The Kaiser Family Foundation is hosting a live webcast this morning on what health-care reform may mean to women of color. From its Web site: …
Month: December 2009
Cutting for Stone is one of Lynn Neary's 2009 book club picks
NPR's Lynn Neary has selected Cutting for Stone as one of the best books written in 2009 for a book club. Abraham Verghese, MD, a …
Department of Energy lab develops new software for evaluating and responding to pandemics
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have created software to help public health officials analyze disease outbreaks and model different response …
Does Down syndrome need a "cure"?
The right drug regimen might ameliorate some of the cognitive problems of Down syndrome, making it easier for children with Down syndrome to learn and …
CBS suggests the gift of a Pap smear
CBS is recommending a rather unusual holiday gift for women this year: a Pap smear. The network began running PSAs encouraging men to "do something …
Fatal consequences of jet lag
Year: 1994 Setting: Brisbane airport, Australia Position: Chief medical officer for Chevron in Papua New Guinea It had been a long flight for a Chevron …
Victor Fuchs comments on the public's opinion of health reform
An e-mail from Stanford health economist Victor Fuchs, PhD, was shared on the New York Times' Economix today. The subject of Fuchs' correspondence: a recent …
Turning off the TV could help your diet
If you're planning for the umpteenth year in a row to make a New Year's resolution to lose a few pounds, here's a strategy you …
The biology of music
Maggie Koerth-Baker has an interesting entry on Boing Boing today on the biology of music and why humans like specific groups of tones. Her post …
Can a CD lull you to sleep?
Can a musical CD designed to induce a good night's sleep actually deliver? That's the question Los Angeles Times writer Chris Woolsten recently posed to …
Experts provide tips on healthier holiday eating for kids
About a third of children in the U.S. are overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and some parents struggle …
Researchers develop device to sort blood cells with magnetic nanoparticles
A team led by Yale University scientists has developed a technique to separate healthy and diseased blood cells using magnetizable liquids, according to a study …
A cell phone is not a microwave oven or a nuclear reactor
There's been a lot of chatter about cell-phone use leading to brain cancer. But that conversation may be nearing its termination, unless Scandinavian skulls provide …
Experimental bone marrow treatment appears to reverse sickle cell disease
An experimental bone marrow transplant treatment effectively reversed sickle cell disease in 9 of 10 adults, according to a National Institutes of Health study published …
Delaying solids for babies might not prevent food allergies
My infant daughter was treated to rice cereal for the first time the other night. Like with my first child, I fretted over when exactly …
Few Germans get the swine-flu vaccine
Early last month, the media reported that fear of swine flu was running rampant in Germany. Well, apparently they're over it. Today Wall Street Journal's …