Thursday, May 30, 2019

New Study Estimates Preventable Cancer Burden Linked To Poor Diet In The US

New Study Estimates Preventable Cancer Burden Linked To Poor Diet In The US.  Tufts University, Health Science Campus//Science Daily.  May 22, 2019. 

Study: 10,000 Steps Per Day Not Need For Lower Mortality Among Older Women

Among Older Women, 10,000 Steps Per Day Not Needed For Lower Mortality.  Brigham And Women's Hospital/Science Daily.  May 29, 2019. 

Blueberries And Cardiovascular Risk

Eating Blueberries Every Day Improves Heart Health.  Science Daily.  May 30, 2019. 

The World's Rivers Are Contaminated With Antibiotics, New Study Shows

The World's Rivers Are Contaminated With Antibiotics, New Study Shows by Kara Fox.  CNN.  May 27, 2019. 

Ultraprocessed Foods Associated With Cardiovascular Disease And Early Death

Ultraprocessed Foods Are Easy, Cheap And Could Be Killing You by Susan Scutti.  CNN.  May 30, 2019. 

Tech Giants Hiring Star Medical Researchers

Tech Giants Partner With Universities Like Stanford.  They're Also Hiring Away Star Medical Researchers by Rebecca Robbins.  STAT.  May 29, 2019. 

Elderhood And Ageism In Medicine

A Doctor Speaks Out About Ageism In Medicine by Judith Graham.  Kaiser Health News.  May 30, 2019. 

Workplace Burn-Out Upgraded In WHO International Classification Of Diseases

Burn-Out Is Now A legitimate Syndrome According To The WHO.  Here Are The Symptoms by Carly Cassella.  Science Alert.  May 29, 2019. 

How The Brain Shapes Pain

How The Brain Shapes Pain And Links Ouch With Emotion by Jon Hamilton.  NPR.  May 20, 2019. 

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Extreme Weather's Damage Extends To Mental Health

Extreme Weather's Damage Extends To Mental Health by Kristen Monaco.  Medpage Today.  May 21, 2019. 

Anti-Vaxxers Target Communities Battling Measles

Anti-Vaxxers Target Communities Battling Measles by Lena H. Sun And Ben Guarino.  The Washington Post.  May 20, 2019. 

At Six Weeks A Heartbeat Is Really "Fetal Pole Cardiac Activity"

'Heartbeat' Bills Get The Science Of Fetal Heartbeats All Wrong by Adam Rogers.  Wired.  May 14, 2019, 

What Does It Really Mean To Be 6 Weeks Pregnant?

What Does It Really Mean To Be 6 Weeks Pregnant?  by Christina Caron.  The New York Times.  May 18, 2019. 

Turmeric, Superfood With Anti-Inflammatory Powers, Increasingly Shows Up In The Cocktail Glass

Turmeric Takes A Star Turn In Cocktails by Robert Simonson.  The New York Times.  May 20, 2019. 

Studies Indicate American Healthcare Is Very Valuable Event At High U.S. Prices

Is Our Health Care Spending Worth It?  by Austin Frakt.  The New York Times.  May 20, 2019. 

Artificial Intelligence Could Produce More Accurate Readings Of CT Scans For Cancer

A.I. Took A Test To Detect Lung Cancer.  It Got An A by Denise Grady.  The New York Times.  May 20, 2019. 

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

How To Apologize Effectively For Medical Errors

How To Apologize Effectively For Medical Errors by Richard G. Boothman.  Healio.  Mary 14, 2019. 

Establishing Identity Of Unknown Patients

How Hospital ER Sleuths Race to Identify An Unconscious Or Dazed Jane Or John Doe by Susan Abram.  NPR.  May 7, 2019. 

What To Eat Before And After Exercise

Wondering What To Eat Before And After Exercise?  Here Are Some Suggestions by Casey Seidenberg.  The Washington Post.  May 14, 2019. 

Anti-Vax Rally Shows Movement Is Resilient

Anti-Vaccination Rallies Are Drawing Crowds--Even During The Measles Epidemic by Catherine Kim.  Vox.  May 15, 2019. 

Washington State Approves First Public Option; Work Is Just Beginning

5 Key Questions About The Country's First Public Option by Rachana Pradhan, and Dan Goldberg.  Politico.  May 14, 2019. 

Georgia Governor Postpones L.A. Visit After Abortion Law uproar

Georgia Governor Postpones L.A. Visit Amid Hollywood Clash Over Abortion Law by Nardine Saad.  Los Angeles Times.  May 14, 2019. 

Alabama Lawmakers Vote to Effectively Ban Abortion

Lawmakers Vote To Effectively Ban Abortion In Alabama by Timothy Williams And Alan Blinder.  The New York Times.  May 14, 2019. 

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Diet And Depression

Can What We Eat Affect How We Feel? by Richard Schiffman.  The New York Times.  March 28, 2019.

Georgia Governor Signs Near-Total Abortion Ban

Georgia Governor Just Signed A Near-Total Abortion Ban Into Law by Amanda Michelle Gomez.  May 7, 2019.

Can Fiber Cancel Out Calories? No But It May Help You Loose Weight

Can Fiber Cancel Out Calories?  by Monica Reinagel.  Scientific American/Quickand DirtyTips.com.  May 9, 2019.

8 Reasons To Apply To Medical School Early

8 Reasons To Apply To Medical School Early by Kathleen Franco, M.D.  US News.  May 7, 2019. 

Diabetes May Influence Cancer's Spread

Can Diabetes Influence Cancer's Spread?  by Maria Cohut.  Medical News Today.  May 8, 2019. 

The Big Data Physical: Better Health Or More Anxiety?

In This Doctor's Office, A Physical Exam Like No Other by Carl Zimmer.  The New York Times.  May 8, 2019.

Using Brain Biology Not The Clock to Treat Stroke Patients

Doctors Have More Time Than Thought To Treat Stroke Patients, Study Suggests by Jacqueline Howard.  CNN.  May 8, 2019. 

Legislator Accuses A Vaccine Scientist Of 'Sorcery'

A US Legislator Just Accused A Vaccine Scientist Of 'Sorcery' by Deanna Paul.  The Washington Post.  May 9, 2019. 

33 Percent of Women Are Dying From Pregnancy Up To A Year After They Deliver

American Women Are Dying From Pregnancy Up To A Year After They Deliver by Catherine Pearson.  Huffington Post.  May 7, 2019. 

Globally Obesity Is Increasingly An Rural Problem

Rural Areas Drive Increases In Global Obesity by Barry M. Popkin.  Nature.  May 8, 2019.