Food Pyramids.

US vs. other countries' food pyramids? What do you think? Watch here.

Watch this


and this.

more

and more.
and more
Learn more about the food pyramid.

YOu can listen to these podcasts from the USDA. Click here.

Read about the Central European and Russian diets.



And you can watch what the USDA says here. And you can sign up here to help you set up your own menus and keep track.

And here you can see many different food pyramids from around the world.

Read about the difference between Asian and Asian-American food.
Watch some ESL students give a presentation on healthy foods.
And finally, how to read food labels. Watch here.

America's Health check up

From Time Magazine. Read the article.

And you can read about thirty six separate health and medicine issues, A-Z.

And you can listen to doctors answering questions, such as "why do women live longer than men?" or "when is the most likely time to have a heart attack?". Click here.

A little on massage for Ilya.

Here you can see the tables on the five truths about healthcare in America. And another truth here. and more here. and here and finally here.

MRSA

Lots of information (unfortunately).
Here's what the CDC says.
Listen to this CDC podcast on MRSA.
Is handwashing good enough? Read more.

More on medication errors AND how to find out more about your medications and supplements

Listen here.

The last part of this podcast is about CHILDREN and medication errors.

Click here to find out about medication safety from the FDA.

You can check the medications you or your family members are on and find out what the side effects are. They actually grade the drugs and the vitamins and tell you what they are recommended for. It's a great website.

Mystery Disease-Foreign Accent Syndrome

Ever heard of THIS before?

Medical errors- lots to see, hear and read, unfortunately

Listen to this report. Go here and then click on "Listen to this podcast".
And listen to this report.

Read how to protect yourself.

You may have already seen this 60 Minutes video in Camila's class about Dennis Quaid's twins.

Who pays for the medical errors? Read about it.

And even more to read.

Lying to your doctor

Do you ever do it? Do others? See for yourself.

Placebo Effect

What do you think? Listen here.

And here's another story.

Listen to Tor Wager about the Placebo Effect. Remember him?

Alternative Medicine

Lots to read. THis is from Medline Plus. Click here.

Read more and watch some videos.

Read more specifics about different therapies.

Dr.Andrew Weil has lots to say.

Great video LECTURE from UCSF on Complementary Medicine.

Acupuncture for Giraffes? Watch this video.

If you want to hear or read the talk from UCSF Osher Center on Integrative Medicine that we heard in class, go to November 29, 2007 and you will see it there.

More on contaminated bottled water

Read here.

Laughing Yoga

Click here to watch great videos and read a lot of information about laughing yoga.

Laughter Therapy video

English translation from ...... Russian?

Relieve stress!

How and why! Read here.

Why don't zebras get ulcers?

Good question. Go to the Stanford University. Click 

here. 

Next to to the health and Society section and look towards the bottom for "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers. Click on that link and watch the video.

What do the candidates say about health care?

Click here.

October 1, 2008 article on candidates views. Click here.

Dangers of plastics

Listen to the dangers of plastics. Click here.

After you listen, go to this page and read about the California bill. Read here.

Then go here and try and figure out if the bill has passed yet.

And if you want to listen to more, an update, listen here.. There are two more radio reports.

New cancer treatment

To learn about possible new cancer treatment, click here

The Doctor Can't See You Now

Listen to and read about the crisis in our health care system today. Click here.

FInd out what's happening at Laguna Honda

You can read about it and see a short video. Click here.

Supreme Court Decision

Listen to the interview and answer the questions on the paper I've given you. Click here.

Great new research and story about cancer treatment

Watch this inspiring video from 60 minutes. Go to April 14th and watch the episode on The Kanzius Machine.
or watch it here.


Watch CBS Videos Online

Sick around the world. Watch it!

You can watch the show I told you about "Sick around the world" as well as read about different healthcare systems.
Click here and follow the links.

A glossary for understanding health care insurance

It's SOOO confusing! Incredible!

information on health plans

this might answer some questions.

Not enough minority doctors

Nothing new, just a new article.

And another similar article.

Pronuciation of Medical Terms and Roots, Prefixes/Suffixes Info

There are many websites to practice your pronunciation.
Check these out.
And this.

And this


More general information.

Listening to Medical dialogues- Module 2.3/Project

Here's the medical English course in the book.

For more listening practice.

Scroll down below to the medical ESL websites for lots of listening practice and other Medical English resources. Click here.

Tuberculosis

Dangers of drug resistant TB- worldwide. Read about it.

Flu vaccines for children

mandated? ( required? ) or recommended? Read here.

Flu season and vaccines that don't work. Why?

Read.

People pretending to be patients

Undercover patients hired by health care providers. What do you think?

Paul Farmer's Inspirational Story

Read about Harvard educated doctor who has dedicated his life to providing healthcare to poor people around the world.
He also inspired other doctors to travel around the world providing healthcare.

More career self-assessment tools-

Find out more about yourself. Try this.

Meyers Briggs here.

And enneagrams.

Find out more about yourself.

Take this survey!. GO to Career and Technical Education and you can take the occupational interest survey.

Cold medicines send kids to hospitals

SF Chron. 1/29/08

Hand Washing Gels don't stop infections

Read in SF Chron. 1/30/08

VOLUNTEER WEBSITES-longterm, short term

Volunteer websites. Community Clinic Consortium.

The volunteer center.

Volunteer Info.

Volunteer Match

How good/bad is healthcare in the US?

Find out.

Subject/Verb Agreement confusion

Try this online quiz. Click here.

Occupational Guides for CA EDD

For MOdule 1.1 Project. CLick here.

You can also look here for outlooks for specific jobs here.

And you can look here

Listening and writing patients' stories

Listen to Doctor Ofri.

Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa

Anything is possible.

Patients making decisions

Doctors and patients working together to make decisions. Listen and read.