Your Health Matters

There is yet another valuable use for organic coconut oil. From slathering your baby’s bottom to cooking up some fabulous-tasting eggs, coconut oil is making its way to the top of the charts. How about putting some in your morning cup of “joe”? (via Coconut Oil in Your Morning Coffee? Absolutely - The Alternative Daily)

(via Are These The 50 Healthiest Foods In The World? (PICTURES))

Blueberries

While all berries provide healthful antioxidants, vitamins, fiber and phytochemicals, studies show that blueberries have a particular and unique health benefit. 

“Among the fruits with the highest level of antioxidants, blueberries have been linked to lowering cholesterol, reducing diabetes risk, slowing the aging process, improving motor skills and supporting urinary and vision health,” says Fitzgerald. “The compound, anthocynanin, gives blueberries their color and may be the main component of its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.”

70% of women with symptoms of uncomplicated urinary tract infections who did not use antibiotics for a week were cured or showed improvement. (via Overcoming Infections Without Antibiotics)

Only twelve minutes of exercise each week is enough to stay fit, according to a new study in PLOS One. (via 12 Minutes Of Exercise A Week Could Be Enough To Stay Fit)

Researchers from UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center report that a new drug in preliminary tests has shown promising results with very manageable side effects for treating patients with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. (via New cancer drug shows promise for treating advanced melanoma / UCLA Newsroom)

Good posture is the quickest, easiest way to look better – and several pounds thinner – in your favorite bikini. (via Bikini Body Pictures: Workout, Diet, & Beauty Tips for Swimsuit Season)

If you feel your “rear view” needs a makeover, the right fitness routine can help give you a lift. (via Butt Exercises Slideshow: Workout Techniques for Slim and Shapely Glutes)

Hundreds of GPs will have to spend more money on improving the quality of their premises and infection control at their practices in order to avoid closure, the CQC has revealed as it released figures that showed a fifth were non-compliant with at least one of its standards. (via Hundreds of GPs fail on CQC premises standards | News Article | Pulse Today)

On 30 April 2013 the Department of Health, Public Health England and NHS England announced in a joint ‘tripartite’ letter some important changes to the national immunisation programme to be introduced over the course of 2013-14, and in particular, details of a rotavirus vaccination programme for babies at two and three months. (via Health Protection Report | News | 12 April 2013)

Exclusive: At least 22 possible serious untoward incidents relating to NHS 111 have been reported since the soft launch of the service, including three incidents where a patient died, Pulse has learned. (via 22 NHS 111 serious untoward incidents reported, including three deaths | News Article | Pulse Today)