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Expanded doctor-led air ambulance services are improving access to advanced pre-hospital care across the UK, yet significant regional and overnight gaps highlight ongoing challenges in delivering equitable life-saving treatment. Study: Access to helicopter emergency medical services in the UK: analysis of services in 2024. Image credit: Jaromir Chalabala / Shutterstock In a recent study published in Journal of Emergency Medicineresearchers evaluated national access to helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) in the UK and assessed how availability and advanced interventions varied by region and time. Background When a person suffers a serious injury or sudden critical illness, minutes can mean the…
As he told you Jacquelyne FroeberIt’s February 4th World Cancer Day.I have wanted a breast reduction for almost my entire adult life.I often dreamed of what it would be like to work out – or just be comfortable in my clothes – without the constant back pain or uncomfortable side effect of my DD breasts.Most of the women in my family have large, dense breasts, but no one ever talked much about how having large breasts affected their quality of life. Breast cancer also ran in my family, starting with my maternal grandmother who had a mastectomy in her 50s,…
If you feel like the diet and weight loss medication talk is everywhere all the time and you’re sick of it — or you’ve just been there, done that, and now you know it doesn’t work — there may be an obvious call to look for something different, something better. Although it’s not new—it’s been around since the mid-1990s—intuitive eating is an attractive, tempting option. (Certainly, it has changed the lives of many of my clients.) Unfortunately, there is a common misconception that intuitive eating is simply the “starvation and fullness diet” — eat only when you are hungry, stop…
When your joints hurt, the last thing you probably want to do is exercise. However, orthopedists recommend some activities that can be easy on your joints and good for your whole body. Here are some recommended cardio exercises that can keep you moving, even when your joints are complaining. 1. Walking Walking is one great cardio option for joint healthsupporting the knees without adding harmful stress. It can improve walking speed and overall function, even in people with mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis, while encouraging confidence in movement. Longer or more frequent walking sessions promote functional benefits, helping to…
Stroke patients treated intravenously with loberamisal, a new neuroprotective drug, daily for 10 days starting within 48 hours of stroke symptoms had a better recovery than patients given a placebo, according to a preliminary scientific presentation at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference from Feb. 6 to Feb. 22, 2020. Orleans, is a world premiere meeting for researchers and clinicians dedicated to the science of stroke and brain health. The study is a Phase III clinical trial, a large-scale study to evaluate the effectiveness of a new treatment. The aim of the study is to test loberamisal, a new…
Preparing for a baby is expensive, but you don’t have to pay full price for everything. I’ve researched and tested the best ways to get free baby products and samples – from registry welcome boxes to milk samples to insurance-covered breast pumps. Here are 18 legit places to get free baby gear with no frills.Free baby registry welcome boxesRetailers want you to sign up for them, so they offer welcome boxes filled with samples, full-size products, and coupons. These boxes are really worth getting – I’ve received all three major ones and they’re full of useful items you’d buy anyway.Target…
Why Immunity, Metabolism, Mood, and Healing Effects Come Down to an Ecosystem That’s Ignored For most clinicians, the gut has long been taught as an infrastructure. A pipe.A transport system.A place where food goes in, nutrients go out, and waste goes out. But what if this context is why we keep missing the root of modern disease? In a recent live Nutrition Network interview, Nasha Winters—naturopath, cancer researcher, and co-creator of Nutrition Network’s Cancer Training—made a deceptively simple statement that quietly dismantles decades of reductionist thinking: “The gut is not a silent system. It’s a relational ecosystem.” Once you sit…
Travel looks different than it did in my 30s — and honestly? This is good. These days, I care about comfort, organization, energy, and not feeling run down when I arrive. After decades of travel, I’ve come up with the travel products that really make a difference for women 50+. No tricks. No mess. Simple things like that work. The essentials for the trip are explained: These are the small, smart tools that reduce friction—less digging, less wrinkling, less neck pain, less “why did I pack that?” moments. How I found them: Trial and error. The package fails. Hotel mirrors…
Sepsis is the world’s leading cause of death in hospitals, which occurs when the body’s response to infection damages tissue and causes organ failure. Africa bears the largest burden of sepsis in the world, with approximately 48 million cases each year leading to approximately 11 million deaths. People living with HIV face the greatest risk of dying from the condition. A new study has found that tuberculosis, a chronic bacterial lung disease, is a major and neglected cause of fatal sepsis among people living with HIV. A related Phase 3 clinical trial called the ATLAS study found that prompt initiation…
A overnight serum it’s where the most real skin change happens. Not because it’s magical, but because nighttime is when your skin is in repair mode. There is less UV radiation, less environmental stress and more opportunity for your barrier to recover and your skin to renew itself. That being said, many people buy an overnight serum and still don’t get results. It’s usually not the serum, it’s how you use it: too many actives stacked together, the wrong frequency or no moisturizer to lock it in. Here’s how to choose an overnight serum that really works and apply it…