Health Highlights – February 10th, 2009

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Health Highlights is a biweekly summary of particularly interesting articles from credible sources of health and medical information that we follow & read. For a complete list of recommeded sources, see our links page.

• Colours affect mental performance, with blue boosting creativity | BPS Research Digest

  Which color do you like: red or blue? The BPS Research Digest blog reviews a recent study that assesses the contrasting effects of the colors red and blue on mental performance.

• State of Health In the United States, 2008 | Open Medicine Blog

  Dean Giustini examines the 20 specific health indicators proposed by the Institute of Medicine to measure the overall health and well-being of Americans.

• Probiotics | Science-Based Medicine

  Dr. Mark Crislip provides an exposition on the science and spin of probiotics.

• How to Find a Good Doctor … An Expert Doctor Tells You How | ThePatientReport.com

  The Patient Report.com documents a New York Times article that provides a quick education on how to search for a doctor.

• How Alternative Medicine Fails Us | Sciencebase Science Blog

  David Bradley asks to a pharmaceutical science expert to comment on a post criticizing an herbal remedy and reader comments.