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What To Expect From ‘Expecting Better’ 26 Aug 2013 | 08:17 pm
In March 2011, CommonHealth published a post celebrating — or rather, marking — “What to Expect When You’re Expecting’s” 500th week on The New York Times bestseller list. It was headlined “What To Hat...
Check Out ‘The Checkup’: Our New Health Podcast On Slate 26 Aug 2013 | 10:01 am
You’ve read our posts. Now we invite you to listen to our podcast. Beginning today, we’re launching a new podcast called The Checkup, a partnership between WBUR and Slate. (We wanted to call it Goldb...
Let Them Sell Pot: 181 Applicants For Mass. Medical Marijuana Shops 23 Aug 2013 | 09:59 pm
The latest tally: 181 individuals or groups have applied to the state department of public health to establish medical marijuana dispensaries in Massachusetts. The state will ultimately grant 35 licen...
Beyond ‘Before And After:’ The Subtle Scoop On Cosmetic Surgery 23 Aug 2013 | 08:51 pm
I confess: Sometimes I think about getting a little work done. Nothing major. It’s just that on occasion, I look in the mirror and think the bags under my eyes loom so large they wouldn’t be allowed a...
Despite Mounting Evidence, High School Girls Keep Tanning 23 Aug 2013 | 12:18 am
You’re surely aware of all of the information out there clearly explaining why tanning salons are absolutely, unquestionably not a good idea? Evidently, young America has yet to get the memo. As a n...
Opting-Out Of Vaccines; Dipping Below Herd Immunity 22 Aug 2013 | 11:31 pm
With more and more families opting out of vaccinating their kids, one of the most sacred of public health goals, the concept of herd immunity, is being threatened. A recent piece in Scientific Americ...
Doc: Lyme Underreporting ‘No Surprise’ But Big Problem 22 Aug 2013 | 07:47 pm
It was big news this week when the CDC announced that cases of Lyme disease were vastly underreported and that, in fact, about 300,000 Americans are diagnosed with the disease each year — 10 times its...
CVS Stops Filling Painkiller Prescriptions By ‘Outlier’ Doctors 22 Aug 2013 | 02:23 am
Rhode-Island-based CVS says it has stopped filling prescriptions for painkillers from doctors who are over-prescribing to an extreme. CVS began reviewing opioid prescriptions from its almost one mill...
Caveat Emptor: Counterfeit Drugs ‘Pop Up’ In The United States 21 Aug 2013 | 08:31 pm
If I believed in hell, I’d reserve a special suite there for the people who sell counterfeit cancer and malaria drugs. And nearby, a slightly cooler inferno for the vendors of phony Viagra, ADHD drugs...
Low Carb, Low Fat, Whatever — Let’s Study Stick-With-It Diet Behavior 21 Aug 2013 | 04:05 pm
This post is not about low-fat diets versus low-carb diets. Or Jenny Craig versus Weight Watchers. It’s about just the opposite: a provocative paper just out in a leading medical journal that argues t...
