As beacons for good health, doctors don’t need constant reminders to promote healthy lifestyle changes in their patients. Encouraging better health part of the job description, right? Well, a study from the Archives of Internal Medicine found that giving doctors a small reminder can make a big difference for patients who smoke. [...]
Have you ever heard that your brain is like a muscle? As in, if you stop using your brain, it will stop working as well. A recent study covered by WebMD definitely suggests this to be the case. [...]
About 1 in 5 children suffer from eczema, the condition causing red flaky, itchy patches of skin. While frustrating and unsightly, children occasionally suffer from skin infections as a result of constant itching. And treatment normally requires expensive topical antibiotics and anti-itch creams. However, adding half a cup of 6% bleach to the bathwater showed significant decreases in eczema and bacterial infections: [...]
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My father used to say that if I told myself I was smart and liked homework, then my brain would respond accordingly. Apparently, recent research has shown that this might actually be true: [...]
The debate over if fructose, glucose, or sucrose have different effects on human health from one another is long and ongoing. However, a recent study has shines new light on the case against fructose: [...]
I’ve written about vitamins and cesarean sections in the past month, so I found it interesting that a study found a correlation between the two: “Of 253 women who gave birth in a Boston, Massachusetts hospital, those deficient in vitamin D were nearly 4-times more likely to deliver by cesarean section than women with higher levels of vitamin D, report Dr. Michael F. Holick and colleagues.” [...]
Why prescribe pain killers when a drug-free solution has better outcomes? Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) could offer a long term solution with increased patient benefits. [...]
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