Severe Rhabdomyolysis in a Patient With Acute Influenza Infection

January 03, 2019 This article originally appeared here. Share this content: Rhabdomyolysis is characterized by breakdown of muscle tissue A recently published case report describes the case of a 29-year-old male patient with influenza-induced rhabdomyolysis and highlights the need to assess creatinine kinase (CK) levels of patients hospitalized with influenza. The patient, who had a… Read More »

'I was a size 18 when I was a child. And I got bigger again' – Dublin woman 'ecstatic' after losing four stone

Vanessa Veldman Vanessa Veldman ‘I was a size 18 when I was a child. And I got bigger again’ – Dublin woman ‘ecstatic’ after losing four stone Independent.ie Dubliner Vanessa Veldman joined Weight Watchers at a starting weight of 14st 3lbs and is now 10st 3lbs. Here, she reveals how she lost four stone. https://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/i-was-a-size-18-when-i-was-a-child-and-i-got-bigger-again-dublin-woman-ecstatic-after-losing-four-stone-37677618.html… Read More »

Eat More Strawberries

Have you overlooked strawberries in your healthy food diet. If so you should pay attention to this. Strawberries earned the highest score based upon findings by the Overall Nutrition Quality Index, a measurement system developed by Yale’s Prevention Research Center. Strawberries received a score of 100 the highest possible. In addition to being loaded with… Read More »

China strengthens slaughter regulations to combat African swine fever

(This version of the January 2nd story corrects 10th paragraph to show more than 200,000 pigs culled on infected farms, not in total) BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday that slaughterhouses will need to run African swine fever virus tests for pig products before selling them to the market, in a move… Read More »