As Stroke Risk Rises Among Younger Adults, So Does Early Death
Most people (including a lot of doctors) think of a stroke as something that happens to old people. But the …
What Can Doctors Learn By Admitting Their Mistakes?
Part 1 of TED Radio Hour episode Making Mistakes. About Brian Goldman’s TEDTalk Every doctor makes mistakes. But, says physician …
Many Hot Water Heaters Set Too High, Upping Burn Risk
Burns are nasty injuries — they’re painful and, if you’re not careful, they can quickly get infected. Two children die …
Why More Patients Should Blog About Illness And Death
I entered the world of illness blogs for the first time when I learned through Facebook that a friend from …
Catalog Of Gene Markers For Some Cancers Doubles In Size
The largest gene-probing study ever done has fished out dozens of new genetic markers that flag a person’s susceptibility to …
Employers Try To Spur Healthy Behaviors With Health Plan Rewards
As employers try to nudge employees toward healthy behaviors, a growing number are taking aim at the medical expense accounts …
Sequencing Of HeLa Genome Revives Genetic Privacy Concerns
Last week, scientists announced they had sequenced the full genome of the most widely used human cell line in biology, …
Maybe Isolation, Not Loneliness, Shortens Life
Loneliness hurts, but social isolation can kill you. That’s the conclusion of a study of more than 6,500 people in …
In Teen AIDS Activist’s Hometown, Old Tensions Remain
An oral history project that checks in on the Indiana town split in the 1980s by teenager Ryan White’s AIDS …
Gates Foundation Says It’s Time For A Snazzier Condom
Last summer Bill Gates and his foundation held a competition to reinvent the toilet. Now he’s hoping to do the …
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