Welcome to TalkingMed! Here we discuss current topics and trends in medical news. We hope to provide a quick educational overview of health-related topics and make the abundant world of medical research a little more manageable.
This week we review 1) Rattlesnake Bites: “Rattlesnake Envenomation.” VetFolio, www.vetfolio.com/toxicology/rattlesnake-envenomation. “The Use of Ratt...
This week we review 1) First FDA-approved prescription rug from marijuana: McGinley, Laurie. “First Marijuana-Derived Drug Poised for FDA Approval aft...
This week we review 1) Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Wachman EM, Schiff DM, Silverstein M. Neonatal Abstinence SyndromeAdvances in Diagnosis and Treat...
This week we review 1) Socioeconomic Outcomes: Foster DG, Biggs MA, Ralph L, Gerdts C, Roberts S, Glymour MM. Socioeconomic Outcomes of Women Who Rece...
This week we review 1) Poverty in the US: Silver, Marc, and Nadia Whitehead. “The U.N. Looks At Extreme Poverty In The U.S., From Alabama To Californi...
This week we review 1) Video Game Disorder: Lardieri, Alexa. “Excessive Video Gaming to Be Named Mental Disorder by WHO.” U.S. News & World Report, U....
This week we review 1) Digital pill: Belluck, Pam. “First Digital Pill Approved to Worries About Biomedical ‘Big Brother.’” The New York Times, The Ne...
This week we review 1) Probiotics and asthma: Cabana, Michael D., et al. "Early Probiotic Supplementation for Eczema and Asthma Prevention: A Randomiz...
This week we review 1) Restoring Consciousness: Corazzol, Martina, et al. “Restoring Consciousness with Vagus Nerve Stimulation.” Current Biology, vol...