Archive for October, 2013

Dr. Seth Roberts is the author of the famed book, The Shangri- La Diet alongside its corresponding publication: how to book. It provides people with a unique weight loss approach and majorly focuses on the notion of ‘setting points’. With this book, the reader is never far away from losing weight. The Shangri- La Diet explains the set point to mean a saturation point or a kind of plateau within the body.

ACEP- American College of Emergency Physicians and ENA- Emergency Nurses Association have been at the front line in advising the public on what they should do during a swine flu epidemic. Patients were recommended by the two organizations to seek quick medical care when infected with this epidemic.

Under the new federal law guidelines, providers will not be allowed to try recovering any money from beneficiaries of Medicaid, because they are actually on Medicaid and not that they are able to pay. As such, health care providers in the nation, especially hospitals are required to offer the service free of charge.

A look at the diet of an Olympian

Watching the Olympics is always an exciting moment as everyone gets into the mood of cheering their favorite athletes. This action acts as a motivation for some people to finally work towards reaching their goals on personal fitness. Participating in your most favorite Olympic event can help you to burn unbelievably huge amount of calories.

Any time a new psoriasis treatment has emerged at the pipeline, most people suffering from this condition starts to explore the possibility of having to switch to the newly found medication. Of course, every patient hopes to find a therapy or medication which not just works but also stays forever.

Surgeons have made serious attempts to try and understand the effects associated with use of medications on precautions they undertake. Just as steroids are known to be good for example in treating people with colitis and ensuring that they get them through successfully, surgeons sometimes operate on patients already on steroids with some of them being on high steroid dosages.

If you are one of the psoriasis patients out there, chances are that you are keen at following recent news about psoriasis happenings and treatments in order to stay updated. Thanks to social media advancement in recent times, doing this is much easier than ever before.

The preliminary findings of a study conducted by scientists revealed that an experimental pill that was designed for treating fragile x syndrome might help patients to enhance their social skills. Fragile x syndrome refers to a certain genetic condition related to mental retardation or intellectual impairment.

While most people tend to think that their analytical thinking has little to no impact on how they perceive the world, the truth is that the impact can’t be assumed as it is still noticeable. This is according to the findings of a study undertaken by Will Gervais, a lead author and a psychology student at University of British Columbia, Canada.

Once you offer your personal genetic material to be used for scientific research, you expect that you are going to remain anonymous. However, a new study has shown that there is no guarantee that such privacy cannot be breached, in particular, for the male volunteers. In a recent report submitted by researchers to journal science, it is able to identify about 50 people who have gone through genome sequencing.