FDA Draft Guidance on T2D Devices; New GLP-1 Drug Succeeds in Trial News and commentary from the endocrinology world May 23, 2021
Indian Variant a Global Risk; Good News on U.S. Cases; Baylor Expert Gets Threats A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine May 11, 2021
Greenhouse Gas Emissions From U.S. Healthcare On the Rise U.S. healthcare sector pollutes more than any other industrialized health system in the world Dec 11, 2020
World's Deadliest Neglected Disease: Snakebite Slithers Under the Radar Pick your poison: neurotoxic or hemotoxic Nov 25, 2020
Modified Mosquitoes Suppress Dengue in Field Trial Wild-type pests pushed out, infections cut markedly in treated zones Nov 20, 2020
Military Burn Pits Linked With RA Seropositivity Highest risks for anti-CCP antibodies seen for smokers and those with the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope genes Oct 23, 2020
The Rise of the 'Payvider' and Other Healthcare Trends to Watch David Nash, MD, lists this year's "Dirty Dozen" trends in healthcare Oct 07, 2020
Lifestyle, Policy Changes Could Make Big Dent in Dementia Burden Report identifies 12 modifiable risk factors Jul 30, 2020
Finally, Something Good to Say About Fire Ants It's "only hand waving," but they may inhibit spread of red meat allergy Jun 25, 2020
Air Quality Tied to MS Risk Multiple sclerosis was more prevalent in Italian areas with more pollution May 29, 2020
End of Life and COVID-19; DCIS Doubles Cancer Risk; Training for 'Bad News' News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues May 28, 2020
Fatty Liver Afflicts Most 9/11 'Ground Zero' Workers Researchers blame toxin exposure during recovery and cleanup effort Apr 30, 2020
Common 'Safe' Pesticides May Kill More Than Insects Pyrethroid exposure associated with increased risk of long-term CVD, all-cause mortality Jan 07, 2020
'Dark Waters': Behind-the-Scenes With Attorney Who Took on DuPont Chemical in Teflon was "completely unregulated" when Robert Bilott went after corporate giant Dec 19, 2019
Living Near Oil Refinery Tied to Greater Bladder Cancer Risk Past data support "biological plausibility" for link, says researcher Dec 06, 2019
Dermatomyositis: A Link With Sunburn? Just one episode of sunburn in the year before diagnosis raised risk Sep 13, 2019
New Paint: Another Asthma Trigger in Kids? Small study suggests big increase in exacerbation risk May 24, 2019
ENDO 2019 Roundup: Opioids, Obesity, and More Other noteworthy research presented at The Endocrine Society annual meeting Mar 27, 2019
HIV Exposure in Womb Tied to Metabolic Disease in Later Life Upped risk for immune dysfunction as well, possibly due to inflammation Mar 25, 2019
Morning Break: Safe-Enough Losartan; 'Dirty' Kale; Governor's Pox Party Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the Ƶ staff Mar 21, 2019
Childhood Lead Exposure Tied to Mental Health Issues in Later Life Greater exposure also associated with difficult personality traits in adulthood Jan 23, 2019
California Fire: What is the Impact on Health in the Long Run? "There is simply no precedent for this," expert says at ACAAI annual meeting Nov 18, 2018
Morning Break: Dead-Butt Syndrome; Last Word on Cellphone Radiation; States vs Pharma Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the Ƶ staff Nov 02, 2018
Bacterial Research Points to New Mosquito-Borne Disease Strategy From bathroom in Panama to vector control candidate Oct 31, 2018
Morning Break: Human Side of Addiction; Eyeing Da Vinci's Genius; No CV Indication for Ilaris Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the Ƶ staff Oct 19, 2018
Review: PFAS Exposure Tied to Kidney Disease Researchers warn environmental exposure 'threat' to kidneys Sep 13, 2018
CDC: Coal Workers With Black Lung Disease Are Dying Earlier Widening gap in potential life lost to life expectancy Aug 03, 2018
AMA Urged to Rethink Fossil Fuel Investments Board resists divesting stocks in oil, gas and coal companies Jun 11, 2018
Deadly Black Lung Disease Resurgent Among Coal Miners More than 2,000 cases of progressive massive fibrosis in last 2 decades May 22, 2018
DES Effects Seen Extending to Users' Grandchildren Study ties ADHD to Gramma's use of pregnancy drug May 21, 2018
EPA Agenda is a Threat to Public Health, Experts Say Pollution scientists lambast proposed transparency rule May 20, 2018
Morning Break: Antacids and Allergies; Condom-Snorting; Classroom Vaping Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the Ƶ staff Apr 03, 2018
Greater ALS Risk in Men Exposed to Diesel Exhaust Findings may have implications for people living in high-traffic areas Feb 27, 2018
Morning Break: Antibiotics Running Out; Teen Sex Interest Drops; Children Drive to OR Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the Ƶ staff Sep 20, 2017
The Places in the U.S. Doctors Won't Go (Common Sense Family Doctor) Rural communities face an uphill battle Jun 05, 2017
ATS: Clinicians Rally in Support of Science Speakers slam Trump budget cuts to science, healthcare May 24, 2017
Buffalo Kids' Lead Levels Higher than Flint (Reuters) Many U.S. cities facing water contamination crises Apr 21, 2017
Can Your Furniture Give You Thyroid Cancer? Household flame retardants tied to disease occurrence, severity Apr 03, 2017
Fewer 'Nails in the Coffin' as Smoking Rate Declines But "smoke-free" remains aspiration, not fact Nov 11, 2016
