Month: September 2019

Source: Newsweek More adults below the age of 50 are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer compared with five decades ago, scientists say. And when younger patients are diagnosed, the disease is more likely to be picked up in the advanced three or four stages, at 51.6 percent versus 40 percent of those above 50. Between […] Read More

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (Credit: Win Mcnamee/Getty Images) By: Yasmeen Abutaleb & Mike DeBonis Source: Washington Post House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled her long-awaited drug pricing measure on Thursday, an ambitious bill that would allow the federal government to negotiate the prices of up to 250 brand-name drugs in Medicare. Designed to help […] Read More

Source: ama-assn.org Words are important and should reflect the urgency of a situation. Therefore, the phenomenon of climate change is better understood as a climate crisis. And it’s not just another “issue,” but rather an emergency, says AMA member Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH. “Solving the global climate crisis could be the greatest opportunity of our […] Read More

Source: Medscape How Does It Compare With Caffeine From Coffee, or Nicotine From Cigarettes? We know you’ve been told all your life to slather on the sunscreen before a day spent outside. We’re not disputing that advice, but a new report in the Journal of the American Medical Association has given us some food for […] Read More

Source: Newsweek More adults below the age of 50 are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer compared with five decades ago, scientists say. And when younger patients are diagnosed, the disease is more likely to be picked up in the advanced three or four stages, at 51.6 percent versus 40 percent of those above 50. Between […] Read More