It has long been understood diabetes is often a function of lifestyle. Lifestyle, Insulin-Resistance and Diabetes A lifestyle of inactivity and a high sugar-high carbohydrate diet is known to cause “insulinresistance” in which the tissues of the body become less sensitive to the regulation of sugar through insulin. This condition
Almost every day seems to bring a new scare headline about bird flu, e.g. “Governor issues disaster declaration as new avian flu outbreak detected in Weld County” (Colorado Public Radio News). [1] Below the headline, the articles typically warn that animal-to-human transmission is possible, and “mutations” of bird flu may
Parents in particular are concerned that their teenage children are spending too much time on social media. This is not just a values question. An increasing body of literature points to how severe mental health problems are associated with excessive social media time for teens. The promise of social media
The holidays can be a wonderful time to reconnect with faith, friends and family. It can also be a dangerous time to get sick. Something called the “weekend effect” has been studied in medicine. This describes how patients admitted to hospitals on a weekend, as opposed to weekdays, have higher
Returning to the office for the New Year I decided to clean up my bulletinboard. My thinking was that if it’s buried under layers of paper, it’s probably irrelevant by now. If not, it may be something past due for attention. I found one article of a type I periodically
Harvard’s President recently resigned amidst allegations that she’d plagiarized dozens of her academic articles. Some have suggested this controversy was a “one off” or due solely to “politics.” But in January this year, the Harvard affiliate Dana Farber Cancer Center announced its retracting six major cancer studies, and correcting 31
Many of us are familiar with “learning loss” in children due to Covid interruptions in their education. But some in medicine believe that changes in medical school education since Covid have had the effect of “dumbing down” our medical profession –which may bode ill for the quality of future doctors.
