Do you wonder what non-profit organizations get by working for the poor and the needy? The answer is satisfaction and a feeling of fulfillment having done something for the cause of the society. Charity organizations around the world focus on three key issues which affect the poor and the underprivileged people – health, education, and having a safe environment to live in. We often take these basic things for granted but millions of people, who die of hunger and malnutrition, never see a school and don’t have a proper shelter. Can’t we help these people and provide them these basics? Yes, we can if not being directly involved with a nonprofit organization at least by supporting it.

Browse the Internet and you will come across hundreds of websites which work for the developing countries. The only way to counter the social deprivation in these regions of the world is through projects which target the root causes – absence of adequate health care facilities, lack of quality education and basic shelter. The nonprofit organizations have built active teams of volunteers who carry out these projects for the benefit of the poor and the needy. Their project reaches the people in dire need.

Health Care – In terms of health care programs these charity organizations run camps in the rural and backward areas of the country. In these camps surgeries like cataract removal, cleft-lip, cleft-pallet and artificial limbs are done free of cost. These are some of the burgeoning problems in these countries where the problem is compounded by the fact that most of the newborns aren’t administered proper vaccination and medical care. The nonprofit organizations also help out in child delivery both for the infant and the mother. These projects have yielded results and brought a new ray of hope to the lives of many. Continue reading »

 

Childhood obesity is now a global problem, and is no longer an issue that affects just the USA but also the whole planet. There is no country that does not face the severe menace of childhood obesity.

Childhood obesity is likely to cost us our future if we bury our heads in the sand. Obesity is a state of being critically overweight to such a degree that it affects the child’s health. The first difficulties in childhood obesity are emotional and psychological. These lead to sadness, loneliness and nervousness, and these children are more likely to engage in higher risk behaviours such as smoking and alcohol consumption, which makes the problem much worse.

This childhood obesity also leads to life-threatening conditions such as heart disease,

high blood pressure, diabetes, sleep apnoea, liver disease, early puberty, eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, asthma and shins infections, and worst of all, cancer. Obese children grow up to be obese adults. Also of concern is the mortality rate, which is on the rise for childhood obesity and adolescent obesity.

Obese children suffer terribly from teasing, harassment, and discrimination, which leads to very low self-esteem and depression. Children who are obese have carotid arteries which have prematurely aged 30 years, as well as abnormal levels of cholesterol.

Eating in high street fast food outlets such as McDonald’s is one of the main causes of obesity in childhood. The fast food industries are totally at fault here, but so are parents. They allow their children to make the choices for eating when parents and family should be sitting down to a family meal with no TV, music or radios blasting in the background. Try to remember this; the fast food industries spend $50 billion each year on advertising AIMED AT CHILDREN. See how many websites these fast food chains have and then remember that 100 million children view these websites each month. Also, look at McDonald’s and other fast food chains. They give out toys. Who for? CHILDREN. Continue reading »

 

Continuing Medical Education or CME is a method for all medical professionals to stay updated in the latest technologies and discoveries in their field of choice. This is very important because medical science is an ever changing science, and what was true while you were still in school may not necessarily be considered to be helpful now. MOCA or Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology is an on-going process of assessment of one’s medical licensure specifically for anesthesiologists.

The concept of Maintenance of Certification started in 1999 with the ABMS or the American Board of Medical Specialties. Because ABA or the American Board of Anesthesiology is a member of ABMS, they implemented MOC activities. It was also a way for ABA to prove that they were committed to making certain that all their professional members strive for quality patient care as well as clinical outcomes. As I said, MOCA is a program that requires life-long commitment to the maintenance and improvement of an anesthesiologist’s quality of work. Only after a diplomate completes all MOCA requirements within ten years will he be awarded with a certificate for MOCA and be allowed to continue to practice in the specialty and subspecialty of anesthesia.

The MOCA program has four parts and this is where continuing medical education comes in. The first part is the professional standing assessment. In order for a diplomate to complete this part, he or she must maintain an active and unrestricted license to practice his or her profession in at least one part of the United States or Canada. The second part is the lifelong learning and self-assessment. As a diplomate, you must dedicate yourself to engage in continuing medical education with a total of 350 credits; at least 250 of those should be Category 1 credits. Continue reading »

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