What is happening in healthcare today? Let me start with an assertion: the inadequacy of clinical education is a consequence of the failure of health and medical education to adapt to two related transformations in the last 50 years that … Read More
Having a sense of purpose protects your heart and adds years to your life. Scientists have found that people who felt strongly that their lives have meaning, or that they are “useful” to others were at lower risk for heart … Read More
The Shake It program is simple: it restricts sugars and high GI carbohydrates, whilst increasing lean protein. There’s one meal during the day which is replaced with a Shake It option, but you are empowered to choose the options for … Read More
Here’s a list of the top 10 healthiest foods to eat, which have the most nutrition for every food calorie, enabling you to maintain a healthy weight, and get the healthiest bang for your buck! Choosing these foods will help … Read More
An international panel has recommended that people over 70 be tested each year for problems with memory and reasoning. They claim that the goal is to detect treatable disease, to provide lifestyle guidance to slow cognitive impairment, to identify patients … Read More
The current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) includes two articles that review studies of marijuana’s medicinal use, and come to the same conclusions about the applications that are best supported by the existing evidence: treatment … Read More
A new study published in the journal Sleep, suggests that there might be a reciprocal, causal pathway between job strain and disturbed sleep, implying that interventions to treat sleep problems might improve work satisfaction. Results show that higher work demands … Read More
New research on kidney stone formation reveals that zinc levels might contribute to an increased risk. Research from the University of California, published in PLOS ONE opens a new perspective into the cause of urinary stones and related diseases. We … Read More
Most of us love garlic. It adds some real zing to our cooking. Even those who supervised the building of the Egyptian pyramids knew enough about garlic to provide it to their workers to help stamina, endurance and recovery from … Read More
It was big news…and positive. A new meta-analysis of over seventy (70) randomized clinical trials (that’s the gold standard) showed omega-3 supplements and fortified foods could significantly improve blood pressure. If you look at the pyramid of scientific … Read More