Why Medical Advice Seems to Change So Frequently

By Aaron E. Carroll for The New York Times Medical scientists and academics must publish their research to advance. Medical organizations must release health recommendations to remain relevant. News organizations feel they must report on research and recommendations as they are released. But sometimes it’s hard to separate what’s truly a medical certainty from what

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‘Every Minute Counts’ in drive to find Alzheimer’s treatment

In 2004, PBS aired a film about Alzheimer’s disease. The grim takeaway:- It’s incurable and deadly. – With the aging of the U.S. population (especially by the outsized baby-boom generation) the number of cases is skyrocketing accordingly. – The cost of this coming epidemic is destined to be financially ruinous, not only on an individual

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Find out why women live longer than men

Written by the Deccan Chronicle. Washington: It’s queer but true – women have a longer lifespan compared to men. Researchers Steven Austad and Kathleen Fischer of the University of Alabama explored this riddle in their latest perspective piece. “Humans are the only species in which one sex is known to have a ubiquitous survival advantage,”