Medical News Today: Cranberry extract disrupts spread of hard-to-treat bacteria
Scientists discover that compounds found in cranberries restrict the spread of hard-to-treat bacteria by disrupting their cell-to-cell communications. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
How Much Sugar Is Actually In Your Food, From Pasta Sauce To Salad Dressing
You might assume sugar lurks mostly in foods like candy and doughnuts. But companies sneak sugar into all kinds of foods you’d never suspect, from beef jerky to good ol’ store-bought pasta sauce.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends consuming no more than about 50 grams of added sugar ― that is, the type of sugar that doesn’t naturally occur in whole foods like fruit ― per day. But it becomes scary easy to exceed that limit when you consider how much sugar is added to our everyday eats.
Check out this graphic from fitness website 9Round to help you grocery shop a littl...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Designing a Custom-Built Ambulance that Balances Safety and Efficiency
An April 2014 report from the National Highway Transportation Safety Agency identified that EMS providers weren't using safety restraints in 80% of investigated ambulance crashes.1,2
This single astounding fact was the stimulus for the Cranberry Township (Pa.) EMS (CTEMS) to develop what we wanted to be the safest ambulance in America—one that would focus on provider safety by addressing crash avoidance, and crash survivability.
We knew that our focus on crash avoidance could only be accomplished by changing many of the norms of ambulance design in the United States.
As for crash survivability, there had already been a f...
Source: JEMS Operations - September 30, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jeff Kelly, BS, EMT-P Tags: Ambulances & Vehicle Ops Source Type: news
Waymouth Farms, Inc. Issues an Allergy Alert on Undeclared Pecans, Walnuts, Milk and Soy in Good Sense Cranberries & lsquo;N More
Waymouth Farms, Inc has initiated a voluntary recall of Good Sense Cranberries ' N More 6 oz (170g) with a Freshest if used by date of 8/16/2017 A 15:00 through Freshest if used by 8/16/2017 A 23:00 after discovering that inadvertently other allergens were packed into the Good Sense Cranberries ' N More package. Only 2640 packages were impacted. (Source: Food and Drug Administration)
Source: Food and Drug Administration - September 23, 2016 Category: Food Science Source Type: news
7 Home Remedies Your Doctor Wishes You'd Stop Using
By: Brittany Risher
Heading for the kitchen rather than the doctor's office may save time and money, but in some cases, you may only make matters worse. Learn which DIY treatments you should avoid.
The first signs of common ailments such as a cold, headache, or tummy trouble may have you sooner playing doctor rather than going to see one. It's fast, simple, cheap, and kind of fun to fix your own flare ups without the help of a pricey, too busy, and often disengaged doctor who generally has only 13 to 16 minutes for you, according to the new Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2016.
"It's a good thing that people want...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Weekend Food Diary Of A Healthy Family On A Budget
Because I'm a dietitian, people assume that every meal and snack my family eats features all food groups and looks Pinterest-perfect. But, like most moms, I'm just trying to balance my dreams of kale-eating kids with their love for boxed mac-and-cheese. And while I strive to feed my family as many fresh, whole foods as possible, I'm also working with a food budget.
So what does that mean in the real world? Here's what the lead-in to the weekend typically looks like for my family -- myself, my husband, and my two boys, ages 12 and 8 -- the good, the not-so-good and everything in between.
Breakfast: My husband and I are bo...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why You Should Never, Ever Sit In A Wet Bathing Suit
Ah, the dog days of summer. It’s that lazy time of year when it’s perfectly acceptable to live in a fabulous bathing suit and relax by the water all day long.
But lounging in wet swimwear isn’t as glamorous as the Kardashians make it out to be. And while we’ve heard time and time again that staying in wet swimsuits for too long can cause problems ranging from yeast infections to UTIs, we’re all a little guilty of breaking this rule.
“Yeast and bacteria really thrive in moist, dark places, like a wet bathing suit or wet workout clothes,” Alyssa Dweck, an assistant clinical professor...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why You Should Never, Ever Sit In A Wet Bathing Suit
Ah, the dog days of summer. It’s that lazy time of year when it’s perfectly acceptable to live in a fabulous bathing suit and relax by the water all day long.
But lounging in wet swimwear isn’t as glamorous as the Kardashians make it out to be. And while we’ve heard time and time again that staying in wet swimsuits for too long can cause problems ranging from yeast infections to UTIs, we’re all a little guilty of breaking this rule.
“Yeast and bacteria really thrive in moist, dark places, like a wet bathing suit or wet workout clothes,” Alyssa Dweck, an assistant clinical professor...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - August 10, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Why cranberries really ARE superfoods
Researchers from Tuffs University, Boston, found the tangy fruit helps to strengthen the gut defence and protect the body from infection in addition to its established health properties. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UAS LifeSciences: Study Confirms Benefits of Probiotics and Cranberry...
Discovery may lead to fewer urinary tract issues(PRWeb August 03, 2016)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/08/prweb13591734.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - August 3, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Pittsburgh Announces Community Paramedic Academy
The CONNECT Community Paramedic Program in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania is part of one of the longest running community paramedic programs in the nation.
As pioneers in this constantly evolving role, the CONNECT Community Paramedic Team will be offering a unique, week-long training program for EMTs, AEMTs and Paramedics interested in expanding their patient assessment and intervention techniques to practice in this new role. Led by Dr. Swayze and current community paramedics on the team, the academy will be offered Monday September 26, 2016 through Friday September 30, 2016 from 0830 until 1630 in Cranberry Towns...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - July 27, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Industry News Mobile Integrated Healthcare Source Type: news
Pittsburgh Announces Community Paramedic Academy
The CONNECT Community Paramedic Program in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania is part of one of the longest running community paramedic programs in the nation.
As pioneers in this constantly evolving role, the CONNECT Community Paramedic Team will be offering a unique, week-long training program for EMTs, AEMTs and Paramedics interested in expanding their patient assessment and intervention techniques to practice in this new role. Led by Dr. Swayze and current community paramedics on the team, the academy will be offered Monday September 26, 2016 through Friday September 30, 2016 from 0830 until 1630 in Cranberry Towns...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - July 27, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Mobile Integrated Healthcare Industry News Source Type: news
Could CRANBERRIES form the basis for new antibiotics?
Scientists at the University of Massachusetts hope their findings will open up new areas of focus for drug developers after finding the compounds could block E.coli infections. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Could CRANBERRIES form the basis for new antibiotics? Compounds in juice 'CAN stop bacterial infections'
Scientists at the University of Massachusetts hope their findings will open up new areas of focus for drug developers after finding the compounds could block E.coli infections. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tiny but mighty: Cranberries 'could help prevent cancer AND heart disease'
CRANBERRIES could do wonders for your gut, heart, immune system and brain, new evidence suggests. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
