Highlight HEALTH

Did you catch the latest edition of the Cancer Research Blog Carnival? Hosted by Ben Ferguson, it’s by far the best edition yet.

Do you use a cell phone? Kamel reviews the scientific data on cell phones and cancer.

Remixes, mashups and now microblogging. Vijay has created the Medical Microblog (MMB), a group blog for short medical update messages inspired by Twitter. You can follow MMB on Twitter here.

If patients are online searching for health information, doctors should join them.

Obsession Fitness reviews several new gadgets that use technology to make fitness fun.

In the wake of California’s ban on trans fat, Nirupama Shankar describes the harmful effects of high-fructose corn syrup on health.

Harriet Hall explores certainty and similar states of “knowing what we know”. Another must read from Science-Based Medicine!

Susannah Fox writes about e-patients and the pursuit of participatory medicine.

Mark Sisson summarizes the Primal Blueprint, a set of simple instructions to build the strongest, leanest, healthiest body possible, taking clues from evolutionary biology.

Dr. Benablo describes the best treatment for cuts and scrapes.

Sara Ost teaches how to shop for groceries to live greener and make a positive impact on our health.

Mark Crislip ponders the meaning of “better” and explores objective and subjective therapeutic responses. A must read!

How do you know if you can trust medical information from a website? Did you know the guidelines used to determine "trusted" websites were all conceived between 1995 and 1999, when information available was entirely static (think pre-Health 2.0).

Dr. David discusses an Oxford study suggesting that sex determination may be more complicated than sperm with an X or Y chromosome.

Kevin believes that excessive testing, combined with demand for the latest diagnostic modalities, play a pivotal role in increasing healthcare costs and suggests we say no to unnecessary tests.

Wise Bread describes how to eat and suggests we recreate a tradition of healthy, frugal eating.