What Is Iron?
In this report from AccuWeather, six different, and perhaps unexpected, ways winter can affect your health are discussed.
As a leading provider of concierge medical care, Total Access Medical, is on the front lines of helping people live longer lives through better quality of care. We agree that as people live longer we have to turn our attention to rising rates of dementia. Alzheimer's Disease deserves funding, attention and support. Finally it's getting some. We need more.
This Philly.com article brings to light what happens when you call 911. Extra fees, out of network providers, all add up to bills close to $4,000 for one ambulance trip to the ER. Concierge primary care is shown to reduce rates of ER visits and provides house calls, as well as 24/7 access to your doctor. Just another reason why its not only good for your health but also for your wallet.
A recent study, in part at the University of Michigan, shows that the wellness of students, including their mental outlook and stress management, is more important than their body mass index in predicting and diagnosing their overall physical health.
Kim Povec, a registered dietitian with the University of Rochester Medical Center's Healthy Living Center, says don't skip breakfast the next day! She has some other helpful tips including how to balance your diet the next day, make sure to start walking ASAP and adjust your mind set.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the worlds first digital pill. This particular medication is a medication for mental health that contains sensors to let devices know if it has reached your stomach. It is a way of monitoring your doses and making sure you are taking your medicine when and how it is prescribed.
According to published findings in the Wall Street Journal this week, blood pressure standards have changed for the first time in 14 years. New guidelines published by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology, which set hypertension at 130/80 now, as compared to the former guidelines reading hypertension at 140/90. The new guidelines give a threshold to hypertension diagnosis that will include a staggering 103.3 million people.
Did you know there is a weekly publication from the Centers for Disease Control called FluView, which shares are the latest national Flu data?
It is published online every week and brings us the most up to date and important news, numbers, trends and advice we need to know from national sources we trust the most.
Do you know how much sugar is recommended as a daily intake by the World Health Organization?
