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It’s been a big week for celebrity sorrow. As you’re contemplating the loss of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson, be sure to head over to SFGate to check out the Doc Gurley health tips we can all learn from celebrity health coverage.
1) First, there’s Farrah’s Gift: Outing the Tumor That Dare Not Speak Its Name [...]

A well-designed recent study showed just how important sleep is to your blood pressure. Other studies in the past have revealed an association between time-spent-sleeping, and high blood pressure, but none of those studies actually measured a person’s sleep (they were, instead, based on self-report) and almost none looked at blood pressure over time.

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This week’s Grand Rounds is over at ACPInternist. Since the AMA is in the news so much this week, it’s good to head over and visit the ACP (American College of Physicians) to remind yourself that there are several important (and large) doctor organizations in this country. The American College of Physicians has some great [...]

Here’s a great, medically accurate article about sex myths – safe sex and sexual health. Kudos to author Amanda MacMillan at Health.com for a job well-done. The article points out that many people – especially teens – rely on websites for sex information. Unfortunately, a lot of that online info is wrong. Check out the [...]

There’s an (ahem) eye-opening study this week looking at the reasons why Americans aren’t getting enough sleep. Turns out that, of those not getting enough of the good stuff, 50% of us are losing approximately 2 hours of sleep a night due to…TV. The article also notes that many of us are also getting up [...]

Here’s a nice alternative and effective intervention for teens exhibiting early signs of depression – cognitive behavioral therapy. There’s a lot to like in this study, and its results. Cognitive behavioral therapy is different from what most of think of as “therapy” – CBT is focused on coping strategies, and changing both your thinking and [...]

Excellent news on the Well Worth It front – a superbly-designed study shows that even small amounts of ginger, taken three days before the start of chemotherapy, can significantly reduce nausea. For many patients, nausea is a profound form of suffering associated with chemotherapy – anything that can help is a Halleluyah moment.
The study showed [...]

There were several neat articles this week about whether or not animals actually laugh. I got a real charge out of it – the idea that chimps chuckle when tickled, that even gorillas can guffaw – and then we got to the part where a cat’s purr is called a laugh, plus the claim that [...]

It’s Grand Rounds today over at the HealthBlawg – David Harlow’s master oeuvre of all things law and health (and policy and reimbursement and retail clinics and…whew…). In other words, it’s a goldmine of informed discussions about the cutting-edge world of healthcare law/policy. Check out Grand Rounds to see the best of the blogosphere, then [...]

Check out the latest Doc Gurley review of research (unintended) hilarity by reading the SFGate article – Are You Moron-o-pausal? That’s right – researchers have discovered that women do, in fact, experience a brief spell of dumber and dumberer

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whist going through The Change. Buy why? That’s the question Doc Gurley sets [...]