What doctors don't tell you (USA Today)Physician David Newman has written a book about the secrets your doctor keeps from you. But he's not talking about "secret cures" that sell books on alternative medicine. Instead, his new book, Hippocrates' Shadow: Secrets From the House of Medicine (Scribner), is all about the secrets that hide in plain sight in medical journals and hospital hallways:
'Predator' urges change in definition of 'free market' (USA Today)Galbraith's new book, The Predator State, takes plenty of well-aimed, well-deserved shots at Republicans and conservatives, Democrats and liberals. Mostly, though, as the subtitle suggests, it is a denuding of an idea the idea of how vital "free markets" are to a capitalistic, democratic nation.
Journals week in review: gaming from Opposable Thumbs (Ars Technica)PAX may be over, but the stories are still coming in. Our hands-on time with the promising Wii title The Conduit , as well as an argument over the 360's price cut and a mountain of content from PAX round out this week in game coverage. Read More...
AP IMPACT: Liver disease plagues obese adolescents (AP via Yahoo! News)In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants.
