Zee NewsA Healthy Diet During Pregnancy Reduces Risk of Pregnancy ComplicationsDaily DisruptionBy Lori Morgan | @dailydisrupt Pregnant women, including those who are obese or overweight, should be encouraged to minimise weight gain through diet, accord…
The Bottom LineRelay tries to trample cancerKPCnews.comBy Dave Kurtz dkurtz@kpcnews.net AUBURN — Dozens of cancer survivors wearing purple T-shirts gathered on the track at DeKalb High School Saturday, many holding purple balloons that bobbed in the …
BloombergStudy: 'Good cholesterol' may be overstatementPittsburgh Post GazetteBy Gina Kolata / The New York Times The name alone sounds so encouraging: HDL, the "good cholesterol." The more of it in your blood, the lower your risk of …
ABC NewsWoman empathizes with Aimee Copeland after her own infectionMyFox AtlantaBy Portia Bruner, FOX 5 reporter – bio | email Another victim of a rare skin infection shares her experience on Saturday as 24-year-old Aimee Copeland continues to fight h…
ForbesHow One Flawed Study Spawned a Decade of LiesForbesIn 2001, Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, psychologist and professor emeritus of Columbia University, presented a paper at a meeting of the American Psychiatric Association about something called “repara…
The GuardianJamie Oliver urges MPs to end academy junk food exemptionThe GuardianAn exasperated Jamie Oliver has written to every MP demanding a U-turn over nutrition rules in schools after education secretary Michael Gove refused to act on a report th…
Toronto StarProposal Backs Hepatitis C Test for Baby BoomersNew York TimesThe government is proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C. Anyone born from 1945 to 1965 should get a one-time blood test to see if they have the liver-destroy…
ABC NewsExperts: Flesh-eating bacteria rarely leads to serious illnessGainesville TimesBy Shannon Casas scasas@gainesvilletimes.com Flesh-eating bacteria may sound like a bad horror movie, but the case of a Gwinnett County woman fighting such an infect…
CBS NewsApproval of Generic Clopidogrel a Boon for Patients or Payors?Family Practice News Digital NetworkUPDATED 5/18/12: Just as Sanofi-Aventis loses its exclusivity for its blockbuster drug Plavix (clopidogrel) this month, several generic formulatio…
UNAIDSCould This Be The Generation That Finds a Vaccine to Prevent HIV/AIDS?Daily DisruptionThis summer, more than 25000 leading scientists, public health experts, policy-makers, community members, and experts in the HIV/AIDS field from around the worl…
