Australian children have one of the highest rates of antibiotic use in the world. More than half have received at least one course by their first birthday. While antibiotics are one of the miracles of modern health care, they have some drawbacks. The overuse of antibiotics increases the risk of bacterial resistance in the wider community. For individual children, antibiotics […] Heart attack, stroke and burns victims wait up to FIVE HOURS for an ambulance despite targets of 18 minutes One in 16 seriously ill patients in England and Wales wait more than an hour Delays mean patients are being ‘led down badly at their moment of need’ Category two calls are meant to be reached in average time of 18 […] Childhood obesity is a growing problem in the United States. For children, obesity is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) at or above the 95th percentile, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 18.5% of children between the ages of 2 and 19 meet this criteria. Diet, exercise, and genetics are familiar risk factors in […] A pair of biomarkers of brain function—one that represents “listening effort,” and another that measures ability to process rapid changes in frequencies—may help to explain why a person with normal hearing may struggle to follow conversations in noisy environments, according to a new study led by Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers. Published online last week in the scientific journal eLife, […] If you’re keto, one of the foods that likely attracted you to the diet is cheese. (I don’t blame you.) Dairy is, typically speaking, a good, low-carb source of fat to help you get and stay in ketosis. But if you’re a fan of a particular subtype of cheese—that soft, creamy-meets-chunky hybrid called cottage cheese—you might be wondering if it […] Doctors at Indiana University Health hospitals now have faster, easier access to information about the patients they are treating in the emergency department. The CareView app, created in a partnership among Regenstrief Institute, Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE), IU Health and Indiana University School of Medicine, provides clinicians with only the most relevant information from a patient’s medical history related […] Researchers are using caffeine to study how the brain processes information, and a new study shows the effectiveness of this approach. A placebo-controlled study in adults, which uses a simple Go/NoGo task, is published in Journal of Caffeine and Adenosine Research. The article entitled “Caffeine as a Tool to Explore Active Cognitive Processing Stages in Two-Choice Tasks” was coauthored by […] When the world is burning and the ice caps are melting, it’s hard to know what we, as individuals, can do to help the planet. Are our metal straws and reusable totes actually doing anything? One thing that will have an impact on our individual environmental footprint is how we eat. Enter: the climate diet. Vegans have been spouting the […] Taking testosterone supplements can boost men’s brain health into old age, a new research review has found. Researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) analyzed the results of previous randomized control trials that examined if taking testosterone supplements improved cognitive function in older men. They are now calling for Australian men to volunteer for a randomized control trial to test if […] Teaching children how to wash their hands to the tune of nursery rhyme Frère Jacques ‘can curb the spread of flu and colds’ Two doctors and a schoolgirl in Canada rewrote the well-known French song They incorporated instructions to teach perfect hand-washing technique Teaching children through song works better than written instructions, they said A song sung to the tune […]
The link between antibiotics and obesity in children doesn’t mean you need to avoid antibiotics
Heart attack and stroke victims wait up to FIVE HOURS for an ambulance
Kids born to moms with gestational diabetes and preeclampsia at greater risk for obesity
Biomarkers of brain function may lead to clinical tests for hidden hearing loss
So, Cottage Cheese Can Be Keto But It Isn't Always—Here's How To Tell
Innovative CareView app provides patient data on 7 conditions related to 40% of ED visits
Using caffeine as a tool to study information processing
How to embrace a ‘climate diet’
Want to be a wise guy in old age? Take testosterone
Doctors rewrite 'Frère Jacques' to teach hand-washing technique
