Duke Medicine researchers have found that bladder cells have a highly effective way to combat E. coli bacteria that cause urinary tract infections (UTIs).
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Benefits of calorie restriction on par with balancing protein and carb intake in mice
Cutting calories through dietary restriction has been shown to lower cholesterol, improve insulin sensitivity, and even prolong life in mammals. Now, new research publishing on May 28th in Cell Reports shows that, at least in mice, low protein, high carbohydrate diets can provide benefits similar to those obtained with calorie restriction.
What’s on the 2015 Top 10 List of Game-Changing Health Technologies?
With so many emerging drugs, medical devices, and procedures coming to market, how can health professionals, administrators, and patients identify the ones that could truly have a significant impact in Canada? That’s where the Canadian Network for Environmental Scanning in Health (CNESH) comes in. For the second consecutive year CNESH, along with a panel of clinical experts, have been working to identify which new and emerging health technologies hold the greatest promise to improve both the lives of patients and the delivery of health care. The 2015 Top 10 New and Emerging Health Technology Watch List includes five emerging drugs and five innovative medical devices. “Every day we read sensational stories about the promise of new health technologies and wonder if they will really make a difference to
Smuggling a Beer for My Hospital Patient
When I think about being a doctor, I think of adrenaline and a rush of decisions and the hope of saving lives. But I also think of one moment in a hospital room sharing a smuggled Guinness.
Analysis: Health & risk – a new focus for accountancy and consultancy firms
Is the intermediary landscape changing?
Depression Treatments Inspired By Club Drug Move Ahead In Tests
A decade ago, scientists showed that the anesthetic ketamine could relieve major depression in hours. Now, two chemical cousins of the drug are entering the late stages of clinical testing.» E-Mail This
Can You Pay Poor People To Quit Smoking?
Peter Orszag was President Obama’s first Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Like many high-ramking Democrats, he landed on his feet as Vice Chairman of Citibank. He also writes a very good column for Bloomberg View. His latest column discusses financial incentives to quit smoking. Unfortunately, it ignores an obvious challenge to the thesis he supports: That poor people can be paid to quit smoking. The income gap between smokers and nonsmokers has grown. And it’s something companies may need to address directly in their efforts to help employees kick the habit. Over the past several decades, smoking rates have fallen sharply among high-income, highly educated Americans and not as much for less educated, low-income people The good news is that
Improved Economy, Obamacare Boost Demand For Travel Nurses
(MedPage Today) — Demand is at a 20-year high, say industry analysts.
How Much Does A Colonoscopy Cost In California? Help Find Out
The colonoscopy: It may be the most dreaded screening test out there, and it’s the next step in KQED’s PriceCheck project. On PriceCheck , we’re crowdsourcing prices of common health tests and procedures.
The Society For Women’s Health Research Announces “Beyond The Bruises” Campaign Highlighting The Effects Of Domestic Violence On Chronic Disease
The press release below was issued May 27 by the Society for Women’s Health Research and can be seen here. The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR ®), a national non-profit and thought leader in research on sex differences in health and disease, today announced “Beyond the Bruises,” an online campaign uniting survivors, advocates, organizations, and celebrities in bringing awareness to the effects of domestic violence on chronic disease. The campaign features a short film that shares the stories of domestic violence survivors who struggle with chronic disease as a result of their abuse, as well as the website BeyondtheBruises.org, a resource center that houses information on the often unrecognized effects of domestic violence on chronic illness. A 2013 study conducted by MORE Magazine and
Viewpoints: GOP Wrestles With Court Response; Mental Health And Poverty; Need For Nurses
SOURCE: Kaiser Health News » Insurance – Read entire story here.