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Study shows increase in health disparities among young Americans New research offers additional insights into health disparities in the United States. Findings published this month in the American Sociological Review show the gap between the least and most healthy has significantly increased among Americans born after 1980 and that health disparity tends to increase as people move […]
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Chew on this: The cognitive benefits of gum I’m a day late to this, but a discussion on the cognitive benefits of chewing gum (!) is just too interesting to ignore. On Frontal Cortex yesterday, blogger Jonah Lehrer highlights some of the “impressive body of psychological literature on gum” – some which has shown that gum can “be an […]
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Toying with Happy Meals As you may have heard, a new San Francisco law forbids fast-food restaurants from giving away toys with children’s meals that don’t meet specific nutritional standards. And, as reported in today’s San Francisco Chronicle, some McDonald’s franchisees have opted to charge customers 10 cents if they want a toy with their Happy Meal. They […]
Working to prevent melanoma The most recent issue of Stanford Cancer Institute News(.pdf) contains a feature on efforts to prevent melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer. Among the work being done here is a campaign to raise awareness of the disease among middle-aged and older men, who have the fastest-growing incidence and mortality rates: Men with less obvious risks […]
Stanford class teaches students how to live a happier, healthier life Today, the San Francisco Chronicle offers a look at a Stanford course aimed at teaching life skills and boosting students’ happiness and health. In the article, Fred Luskin, PhD, one of the course instructors, discusses some of the core principles of the class and how it’s helping students balance their busy […]
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“Herd immunity” causes dramatic drop in infant chicken pox In the early 1990s, Stanford scientist Ann Arvin, MD, led research that helped explain immune responses to varicella zoster, the virus that causes chicken pox. Her work contributed important scientific background for introducing the chicken pox vaccine. Now a new study from the Centers for Disease Control examines how widespread use of […]
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Stradivarius violin replicated through the magic of radiology Radiologist (and amateur violinist) Steven Sirr, MD, and collaborators have created a reproduction of a 1704 Stradivarius violin using computed tomography (CT) images. According to a Radiological Society of North America release, here is how the team did it: The original violin was scanned with a 64-detector CT, […]
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A chaplain’s view on medicine and spiritual healing Bruce Feldstein, MD, spent 19 years as an emergency room physician before becoming a chaplain at Stanford’s medical center. In a Q&A today, Feldstein discusses his job and unique background and offers his view on how faith and healing are intertwined: We often think of healing in medical terms. But healing is more […]
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Study offers insights into how depression may harm the heart November 29, 2011 New findings in the journalPsychophysiology suggest that depressed patients’ diminished ability to recover from stress may increase their risk of heart disease. During the study (subscription required), nearly 700 participants were asked to undergo a stress test to measure their fight-or-flight response. Volunteers were on […]
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How should parents talk to their kids about weight control? NPR has a great story today on a potentially thorny problem — how can parents sensitively address weight problems with their own children? The experts at the Packard Pediatric Weight Control Program, which is profiled in the story, describe the trouble and a possible solution: “A lot of […]
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