2 November 2014
Last updated at 00:02
The RCGP said its research suggested one in four Scots cannot get an appointment with their GP within a week
The Scottish government’s failure to adequately fund GPs is putting patients at risk, according to the organisation that…
GP funding ‘puts patients at risk’
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The Secretary for Education (SED), Mr Eddie Ng Hak-kim, will lead an education delegation to pay a five-day duty visit to Germany and Switzerland tomorrow (November 3) to look into their vocational education systems and good practices in promoting young persons’…
Source:SED to visit Germany and Switzerland for exchanges on vocational education
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The Transport Department (TD) today (November 2) said that traffic situation on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon continues to be unstable due to protests. The TD has frequently reminded members of the public and would like to repeat that, if they are to go to work or…
Source:Public transport services update from time to time in view of traffic situation
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – A spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) today (November 2) reminded elderly people that the 24-month grace period arrangement for the Old Age Living Allowance (OALA) will expire at the end of this month (November 30). Thereafter, if the income and/or assets…
Source:Two-year grace period of OALA to expire soon
2 November 2014 Last updated at 00:02 The RCGP said its research suggested one in four Scots cannot get an appointment with their GP within a week The Scottish government’s failure to adequately fund GPs is putting patients at risk, according to the organisation that…
Source:GP funding ‘puts patients at risk’
Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody is Britons’ favourite track when ill or sad Dancing Queen by Abba and Happy by Pharell Williams also came top Almost 90% of people agreed music can make us feel better when sick 81% said music has made them feel personally better when unwell or…
Source:Listening to Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody is voted the perfect pick-me-up
By Dr Michael Mosley for the Daily Mail Published: 17:00 EST, 27 October 2014 | Updated: 06:24 EST, 28 October 2014 85 View comments Research which showed that the amount of salt we add to our meals depends almost…
Source:Eating too much salt puts up your blood pressure, but too little may be just as bad
30-year study carried out by scientists at the University of East Anglia Diets of 171,940 women aged 25 to 55 were examined as part of study Those who ate foods high in flavonoids at lower risk of developing tumours Almost 7,000 women a year in UK affected by ovarian cancer Women with ovarian…
Source:Tea and orange juice ‘can cut ovarian cancer risk by a third’
i i The Bracken Bat Cave outside San Antonio, Texas, is home to millions of bats. Here, a few of them emerge from the colony in 2011. Eric Gay/AP hide caption itoggle caption …
Source:In Texas, The World’s Biggest Bat Colony Is Saved From City Sprawl
IntroductionRecently, a whole-exome sequencing (WES) study showed that a rare variant rs145999145 composed of p.Val232Met located in exon 7 of the phospholipase D3 (PLD3) gene confers a doubled risk for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Knockdown of PLD3 elevates the levels of…
Source:PLD3 is accumulated on neuritic plaques in Alzheimer?s disease brains
Business format franchising is an organizational form that originates from the business sector. It is increasingly used in healthcare, being a promising organizational form for improving the competitiveness and efficiency of organizations, the quality of care, and the professional work…
Source:Creating advantages through franchising in healthcare: a qualitative, multiple embedded case study on the role of the business format
Health authorities in numerous countries recommend periconceptional folic acid supplementation to prevent neural tube defects. The objective of this study was to examine the association of dietary folate intake and folic acid supplementation during different periods of pregnancy with the risk…
Source:Folic acid supplementation, dietary folate intake during pregnancy and risk for spontaneous preterm delivery: a prospective observational cohort study
Redback spiders (Latrodectus hasselti) (RBSs) are venomous spiders that have recently spread to Asia from Australia. Since the first case report in 1997 (Osaka), RBS bites have been a clinical and administrative issue in Japan; however, the clinical characteristics and effective treatment of…
Source:Clinical characteristics of redback spider bites
Objectives: Recent studies have associated neck circumference (NC) with insulin resistance (IR). We examined whether such relation was modified by other metabolic risk factors. Methods: The study samples were from a community-based health examination survey in central China. A total of 2588…
Source:Synergistic effects of neck circumference and metabolic risk factors on insulin resistance: the Cardiometabolic Risk in Chinese (CRC) study
2 November 2014 Last updated at 05:49 By Dr Michael Eyre BBC Health Check Is this the coolest car in London? The “Cool Car” brings hospital expertise right to the scene of emergencies. Overall just 9% of cardiac…
Source:'Coolest car in London' saves lives
STANFORD, Calif. – Top medical experts studying the spread of Ebola say the public should expect more cases to emerge in the United States by year’s end as infected people arrive here from West Africa, including American doctors and nurses returning from the hot zone and people…
Source:Ebola in the U.S.: How bad can it get?
