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While ultrasound technology is familiar to most people as a diagnostic imaging technique — it’s what obstetricians use to monitor the health of a developing fetus, for example — the technology has been making recent headlines for an entirely different reason.
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.
Mark Crislip ponders the meaning of “better” and explores objective and subjective therapeutic responses. A must read!
How do you know if you can trust medical information from a website? Did you know the guidelines used to determine "trusted" websites were all conceived between 1995 and 1999, when information available was entirely static (think pre-Health 2.0).
Dr. David discusses an Oxford study suggesting that sex determination may be more complicated than sperm with an X or Y chromosome.
Kevin believes that excessive testing, combined with demand for the latest diagnostic modalities, play a pivotal role in increasing healthcare costs and suggests we say no to unnecessary tests.
Wise Bread describes how to eat and suggests we recreate a tradition of healthy, frugal eating.
