The National Institute on Aging announced this morning that it's putting $36.7 million towards the support and expansion of its Centers on the Demography and …
Category: Wellness
Could a diabetes drug treat teen obesity?
Will medication help overweight teens control their weight? That's the question posed by a new study published today in the journal Archives of Pediatrics & …
Stanford medical team returns from Haiti
An eight-person team of Stanford physicians and nurses returned home Sunday from a medical aid mission to Haiti. Stanford physician Anil Menon tells KGO-TV: The …
Physician-journalists and the line between participant and observer
The debate over whether physicians working for television networks can ethically treat patients while reporting on the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake continues. Today primary …
Connected sensors to help you get fit
The Nike+ iPod-based running system has been around for quite a while, but ReadWriteWeb has rounded up some other connected fitness devices you may not …
Freshen up those stem cells with young blood
Vampire fetishists will be heartened by this news release from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which suggests there may be something to the idea of …
Midlife exercise linked to better aging in women
Keep walking, ladies! That's the message of a study appearing in the current issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. Harvard researchers studied 13,535 women …
Study shows menu labeling prompts parents to make more nutritious choices for kids
Providing nutritional information on restaurant menus may help persuade parents to limit how much fast food their children eat, according to findings published online today …
Germany's top pharma regulator, Peter Sawicki, fired
After a long-running feud between Germany's drug companies and their senior government regulator, today the drug companies have landed on top -- and the regulator, …
Do anti-depressants help only the severely depressed?
A few weeks ago I read of a new study about antidepressants. USA Today characterized it like this: "A small study provides more evidence that, …
Building a temporary hospital in Haiti
This video shows Doctors Without Borders, or Médecins Sans Frontieres, workers and Haitians constructing inflatable hospitals on a soccer field in Port-au-Prince. Such "plug-and-play" hospitals …
TEDMED 2009 videos starting to go live
The videos from TEDMED 2009, TED's medicine-themed conference, are finally starting to creep onto the Web. You can find them here. The first and currently …
Addressing Haitian women's health needs
Speaking of Haiti, the Feminist Peace Network recently discussed the unique, post-earthquake health needs of women there: In Haiti, as is always true in the …
Science Online 2010
I'm dorkily excited about the Science Online 2010 conference starting tomorrow in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. No, not because I'm going (sigh), but because …
Negative P.E. experiences can have lasting effects
I still get a sinking feeling in my stomach when I think about Mr. Byrd, my elementary school gym teacher. His stern looks and disapproving …
Is the obesity epidemic in U.S. showing signs of slowing?
Although the U.S. obesity rate is still high, it may have plateaued, according to two studies published today in the Journal of the American Medical …