Do No Harm? Medical Errors in Emergency Care and Beyond Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM), the peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, has published its March issue dedicated to the topic of errors in emergency care, with a strong emphasis on diagnostic error. This special issue, supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research […]
Brain tissue yields clues to causes of increased PTS in women Women are more susceptible to post-traumatic stress (PTS) than men. The National Alliance on Mental Illness indicates that 50% of women experience a traumatic event in their lifetime. A study published today in the journal Nature Neuroscience may offer some insights into the reason […]
Ultra-processed foods raise health risks As we cope with the pandemic, comfort and convenience foods can be very attractive. People in high-risk categories who refrain from in-store shopping or others who are busily working from home while juggling home schooling may depend on curbside pickup, which can make choosing fresh fruits and vegetables difficult. Foods […]
Resveratrol and Alzheimer’s disease The largest nationwide clinical trial to study high-dose resveratrol long-term in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease found that a biomarker that declines when the disease progresses was stabilized in people who took the purified form of resveratrol. Resveratrol is a naturally occurring compound found in foods such as red […]
Meditation gives your mind a minute Chade-Meng Tan is Google’s official “Jolly Good Fellow,” with the responsibility to “enlighten minds, open hearts, and create world peace.” He was an early Google employee, hired as an engineer, who used the time that Google sanctioned for personal creativity to establish a mindfulness-based course, “Search Inside Yourself,” that was […]
Omega-3 Fatty Acids Shown to Protect Heart Omega-3 fatty acids may lower inflammation and guard against further declines in heart function among people who have had a recent heart attack and who already receive optimal standard care. Patients in a recent study who took 4 grams of an omega-3 fatty acid capsule daily for six […]