Monday, December 10, 2018

Body Fat Levels Linked To Breast Cancer Risk In Post-Menopausal Women

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Body Fat Levels Linked To Breast Cancer Risk In Post-Menopausal Women “The main takeaway is that having excess body fat, even when yo...

"Consideration of inclusion and unconscious bias are helpful in building and sustaining robust, valuable academic pathology faculty diversity."

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Acad Pathol.  2018 Nov 14;5:2374289518811142. doi: 10.1177/2374289518811142. eCollection 2018 Jan-Dec. The Legal Aspects of Diversity in ...
Sunday, December 9, 2018

The Legal Aspects of Diversity in Academic Pathology

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Acad Pathol.  2018 Nov 14;5:2374289518811142. doi: 10.1177/2374289518811142. eCollection 2018 Jan-Dec. The Legal Aspects of Diversity in ...

OP-ED: Beverage Taxes Are Not the Health Solution that Working Families Need

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OP-ED: Beverage Taxes Are Not the Health Solution that Working Families Need "Make no mistake, these beverage tax initiatives tha...
Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Gastric artery embolization: New obesity procedure also reduces muscle mass

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New obesity procedure also reduces muscle mass "However, the idea of using gastric artery embolization to treat  obesity  is new,...
Tuesday, November 20, 2018

"Imagine a girl graduates from school playing rugby but doesn’t know how to cook..."

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Rugby too 'rough' and girls should instead study cooking, says UAE council member Debate sparked at Federal National Council o...

"...our drive for mastery of the terms of our existence, as heroic and noble as its achievements have been, may also become the enemy of our souls."

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Being There Wilfred M. McClay "When we talk about 'the quality of life,' we need to think more carefully about what we ...

Mexico and mitochondrial replacement techniques: what a mess

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Br Med Bull.  2018 Nov 16. doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldy037. [Epub ahead of print] Mexico and mitochondrial replacement techniques: what a mess. ...
Sunday, November 18, 2018

Brain function benefits from even a little exercise, study finds

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Brain function benefits from even a little exercise, study finds Small changes in exercise can make a big difference in protecting brai...

Weightlifting may be good for your heart: Study

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Weightlifting may be good for your heart: Study  Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/66680352.cms?utm_source=co...

Health Care Needs Free-Market Reform, Not Single-Payer

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Health Care Needs Free-Market Reform, Not Single-Payer By  Justin Haskins  &  Charlie Katebi November 15, 2018 "In the m...

Children as young as TEN are having hip and knee replacements on the NHS because they are so obese

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Children as young as TEN are having hip and knee replacements on the NHS because they are so obese Professor John Wass, an adviser on...
Saturday, November 17, 2018

Pharrell Williams - Happy

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Pharrell Williams - Happy

"If obesity rates continue to increase, more than half of America will be obese within the next 12 years."

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New York Is Getting Fat, New Ranking Shows More than 70 percent of adult Americans are overweight or obese, according to federal health o...

People Make the Same Bayesian Judgment They Criticize in Others

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Psychol Sci.  2018 Nov 12:956797618805750. doi: 10.1177/0956797618805750. [Epub ahead of print] People Make the Same Bayesian Judgment Th...

Long term exposure to honking traffic can make you obese

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Long term exposure to honking traffic can make you obese- details inside "In the long term, these effects could give rise to ch...

"Despite the problems associated with requiring disclosure of list prices, the sentiment behind the proposed rule — that patients should know how much drugs will cost before they fill their prescriptions — is sensible."

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N Engl J Med.  2018 Nov 14. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1814065. [Epub ahead of print] Disclosing Prescription-Drug Prices in Advertisements - Lega...

Weightlifting better than walking and cycling for heart: Study #PumpIron

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Weightlifting better than walking and cycling for heart: Study “Both strength training and aerobic activity appeared to be heart healt...

From @CassSunstein - Congress Can Agree on This: Cut Federal Paperwork (HT:AP)

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Congress Can Agree on This: Cut Federal Paperwork Republicans and Democrats have a common enemy called “sludge.” Cass Sunstein Nov...
Friday, November 16, 2018

A 12-Year Cohort Study of Doc-Stoppage Professional Mixed Martial Arts

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Int J Sports Physiol Perform.  2018 Nov 14:1-22. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2017-0131. [Epub ahead of print] A 12-Year Cohort Study of Doc-Stoppa...

Low-Carbohydrate Diets May Increase Energy Expenditure

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Low-Carbohydrate Diets May Increase Energy Expenditure UPDATED  November 16, 2018  // NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Lowering dietary carbohydrat...

Swimming Against the Tide: Challenges in Pursuing Health Equity Today

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Acad Med.  2018 Nov 13. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002529. [Epub ahead of print] Swimming Against the Tide: Challenges in Pursuing Health...

Obesity stigma

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Health (London).  2018 Nov 14:1363459318812007. doi: 10.1177/1363459318812007. [Epub ahead of print] Obesity, stigma and reflexive embodi...

"Poetry shares something with science fiction and fantasy that much literary fiction tends to reject: a willingness, even an eagerness, to inhabit the non-human other."

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Always Beginning Ursula K. Le Guin’s poetry reveals a writer humbled by the craft. BY  DAVID NAIMON "Poetry shares somet...

Study links social isolation to higher risk of death

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Study links social isolation to higher risk of death "They found overall, race seemed to be a stronger predictor of social isolati...
Thursday, November 15, 2018

Chic - Good Times #DiscoLives

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Chic  -  Good Times

Euthanasia and assisted dying: what is the current position and what are the key arguments informing the debate?

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J R Soc Med.  2018 Nov;111(11):407-413. doi: 10.1177/0141076818803452. Euthanasia and assisted dying: what is the current position and wh...

"With Nietzsche’s life we are again left to ponder the tribute genius must pay to insanity."

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I Am Dynamite! A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche review: A gripping read Prideaux’s Nietzsche is one who is invested with all the hopes a...

Doctors now seeing more stroke patients under the age of 35

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Doctors now seeing more stroke patients under the age of 35 “Many of the causes that we see of stroke have evolved over time,” he said....
Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Does depression cause obesity or does obesity cause depression? ("...the psychological impact of being obese is likely to cause depression.")

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Does depression cause obesity or does obesity cause depression? In their analysis, they accounted for a range of variables that could ...

"...motivational SMS text messages could provide an acceptable way to raise awareness of risky alcohol consumption for future fathers."

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Int J Ment Health Addict.  2018;16(5):1125-1139. doi: 10.1007/s11469-017-9835-y. Epub 2017 Nov 28. Alcohol Text Messages: A Developmental...