• You are here:  
  • Home
  • Science

More in Science

5 years

Out of the Closet, Together, at Christmas

Merry Christmas, happy holidays, deck the halls, peace on earth, good will toward people, pandas, and puffins, and… so on. I would really love to linger here, because I am a sentimentalist, a traditionalist, a humanist. I love the holiday rituals, and especially gathering with my family. I love pretending for a moment we mean the things we say and sing about peace and love and solidarity, and one great human family of common cause.

5 years

“Best” Exercise in Doubt; Couch Shortage Feared

A nation of potatoes overran (well, shuffled, really) their couches today, and a serious shortage in couch space is feared. The movement- or rather, lack thereof- was characterized by a prevailing “knew it along” expression, and a fervent commitment to be the first to find the remote.

5 years

Of Death, Dust, and Fire

This column is ordinarily about some variant on the theme of my profession, Preventive Medicine. The mission of every preventionist is to do all we can to help the healthy stay entirely well; to help those with risk factors control them and avoid disease; to help those with disease avoid progression, disability, and death. There is almost always something left to prevent.

5 years

What You Need to Know About the New Influenza Treatment, Xofluza

It’s been almost 20 years to the month since Tamiflu (received FDA approval in Oct 1999) has been approved, but it has officially met its match. We now have a new contender, Xofluza. As you’ll likely get many questions about it, I just wanted to give you some quick basics on what you need to know.

5 years

Health: One Measure to Rule Them All

This week, I am coining a new term: vigevity. Self-evidently, perhaps, this is the combination of vitality and longevity. I suppose “longality” might also serve, but I like vigevity better to represent the combination of years in life, plus life in years. We’ll see whether or not the term catches on. Either way, though, it is the one health measure to rule them all. It is what truly matters; the prize.

5 years

Cleaning The House of Medicine

A report in JAMA Internal Medicine highlights prevailing medical practices that should be “reconsidered” in 2018 based on the weight of evidence. The paper, appropriately, is written in the matter-of-fact style customary for the peer-reviewed literature. To some extent, that semblance of analytical calm belies the storm swirling between the lines of the report, and the mess it has long been making in the House of Medicine.

Popular Tags

BBN Times connects decision makers to you. Experts in their fields, worth listening to, are the ones who write our articles. We believe these are the real commentators of the future. We quickly and accurately deliver serious information around the world. BBN Times provides its readers human expertise to find trusted answers by providing a platform and a voice to anyone willing to know more about the latest trends. Stay tuned, the revolution has begun. 

Support

Categories

Recent Posts

Lessons We Can Learn from Michael Jordan's Brand
Exploring the Evolution of Aerospace Standards Through Digital Transformation
Why Your Home Needs an Outdoor Living Space
How 5G Can Lead to Mass Adoption of AR and VR in Self Driving Cars and Live Sports Events
What is a Content Delivery Network? What are the Advantages & Disadvantages of CDNs?

Copyright © BBN TIMES. All rights reserved.

Save
Cookies user prefences
We use cookies to ensure you to get the best experience on our website. If you decline the use of cookies, this website may not function as expected.
Accept all
Decline all
Read more
Analytics
Tools used to analyze the data to measure the effectiveness of a website and to understand how it works.
Google Analytics
Accept
Decline