Category: Guidelines

While the global market for probiotics is projected to grow significantly, official guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) adopts a cautious, evidence-based approach that often doesn't recommend their routine use.

The UK Chief Medical Officers recommend that men and women should not regularly drink more than 14 units of alcohol per week to keep health risks low. So, what is 14 units of alcohol in spirits and how does this convert to the drinks you pour at home or order at a bar?

In critical care medicine, the once-standard practice of delaying enteral nutrition (EN) until the return of audible bowel sounds has been decisively overturned. Modern guidelines, including those from ASPEN and other critical care organizations, now recommend early EN initiation based on hemodynamic stability, shifting away from this unreliable indicator.