Archive: 16/12/2013
The Liverpool Care Pathway has been made a scapegoat, says palliative care consultant
Claud Regnard, FRCP, a palliative care consultant, has called the demise of the Liverpool Care Pathway a "tragedy" and compared it to banning the Highway Code because of bad drivers in a paper for the journal Age and Ageing, ...
Dec 16, 2013
Two in three 13-year-old girls afraid of gaining weight
Six in ten 13-year-old girls, compared to four in 10 boys the same age, are afraid of gaining weight or getting fat according to new research on eating disorders from the UCL Institute of Child Health (UK) in collaboration ...
Dec 16, 2013
Ear acupuncture can help shed the pounds
Ear acupuncture can help shed the pounds, indicates a small study published online in Acupuncture in Medicine.
Dec 16, 2013
Do vitamins block disease? Some disappointing news
There's more disappointing news about multivitamins: Two major studies found popping the pills did not protect aging men's brains or help heart attack survivors.
Dec 16, 2013