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Showing posts with label HEALTH. Show all posts
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Monday, 30 March 2015
Saturday, 21 March 2015
Great development "Ebola-proof' tablet device developed"
Medics wear full protective gear to shield themselves from the virus
A tablet device that can withstand being doused in chlorine has been developed to help medics caring for patients with Ebola.
Designed by technology volunteers and Google, it can be used even wearing gloves and in storms and high humidity.
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Breastfeeding 'linked to higher IQ'
A long-term study has pointed to a link between breastfeeding and intelligence.
The research in Brazil traced nearly 3,500 babies, from all walks of life, and found those who had been breastfed for longer went on to score higher on IQ tests as adults.
Wednesday, 11 March 2015
Regular use of Paracetamol can lead to heart attack, stomach ulcer - NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that the regular use of painkillers especially, paracetamols could lead to heart attacks, stroke and early death, According to a study published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Tuesday, 10 March 2015
MPs expected to back cigarette plain packaging
How the standardised packets may look
MPs are expected to approve the introduction of standardised packaging for cigarettes in England later.
If passed, it will mean from 2016 every packet will look the same except for the make and brand name, with graphic photos accompanying health warnings.
Friday, 6 February 2015
NHS complaints investigations inadequate, says review
The ombudsman looked out how investigations into NHS complaints of avoidable harm were carried out
More than 40% of NHS investigations into patient complaints are not good enough, according to a review by the office of the health service ombudsman.
In a review of 150 cases into allegations of avoidable harm or death, it found failings in the handling of 61 complaints by NHS trusts in England.
The review looked at the quality of the investigations and the evidence relied on, as well as statements and records.
The government said it was working to create a "more open NHS culture".
Ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor will appear next week before the public administration select committee - which is looking into the issue of NHS complaints and clinical failure.
Her office has been accused of failing patients.
In one case, a hospital admitted there were mistakes made in a baby's delivery only after her parents had paid £250 for an independent clinical review.
In another case, the family of a 36-year-old man who died after accident and emergency doctors failed to diagnose a life-threatening condition were initially told they would have to take legal action to find answers.
Serious incident
The review by Dame Julie's office found that 28 of the 150 cases should have been investigated as a serious incident.
In one example, an investigation into the case of a 77-year-old man who was admitted to hospital when very ill and died two days later from sepsis found that the hospital failed to recognise the seriousness of his condition and failed to treat him quickly enough.
This should have triggered a "serious untoward incident" investigation, but the findings were not identified in the hospital's investigation.
The Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman Service investigates complaints from the public about the way they have been treated by the NHS, including allegations of avoidable death and harm.
It can also look at complaints about government departments and agencies.
Dame Julie said: "When people make a complaint that they have been seriously harmed, they should expect it to be taken seriously and thoroughly investigated.
"The NHS must tackle the variation in the quality of its investigations but also needs to recognise when to initiate an investigation.
"When the NHS makes a mistake their duty is to investigate - these investigations shouldn't be about attributing blame but should find out what happened and why in order to prevent the same mistakes from happening again. Our evidence too often shows this is not the case."
The Department of Health said it would be announcing measures to reduce avoidable death and harm soon.
But it said it had already introduced a new Care Quality Commission inspection regime and put more than 21,000 extra clinical staff into hospitals since 2010.
"We've set out the ambition to make the NHS the safest healthcare system in the world and we know that listening to patients and staff is absolutely vital to improving care.
"That's why we've made hospitals legally obliged to apologise to patients when mistakes do happen and asked Robert Francis [who chaired the public inquiry into the Stafford hospital deaths] to produce an independe
Thursday, 29 January 2015
The online retail giant Amazon has reported weaker profits for the busy Christmas period, but a 15% rise in sales has cheered investors
Amazon's Prime service offers speedier deliveries, as well as access to music and videos online
The online retail giant Amazon has reported weaker profits for the busy Christmas period, but a 15% rise in sales has cheered investors.
The company made a net profit of $214m (£142m) for the last three months of 2014, which is a drop of $25m on the same period in 2013.
However, it was an improvement on the previous quarter, in which Amazon made a net loss of $437m.
The company's shares rose by nearly 8% in after-hours trading.
But despite net sales of $89bn, Amazon made a loss of $241m for 2013 as a whole.
The firm also warned that its finances were "inherently unpredictable".
It sounded a note of caution for the next few months, saying it could make an operating loss of up to $450m.
The web giant added that profits may be "materially affected by many factors, such as fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, changes in global economic conditions and consumer spending, world events, the rate of growth of the Internet and online commerce".
Continuing trend
Amazon has become notorious for its lacklustre earnings, and has tended to focus on expanding its business rather than increasing its profitability.
True to form, Amazon's boss, Jeff Bezos, emphasised the success of a new service in the company's results, rather than addressing the firm's figures.
He referred to Amazon's membership scheme, Amazon Prime, as a "one-of-a-kind, all-you-can-eat, physical-digital hybrid", adding that its user base grew by 53% last year.
However other recent projects have not been quite as successful.
Amazon's foray into the smartphone market, with the shopping-focused Fire phone, has hardly been a bestseller, and there have been reports that the tech firm is winding up its mobile payments service.
Most recently, it was forced to shut down its entry into the diaper market just six weeks after launching the initiative.
Child obesity rates 'levelling off' among under-10s
Child obesity rates 'levelling off' among under-10s
The prevalence of overweight and obese children has remained stable at about 30% in the past decade
The rise in childhood obesity, which has left one in three UK children overweight, may be beginning to level off in the under-10s, a study suggests.
There was a steady rise in the proportion of overweight children between 1994 and 2003, but in the past decade it has remained at about 30%.
