American College of Lifestyle Medicine Launches Online CME “Food as Medicine: Nutrition for Treatment” Course to Fill Physician and Clinician Nutrition Knowledge Gap
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The American College of Lifestyle Medicine today announced the launch of the second installment of its new CME- and CE-accredited “Food as Medicine” online course for medical professionals to fill the gap in medical education on nutrition training. “Food as Medicine: Nutrition for Treatment and Risk Reduction” focuses on the food groups and dietary patterns science shows as efficacious for treatment and risk reduction of common lifestyle-related chronic conditions. This course equips physicians and other clinicians with the scientific evidence and resources to confidently use food as medicine with their patients and in their health systems.
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New York, May 25
Simply monitoring respiration rate and blood-oxygen saturation at home can cut the risk of death due to Covid-19, finds a study.
According to the current guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people with Covid-19 must seek medical attention when they experience overt symptoms such as trouble breathing and persistent pain or pressure in the chest indications that may be absent even when respiration and blood oxygen have reached dangerous levels, said researchers from the University of Washington in the US.
For some people with Covid-19, by the time they feel bad enough to come to the hospital, a window for early medical intervention might have passed, they noted.
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A 17-year-old boy walked into a hospital with gunshot wounds early Tuesday.
He entered Rush University Medical Center about 1:45 a.m. with gunshot wounds to his right leg and left knee, Chicago police said. The boy would not tell officers the details of the shooting.
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