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 …
Category: Wellness
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 …
Research links watching TV to an increased risk of death
Regardless of if you are overweight or physically fit, the hours you spend watching TV each day may be shortening your life according to findings …
Lighten up with the depression news
The news (published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and widely covered by many major media outlets) last week that antidepressant medications may …
More on the debate over "curing" Down syndrome
Last month, my colleague Erin Digitale blogged about Down syndrome research being done here and some parents' concerns over the notion that people with the …
One cappuccino please – hold the croissant
During a recent visit to the Cheesecake Factory in downtown Palo Alto, we couldn’t help but notice the large-print labels that tell customers they may …
Helping make New Year's resolutions stick
I'm going to be honest: I'm a bit of a stress case. Though one could argue that I have an excuse for being one (caring …