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Where have all the doctors gone?



THE QUESTION OF whether there are enough doctors to care for patients, particularly if the nation moves toward a new scheme for universal health coverage, is the elephant in the room of the presidential campaign debate on health reform.



more stories like thisFifteen to 20 years ago there were worries about too many doctors, particularly in some specialties. Now, the Association of American Medical Colleges is requesting medical schools to increase enrollments by 30 percent over the next seven to 15 years.



Serious shortages are expected in fields like general surgery, particularly in smaller urban centers and rural districts, and in neuro-ophthalmology, where doctors, unlike ophthalmologists, have a tough time making enough to pay off school debts.



And with an aging population there will be an increasing demand for geriatric medicine as well.



But the gravest concern is about the lack of primary care doctors to work in settings where the patient load is high and the pay is less.



Indeed, Massachusetts is finding that there are not enough primary care venues to deliver care to all the enrollees in the new universal healthcare plan.



Let's step back and put this medical supply-and-demand equation in context. Every year US medical schools graduate about 15,000 students. They welcome another 6,500 foreign medical graduates into first year post-graduate residency slots; most of these international graduates will remain in the United States, unfortunately depriving their home countries of the work force required to deliver adequate medical care there.



Where do all the new doctors go? The current view is that they are hitting the ROAD: Radiology, Ophthalmology, Anesthesiology, and Dermatology. In all these specialties the pay is better and lifestyle issues permit regular work hours, a point often of great importance to women graduates, who now make up a full 50 percent of the graduating doctors.



I've done some checking on doctors' career plans based on their residency match. They show some distinct trends. At both Harvard and the University of Rochester medical schools, for example, 16-27 percent of the graduates chose internal medicine, 10-15 percent pediatrics, 4-11 percent obstetrics and gynecology and 7-11 percent general surgery. Sadly, at the low end of the spectrum, less than 5 percent went into primary care and family medicine.



This march into more lucrative medical specialties is severely crimping the ranks of needed primary care doctors at the very moment the demand for primary care is on the rise.



So what can be done to deliver the quality of care expected by patients? How will healthcare increasingly focus on the importance of prevention and public health measures - encouraging parents to vaccinate their children, supporting major initiatives to stop smoking, developing regimens for weight control that actually work, and turning the focus from treatment to preventing and managing chronic diseases?

physical fitness - Cut down on saturated fat and sugar



Cut down on saturated fat and sugar



Fats

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To stay healthy we need some fat in our diets. What is important is the kind of fat we are eating. There are two main types of fat:



* saturated fat - having too much can increase the amount of cholesterol in the blood, which increases the chance of developing heart disease

* unsaturated fat - having unsaturated fat instead of saturated fat lowers blood cholesterol



Try to cut down on food that is high in saturated fat and have foods that are rich in unsaturated fat instead, such as vegetable oils (including sunflower, rapeseed and olive oil), oily fish, avocados, nuts and seeds.



Foods high in saturated fat



Try to eat these sorts of foods less often or in small amounts:



* meat pies, sausages, meat with visible white fat



* hard cheese



* butter and lard



* pastry



* cakes and biscuits



* cream, soured cream and cr�me fra�che



* coconut oil, coconut cream or palm oil



For a healthy choice, use just a small amount of vegetable oil or a reduced-fat spread instead of butter, lard or ghee. And when you are having meat, try to choose lean cuts and cut off any visible fat.



How do I know if a food is high in fat?



Look at the label to see how much fat a food contains. Generally the label will say how many grams (g) of fat there are in 100g of the food.



Some foods also give a figure for saturated fat, or 'saturates'.



Use the following as a guide to work out if a food is high or low in fat.



Total fat - what's high and what's low?



High is more than 20g fat per 100g

Low is 3g fat or less per 100g



If the amount of fat per 100g is in between these figures, then that is a medium level of fat.



Saturated fat - what's high and what's low?



High is more than 5g saturates per 100g

Low is 1.5g saturates or less per 100g



If the amount of saturates per 100g is in between these figures, then that is a medium level of saturated fat.



Remember that the amount you eat of a particular food affects how much fat you will get from it.



Try to choose more foods that are low in fat and cut down on foods that are high in fat.



Sugar

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Most people in the UK are eating too much sugar. We should all be trying to eat fewer foods containing added sugar, such as sweets, cakes and biscuits, and drinking fewer sugary soft and fizzy drinks.



Having sugary foods and drinks too often can cause tooth decay, especially if you have them between meals. Many foods that contain added sugar can also be high in calories so cutting down could help you control your weight.



How do I know if a food is high in added sugar?



Take a look at the label. The ingredients list always starts with the biggest ingredient first.



But watch out for other words used to describe added sugars, such as sucrose, glucose, fructose, maltose, hydrolysed starch and invert sugar, corn syrup and honey. If you see one of these near the top of the list, you know the food is likely to be high in added sugars.



Another way to get an idea of how much sugar is in a food is to have a look for the 'Carbohydrates (of which sugars)' figure on the label. But this figure can't tell you how much is from added sugars, which is the type we should try to cut down on.



High is more than 15g sugars per 100g

Low is 5g sugars or less per 100g



If the amount of sugars per 100g is in between these figures, then that is a medium level of sugars.



Remember that the amount you eat of a particular food affects how much sugars you will get from it.



Sometimes you will only see a figure for total 'Carbohydrates', not for 'Carbohydrates (of which sugars)', which means the figure also includes the carbohydrate from starchy foods. physical fitness - Article

Marijuana May Harm Fetal Brain

Smoking marijuana while pregnant may harm the developing brain of a fetus, say researchers at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.

In tests on mice, the researchers found that marijuana can affect molecules essential to a signaling process that plays a role in normal brain development. The researchers also found that certain prescription drugs, including some used to treat obesity, can have a similar effect, BBC News reported.

"Our findings highlight that the integrity of this signaling system should be maintained and not disrupted if the brain is to develop normally," said Professor Tibor Harkany. "Anything that disrupts this process ... could ultimately affect the brain's functionality."

The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Previous research has suggested that children born to women who used marijuana while pregnant experienced problems with physical activity, BBC News reported.

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