Health & Safety

Psychology Group Votes To Ban Members From Taking Part In Interrogations

3:36pm August 07, 2015

by Dina Temple-Raston

The American Psychological Association had been criticized for enabling harsh national security interrogations by keeping its ethics policy in line with the Defense Department's interrogation program.

Sumo wrestlers serve up chanko-nabe at Musashigawa Sumo Stable in 2007 in Osaka, Japan.

Sumo Breakfast Of Champions: Bowls And Bowls Of Clay Pot Stew

3:17pm August 07, 2015

by Abbie Fentress Swanson

Many sumo wrestlers adhere to a rigid diet centered around a traditional Japanese dish called chanko-nabe. Champions say they count on the stew's balanced nutrition paired with lots of rice to win.

Nursing attendant Tracie Bell helps manage patients at the ophthalmology clinic at Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. The clinic created a color-coded system to reduce wait times for patients.

Hospitals Turn To Toyota To Make Care Safer And Swifter

3:16pm August 07, 2015

by Anna Gorman

Public hospitals are adapting the automaker's production system to health care, with the goal of making tasks like scheduling surgeries more safe and efficient.

Sure, seeing a cockroach on your fries would turn you off eating them. But what about seeing a photo of a cockroach flash by before you see a photo of fries?

Disgust Diet: Can You Train Your Brain To Recoil At High-Calorie Foods?

3:04pm August 07, 2015

by Angus Chen

A psychologist says there could be a simple way to make calorie-packed foods like french fries or ice cream seem unappealing, even a bit disgusting. Others are less sure.

Ricardo "Cobe" Williams, wearing the cap, served time for attempted murder before joining CeaseFire as a "violence interrupter." Above, he talks with Lil Mikey in a scene from the documentary The Interrupters. Lil Mikey, who'd also been in prison, went on

You Can Stop Gun Violence The Same Way You Stop AIDS Or TB

9:25am August 07, 2015

by Amy Costello

Epidemiologist Gary Slutkin has taken the lessons he's learned fighting TB and HIV/AIDS and applied them to stop the spread of gun violence. Because like those diseases, violence is contagious.

Bela Gil is a nutritionist, a chef with several cookbooks to her name and host of her own TV show.

Brazilians Cybershame Gilberto Gil's Daughter For Healthful Lunchbox

1:50pm August 06, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Processed and fast food have become status symbols in Brazil, while some are frowning on local fruits and vegetables. Bela Gil is trying to change the conversation.

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A New York study found that getting medical students together with dementia patients and their families at museums to view, discuss and create art for 90 minutes made the students better communicators.

Sharing Art Helps Medical Students Connect With Dementia Patients

8:17pm August 05, 2015

by Ina Yang

It's easy to spot what Alzheimer's patients have lost — memory, communication skills and more. But a study that sent medical students and dementia patients to art classes opened new vistas for all.

Louis Arevalo holds his Truvada pills at his home in Los Angeles. The drug can be over 90 percent effective at preventing spread of HIV.

HIV Prevention Pill Remains A Tough Sell Among Gay Latinos

2:58pm August 05, 2015

by Anna Gorman

Lack of knowledge about the drug, and stigmas attached to sleeping with men and to perceived promiscuity, are major barriers to PrEP treatment. The costs and side effects are also concerns for many.

Could Your Child's Picky Eating Be A Sign Of Depression?

1:11pm August 05, 2015

by Richard Harris

Most young children who are extra choosy about what they'll eat eventually outgrow the habit. But research finds that in extreme cases, the pickiness may be linked to depression or social anxiety.

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PCORI Executive Director Joe Selby says grants to medical societies are needed to get through to busy professionals who "may not answer our phone calls."

Health & Safety

Is Obamacare's Research Institute Worth The Billions?

1:11pm August 05, 2015

by Fred Schulte

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is supposed to figure out which medical treatments work best. But there are sharp political and scientific disagreements over how to do that.