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First case of deadly, contagious virus from China confirmed in US

A person in Washington state has been infected with a mysterious, deadly lung virus first reported in Wuhan, China, marking the first case confirmed in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday that it determined that the sick person had the virus, which has infected 291 people in China and… Read More: First case of deadly, contagious virus from China confirmed in… »

The case for getting fitter — not slimmer: Why our obsession with weight could be a mistake

“There is a general consensus out there that a fat person is basically a premature death waiting to happen.” Dr. Glenn Gaesser is on the phone from Arizona State University in Phoenix, where the professor, exercise physiologist and author of Big Fat Lies: The Truth About Your Weight and Health is known for challenging the… Read More: The case for getting fitter — not slimmer: Why our… »

Blind to the limitations of a single case report of teen’s “blindness caused by junk food diet”

September 4, 2019 Posted By Categories Gary Schwitzer is publisher & founder of HealthNewsReview.org.  He tweets as @garyschwitzer. The title of the article that appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine was too tempting for many journalists – “Blindness Caused By A Junk Food Diet.”  It was an article about the experience of one teenage… Read More: Blind to the limitations of a single case report of… »

'I'm a basket case and here's what works for me' – 'Calm the F**k Down' writer gives some sound advice

Sarah Knight ‘I’m a basket case and here’s what works for me’ – ‘Calm the F**k Down’ writer gives some sound advice Independent.ie The last thing anybody wants to hear when they’re in the middle of a freakout is “calm down”. And yet, that’s the title New York Times bestselling self-help writer Sarah Knight has… Read More: 'I'm a basket case and here's what works for me'… »