Top medicine articles for May-June 2014

A collection of some interesting medical articles published recently:Why Chocolate Is Good for Us - NYTimes http://buff.ly/1igUILM -- “The evidence does not show that you can eat a chocolate bar every day and expect to improve your health. A few tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder sprinkled onto oatmeal or a handful of cocoa nibs — bits of the cacao bean, available at natural-food stores — would be better."Y chromomose may have stabilized and ceased to lose genes for the last 25 million years http://buff.ly/1igVeto Adult haemophagocytic syndrome leads to hyperinflammatory response and organ damage - 2014 Lancet review http://buff.ly/1hwAfkzHow do we tell the stories of medicine? The Lancet http://buff.ly/1nP0ZxEMysterious symptoms: Canada's oil sands residents complain of health effects http://buff.ly/1nP184bColorectal cancer is closely linked to elements of a so-called western lifestyle - 2014 Lancet review http://buff.ly/1nP1dF7Only 60% of adults aged 50 years and older get screened for colorectal cancer http://buff.ly/1hwB2lmTransition to westernised lifestyle (high-fat diets and physical inactivity) leads to increase in colorectal cancer http://buff.ly/1hwBgZN"Dollar bills carry 3,000 types of bacteria" http://buff.ly/1hwCDYp7% of American schoolchildren (1 in 13) are taking medications for emotional or behavioral difficulties http://buff.ly/1nP2EmWAlcohol and mortality in Russia (study of 150,000 adults): vodka is a major cause of premature death http://buff.l...
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