Agencies warn that elderly support services are facing shortages as fuel prices rise

International Programme, Bingendore

The National Council for Aged Care Providers is calling on the federal government to provide urgent support to keep services running, as the Middle East war sends oil prices skyrocketing. Aged Australians, which represents residential care, home care, retirement living and community care operators, wants older Australians and aged care workers to be prioritized in … Read more

Here are four signs you may need couples therapy

Here are four signs you may need couples therapy

An eight-part Netflix reality series Blue treatment Seven follows a couple as they navigate their relationship with the help of therapist Karen Doherty. The fly-on-the-wall documentary, which centers on therapy sessions and real-world couple interactions, covers issues including infidelity, infidelity, financial problems, and parenting. Doherty, a couples therapist and relationship coach, said the show was … Read more

Simple, static exercises can lower your blood pressure more than running

Illustration of a cartoon man doing a wall squat

We underestimated When we think of heart health, we usually think of running or jogging. For years, we’ve been told that we should move to save our arteries. But a growing body of research suggests that the most powerful weapon against hypertension may not be moving at all. Isometric exercises (holding static positions), such as … Read more

He Took Vitamin B3 Pills for Longevity, Suffered Liver Damage in Hospital: Why You Shouldn’t Overcompensate

'Give me 60 seconds...': Nutritionists share simple morning habits to follow in the first two hours after waking up

A 42-year-old man began self-administering a high-dose niacin or vitamin B3 supplement because he read on social media that it improved cholesterol and increased longevity. After two weeks, he developed severe flushing, itching, nausea and abdominal pain. He came to the hospital with severe fatigue. Tests revealed that his liver enzymes and blood glucose were … Read more

Doctors warn there has been a 1,150% increase in hospitalizations from the ‘natural’ supplement

Doctors warn there has been a 1,150% increase in hospitalizations from the 'natural' supplement

You may want to leave this medicine alone. Calls to the nation’s poison centers about natural supplements marketed as energy boosters, mood enhancers and pain relievers have risen nearly 1,200% in the past decade, a new study has found. Hospitalizations, and even some deaths, have been looming, with health experts sounding the alarm over a … Read more

As Iranian missiles rain down, hospitals try to raise funds for underground shelters

As Iranian missiles rain down, hospitals try to raise funds for underground shelters

Last week, while medical staff at Hillel Yaf Hospital in Haidar were performing cardiac catheterizations in one of the hospital’s three secure operating rooms, a siren sounded signaling an impending Iranian ballistic missile attack. The missile was fired, and the operation continued successfully. Afterwards, staff moved the patient to another building with a safe recovery … Read more

A simple calculation to determine the quality of your food

A simple calculation to determine the quality of your food

For about 300,000 years Homo sapiens have been eating anything that looks edible. Plants, grains, fruits, as well as parts of any creature that walks, flies, swims or crawls travel down the esophagus. One would think that with all this experience we would have figured out what foods are good for health. But here we … Read more

World news in brief, Cuba embargo hurts health care, Haiti ‘violence’, Djibouti shipwreck dies

A long line of people wait outside for cash distributions as part of the World Food Program (WFP) 'Cash for Work' program in Haiti, with green tropical plants in front.

In an alert, the United Nations’ World Health Organization, WHO, warned that Cuban hospitals are struggling to maintain emergency and critical care services. “Thousands of surgeries have been delayed over the past month and people who need care … have been put at risk by the lack of electricity available for medical equipment,” said WHO … Read more