Mixed Topics
News
Medical practice gave 8,000 patients cancer for Christmas
Plus: Genes like time-restricted eating and meditations on the U.S. national stress.
Feature
Study of beliefs about what causes cancer sparks debate
The authors set out to evaluate “the patterns of beliefs about cancer among people who believed in conspiracies, rejected the COVID-19 vaccine, or...
News
Bad breath? Mouthwash is out. Yogurt is in.
Plus back-to-back bacteria: The fermented way to fight halitosis, and the efficient way to gain weight.
Commentary
A doctor saves a drowning family in a dangerous river
The doctor performed CPR on a boy he found floating, face down, and motionless.
News
All the National Health Service wants for Christmas is tea and biscuits
Plus: Sugar can be healthier and humans can still evolve.
News
Have you heard the one about the cow in the doctor’s office?
Plus: Shifty eyes reveal decisions, soap is good food.
News
Everyone wins when losers get paid
Plus: Utilizing ancient Greek warriors to plant trees in your neighborhood, and one toilet’s journey down the yellow brick road in search of a...
From the Journals
Analysis of doctors’ EHR email finds infrequent but notable hostility
Researchers were struck by the hostility of negative sentiment in some emails to physicians.
News
Looking for a healthy meat substitute? Consider the potato
Plus: The beginning of the end for “monkeypox,” dancing without hearing, and fighting without doctors … and socks.
Conference Coverage
Balanced crystalloid fluids surpass saline for kidney transplant
Low chloride, balanced-crystalloid IV fluid led to significantly fewer delayed graft function events, compared with saline, in a multicenter trial...
Commentary
A plane crash interrupts a doctor’s vacation
‘My oldest brother-in-law jumped into his ski boat and we sped out to the scene.’