Health Highlights – August 5th, 2008

Health Highlights is a biweekly summary of particularly interesting articles from credible sources of health and medical information that we follow & read. For a complete list of recommeded sources, see our links page.

• Cancer Research Blog Carnival, 12th Edition | nosugrefneb

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

• Dial ‘C’ for Cancer | Bayblab

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

• New Media Medicine | Scan Man’s Notes

  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.

• Web Buoys Doctor-patient Communication | Canadian Medicine

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

• It’s Not All About Wii Fit | Hi Tech Endorphin Pumpers that Make Fitness Fun | Obsession Fitness

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

• The Trans Fat Ban – Is High-Fructose Corn Syrup Next? | Brain Blogger

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