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Links: Handedness/Spare parts baby/Thinspiration/Vaccine/Ripeness/Sore muscles
Here’s why you’re right-handed or left-handed (MSNBC) It depends on eye dominance. In recent U.S. history, the majority of presidents have been left-handed (Ford, Reagan, G.H.W. Bush, Clinton, Obama)....
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Chocolate has antioxidants but is that a good thing?
Chocolate is a perennial favorite as a health topic. Readers are eager to learn of medical research that justifies something they want to do anyway. WebMD recently ran an article called “Is Chocolate...
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Links: Cosmetic surgery as investment/DSD/Never let me go/Losing a...
When cosmetic surgery is a marker of ambition (Guardian) Why aren’t people more concerned about the medical risks of cosmetic surgery? We’re increasingly socialized to believe we must invest in...
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Links: Hygiene hypothesis/Grief/Computers vs. humans/ Tobacco for the...
Why Keeping Little Girls Squeaky Clean Could Make Them Sick (NPR) The hygiene hypothesis: children exposed to lots of germs early in life less likely to develop allergies, asthma, autoimmune disorders....
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Links: Patient modesty history/Value of life/Human clones for body parts/UK...
History of Patient Modesty – Part 1: How Bodily Exposure Went from Unacceptable to Required (Patient Modesty & Privacy Concerns) I have a guest post today on the #1 medical privacy blog. Part one...
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Links: Superbugs on meat/Insomnia/Longevity gene/Severe weather & climate...
FDA Report: Alarming Amounts of “Superbugs” in Supermarkets (Bnet) Superbugs (bacteria resistant to antibiotics) in meat are a much more common and widespread problem than anyone would like to admit,...
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Links: Planned Parenthood/Sleep/Internet empathy/Tobacco in China/Doctors who...
House votes to defund Planned Parenthood, national health-care law (WaPost) In votes on amendments to federal spending bill, House Republicans block federal funding of Planned Parenthood and cut off...
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Links: Sociable robots/MSG/”Fresh”/Male pregnancy/Pubic hair fashions/Climate...
A Soft Spot for Circuitry (NYT) Paro the seal, a sociable robot, accomplishes its lifelike interaction through hidden sensors that monitor sound, light, temperature and touch. Sociable robots are now...
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Links: Cerrie Burnell/Widow’s Lament/Drug shortages/Insurance...
TV presenter Cerrie Burnell: ‘I don’t care if you are offended’ (Guardian) Born without a right forearm, Burnell now sings, dances, and presents on children’s show. Some parents objected (it frightened...
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Links: History of modesty/Hygiene hypothesis/Men into boys/Koch...
History of Modesty, Part 2 (Patient Modesty & Privacy Concerns) Part two of my post on the history of patient modesty is up as a guest post on the Patient Modesty blog. I discuss how, in the 19th...
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Links: Birthing your own grandchild/Welch’s Overdiagnosis/Al Qaeda/Cats/Polar...
61-year-old woman gives birth to her own grandchild, and so what? (Practical Ethics) The news is that it’s not news. Euthanasia, divorce, same sex marriage, in vitro fertilization — the common...
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Links: Dogs help children read/Becoming an...
The dogs who listen to children reading (Guardian) “Listening dog” encourages children to read aloud. “It helps with their self-esteem in reading out loud because he is non-judgmental. He doesn’t judge...
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Links: Cosmetic surgery/Sleep/Aging/Health care greed/…
Teenage girls want more than make-up to boost their confidenceGirlguiding UK urges teenage girls to think twice about cosmetic surgery (24dash) UK national survey finds half of women age 16-21 would...
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Links: Vampire facelifts/Happiness/Neuroenhancers/Climate change/…
‘Vampire Face-Lifts’: Smooth at First Bite (NYT) Plumping out nasiolabial folds with your own blood platelets. Not tested. Not FDA approved. “This is another gimmick that people are using to make...
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Links: Implants & cancer/Ageism & healthism/Psychiatry/Climate...
When Is Breast Cancer Not “Cancer”? When You’re Funded by Breast-Implant Makers (Bnet) Plastic surgery trade groups advised doctors on what to tell women worried by new link between breast implants and...
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Daylight saving time and heart attacks
1.6 billion people – almost a quarter of the world’s population – observe the biannual shifts between standard and daylight saving time. Does the loss of an hour’s sleep in the spring affect their...
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RN #3: Health news: Exercise and depression. Aspirin for primary prevention....
Reading Notes #3: Some articles of interest I’ve come across while reading NEJM and JAMA. These items all fall into the category of health news. Bulleted titles in the following list link to the...
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Jamais vu and the hippocampus as GPS
I always thought the main function of the hippocampus was to convert short-term memory into long-term memory. It’s one of the first regions of the brain damaged by Alzheimer’s. If your spouse can’t...
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Nutritionism and the glycemic index
Let me begin by quoting a paragraph from Gyorgy Scrinis, a lecturer in food and nutrition politics and policy at the University of Melbourne. This is from a chapter called ‘Nutritionism and Functional...
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