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Supplements have no health benefits, eat real food: Top UK scientist

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Ditch those health supplements as they have no health benefits, and are simply a money-making scheme by drug companies, according to a top UK scientist. Professor Tim Spector, a genetic epidemiology expert at King’s College London, said people should instead eat ‘real food’, Daily Mail reported.

Ditch those health supplements as they have no health benefits , and are simply a money-making scheme by drug companies, according to a top UK scientist.

Professor Tim Spector , a genetic epidemiology expert at King’s College London, said people should instead eat ‘real food’, Daily Mail reported.

He also vouched for a predominantly plant-based diet with minimal, if any, ultra processed food. Spector said a majority of the supplements are made in Chinese factories and research has shown that they do not work at all.

“These supplements are driven by the same companies… they’re going to be the new future giant food companies,” Spector was quoted as saying.

“Their budgets are massive. They’re not these artisan little people in the back of a shed in Somerset making a superb organic supplement. They’re all made in massive factories in China and you have no control [over] what it is – and 99 per cent of them have been shown not to work at all.

“So we’re total mugs paying all that money for supplements when we should be spending it on real food,” the scientist said.

He added that the only supplement with any benefit is B12 for vegans who are not eating as many iron-rich foods as they should.

Spector said while it is “impossible to do away with all the unhealthy foods completely”, people must be educated on how to identify them.

He said real food “could massively increase the life expectancy of the poor and our health span”.

Spector also said that switching to a plant-based diet will prove beneficial for the planet, claiming that giving up meat is more effective than not driving and not taking flights for holidays abroad, the report said.

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Centre doesn’t discriminate between states on fund disbursal, says Health Minister Mandaviya

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Mandaviya said the Centre is encouraging the states, including Bengal, to use funds in health infrastructure projects and schemes and use the funds sent by the Centre.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said the Centre doesn’t discriminate between the states when fund disbursal is concerned. His comments came amid continuous allegations by the Trinamool Congress government about non-disbursal of funds under several central schemes.

Mandaviya said the Centre is encouraging the states, including Bengal , to use funds in health infrastructure projects and schemes and use the funds sent by the Centre.

“We are continuously encouraging the states to utilize the funds disbursed by the Centre. We have told the states to enhance the health infrastructure and focus on the National Health Mission ,” the Union Health Minister said.

Mandaviya said that the Union Health Minister has also urged the Bengal government to participate in Ayushman Bharat . “The Bengal government has not taken the scheme here,” Mandaviya said.

“We are also giving approval to various medical colleges if there is proper infrastructure, 300 beds plus patient facilities and opportunities,” the minister said.

The Union Health Minister was in Kolkata to speak about the achievements and performance of the Modi government in the last nine years.

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Vijayakanth Health – விஜயகாந்த்தை மீட்க இதுதான் ஒரே வழி.. ஐடியா சொல்லும் இயக்குநர்

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சென்னை: Vijayakanth Health (விஜயகாந்த் உடல்நிலை) விஜயகாந்த் உடல்நிலை இப்படி போனதற்கு குற்ற உணர்ச்சிதான் ஒரே காரணம் என பிரபல இயக்குநர் பிரவீன் காந்தி கூறியிருக்கிறார்.

ரஜினி, கமல் ஹாசன் உச்சத்தில் இருந்தபோது தனது கொடியையும் பறக்கவிட்டவர் விஜயகாந்த். கறுத்த உருவம், சாமானிய குரல் என விஜயகாந்த் தங்களில் ஒருவர் போல் இருந்ததால் அவருக்கு ரசிகர்கள் கூடினர். இதனால் ரஜினிகாந்த், கமல் ஹாசன், விஜயகாந்த் என்ற நிலை தமிழ் சினிமாவில் இருந்தது.

அரசியலிலும் மாஸ் காட்டிய விஜயகாந்த்

விஜயகாந்த் எதற்கும் அஞ்சாதவர் என்ற பெயர் எடுத்தவர். அதேபோல் அவரும், அவர்து நண்பர் ராவுத்தரும் இணைந்து பலருக்கு உதவி செய்திருக்கின்றனர். இயற்கையிலேயே அஞ்சாமை குணம் கொண்ட விஜயகாந்த் கருணாநிதி, ஜெயலலிதா ஆகிய இருவருமே அரசியலில் பயங்கர ஆக்டிவ்வாக இருந்தபோது கட்சி ஆரம்பித்தவர். அதேபோல், தமிழ்நாட்டின் எதிர்க்கட்சி தலைவராகவும் இருந்தவர். ஆனால் இப்போது உடல//p>

விஜயகாந்த்தின் இந்த நிலைக்கு யார் காரணம்?

