Important health topics being covered by reliable news sources:
Another reason to put down your phone — especially when you’re outside – Miami Herald 10/31/16
What Keeps Kids Up at Night? Cellphones and Tablets – The New York Times 10/31/16
Colombia Is Hit Hard by Zika, But Not by Microcephaly – The New York Times 10/31/16
Should We Be Scared of Butter? – The New York Times 10/31/16
The High Costs of Not Offering Paid Sick Leave – The New York Times 10/31/16
Is a Minimally Invasive Procedure Effective for Enlarged Prostates? – The Wall Street Journal 10/31/16
Best Reasons to Stay Active as You Age May Be Psychological – The Wall Street Journal 10/31/16
Heart Attacks Are Linked to Patients’ Activity Level, Emotional State – The Wall Street Journal 10/31/16
Opioid pills ‘are like guns’: More than 13,000 children were poisoned – The Washington Post 10/31/16
Drugmakers Turn Cheap Generics Into Expensive Pills – The Wall Street Journal 10/30/16
Does the Flu Provide Better Immunity Than a Flu Shot? – The New York Times 10/28/16
New data shows a deadly measles complication is more common than thought – The Washington Post 10/28/16
The Cure for UTIs? It’s Not Cranberries – The New York Times 10/27/16
How a Run-Walk Strategy Might Help Your Marathon – The New York Times 10/27/16
Teen Depression and Anxiety: What Parents Can Do – TIME 10/27/16
Want to get your kids to stop inhaling their food? Science has your back. – The Washington Post 10/26/16
Bloodsucking parasitic hookworms could help make millions of people healthier – The Washington Post 10/26/16
Mythology of ‘Patient Zero’ and how AIDS virus traveled to the U.S. is all wrong – The Washington Post 10/26/16
Babies Show a Clear Bias—To Learn New Things – The Wall Street Journal 10/26/16
When Parents Divorce, the Children Get the House – The Wall Street Journal 10/26/16
Should the Food Industry Sneak Vegetables Into Food? – The New York Times 10/25/16
The startling rise in oral cancer in men, and what it says about… – The Washington Post 10/25/16
Managing Driving’s Many Distractions – The Wall Street Journal 10/25/16
Merck Drug Gets FDA Approval as a First-Line Lung Cancer Treatment – The Wall Street Journal 10/25/16
Increasing CPR Training to Save Lives – The New York Times 10/24/16
New Reasons Not to Miss a Well-Child Visit – The Wall Street Journal 10/24/16
Neuroscientists show how tiny fibs snowball into big lies – Los Angeles Times 10/24/16
You can blame cigarettes for nearly 3 in 10 cancer deaths in the U.S., study says – Los Angeles Times 10/24/16
How drugs intended for patients ended up in the hands of illegal users… – The Washington Post 10/22/16
Turns Out, Counting on Your Fingers Makes You Smarter – The Wall Street Journal 10/21/16
A Genetic ‘Chain Saw’ to Target Harmful DNA – The Wall Street Journal 10/21/16
How to get that winter body in time for parka season – The Washington Post 10/21/16
Yes! Foods may fight acne – The New York Times 10/20/16
Here’s the latest advice from pediatricians for managing your kids’ screen time – Los Angeles Times 10/20/16
STD rates hit record high in U.S. as screening clinics close – The Washington Post 10/20/16
Think it’s cathartic to run angry? Think again – The New York Times 10/19/16
CDC now recommends just two HPV vaccine doses for preteens – The Washington Post 10/19/16
There’s a breast microbiome, and it’s different in women with breast cancer – The Washington Post 10/19/16
Prediabetes doesn’t have to be a ‘doomsday message’: What you need to know… – The Washington Post 10/19/16
Can This High-Tech Bassinet Keep Sleep-Deprived Parents Sane? – The Wall Street Journal 10/18/16
There’s more than one way to lace your running shoes – and it matters… – The Washington Post 10/18/16
New Thinking on Concussion Treatment – The Wall Street Journal 10/17/16
Why Do Some People Have Inescapable Foot Odor? – The Wall Street Journal 10/17/16
Brain Cells That May Play a Key Role in Appetite – The Wall Street Journal 10/17/16
Increased Division Over Breast-Feeding in Bed – The Wall Street Journal 10/17/16
New Approach to Promoting HPV Vaccinations – The Wall Street Journal 10/17/16
Regular Stretching May Boost Fitness of Those Who Can’t Exercise – The Wall Street Journal 10/17/16
