Prison Food Is Making US Inmates Disproportionately Sick

Prison Food Is Making US Inmates Disproportionately Sick
Lapses in food safety have made American prisoners six times more likely to get a foodborne illness than the general population.

December 31, 2017 at 03:35PM
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30 years after Prozac arrived, we still buy the lie that chemical imbalances cause depression

30 years after Prozac arrived, we still buy the lie that chemical imbalances cause depression
This explanation, widely cited as empirical truth, is false. Yet the idea has remained stubbornly embedded in the public understanding of depression.

December 31, 2017 at 12:39AM
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Is Video Game Addiction Unscientific Bullshit?

Is Video Game Addiction Unscientific Bullshit?
The World Health Organization is on the verge of officially recognizing a phenomenon that researchers have been studying since the Super Nintendo era: video game addiction.

December 30, 2017 at 04:35PM
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Food Swamps Are the New Food Deserts

Food Swamps Are the New Food Deserts
It's not just a lack of grocery stores that's making us fat. It's an overabundance of fast food.

December 30, 2017 at 03:20PM
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How A Military Explosive Is Giving Us Cancer

How A Military Explosive Is Giving Us Cancer
And why the government is insisting that RDX, a chemical explosive developed in World War II, is not a carcinogen.

December 29, 2017 at 09:01PM
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Losing Conner’s Mind

Losing Conner’s Mind
The race to save a child from a genetic death sentence.

December 29, 2017 at 05:27PM
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Why American Doctors Keep Doing Expensive Procedures That Don't Work

Why American Doctors Keep Doing Expensive Procedures That Don't Work
The proportion of medical procedures unsupported by evidence may be nearly half.

December 29, 2017 at 02:04PM
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Abs Are Not Worth It, And Other Facts

Abs Are Not Worth It, And Other Facts
Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Getting abs is hard, we're never going to retire and mining cryptocurrency can keep you warm.

December 28, 2017 at 10:50PM
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Do Australians Need a Sugar Intervention?

By KASSIE BRACKEN, JONAH M. KESSEL and TAIGE JENSEN from NYT Health http://ift.tt/2CiWV72

At 15, Ruben Urbina couldn’t bear his depression and anxiety anymore. So he called police with a chilling threat.

At 15, Ruben Urbina couldn’t bear his depression and anxiety anymore. So he called police with a chilling threat.
At 15, Ruben Urbina had devoted friends and plans for college, but the 15-year-old was struggling with depression.

December 28, 2017 at 05:57PM
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Miracle Drug Wakes Up Woman Who Has Been In Coma-Like State For Two Years

Miracle Drug Wakes Up Woman Who Has Been In Coma-Like State For Two Years
Zolpidem, a drug ironically first used as sleep medication, has been shown to rouse some patients in vegetative states due to brain injury.

December 28, 2017 at 04:48PM
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Americans are dying younger than people in other rich nations

Americans are dying younger than people in other rich nations
As recently as 1979, the typical American could expect to live roughly 1.5 years longer than the average resident of one of the other countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development — a group of 35 wealthy, predominantly Western nations.

December 28, 2017 at 03:42PM
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The Leap to Single-Payer: What Taiwan Can Teach

The Leap to Single-Payer: What Taiwan Can Teach
A major overhaul of a health care system, just like that. Can America do big things anymore?

December 28, 2017 at 02:10AM
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F.D.A. Leaves Tainted Foods on Shelves Too Long, Report Finds

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Is a 'Cure' for Blindness Worth $1 Million?

Is a 'Cure' for Blindness Worth $1 Million?
Some blind people are questioning how the first gene therapy to treat inherited blindness has been valued.

December 27, 2017 at 10:40PM
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Years of Attack Leave Obamacare a More Government-Focused Health Law

Years of Attack Leave Obamacare a More Government-Focused Health Law
Efforts by Republicans to chip away at the Affordable Care Act, culminating in the repeal of the individual mandate, have left behind a more government-focused health program.

December 27, 2017 at 05:17PM
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Why Mental Health Is A Poor Measure Of A President

Why Mental Health Is A Poor Measure Of A President
Presidents from Lincoln to Nixon appear to have suffered from a range of psychiatric disorders. But mental health professionals say that doesn't mean they were unfit for the office.

December 26, 2017 at 03:22PM
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How to Combat Your Anxiety, One Step at a Time

How to Combat Your Anxiety, One Step at a Time
“From North Korea to hurricanes, we live with a greater degree of uncertainty. What it boils down to is: How much can people tolerate it when they don’t know what’s going to happen next?”

December 26, 2017 at 03:22PM
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The Post-pregnancy Belly Problem That Nobody Tells Women About

The Post-pregnancy Belly Problem That Nobody Tells Women About
There's surprisingly little research on diastasis recti, which affects at least 60 percent of postpartum women.

December 26, 2017 at 03:22PM
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I Spent 80 Days Trying to Get Abs and It Ruined My Life

I Spent 80 Days Trying to Get Abs and It Ruined My Life
I lost 30 pounds and a quarter of my body fat and all it cost was my social life, my relationship and any joy I had.

December 26, 2017 at 03:22PM
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California Says The Only Safe Way To Talk On Your Cell Phone Is To Text

California Says The Only Safe Way To Talk On Your Cell Phone Is To Text
The state just released a guide to avoiding radiation from a lifetime of constant cellphone use

December 26, 2017 at 03:22PM
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Measles Deaths Fall to a Record Low Worldwide

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One Man’s Stand Against Junk Food as Diabetes Climbs Across India

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Should You Shower in the Morning, or at Night? Yes.

Should You Shower in the Morning, or at Night? Yes.
A morning shower can help you wake up. But showering at night can help sleep arrive faster. What to do?