விஜயகாந்த் விரைவில் குணமடைந்து மீண்டும் ஆக்டிவ்வாக மாற வேண்டும் என பலர் கூறிவருகின்றனர். இந்நிலையில் பிரபல இயக்குநர் பிரவீன் காந்தி விஜயகாந்த்தின் உடல்நிலை இப்படி ஆனதற்கான புதிய காரணத்தை கூறியிருக்கிறார். அவர் அளித்த பேட்டி ஒன்றில், “விஜயகாந்த்தின் நெருங்கிய நண்பர் இப்ராஹிம் ராவுத்தர் 2015ஆம் ஆண்டு உயிரிழந்தார். அந்த மரணம்தான் விஜயகாந்த்தை இப்படி மாற்றிவிட்டது.

அவர்கள் இருவரும் நட்புக்கு உதாரணம்

இப்ராஹிம் ராவுத்தர் உயிரோடு இருக்கும்வரை விஜயகாந்த் நல்ல ஆக்டிவ்வாக இருந்தார். ஆளுமை நிறைந்த தலைவராகவும், நடிகராகவும் திகழ்ந்தார்.. பணியாளர்களை பணியாளர்கள் என்று பார்க்கமாட்டார். அவருக்கு எல்லோருமே சமம். குழந்தைபோல்தான் விஜயகாந்த் விளையாடுவார். இப்ராஹிம் ராவுத்தரும், விஜயகாந்த்தும்தான் நட்புக்கு மிகச்சிறந்த உதாரணமாக திகழ்ந்தவர்கள்.

ராவுத்தர் உடலை பார்த்து உடைந்துபோய்விட்டார்

இப்ராஹிம் ராவுத்தர் உயிரிழந்ததும் அவரது உடல் வடபழனியில் வைக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது. அஞ்சலி செலுத்திவிட்டு அங்கே நின்றிருந்தேன். அப்போது அங்கு வந்த விஜயகாந்த் ராவுத்தரின் உடலை பார்த்ததும் உடைந்துபோய்விட்டார். தனக்காக வாழ்க்கையை தியாகம் செய்த ராவுத்தரின் மரணத்தை விஜயகாந்த்தால் நம்பமுடியவில்லை. அதிலிருந்துதான் அவர் குழம்பிப்போனார்.

குற்ற உணர்ச்சிதான் காரணம்

ராவுத்தரின் கடைசி காலகட்டத்தில் அவருடன் நாம் இல்லாமல் போய்விட்டோமே. ஒருவேளை கூடவே இருந்திருந்தால் காப்பாற்றியிருக்கலாமோ என்ற குற்ற உணர்ச்சிக்குள் விஜயகாந்த் சென்றுவிட்டார். அந்த குற்ற உணர்ச்சிதான் விஜயகாந்த்தை நிலைகுலைய ச

விஜயகாந்த்தை மீட்பதற்கு இருக்கும் ஒரே வழி ராவுத்தர் மாதிரி ஒருவரை கொண்டு வந்து அவர் இறக்கவில்லை உயிரோடுதான் இருக்கிறார் என விஜயகாந்த்தை நம்ப வைக்க வேண்டும். இதை வெளிநாடுகளில் மனோதத்துவ சிகிச்சையாகவே செய்கிறார்கள்” என்றார்.

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Vijayakanth was very active till Ibrahim Rowtar was alive. He was a leader full of personality and an actor.. He did not see employees as employees. Everyone is equal to him. Vijayakanth plays like a child. Ibrahim Rowthar and Vijayakanth are the best examples of friendship.

Story first published: Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 14:53 [IST]
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Eschewing Ideology, A Health Policy Group Celebrates Storytelling That Sparks Change

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When Nancy Chockley became founding executive director of a new health policy non-profit, one of her first actions was establishing a set of awards to spotlight storytellers – journalists and researchers ­– whose work pointed the way towards health system change.

Nearly three decades later, the award categories, prize money and prestige have all grown, while the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) annual awards dinner has become a rare example of a bipartisan Washington event where individuals with very different viewpoints and jobs mix amicably and actually listen.

“It’s meant to bring together smart people doing quality work with different perspectives and different areas of expertise,” said Chockley in an interview. “I want NIHCM to be a positive force.”

