Brainy Grand Rounds

Check out this week’s round-up of the world’s healthcare blogs over at Brain Fitness Revolution. It’s a sharp,

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stimulating group of challenging ideas and essays – all ready for you to dive in and enjoy. Check out the other posts at the site for ways to keep your brain fit and flexible. […]

BOGUS Bonanza!

Admit it. After a lull of several weeks, you thought we here at Doc Gurley had become softer, gentler, more tolerant of our fellow human’s capacity for healthnews BOGUS-ity. But noooo. Oh sure, while we’ve been waiting for a truly BOGUS bit of health reporting to appear, we did drop our guard and become more […]

Take Me Shopping!

If you’re buying a present for a child this year (are you listening, Santa?), here’s one thing you absolutely

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must take with you when you go shopping: The Moms Rising Healthy Toy Guide!

Here’s how it works: Before you give a child a toy this holiday season, search the HealthyToys database for […]

Screening the Screen

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Twin studies today are a wake-up call for parents to log-off and un-plug their homes. Studies show that screen time is a toxic substance to your kids’ health – whether it’s TV, computer/internet or games. And the bad outcomes are dose-dependent, meaning that the more screen time your kids get, the […]

Five Things To Do For Your Health This Month: December

December is loaded with health significance – it’s the end of the calendar year, which is a time of reflection for many of us. It’s also a month packed with holidays, emotion, stress, and, often, calories. Here are five tips to help you navigate the rapids of December and emerge in the New […]

Joy – The Drug

Here’s powerful study result showing that breast cancer patients who received psychological counseling had

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improved survival, decreased recurrences of their tumors, and, even for those who had a recurrence, longer times until relapse. That’s powerful stuff. Especially considering that these women were not chosen because of mental health […]