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Eating for Health
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Anchor lead: If you have diabetes what you eat really does make a difference, Elizabeth Tracey reports Low carb diets do help people with diabetes improve their health, a recent meta-analysis found, although the benefits seemed to wane after a …
What’s a Low Carb?
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Anchor lead: How can the impact of carbohydrates be tested best? Elizabeth Tracey reports Carbohydrate consumption may be an important tool in helping control diabetes, a new meta-analysis suggests, and most helpful is knowing which carbs to avoid. Rita Kalyani, …
Occupational Safety
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Anchor lead: Many healthcare workers have died in this pandemic, Elizabeth Tracey reports Almost 3000 healthcare workers in the US had died of Covid-19 at the end of December 2020, Kaiser Health News reports. Patricia Davidson, dean of the Johns …
Clinician Burnout
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Anchor lead: Even as the pandemic slows down, clinicians are wearier than ever, Elizabeth Tracey reports Long shifts at the hospital, constantly wearing personal protective equipment, worrying about whether you might bring home Covid-19 to family and friends, and high …
Dementia and Hearing Loss
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Anchor lead: Raising awareness of hearing numbers may interrupt progression to dementia for some, Elizabeth Tracey reports You should know your hearing number. That’s according to Frank Lin, a hearing expert at Johns Hopkins and advocate for making this number …