An ambulance service has spent £400,000 on three vehicles designed to transport obese patients weighing up to 50 stones. The bariatric ambulances and specialist equipment, which will be based at Worthing Ambulance Station in West Sussex, and Paddock Wood in Chertsey, Surrey, will come into service at the end of next month, a spokesman for [...]
Archives: 25 February 2012
February 25, 2012
February 25, 2012
Scientists discover likely new trigger for epidemic of metabolic syndrome
ScienceDaily (Feb. 22, 2012) UC Davis scientists have uncovered a key suspect in the destructive inflammation that underlies heart disease and diabetes. The new research shows elevated levels of a receptor present on leucocytes of the innate immune response in people at risk for these chronic diseases. The receptors are the body’s first line [...]
February 25, 2012
Dieting Can Prove Dangerous for Kidney Disease Patients
FRIDAY, Feb. 24 (HealthDay News) — Overweight or obese people with chronic kidney disease may suffer further kidney damage if they use certain weight-loss methods, a new study warns. Cleveland Clinic researchers analyzed the eating and lifestyle habits of nearly 11,000 overweight or obese adults who took part in the U.S. National Health and Nutrition [...]
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