Thursday, September 26, 2019
Oceans Are In Danger
The World's Oceans Are In Danger, Major Climate Change Report Warns by Brad Plumer. The New York Times. September 26, 2019.
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Why People Gain Weight As They Get Older
Why People Gain Weight As They Get Older. Karolinska Institutet/Science Daily. September 9, 2019.
Stress Of U.S. Politics Taking Mental, Physical Toll On Americans
Stress Of U.S. Politics Taking Mental, Physical Toll On Americans by Dennis Thompson. US News. September 25, 2019.
Nursing Homes Are A Breeding Ground For Drug Resistant Germs
Nursing Homes Are A Breeding Ground For A Fatal Fungus by Matt Richter and Andrew Jacobs. The New York Times.
How Anti-Vaccine Sentiment Took Hold In The United States
How Anti-Vaccine Sentiment Took Hold In The United States by Jan Hoffman. The New York Times. September 23, 2019.
Vertebrate Population Has Lost Around 60 Percent Of Its Individual Members Since the 1970s
More Than A Quarter Of All Birds Have Disappeared From North America Since 1970 by Brian Resnick. Vox. September 2019.
AI May Equal Human Experts In Making Medical Diagnoses Based On Images
AI Equal With Human Experts In Medical Diagnosis, Study Finds by Nicola Davis. The Guardian. September 24, 2019.
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Summary: What The Trump Administration Is Doing Re Environment, Immigrants, And Health Care
The Daily 202: Ignore The Circus. Look At What Trump Is Doing To The Environment, Immigrants And Health Care by James Hohmann. The Washington Post. September 18, 2019.
Introverts In Medical School
What Introverts Should Know Before Medical School by Yoo Jung Kim. US News. September 18, 2019.
Incident In Russia Points To Need To Safeguard Pathogens
A Russian Lab Containing Smallpox And Ebola Exploded by Kelsey Piper. Vox. September 18, 2019.
1 In 16 Women Reports First Sexual Experience As Rape
'Tip Of The Iceberg'--1 In 16 Women Reports First Sexual Experience As Rape by Rhitu Chatterjee. NPR. September 16, 2019.
Risk Of Global Pandemic Is Growing; The World Is Not Ready
The Risk Of A Global Pandemic Is Growing--And the World Isn't Ready, Experts Say by Jessie Yeung. CNN. September 18, 2019.
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Medical Schools Seek Ways To Bolster Teaching About Management Of Pain
How To Teach Future Doctors About Pain In The Midst Of the Opioid Crisis by Nell Greenfieldboyce. NPR. September 11, 2019.
New Target For Cancer Treatment: Proteins Produced By Cancer Cells Seem Necessary To Their Survival
Why Aren't There Better Cancer Drugs? Scientists May Have Picked The Wrong Targets by Carl Zimmer. The New York Times. September 11, 2019.
First Comprehensive Settlement Thousands Of Opioids: Purdue Pharma
Purdue Pharma Tentatively Settles Thousands Of Opioids Cases by Jan Hoffman. The New York Times. September 11, 2019.
What You Need To Know About Vaping-Related Lung Illness
What You Need To Know About Vaping-Related Lung Illness by Matt Richtel And Denise Grady. The New York Times. September 11, 2019.
Thursday, September 5, 2019
Overweight and Out-Of Shape Service Members Pose Direct Threat To US Ability To Defend Itself
Trouble For The Pentagon: The Troops Keep Packing On The Pounds by Dave Phillips. The New York Times. September 4, 2019.
Psychological Flexibility: A Core Mental Health Asset
Psychological Flexibility: A Core Mental Health Asset by Noam Shpancer Ph.D. Psychology Today.
HHS IG: Migrant Children Received Insufficient Mental Health Care To Deal With Trauma, Violence, Separation
Watchdog Details Psychological Trauma Among Migrant Children Separated From Families by Grace Segers, Graham Kates. CBS News. September 4, 2019,
Complexity Of Medical Science And Understanding Of Socioeconomic Conditions Demand Broader Definition of Care Teamwork
Health Professionals Should Work Together On Policy by Dhruv Khullar and Dave A. Chokshi. Scientific American. September 3, 2019.
For Adults With Mental Illness, Heat Can Be Dangerous
How High Heat Can Impact Mental Health by Nora Eckert. NPR. September 4, 2019.