For Students, Perils of Weight Bias, Anti-Obesity Programs

“When you talk about getting rid of childhood obesity, I think you want to get rid of me.”
SOURCE: Eating Disorders News – Read entire story here.

Ossur to announce clinical trials for implanted myoelectric sensors for brain-controlled prosthetics Ossur, an Icelandic based prosthetics development company is set to announce the beginning of clinical trials for its Proprio foot, a new kind of brain controlled prosthetic ankle and foot. Instead of trying to connect the device to nerves, the robotic limb uses sensors to detect nerve signals in muscles near the point where the limb was removed. The limb then analyses those signals and converts them to movement in real time, which is reportedly very close to that of natural limbs....
New bowel cancer screening ‘could save 90,000 lives over 40 years’ A new bowel cancer screening program has the potential to save the lives of 90,000 Australians over the next four decades, new research shows....
APP Guidelines — Access and Cost, 2 Becoming too enthusiastic about weight-loss pharmaceuticals or surgery, or even about intensive therapy, could cost......
Addiction’s Received Wisdom is Challenged Lance Dodes, M.D., whose latest book is The Heart of Addiction, seems to have rethought the field from the ground up and arrived at some conclusions that can only be described as heretical. For instance, when a person seeks a rehab facility, scenery should be the last priority. He elucidates: If living for a month with a view of the mountains or the beach treated addiction, there would be no addiction in lovely areas of the country. A previous book, The Sober Truth, was subtitled “Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry.” One problem is...
Trauma-Informed Certificate – TIC Training Center This course is where you will submit a personal narrative reflection, demonstrating that you’ve internalized......