So, I just saw comedian Annie Lederman's body image drawing. It's been circulating the internet this morning. People are loving it, but I think it's counterproductive. More »
Bummer: This Drawing Is Supposed To Examine Body Image, Unintentionally Perpeturates Body Shaming is a post from...
Three out of 20 flexible gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopes used for screening were found to harbor unacceptable levels of “bio dirt” – cells and matter from a patient’s body that could pose potential infection risk — according to a study of endoscopes used at five hospitals across the U.S.
In...
JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights A research letter by Zahava Berkowitz, M.S.P.H., M.Sc., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and colleagues found that most of the 2,087 primary care clinicians surveyed recommended Papanicolaou (pap) tests sooner than recommended by...
writer's personal viewpoints...? Some works of nonfiction examine and discuss a focused topic and include the writer's personal viewpoints. This type of nonfiction is known as which of the following?
A. speech
B. essay
C. lyric
D. short story
A new study shows that carotid artery stenting (CAS) following prior same-side carotid artery revascularization is safe, effective and results in lower incidences of in-hospital death, stroke and heart attack compared to first-time CAS for carotid artery stenosis. This study received "Best of...
A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy finds fire and life safety programs in Delaware offer a strategic, comprehensive and coordinated approach to fire prevention. The study, which involved in-depth interviews with members of the state's fire...
Several high-profile investigations probe health care issues. ProPublica reports on the costs and risks associated with dialysis: "In 1972, after a month of deliberation, Congress launched the nation's most ambitious experiment in universal health care: a change to the Social Security...
Nearly 200 lupus researchers, clinicians and representatives from government, industry, academia and nonprofit organizations involved in lupus research will gather on the campus of the National Institutes of Health to look at ways to best apply research findings from lupus mouse models to human...
Haitian and U.S. public health experts recently reported that two new surveillance systems set up in Haiti after the January earthquake showed that no major disease outbreaks had developed and that the new systems could be part of the foundation of the country's health system in the long term...
As Michigan voters head to the polls today, the gubernatorial primary candidates have switched their focus from jobs to abortion. Two opinion pieces recently examined the issues surrounding the shift. Summaries appear below. ~ Brian Dickerson, Detroit Free Press: Last month, officials from both...
The G8's $5-billion initiative to improve maternal and child health "left many loose ends that need to be tied up before the countries can begin to make good on their commitment to save the lives of 1.3 million children under age five, and 64,000 mothers," the Canadian Press/Globe and Mail...
On Wednesday, columns in the New York Times and the Washington Post discussed how the issues of men's involvement and abortion-rights relate to feminist debates. Summaries appear below. ~ Katrin Bennhold, New York Times: Historically, feminism has been "about women pushing into the world of...
"Arab countries need to invest some $144 billion in agriculture over the next 20 years to meet the food demands of the growing population, an Arab agricultural organization has said," the Media Line/All Headline News reports in a piece that examines the contributing factors to gaps in food...
Greenwire/New York Times examines how water "binds urban sanitation with energy, tourism, agriculture and other sectors throughout sub-Saharan Africa," with a focus on Kenya's "water woes." Kenya's problems have been compounded by changing weather, population growth, "volatile politics," and...
The following summarizes selected women's health related videos. Â?Health Reform's Benefits for Women: In a new video from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, actress Julianne Moore explains "what exactly ... health reform mean[s] for women." The law not only "extends health care...
The following summarizes selected women's health related videos. Â?Health Reform's Benefits for Women: In a new video from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, actress Julianne Moore explains "what exactly ... health reform mean[s] for women." The law not only "extends health care...
The following summarizes selected women's health related videos. Â?Health Reform's Benefits for Women: In a new video from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, actress Julianne Moore explains "what exactly ... health reform mean[s] for women." The law not only "extends health care...
The following summarizes selected women's health related videos. Â?Health Reform's Benefits for Women: In a new video from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, actress Julianne Moore explains "what exactly ... health reform mean[s] for women." The law not only "extends health care...
The WHO said it sent six technical experts to assess a small outbreak of polio in Tajikistan, VOA News reports, adding that WHO "says this is the first importation of polio in the European region since Europe was certified as polio-free in 2002." They will investigate the seven cases to...