are not likely to achieve a level of fitness by relying solely
on Wii and similar exercise systems.
12. Defeating Childhood Obesity, Tina Schwager, American Fitness,
November/December 2010
Tina Schwager offers suggestions to fitness professionals on addressing
the problem of childhood obesity. The risk for obesity and overweight
increases due to poor nutritional habits and lack of physical activity.
She recommends fitness professionals develop a basic level or specialty
program just for children and teenagers and create a newsletter for
clients to market the program.
13. Eat Like a Greek, Consumer Reports on Health, August 2009
The Mediterranean diet has been positively linked to lowering the risk
of heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, and dementia. This diet
isn't about foods you should not eat, it's more of a style of eating
that can easily be adopted with a little planning. This easy-to-read
article leads the reader through practical steps of how to incorporate
principles of the Mediterranean lifestyle into daily life.
14. Dieting on a Budget, Consumer Reports, February 2009
With the economy in a downturn, the editors of Consumer Reports offer
advice on how to lose weight without spending a fortune.
15. In Obesity Epidemic, What's One Cookie?, Tara Parker-Pope, The New
York Times, March 2, 2010
Can eliminating one cookie a day really contribute to lasting,
meaningful weight loss? According to recent studies, small caloric
reductions have almost no long-term impact on body weight. While weight
loss requires major lifestyle changes, reducing extra calories through
small changes can help slow down and prevent weight gain.
Unit 5: Drugs and Health
Unit Overview
16. Great Drug, but Does It Prolong Life?, Tara Parker-Pope, The New
York Times, January 29, 2008
Statin drugs are among the most prescribed medications in the United
States. Advertisements claim they not only lower serum cholesterol, but
actually reduce the risk of heart disease. The reality may not be as
clear as new research indicates the drug may not prolong life and may
not benefit those who have high cholesterol but not heart disease.
17. Caffeinated Alcohol in a Can, Four Loko Does the Job, Students
Agree, Don Troop, The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 12, 2010
A multitude of caffeinated alcoholic drinks are marketed to college
students and young people. The Four Loko brand symbolizes the risks of
this type of product because of its role in incidents involving binge
drinking on college campuses.
18. The New Quitter, Kathleen McGowan, Psychology Today, July/August
2010
Many people believe that falling off the wagon, whether it is binge
drinking or breaking a diet, means total defeat. Kathleen McGowan
maintains that the truth about addictions is that relapsing is not the
exception, it's the rule. Few people accomplish major behavioral
changes such as losing weight or quitting smoking the first time they
try, though many ultimately overcome their bad habits.
Unit 6: Sexuality and Relationships
Unit Overview
19. The Thoroughly Modern Guide to Breakups, Elizabeth Svoboda,
Psychology Today, January/February 2011
The author addresses how to end a relationship with dignity and without
devaluing oneself or the other person. She also maintains that affairs
can be ended with minimal distress and offers advice on how this can be
accomplished.
20. The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage, Theodore B. Olson,
Newsweek, January 18, 2010
Theodore B. Olson believes that same-sex marriage promotes the values
that are valued by conservatives such as the creation of a loving
household. He supports the legalization of same-sex marriage as a basic
recognition of American principles and equal rights.
21. Is Pornography Adultery?, Ross Douthat, The Atlantic, October 2008
The idea that pornography is related to marital infidelity has been a
topic of discussion. With the increase in online options to view
pornography, there appears to be a connection to divorce.
Unit 7: Preventing and Fighting Disease
Unit Overview
22. Sex, Drugs, Prisons, and HIV, Susan Okie, The New England Journal
of Medicine, January 11, 2007
In many prisons, risky behaviors among inmates are common, including
sexual activity and drug use. Both these behaviors increase the risk of
transmitting HIV. Providing condoms and clean needles would slow the
spread of HIV, but many prison officials are reluctant to make these
available since they believe it would condone these behaviors.
23. New Mammogram Guidelines Raise Questions, Jocelyn Noveck,
Associated Press, November 17, 2009
A government task announced that women in their 40s don't need
mammograms, contrary to the American Cancer Society's long-standing
guidelines. The panel of physicians and scientists determined that
getting screened for breast cancer that early in life may actually
cause more harm than good leading to too many false positives and
unneeded biopsies and surgeries without significantly increasing
women's chances of surviving the disease.
24. Who Still Dies of AIDS, and Why, Gary Taubes, New York Magazine,
June 16, 2008
Even though highly active anti-retroviral therapies are widely
available, the AIDS virus can still trump modern medicine and kill.
25. A Mandate in Texas: The Story of a Compulsory Vaccination and What
It Means, Kate O'Beirne, National Review, March 5, 2007
Although a cervical cancer vaccine has won federal approval and has
been recommended for routine vaccinations, questions remain over who
should actually receive the vaccine. The state of Texas mandate to
vaccinate all girls entering the sixth grade has created some ethical
and political issues.
Unit 8: Health Care and the Health Care System
Unit Overview
26. Pharmacist Refusals: A Threat to Women's Health, Marcia D.
Greenberger and Rachel Vogelstein, Science, June 10, 2005
Increasingly, pharmacists have refused to fill prescriptions for
certain drugs that violate their personal beliefs. In particular, women
seeking prescriptions filled for birth control pills and morning after
pills have increasingly been turned away. The authors believe that all
pharmacies should be required to dispense all drugs regardless of their
personal beliefs.
27. The Cost Implications of Health Care Reform, Jonathan Gruber, New
England Journal of Medicine, June 3, 2010
President Obama signed into law a new health care bill on March 23,
2010. The bill will increase the number of Americans with coverage
although there are concerns over the potential increase in health care
costs. Jonathan Gruber discusses the cost implications for the new
bill.
