by Jason King

To successfully burn unwanted fat from your body the first phase is to get your food combinations correct. Without a carefully planned diet you won’t be able to burn fat even with a good exercise program. 10 minutes extra cardio later on in the day doesn’t work, and you will end up getting fatter.

You need energy to exercise when you’re burning fat from your body. A diet that has gotten a lot of media Read more »

I’ve always wondered how much more staff would be needed to compensate for restricting resident work-hours and mandating naps.

The NEJM provides the answer in their perspective piece on the issue.

Two researchers how studied that exact question, using models based on various work-hour restriction scenarios. They found that “nationally the health care system would need to create and fill new full-time–equivalent positions Read more »

New postgraduate training opportunities will be provided to GPs as part of England’s national dementia strategy, Mr Hope told the Daily Mail.

‘We want to see every GP trained to recognise the symptoms of early dementia and patients referred to specialist services in every area where they would get a proper diagnosis,’ he said.

Funding will also be provided for memory clinics, where treatment and support Read more »

Although the number of female cardiologists have doubled over the past decade, women still represent less than 20 percent of the specialty.

The study (via MedPage Today) draws the ire of cardiologist Dr. Wes, who asks, “does the fact that the field of cardiology (especially interventional cardiology) requires exposure to xrays mean the field of cardiology is discriminatory against women?”

He wonders if the emergencies inherent Read more »