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Brain Blogger covers topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives. It reviews the latest news and stories related to neuroscience, psychiatry, and neurology. It serves as a focal point for attracting new minds beyond the science of the mind-and-brain and into the biopsychosocial model.
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Speaking in Tongues – A Neural Snapshot
“Asaria isa asaria ari masheetee sadabada vena amina gotaya menda meshela mosha nami ki toro ma…”Glossolalia, or speaking in tongues, has fascinated thinkers ever since the “tongues of angels” descended upon early believers as a gift from t...
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Neuro Case 1 – Using Transcranial Doppler for Basilar Artery Occlusion
Welcome to the first of a series of neurological cases to be featured on Brian Blogger. We will periodically choose the most enlightening cases from the Journal of Medical Case Reports (JMCR) for which I serve as an Associate Editor. I will present t...
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Journal Retracts Autism Research
In 1998, a landmark study was published in the medical journal The Lancet. It was the first major research that suggested a link between the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism. Almost immediately following publication, the rates of vaccin...
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Crossing the Line from Physician to Journalist
The recent coverage of the devastation and destruction after the earthquake in Haiti has had an unintended consequence; the public is now questioning the legitimacy and ethics of the physicians who masquerade as journalists.For decades, there has bee...
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Ginkgo Biloba Ineffective… Again
Many parents have cried “How many times do I have to tell you?” at their young children when trying to get their attention or emphasize specific behaviors. Now, pharmacists and other medical practitioners are beginning to feel like these parents:...
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The Smart Ones are Living Longer
A child with a high IQ is more likely to get good grades, be accepted to a prestigious college, accrue successes in life and career, and make healthy lifestyle choices compared to lower-IQ peers. Now, a Swedish study published in the British Medical ...

This is a great blog on the latest info in brain related science and technology with a humanistic touch. I highly recommend this blog to science fanatics and the general public alike. It seems to be sponsored by a major international charity, the Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation (GNIF); I am quite familiar with their host of mental health activities.
Posted: 2005-04-03