28. Myth Diagnosis, Megan McArdle, The Atlantic, March 2010
Author McArdle discusses the myth that the uninsured are more likely to
die than those with health insurance. She maintains that the uninsured
have more health risks since they're more likely to be poor, smokers,
less educated, obese, and unemployed.
29. The Case for Killing Granny, Evan Thomas et al., Newsweek,
September 21, 2009
According to the authors, unless the United States finds a way to stop
over-treating patients, we will never be able to control health care
costs. Compared to other developed nations, the United States has more
expensive but not necessarily better health care since so much is spent
to treat the elderly at the end of their lives.
30. Incapacitated, Alone and Treated to Death, Joseph Sacco, The New
York Times, October 7, 2009
The care and treatment of patients is often made independently of his
or her wishes. Dr. Joseph Sacco discusses factors that influence the
health care of mentally incapacitated terminally ill patients.
Unit 9: Consumer Health
Unit Overview
31. Vaccine Refusal, Mandatory Immunization, and the Risks of
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, Saad B. Omer et al., The New England
Journal of Medicine, May 7, 2009
There are a growing number of children in the United States who are not
vaccinated against childhood diseases. Their parents have opted to
forgo immunization due to their belief that vaccines are more dangerous
than the diseases they prevent. This has caused an increase in
outbreaks of measles and whooping cough among non-immunized children.
32. Medical Tourism: What You Should Know, Lorene Burkhart and Lorna
Gentry, The Saturday Evening Post, January/February 2008
More and more Americans are traveling overseas to combine surgery with
sightseeing. The benefits include greatly reduced costs of many medical
procedures as well as the opportunity to seek treatments not yet
available or practiced in the United States. In 2006, an estimated half
million Americans went abroad for medical treatment, a trend that's
expected to increase in the next few years.
33. Bed Bugs: The Pesticide Dilemma, Rebecca Berg, Journal of
Environmental Health, June 2010
Pesticide-resistant bed bugs are back, and the good news is they don't
appear to transmit disease with their bites. However, they invade beds,
interfere with sleep, and can impact people emotionally.
34. Is Your Food Contaminated?, Mark Fischetti, Scientific American,
September 2007
New technologies are being developed in order to protect our food
supply from bacterial contamination or even intentional contamination.
Radio-frequency identification tags are one of the new technologies
described in this article. However, widespread adoption of this new
equipment will not happen until government regulations are enacted.
35. Hazardous Health Plans, Consumer Reports, May 2009
Many patients who thought they had adequate health coverage are
surprised to learn their policies have enough loopholes and exclusions
to prevent them from receiving adequate care.
36. The Rough Road to Dreamland,, Michael J. Breus, USA Today, January
2010
When individuals suffer from too little sleep, they are more likely to
have less ability to fight off infection and disease. They are also at
increased risk for both weight gain and type 2 diabetes. The average
American is sleeping less than in the past. Over the last 100 years,
our sleep time has been reduced by 20 percent.
37. The Surprising Reason Why Heavy Isn't Healthy, Ginny Graves,
Health, January/February 2010
While being overweight or obese may increase the risk for certain
health problems, how much a person weighs may also keep him or her from
getting the same health care as non-overweight individuals. Overweight
men and women may have difficulty getting health insurance, are less
likely to get cancer detected early, and are at higher risk of being
misdiagnosed.
Unit 10: Contemporary Health Hazards
Unit Overview
38. The Warrior's Brain, Andrew Bast, Newsweek, November 22, 2010
Bast discusses the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) and traumatic brain injuries (TBI), such as concussions, in
American soldiers returning from war in the Middle East. It focuses on
the difficulties Lance Corporal David Brown has experienced since
returning from the Iraq War, which include post-concussion syndrome,
seizures, and depression. He also addresses the U.S. military's
research regarding brain injuries, psychological aspects of TBIs, and
the care of U.S. military veterans.
39. Discovering Teenagers' Risky "Game" Too Late, Pauline W. Chen, The
New York Times, March 2, 2010
Parents, teachers, and do ctors need to be aware of the choking game
played by kids seeking to get high. They strangle themselves until just
before they lose consciousness, typically using a noose. The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention reported 82 deaths related to the
choking game and related activities. Many of those who participate try
strangulation in the hope of attaining a legal high.
40. Chemical in Plastic Bottles Fuels Science, Concern-and Litigation,
Valerie Jablow, Trial, August 2008
Recent studies are calling attention to the potential health dangers of
bisphenol A (BPA), a common chemical that makes polycarbonate plastics
clear and hard.
41. HIV Apathy, Zach Patton, Governing, February 2007
Many new drugs to combat AIDS have changed the disease from a terminal
to a chronic condition. As a result, many individuals engage in
high-risk behavior that puts them at risk for HIV. To combat this,
health officials are trying to make testing more available and
widespread.
42. MRSA: Hospitals Step Up Fight. Will It Be Enough?, Julius A.
Karash, H&HN, July 2010
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), a drug-resistant
bacterial infection, continues to be a growing health concern,
particularly in hospitals and among the institutionalized elderly. MRSA
is also a risk in the community, spreading among people of all ages who
are in close contact with each other.
43. Post-Earthquake Public Health in Haiti, Stan Deresinski, Infectious
Disease Alert, February 2010
A devastating earthquake hit Haiti in early January 2010. Tens of
thousands of people died during the quake and its aftermath. Several
serious health concerns remain, including lack of safe drinking water,
malaria and other vector-borne diseases, as well as a number of
respiratory infections, including H1N1.
44. Countering Radiation Fears with Just the Facts, Denise Grady, The
New York Times, March 26, 2011
Radiation from nuclear power plants is a potentially serious problem
following the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in the spring of
2011. While long-term consequences are not known, scientists continue
to assess the risk to public health in Japan and elsewhere.
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