Saturday, 28 November 2015

Well: The Weekly Health Quiz: Bites, Lights and Cranberries

Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.









10 Fitness Myths Exposed

10 Fitness Myths Exposed

Open Season Is Seen in Gene Editing of Animals

New techniques have made previously impossible goals fast and cheap enough for many to find worth pursuing.









Portland Clinic's Advice To Parents: To Protect Kids From Toxic Stress, Put Own Oxygen Mask On First

Since 2013, pediatricians in Portland have been asking parents to think back to their own history as children. Did they experience abuse or neglect? Did a parent go to jail, commit domestic violence or suffer from mental illness? The goal of these questions: help parents avoid passing their stress to their kids.

Well: A Doctor Revisits His Own Trauma

Over a year has passed since the beautiful summer day I rode my bicycle down a steep hill, crashed and landed in the hospital, bruised and battered.









Pfizer’s Plan to Leave U.S. Unsettles Drug Lobbyists

Escalating drug prices and now a major company’s pending move overseas leads to concern about “too much obvious greed” in the pharmaceutical industry.









Frank Gifford Had Brain Disease, His Family Announces

The finding, which can only be confirmed posthumously, was announced by Gifford’s family on Wednesday, more than three months after Gifford died at age 84.