An Orange County breast surgeon's website to help women navigate a diagnosis of breast cancer has marked its first year.
Dr. Jay Harness, who practices at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, said the videos at breastcancer
answers.com have been viewed more than 6.3 million times. More than 600 videos from breast cancer doctors cover topics ranging from prevention to reconstruction. The site is sponsored by Genomic Health, which makes genetic tests for breast cancer.
Harness said this week that the website will add videos from cutting-edge experts at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. The website also contains 15 questions that Harness says patients should ask their doctors.
CALIFORNIA LOW IN USE OF ANTIBIOTICS
California is among the five Western states with the lowest rate of antibiotic use, according to the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy.
The others are Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington.
Overuse of antibiotics results in drug-resistant infections, making them harder and more expensive to treat.
The report covers prescription use from 2010. That year, the highest rates of use were in Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Residents of those states take about twice as many antibiotics per capita as those living in the West.
GOING ONLINE TO LOSE WEIGHT
Social media has the potential to help obese children lose weight and develop healthy lifestyle habits, the American Heart Association says in a new scientific statement.
Doctors evaluated research about online efforts to help kids lose weight, exercise and improve eating habits. Nearly all 12- to 17-year-olds have Internet access at school or home.
With Internet weight loss/exercise programs, children and teens had greater success rates the more they interacted online with peers and counselors.
"Some research shows that even in virtual social networks, people tend to associate with others like themselves," Dr. Jennifer S. Li of Duke University said in a statement. "So if you develop a network of kids who are overweight, you can have an impact on all of them ? in the real world and online ? because if one starts making healthy changes, the others will be influenced to do so as well."
COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP
Recruitment is under way for the Children and Families Commission of Orange County, which allocates tobacco tax funds for health, education and child development programs.
Three commissioner positions will be filled in health/early intervention and education/early intervention. Candidates must have experience in the medical field or education.
Applications are due Feb. 1 and are available at occhildrenandfamilies.org. Completed applications and resumes can be emailed to Prop10@ocgov.com, or mailed to Children and Families Commission of Orange County, Attention: Kelly Pijl, 17320 Redhill Ave., Suite 200, Irvine, CA 92614.
Commission members receive a $100 stipend for attending the monthly meeting. For more information, call Pijl at 714-834-5186.
Contact the writer: cperkes@ocregister.com 714-796-3686
Source: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/breast-379844-cancer-use.html
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