There was a lot of news this week about a study, published in the medical journal BMJ, that looked at how diet affects heart health. The results were unexpected because they challenged the conventional thinking on saturated fats. And the data were very old, from the late 1960s and early 1970s. This has led many… Read More »
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Acute flaccid myelitis. www.cdc.gov/acute-flaccid-myelitis/index.html. Updated October 22, 2018. Accessed October 30, 2018. Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center website. Acute flaccid myelitis. US Department of Health and Human Services. National Institute of Health. rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/13142/acute-flaccid-myelitis. Updated October 9, 2018. Accessed October 30, 2018 Messacar K, Modlin JF, Abzug MJ.… Read More »
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have a new issue to disagree about: the wisdom of a soda tax. A tax on sugary soft drinks, like the one proposed in Philadelphia and endorsed by Mrs. Clinton last week, divides the left. It can be seen as achieving an admirable public health goal of less sugar consumption… Read More »
The number of food supplement products on the Irish market last year ballooned to 2,500. Photo: Shawn Hempel The vitamins debate: snake oil or health booster? Independent.ie To the devoted disciples of the church of supplements, it was a pronouncement near tantamount to blasphemy. It was claimed that the expensive practice of swallowing vitamins and… Read More »
A huge surge in organ donors was recorded after viewers saw transplant kids Max Johnson and Ella Chadwick on TV in our Pride of Britain Awards. Figures today show 5,544 people joined the register – 58% up on the week before. Clicks on the NHS Blood and Transplant website rose 342% and on-line traffic 57%.… Read More »