Too much exposure people. (From JAMA) Patients with cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) (skin cancer) did not remain cautious about sun exposure in the three years after their diagnoses, according to a study by Luise Winkel Idorn, M.D., Ph.D., of Bispebjerg Hospital and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and colleagues. Exposure...
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Search for Health Info Online – Chances Are Your Info is Leaked (VIDEO)
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Search for Health Info Online – Chances Are Your Info is Leaked
Patients who search on free health-related websites for information related to a medical condition may have the health information they provide leaked to third party tracking entities through code on those websites, according to a research letter published in JAMA by Marco D. Huesch, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., of the University of...
Gastric Bypass Surgery Can Lead to Alcohol Abuse (VIDEO)
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Gastric Bypass Surgery Can Lead to Alcohol Abuse
Patients who had gastric bypass surgery faced double the risk for excessive drinking, according to a study released by in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Gastric bypass surgery shrinks the stomach’s size and attaches it to a lower portion of the intestine. That limits food intake and the...