A fascinating paper on how the English word lunatic entered — and left — medicine appeared earlier this year in the Journal of the History of Neuroscience.
I already knew that lunatic had not always referred just to people with me
I’ve just come across the video, which has apparently “gone viral,” of CBS Los Angeles reporter Serene Branson suddenly slurring her speech while on the red carpet of the Grammy awards Sunday night.
Most medical devices recalled in the U.S.
Red Bull, Monster Energy, Full Throttle and other highly caffeinated energy drinks may pose a health risk to children and teens, according to a special report in the March issue of the journal Pediatrics.
Not only do the drinks contain 70
Ever wonder what your doctor thinks about you?
In its March issue, Consumer Reports magazine details the results of an online survey of 660 primary-care physicians it conducted last September.
I’m sure Diet Coke wasn’t happy with the timing.
Wednesday was the long-scheduled date of the Red Dress Collection Fashion Show in New York.
Last weekend was the second annual 10:23 Challenge event.
Eight bioethicists and professors wanted outside experts to investigate issues raised by the case of Dan Markingson, who committed suicide in 2004 while enrolled in a psychiatric research study at the U.
The New York Times magazine ran a troubling article on Sunday about the growing scientific controversy surrounding shaken-baby syndrome.
The article is troubling because it suggests that many parents and day-care providers may be in prison for a cr
I hate to rain (or sleet) on anyone’s Super Bowl parade this weekend, but if you’re going to be watching the big game on Sunday, you should first read Ben McGrath’s Jan.
The Star Tribune has unlocked reporter Josephine Marcotty’s article from last weekend on how agricultural runoff is poisoning much of Minnesota’s drinking water.
The biggest problem: nitrate contamination from the huge amount of fertilizers (includ
If you’re wondering what’s fueling our upward-spiraling Medicare costs, consider the tale of digital mammography.
During the past decade, digital mammography has been stealthily replacing the much cheaper film mammography — even though there’s no g
On Monday, the Minnesota Department of Health published a list of nine “priority chemicals” that pose a threat to the health of children and pregnant women.
These chemicals were selected from 1,755 “chemicals of high concern” that the agency identi
Zombies. That’s what postmenopausal hormone therapy (HT) reminds me of. For no matter how many times researchers link it to serious health problems (most notably, heart disease, stroke and breast cancer), HT keeps coming back. And coming back.
If you’re like most of the estimated 100 million Americans who devised New Year’s resolutions last Jan.
In her latest Newsweek column, science writer Sharon Begley focuses on the work of Dr.
Gary Taubes will speak and sign copies of “Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It” at the University of Minnesota’s Coffman Memorial Union this afternoon.
Statins (medicines used to lower cholesterol) were famously touted as “the new aspirin” in 2001 — a drug that almost every middle-aged person should take to prevent heart attacks and stroke.
In fact, as I reported here last year, one group of cardi
There seems to be a dispute this year about the date of “Blue Monday,” which is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year. Some say it was last Monday. Others claim it’s today.
Not that it matters.
