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Posted about 3 hours ago via Scientific American - Health & Medicine
Scientists have long sought to understand the biological basis of thought. In the second century A.D., physician and philosopher Claudius Galen held that the brain was a gland that secreted fluids to the body via the nerves--a view that went u…
Posted about 3 hours ago via Scientific American - Health & Medicine
The adage “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” does not quite capture the following pair of situations. It’s more like “damned if you could (but you can’t), damned if you couldn’t (but you kind of d…
Posted about 4 hours ago via NPR Topics: Health
Meridia increased the risk of nonfatal heart attacks by 28 percent and nonfatal strokes by 36 percent compared to a sugar pill.
Posted about 4 hours ago via KevinMD.com
by S. Irfan Ali, MD Being a hospitalist, I often see patients sitting in the hospital for days at length for no reason other than poor planning. Sometimes I feel that physicians who are involved in patient care are oblivious of each other. Everyone i
Posted about 4 hours ago via Craftastrophe
Okay people. You think the toothbrush bracelet went too far? Oh, it did, it did. But this, found by Rach at Grasping for Objectivity KILLED. ME. DEAD. Behold, the cat food bag, purse, and clutch: And there were even more on Etsy: I
Posted about 4 hours ago via CalorieLab Diet News
Weight discrimination makes the news again. This time the business accused of discrimination is a nail salon in Dekalb County, Georgia. Read on to discover what the salon did that upset its customer. Weight Discrimination or Legitimate Precaut…
Posted about 4 hours ago via The Wall Street Journal.
Also: NEJM editors say Meridia should be yanked; stem cell plaintiffs explain themselves to the WSJ; are hospital profits the driver of health-care costs?
Posted about 4 hours ago via Fox
Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with heart problems.
Posted about 4 hours ago via Postpartum Progress
Words have so much power. It blows my mind, really. Say something negative or minimizing to a pregnant or new mother struggling with depression or anxiety and you can plunge her so much deeper into despair. Tell her that you understand and tha…
Posted about 4 hours ago via Clinical Cases and Images: CasesBlog
According to Forbes.com: Caffeine is a drug of abuse, like alcohol or cocaine, because it meets these two criteria: "reinforcing efforts" and "adverse effects which can cause harm to self or society." Reinforcing effects is science talk for "a…
Posted about 5 hours ago via Postpartum Progress
Just a reminder that Postpartum Progress has a Facebook Fan Page where you can write on the Wall and talk to the other 600+ Warrior Moms who are there. Check it out!
Posted about 5 hours ago via White Coat Notes
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said yesterday that the board of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center should do “some soul-searching’’ about chief executive Paul Levy’s ability to continue leading the hospital, a
Posted about 5 hours ago via Better Health
Bradley Merrill Thompson, an attorney with expertise in the FDA approval process for medical devices, is stating that the FDA is actively monitoring app stores on various platforms. Regulating medical devices and health care-related …
Posted about 5 hours ago via The Checkup
It's one thing to wonder whether the teen mothers made famous by such reality TV shows as "16 and Pregnant" and "Teen Mom" belong on the covers of tabloid-style magazines. Challenges: Maci and son Bentley in MTV's "Teen Mom." (MTV via Associat…
Posted about 5 hours ago via ACP Internist
GlassHospital is on vacation this week, writing to you from vibrant Toronto. Toronto is home to the Bata Shoe Museum, well worth a visit if you're ever here on a Thursday night when admission is free. In addition to a display featuring shoes o…
Posted about 5 hours ago via Wellness Blogs
Asthma is a chronic lung condition in which inflammation of the airways or bronchi, affects the way air enters and leaves the lungs, disrupting breathing. asthma is an ancient Greek word meaning “panting or short drawn breath.” It is the
Posted about 5 hours ago via Wellness Blogs
Menstruation refers to the monthly flow of blood from the cavity of the women’s womb. It is often accompanied with slight disturbances in the female body. It is also known as menses. There are two major female hormones estrogen and progesterone
Posted about 6 hours ago via KevinMD.com
by Dennis Grace So, you have to go to the hospital. You’ve had an accident and the doctor wants to keep an eye on you for a few days. Maybe you need major surgery. Whatever the reason for the stay, a lot a people think you should have an advoca
Posted about 6 hours ago via World of Psychology
Since it is going back-to-school season, I thought I’d educate you on some alarming statistics about depression among college students. Here are the facts, just the facts: One out of every five young people and one out of ever four college stud
Posted about 7 hours ago via BASIL & SPICE
An Essay By Liz Colado Sunset On The Seine; Photo Credit and Copyright: Mark Butkus“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.”~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt In 2009, approximately 2,422,000 human beings die…
Posted about 7 hours ago via Diet Blog
In a recent poll, almost 40% of adults rated childhood obesity as the number 1 health concern amongst youth. If we haven't hit the panic button yet, it's time to do so. Here are some sobering statistics about childhood obesity that really underscore
Posted about 7 hours ago via Weighty Matters
That's basically the case that Anytime Fitness is making with their new "Coalition of Angry Kids" campaign. They're suggesting that all the blame for childhood obesity be laid at parental feet. The point of the campaign of course is to shock. …
Posted about 7 hours ago via Too Much On Her Plate » Blog
My intent in this blog series has been to show that finding peace with food can be the mean to make lasting changes in your life…changes that have, until now, been frustrating and very difficult to achieve. 4. Peace With
Posted about 8 hours ago via CalorieLab Diet News
Yesterday's top story: Black rice is loaded with antioxidants and is an economical alternative to pricey blackberries and blueberries, researchers report. Lab Notes: Black Rice Is a Healthy Alternative to Blueberries; Smokers on Metformin Decr…
Posted about 8 hours ago via Health News from Medical News Today
Actavis has received approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to market Atomoxetine HCl capsules for the treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Actavis intends to market Atomoxetine HCl in 10 mg, 18 mg, 25 mg, 40 m
Posted about 8 hours ago via Health News from Medical News Today
Michael Douglas told a US television audience on Tuesday night that he has been diagnosed with and is receiving treatment for stage four throat cancer. Speaking on David Letterman's "Late Show" to promote the release of his new film "Wall Street: Mon
Posted about 9 hours ago via MizFitOnline
Hello I’m Cynthia, I blog over at It All Changes and I’m not perfect. As a kid I loved playing with Barbie because she had no problems. Always able to fit into the perfect pair of high heels (her feet were sloped after all), she had the m
Posted about 9 hours ago via Boston.com -- Health news
MIDDLEBOROUGH — It was almost a typical late summer day on the football field at Peirce Playground. Dozens of boys in the Old Colony Youth Football League ran drills as the coach blew his whistle. Sports - American football - F…
Posted about 12 hours ago via Newswise: MedNews
Individuals who received a non-kidney organ transplant in the past may be more likely to be listed for a kidney transplant prior to initiation of dialysis (pre-emptive listing) than other candidates, according to a study appearing in an upcomi…
Posted about 12 hours ago via Healthscout Top Stories
Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll finds 30 percent of those overweight think they're normal size.
