Appearing in JAMA Internal Medicine, a study demonstrates that a multi-pronged marketing and community outreach campaign successfully reduced the purchasing of sugar-sweetened beverages in Howard County, Maryland. But is this really a sweet deal? For the video version, click here.
Read MoreIn a report appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine, French researchers document the first case in which gene therapy has been used to successfully treat sickle-cell disease. For the video version, click here.
Read MoreAn article appearing in JAMA Pediatrics suggests that marriage equality reduced the attempted sucide rate among adolescents. What this means for policy, and what carrots have to do with it inside. For the video version, click here.
Read MoreA study appearing in the journal Pediatrics states that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder has increased by 400% from 2007 to 2011. This number, it turns out, is an error. How it happened and more, inside. For the video version, click here.
Read MoreA study appearing in JAMA Internal Medicine highlights the incredible hardship faced by undocumented immigrants with end-stage renal disease. For the video version, click here.
Read MoreA study appearing in Annals of Emergency Medicine suggests that iodinated contrast material, long-implicated in the pathogenesis of acute kidney injury, may have no role to play at all. For the video version, click here.
Read MoreA study appearing in Current Biology exposed 21 individuals to LSD, placebo, and a serotonin blocker to evaluate the mechanism of the psychedelic drug. The results reveal that one receptor might be at the root of many of LSD's effects, including its ability to impose meaning on meaningless stimuli. For the video version, click here.
Read MoreA study appearing in Annals of Internal Medicine assesses health status among more than 10,000 survivors of childhood cancer. Paradoxically, despite dramatic improvements in treatment, self-perceived health has not improved among survivors over the past 30 years. For the video version, click here.
Read MoreAn article appearing in the journal Pediatrics had a researcher pose as a 15-year old boy to see what nutritional supplement stores would sell him. The results are interesting. The conclusions might not be so strong. For the video version, click here.
Read MoreA randomized trial appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine has shown with fairly compelling evidence that 5-days of antibiotic treatment isn't enough for little ones with ear infections. For the video version, click here.
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