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- Cancer Research Carnival #7
Welcome to the 7th edition of the Cancer Research Carnival, a blog carnival devoted to cancer research. This edition includes some great articles on cancer research ethics, cancer therapeutics, cancer stem cells, cancer genetics and cancer biology. I believe it’s important to maintain perspective on the significance of cancer research and the impact it has [...]
Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:46:13 +0000 - Health Highlights - March 3rd, 2008
Introducing … RxWiki! | Secundum Artem N.B. introduces a wiki resource on drugs, edited and reviewed only by licensed pharmacists. Top 10 Reasons to Stay Healthy | Mark’s Daily Apple Mark’s Daily Apple gives the top 10 reasons why you need and want to stay healthy. Perfect Parents | Musings of a Distractible Mind Dr. Rob ruminates about parenting, discipline [...]
Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:48:30 +0000 - More Steps for Open Access
Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist at U.C. Davis Genome Center, has been named the first Academic Editor-in-Chief at the Public Library of Science (PLoS) journal PLoS Biology. He wrote an editorial published Tuesday on the PLoS Biology website that discusses his conversion and commitment to open-access publishing. His personal experience exemplifies what to me is [...]
Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:07:05 +0000 - Cancer Research Carnival #7 Call for Submissions
Highlight HEALTH will be hosting the next edition of the Cancer Research Carnival, edition 7, on Friday, March 7th. As host, I invite you to send your submissions. What is the Cancer Research Carnival? The Cancer Research Carnival is a monthly blog carnival of what’s new in cancer research. Please note that your blog doesn’t have to be [...]
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:00:11 +0000 - Searching for Health Information Online Dangerous
Approximately eight million Americans search for health information online every day [1]. However, the information those health seekers are reading may not be very healthy at all. A new study by the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest recently reported that the information prominently displayed in search engine results was not only misleading and [...]
Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:52:56 +0000 - Overeating Fast Food Carbs Causes Signs of Liver Damage
A recent study evaluating the effects of fast-food-based overeating on liver enzymes and liver triglyceride content has been making the news this week. However, most media sources have been incorrectly interpreting the results. The Swedish study, published in the British Medical Association journal Gut, suggests that eating too much fast food can cause liver damage [...]
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:20:01 +0000 - ScienceCures: Today’s Science, Tomorrow’s Cures
Last month, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) launched a new website, ScienceCures.org, a voter education initiative aimed at raising the profile of federal funding for biomedical research among the presidential candidates and the general public in the U.S.. ScienceCures.org provides a number of interactive resources to learn how NIH-funded scientists are working [...]
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:39:38 +0000 - Living Healthy Isn’t Cost Saving, It’s Cost Effective
There are a lot of good reasons for people to lose weight and to quit smoking. However, according to a new study published in PLoS Medicine, saving money on lifetime healthcare costs isn’t one of them [1]. Researchers at the Netherlands’ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment used a simulation model to estimate lifetime [...]
Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:08:29 +0000 - Presenting Highlight HEALTH 2.0
I’ve written previously about my desire to explore the use of web 2.0 in health and medicine. Two months ago, I created a page on the Highlight HEALTH Web Directory to index articles that discuss web 2.0 in health, fitness and medicine. … Then I realized my mistake. No blog. No RSS. Why was I writing [...]
Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:00:46 +0000 - Chiropractic Adjustments and Artery Dissection: Is Your Neck in Safe Hands?
Cervicocerebral arterial dissections are increasingly recognized as a cause of stroke, particularly in young people. The term “cervicocerebral arterial” refers to the arteries in the neck and brain, while the term “dissection” refers to a tear in the inner wall of a major artery. An arterial dissection leads to the intrusion of blood within the [...]
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