Month: November 2020

The danger of delayed screenings is greatest for people with known risk factors for cancer. View original article Contributor: Jane E. Brody

Parents should not be afraid of managing the child’s pain with opioids when they are needed, but should make sure a child does not have access to leftover doses. View original article Contributor: Perri Klass, M.D.

Think about Pluto–how it continues to exist as itself, as always, oblivious to human categories. No one else gets to define you or determine your worth. Be a planet despite what they may call you.–Maggie SmithA version of this article was published in It’s Not Just You, a weekly newsletter by TIME Editor at Large, … Read more

Test results may be false positives or negatives, or may show an abnormality that doesn’t matter. Even accurate, meaningful outcomes are useless unless acted on appropriately. View original article Contributor: Ishani Ganguli

Rural barriers and the legacy of the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, which still complicates outreach to minority populations, pose obstacles to immunization. View original article Contributor: Isaac Stanley-Becker

A psychologist provides five strategies to resist certain ways of thinking and behaving that can cause such a downward spiral. View original article Contributor: Jelena Kecmanovic

Test results may be false positives or negatives, or may show an abnormality that doesn’t matter. Even accurate, meaningful outcomes are useless unless acted on appropriately. View original article Contributor: Ishani Ganguli

Rural barriers and the legacy of the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, which still complicates outreach to minority populations, pose obstacles to immunization. View original article Contributor: Isaac Stanley-Becker

A psychologist provides five strategies to resist certain ways of thinking and behaving that can cause such a downward spiral. View original article Contributor: Jelena Kecmanovic

The new research was based on about six years of data on 247,149 older people diagnosed with MCI. View original article Contributor: