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There’s an (ahem) eye-opening study this week looking at the reasons why Americans aren’t getting enough sleep. Turns out that, of those not getting enough of the good stuff, 50% of us are losing approximately 2 hours of sleep a night due to…TV. The article also notes that many of us are also getting up […] Here’s a nice alternative and effective intervention for teens exhibiting early signs of depression – cognitive behavioral therapy. There’s a lot to like in this study, and its results. Cognitive behavioral therapy is different from what most of think of as “therapy” – CBT is focused on coping strategies, and changing both your thinking and […] Excellent news on the Well Worth It front – a superbly-designed study shows that even small amounts of ginger, taken three days before the start of chemotherapy, can significantly reduce nausea. For many patients, nausea is a profound form of suffering associated with chemotherapy – anything that can help is a Halleluyah moment. The study […] There were several neat articles this week about whether or not animals actually laugh. I got a real charge out of it – the idea that chimps chuckle when tickled, that even gorillas can guffaw – and then we got to the part where a cat’s purr is called a laugh, plus the claim that […] It’s Grand Rounds today over at the HealthBlawg – David Harlow’s master oeuvre of all things law and health (and policy and reimbursement and retail clinics and…whew…). In other words, it’s a goldmine of informed discussions about the cutting-edge world of healthcare law/policy. Check out Grand Rounds to see the best of the blogosphere, then […] Check out the latest Doc Gurley review of research (unintended) hilarity by reading the SFGate article – Are You Moron-o-pausal? That’s right – researchers have discovered that women do, in fact, experience a brief spell of dumber and dumberer Image by RickC via Flickr whist going through The Change. Buy why? That’s the question Doc […] |
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