Posted about 12 hours ago via Healthscout Top Stories
Those with PTSD at greater risk than peers with combat injuries but no stress disorder, study found.
Posted about 12 hours ago via CBC | Health News
Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder may have a higher risk of dementia than those without the stress disorder, a U.S. study suggests.
Posted about 14 hours ago via The Wall Street Journal.
The two scientists behind the lawsuit that has temporarily blocked federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research said they were motivated by ethical objections to destroying human embryos for medical research.
Posted about 14 hours ago via Running a hospital
Tom DesFosses is a grateful cancer survivor who has organized a biking event to raise funds for cancer research. It will be held on September 12, in Danvers, MA. See here for scenes from last year's ride. You can register now, here. Here's Tom…
Posted about 15 hours ago via Dr. Wes
... if you need a pacemaker or defibrillator as of 1 September 2010 in Illinois: (Like UnitedHealthcare patients were so easily identifiable...) -Wes PS: Who will have the first pacemaker or defibrillator denial? Share your stories in the com…
Posted about 15 hours ago via CNN
Federal agents visited Hillandale Farms and Wright County Egg, which have recalled more than half a billion eggs in the wake of the salmonella outbreak, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Posted about 15 hours ago via A Splintered Mind
Download now or listen on posterous Off to a Typical Start.m4a (365 KB) █████ is mad at me for not eating. Alas, I feasted on news instead of food, and got busy doing sundry things. I then brilliantly decided to …
Posted 1 day ago via Better Health
In a surprising report from the Archives of Internal Medicine, we learn that most hospitalized patients (82 percent) could not accurately name the physician responsible for their care and almost half of the patients did not even know their dia…
Posted about 16 hours ago via TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories
A new study finds that some users of the weight-loss pill Meridia may have an increased risk of heart attack or stroke
Posted about 14 hours ago via USA TODAY
Experts say the Oscar winner with Stage IV throat cancer is in for a tough haul, but otherwise his prognosis is excellent.
Posted about 16 hours ago via Cancer Research UK - RSS Feed
Cancer Research UK's Drug Development Office has launched a clinical trial to test an experimental drug in patients with advanced (Stage IV) pancreatic cancer - one of the most difficult cancers to treat.
Posted about 17 hours ago via WebMD Health
Many people fail to rev up their exercise regimen before they leave for a ski vacation -- and the sudden burst of activity on the slopes puts them at risk for heart attack, researchers say.
Posted about 17 hours ago via Canadian Online Health News
OTTAWA - It will take more than anecdotes from some multiple sclerosis patients to sway the federal government into funding clinical trials of a controversial new treatment for the nerve-wasting disease.
Posted about 17 hours ago via BASIL & SPICE
Review By Kelly Jad'on During the course of the last few years there has been considerable criticism of a "raw vegan" diet, even partially. Yet, just this week, more research in this field has found that raw fruits and vegetables, in variety, …
Posted about 17 hours ago via CBS
The FDA will decide the fate of the controversial diet pill Meridia. Dr. Jon LaPook reports on a critical editorial in The New England Journal of Medicine that is calling for it to be pulled from the market.
Posted about 17 hours ago via WebMD Health
The drugs apixaban and Xarelto are effective at preventing deadly blood clots, new studies show.
Posted about 16 hours ago via CBS
FDA Decides on Fate of Controversial Diet Pill This Month, Study Calls for It to Be Pulled from Market
Posted about 18 hours ago via MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians
(MedPage Today) -- Sugar given to blunt pain in newborns undergoing invasive procedures may only mask signs of distress, researchers found.
Posted about 19 hours ago via MSNBC
The popular diabetes drug Metformin could stave off lung cancer in smokers and deserves further study, a new study finds.
Posted about 19 hours ago via Newswise: MedNews
New, automated diagnostic test for TB, developed by a public-private partnership including UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School scientists, showed excellent results in a large-scale field trial. The results appear in the Sept. 1 New England Journal…
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