Hong Kong (AFP) – The SARS outbreak of 2003 put Hong Kong on the frontline of a global health crisis — but the city’s ultimately successful war on the virus offers lessons for those now battling Ebola. The flu-like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome infected 1,800…
Source:Legacy of SARS in Asia offers lessons for Ebola fight
As I was preparing some reading assignments, I realized that I don’t have a single resource available that covers the main ideas of the interface theory of perception, objective versus subjective rationality, and their relationship to evolutionary game theory. I wanted to correct this oversight a…
Source:From realism to interfaces and rationality in evolutionary games
Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody is Britons’ favourite track when ill or sad
Dancing Queen by Abba and Happy by Pharell Williams also came top
Almost 90% of people agreed music can make us feel better when sick
81% said music has made them feel personally better when unwell or…
Listening to Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody is voted the perfect pick-me-up
By
Dr Michael Mosley for the Daily Mail
Published:
17:00 EST, 27 October 2014
|
Updated:
06:24 EST, 28 October 2014
85
View comments
Research which showed that the amount of salt we add to our meals depends almost…
Eating too much salt puts up your blood pressure, but too little may be just as bad
30-year study carried out by scientists at the University of East Anglia
Diets of 171,940 women aged 25 to 55 were examined as part of study
Those who ate foods high in flavonoids at lower risk of developing tumours
Almost 7,000 women a year in UK affected by ovarian cancer
Women with ovarian…
Tea and orange juice ‘can cut ovarian cancer risk by a third’
i
i
The Bracken Bat Cave outside San Antonio, Texas, is home to millions of bats. Here, a few of them emerge from the colony in 2011.
Eric Gay/AP
hide caption
itoggle caption
…
In Texas, The World’s Biggest Bat Colony Is Saved From City Sprawl
IntroductionRecently, a whole-exome sequencing (WES) study showed that a rare variant rs145999145 composed of p.Val232Met located in exon 7 of the phospholipase D3 (PLD3) gene confers a doubled risk for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Knockdown of PLD3 elevates the levels of…
PLD3 is accumulated on neuritic plaques in Alzheimer?s disease brains
Business format franchising is an organizational form that originates from the business sector. It is increasingly used in healthcare, being a promising organizational form for improving the competitiveness and efficiency of organizations, the quality of care, and the professional work…
Creating advantages through franchising in healthcare: a qualitative, multiple embedded case study on the role of the business format
Health authorities in numerous countries recommend periconceptional folic acid supplementation to prevent neural tube defects. The objective of this study was to examine the association of dietary folate intake and folic acid supplementation during different periods of pregnancy with the risk…
Folic acid supplementation, dietary folate intake during pregnancy and risk for spontaneous preterm delivery: a prospective observational cohort study
Redback spiders (Latrodectus hasselti) (RBSs) are venomous spiders that have recently spread to Asia from Australia. Since the first case report in 1997 (Osaka), RBS bites have been a clinical and administrative issue in Japan; however, the clinical characteristics and effective treatment of…
Clinical characteristics of redback spider bites
Objectives: Recent studies have associated neck circumference (NC) with insulin resistance (IR). We examined whether such relation was modified by other metabolic risk factors.
Methods:
The study samples were from a community-based health examination survey in central China.
A total of 2588…
Synergistic effects of neck circumference and metabolic risk factors on insulin resistance: the Cardiometabolic Risk in Chinese (CRC) study
1 November 2014 Last updated at 00:05 Zephyr Jussa’s depression took hold after the death of his mother when he was 16 Men have become used to growing interesting facial hair during November to raise funds for men’s cancers. Now, the organisation behind the…
Source:'Men can end up mentally broken'
The government is to release information it holds on the drug Primodos, a hormonal pregnancy test which some fear caused birth defects and miscarriages. The drug was taken by pregnant British women between 1953 and 1975 – other countries stopped using it sooner. Health Minister George…
Source:VIDEO: Was there a cover-up over Primodos?
