Archives: October, 2007

Doctor? Or Medicinegist?
When Anne Johnson recently visited the Nighttime Pediatrics and Adult Care Too! clinic near her home in Millersville with a case of hives, the doctor told her she needed steroids and several days’ worth of antihistamines. But he didn’t hand her a prescription. Instead, Johnson, 46, got a dose of …
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/26/AR2007102602484.html?nav=rss_health

Quality of Life Predicts Lung Cancer Survival
TUESDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) — Quality of life is the most important predictor of survival for patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer, U.S. researchers report.
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/30/AR2007103001455.html?nav=rss_health

Doctor? Or Medicinegist?
When Anne Johnson recently visited the Nighttime Pediatrics and Adult Care Too! clinic near her home in Millersville with a case of hives, the doctor told her she needed steroids and several days’ worth of antihistamines. But he didn’t hand her a prescription. Instead, Johnson, 46, got a dose of …
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/26/AR2007102602484.html?nav=rss_health

Younger Veterans at Greater Suicide Risk
TUESDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) — A study of U.S. veterans suffering from depression finds that their risk factors for suicide differ in surprising ways from those of other depressed Americans.
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/30/AR2007103001317.html?nav=rss_health

A Real Dr. Pepper
Ever eat something so spicy your mouth goes numb?
Eureka! That effect gave some medical researchers an idea. Now they’re taking the chemical that makes peppers hot—capsaicin—purifying it, and applying it directly to open wounds.
Yow! Okay, the patients are under anesthesia when this is done because the screaming can be so annoying.
But […]

The Sammy Hagar Effect
Several years ago we wrote about a study that proved something we knew: Fast songs make us drive fast.
Now there’s another study that proves another generalization: Young men drive fast because, well, they’re young men.
Swiss and German researchers did an experiment using male students in their 20s in driving simulators.
It’s kinda […]

Brewanomics
Keep this one quiet. We don’t want a worldwide panic.
Beer prices may climb higher in the coming months.
The reasons: a global shortage of hops, and rising prices for other grains.
The price rise: maybe 10 percent by the end of the year.
URL: http://mhtoday.menshealth.com/2007/10/hops-shortage.html

Eating for Two, One Trimester at a Time
Eating healthfully is one of the first parental challenges that expectant women face. Not only is it important to hit all the right nutritional notes, there’s also the question of how much weight to gain. Eating for two is often misinterpreted as a license to overeat, but gaining […]

Seeing the Light of Day
Oh, the light! The autumn light! Is there anything more glorious than an October day, awash in the sun’s low-slung amber rays?
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/26/AR2007102602479.html?nav=rss_health

Eating for Two, One Trimester at a Time
Eating healthfully is one of the first parental challenges that expectant women face. Not only is it important to hit all the right nutritional notes, there’s also the question of how much weight to gain. Eating for two is often misinterpreted as a license to overeat, but gaining […]