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Cabbage Leaf Wraps for Arthritic Knees
Cabbage Leaf Wraps for Arthritic Knees
Unbelievably, a randomized controlled trial of cabbage leaf wraps for arthritis was published. In a section of the British Medical Journal called “Minerva,” where interesting little snippets are compiled, a picture was published of a woman who had taped a cabbage leaf to her knee. She said that was the only measure that provided relief from the symptoms of her osteoarthritis. You can see the…
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Do You Shake for No Reason? You Might Have Essential Tremor
Do You Shake for No Reason? You Might Have Essential Tremor
May, 23, 2022 — Fred Gutermuth, a 67-year-old retiree based in Virginia Beach, can’t remember a time when his hands didn’t shake. During the earlier part of his life, he never gave it much thought. For 22 years, he had been in the Navy, and the tremor did not hurt his performance. But after he took a job in the Water Treatment Division of his city, testing the water for potential bacteria or…
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How I Keep Myself Hydrated In This Scorching Heat?
How I Keep Myself Hydrated In This Scorching Heat?
How I Keep Myself Hydrated In This Scorching Heat? Temperatures are rising day by day and the scorching heat makes us crave for more of summer chillers. If you are weight watcher and strive of live a healthy life, and then sipping those preserved summer drinks may look scary. Those chilled drinks, laden with sugars give us a satiating effect for a while but it definitely does more of harm and…
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Higher Dose Founders Lauren Berlingeri and Katie Kaps Talk Infrared
Higher Dose Founders Lauren Berlingeri and Katie Kaps Talk Infrared
We’ve been talking about the benefits of infrared saunas on The Chalkboard ever since we launched about ten years ago. (Ten years ago!) It was around that time that more wellness spas in L.A. began offering infrared sauna therapy and the buzz among wellness devotees really started to take off. In brief, infrared saunas use wavelengths just above the red end of the visible light spectrum to…
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The Victorinox I.N.O.X. Professional Diver LE Is Inspired by Shipwrecks
The Victorinox I.N.O.X. Professional Diver LE Is Inspired by Shipwrecks
The new Victorinox I.N.O.X. Professional Diver LE checks all the boxes for a dive watch—it has a strong titanium case, it’s water resistant to 200 meters, and it’s ISO-certified for diving—but it comes with some unique extras: A stunning 3D-printed dial pattern and a handy pocketknife in a matching color scheme. If you’re on the hunt for a capable tool watch that’s also a real head-turner, look…
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Worldwide shortage of health workers threatens effective health coverage
Worldwide shortage of health workers threatens effective health coverage
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain More than 43 million additional health workers are needed to meet targets for universal health coverage around the world, according to a new peer-reviewed study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine that was published today in The Lancet. The largest gaps were observed in sub-Saharan…
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The Way of Yogic Breathing: How to Breathe Correctly During Yoga
The Way of Yogic Breathing: How to Breathe Correctly During Yoga
Breathing is something that we often don’t pay attention to. It’s an involuntary function of the body that doesn’t require a conscious effort which is why it is often neglected.  However, breathing is at the core of yoga practice. In fact, it’s “breath” only that sets yoga apart from other forms of physical exercise.   In yoga, we learn breathing fundamentals as a totally separate practice in the…
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FDA, AMA Prepare for Plan COVID Shots for Kids Younger Than 6
FDA, AMA Prepare for Plan COVID Shots for Kids Younger Than 6
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Regulators and the nation’s largest physician organization took separate steps in recent days to prepare for expected authorization of use of COVID-19 vaccines in children younger than age 6. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday announced its Vaccines and Related Biological Products…
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Severe COVID Is Equivalent To 20 Years Of Aging – New Study
Severe COVID results in cognitive impairment similar to that sustained between 50 and 70 years of age and is the equivalent of losing ten IQ points, our latest research shows. The effects are still detectable more than six months after the acute illness, and recovery is, at best, gradual. There is growing evidence that COVID can cause lasting cognitive and mental health problems, with recovered…
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Solving health IT labor gaps with strategic interoperability partnerships
Broad staffing challenges are a universal obstacle shared by many, especially amid an ongoing global pandemic. Finding talent and keeping positions filled has always been difficult, but Covid-19 was a catalyst for labor fluctuation to invade nearly every industry imaginable. Then came the Great Resignation, which left entire organizations with record-high personnel shortfalls. The medical sector…
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FAQs on Medicare Coverage of Telehealth
FAQs on Medicare Coverage of Telehealth
Telehealth, the provision of health care services to patients from providers who are not at the same location, has experienced a rapid escalation in use during the COVID-19 pandemic, among both privately-insured patients and Medicare beneficiaries. Prior to the pandemic, telehealth utilization among traditional Medicare beneficiaries was extremely low, with only 0.3% of traditional Medicare…
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Doximity reports nearly $344M in revenue for fiscal 2022
Doximity reports nearly $344M in revenue for fiscal 2022
Doximity, a networking platform for healthcare professionals, posted revenue of $93.7 million for its fourth quarter that ended on March 31, compared with $66.7 million in the prior-year quarter. The company’s net income came to $36.7 million compared with $21.5 million last year. Doximity also posted results for its fiscal 2022, bringing in $343.5 million compared with $206.9 million for fiscal…
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Set Workout Goals - VASA Fitness
Set Workout Goals – VASA Fitness
Setting workout goals can be difficult, so we’re here to help! Here are some ways to set workout goals so you can stay on track, stay motivated, and succeed.     What Do You Want to Accomplish at the Gym? Before you step foot in a gym, setting attainable fitness goals should be your starting point. If you don’t know what you want to accomplish, it’s hard to determine the right exercises and…
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News Scan for May 20, 2022
News Scan for May 20, 2022
Study: Omicron caused 3 times as many deaths as Delta in Massachusetts More adults died of COVID-19 in Massachusetts in the first 8 weeks of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant surge than in the entire 23-week Delta period, suggests a modeling study published today in JAMA. A team led by a Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers estimated excess deaths—a higher-than-expected number of…
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Global Warming Could Mean Less Sleep for Billions
Global Warming Could Mean Less Sleep for Billions
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) Anyone who’s tried to sleep on a hot summer night knows how hard it is to nod off when the mercury is rising. So it’s no surprise that global warming is likely to cost people more and more shut-eye as temperatures around the world rise. By the end of this century, individuals could be subjected to at least two weeks of…
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Blueberries Can Improve Artery Function
Blueberries Can Improve Artery Function
What is the optimum dose of wild blueberries to eat at a meal? A single serving of blueberries can help mediate the arterial dysfunction induced by smoking a cigarette. Researchers investigated the effect of a single serving of frozen blueberries on young smokers. As you can see at 0:19 in my video Benefits of Blueberries for Artery Function, when you smoke a single cigarette, the ability of your…
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Innovation should be part of all health care professionals' training
Innovation should be part of all health care professionals’ training
When it comes to fostering innovation, most academic medical centers, medical schools, and health systems use the “pull” approach: they open technology transfer offices, hire staff, create industry relationships, and then wait for physicians, investigators, trainees (students, residents, and fellows), and other health care providers to initiate contact, submit new inventions, or navigate the…
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