friends and family

Kids with obese friends and family more likely to misperceive we...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Tue, 09/16/2008 - 23:00

(University of Montreal) Kids and teens surrounded by overweight peers or parents are more likely to be oblivious to their own extra pounds than kids from thin entourages, according to a new Canadian study.


 

Patient Web sites used for news, support in crisis

washingtonpost.com - Health  Sun, 06/08/2008 - 13:27

NEW YORK -- When he was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year, Dave deBronkart needed an easy way to keep his far-flung friends and family updated.

So did the president of the American Medical Association when he fell ill months ago. And so did the mother of a soldier wounded in Iraq who later...