HEALTH

Intermittent fasting, aka the 16:8 plan, has been praised by celebrities and health gurus alike. A new study has challenged the alleged health benefits of intermittent fasting. Researchers found that limiting mealtimes to just eight hours a day was linked to a 91 percent increase in risk of death from heart disease.
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2 years ago Read more at 1News

Brock University’s 2023 Co-op Employer of the Year Award is in the non-profit category. This award recognizes the hospital network’s commitment to fostering extraordinary learning opportunities for Brock University's co-ops students. Niagara Health is honoured to be recognized as a top employer by Brock University.
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2 years ago Read more at Niagara Health

The Ministry for the Environment’s latest freshwater report shows an estimated 45% of total river length is no longer suitable for swimming and 48% is partially inaccessible to endangered migratory fish. The state of rivers and groundwater also impacts on the quality of drinking water. We hope our new eDNA method will help by making freshwater monitoring faster, cheaper, more comprehensive and better suited to countrywide surveys.
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2 years ago Read more at The Conversation Indonesia

Government watchdog warns there is no point in training more mental health workers if the health system does not do more to stop the exodus of those it already has. Ren has suffered major depression since the age of 16 and been on anti-depressants for the past decade.
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2 years ago Read more at RNZ

This annual health fair provided 126 no-cost screenings to individuals living in an area who often don’t have access to health care. The screening stations focused on dental, vision, blood glucose, BMI, vital signs, and a nutrition demonstration. Eighty-five students were in full force volunteering at this student-run event.
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2 years ago Read more at UT Physicians

Second year in a row Insure.com reviewed more than 70 health insurance companies in the U.S. It used industry data to put together its list. It also used a survey of consumers — a mix of people with health insurance and people looking to buy health insurance.
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2 years ago Read more at Kaiser Permanente

Diffusion-weighted MRI showed positive associations in white matter and the right hippocampus. A robust sense of purpose in life is associated with several health benefits relevant for active aging. The results underscore the need for more research and the development of supportive interventions for aging patients.
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2 years ago Read more at AuntMinnie

House Republicans asked a government watchdog to investigate federal officials’ oversight of mental health funding. House Republicans obtained funding documents from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The panel found that only 54 percent of emergency coronavirus funds had been spent and about 17 percent of money intended to help states, territories and tribes implement the 988 hotline had been used. Senate Republicans have spent several years investigating how trillions of dollars in emergency pandemic funding has been spent.
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post

Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev was suffering from severe headache for the last four weeks. The headache got extremely severe by March 14, 2024 afternoon when he arrived in Delhi.
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2 years ago Read more at India Today

Prisma Health is the largest healthcare provider organization in South Carolina. It had encountered a problem while trying to gather patient biometrics and manage their clinical needs: fragmentation. The process was overwhelming with the organization's internal resources alone.
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2 years ago Read more at Healthcare IT News