The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust is being broken up from Saturday, with key services being split between neighbouring health trusts. Last year, a report found there had been basic failings in standards of care at Stafford hospital, leading to an unusually high death rate. Chris King…
Source:VIDEO: Stafford health trust services end
People with mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety or schizophrenia are being asked to write about their lives online. The idea is that the blogs will make it easier for others to spot the signs of mental illness. One in four people in England will suffer from a mental health issue…
Source:VIDEO: ‘I blogged my way to mental health’
By Louis Charbonneau and Bill Berkrot NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Friday defended federal guidelines for monitoring health workers returning from three Ebola-stricken West African countries while urging greater coordination to…
Source:U.S. envoy Power defends Ebola guidelines, warns on Guinea
When your digestive system gets overloaded with toxins from what we eat, drink, breathe and think, you may find yourself feeling bloated, sluggish and tired. Your body naturally works to remove these toxins, but when you get overloaded, it can take more time than usual. In order to help…
Source:10-Minute Core Sequence For A Digestive Detox
IntroductionThe occurrence of side-effects of fixed orthodontic therapy, such as white-spot lesions and root resorption, are known to be significantly more frequent with increasing duration of treatment. Multi-bracket treatment should be as short as possible, in order to minimize the risks of…
Lingual orthodontic treatment duration: performance of two different completely customized multi-bracket appliances (Incognito and WIN) in groups with different treatment complexities
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – InnoCarnival 2014, organised by the Innovation and Technology Commission, opened today (November 1) at the Hong Kong Science Park in Sha Tin.
The nine-day carnival, which runs from today until November 9, features a series of activities to help promote a culture of…
InnoCarnival 2014 opens today
1 November 2014
Last updated at 00:05
Zephyr Jussa’s depression took hold after the death of his mother when he was 16
Men have become used to growing interesting facial hair during November to raise funds for men’s cancers. Now, the organisation behind the…
‘Men can end up mentally broken’
The government is to release information it holds on the drug Primodos, a hormonal pregnancy test which some fear caused birth defects and miscarriages.
The drug was taken by pregnant British women between 1953 and 1975 – other countries stopped using it sooner.
Health Minister George…
VIDEO: Was there a cover-up over Primodos?
The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust is being broken up from Saturday, with key services being split between neighbouring health trusts.
Last year, a report found there had been basic failings in standards of care at Stafford hospital, leading to an unusually high death rate.
Chris King…
VIDEO: Stafford health trust services end
People with mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety or schizophrenia are being asked to write about their lives online.
The idea is that the blogs will make it easier for others to spot the signs of mental illness.
One in four people in England will suffer from a mental health issue…
VIDEO: ‘I blogged my way to mental health’
By Louis Charbonneau and Bill Berkrot
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Friday defended federal guidelines for monitoring health workers returning from three Ebola-stricken West African countries while urging greater coordination to…
U.S. envoy Power defends Ebola guidelines, warns on Guinea
When your digestive system gets overloaded with toxins from what we eat, drink, breathe and think, you may find yourself feeling bloated, sluggish and tired. Your body naturally works to remove these toxins, but when you get overloaded, it can take more time than usual.