The King's College London researchers add obesity rates among 11- to 15-year-olds are still rising, however.
And Public Health England said there was no room for complacency.
Experts believe that being significantly overweight is responsible for a wide range of health problems such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, some cancers and infertility.
The number of obese people in the UK has more than trebled in the past 25 years.
Obesity levels among children have also been rising during this period. One in three children in the UK is now overweight, while one in five is obese.
But data from other sources had previously suggested that childhood obesity levels were now starting to plateau or even fall slightly.
Age-group trends
This study, published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, used GPs' electronic health records in England to monitor trends over 20 years.
Weight, height and body mass index (BMI) measurements for more than 370,000 children from 1994 to 2013 were analysed.
The findings show that the rate of growth of overweight and obesity levels, which was 8% each year up to 2003, has slowed substantially in the past 10 years, to 0.4%.
Trends were similar for both boys and girls, but differed by age group.
Overweight and obesity levels among two- to five-year-olds stayed relatively stable at 25% for boys and 23% for girls between 2003 and 2013.
Children are recommended to eat healthily and follow an active lifestyle
In six- to 10-year-old girls and boys, about 30% were overweight or obese during that time.
The highest figures were seen in 11- to 15-year-olds, where overweight and obesity levels ranged from about 26% in 1996 to 35% in 2003.
Among this group, overweight and obesity levels have continued to rise - to 37% - in the past decade.
The study defined overweight as equivalent to a BMI (body mass index) at or above the 85th centile and obesity as above the 95th centile.
'Vulnerable group'
Dr Cornelia van Jaarsveld, from the department of primary care and public health sciences at King's College London, said there were several possible reasons for the "recent stabilisation of childhood overweight and obesity rates".
She said public health campaigns and initiatives could be starting to work.
But another explanation could be that a ceiling or "saturation point" had been reached with obesity rates.
However, she said it was clear that the 11- to 15-year-olds were still a "vulnerable and difficult group".
Colin Michie, chair of the nutrition committee at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said the good news was that things were not getting worse.
"But it still leaves us with lots of problems, particularly among teenagers, who are not easily directed, at a sensitive time in their lives," he said.
"It is a disappointment that even more children are overweight and obese at the end of primary school than at the beginning.
"Prevention works better in younger age groups, so we have to focus on cutting calories and encouraging a more active, healthy lifestyle in children."
Eustace de Sousa, national lead for children, young people and families at Public Health England, said that overall childhood obesity rates had remained stable since 2010.
"However for children from the poorest households levels have continued to worsen, so there is no room for complacency.
"Obese children are more likely to experience bullying, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression and have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease in later life."
Tuesday, 16 December 2014
Healthier You – Fitness Steps
Healthier You – Fitness Steps
Your fitness isn’t only a reflection of the number of hours you’ve spent in the gym and the healthy food you’ve been eating. A large number of tiny, external factors affect your fitness like lack of sleep, stress, sedentary lifestyle, etc. A perfect fitness plan takes all these factors into consideration along you’re yourfitness training. We’re in a constant battle against everything that stands in our path to being a lean, mean fighting machine. We believe that these small tips can definitely push you towards a healthier, fitter you.
Schedule Family Fitness Time:
Rather than spending time in front of a movie screen, consuming greasy sugar loaded treats, you can take the family out on a hike or a picnic and have a fun, healthy day that’ll bring the family together.
Rather than spending time in front of a movie screen, consuming greasy sugar loaded treats, you can take the family out on a hike or a picnic and have a fun, healthy day that’ll bring the family together.
Saturday, 13 December 2014
Food allergy laws enforced in restaurants and takeaways
Restaurants will have to declare common allergens - including crustaceans
Restaurants and takeaways across Europe will be required by law to tell customers if their food contains ingredients known to trigger allergies.
Staff must provide information on 14 everyday allergens including nuts, milk, celery, gluten, soya and wheat.
Ebola drains already weak West African health systems
EMMZZY SUCCESS:NEWS
Abba Abashi, Liberian-Nigerian student: "My mum caught me crying"
The deadly Ebola virus ravaging Sierra Leone and Liberia has pushed already weak healthcare systems into intensive care.
While global efforts have been focused on Ebola, many people have failed to receive treatment for other diseases such as malaria and measles, and this has led to even more deaths, experts say.
"It's a vicious cycle," Sierra Leonean risk analyst Omaru Sisay told the BBC.
"Because of Ebola, cases of people not being treated for malaria, cholera and measles have increased significantly," he says.
Painting a similar picture about Liberia, the UN children's agency Unicef says Ebola has severely disrupted health services for children, caused schools to close and left thousands of children without a parent.
"Children are dying from measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases and pregnant women have fewer places to deliver their babies safely," it said in a statement.
Sierra Leone's health services were neglected because of conflict
Liberia has been badly affected by the outbreak - here a mother and daughter lie down near a treatment centreWednesday, 10 December 2014
FACTORS INFLUENCING HUMAN PERCEPTION
The first part of our perception involves the things that grab our attention or that keep our attention. There are intensities to events in life that get our attention right away, for example. When something effects our senses of sight, sound, color or taste in a big way, we pay attention or become attracted to getting more, getting involved, getting less or getting away.
Tuesday, 9 December 2014
How to beat malaria
The World Health Organization says it is confident that deaths from malaria could be stopped entirely.
Spread by the bites of infected mosquitoes, the illness is both preventable and treatable.
Global efforts over the last decade have already halved the number of people dying from malaria - a "tremendous achievement", says WHO's director general Dr Margaret Chan.
So, what are we doing right and what more needs to be done?
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