Tuesday, 16 April 2019

A Media Avalanche is Burying Our Attention Spans

The study feeds into an ongoing debate about the effects the electronic revolution of the past 3 decades has had on how our brains work. from WebMD Health https://wb.md/2GpZZ...

Your Life Span May Be Foretold in Your Heart Beats

A gradual rise in heart rate could mean trouble ahead for your heart health. from WebMD Health https://wb.md/2GgaC...

Hot-Car Deaths Hit Record High in 2018

With another hot summer approaching, the safety council has issued free online training. The course, called "Children in Hot Cars," explains how distraction and other factors can lead to death in overheated vehicles. from WebMD Health https://wb.md/2UJfj...

Common Diabetes Drug May Also Help Kidneys, Heart

Those who took Invokana had a 30% lower risk of developing kidney failure, a 30% lower risk of dying from kidney failure or heart disease, the researchers reported. from WebMD Health https://wb.md/2V6Rd...

Many Dying Cancer Patients Try Useless Treatments

A study of just over 100,000 patients in the United States found that the urge to undergo ultimately fruitless cancer treatment "is not a rare phenomenon." from WebMD Health https://wb.md/2Ixss...