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Obese Kids 63% More Likely to Be Bullied than Average-Weight Classmates
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How Can a Doctor Choose Medications for Patients Without Data Comparing New Ones to Existing Ones? Half of the Time, They Don’t Have That
Sex Research Review: WSJ Columnist Tells You What’s What
Watch Out for Diet Used by Mother of Bride for Royal Wedding
Victims and Bullies Spend More Time with School Nurses, Study Says
Would You Spend All You Had to Buy Time If You Had Cancer? See Who Would or Wouldn’t
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How Can a Doctor Choose Medications for Patients Without Data Comparing New Ones to Existing Ones? Half of the Time, They Don’t Have That
When doctors are choosing medications for patients, this study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows that they do not have the evidence they need to make the best decisions they can for their patients’ individual needs.
Topics: News
Sex Research Review: WSJ Columnist Tells You What’s What
The newspaper’s Melinda Beck reviews a raft of new research about the health benefits of sex—what are they? How do you judge what’s healthy for you?
The Wall Street Journal
Source: Wall Street Journal, May 2, 2011
Topics: You, the Patient
Watch Out for Diet Used by Mother of Bride for Royal Wedding
One of our most reliable sources is a physicians’ website, Medpage Today. A blog post by a physician back in December, 2010, has popped up on the Most Popular list this week.
Why? Royal wedding. It seems that the bride’s mother followed a diet which is somewhat controversial—and there is one healthier one available. Other celebrities [...]
Topics: You, the Patient
Victims and Bullies Spend More Time with School Nurses, Study Says
Bullies find their behavior stressful, too, says a new study in the journal, Pediatrics. School nurses may be ideally positioned to identify both victims and bullies.
Topics: Friends & Families
Would You Spend All You Had to Buy Time If You Had Cancer? See Who Would or Wouldn’t
An important new study examined which cancer patients would spend all that they have to prolong their lives—and who would not. The study appears in the current issue of the journal, Cancer.
Topics: News
New Technology May Help Care-Givers Wash Their Hands Consistently…This Is a Big Deal
The latest dirt about hospital care-givers’ failure to….wash their hands. Also there is news about how it may be possible to clean up this scandal.
Topics: News
The Big Three Now Own the World: Heart Disease, Cancer and Diabetes Are Leading Causes of Death
The United Nations Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases is planned for this fall. The only other summit of this kind was convened to consider a global AIDS response. Heart disease, cancer and diabetes now are the leading causes of death world-wide.
Topics: News
Older Brains May Benefit As Much from Socializing as Crossword Puzzles
Have you been concerned that you aren’t great at brain games? You know, major in The New York Times crossword to protect your mental sharpness as you grow older? A new study compares these tools with socializing to see what helps brains most and how.
Topics: News
Kaiser Poll Shows Seniors Prefer Medicare Stay As It Is as Congress Searches for Budget Cuts
The message from seniors to the Congress is easy to understand. Leave my Medicare alone.
Topics: News
So, Tell Me, How Does Your Dishwasher Hurt, Doctor?
There are many bad jokes comparing doctors and plumbers. In an opinion article by Kent A. Sepkowitz, vice chairman at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, he makes the comparison himself. He hasn’t had a lot of great experiences with plumbers. He was startled to realize he did some of the same things the plumbers do when they have heard about this problem too many times before. Read this candid self-assessment from an expert at an international cancer center.
Topics: How To Speak Doctor
