Month: May 2014

An article in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases reports that transplanting feces from healthy persons into diarrheic individuals can help their diarrhea. As summarized by Eureka Alert: Using frozen stool from healthy, unrelated donors was safe and effective in treating patients with serious, relapsing diarrhea caused by Clostridium difficile [CD] … Known as fecal microbiota transplantation, the treatment was equally effective whether given via a colonoscope or a nasogastric tube [down through the nose, into the stomach]. …

We can no longer afford to allow antidepressants to be our sole response to the raging depression epidemic. We must pursue a broader range of solutions.

If you're feeling good about your workout today, you probably shouldn't watch this. German fitness team Calisthenic Workout uploaded a video of some "zero gravity" moves — and the team members are fantastically strong and agile. Using a jaw-dropping mix of bodyweight exercises and acrobatics, the team puts on an impressive display of strength — all while demonstrating some tremendous creativity, too. Check out the workout video above for some serious motivation.

The dementia tsunami is coming, fast. We all know it, and it will affect every single one of us, either directly or through our loved ones. That we are not prepared for such an onslaught is an understatement. Dementia is an expensive disease, and if we do the maths, we can see that our current health care system and long-term care infrastructure cannot hold up to what is to come. (Chart from The Global Impact of Dementia 2013-2050) The dementia problem requires high level solutions from multiple sectors: public health, health care, community, business, and technology. It will take a

The CDC confirmed the first case of MERS in the U.S. todayAt least 100 people have died from the infection worldwide

VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian commission following up on claims that doctors deliberately infected patients with malaria to treat others with syphilis says hundreds of people, including orphans in a psychiatric hospital, might have been infected.

The alkaline diet is the one that lowers the levels of acidic compounds in body by reducing the intake of foods that contain high levels of acid, such as …