The Health Care Blog (THCB)

1 week ago | thehealthcareblog.com | Michael Millenson

By MICHAEL MILLENSON“The New Yorker House Style Joins The Internet Age” announced the magazine’s daily newsletter under the byline of Andrew Boynton, whose appropriately old-fashioned title was “Head of Copy.” Among the alterations Boynton acknowledged readers might feel “long overdue,” were “Internet” becoming “internet,” “Web site” consolidating to “website” and “cell phone” becoming “cellphone.” Other quirky spellings (teen-ager, per cent, etc.) were deliberately retained.

2 weeks ago | thehealthcareblog.com | Mike Magee

By MIKE MAGEEAfter Trump crashed the markets, citizens worldwide are “feeling the pressure.” But in the spirit of calming us down, let’s consider a story of human cooperation and success from our past. It has been estimated that a medical student learns approximately 15,000 new words during the four years of training. One of those words is sphygmomanometer. the fancy term for a blood pressure monitor.

2 weeks ago | thehealthcareblog.com | Mike Magee

By MIKE MAGEEQuestion: What is the world’s most widely used psychoactive drug? Answer: CaffeineIn the U.S., caffeine is consumed mainly in the form of coffee, tea, and cola. But coffee dominates. Worldwide, humans consume over 10 million tons of coffee beans a year. Roughly 16% is devoured by Americans. The daily intake of caffeine varies depending on type of beverage and brand as the chart below indicates. On average, each American consumes approximately 164 mg of caffeine each day.

3 weeks ago | thehealthcareblog.com | Mike Magee

By MIKE MAGEE “The recently announced limitation from the NIH on grants is an example that will significantly reduce essential funding for research at Emory.”                                                Gregory L. Fenes, President, Emory University In 1900, the U.S. life expectancy was 47 years. Between maternal deaths in child birth and infectious disease, it is no wonder that cardiovascular disease (barely understood at the time) was an afterthought.

1 month ago | thehealthcareblog.com | Kim Bellard

By KIM BELLARDNews flash: America is not a very happy place these days. No, I’m not talking about the current political divide (which is probably more accurately described as a chasm), at least not directly. I’m referring to the latest results from the World Happiness Report, which found that the U.S. has slid to 24th place in the world, its lowest position ever. We were 11th in 2011, the first such report.