Society

How Work-Life Imbalance Makes You Sick

Dr. Sheldon Cohen‘s keynote presentation at the 8th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine was published in International Journal of Behavioral Medicine (2005 Vol 12 No 3, 123-131). Cohen summarized 20 years of research on psychosocial influences on infection susceptibility. Cohen also debunks these pervasive myths of stress and disease: Myth: Infectious disease-causing agents is wholly [...]

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Is Restless Leg Syndrome Bullshit?

This past week’s Sunday “Post Secrets” had a postcard that said, “I don’t care what you said, I still think RLS IS BULLSHIT” sent on a postcard made from a Mirapex (prescription drug for restless leg syndrome or RLS) ad. This generated a flurry of comments in the Post Secret discussion forum, where people talked [...]

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Would You Sell Your DNA?

Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei posted an interesting poll on her blog, Eye on DNA: “Would you sell your DNA?” (right column) based on a company that is literally offering people $5000 for their DNA. As of today, 67 votes were tabulated and it appears that people tend to be a bit possessive of their own DNA, [...]

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Oh, How do I love Thee? What – Speak Up, Honey!

The FDA has just approved changes to product labeling for popular “lifestyle” drugs Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra. These drugs are meant to treat erectile dysfunction or ED, and my calling them “lifestyle” drugs will trigger the ire of pharma companies, but let’s face it, these types of drugs don’t become blockbuster for no reason. If [...]

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Let Me Count the Ways to a Heart Attack

I don’t know what’s going on, but October has been a productive month for studies that show different ways to get heart attacks. For example, in addition to the “traditional way” of getting a heart attack, you can also get a heart attack by: Undergoing prostate cancer therapy (consumer news / original research), speculated to [...]

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