Health

Linked media - Linked media La Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico (OCDE) se suma al club de organizaciones que vaticinan que este año la economía española dará un buen ejemplo. Ante un aumento del Producto Interior Bruto (PIB) —que regresará 1,8% en 2024—, menos inflación y también una reducción del discurso. Sin embargo, la previsión de juventud publicada también contiene un pequeño catálogo de recomendaciones para que el país se sume al mandato de crecimiento sostenible y cumpla las nuevas reglas fiscales europeas. La institución multilateral con sede en París muestra su preocupación por el elevado nivel de consumo público en España, aunque destaca el trabajo realizado en los últimos años para contener el déficit. “La relación pública del PIB es alta y el ga...

Connected media - Connected media ¿Has oído hablar del ayuno intermitente, pero no sabes para qué sirve ni cómo realizarlo? En líneas generales, consiste en no consumir alimentos sólidos durante al menos 12 horas, dando lugar a una serie de efectos positivos. Además, no se trata de un tipo de dieta para adelgazar, sino una estrategia. En este sentido, la dietista Laura Sánchez Anguita, del servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición del Hospital Universitario La Luz, aclara que «podemos decir que es un protocolo que utilizamos como herramienta». En este artículo te explicamos para qué sirve, a quién se desaconseja, y cómo realizarlo. Qué pasa en el cuerpo cuando haces ayuno intermitente El ayuno se caracteriza por estar 12 horas o más sin ingerir alimentos sólidos que proporcionen nutrien...

Connected media - Linked media The Sugar Association, a trade group, said it supported limiting added sugars in a weekly menu but called applying limits to individual products like flavored dairy products “arbitrary.” The group also warned that the new standards might lead to increased use of artificial sweeteners, which is not addressed but could have its own health ramifications. Schools will need to reduce sodium in lunches by 15 percent from current levels and in breakfasts by 10 percent by the 2027-28 academic year. This was scaled back from a proposed reduction of 30 percent by the 2029-30 school year. Mr. Vilsack said the Agriculture Department was unable to more meaningfully cut salt because it was essentially handcuffed by a policy rider in a spending package Congress approv...

Related media - Associated media When she focused on the bequest, she realized immediately what she wanted to do, she recalled. “I wanted to fund students at Einstein so that they would receive free tuition,” she said. There was enough money to do that in perpetuity, she said. Over the years, she had interviewed dozens of prospective Einstein medical students. Tuition is more than $59,000 a year, and many graduated with crushing medical school debt. According to the school, nearly 50 percent of its students owed more than $200,000 after graduating. At most other New York City medical schools, less than 25 percent of new doctors owed that much. Almost half of Einstein’s first-year medical students are New Yorkers, and nearly 60 percent are women. About 48 percent of current medical st...

Related media - Related media “What we really need is an evolving, specialized recycling infrastructure alongside the big five — paper, glass, plastic, metal and cardboard,” said Mitch Ratcliffe, publisher of the website Earth911. “That conversation is really picking up steam in some particular categories, but not in medical equipment at all.” A few designers and companies are exploring alternatives that are more reusable or safer for the environment. Inhalers The inhalers that many people use for treatment of asthma or other respiratory ailments contain potentially recyclable materials. But those with leftover medication or propellants may also be hazardous if incinerated or compacted. The steel or aluminum canisters containing the medication should generally be returned to a pharma...