‘Death panels’ alive — and that’s good news for all of us (MSNBC)
“If Terri Schiavo taught us anything … “ By noted bioethicist Arthur Caplan (12/29)
Health care economics and the relationship between doctor and patient (KevinMD)
What’s wrong with the way medicine is practiced? By a pediatrician who decided to quit her practice (12/29)
Placebos Work Even if You Know They’re Fake: But How? (Time)
Placebos may activate parts of brain that produce dopamine, pain-killers. Found effective for pain, depression, Parkinsons (12/29)
Social whirl of a life? Thank your amygdala (Guardian)
Larger size of this clump of nerves in the brain correlated with being more gregarious (12/29)
Neanderthals may have feasted on meat and two veg diet (Guardian)
Neanderthals ate cooked veggies. Evidence found on teeth (12/29)
Age and happiness: The pattern isn’t as clear as you might think (Monkey Cage)
Evidence for the U-shaped graph of life – happiness drops in mid-life and then improves – is “fragile” (depends on the data sample) (12/29)
A Pinpoint Beam Strays Invisibly, Harming Instead of Healing (NYT)
Concentrated, intense radiation from linear accelerator leaks beyond its target. “The accidents highlight shortcomings in the regulation of medical radiation.” And of medical devices in general (12/29)
Political essay by 93-year-old tops Christmas bestseller list in France (Guardian)
“The book’s soaring sales reflect a general mood of French exasperation at … social inequalities.” Can we import some of that? (12/29)
Man quits job, makes living suing e-mail spammers (AP)
200 billion spam messages a day account for 90% of all email (12/29)
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