Another Way Sugar Is Bad For You – It Helps Tumors Grow

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We all know sugar is bad for our teeth. And for our diet in general if we eat to much. And controlling the intake of sugar is critical for Diabetes sufferers.

So it probably shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that researchers are finding yet another way that sugar is […]

Bad Beef An Opportunity For The ‘New’ FDA

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Once again tainted beef is in the news. Beef Packers, Inc., of Fresno has recalled 826,000 ground beef products that are possibly tainted with salmonella. There have been cases of salmonella reported in 11 states with Colorado the worst affected with over 21 cases through June and July. The ground beef […]

Grand Rounds: Technology and Healthcare – and Mystery!

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This week’s fantastic Grand Rounds is up over at the Medicine and Technology blog. Dr Joseph Kim has a fantastic roundup of posts so go check it out. Then prepare for Grand Rounds RIGHT HERE next week.

That’s right. Doc Gurley is hosting the next Grand Rounds here on […]

Grand Rounds LIVE!

Welcome to first Grand Rounds LIVE edition. You can view our show, or scroll down for the more traditional written version!

Improv on the run to reduce exertion? If you do, is the oxygen cost really lower? Jolie explores the Jody – Jody calls, that is, otherwise known as military cadences. In her post, […]

Well Worth It: Vitamin (D)on’t Get A Cold…

If you have asthma or emphysema, or if just you hate blowing snot out your nose while coughing up play-doh, you want to

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make sure your vitamin D level is over 30 ng/ml (or, depending on the lab’s reporting units, >60 nmol/L). A recent, thorough, well-designed study shows that […]

Grand Rounds – with a dose of healthcare policy

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Grand Rounds for this week is up – and this time it is hosted by The Health Care Blog – which is actually a very big and busy blog with at least three regular contributors and several other occasional contributors. They have tendency to cover health care policy issues and also […]