Medical Notes: Week of July 9, 2017
A new treatment for ulcerative colitis, the effects of smoking on future generations, and wind farms that help crops grow.
A new treatment for ulcerative colitis, the effects of smoking on future generations, and wind farms that help crops grow.
Experts discuss how culture drives our obsession with weight and what science really has to say about it.
An expert whose daughter was afflicted discusses social anxiety warning signs in children and how the disorder can be treated.
A noted expert discusses the vast amount that we don't know about chemicals and how tougher regulation in other countries could help keep Americans safer.
Experts discuss the “textalyzer,” how it would work to deter texting while driving, and its pros and cons.
One young woman who overcame a life on the streets describes how she beat the odds and what runaways need to have a chance to succeed.
Pot smoking among pregnant teens, lead poisoning from target practice, painkiller abuse, and employees who work from home work longer hours.
The crisis with opioid painkillers is making doctors look at alternative medicine therapies for a substitute for these drugs.
Researchers have sought safe and effective blood substitutes for 60 years, and a few viable alternatives are in animal testing.
There are still a lot of questions about electronic cigarettes, but evidence is accumulating that the effect on the oral cavity can be as significant as tobacco cigarettes
The proportion of severely obese teenagers continues to rise, but teens are often held back until even bariatric surgery isn’t enough to return them to normal weight.
Firefighter heart attack deaths, a link between sleep and dementia, and avoiding eating junk food by...waiting.
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