A good night’s sleep is increasingly loosing out to late night television, the internet, video games and other modern day distractions, and our health is taking the toll. An estimated 50 to 70 million people suffer from chronic sleep loss and sleep disorders, and loss of sleep is associated with a variety of health problems, [...]
One Hand Clapping | Science-based Medicine
Mark Crislip ponders the meaning of “better” and explores objective and subjective therapeutic responses. A must read!
Trusted doesn’t mean accurate. Safe is almost certainly stale. | e-patients
How do you know if you can trust medical information from a website? Did you know the guidelines used to determine "trusted" websites were [...]
With crude oil hitting a record high this week, gas prices here in the U.S. are soaring. According to CNN.com, the $100 fill-up has arrived in the United States.
Want to reduce your stress level, spend less money at the pump and do your part to help save the planet? Here’s one of the most simple [...]
Last Sunday, 60 Minutes profiled John Kanzius, an inventor who may have come up with one of the most promising breakthroughs in cancer research in years. It’s still in the experimental stage and much research needs to be done, but if future clinical trials are successful, the Kanzius Machine will destroy cancer cells throughout the [...]
Nightline aired The Last Lecture: A Love Story For Your Life last night on ABC. For those who may have missed it, Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon Computer Science Professor, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2006. Less than a year later, the cancer metastasized to his liver and spleen, and he was given six [...]