Need a little inspiration to hit the gym or the running trail after work? Take a short break and watch this Wall Street Journal video …
Month: November 2010
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks wins Wellcome Trust Book Prize
Science writer Rebecca Skloot's debut work, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, has won the prestigious Wellcome Trust Book Prize. The book tells the true …
Can smoking bans help improve fetal outcomes?
In 2004, Ireland became one of the first countries to enact a workplace smoking ban; five years later, a study showed that the ban was …
Stanford scientists uncover new clues to how neurons control movement
The underlying process of how neurons control physical movement has puzzled researchers for some time. That's because some neurons, which generate the electrical signals to …
More on voters' thoughts on health care
Last week, I discussed whether health care influenced people's voting decisions. Now, NPR's Shots is reporting on a Kaiser Family Foundation poll (.pdf) showing that …
A look into the scientific future
In case you haven't yet seen it, the Science section of today's New York Times has a special feature on what we can expect from …
Pregnant and on the move: The importance of exercise for moms-to-be
I admit it: I was a lazy pregnant woman. So lazy, in fact, that the prenatal yoga and mommy-to-be work-out DVDs that were so optimistically …
Reducing miscommunication in hospital patient transfers
Miscommunication between health-care providers when patients are transferred or handed off accounts for an estimated 80 percent of serious medical errors, according to the Joint …
Can restaurant chefs help curb obesity rates in America?
Although I often use dining out as an excuse to splurge, lately I've been making a concerted effort to order more nutritious dishes. But doing …
Today is the 115th anniversary of the X-ray
One hundred and fifteen years ago, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered the X-ray, an accident of experiments with vacuum tubes. According to NASA: ...He took an …
Leaders in academic medicine ask Congress to pass stem cell legislation
Members of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) are calling on Congressional leaders to pass legislation that would authorize and continue federal support for …
The RNA insurrection: Genes' "humble servant" rules from behind the scenes
A once-unimagined class of molecules is playing a bigger part than anybody thought in the running of intracellular life. Most surprising is that these molecules …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of Nov. 1
The five most-read posts on Scope this week were: R.I.P., DDT: Now, how to bury malaria? A discussion of the current global malaria situation and …
Stanford researchers seek interdisciplinary solutions to food-related problems
Researchers from all seven of the university's schools came together this week for the inaugural Stanford Food Summit to discuss top food questions in their …
ECRI Institute annual conference video available online
Last month, public health officials, researchers and medical executives gathered to discuss the status of comparative effectiveness research and its use in policy and practice …
Fascinating CT scans of a 300-year-old pocket watch
The National Museum of Scotland has just published a paper detailing how they used CT scans to image a 300-year-old pocket-watch found in a 17th …