For decades, scientists puzzled over a genetic anomaly. They just solved it.
By examining “junk DNA,” scientists are finding clues to understanding human biology.
Publisher: The Washington Post
What WWII data tells us about children, added sugar and chronic disease
It’s hard to escape the fruit snacks-juice box culture many parents and children live in. But a growing body of research supports limiting children’s sugar intake for the first 1,000 days of life — starting at conception — or until age 2.
Remember the baby formula shortage? It’s not over.
In Memphis, Mark Corkins heads the pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition practice at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Earlier in the shortage, which began in earnest after a recall this past spring, Corkins treated children who had been hospitalized because they didn’t have enough of the specialty formulas they needed. When these children were… Read More
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — As he aborted 11 pregnancies at a clinic here one busy Friday this month, Aaron Campbell also was training a medical student in a procedure that soon could be outlawed in this state and many others. Case by case, he narrated the nuances of pelvic examination, pain-blocking injection, cervical dilation and, ultimately,… Read More
Young ER doctors risk their lives on the pandemic’s front lines. But they struggle to find jobs.
New contracts have vanished with the “significant shortfall” in hospital and physician practice dollars, she said. The result is that after four years of medical school and up to four years of residency, some new doctors have no place to go. “It’s by far the tightest job market in emergency medicine that I’ve ever seen,”… Read More