Archive for the ‘News’ Category
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Vaccines Cause Autism?
It seems like reports are coming out linking autism to vaccines. I had never put any thought into it, but it seems like there’s a link there. It could however be like Pirates and Global Warming where the two are unrelated coincidences.
The big news is that the United States government seems to be [...] -
Fat is Contagious
The big health news this week is that fat is contagious. It seems that the data from a Framingham, MA (a place close to my heart) suggests this conclusion. Researchers found that people with fat friends were more likely to be fat themselves. Wired News has a bit of fun with this [...]
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Andy Grove and Health
What’s the difference beteen Lazy Man and Health and Andy Grove and Health? Andy Grove is not lazy. If you are familiar with him, you know him as the co-founder of Intel. According to this Wired article, he’s
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High Breast Cancer Risk?
The local news tonight had a story on breast cancer. As a man, I don’t put as much thought into breast cancer as I should. The story asked, what is the biggest breast cancer risk factor? I was all set to bring in the three usual suspects, smoking, genetics, and obesity. [...]
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A Shared Medical Database With an Eye to Privacy Protection
Imagine if there was one database that had all your medical history in one place. Wouldn’t this be a great tool in the case of an emergency. A doctor could quickly get a hold of all the information that he or she needs to properly diagnose any condition you might have. You [...]
