Listen to the NLM Director’s Comments on “Wisdom of Outdoor Smoking Restrictions“. The transcript is also available.
Laws that restrict one’s exposure to secondhand smoke in parks, beaches, and similar outdoor settings may be based more on anti-smoking sentiment than clinical evidence, suggests a recent, interesting editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Listen to the NLM Director’s Comments on “Exercise & Type-2 Diabetes Therapy“. The transcript is also available.
Structured exercise programs are more successful than increases in training intensity or counseling in lowering the blood sugar levels of adults with type-2 diabetes, finds an analysis of 47 clinical trials recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association…
Visit the new MedlinePlus Health Topic page on kidney cysts.
A cyst is a fluid-filled sac. There are two types of kidney cysts…
I’m hoping KFC isn’t starting a new menu that involves Burmese Pythons since a 6-footer was found by the dumpster of one of the restaurants in Ohio.
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A 23-year old woman had a pet macaque that was recently taken away from her by authorities. Primates are not allowed in the state of Pennsylvania where the woman lives without first acquiring a permit.
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