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Conference on Mediterranean Diet and Health

By On December 3, 2010 · 6 Comments

Today we had the First Emory Conference on Mediterranean Diet presented by the Rollins School of Public Health and Federsanità, an Italian agency for the promotion of the benefits of the Mediterranean diet. The Mediterranean diet is associated with sustained weight loss (de Lorgeril, Salen et al. 1999). This diet is high in [...]

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Bogus Identification of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury by Military in Iraq Vets

By On April 19, 2009 · 2 Comments

This week in the New England Journal of Medicine there is an article by military research Charles Hoge and colleagues about a topic that has been dear to me heart for some time now. Namely the bogus mis-identification of “mild traumatic brain injury (TBI)” in returning Iraq vets which has resulted in a screening criteria so loose that it applies to almost everyone.

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