Improve your memory by staying busy
"Staying busy may improve your memory, suggests a study published May 17, 2016, in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience."...
Health benefits for cancer patients of Magic Mushrooms
Interesting studies about the health benefits of hallucinogenic mushrooms for cancer patients with anxiety and depression....
"Lucy" hung from trees
Enclosed are two articles about how Lucy, perhaps died, while climbing/hanging in a tree. Interesting read. http://www.nbcnews.com/healt...
United States Comes in Last Again on Health, Compared to Other Countries
Maybe you, as the future generation of doctors, can address this nagging issue and forever solve the healthcare dilemma in the US. "The...
Dementia game 'shows lifelong navigational decline'
The world's largest dementia research experiment, which takes the form of a video game, has indicated the ability to navigate declines...
Shortage of Doctors, or not? Let's take a closer look
Read this interesting article that argues that it's an inefficient system and we need to better manage what we have. "The system isn’t...
Medical Mysteries
Dr. Chung heads up the Discover Program at Columbia/Presbyterian. "When patients have a disease that can’t be diagnosed, they get sent to...
According to UNICEF, 2 billion children breathe toxic air worldwide
2 billion children breathe toxic air worldwide, UNICEF says "A new report from UNICEF says about a third of the 2 billion children in the...
Eat, drink, but be wary — 4 foods that interact with medications
Foods to be aware of that may interact with your medications. Grapefruit, kale, bananas and cheese! "Grapefruit, kale — foods like these...
We used to sell cigarettes in hospitals. 5 practices that may soon look just as outdated
1) Now doctors say they are sorry. 2) Lack of notations on RX that states what the RX is for. 3) Taking a second look at hand washing...
