Here's an interesting use of text messaging: NHS Hounslow, a British primary care organization, is experimenting with free, self-service home Chlamydia tests that send back …
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Helping heal moms' injuries
I've been pregnant twice, and both times (thanks to a pesky autoimmune disease) meant months of extra ultrasounds and screenings and pre- and post-labor appointments …
Recessed memories
In today's Well, Tara Parker-Pope references a handful of studies that in one way or another, come to the same conclusion: recess is good for …
Medpedia goes public
Following in the tradition of Google Blog Search (beta), Gmail (beta), and Google Scholar (beta), Medpedia is now available as a public beta. Modeled on …
Showing us the money
Scientists and medical researchers have reason to smile a bit wider than usual: yesterday, as part of the $787 billion economic stimulus package signed by …
I miss PB&J
I don't consider myself a terribly cautious person when it comes to food. Sure, I've been known to throw out a few dairy products after …
Let the sun shine: Legislation would publicly disclose physician-industry relationships
Most of the health-policy news out of Washington has focused on the recently passed stimulus package and the search for a new Secretary of Health …
Help is on the way
Within hours, the U.S. Senate is set to pass an economic stimulus package that includes $10 billion for the National Institutes of Health. The House …
National Library of Medicine Archives on the web
"At the last session of the American Climatological Association one of the speakers declared that in pneumonia 'Negroes invariably run a subnormal temperature.' The question …
Things that puzzle me about the United States
I grew up in Canada, and despite having lived in the U.S. for almost nine years, or most of my adult life, I'm often bewildered …