Makayla Sault should not have died
This case was enveloped by the debate over mainstream vs. alternative medicines. More importantly, however, it struck at the heart of the issue of …
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Month: January 2015
MyMEDholiday creates new guides to medical tourism in Thailand
Topics include some of the most well-known treatments for medical tourists such as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), medical and …
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Medical Event Set for Saturday in Lakeland
Anderson will hold a Free Alternative Medical Health Clinic from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Courtyard By Marriott in Lakeside Village Plaza in …
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UN guidelines on physical activity under scrutiny
UN recommendations that people should do at least two-and-a-half hours' physical activity a week are unworkable for some individuals, health experts argued Wednesday. In 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a "Global Action Plan" seeking to reduce incidence of lifestyle diseases by 2025. It identified four areas where doctors' recommendations to patients could make a difference …
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35-year-old woman sheds nearly 110 pounds on 'selfie diet'
She described food as a “drug,” and noted that her previous diet had … she scrolled back through previous photos to remind her of her health goal. … Post-weight loss, she said she feels “stable” and as if she's “floating around on a …
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Global Diet Trends: How Weight Loss Strategies Vary Around The World
For 60 percent of North American respondents, the most popular weight loss method was to select more natural, fresh foods. Cutting back on sugary …
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I'm not losing weight, despite making healthier choices. So I asked an expert why.
"It seems like we are inundated with wellness and health information and healthy foods," said Julie, "and yet, (as a society) we are going in the …
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Whole grain foods promote weight loss
Recent research has shown that whole grains are linked with numerous health benefits. By adding them to a healthy eating plan, whole grains help …
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4 Reasons Why Diets Don't Work
The more restrictive the diet, the higher your chances of quitting with a … Or, maybe you finally lost the weight or you are healthy, but it's a constant …
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U.N. Ebola chief calls for final $1 billion to fight virus
By Ben Hirschler DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – United Nations agencies need a final $1 billion to fight West Africa's deadly Ebola epidemic as experts move to a new phase involving a massive detective operation to trace remaining cases, the U.N. Ebola chief said on Wednesday. David Nabarro estimated that an overall total of $4 billion in new money, equivalent to all the aid committed so far, was needed by relief agencies and the worst affected countries themselves to end the epidemic and "help these countries to get back to the economic trajectory they had". Nabarro, who heads the U.N. response, said at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the World Food Programme now needed the same amount again. Jeremy Farrar, director of Britain's Wellcome Trust international medical charity, said the epidemic would have "a long and bumpy tail".
On Ebola front line, first glimpse of end to epidemic
By Emma Farge and Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) – Here at the front line of the Ebola epidemic, the tide seems to be turning against the disease. Police halt vehicles at checkpoints in the tumble-down streets to check temperatures, while posters proclaim in the local Krio language: "Togeda we go stop ebola." Aid workers also report success in changing behavior in rural areas, notably discouraging people from burial rituals involving direct contact with the dead – a major source of transmission. As a result, transmission of the hemorrhagic fever has slowed sharply in the West African country, which has recorded more than 10,000 cases since May. There were just 184 new cases in the week to Jan. 11 – the lowest in five months. More than half of beds in treatment centers across Sierra Leone are now empty – a stark contrast from a peak in November when centers in Freetown overflowed, patients waited days for ambulances and bodies were unburied, or interred secretly in backyards.
Study: This will kill you, even if you exercise
Our entire modern world is constructed to keep you sitting down. When we drive, we sit. When we work at an office, we sit. When we watch TV, well, …
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