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Ivanhoe Insider for 3/19/2014

Medical Breakthroughs: Ivanhoe Insider

Today's News Flashes
New Evidence Questions Fatty Acid Intake Guidelines 
(Ivanhoe Newswire) - A new study from the University of Cambridge raises questions about current guidelines which limit intake of saturated fats and encourage intake of polyunsaturated fats to prevent heart disease.(More)
Many Headache Sufferers Get Unneeded Scans
(Ivanhoe Newswire) - About one in every eight doctor visits for a headache ends with the patient receiving a brain scan, despite guidelines discouraging doctors from performing the scans for headaches or migraines.(More)
Honey, a Sweet Way to Fight Antibiotic Resistance
(Ivanhoe Newswire) - A new study revealed honey could be a solution to bacterial resistance to antibiotics. Medical professionals sometimes use honey as a topical dressing, but could play a larger role in fighting infections, the researchers predicted.(More)
Parents’ Behaviors Increase Obesity Risk for Kids
(Ivanhoe Newswire) - Putting infants to bed with bottles, watching television with them, and encouraging them to finish feeding are all behaviors believed to increase a child’s risk of obesity later in life, and, according to a new survey, are also extremely prevalent parenting behaviors.(More)
NSAIDs Also Fight Bacterial Infection?
(Ivanhoe Newswire) - New research from the University of Wollongong, in Australia, reveals commonly used drugs that combat aches and pains, fever, and inflammation also have the ability to kill bacteria. These drugs, better known as NSAIDs, act on bacteria in a fundamentally different way than current antibiotics. The findings could open up new strategies for fighting drug-resistant infections and “superbugs.”(More)

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