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Brain Blogger
http://brainblogger.com
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.
Recent Posts
A New Look at Medical Errors in Residency Training
It’s a phenomenon that medical educators have long suspected but haven’t been able to prove: a rise in medical errors when newly-hatched physicians begin their residency training programs in July. This suspected occurrence has been studied severa...
Cancer – To Screen or Not to Screen?
I once treated a patient who was in her 90s. She was less than 5 feet tall and had never weighed more than 90 pounds. But, she was tough as nails and had lived a great life. I came to advocate for her when the internist at the skilled nursing facilit...
The Evolution of Depression
Millions of people around the world suffer from depression, the most common mental disorder of all. Since depression appears to be largely genetic, several long-standing questions continue to bedevil researchers. Have the genes for clinical unipolar ...
A Small Sip from the Fountain of Youth
The search for eternal youth is as old as time itself. The theme of immortality winds its way through religion, mythology, poetry, fiction, and modern movies. Usually, stories of those who have achieved immortality expose the curse of eternal life, r...
Why So Serious About The Self?
You have seen movies in which characters have acted violently. Many times, these characters also have a mental illness. Violence is one common stereotype of psychological disorders, along with rebellion and child-like behavior. In The Dark Knightand ...
Is Knowledge Power? Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
The completion of the sequencing of the human genome in 2003 was an outstanding scientific accomplishment. This achievement, together with advances in technology and the forces of capitalism and competition, has brought genetic testing directly to th...
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: April 3rd, 2005 | Report This Comment