Subscription walk-in clinic offers alternative care
There are different options for health care in the U.P. The latest option is subscription-based and will appeal to people who are seeking to establish a …
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Month: December 2014
Study proves activity helps maintain mobility as we age
A new University of Florida study shows daily moderate physical activity may mean the difference between seniors being able to keep up everyday activities or becoming housebound.
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What's more important – diet or exercise?
A free nutrition symposium hosted at Massey University’s Albany campus on Thursday poses the question:
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Gr8 Health tips from Lauren Lowrey on how to enjoy yourself over the holidays without sabotaging …
… yourself up in a really good environment to see significant weight loss. … “If you're only eating excess food on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and …
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Can a plant-based diet cure diabetes?
What is controversial, however, is which diet is best – low carb or vegetarian. … Apart from the devastating health consequences of this disease it places a … and popularised a weight loss diet based on limiting refined carbohydrates.
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Cabinet ministers take part in dementia exercise
“He took the entire Cabinet through an awareness exercise that is part of the Dementia Friends training, that tries to help you feel yourself in the shoes …
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What Is The Burn Diet And Why Is It Promising To Make You Lose 5Lbs In 5 Days?
Although this diet will lead to weight loss, like any fad diet it is not … Following a more sensible, healthy eating approach over a longer time frame …
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Doctors Without Borders: Ebola response too slow
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The international response to Ebola is still too slow and piecemeal, Doctors Without Borders warned Tuesday, as officials said the disease is crippling the economies of the three West African countries hardest hit.
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CDC: Circumcision benefits outweigh risks
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say the benefits of circumcision outweigh the risks, so parents of baby boys should consider it and health insurers should pay for it.
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Religious leaders vow to eradicate modern-day slavery
By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Global faith leaders led by Pope Francis signed a declaration on Tuesday calling modern-day slavery a “crime against humanity” and pledging to work together to eradicate it by 2020. Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim leaders committed themselves to ridding the world of human trafficking, forced labor, prostitution and organ trafficking by inspiring spiritual and practical action. …
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U.S. hospitals make fewer serious errors; 50,000 lives saved
NEW YORK (Reuters) – About 50,000 people are alive today because U.S. hospitals committed 17 percent fewer medical errors in 2013 than in 2010, government health officials said on Tuesday. The lower rate of fatalities from poor care and mistakes was one of several "historic improvements" in hospital quality and safety measured by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. They included a 9 percent decline in the rate of hospital-acquired conditions such as infections, bedsores and pneumonia from 2012 to 2013. …
Report: 17 percent drop in hospital patient harm
A federal review of hospital medical records and other data has found a 17 percent decline in infections, drug mistakes, bed sores and other preventable errors from 2010 to 2013, according to a report released Tuesday.
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