How to lose visceral fat: Eating this way has been proven to help banish belly fat
The body’s fat impacts their health differently depending on where it’s stored. While most fat found on other parts of the body are considered subcutaneous fat, belly fat is more likely to be visceral. Visceral fat is stored in a…
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To best treat a burn, first cool with running water, study shows
New research in the January edition of Annals of Emergency Medicine reveals that cooling with running water is the best initial treatment for a child’s burn. Researchers found that cool running water can reduce the odds of needing a skin…
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Estimates of preventable hospital deaths are too high, new study shows
Previous estimates of preventable deaths of hospitalized patients may be two to four times too high, a new Yale School of Medicine study suggests. The meta-analysis of eight studies of inpatient deaths, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine,…
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A Company Repossessed a Vietnam Vet's Prosthetic Legs After the VA Refused to Pay for Them
Just a couple of days before last Christmas, 69-year-old Jerry Holliman, a Vietnam veteran, says a man came into a nursing home for military veterans in Collins, Mississippi, and took away Holliman’s prosthetic legs. According to the Clarion Ledger, Holliman…
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Putting neglected tropical diseases in the spotlight: Lessons learned from Chagas disease
Today, January 30th 2020, is the inaugural World Neglected Tropical Diseases day. For the first time, global community leaders, health experts, civil society advocates, and policymakers have united to raise awareness about neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), in hopes of removing…
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Certified nurse-midwives lead collaborative care model as solution to obstetrician shortage
Fewer physicians are pursuing careers in obstetrics, in part because of the intense, round-the-clock demands of the job and a high burnout rate. An unusually large number of practicing obstetricians are expected to retire within the next decade, which will…
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Novel communication between intestinal microbes and developing immune cells in the thymus
Newborns face unique immunological challenges immediately after birth. As they depart a relatively sterile fetal environment, they are abruptly exposed to a multitude of foreign antigens, the major burden of which is in the form of the microbiota newly colonizing…
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Experts say China virus outbreak will last months at least
The deadly new coronavirus that has broken out in China, 2019-nCoV, will afflict a minimum of tens of thousands of people and will last at least several months, researchers estimate based on the first available data. “The best case scenario,…
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New therapeutic target for acute kidney injury identified
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common and it happens fast. Unlike chronic kidney disease, which often takes years to manifest, patients with AKI experience a rapid deterioration of kidney function over hours or days. Critically ill patients and those undergoing…
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1 in 4 kids who get antibiotics in children’s hospitals are prescribed the drugs incorrectly
The overuse of antibiotics poses an increasing threat to children who develop — or already have — drug-resistant infections that are difficult or impossible to treat, and can cause extended hospitalization, disability and even death. At any given time, about…
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