Sunday, January 28, 2018

"Among the world’s 20 most populous countries, the highest proportional rates of adult obesity can be found in the United States (36%), Turkey and Egypt (32% each), Mexico (29%) and Iran (26%)."

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US Obesity in Global Perspective What is the U.S. share of the global problem compared to overall population share? "Among the wo...

Artificial Intelligence, Physiological Genomics, and Precision Medicine

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Physiol Genomics.  2018 Jan 26. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00119.2017. [Epub ahead of print] Artificial Intelligence, Physiological Gen...
Saturday, January 27, 2018

Chicago - Call On Me

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Chicago - Call On Me  

Study links poor sleep to childhood obesity

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Study links poor sleep to childhood obesity "Today, many children are not getting enough sleep," he said in a news relea...

Saturday Night Economics

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ROUND ONE ROUND TWO

"What is the emptiness of the midlife crisis if not the unqualified emptiness in which one sees no value in anything? What was wrong with my life?"

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How Schopenhauer’s thought can illuminate a midlife crisis "I am not alone. Perhaps you have felt, too, an emptiness in the pursu...

5 late-night activities that you can do instead of mid-night snacking

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5 late-night activities that you can do instead of mid-night snacking 5. Read a book One of the most popular ways to end the day is ...

Weight loss improves pain throughout the body

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Weight loss improves pain throughout the body "Andrew Schrepf is a research investigator at Michigan Medicine's Chronic Pai...

Analysis of Fusion Genes by NanoString System: A Role in Lung Cytology?

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Greta Alì ,  Rossella Bruno ,  Mauro Savino ,  Riccardo Giannini ,  Serena Pelliccioni ,  Maura Menghi ,  Laura Boldrini ,  Agnese Proietti...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Taxing the World Out of Obesity

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Taxing the World Out of Obesity Taxes on sugary beverages have become a popular approach for countries looking to reduce overweight and...

Get ready, some medical experts are predicting the worst flu season in history. But in 1918...

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Get ready, some medical experts are predicting the worst flu season in history Medical experts are bracing for one of the worst flu se...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

"Parents and children are more likely to have overweight or obesity if they live in a county with a higher rate of obesity..."

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Obesity may involve ‘social contagion’ component Parents and children are more likely to have overweight or obesity if they live in a co...

On the Relationship between Medical Ethics and the Law

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Med Law Rev.  2018 Jan 17. doi: 10.1093/medlaw/fwx064. [Epub ahead of print] On the Relationship between Medical Ethics and the Law. Br...

Opera? Opera's boring

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Opera?   Opera's boring

Go West - What You Won't Do For Love. Best version, IMHO

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Go West - What You Won't Do For Love

Does Volk v DeMeerleer Conflict with the AMA Code of Medical Ethics on Breaching Patient Confidentiality to Protect Third Parties?

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AMA J Ethics.  2018 Jan 1;20(1):10-18. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.1.peer2-1801. Does Volk v DeMeerleer Conflict with the AMA Co...

Never gets old: King Harvest's Dancing in the Moonlight

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Dancing in the Moonlight

Updated Molecular Testing Guideline for the Selection of Lung Cancer Patients for Treatment With Targeted Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: Guideline From the College of American Pathologists, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, and the Association for Molecular Pathology

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Neal I. Lindeman ,  Philip T. Cagle ,  Dara L. Aisner ,  Maria E. Arcila ,  Mary Beth Beasley ,  Eric Bernicker ,  Carol Colasacco ,  Sanja...
Monday, January 15, 2018

"...Mississippians can enjoy the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the Museum of Mississippi History on Monday, Jan. 15, and Tuesday, Jan. 16, free of charge." #MLK

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Free Admission to 2 Museums in Honor of MLK Day Through Tuesday JACKSON  — In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the second annua...
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"The researchers believe caffeine alone may not be responsible for energy drinks' negative health effects."

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More than half of young people suffer devastating side effects from energy drinks, including vomiting, chest pains and even SEIZURES, study...
Sunday, January 14, 2018

The Observer view on the government’s environment and obesity plans

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The Observer view on the government’s environment and obesity plans "There are echoes of the same toothless voluntarism the go...

"Citing data that British people are taking in 200 to 300 excess calories a day, the country’s health body is set to impose new rules..."

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Britain to go on countrywide diet as officials plan to introduce calorie caps "Citing data that British people are taking in 20...
Saturday, January 13, 2018

"Researchers at Exeter University analysed fat cells in obese participant’s bodies and found they were starved of oxygen, which triggered inflammation in the fat tissue."

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This is why it’s difficult to lose weight if you are obese "Researchers at Exeter University analysed fat cells in obese partic...

Who should be responsible for supporting individuals with mental health problems?

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I nt J Soc Psychiatry.  2018 Jan 1:20764017752019. doi: 10.1177/0020764017752019. [Epub ahead of print] Who should be responsible for sup...

"Since 1999, there has been a significant increase in obesity."

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Got a Minute?: You are what you eat – and feel "Since 1999, there has been a significant increase in obesity. Almost 20 years ago...

Landscape of Living Multi-organ Donation in the United States: A Registry-Based Cohort Study

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Transplantation.  2018 Jan 11. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002082. [Epub ahead of print] Landscape of Living Multi-organ Donation in the Un...

Hongkongers’ growing love of booze could create ‘obesity tsunami’

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Hongkongers’ growing love of booze could create ‘obesity tsunami’ More people will show signs of a number of chronic diseases ...
Sunday, January 7, 2018

"Whittle claimed Scotland was the 'unhealthiest small country in the world'."

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MSP warns NHS under threat from obesity epidemic "Whittle claimed Scotland was the 'unhealthiest small country in the world...
Saturday, January 6, 2018

Put beef in your 2018 diet

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Put beef in your 2018 diet "New research published in Obesity Science & Practice shows that as part of a healthy and hig...

"The bottom line is, obese and overweight patients are exceedingly unlikely to be successful with weight-loss attempts that utilize mainstream diet and exercise products."

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There are real, and difficult, biological reasons why it’s hard to lose weight "The bottom line is, obese and overweight patients ...