In Australia, a report has surfaced of a 12-year-old girl, who has a milk allergy and other food allergies, suffering symptoms of an allergic reaction to a tooth treatment. According to the non-profit Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA), the girl’s mother recognized that her daughter was starting to experience a severe reaction. She sprang into [...]
Exercise helps ease depression and protect your heart Recent findings from two studies strengthen the evidence linking depression and heart disease. Researchers also found that patients who were physically inactive were more likely to experience depression than those who exercised regularly. Physical activity is a key factor in fighting both depression and heart disease. It [...]
First I want to get the terminology straight, so I’ve included brief definitions of what toxins are, including environmental toxins as well as the definition of poison. I think it helps to specifiy exactly what we are trying to neutralize or get rid of. “Toxin” is such a broad and mainstream term these days, we [...]
Brazzaville, 21 August 2019 – With an acute public health event reported every four days on the continent, it is more important than ever before for African countries to be able to respond to health emergencies. African health ministers today adopted a 10-year regional strategy that aims to strengthen integrated disease surveillance and response and mitigate [...]
The key to eradicating malaria in the near future is stepped up research and development of new tools to battle the disease, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert group that spent the last 3 years studying the malaria landscape said today in a report. The 13-member group, called the Strategic Advisory Group on Malaria Eradication [...]
Ahead of another visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) outbreak region, a top World Health Organization (WHO) official said today that, as Ebola cases approach 3,000, there’s a need to reflect on the numbers and change the direction of the outbreak. At a media briefing in Geneva today, Mike Ryan, MD, the [...]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today detailed an unusual 255-case outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections in 32 states tied to both beef and soft cheese and showing resistance to multiple antibiotics. “Infections were linked to beef obtained in the United States and soft cheese obtained in Mexico, suggesting that this strain could be present [...]
Key Points Question Are 100% single-patient hospital rooms associated with reductions in the acquisition of common multidrug-resistant organisms and nosocomial infections compared with ward-type rooms? Finding In this time-series analysis of a move from a 417-bed hospital with ward-type rooms to a 350-bed facility with solely private rooms, the move was associated with reductions in the incidence [...]
You may be missing out on vitamins and nutrients. In fact, you probably are. Getting advice about good supplements from experts in nutrition is the best way to get sound advice about vitamins. Who has the most training in nutrients? Registered Dietitian Nutritionists. Online dietitian experts talk here about their favorite vitamins for health, how much [...]
This Consensus Report is intended to provide clinical professionals with evidence-based guidance about individualizing nutrition therapy for adults with diabetes or prediabetes. Strong evidence supports the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of nutrition therapy as a component of quality diabetes care, including its integration into the medical management of diabetes; therefore, it is important that all members [...]
