When does no news becomes news? When a government agency remains silent on a promised ruling. The FDA had been scheduled to release a report …
Month: January 2010
Designing electronic health record technologies for a "small planet"
Following on the heals of federal health officials releasing standards for electronic medical records, The Health Care Blog has published an interesting article discussing principles …
Persuading kids to make healthier choices in the lunchroom
Using behavioral economics tactics such as re-labeling peas as "power peas" on menus and prominently displaying fruits and vegetables could help children develop healthy eating …
Pretty in pink
As someone who just bought her 3-year-old a pink medical kit, I was quite interested in this blog entry on science toys at Toys 'R …
Pomegranates may help prevent, slow breast cancer
Can pomegranates help block the block the growth of breast cancer? Maybe so, according to a first-of-its-kind study that appears in the January issue of …
A stabbing in Lagos, Nigeria
Year: 1984 Setting: Branch of the St. Francis Hospital Position: Private general practitioner The waiting room is packed and I am busy with a patient …
New study finds no link between MMR vaccine and autism
A study published in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal offers additional evidence against the belief that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine causes autism. Reuters reports: This latest …
Mozart may help preemies gain weight?
Listening to Mozart could help premature babies gain weight more quickly and go home from the hospital faster, suggests a study published in the January …
Norway's strategy for fighting drug-resistant bacteria
In case you missed this Associated Press story detailing Norway's approach to controlling Methicillin-resistent Staphylococcus aureus infections, make sure to add it to your post-holiday …
Lack of sleep may be harmful to a teen's well-being
Sleep experts like Stanford's William Dement, MD, have been talking for years about the dangers of sleep deprivation among teenagers. (Dement discussed the issue in …
Stanford program helps vets with mental-health needs
Over the holiday, the San Jose Mercury News ran a story on Stanford's Vets Connect program, which provides free mental-health services to men and women …
The benefits of bubbly
For those of you who recently raised a glass of bubbly in honor of 2009, we wanted to share the following research from the University …