News Briefs

By Brad Broker A new study finds that Autism may decline by as much as one-third.  But the reduction is not due to a cure ...

By Lisa Johnson The morning buzzer goes off, but you’re just not ready to face a day at work. You text your boss that you’re ...

Last October, Fitbit received a rash of rave reviews for its latest wrist-worn fitness tracker – the Fitbit Force.  This week, Fitbit recalled the Force ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hazIopgMSQw By Alan Lyndon First Lady Michelle Obama appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday and, after doing some comedy sketches with Fallon ...

Major League Baseball has an unusually high number of players with ADHD, which has brought into question the validity of the toughest drug policy in ...

By Michelle Andrews Kaiser Health News Dealing with the aftermath of a suicide or attempted suicide is stressful enough. But some health plans make a harrowing experience worse ...

By Brad Broker It’s interesting to see the spin on certain studies.  For example, researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School conducted a study of ...

By Elizabeth Klodas, MD, FACC In the era of new cholesterol guidelines that significantly increase the number of statin-eligible patients, published in a country where ...

By Brad Broker A new study finds that football helmets in use today don’t do much to protect against concussion or traumatic brain injuries (TBI), ...

By Brad Broker Another major endorsement for the plan introduced by Congress to repeal and replace the SGR.  The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), ...