House votes to defund Planned Parenthood, national health-care law (WaPost)
In votes on amendments to federal spending bill, House Republicans block federal funding of Planned Parenthood and cut off funds to implement health care law. Republican congresswoman took the floor to relate her abortion.
The Fact-Free Far Right: Laura Ingraham’s Lies are Dangerous to Our Health (RH Reality Check)
Fox: Planned Parenthood makes most of its money from abortions. Fact: It’s 15% and not federally funded. PP’s main services: contraceptive delivery, testing/treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, screening for cervical and breast cancer
Sleep and heart risk link is uncertain (NHS)
The association of both long and short extremes of sleep with poor cardiovascular health is of interest, but the “mechanisms that underlie these associations are not fully understood”. The association may be a by-product of other factors.
Is the internet killing empathy? (CNN)
Serene Branson migraine. Have our brains become so desensitized that we’ve lost all perspective on appropriateness and compassion when another human being apparently suffers a medical emergency? Are we a society of detached voyeurs?
China Dependent On Tobacco In More Ways Than One (NPR)
Chinese town with world’s biggest tobacco company features tobacco culture museum on the pleasures of smoking. Includes photo of Deng Xiaoping saying: “I only smoke because I’m so healthy. I hear there are a lot of advantages to smoking.”
The Doctor Will Tweet You Now (NPR)
Analysis of doctors’ tweets finds some reminiscent of snake oil salesmen and warns of conflict of interest. Anonymous tweets that reveal private patient details are not cool.
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