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Cheap fast food "enticing people to eat more because they think they're saving money when they're really buying heart disease"

Couple addicted to the internet let their baby starve to death while raising a virtual daughter online

How do you blog?

"I'm a Medicare doctor. Here's what I make"

"Doctors should blog with their real name." Agree or disagree?

Medical blog content and relationship with blogger credentials and blog host

Oral Tolvaptan (Samsca) Is Safe and Effective Treatment for Chronic Hyponatremia

TED Talks: A new strategy in the war on cancer

Doctors use Facebook Pages to connect with patients

New Treatment Effective in Killing Head Lice - benzyl alcohol lotion 5% (Ulesfia)

Room-temperature plasma gases may replace hand disinfectants

Physically fit students score higher on tests than their less fit peers

Metabolic pathway plays a role in susceptibility to stuttering

Health benefits of chocolate

"Blogging fame does not pay the bills"

Antibiotic use for respiratory infections could be reduced by 40% by procalcitonin (PCT) test

Sign of the times

Osteoporosis Drug Lasofoxifene May "Fight" Several Diseases But Increases Risk of Blood Clots

What is the oldest medical blog?

7.2% Decrease in Work Hours of U.S. Physicians Between 1996 and 2008

Video: Cleveland Clinic Model of Medicine

Being obese at age 40 reduces life expectancy by 7 years for women and 6 years for men

TED video: CIO of Cleveland Clinic talks about electronic medical records (EMR)

Hospitalist evolution? "Extensivist" = hospitalist who prevents readmissions by seeing patients after discharge

A NYTimes skeptic doubts that decreasing salt intake would have any benefits (it may even hurt)

Açaí, a Global "Super Fruit", Is Regular Dinner Meal in Brazil

The Barefoot Professor says barefoot running could minimize injuries (2014 Update: Not really)

Childhood diabetes associated with increasing birth weight - 7% increase in risk for every 1000 g in weight

Warfarin Sensitivity Genotype Test - Mayo Clinic Video

Back and forth: Study fails to show link previously found between virus and chronic fatigue syndrome

Farm-raised salmon has 16 times the polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as wild-caught salmon

Bloggers, too much sitting can offset the benefits of regular exercise

17% of food-related asphyxiations were caused by hot dogs - "the perfect plug for a child's airway"

Barbara Walters, US TV Anchor, to Undergo Heart Surgery to Replace a "Faulty Valve" - Sounds Like Aortic Stenosis

Can a Midday Nap Make You Smarter? Adults Who Nap for 90-minutes at 2 PM Learn and Perform Better at Tests

Eating chocolate with high flavanol levels can protect the skin from UV light

Video: A life cycle in 90 seconds

High-risk profession: Suicide rate of U.S. doctors is one per day

How to Subscribe to "What's New" Specialty Page of UpToDate? No Feed, No Problem for Google Reader

Benefits and Dangers as Doctors Start to Use Social Media

Diet: For every 1% increase in omega-3 intake, HDL levels rise by 2.5 mg/dL

How do you keep up with health news?

"Physicians - grumpy and getting grumpier"

Can You Tell Your Life Story In 6 Words?

U.S. Hospital Social Media List Includes More Than 600 Hospitals

Approach to evaluation and management of syncope in adults - BMJ Review

Tiotropium for COPD: A good foundation therapy for most patients

Some nurses paid more than family doctors - CNN

Turning medical residents away from copy-and-paste culture facilitated by EMR