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You have to give credit where credit is due – a recent analysis of studies looking at the benefits of aspirin therapy for people without a prior history of a heart attack managed to reduce the decision to a pretty simple bottom line: name your poison – a heart attack or puking up blood? We […] Alcohol use in teens has gotten more press recently because of the tragedy of a 16 year old sports star who died of presumed alcohol overdose after being found collapsed in the hallway at an unsupervised party. For 6 Practical, Advanced Alcohol Ed Tips for Teens, check out the Doc Gurley SFGate article on that […] Perhaps you too have noticed the news coverage about the 16-year-old sports star from a wealthy California community who died this weekend due to presumed alcohol overdose – he was found in a hallway of an unsupervised home where lots of kids were partying. The unanimous news coverage ends with the plea for “parents to […] Image via Wikipedia A recent pair of studies (one in humans, one in mice) has found that there is a possible predictor of what will happen with a breast cancer tumor and in turn suggests some new avenues for treatment. It’s early days yet, but the research results are very interesting. Two seperate studies […] Image by groovelock via Flickr Despite the drop in interest in the Swine Flu (H1N1) in the media as fears of it all turning into a pandemic fade, the disease continues to rumble along and is by no means gone from our lives. The most interesting piece of news is that tests by the […] It’s easy to think that the quality of health reporting needs a shot in the arm. That makes it even more important to notice when a good, reasoned article comes along. I thought this article might contain a predictable assortment Image by eagleglide via Flickr of semi-BOGUS advice, but then found that it didn’t. At […] |
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