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Feature
How your voice could reveal hidden disease
For some of us, when a disease begins or when our mental health declines, our voice changes.
News
Everyone wins when losers get paid
Plus: Utilizing ancient Greek warriors to plant trees in your neighborhood, and one toilet’s journey down the yellow brick road in search of a...
Commentary
Visualization can improve sports performance
Visualization techniques may also be extended to other sports and help improve life habits.
Feature
Pediatric emergencies associated with unnecessary testing: AAP
Several common pediatric conditions do not require diagnostic tests.
From the Journals
Virtual yoga program appears to improve IBS symptoms, fatigue, stress
“With advances around the gut microbiome and the evolving science on the brain-gut axis, mind-body interventions could offer a therapeutic option...
From the Journals
Analysis of doctors’ EHR email finds infrequent but notable hostility
Researchers were struck by the hostility of negative sentiment in some emails to physicians.
News
Looking for a healthy meat substitute? Consider the potato
Plus: The beginning of the end for “monkeypox,” dancing without hearing, and fighting without doctors … and socks.
From the Journals
Intermittent fasting diet trend linked to disordered eating
This method of dieting was significantly associated with overeating, binge eating, vomiting, laxative use, and compulsive exercise.
From the Journals
Children with autism show distinct brain features related to motor impairment
White matter in the brains of children with autism found to be distinct from the white matter in children with developmental coordination disorder...
From the Journals
Extreme temperature shifts tied to increase in hate speech
The minimum number of hate tweets appears to occur when temperatures are between 15° and 18° C (59° to 65° F).
Shrink Rap News
The importance of connection and community
Being a psychiatrist can be a solitary career, and it can take a little effort to be a part of larger worlds, especially for those who find solace...