How to lose visceral fat: Five foods to consume to banish the visceral fat
Visceral fat is also known as “active fat” and influences how hormones function in the body. Having an excess of visceral fat can potentially be extremely dangerous and could have…
Charlie Stayt health: BBC broadcaster opens up on his ‘extraordinarily painful’ condition
Charlie Stayt, 57, BBC Breakfast presenter, was speaking to Dr Amrit Ryatt during a broadcast in 2014 when he revealed he’d suffered from the very medical condition she was on…
How to talk to your boss about your depression
It’s great that we’re having so many more conversations about depression now, and that the stigma is starting to be broken down. But the work still isn’t finished and it’s…
Lyme disease symptoms: Three parts of your body you should always check for tick bites
Lyme disease is spread to humans by infected ticks. The most common place to get bitten is in areas with long grass that can conceal ticks, although another way you…
Couples should change their lifestyle two years before trying for baby
Couples should change their lifestyle up to two years before trying for a baby, claims reproductive expert Three months is typically advised but this is now considered not long enough …
Online tool helps health systems gauge their digital health readiness
Healthcare leaders trying to determine where their efforts fall on an industrywide digital health continuum have an online tool to aid assessments. Completing the self-administered assessment helps organizations understand what…
Caregivers of people with dementia are losing sleep
Caregivers of people with dementia lose between 2.5 to 3.5 hours of sleep weekly due to difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep—a negative for themselves and potentially for those who…
Cleveland Clinic CIO points to cloud lessons learned and pain points
The deployment of cloud-based services can be a challenge for healthcare providers of any size: For the Cleveland Clinic, which runs a 170-acre campus in Cleveland as well as hospitals…
Health care workers unprepared for magnitude of climate change: Chronic kidney disease is just one climate-related ailment poised to strike
An epidemic of chronic kidney disease that has killed tens of thousands of agricultural workers worldwide, is just one of many ailments poised to strike as a result of climate…
How to live longer: One simple change proven to boost longevity and reduce early death
A Norwegian review of 36,000 cases looked at the impact exercising can have on a person’s life. The review linked an increase in light or intensive activity helped lower the…