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Pick your sunscreen carefully: 75% don’t pass muster
Overall, about 1 in 4 sunscreens, or about 500 products, met standards for providing adequate sun protection and avoiding ingredients linked to...
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New toolkit offers help for climate change anxiety
The toolkit includes three main sections that feature video clips and reflective questions around eco-anxiety, eco-paralysis, and ecological grief...
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Study provides new analysis of isotretinoin and risk for adverse neuropsychiatric outcomes
Although severe neuropsychiatric effects associated with isotretinoin therapy in patients with acne have been reported, “the evidence base ... is...
Livin' on the MDedge
Fecal transfer could be the transplant of youth
Plus: Lying about misinformation and designing a better quality of life.
Conference Coverage
How to communicate effectively with patients when tension is high
Calling to mind a couple of acronyms can help, said a moderator of a panel discussion at the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians...
Conference Coverage
Homelessness seems to have greater link to death than common diseases, says physician
The health challenges facing those experiencing homelessness are straightforward, but the U.S. health system isn’t built to deal with them, an...
Livin' on the MDedge
Nap length linked to cognitive changes
Plus: Swiss Army robot does it all, a napping double whammy, and historic parasites.
Livin' on the MDedge
The Empire strikes out against one physician’s homemade star fighter
Plus: Flight surgeon visits the International Space Station, electric chopsticks replace salt, and pets supply samples of cancer-causing chemicals...
From the Journals
Emerging tick-borne pathogen has spread to state of Georgia
“The prevalence of human cases is low, and the virus appears to be present at very low levels in populations of lone star tick.”
Conference Coverage
Hospitalists and PCPs crave greater communication
Both types of specialists want there to be more discussion about their patients when they are in the hospital.
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Strawberries, spinach, kale: high on the ‘Dirty Dozen’ list
“Our recommendation is to buy the ones on the ‘Dirty Dozen’ list organic when available, or focus on the ‘Clean 15’ list.”