This comes as no surprise. There are some anti-nuclear activists who won’t even drink French wine since the fallout was all over Europe. One positive to come from so much suffering is that it may have slowed the nuclear
We have discussed the perils of too many antibiotics in the blog quite a bit, for example here, here, here, and here. Pediatricians and parents are cutting way back, as this article shows. Antibiotics Are a Gift to Be
I am hoping that we are entering an era where data and science matter again. From election results to weather patterns, scientists have been dismissed as biased or corrupt by agents who are biased or corrupted by the industries
Discussion of the first part of the New Yorker article here. The rest of the article discusses the future of using select bacteria combinations to actually treat illness. They discuss that probiotics, to date, are nonspecific and somewhat crude. Two
File under “First Do No Harm” and the hazards of antibiotics, I will try to summarize the fascinating article in the October 22nd issue of the New Yorker Magazine about the importance of bacteria in our bodies for everything from
“Not only were these people killed, but there was no ethical reason to give this treatment” There has been an outbreak of meningitis cases linked to shoddily prepared steroids used in epidural steroid injections for pain. This article discusses some of the other
In the ongoing discussion of whether or not we are too clean, there is an interesting study from UCSF looking at the actual types of bacteria in the sinuses finding that certain types of bacteria are beneficial and may be
I did a previous post on the dangers of BPA found in food cans and even receipts from cash machines. A new study reported on today found obesity levels higher in children with higher levels of BPA in their urine.
We’ve discussed tricks to improve sleep quality on the blog before, but this reiterates the wisdom of turning off the screen well before time to go to bed. If there only was something to read that didn’t emit light, that
Readers of this blog are very familiar with this topic. I think it’s very important, mainly because one of our first responsibilities as physicians is to “Do No Harm.” So when either as part of well meaning policy, or profit
