Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Viewpoints: Meet The Teen Challenging The Ultra-Processed Food Industry; Our Obsession With Mental Health Is Backfiring
A teenagers lawsuit against the food industry shows us the path to a better food system. (Julia Belluz, 7/27)
We need to support psychological well-being without fixating on it. (Clay Routledge, 7/26)
In the nine years since my last visit to the Docklands Excel conference center for the 2017 annual Alzheimer Association International Conference, or AAIC, little of Londons infrastructure has changed. I traveled via the same low-ceilinged, clattering trains with signs advising riders to mind the gap and mind the step. The center has the same weird jack-o-lantern-esque fa癟ade and forgettable restaurants and hotels. I was even here for the same conference. Same meeting, in the same place, but what transpired was quite different. In just nine years, how we think about the aging brain has transformed. (Jason Karlawish, 7/28)
I know that feels counterintuitive, but lets start by pondering this question: Why do people in the United States tend to get more skin cancers on their left side, while people in Australia appear to get more sun damage on the right? The answer is UVA exposure while driving. (Trisha Pasricha, MD, 7/27)
In 2004, when I was 16 years old, I spent 78 days in Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center. Twenty-two years later, I am still reeling from the effects, most often in the form of violent flashbacks. (Joey Heilman, 7/24)