Health Exercising intensely for a few minutes could offer the same health benefits as working out at a moderate pace for a longer period of time, according to research. The theory centers around how different forms of exercise affect our mitochondria. Commonly referred to as the powerhouse of our cells, mitochondria are in charge of transforming what we eat into fuel. Evidence suggests just one workout could boost our mitochondria: helping the body to create more of these powerhouses and keep the existing ones working correctly. This, in turn, is believed to play a role in preventing chronic disease. In a small study published in the Journal of American Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, researchers at Victoria University, Australia, recruited eight participants. They hypothesized that an individual's mitochondria can reap the same benefits as slogging at the treadmill for half an hour by committing to short bursts of … [Read more...] about Two Minutes of High-intensity Exercise Provides Same Benefit As 30-minute Moderate Workout
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What It’s Like To Work At A Suicide Prevention Hotline
IMPACT 09/21/2018 05:45 am ET "We don't read from scripts. It's all off the cuff. Speak from your heart." By Madeline Faber This story is a collaboration between HuffPost and High Ground News. Karen Crouch’s son never told her that he was contemplating suicide. “He never said that he felt like he was losing a grip. I could hear it in his voice,” she remembers. He was diagnosed with brain cancer at 15 and went through treatment immediately. But when he turned 21, the seizures — a symptom of his cancer — began resurfacing. They got worse when he drank. “He would call in the middle of the night and tell me after he’d been drinking about how he felt like a failure and like he let me down.” At the same time, Crouch was battling breast cancer. One day in December 2007, while Crouch was in the emergency room, she tried calling her son but go no answer. She dispatched a family member to check on him — they phoned later … [Read more...] about What It’s Like To Work At A Suicide Prevention Hotline
Free event in Downham Market to teach you how to save a life
PUBLISHED: 10:27 21 September 2018 | UPDATED: 10:28 21 September 2018 Emily Prince Practising CPR. Picture: St John Ambulance Archant The Norfolk Accident Rescue Service (NARS) and the Community Heartbeat Trust (CHT) are hosting a bystander CPR event at the old fire station in Downham Market until Sunday. It aims to help members of the public to recognise when a person is in cardiac arrest, to educate people about the immediate actions they need to take and to teach them how to do effective chest compressions and use a defibrillator.NARS chairman, critical care paramedic Chris Neil said: “Too often we rush to a cardiac arrest, only to find that the patient has been placed in the recovery position, no CPR or defibrillation. We can bring a great deal of advanced care to the scene, but it’s vital that the people with the patient, do the right things in those vital minutes while the emergency services are on their way. It makes such a difference to … [Read more...] about Free event in Downham Market to teach you how to save a life
Patient group takes the pressure off surgery with monitor gift
Cromer Patient Participation Group member Shay Nash tries to the new blood pressure monitor watched by, from left, chairman Liz Hewett, practice manager Andy Snelling and fundraiser David Witham. Picture: SUPPLIED BY THE PPG Archant Do-it-yourself blood pressure checks can be done at Cromer’s new GP surgery thanks to the fundraising efforts of a patients’ group. The £1,000 machine in the main waiting room has been bought by the practice’s Patient Participation Group (PPG) through events ranging from a dinner to a cake sale, and boosted by a £500 grant from Overstrand Parish Council.It will enable patients to measure their blood pressure by putting their arm in a sleeve and get a print out of results, to gauge against a chart of target readings – taking pressure off nursing staff who also do the checks.The machine is the first donation by a new fundraising committee of the patients’ group led by David Witham. It now aims to raise another … [Read more...] about Patient group takes the pressure off surgery with monitor gift
Judge sides with transgender workers in insurance fight
(CNN)A Wisconsin federal judge ruled in favor of two transgender women who challenged the state's insurance ban on coverage for gender-affirming care. US District Judge William Conley said in his order that the exclusion in state employee insurance plans violates federal anti-discrimination laws. According to their lawsuit, University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student Alina Boyden and University of Wisconsin Medical School researcher Shannon Andrews suffer from gender dysphoria -- the diagnostic term for the distress a person feels when their gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. The women -- both state employees -- sued Wisconsin's insurance board and employee trust after they were denied coverage for treatment their physicians deem medically necessary, according to court documents. The insurance fight for gender-affirming healthcare In its defense, the state relied on a benefits exclusion for "procedures, services, and supplies related to … [Read more...] about Judge sides with transgender workers in insurance fight