In order to help…
10-Minute Core Sequence For A Digestive Detox
Choosing foods that actively work to clean teeth keeps them white Crunchy vegetables like apples, carrots cauliflower and celery clean teeth Hard cheese removes food particles and prevent plaque building up Citrus fruits and strawberries help rinse your teeth naturally as you eat Broccoli and…
Source:Dentist reveals how to EAT your way to whiter teeth
Little is known about whether or how supplemental oxygen affects patients with pulmonary fibrosis. Methods: A mixed-methods study is described. Patients with pulmonary fibrosis, informal caregivers of pulmonary fibrosis patients and practitioners who prescribe supplemental oxygen will be…
Source:Protocol for a mixed-methods study of supplemental oxygen in pulmonary fibrosis
Obesity is associated with the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), but reports conflict regarding the association between obesity and macrovascular complications. In this study, we investigated associations between cardiovascular risk factors and body mass index (BMI) and glycemic control…
Source:Relationships between obesity, glycemic control, and cardiovascular risk factors: a pooled analysis of cross-sectional data from Spanish patients with type 2 diabetes in the preinsulin stage
ObjectivesWorking conditions can exert influence on the physical, mental, and even social health of workers. Well-being is an appropriate index for the evaluation of a person?s overall health. This paper investigated the association between various working conditions and worker?s…
Source:The relationship between working condition factors and well-being
Ustilaginaceae (belonging to the smut fungi) are commonly known for their plant pathogenicity. Although these microbes lead to yield reduction of cereal production, they can also have an economically positive side. Ustilaginaceae naturally produce a versatile range of value-added chemicals…
Source:Prospecting the biodiversity of the fungal family Ustilaginaceae for the production of value-added chemicals
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The 2014 Mainland Higher Education Expo, jointly organised by the Ministry of Education and the Education Bureau (EDB), is being held today and tomorrow (November 1 and 2) at Kowloonbay International Trade and Exhibition Centre. The Expo will enable students aspiring…
Source:2014 Mainland Higher Education Expo opens today
But the advice has divided experts, with prominent doctors accusing Nice’s experts of being too close to the pharmaceutical industry. The survey of 560 GPs, carried out by Pulse magazine, found 66 per cent of family doctors say they are not complying with the guidance. The system of pay …
Source:Doctors refusing to prescribe statins
Choosing foods that actively work to clean teeth keeps them white
Crunchy vegetables like apples, carrots cauliflower and celery clean teeth
Hard cheese removes food particles and prevent plaque building up
Citrus fruits and strawberries help rinse your teeth naturally as you eat
Broccoli and…
Dentist reveals how to EAT your way to whiter teeth
Little is known about whether or how supplemental oxygen affects patients with pulmonary fibrosis.
Methods:
A mixed-methods study is described. Patients with pulmonary fibrosis, informal caregivers of pulmonary fibrosis patients and practitioners who prescribe supplemental oxygen will be…
Protocol for a mixed-methods study of supplemental oxygen in pulmonary fibrosis
Obesity is associated with the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), but reports conflict regarding the association between obesity and macrovascular complications. In this study, we investigated associations between cardiovascular risk factors and body mass index (BMI) and glycemic control…
Relationships between obesity, glycemic control, and cardiovascular risk factors: a pooled analysis of cross-sectional data from Spanish patients with type 2 diabetes in the preinsulin stage
ObjectivesWorking conditions can exert influence on the physical, mental, and even social health of workers. Well-being is an appropriate index for the evaluation of a person?s overall health.
This paper investigated the association between various working conditions and worker?s…
The relationship between working condition factors and well-being
Ustilaginaceae (belonging to the smut fungi) are commonly known for their plant pathogenicity. Although these microbes lead to yield reduction of cereal production, they can also have an economically positive side.
Ustilaginaceae naturally produce a versatile range of value-added chemicals…
Prospecting the biodiversity of the fungal family Ustilaginaceae for the production of value-added chemicals
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The 2014 Mainland Higher Education Expo, jointly organised by the Ministry of Education and the Education Bureau (EDB), is being held today and tomorrow (November 1 and 2) at Kowloonbay International Trade and Exhibition Centre. The Expo will enable students aspiring…
2014 Mainland Higher Education Expo opens today
But the advice has divided experts, with prominent doctors accusing Nice’s
experts of being too close to the pharmaceutical industry.
The survey of 560 GPs, carried out by Pulse magazine, found 66 per cent of
family doctors say they are not complying with the guidance. The system of
pay …
Doctors refusing to prescribe statins
Results emphasize the importance of healthy sleep for personal health public safety New research suggests that insomnia is a major contributor to deaths caused by motor vehicle crashes and other unintentional fatal injuries. The results underscore the importance of the “Sleep Well, Be…
Source:Insomnia contributes to deaths caused by motor vehicle crashes, other fatal injuries
Researchers asked 233 students to recollect recent emotional episodes They were asked to report the duration, and reveal their coping strategies From 27 emotions, sadness lasted 240 times longer than disgust or shame Fear and disgust typically lasted 30 minutes, while hatred lasted 60…
Source:Sadness lasts 240 times longer than other emotions, study claims
