Vitamin Water In My Mouth and Saving The World

In My News.....

I have a stuffy nose and scratchy throat.
I am drinking Vitamin Water.
I am looking forward to another week of studying.
I am in the library, again.

In Med School News....

In New York City, aka the Big Cheese, Global Health Luminaries Gathered at Weill Cornell in a Push for Action on Neglected Diseases in Developing World. Click here for more.

At the University of California at San Francisco, one woman is attempting to save the World, one Ethiopian child at a time. Click here for more.


In Medical News...
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1. Braces improve smiles, not self-esteem
"In a 20-year study that followed more than 300 British children into adulthood, researchers found that those who'd had their imperfect smiles corrected with braces were not happier or psychologically healthier than their peers who went without braces."

2. Erectile dysfunction affects 18 percent of U.S. men
"A study published Thursday found that about 18 percent of U.S. men age 20 and up suffer from erectile dysfunction -- and the condition is strongly linked to a sedentary lifestyle of little physical exercise, poor diet and lots of television."

3. More kids having weight-loss surgery
"For decades, the number of kids trying weight-loss surgery has been tiny. The operations themselves were risky, with a death rate of about 1 in 50. Children rarely got that fat, and when they did, pediatricians hesitated to put the developing bodies under the knife. Only 350 U.S. kids had such an operation in 2004, according to federal statistics."

4. Chance meeting solves baby mix-up
"A Malaysian Chinese couple are considering taking legal action against a hospital for sending them home with the wrong baby nearly 30 years ago. The couple, who had always suspected a mix-up, were reunited with their biological son after a chance meeting in a shopping centre."

5. Could Drug Ads Be Bad for Your Health?
"A study published in the current issue of the journal Annals of Family Medicine examined 38 different pharmaceutical advertisements that ran during peak television viewing times. Researchers found that while the overwhelming majority of the ads made arguments for the use of drugs, only about a quarter of them described the causes of the medical conditions the drugs are designed to treat."