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 …
Category: Wellness
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 …
CDC provides tips on ways to stay healthy this holiday
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued twelve health and safety tips for the holiday season. Some of the tips, like the suggestion …
Researchers find link between fitness and cognition
Cardiovascular health in teenagers is associated with higher scores on intelligence tests, and more education and income as adults, according to a study in the …
No surprise here: A crying baby is the sound most likely to wake women
I tend to pop out of bed when my baby daughter makes even the slightest of whimpers in the middle of the night. I'm not …
Study: Some babies still aren't put to sleep on their back
My five-month-old baby has very little hair - and virtually none on a small patch on the back of her head. The reason for this …
Breastfeeding may offer protection against diabetes
More news about the benefits of breastfeeding for moms. A Kaiser Permanente study shows that breastfeeding significantly lowers a woman's risk for metabolic syndrome, a …
Gains in life expectancy could be outweighed by increasing obesity rates
Failure to address the growing obesity epidemic in America could result in an erosion of the steady gain in life expectancy and quality of life …
Stanford eye doc weighs in on Lasik
Talk about funny timing: I was just ordering contact lenses (for about the 20th time in my life) when I came across this Boing Boing …
Dancing with cerebral palsy
I don't usually get teary-eyed reading the New York Times but yesterday's piece on how dance has transformed the life of a man with cerebral …
How exercise may make you more resistant to stress
Too stressed to hit the gym or go for a run after work? Consider this: preliminary results of a Princeton University study indicate that new …
Physician-writer Abraham Verghese featured on NPR
Doctors who write was the focus of a segment on NPR's All Things Considered late yesterday, and Stanford physician Abraham Verghese, MD, was featured. He's …
H1N1 flu and the persistence of memory
People of a certain age have been known to complain that, while they lucidly recall the details of childhood events, they can't remember what they …
Busted!
While trolling Google Reader yesterday, I spied something in the Knight Science Journalism Tracker (powered mainly by well-known science writer Charlie Petit) that hit a …
Can breastfeeding help moms slim down?
I literally yelped when I came across an article in the New York Times this morning. The piece tackles an issue that my mom-friends and …
Jumping may be best exercise for building healthy bones
This month a special section of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, highlights the ongoing …