Perinatal psychiatry is a field in which we treat vulnerable patients, a mother and her child, where both the illness we are treating and the treatments we prescribe have the potential to affect the outcome. There is a deep and compelling literature that describes the negative impact of postpartum depression upon children, and we are… Read More »
The studies add to the growing database of literature that shows a healthier diet of whole grains, fruits and veggies — along with regular physical activity, no smoking and maintaining a healthy weight — can significantly impact your risk of developing the deadly disease. Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in 2016, according… Read More »
A third of American hospitals and imaging centers are already implementing artificial intelligence, machine learning or deep learning in radiology. About another third plan on adopting it within the next two years, according to respondents to a survey, the results of which were recently released by an industry research organization. The survey of 207 imaging… Read More »
Nearly everyone these days seems to be promoting whole foods over processed foods. Think about how terms like ‘whole grain’, ‘clean eating’, ‘all natural’, ‘functional’ and ‘local’ have taken over the lexicon. Yet, until now, there has been scant scientific evidence to support the eat-whole-foods movement. In recent weeks, the British Medical Journal published two… Read More »
Pallets of Coke-Cola cans wait to the filled at a Coco-Cola bottling plant on February 10, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. George Frey | Getty Images Coca-Cola struck agreements to fund health studies at several public universities that gave the beverage maker the ability to review and kill studies it didn’t like, according to… Read More »