Why late-night eating leads to weight gain, diabetes: Health benefits come from eating during the daytime, demonstrating a potential link to energy release
Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind why eating late at night is linked to weight gain and diabetes. The connection between eating time, sleep and obesity is well-known but poorly understood, with research showing that over-nutrition can disrupt circadian rhythms and change fat tissue. New Northwestern research has shown for the first time […]
$165M Settlement for Victims of Columbia Ob/Gyn’s Sexual Abuse
Late last week, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian announced a settlement with 147 women who had alleged that gynecologist Robert Hadden, MD, sexually abused them over a nearly 20-year period. The settlement establishes a $165 million fund to be distributed among the former patients, which include minors. According to court documents, the victims […]
Life Doesn’t Come With a Prescription
The page came late, around 7 p.m. Shruti and I were an hour away from sign-out. Neither of us had eaten dinner. Shruti leaned back in her chair and groaned before flicking her pager off its holster and holding it up to her face. Then she jumped to her feet. “Trauma, 10 minutes,” she said. […]
2021 heat wave created ‘perfect storm’ for shellfish die-off
It’s hard to forget the excruciating heat that blanketed the Pacific Northwest in late June 2021. Temperatures in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia soared to well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, with Seattle setting an all-time heat record of 108 degrees on June 28. During the heat wave, also called a heat dome, scientists and community […]
Discovered: 150-year-old platypus and echidna specimens that proved some mammals lay eggs
Jars of tiny platypus and echidna specimens, collected in the late 1800s by the scientist William Caldwell, have been discovered in the stores of Cambridge’s University Museum of Zoology. At the time of their collection, these specimens were key to proving that some mammals lay eggs — a fact that changed the course of scientific […]
Reproductive Justice Groups Frustrated By Democrats’ Modified Bill To Codify Roe
Late Tuesday night, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) filed an updated version of the Women’s Health Protection Act, a bill that would codify Roe v. Wade into federal law. The move is a last-minute attempt to protect abortion rights in the wake of a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that revealed the high court […]
Being in nature: Good for mind, body and nutrition
In late 2020, Canadian doctors made headlines for “prescribing nature,” or recommended time outdoors based on research that suggests people who spent two or more hours in nature per week improved their health and wellbeing. Knowing this, transdisciplinary researchers from Drexel University investigated how nature relatedness — simply feeling connected with the natural world — […]
Opinion | Permission to Burn the Manual
I started planning my escape in late 2020. I would find a way to quit healthcare, to cease being a practicing physician altogether. Living the life of a doctor-mom, I felt consumed with daily obligations and duties. Guilt plagued me for feeling burdened by this life, for feeling it was a monotonous prison. The guilt […]
Texas Law Banning Abortions at 6 Weeks Goes Into Effect
Update: Late Wednesday night, the Supreme Court refused to block the Texas law in a 5-4 vote. Despite multiple legal challenges by abortion providers and an emergency petition to the Supreme Court, the new Texas law that bans most abortions at or around 6 weeks of pregnancy went into effect at midnight. The bill, known […]
Too Much, Too Late: Health Groups Pan OSHA Rule on COVID Precautions
Too much, too late: that’s what healthcare groups are saying about a new rule from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) designed to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19. “This rule is long and complex, and would require changes in hospital policies, procedures, and structures,” Stacey Hughes, executive vice president of government relations and public […]