Morning Break: Batting Averages and Sex Improvement




DEA warns of a surge in fentanyl deaths.

Blue Shield of California loses its exemption from state taxes.

Has mechanical medicine crippled physicians' minds, asks Stephen Vaughn, MD.

Extended breastfeeding linked to higher IQ and income suggests a Brazilian study that followed infants up to age 30, reports CNN.

In case you missed it: Chocolate cake.


To improve a woman's sex life sleep more, that's how The New York Times sums up a survey study.

Speaking of the Times -- wearables may be inaccurate, but linking them to cancer? Slate calls out the Gray Lady for fearmongering.

Prince Charles is planning a visit to the U.S., and Slate takes a look at all the homeopathy and quackery that he's peddled over the years -- which has earned him the nickname Quacktitioner Royal.

Other media outlets catching on: Why is insulin so expensive? And here's MedPage Today's reporting from last September.

Here's how to beat the placebo effect.


Over at The Atlantic, an EM doc's take on Bill Gates' NEJM article explaining how to prevent the next Ebola.