December 25, 2017 at 01:12PM
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In Asia’s Fattest Country, Nutritionists Take Money From Food Giants

By THOMAS FULLER, ANAHAD O’CONNOR and MATT RICHTEL from NYT Health http://ift.tt/2l0ULAF

A Fascinating Exploration Of All The Important Roles Fat Plays In The Body

A Fascinating Exploration Of All The Important Roles Fat Plays In The Body
In this short documentary, scientists explain why humans need fat — a lot more of it than other animals — and why our cultural aversion to fat is by no means universal.

December 22, 2017 at 05:13PM
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Greater Access to Donated Livers Promised to Transplant Patients

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A Better Kind of Nursing Home

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Sweating It Out at the Dallas Cowboys-Branded Luxury Gym

Sweating It Out at the Dallas Cowboys-Branded Luxury Gym
What makes people want to work out at a fitness center run by America's Team?

December 22, 2017 at 01:31AM
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Should Scientists Be Allowed To Patent Portions Of The Human Genome?

Should Scientists Be Allowed To Patent Portions Of The Human Genome?
On one hand, patents fuel innovation. On the other hand, they can make those innovations inaccessible to the people who need them the most.

December 21, 2017 at 09:46PM
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US life expectancy drops for second year in a row

US life expectancy drops for second year in a row
Life expectancy in the United States has dropped again following last year's decline, which marked the first downturn in more than two decades.

December 21, 2017 at 07:05PM
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America Experiences More Pain Than Other Countries

America Experiences More Pain Than Other Countries
A third of Americans have pain "often" or "very often" — here's why.

December 21, 2017 at 02:35PM
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Seth Meyers Reveals The Real Roster Of Words Trump Wants To Replace

Seth Meyers Reveals The Real Roster Of Words Trump Wants To Replace
The CDC was recently given guidelines from the Trump administration forbidding the use of words like "diversity" and "evidence-based" in their budget documents. Seth Meyers has learned that is just the beginning.

December 20, 2017 at 03:08PM
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E.P.A. Delays Bans on Uses of Hazardous Chemicals

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What the Gardasil Testing May Have Missed

What the Gardasil Testing May Have Missed
There's no evidence that the HPV vaccine causes serious harm, but an investigation shows the trials weren't designed to properly assess safety.

December 19, 2017 at 04:06PM
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The Digital Puppy That Keeps Seniors Out of Nursing Homes

The Digital Puppy That Keeps Seniors Out of Nursing Homes
As the US population ages, people in need of 24/7 monitoring will outnumber available caregivers. One company's answer: Let an avatar do the job.

December 19, 2017 at 04:06PM
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A Federal Ban on Making Lethal Viruses Is Lifted

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This Is Why A Third Of Antidepressants Are Prescribed For Something Else

This Is Why A Third Of Antidepressants Are Prescribed For Something Else
Doctors often use medicines "off-label" to treat people with conditions that these drugs haven't been tested on. Uncovering the secret life of antidepressants in particular could open up a host of new treatments.

December 19, 2017 at 03:07PM
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Can an Old Mill Town Become the Silicon Valley of Human Organ Manufacturing?

Can an Old Mill Town Become the Silicon Valley of Human Organ Manufacturing?
Inside a massive repurposed 19th-century mill complex in New Hampshire's largest city, a world famous inventor has teamed up with some of the country's leading scientists and biomedical engineering firms to wipe out the organ transplant waiting list once and for all.

December 19, 2017 at 02:57AM
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Hospital Giants Vie for Patients in Effort to Fend Off New Rivals

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This old drug was free. Now it’s $109,500 a year.

This old drug was free. Now it’s $109,500 a year.
For decades, Don Anderson of Seattle has been taking the same drug to help control the temporary bouts of immobility and muscle weakness caused by a rare and frightening genetic illness called periodic paralysis. Throughout that time, the price has been a rollercoaster.

December 18, 2017 at 10:05PM
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Uncertain Inheritance: Epigenetics and the Poisoning of Michigan

Uncertain Inheritance: Epigenetics and the Poisoning of Michigan
In 1973, a toxic chemical was mixed into tons of farm feed, sickening livestock and exposing millions of Michiganders. Should later generations worry?

December 18, 2017 at 07:59PM
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Jewel’s journey: when everything else failed, this teen turned to weight loss surgery

Jewel’s journey: when everything else failed, this teen turned to weight loss surgery
4.5 million American kids and teens are severely obese. We're barely using the best tool we have to help them.

December 18, 2017 at 06:54PM
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Secrets And Nightmares Of The Teenage Circumcision Circuit

Secrets And Nightmares Of The Teenage Circumcision Circuit
In South Africa thousands of boys are initiated into manhood each year, but all too often they lose far more than they gain.

December 18, 2017 at 01:29AM
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'The Court System Shouldn't Interrupt the Treatment Process'

'The Court System Shouldn't Interrupt the Treatment Process'
A Massachusetts case illustrates the glaring difference between the medical community's approach to addiction and the laws on the books in the United States.

December 17, 2017 at 07:05PM
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What Counts As Natural Athleticism?

What Counts As Natural Athleticism?
Regulations banning performance-enhancing drugs raise as many questions as they answer.

December 17, 2017 at 07:05PM
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Drug Company Under Fire After Revealing Dengue Vaccine May Harm Some

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In Opioid Battle, Cherokee Want Their Day in Tribal Court

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Uproar Over Purported Ban at C.D.C. of Words Like ‘Fetus’

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Patients Want Poop Transplants. Here's How to Make Them Safe

Patients Want Poop Transplants. Here's How to Make Them Safe
Fecal transplants care caught in a legal limbo, even as they grow in popularity.

December 16, 2017 at 06:21PM
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