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UK Health Minister Andy Burnham published new guidance to help health bodies and practitioners deliver high quality convenient care closer to people’s homes.
Under government plans, GPs and Pharmacists with special interests will need to go through a new rigorous and fair form of accreditation to ensure they have the necessary ski lls to deliver efficient […]

“Even if you are just lying still on your back soaking up the rays, your feet are still vulnerable,” says American Podiatric Medical Association member Dr. Jane Andersen. “You can seriously sunburn your feet, and no matter how upscale your hotel, athlete’s foot can lurk in all public pool areas.”
These tips will help you […]

Colorado Master Gardeners in Pueblo are teaming up with the Pueblo Zoo to hold a bedding plant sale at the Pueblo Zoo Pavilion from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Customers may enter the sale without paying zoo admission from the main parking lot.
Selections at the sale will include xeric, native and Plant Select perennials, […]

Mental Health America expresses its deepest sympathies to the family, friends and classmates of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University shooting victims. As details surrounding the shootings continue to unfold, Mental Health America recognizes that this tragedy affects people across the country.
Mental Health America developed the below guidelines for helping educators, students and […]

QUESTIONS ABOUT ANESTHESIA: If you or your children are to undergo surgery, there are some caveats you should know about anesthesia, U.S. doctors say.
New research points to potential problems if too much or too little of the anesthetic is administered, specialists told a Food and Drug Administration panel.
Widely regarded as a major medical advance […]

By REBECCA TORR
gulf-daily-news.com
STRESS is one of the main causes of lifestyle diseases such as migraine, hypertension and diabetes, according to a Bahrain-based counsellor.
When you are stressed your immunity decreases and your health suffers, says Indian School counsellor and Kerala Agricultural University assistant professor Dr Bela Manoj.
“We need to learn how to release stress from the […]

By ALEX CUKAN
UPI Health Correspondent
YEARLY VISIT TO DOCTOR ADVISED
Even women who are healthy need regular preventive services like breast exams, Pap tests, immunizations and colon exams. Well-woman visits are the perfect time to accomplish these screenings; take periodic measurements of weight, height and blood pressure, and create a good relationship between doctors and patients, reports […]