To achieve that goal, NIHCM’s consistent focus has been evidence, not ideology. A quote on the NIHCM website from Bob Kocher, a prominent venture capitalist and a former senior adviser to President Obama, characterizes the organization’s place in the policy ecosystem.

“They’re not a lobbyist, they’re not an association, they’re not a partisan institution and they’re trusted,” Kocher says.

As someone who’s been involved in both journalism and research, and as a longtime judge for NIHCM’s digital media category, I can attest to NIHCM’s unique process.

First, to keep the quality of entries high, NIHCM staff regularly pores over articles that could become entries and then reaches out to tell the authors about the NIHCM contest. Over the years those efforts have paid off. This past year there were almost 500 entries in five categories.

“The award is generally well known,” David Cutler, the lead author of this year’s Research Award, told me in response to an emailed question.

“I consider it quite prestigious,” added Cutler, a Harvard economics professor whose numerous health policy accomplishments render him eminently qualified to evaluate prestige.

Second, the judges are a diverse and independent group of experts, which sends an important signal to would-be entrants. Moreover, although NIHCM was founded by leaders of a group of progressive Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, a consistent criterion is well-researched, compelling work that sparks discussion and influences “health care policy” – not “health insurance policy” or some thinly disguised agenda.

Fred Schulte of KFF Health News , known as one of the country’s top investigative reporters, is a three-time NIHCM award winner who’s also been a judge in the trade and general circulation categories. In response to my questions, he related the same kind of experience I’ve had as a “screener” in my award category.

“The competition just to make the list of 10 finalists is brutal,” Schulte wrote. “There has been some phenomenal, groundbreaking work.”

Finally, NIHCM recognizes outstanding achievement with both Lucite and lucre. In addition to plaques, there’s a $15,000 prize in trade journalism and a $20,000 prize in each of the other categories, which typically involve multiple team members. Separately, NIHCM also gives $1 million in grants to journalists and researchers annually.

“We’re trying to help people see the full picture of health care,” says Chockley, “to tell the personal stories and also get the research.”

A listing of 2023 winners with links to the winning entries can be found on the NIHCM website. As with great fiction, superb nonfiction storytelling is not necessarily accompanied by an immediately comprehensible title. This year’s “Thank You for a Title I Can Understand” prize goes to the Digital Media Award winner, “Diagnosis: Debt.” With dazzling digital savvy, this 10-part series, a collaboration among KFF Health News, NPR and CBS News, spotlighted the suffering and sacrifices of the startling 100 million Americans struggling with (yes) medical debt.

Meanwhile, the “I Have No Clue What This Title Means” Award goes, of course, to the winning Research Award. In a paper entitled “A Satellite Account for Health in the United States” and published in the American Economic Review , the authors lay out an accounting framework to answer a crucial question: whether the nation’s steady increase in health spending is yielding concomitant gains in health. The judges called it “a brilliant breakthrough.”

Other NIHCM winners that relate extraordinary stories but have titles that require engaging with their work to understand, include:

  • “Blots on a Field,” by Science magazine, winner of the Trade Award. This a shocking, in-depth investigation of possible fraud in a key area of Alzheimer’s research that has led medical investigators down a wrong path for 20 years.
  • “Youth in Transition,” winner of the General Circulation Award. This four-part Reuters series explored the sensitive issue of gender-affirming medical care for children in a respectful, balanced way that combined personal stories and reviews of the scientific literature.
  • “Aftershock,” winner of the Television and Radio Award. This documentary produced by the Onyx Collective, ABC News Studio and Hulu combined scientific evidence with emotionally powerful personal stories to highlight the ripple effects of the shockingly high level of maternal mortality among Black women.

A recent article in The Economist related how ChatGPT could be used to assess the newsworthiness of research papers and how artificial intelligence as a whole might be deployed to change the very nature of journalism. In that context, NIHCM is decidedly old-fashioned.

“NIHCM awards are meant to reward not the most clicks, but the deepest thinking and the best-researched articles,” Chockley says.

The Best CES 2020 Gadgets to Look After Your Health | Digital Trends

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This story is part of our continuing coverage of CES 2020 , including tech and gadgets from the showroom floor.

There are a lot of wild claims and gadgets of dubious usefulness flying around Las Vegas right now, but CES 2020 is also home to some seriously innovative health and wellness technology that’s aiming to change our world for the better. The best health gadgets help people cope with difficult conditions, alleviate pain, and smooth off some of the hard edges of daily life. These are the ones that have caught our eye so far this year.

