HEALTHWATCH: Gaming Disorder – Mental and Physical Consequences
By Dr. Angela Mattke, Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester Gaming disorder goes beyond having a passion for video games. It’s a pattern of [Read more]
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HEALTHWATCH: Raisins and Dental Health
By Michael Greger M.D. FACLM “Raisins have a long-standing reputation as a food that promotes dental caries (cavities),” based on decades-old studies on rats that ranked [Read more]
HEALTH WATCH: Blending fruit scores over juicing
By Katherine Zeratsky, Mayo Clinic dietician Juicing — extracting the juice from fresh fruits and vegetables — can be a good way to add nutrients to your diet. If you [Read more]
HEALTHWATCH: Fighting the common cold and coughs
Coughs and colds are again doing the rounds in Panama and there is some timely advice from across the pond published in The Week. New guidance from UK health officials says [Read more]
Panama approves use of blood cancer drug
The approval of in Panama of the use of a drug to treat a type of blood cancer affecting some 400 patients could have a positive effect on their lives. It us estimates that [Read more]
Health Ministry Valsartan alert
The Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) has warned Panama’s Ministry of Health (MINSA) that the products containing the active ingredient of, [Read more]
HEALTHWATCH: Diet can overcome Alzheimer’s gene
By Michael Greger M.D. FACLM. Back in the 1990s, a major susceptibility gene was discovered for Alzheimer’s, called ApoE4. If we have one ApoE4 gene, either from our mom or [Read more]
Cereal recall follows samonella alert
Panama’s Food Safety Authority (AUPSA) has ordered the immediate removal of Kellogg Honey Smacks 15.3 oz packs from retail shelves. The move follows an alert [Read more]
Swiss Foundation brings gift of hearing to 7 needy Panama kids
Two Foundations Swiss and Panamanian. are teaming to bring the gift of hearing to needy children in Panama and creating lasting memories for all the volunteers involved and [Read more]
HEALTH WATCH: Forget red vs white
By Michael Greger M.D. FACLM If one searches the Internet for anti-aging interventions, a vast array of techniques are offered, from starvation regimes to dietary supplements [Read more]