Health Vibes: December 2017

Sunday 31 December 2017

Energy for new year's resolutions

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FDA approves first shock wave device made to heal wounds - The Dermapace System claims it can speed healing of diabetic foot ulcers.

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Why It's So Hard to Cure Your Hangover, According to Experts

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7 Ways Women Can Protect Themselves from the Flu This Season

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Cell Phones cause cancer?

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The University of Austin, Texas researchers found a way to program DNA molecules to transmit specific instructions to a living cell

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How Giving Up Alcohol for A Year Salvaged My Mental Health

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11 Food and Health-Related New Year’s Resolutions That Are Way Better Than Losing Weight

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Smoking during pregnancy increased the risk of offspring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The risk of ADHD was greater for children whose mothers were heavy smokers than for those whose mothers were light smokers, finds meta-analysis of studies totaling 2,998,059 participants.

Smoking during pregnancy increased the risk of offspring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The risk of ADHD was greater for children whose mothers were heavy smokers than for those whose mothers were light smokers, finds meta-analysis of studies totaling 2,998,059 participants.: http://ift.tt/2Cu3Vhq Read more... http://ift.tt/2CmRC90

Self-injury more about coping than a cry for help - Between 63% and 78% of non-suicidal people who self-injure do it as a short-term strategy to ease emotional distress. However, though self-injuring may work for short periods, the effect can be short lived, and make matters worse in the long term.

Self-injury more about coping than a cry for help - Between 63% and 78% of non-suicidal people who self-injure do it as a short-term strategy to ease emotional distress. However, though self-injuring may work for short periods, the effect can be short lived, and make matters worse in the long term.: http://ift.tt/2CuvW8v Read more... http://ift.tt/2zTO3lg

The ‘Frequent Flier’ Program That Grounded a Hospital’s Soaring Costs. In Dallas, Parkland Hospital created an information-sharing network that gets health care to the most vulnerable citizens—before they show up in the emergency room.

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Saturday 30 December 2017

One doctor's patient of the year

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Scientists are translating brain activity into movement. They are borrowing from cryptography and decoding the human brain to provide life-changing support for those who have lost the ability to use a limb due to injury or illness.

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Will the Polio Virus Be Extinct in 2018?

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Prosecutor: Doctor reused one-use anal catheters on patients

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America's opioid epidemic began more than a century ago – with the civil war. An estimated two million people abused opiates during the war, after using drugs disseminated by healthcare providers, doctors and nurses to stem pain

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I tried a plant-based meal delivery service made for busy people who want to eat healthy in 2018

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Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. Then it caused a ripple effect in mainland hospitals.

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Trump fires every member of his Aids council - The council provides advice & information about best practices for combatting HIV/Aids

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Smokers who are willing to use e-cigarettes tend to smoke less and have increased quit attempts, finds new randomized, naturalistic pilot trial.

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Friday 29 December 2017

Doctor Reused One-Use Anal Catheters On Patients

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10 Antioxidant Rich Foods You Should Start Eating

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"Artificial pancreas" works during intense exercise

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Is the First Gene Therapy for Inherited Blindness Worth $1 Million?

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Australian gov subsidising new cancer drugs. Puts prices down to $38 or $6 with concession.

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IV fluid shortage in U.S. leaving hospitals without many options

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Flu cases widespread in 36 states, CDC reports

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Gaming disorder could soon be a mental health condition, according to WHO

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Veteran lost weight and is keeping it off with VA's MOVE! Program

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Free drugs for youth, no more doctor's notes: Here are changes coming to Ontario in 2018

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Easy Natural And Affordable Ways To Get Rid Of Dark Spots From The Face

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Giant rats increase their attack on tuberculosis in Tanzania

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The secrets of your past that lurk inside your ears

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Scientists find a genetic clue to why antidepressants don't work for everyone

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3 Ways to Spot 'Fake' Organic Food

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Food Swamps Are the New Food Deserts - It’s not just a lack of grocery stores that’s making us fat. It’s an overabundance of fast food.

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The evidence keeps piling up: e-cigarettes are definitely safer than smoking. Although not harmless, the evidence is unequivocal that vaping is much safer than smoking. But misinformation and scaremongering could still be putting people off switching

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New patch aims to turn energy-storing fats into energy-burning fats - Micro-needle patch delivers drugs that turn energy-storing white fat into energy-burning brown fat, which reduced weight gain in mice on a high fat diet and their fat mass by more than 30% over four weeks.

New patch aims to turn energy-storing fats into energy-burning fats - Micro-needle patch delivers drugs that turn energy-storing white fat into energy-burning brown fat, which reduced weight gain in mice on a high fat diet and their fat mass by more than 30% over four weeks.: http://ift.tt/2C6NbA5 Read more... http://ift.tt/2Dwc2tk

Combatting PTSD by letting patients hear their own brainwaves - New technology uses algorithms to turn brain signals into sounds, letting patients literally hear their own brain activity, allowing the brain to naturally “self-optimize” into a quiet pattern, resetting the stress response in PTSD.

Combatting PTSD by letting patients hear their own brainwaves - New technology uses algorithms to turn brain signals into sounds, letting patients literally hear their own brain activity, allowing the brain to naturally “self-optimize” into a quiet pattern, resetting the stress response in PTSD.: http://ift.tt/2pO4ik4 Read more... http://ift.tt/2Clsgpr

Why American doctors keep doing expensive procedures that don’t work - The proportion of medical procedures unsupported by evidence may be nearly half.

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The most talked about diet of 2017

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DNA vaccine promises permanent, universal protection against the flu - New vaccine contains DNA coding for proteins from four different flu strains, plus protein universally shared across all strains. A strong immune response was triggered in immunized primates when exposed to different strains.

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There's even more evidence that one type of exercise is the closest thing to a miracle drug that we have - “the best type of fitness for your mind is any aerobic exercise that you can do regularly and consistently for at least 45 minutes at a time.”

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