Medical Notes: Week of April 15, 2018
How cancer impacts the rest of a person's life, a new treatment for urinary tract infections, and the connection between lowering stress levels and your sweetheart's t-shirt.
Endocrinology and Metabolism Sub-categories:
- Hormones (43)
Why the Opposition to Later School Start Times?
The day at secondary schools begins around 8 am but research says biological sleep schedules of teens are about two hours behind the rest of the population. Even still opposition to starting the school day later remains.
Social Jetlag
New studies show that changing your weekday sleep schedule by sleeping in as a little as an hour every weekend can have severe health impact.
Medical Notes: Week of May 28, 2017
Taking low-dose aspirin to protect against breast cancer, sunscreen contributing to vitamin D deficiency, and testosterone shown to produce overconfidence.
Medical Notes: Week of February 26, 2017
Pregnancy and baby aspirin, obesity and education, toxic snow.
Thermogenesis and Weight Loss
The body uses extra calories to stay warm in cold conditions, creating heath through thermogenesis. However, it's only recently that scientists have discovered one of the mechanisms the body uses for this--brown fat. Now they're learning how to harness brown fat for weight loss. Experts discuss.
