OMS: Malaria a nivel mundial: progreso y problemas en el 2016

From: World Health Organization http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3O_fmBWnBQ

Diabetes and Alzheimer's linked

Diabetes may increase your risk of Alzheimer's. Reduce this risk by controlling your blood sugar. Diet and exercise can help.

From: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diabetes-and-alzheimers/art-20046987

FDA adds strongest warning to popular painkillers

Tougher warning labels will be added to drugs blamed for an epidemic of abuse and overdoses

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-adds-strongest-warning-to-popular-painkillers/

Don't eat these: Toxic mushrooms sprout in El Nino's wake

Death cap mushrooms are just one poisonous variety popping up in Northern California

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/toxic-death-cap-mushrooms-sprout-in-northern-california/

WHO: Zika May Cause 'Severe Public Health Crisis'

As the Zika virus spreads, “the world will face a severe public health crisis,” the head of the World Health Organization warned Tuesday.

From: http://www.webmd.com/news/20160322/zika-severe-crisis?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Richard White, M.D. - Research to address obesity in African-American youth

From: Mayo Clinic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrLXKNb4nWE

Contact Lenses May Disrupt Eyes' Natural Bacteria

Whether this increases risk for infection isn't clear

From: http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/news/20160322/contact-lenses-may-disrupt-eyes-natural-bacteria-study-suggests?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Antipsychotics and Parkinson's Early Death Risk

But it's unclear whether the medications or the disease are the key factor; study only showed an association

From: http://www.webmd.com/parkinsons-disease/news/20160322/antipsychotic-drugs-tied-to-risk-of-early-death-in-parkinsons-patients?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Mayo Medical School Match Day

From: Mayo Clinic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ogY8Qdp3h4

Meditation May Help Ease Chronic Low Back Pain

Study found it bested cognitive behavioral therapy and usual care

From: http://www.webmd.com/back-pain/news/20160322/meditation-may-help-ease-chronic-low-back-pain?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Less Than 3% of Americans Live a Healthy Lifestyle

Factors studied included not smoking, eating right, exercising and keeping a low percentage of body fat

From: http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/20160322/less-than-3-percent-of-americans-live-a-healthy-lifestyle?src=RSS_PUBLIC

WHO Director-General briefs the media on the Zika situation

Ladies and gentlemen,

I welcome this opportunity to update you on developments in science and the Zika evidence base that have built up since 1 February.

From: http://www.who.int/entity/mediacentre/news/statements/2016/zika-update-3-16/en/index.html

FDA to require boxed warnings on opioid medications

As part of the government's commitment to ending the U.S. opioid epidemic, the Food and Drug Administration announced March 22 major label changes for all prescription opioid products, including new boxed warnings about the serious risks of misuse, abuse, addiction, overdose and death.

From: http://www.ada.org/en/publications/ada-news/2016-archive/march/fda-to-require-boxed-warnings-on-opioid-medications

Skin patch shows promise for pain-free diabetes testing

"Trying to do something like this noninvasively really is the holy grail of diabetes"

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/skin-patch-shows-promise-for-pain-free-diabetes-testing/

More veterans using marijuana for PTSD

Many states are weighing whether to legalize marijuana to treat the disorder, but for some veterans the debate is over

From: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-veterans-using-marijuana-for-ptsd/