Grand Rounds: 22 Health and Medicine Questions and Answers

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 5, 2010 |

Wel­come to Grand Rounds, the week­ly col­lec­tion of best health and med­ical blog posts. This week we invite you to enjoy a broad range of insights, tips, and first-hand sto­ries, pre­sent­ed as a Q&A con­ver­sa­tion with blog­gers will­ing to answer, below, a total of 22 good ques­tions. On Health and Med­i­cine What can one-word prescriptions…

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Grand Rounds: Briefing the Next US President

By Alvaro Fernandez | January 15, 2008 |

Dear Mr or Mrs Next US Pres­i­dent, Thank you for vis­it­ing Grand Rounds, the week­ly col­lec­tion of the best health and med­ical blog posts, in the midst of your very busy sched­ule. The health and med­ical blo­gos­phere would like to make sure you and your team take into account the issues out­lined below as you…

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Brain Fitness and Exercise in Japan

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 21, 2007 |

Fun arti­cle in the Wash­ing­ton Post: Aging Japan­ese Keep Their Minds Mov­ing “part of a broad range of men­tal acu­ity prod­ucts that are all the rage in Japan: books, toys, food and oth­er things, sold with the pledge that they can reen­er­gize aging brains.” “Ana­lysts said the cur­rent brain-train­ing trend began in 2004 and 2005…

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