Tag: public health

It’s Official: Teens Prefer Texting to Talking.

 A survey in our adolescent clinic (Nov 2010) found 80% of teens…

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Why I’m Not Having More Children

A man over 40 is almost six times as likely as a…

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Preventing Childhood Obesity

The Institute of Medicine last week issued a report, funded by the…

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Life Expectancy Inequality

This is from a Bloomberg column by Peter Orszag: This is from…

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AIDS Stages of Care – Three So Far; Will Number Four Come Soon?

It was just 30 years ago in June 1981 when the first…

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1/3 Women Living with Chronic Health Conditions

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, more than one-third of women report…

Anthony Cirillo Anthony Cirillo

Having Purpose Adds Years to Your Life

  Rush University studied 950 people with a mean age of 80…

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Making Cigarette Smoking Uncool

Pause to consider the logic here. We decide it is not a…

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Extra Pounds at Midlife May Boost Dementia Risk Later

According to Health Day News, being overweight during middle age may increase…

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Less Education, More Cancer

A new study from the American Cancer Society shows that people with…

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