sábado, 6 de agosto de 2011

Health review


ANALYSIS

N.F.L. Falls Short of a Leap on H.G.H.

Some antidoping experts say that the true effectiveness and legitimacy of the league’s H.G.H. program will be known only when the league and the players’ union reveal the details.
Activists urged full financing for AIDS treatment during a demonstration in New York in June.

New H.I.V. Cases Steady Despite Better Treatment

The number of new infections has remained around 50,000 a year for a decade in the United States, but the epidemic is growing rapidly worse among young gay black men.

Medtronic Giving Yale Grant to Review Bone Growth Data

Medtronic said that it was giving $2.5 million to Yale to oversee a review of the study data that examined a bone growth product’s safety and effectiveness.
HOME TECH
WITHINGS BP MONITOR This $130 machine sends blood-pressure readings to your phone, and saves them for analysis.

A Dashboard for Your Body

Testing new health-related gadgets that track physical activity, measure blood pressure, and more.
RECIPES FOR HEALTH

Peach Vanilla Smoothie

Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
This smoothie tastes a bit like peach ice cream, with a hint of vanilla.

Pfizer Is Said to Pursue Nonprescription Lipitor

Pfizer hopes to have an over-the-counter version of the world’s best-selling drug after it loses patent protection.

Cargill Recalls Ground Turkey Linked to Outbreak

Almost 36 million pounds of ground turkey were linked to salmonella that killed one person and sickened at least 76.
A U.S. Marine waited to take psychological tests at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., in 2009.

Drugs Found Ineffective for Veterans’ Stress

Drugs prescribed to treat severe post-traumatic stress are no more effective than placebos, researchers reported.
SKIN DEEP
Jennifer Hudson revealed her weight loss in her Weight Watchers campaign last year.

When Dieting Becomes a Role to Play

Diet companies want to incorporate celebrities in their marketing, but those who lose weight in public can regain it in the spotlight, too.
WELL
Ahmed Ahmed Swaid, 50, sells qat (a stimulating plant leaf that is chewed) in Sanaa, Yemen, pictured here with dishes of fava beans, minced meat, lamb and saltah (a stew with beef and eggplant). Estimated calories pictured: 3,300.

Breaking Bread Everywhere, Plentifully or Pitifully

A photo exhibit in Boston is an anthropological exploration of the culture of eating that is both mouthwatering, repulsive and surprising.
ESSAY
DEPENDENT Amy Winehouse struggled with substance abuse.

Who Falls to Addiction, and Who Is Unscathed?

Genes, environment and psychology affect who uses drugs uneventfully and who is undone by them.
From The Magazine
A pediatric resident naps in an on-call room during an overnight shift. The TV is often left on for white noise.

The Phantom Menace of Sleep Deprived Doctors

Young doctors are no longer working long, stupor-inducing hours. So why aren’t hospitals any safer?
The Weekly Health Quiz
In the news: Amy Winehouse, chocolate and Oreos. Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
Columns
PERSONAL HEALTH
FASTER THAN AN OPERATION The triangular forearm support may relieve shoulder pain in those with injured rotator cuffs.

Ancient Moves for Orthopedic Problems

It pays to know about methods of prevention and treatment for orthopedic problems that are low-cost and rely almost entirely on self-care.
REALLY?

The Claim: A Normal Heart Rate Is 60 to 100 Beats a Minute

Some researchers believe that an increased risk of stroke and heart disease at the upper end of that range may mean it's time to re-examine what's considered normal.
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A Family Risk for Macular Degeneration
Dr. Stephen Rose of the Foundation Fighting Blindness responds to readers’ questions about the genetics of macular degeneration.
Money & Policy »

Sales of Pain Drugs Help Pfizer’s Profit Beat Forecasts

Sales of the company’s Lyrica pain pill and its Enbrel arthritis medicine topped analysts’ predictions.
Research »

Study Sheds Light on Auditory Role in Dyslexia

Scientists have come to believe that the reading difficulties of dyslexia are part of a larger puzzle: a problem with how the brain processes speech and puts together words from smaller units of sound.

Times Essentials
REPORTER'S FILE
Giovanna Poli is living with sickle cell disease.

Making Sickle Cell Disease a Manageable Illness

On most days Giovanna Poli acts like a typical 12-year-old, but she is living with sickle cell disease.

The Radiation Boom

Articles in this series examine issues arising from the increasing use of medical radiation and the new technologies that deliver it.
From the Book Review
Ned Zeman

‘The Rules of the Tunnel’

A depressed writer searches for answers to his problems in the lives of kindred sufferers.

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