6 Common Phrases You May Not Realize Are Actually Fat-Shaming
Carol Yepes via Getty Images Referring to certain foods as “bad” or saying that you “feel fat” are just two examples of common fat-shaming words in our society. As a general rule, phrases that offend groups of people are off limits in any respectful and caring group of people. Words that bring down folks in […]
How Did Pulse Oximeters Perform in Black Kids?
The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up can be a challenge. As an aid for our readers, and for a little amusement, here is a 10-question quiz based on the news of the […]
Sweets change our brain: Why we can’t keep our hands off chocolate bars and co.
Chocolate bars, crisps and fries — why can’t we just ignore them in the supermarket? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research in Cologne, in collaboration with Yale University, have now shown that foods with a high fat and sugar content change our brain: If we regularly eat even small amounts of them, […]
What Happened to Maternal Mortality in 2021?
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What Drug Will Be Yanked From the Market?
The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up can be a challenge. As an aid for our readers, and for a little amusement, here is a 10-question quiz based on the news of the […]
Avoiding Just This Dietary Trigger Helps Resolve Eosinophilic Esophagitis
A one-food elimination diet (1FED) could be just as effective as the popular six-food elimination diet (6FED) for patients suffering from eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a randomized trial showed. Removing animal milk alone led to histological remission at 6 weeks in 35% of people by eosinophil count, which was statistically no different than the 42% in […]
Opinion | Love, Loss, and Loyalty in Palliative Care
“I just can’t. I can’t,” Wendy, an RN, sobbed into my hair. We barely made it out the door when our bodies collapsed together, puddles holding puddles. Our patient’s children, 5 and 7, had just left with their tiny gray backpacks, tiny soldiers off to the abyss. Pastel crayon drawings, with rainbows and stick figures, […]
What Drug Was Approved for a Leading Cause of Blindness?
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FDA Advisors Just Backed What Drug for OTC Use?
The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up can be a challenge. As an aid for our readers, and for a little amusement, here is a 10-question quiz based on the news of the […]
Why Did CDC Sound the Alarm Over Eye Drops?
The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up can be a challenge. As an aid for our readers, here is a 10-question quiz based on the news of the week. Topics include an alert […]