Saturday, August 5, 2017

HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT AND KEEP IT OFF? ETERNAL DIETING VIGILANCE

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HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT AND KEEP IT OFF? ETERNAL DIETING VIGILANCE BY  DAVID BENTON   ON 8/5/17 AT 9:40 AM "Although cutting calories ca...
Saturday, July 22, 2017

"...today’s 19-year-old is as sedentary as a 60-year-old."

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Turn off the game, then get up and move "A group of economists released a paper recently suggesting t...

Democrats demand more 'nutrition education' in public schools to fight obesity

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Democrats demand more 'nutrition education' in public schools to fight obesity by  Pete Kasperowicz  |  Jul 21, 2017, 1:20 PM   ...

"...drug-related deaths among middle-aged white men increased more than 25-fold between 1980 and 2014..."

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Opioids and Obesity Driving Increased Death Rates for White Men, Not Despair "Those reports claim “despair deaths” — by suicide...

"The causative agent of Q fever, Coxiella burnetii, has the potential to be developed for use in biological warfare and it is classified as a bioterrorism threat agent by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and as a category B select agent by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)."

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Epidemics.  2017 Jun 15. pii: S1755-4365(16)30048-2. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2017.06.001. [Epub ahead of print] A human time dose response ...

Minimum Age of Sale for Tobacco Products and Electronic Cigarettes: Ethical Acceptability of US "Tobacco 21 Laws"

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Am J Public Health.  2017 Jul 20:e1-e5. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303900. [Epub ahead of print] Minimum Age of Sale for Tobacco Products and...

"Some of the advice is straight up harmful. A lot of health trends like detoxing, cleansing, cryotherapy, IV therapy, I think those things wouldn't exist but for celebrity endorsement."

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SECOND OPINION | It's war! Debunkers take on actress Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP and celebrity pseudoscience War on GOOP breaks out ...
Friday, July 21, 2017

"Even on the matter of fitness, our population has become polarized. Large numbers have surrendered to obesity, while others seem willing to suffer hugely in pursuit of uber-fitness."

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Americans polarized on exercise too "Even on the matter of fitness, our population has become polarized. Large numbers have surren...
Thursday, July 20, 2017

Readability of Wikipedia Pages on Autoimmune Disorders: Systematic Quantitative Assessment

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J Med Internet Res.  2017 Jul 18;19(7):e260. doi: 10.2196/jmir.8225. Readability of Wikipedia Pages on Autoimmune Disorders: Systematic Q...

Disenfranchised Grief and Physician Burnout

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Ann Fam Med.  2017 Jul;15(4):375-378. doi: 10.1370/afm.2074. Disenfranchised Grief and Physician  Burnout . Lathrop D 1 . Author inf...

Are people are more honest in public than in private? Interesting study results...

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PLoS One.  2017 Jul 17;12(7):e0181682. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181682. eCollection 2017. Spot on for liars! How public scrutiny influe...

The Scientific Self: Reclaiming Its Place in the History of Research Ethics

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Sci Eng Ethics.  2017 Jul 18. doi: 10.1007/s11948-017-9945-8. [Epub ahead of print] The Scientific Self: Reclaiming Its Place in the Hist...

Attn: nannystate: "...what’s the point of living if you do so without joy?"

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Can I Just Enjoy This Damn Diet Coke Without Being Health-Shamed? "Here’s a freaking #lifehack for you: Enjoy a vice or two. Sure ...

The change-makers of West Africa

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Health Res  Policy  Syst.  2017 Jul 12;15(Suppl 1):52. doi: 10.1186/s12961-017-0208-6. The change-makers of West Africa. Godt S 1 ,  Mh...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Does exercise facilitate body weight control? The answer may depend on sex

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Does exercise facilitate body weight control? The answer may depend on sex "In a study conducted in rats, graduate student Rebecca...
Monday, July 17, 2017

Artificial Sweeteners May Increase Your Risk For Obesity

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Artificial Sweeteners May Increase Your Risk For Obesity "At the same time, the combined data from 30 observational studies involv...

Sarcopenia

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Clin Geriatr Med.  2017 Aug;33(3):305-314. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2017.02.003. Epub 2017 May 13. Sarcopenia . Woo J 1 . Author informat...

Heterogeneity in the long term health effects of warfare

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Econ Hum Biol.  2017 May 26;27(Pt A):126-136. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2017.05.007. [Epub ahead of print] Heterogeneity in the long term health...
Sunday, July 16, 2017

Tim Mackey and Bryan Liang: After Amarin v FDA: What Will the Future Hold for Off-label Promotion Regulation?

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Mayo Clin Proc.  2016 Jun;91(6):701-6. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.02.024. Epub 2016 Apr 12. After Amarin v FDA: What Will the Future Hold...

"Rising concerns about obesity, particularly in western markets, have also heralded the threat of a clampdown on marketing activity by snacking and confectionery companies."

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Butterkist swallowed by Germans as KP adds popcorn to larder "Popcorn brands now market themselves as healthier alternatives to p...

O Canada: Is Canada's medical system pushing people abroad for treatment?

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Is Canada's medical system pushing people abroad for treatment? Fraser institute report claims wait times are to blame, but researc...
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Saturday, July 15, 2017

"Nussbaum's primary concern is the demoralization of medicine as it becomes increasingly monetized; patients are reduced to body parts and reimbursement schedules."

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Perspect Biol Med.  2016;59(4):576-580. doi: 10.1353/pbm.2016.0050. Virtue  Ethics  in Monetized Medicine. Frank AW . Abstract Th...

"The United States is not among the top active states, ranking somewhere near the bottom of the list."

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ACTIVITY INEQUALITY BETWEEN PEOPLE IS CORRELATED WITH HIGHER OR SMALLER OBESITY RATES "They observed the average number of daily st...

"...the public conversation for the legalisation of cannabis must include scientific evidence for its adverse effects."

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Curr Drug Abuse Rev.  2017 Jul 12. doi: 10.2174/1874473710666170712113042. [Epub ahead of print] Cannabis: an overview of its adverse acu...

Two Pastors Sue Coca-Cola For Alleged Harm to African-American Community

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Two Pastors Sue Coca-Cola For Alleged Harm to African-American Community Citing purposeful advertising “deception” that “obscures” the ...

"Physicians also worry about how they may be [paid] for a virtual visit as compared to a real life doctor patient encounter in this current era of declining salaries and increased health care costs."

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Digital Health Hope: Telemedicine and Increasing Access to Care "While many physicians embrace technology as a way to improve pa...
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