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Image via Wikipedia I have written in the past about the dangers of drinking soda and other heavily sugared drinks. (And the danger of drinking diet soda as well). Apparently my nationwide influence isn’t quite as big as I thought because a CDC study recently released shows that half of all Americans are […] Image via Wikipedia Go ahead, have another piece. It really IS good for you. A major review of seven different studies, published in the British Medical Journal, has shown that eating chocolate is good for your heart – and not just on Valentine’s Day. This review looked at data from 114,000 participants and […] Image via Wikipedia Many years ago, when I was finishing medical school, I got the opportunity to do something life-changing and life-affirming at the same time. I got the chance to have an Albert Schweitzer fellowship at the Lambaréné hospital in Gabon, West Africa. To get some idea of what it meant to […] Image via Wikipedia A recent study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows that training doctors in the delivery of bad news to dying patients significantly improves their ability to communicate this kind of bad news. This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. What is a surprise is how infrequent and poorly conducted […] Image via Wikipedia A new technology based around using carbon nanotubes for water filtration apparently shows some real promise at solving the problem of hormones and pharmaceutical drugs contaminating water supplies. Both of these kinds of drugs are getting into water supplies all over the world and they are not easily removed by […] Image via Wikipedia Two recent trials of herbal remedies highlight why it is important to do studies of their effectiveness rather than just blindly trusting that they will work and be safe because they are ‘natural.’ The first is a trial in China of a traditional remedy as part of a regimen for […] |
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