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Here are some of our top hints from our blog posts of 2014 regarding exercise; and healthy eating.

This post lists the first 6 of 12 top health hints from 2014. Today the categories are women’s health and men’s health topics.

A New York based organization, the Commonwealth Fund, rated the U.S. healthcare system in last place behind 10 other industrialized nations. We explain why, and why there is some hope for the future. Also, readers comments so far on our current poll question about Brazilian doctors.

A large study published in the British Medical Journal showed that people having surgeries during the weekend had a 82% higher risk of dying within 30 days of surgery than those who were operated on a Monday. Also, later in the week was riskier. Of the weekdays, Friday was the most risky, with a 44% elevated risk.

ProcuraMed supports the lawful, non-violent protestors in Brazil who are demanding better health care, education, safe roads, good public transport, and safety in the streets. As an addendum, some background information is included regarding the issues that have incited the widespread protests.

A recently published study showed that if you want to better commit something to memory, clench your right fist for 90 second before doing the memorizing and to best try to retrieve a memory out of your brain, clench your left fist first. (Note this is for right-handed people; if you are left-handed, you would use the opposite hands).

Some personal measures we can take when we go to a club…so we exit healthy and unharmed.

Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? Maybe some related to your health like: “I will start walking more” or “I will drink less alcohol” or ”I will eat fish three times a week”. These are all reasonable goals, but are you likely to succeed? The January 1, 2013 Harvard Business Review (blog) contained a […]