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Ever feel like even your skin is exhausted? Like your feet are seeping tiredness into the floor? Well, there may be some truth to your sensations. BBC health news today reports on a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) article where researchers discovered that each cell of your body has its own internal […] You’d almost think this article was a follow-up to a Doc Gurley post titled 10 Creative Ways To Get Your Doctor To Wash His Hands. Read the article if you want a review of the issue of doctors and handwashing (or lack thereof). Read the Doc Gurley November 16 post if you want a quirky […] There’s only one way to feel about the sudden death of Heath Ledger–what a tragic loss of youth, life, and talent. While we may never know what actually happened, the story about his death raises some important opportunities to learn, and, hopefully, prevent future deaths like this. First point: the medicines that were found in […] Dr. Judah Folkman died this week in Boston. News organizations used the occasion to report on his decades-long cancer research career. Given his status as a distant, non-celebrity, non-Nobel surgeon, you may be asking yourself why you, personally, should care about his death. Here’s why. We were in our second year of medical […] The Doc Gurley post on using a mood-altering computer game is included in this week’s grand rounds of medical blogs. This week’s host, Alvaro Fernandez, of www.sharpbrains.com did an awe-inspiring job of reviewing 40 sites. He lists each with a fun, catchy one-sentence summary. Talk about setting the bar high! If you’re looking for a […] Typically, health news is a litany of faux fears. You know what I mean, alarmist stuff that makes it seem like an act of insurance-revoking foolhardiness merely to leave the house without a respirator, a bottle of thermonuclear disinfectant, and a NASA-approved re-entry pod. In a surprising twist, here is a truly alarming bit of […] |
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