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Jet lag causes memory and learning problems, according to new research, so please excuse any typos or nonsensical sentence constructions in the following article: I am writing it after flying cross-country for Thanksgiving and a day before my return flight.
Number of PhDs received by Americans in science and engineering in 2009; 13,593 were earned by women, and 947 by African-Americans [via the National Science Foundation]
—DR. LYLE MICHELI, director of sports medicine at Children's Hospital Boston, on the importance of weight training for children. Many people think weight-training fails to help strengthen children while increasing their risk of injury, but in fact the opposite is likely true [via The New York Times]
Diet and exercise is the mantra for good health in any population, not least in patients with Type 2 diabetes.
In case you missed it, the New York Times ran this week a stunning expose of the overuse of new X-ray technology in children’s dentistry. The article was part of the paper’s ongoing investigation into problems with the use of radiation in medicine.
We’ve all heard about the importance of mother-baby bonding. When that doesn’t happen because a mother is battling postpartum depression, it’s not only mom who suffers; baby does too.
Percentage of patients who were harmed by medical care in a safety study involving 2,341 patients at 10 North Carolina hospitals [via New York Times]
Most people look forward to retirement as a time when they can finally clock out, control their own schedules, and take up activities that they never had the time or energy to pursue before. But some recent studies on people in their golden years aren’t so reassuring: they suggest that retirees are more prone to [...]
—DEBORAH MACINNES, professor of marketing at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, describing how the music that retail stores choose to play affects consumer behavior during the all-important holiday shopping season [via The Los Angeles Times]
Number of calories consumed during a large Thanksgiving meal, which can — in rare instances — increase the risk of heart attack in at-risk patients [via The Washington Post]
