With obesity rates over 20 percent in all but one US state, nutrition is, understandably, an often-discussed topic. The USDA even recently revamped its traditional …
Month: July 2011
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of July 24
The five most-read posts on Scope this week were: Can yoga help women suffering from fibromyalgia?: A study recently published in the Journal of Pain …
33 Charts: What effective health messaging looks like
This video is featured today on 33 Charts as an example of an effective, focused health message on the web. It features pediatrician and Medicine …
Moving toward a Down syndrome drug
A new story in the New York Times Magazine describes the life's work of Alberto Costa, MD, a Colorado scientist who began studying Down syndrome …
Alan Greene talks about Medicine 2.0 and the future of doctor-patient communication
The role of social media and Web 2.0 technologies in health care is a hot topic these days. From its usefulness in tracking health trends to the …
Improving your long game, and reducing injury, through science
I'm not much of a golfer. I played the back nine at the Palo Alto Golf Course about a decade ago - my first and …
Potentially lethal clotting linked to blood pressure drop during dialysis
For kidney patients, dialysis can be a life-extending procedure, but the process is not without its issues. About 25% of these patients experience a sudden drop in blood pressure …
Stanford law professor on embryonic stem cell ruling
I wrote yesterday about the dismissal of the lawsuit against federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research. Now Stanford law professor and bioethicist Hank …
What does it mean to "die peacefully?"
When journalist Elizabeth Simpson's 88-year-old father passed away, she wrote his obituary and found herself penning the phrase "died peacefully in his sleep." Those five …
On using social media to improve emergency-preparedness efforts
Following the recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, response teams utilized an open-source, Web-based platform known as Ushahidi to cull information from text messages, blog posts, videos, …
Science books for kids
Readers with younger kids may be interested in today's post by Michelle Nijhuis in the blog The Last Word on Nothing. Nijhuis, a former-biologist-turned-science-writer, has …
Researchers create a telling map of fetal nerve cells' journey
Interneurons, a type of nerve cell responsible for communication between neural networks in parts of the brain, are special. While most brain cells spend their lives close …
Animal study reveals a potential treatment for age-related memory loss in humans
We all know that human memory can deteriorate with age, leading to "senior moments" of forgetfulness. In fact, other primates suffer age-related memory loss for the …
Can yoga help women suffering from fibromyalgia?
Women suffering from fibromyalgia may find some welcome relief in yoga. A new study from York University in Toronto shows that practicing yoga boosts levels …
Researchers induce social deficits associated with autism, schizophrenia in mice
Stanford researchers, led by practicing psychiatrist Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, have successfully induced behavioral symptoms of autism and schizophrenia in mice. Their findings were published …
Dean Pizzo’s concerns about health care featured in solo show by Anna Deavere Smith
Among the experts and laypersons interviewed by actress Anna Deavere Smith for her one-woman production,"Let Me Down Easy", was Dean Philip Pizzo, MD. In the …