The products in this article were selected by our editors as standouts in the health gadgets category at CES 2020. Check out our Top Tech of CES Awards, which award our favorite products in over ten categories, to see all the hottest gear.

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Withings ScanWatch

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We’re big fans of Withings and its range of hybrid smartwatches that offer long battery life, combined with heart rate tracking and smartphone notifications, all wrapped up in a stylish package on the wrist. With the ScanWatch, Withings has increased the size of the PMOLED screen, but more importantly for your health, it has added an SpO2 sensor to measure oxygen in the blood. This means it can potentially detect sleep apnea — a condition that up to 80% of sufferers are unaware they have — and warn them that they should see a doctor for further tests.

There’s also support for heart rate tracking, with three electrodes capable of giving you an electrocardiogram and potentially detecting irregular heartbeat issues or atrial fibrillation. The Withings ScanWatch comes in two sizes: A 38mm version at $250 and a 42mm version at $300. It will go on sale in the next few months.

Lexilife Reading Lamp for dyslexia

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Dyslexia is something of a mystery in that we’re not precisely sure what the cause is and it’s notoriously difficult to diagnose. Some French researchers have suggested that sufferers have two dominant eyes, so images of letters appear correctly but also as a mirror image simultaneously, which can make it hard to read. The Lexilife lamp has been designed with this supposition in mind and it employs powerful LEDs that pulse at an adjustable rate.

Sufferers can tweak a dial on the back of the lamp to find the right frequency of flicker for them to be able to comfortably read. The Lexilife could also potentially be used to help diagnose dyslexia. It’s currently running through the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval process, but it’s likely to be quite expensive when it releases, at around $550.

Aktiia cuffless blood pressure monitor

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One in three adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure, and it can be a challenge getting them to monitor it properly. Doctors need to know what a patient’s blood pressure is around the clock, instead of getting a single snapshot at a certain time, because blood pressure naturally varies throughout the day. Aktiia has employed off-the-shelf hardware to create an unobtrusive wearable that can monitor your blood pressure on the hour, 24/7, without the need for a cuff or any action on the part of the wearer. Impressively, it’s not far off in terms of accuracy from an invasive radial arterial line.

This technology has the potential to improve many lives and because it uses off-the-shelf hardware, it could be integrated with fitness trackers and smartwatches in the future. For now Aktiia plans to release a wearable without a screen, so there’s nothing to distract wearers or enable them to monitor the results, which can cause undue worry. Designed after consultation with doctors, the Aktiia is currently working its way through the FDA approval process. There’s no price or release date yet.

Tivic Health ClearUp for sinus pain relief

Sinus pain is common. Sadly, there’s a lot that can go wrong with your nose, and inflammation caused by allergies impacts many lives. Long-term sufferers of sinus pain tend to be headache veterans, and the usual remedies include strong painkillers, steam treatments, and saline sprays, the effectiveness of which is often lacking. Tivic Health has developed a completely noninvasive device that treats your sinus pain by disrupting the pain signals being sent to your brain.

To use Tivic’s ClearUp device, you simply hold it against your cheekbone for a few seconds and then move it a little and wait again, working your way around your eye from your nose up to your eyebrow. The device emits a microcurrent, which you’ll barely feel, and it vibrates to let you know when to move on to the next spot. The science behind electrical stimulation of nerves to reduce the sensory perception of pain is well-established, and the ClearUp offers temporary relief for most people. It costs $150, but you can try it out and return it within 30 days if you decide it’s not helping you.

NovaSight’s CureSight for lazy eye

Ambylopia, or lazy eye, is a problem that often develops in early childhood when one eye is relied upon over the other. This creates a negative feedback loop where the weaker eye doesn’t develop and the stronger eye is strained, which can even lead to vision loss. Usually, kids have to wear an eyepatch over the stronger eye to combat ambylopia, but that’s an uncomfortable and undesirable solution for everyone.

NovaSight has developed something called CureSight , which requires lazy eye sufferers to wear special glasses while they watch content on a custom NovaSight tablet capable of tracking the eyes and blurring the position that the stronger eye is focused on to force the brain to bring the weaker eye into service. Since kids can watch Netflix, Amazon Prime, or the Disney Channel while the course of treatment runs, they’re more likely to complete it without complaint. Within three to four months, the ambylopia can be completely cured. CureSight will launch in Europe within the next few months and is coming to the U.S. later in the year.

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