Stay Fit and Healthy: June 2014

Monday, June 30, 2014

Reactions : Life Outside the Hospital; Consequences of Cool; You’re So Far Away

Letters to the editor and online comments.

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On View: ‘Code Black’: A Window Into Doctors’ Training

A sense of estrangement pervades a documentary that tracks the training of a handful of E.R. doctors in Los Angeles and the challenges they face as they move to a new building and adapt to new regulations.

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Global Health: Clue to Disease’s Spread in a 6,200-Year-Old Grave

The oldest Schistosoma egg ever found was unearthed recently in Syria, suggesting that ancient Mesopotamians may have helped spread the parasite that causes bilharzia.

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Doctors’ Group Advises Against Regular Pelvic Exams

There is no evidence that pelvic exams of healthy women are useful and plenty to suggest they provoke fear and pain, the American College of Physicians says.

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Leprosy, Still Claiming Victims

New research suggests that the leprosy parasite is a paradox encapsulated — at once rugged and feeble, exacting and inept.

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Debate That Divides: How Hobby Lobby Ruling Could Limit Access to Birth Control

The Supreme Court ruling gives weight to the argument that morning-after pills and intrauterine devices are more like abortion than contraception.

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Recipes for Health: Orecchiette With Fresh and Dried Beans and Tomatoes

Once the beans are done, this pasta dish takes only 15 minutes.

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Justices Rule in Favor of Hobby Lobby

The Supreme Court ruled, 5 to 4, that family-owned corporations cannot be required under the Affordable Care Act to pay for insurance coverage for contraception.