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Pot, Emergencies, and Psychosis
Marijuana may, as a presidential candidate recently said, bring joy to a lot of people, but it’s also bringing dire health consequences to some.
Water and Milk for Kids
New pediatric nutritional guidelines are doubling down on the trend against offering young kids sweetened drinks. To avert chronic illnesses…
Unhealthy Health Records
Is your doctor skeptical of the electronic health record systems (EHRs) in use at many practices and hospitals nationwide?
Printed Hearts
With heart disease pervasive, many patients need a transplant — but die waiting. An Israeli team announced a possible answer…
Scams as Screening
Many dementia patients and their families wish they’d had more of a heads-up that trouble was coming. Often the trouble isn’t impaired memory…
Artificial Speech
Biomedical researchers reported in Nature that they’ve made a breakthrough in the quest to restore speech to those who lose it due to injury or illness.
Warding Off Dementia
You know all those supplements being hawked against dementia? The FDA says they don’t work and they’re cracking down on the unproven claims…
Employee Wellness
The first study to examine whether wellness plans make employees healthier had discouraging news. While such plans can make workers more aware of their health…
Welcome to the Microbiome
The hot new area of brain research isn’t the brain itself, but the microbiome: the community of microbes in every body. Challenging notions of what part…