Which Came First? The Behavior Problems, or the Poor Sleep? – The New York Times 10/17/16
The drug industry’s answer to opioid addiction: More pills – The Washington Post 10/16/16
Here’s Why You Should Pay Your Children to Eat Their Vegetables – The Wall Street Journal 10/16/16
Assisted-Suicide Fight Moves to Colorado – The Wall Street Journal 10/16/16
For safety, women should take these steps while running alone – The Washington Post 10/15/16
Obesity and Diabetes Tied to Liver Cancer – The New York Times 10/14/16
By adding an antibody to HIV treatment, researchers send virus into ‘sustained… – Los Angeles Times 10/13/16
Opioids May Interfere With Parenting Instincts, Study Finds – The New York Times 10/13/16
Prostate Cancer Treatment Can Raise Dementia Risk – The New York Times 10/13/16
People are so stressed by this election that the APA has coping tips – The Washington Post 10/13/16
More than half a million heart surgery patients at risk of deadly infection – The Washington Post 10/13/16
One Driver Can Prevent a Traffic Jam – The Wall Street Journal 10/12/16
How Exercise May Turn White Fat Into Brown – The New York Times 10/12/16
How to Be Mindful on an Airplane – The New York Times 10/12/16
Majority of women diagnosed with breast cancer after screening mammograms… – Los Angeles Times 10/12/16
Sure, ‘eat the rainbow’ — but don’t pass over these paler foods – The Washington Post 10/11/16
Blood pressure meds could raise your depression risk – CNN.com 10/11/16
When Do You Worry About a Picky Eater? – The New York Times 10/10/16
Coke and Pepsi Give Millions to Public Health, Then Lobby Against It – The New York Times 10/10/16
Doctors Can Predict If Antidepressants Will Work For You – Yahoo News 10/10/16
Brain Exercises Don’t Live Up to the Hype, Researchers Say – The Wall Street Journal 10/10/16
When Patients Take Too Many Pills, Doctors Deprescribe – The Wall Street Journal 10/10/16
Study Sees Link Between Allergies and the Infant Gut – The wall Street Journal 10/10/16
Drugs Didn’t Help My Child With His ADHD – Redbook 10/10/16
How do online symptom checkers compare to a doctor’s diagnosis? – CBS News 10/10/16
The Gray Gender Gap: Older Women Are Likelier to Go It Alone – The New York Times 10/7/16
Why Is Fish Good for You? Because It Replaces Meat? – The New York Times 10/7/16
Does eating your biggest meal at dinner make it harder to lose weight? – The Washington Post 10/7/16
Human life span will probably max out at 125 – The Chicago Tribune 10/7/16
Disgusted With Losing? Learn From Experience – The Wall Street Journal 10/6/16
Perdue Farms Eliminated Antibiotics From Chicken Supply – The Wall Street Journal 10/6/16
Don’t let stress derail your weight goals: 6 ways to get hormones to… – The Washington Post 10/6/16
U.S. Traffic Deaths Up Sharply in First Half of the Year – The Wall Street Journal 10/5/16
FDA Warns on Hepatitis C Drugs – The Wall Street Journal 10/5/16
The Pill Makers Next Door: How America’s Opioid Crisis Is Spreading – The Wall Street Journal 10/5/16
Why believing in miracles could be hazardous to your health – The Chicago Tribune 10/5/16
‘It’s not in your head’: Striking new study links birth control to depression – The Washington Post 10/5/16
This is what can happen if an e-cigarette blows up while you’re using it – Los Angeles Times 10/5/16
You probably weigh less now than you will all year – The Washington Post 10/4/16
Why Watching Silly Cat Videos Is Good for You – The Wall Street Journal 10/4/16
FDA warns against the use of homeopathic teething tablets and gels – The Chicago Tribune 10/4/16
Are Your Child’s Bones Strong Enough? – The Wall Street Journal 10/3/16
Martial-Arts Move May Lessen Impact of a Fall on Hip – The Wall Street Journal 10/3/16
Childhood Cancer Research Looks at Genetic Origins – The Wall Street Journal 10/3/16
Infectious diseases: hand-foot-and-mouth disease – Miami Herald 10/3/16
10 causes of aging skin — and what to do about it – Miami Herald 10/3/16
How caffeine could help slow Parkinson’s disease – Medical News Today 10/3/16
THE IMPORTANCE OF RESISTANCE TRAINING – 2ToneFit 10/3/16
Mosquito Protein Could Help Keep Dengue Virus in Check, Research Shows – Scicasts 10/3/16
More Zika-Carrying Mosquitoes Found in Miami Beach – The Wall Street Journal 10/1/16