Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Millennials Are Less Healthy Than Gen X And It May be Due To Mental Illness

Millennials Are Less Healthy Than Gen X And It May Be Due To Mental Illness, Blue Cross Report Finds by Aneri Pattani.  The Inquirer.  April 24, 2019. 

Fruits, Vegetables, Fish Diet May Slash Heart Failure Risk

Plant-Based Diet Cuts Heart Failure Risk By Over 40 Percent by Ana Sandoiu.  Medical News Today.  April 23, 2019. 

Medical Training To Avoid Overtreatment

Why Do Doctors Overtreat?  For Many, It's What They're Trained to Do by Mara Gordon.  NPR.  April 19, 2019. 

3 Myths About Premed Research Opportunities

3 Myths About Premed Research Opportunities by Cassie Kosarek.  US News.  April 23, 2019. 

Highly Personalized Cancer Therapy Can Make A Difference

Cancer:  Highly Personalized Therapy Can Improve Outcomes by Maria Cohut.  Medical News Today.  April 23, 2019. 

10 Least Expensive Private Medical Schools

10 Least Expensive Private Medical Schools by Emma Kerr.  US News.  April 23, 2019. 

Measles Now A 'Global Health Crisis'

Measles Is Now A 'Global Health Crisis' With 300% Surge In Cases Worldwide by Carly Cassella.  Science Alert.  April 18, 2019. 

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

The Importance Of Resting Heart Rate

Your Life Span May Be Foretold In Your Heart Beats by Dennis Thompson. WebMD.  April 16, 2019. 

Are Vaccinations Becoming Politicized?

Republicans Reject Democratic Attempts To Tighten Vaccine Laws by Arthur Allen.  Politico.  April 16, 2019. 

Empathy As A Morally Ambiguous Capacity

Does Empathy Have A Dark Side?  by Jonathan Lambert.  NPR.  April 12, 2019. 

Diabetic Retinopathy Artificial Intelligence Diagnostic System Illustrates Issues With Medical Algorithms

How Can We Be Sure Artificial Intelligence Is Safe For Medical Use?  by Richard Harris.  NPR.  April 14, 2019. 

First Estimate For Deaths Of Teenagers Due To Dating Violence

Teen Dating Violence Can Lead To Homicide--And Girls Are The Most Common Victims by Rhitu Chatterjee.  NPR.  April 15, 2019. 

CRISPR Gene Editing Trials Begin In U.S.

First U.S. Patients Treated With CRISPR As Human Gene-Editing Trials Get Underway by Rob Stein.  NPR.  April 16, 2019. 

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

New Area Of Scientific Interest: Relationship Between Fungi and Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis

You're Covered In Fungi.  How Does That Affect Your Health?  by Kaleigh Rogers.  New York Times.  April 9, 2019. 

Hospital Secrecy Masks Outbreaks of Drug-Resistant Infections

Culture Of Secrecy Shields Hospitals With Outbreaks Of Drug-Resistant Infections by Andrew Jacobs and Matt Richtel.  New York Times.  April 8, 2019. 

Resistant Fungi Posing Threat To Health Care

A Mysterious Infection, Spanning The Globe In A Climate Of Secrecy by Matt Richtel And Andrew Jacobs.  The New York Times.  April 6, 2019. 

Seasonal Allegeries: A Model Of Health Impacts Of Climate Change

It's Not Your Imagination.  Allergy Season Gets Worse Every Years by Umair Irfan.  Vox.  April 8, 2019. 

Five To 10 Percent Of Skin Cancers Are On The Eyelid, An Area Missed by Sunscreen

You Missed A Spot! Patchy Sunscreen Application Leaves Skin Vulnerable To Cancer by Rebecca Ellis.  NPR.  April 3, 2019. 

Border Health Care: The Challenge For Volunteer Medicine

Makeshift Volunteer Clinics Struggle To Meet Medical Needs At The Border by Anna Maria Barry-Jester.  April 5, 2019. 

Violence Against Health Care Workers: A National Epidemic

Facing Escalating Workplace Violence, Hospital Employees Have Had Enough by Marlene Harris-Taylor.  NPR.  April 8, 2019. 

Sewage Could Help Public Health Officials Map Antibiotic Resistance In Cities

Scientists Look For Antibiotic-Resistant Germs In Raw Sewage by Jonathan Lambert.  NPR.  March 27, 2019. 

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Reasons Sugar Is Bad For You

5 Reasons Why Sugar Is Bad For You by Aaron Kandola.  Medical News Today.  April 2019. 

Diagnosis And Formulation; Mental Health Beyond The Brain

Mental Illness Isn't All In Your Head by Lisa Pryor.  The New York Times.  March 15, 2019. 

What Can Retirees Expect To Pay For Health-Care Costs

Health-Care Costs For Retirees Climb To $285,000 by Sarah O'Brien.  CNBC.  April 2, 2019. 

4 Questions For Better Personal Medical Decisions

4 Questions To Help You And Your Doctor Make Better Medical Decisions by Jeffrey Millstein.  Philadelphia Inquirer.  April 2, 2019. 

How Burnout In Physicians Compares To Other Degrees

How Burnout In Physicians Compares To Other Professional Degrees by Sara Berg.  American Medical Association.  March 19, 2019. 

Three Year Medical School?

Med School In 3 Years:  Is This The Future Of Medical Education?  by Stacy Weiner.  AAMC News.  March 29, 2019. 

Burnout Is Everywhere

From Moms To Medial Doctors, Burnout Is Everywhere These Days by Jenny Rough.  The Washington Post.  March 30, 2019.