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Monthly Archive for September, 2011

Blue bird gossip

Psychology & Psychiatry

Friends with Negatives

September 28, 2011 | By Radhika Takru, MA | 5 Comments

When you meet someone for the first time, it's only natural to assume that you'd like to put your best foot forward and leave a positive first impression. You might choose to do this by touching upon topics like your favorite music and movies. You might, if this goes well, move on to more profound territory and discuss your favorite philosophers. If this seems promising and you're looking to initiate a friendship or relationship with this other person, you might even use this early conversation to drop such hints as your favorite places to eat or your local watering hole where you might like to invite them to further discuss what Kantian critiques might mean for quantum physics.

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Oil and water

Psychology & Psychiatry

Fatty Acids and Suicide Risk

September 25, 2011 | By Jennifer Gibson, PharmD | 13 Comments

Omega-3 fatty acids have long been associated with improved cardiovascular health. More recently, these polyunsaturated fatty acids, including docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), have been identified as essential to mental health as well. Specifically, a new study of military personnel published by the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry concludes that low levels of DHA are associated with an increased suicide risk.

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Pink roses

Neuroscience & Neurology

The Love Drug

September 21, 2011 | By Veronica Pamoukaghlian, MA | 17 Comments

Since man first walked the Earth, the quest for love has been a constant preoccupation and the loss of love has been a source of the most dramatic events, including suicide, homicide, and even terrible wars. Breakups can be perceived as failure and a promise of future loneliness, and they can have severe consequences such as depression and anxiety. Rejection in love can in fact be so dramatic, that it has been compared to withdrawal from addictive substances.

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Royal College of Surgeons

History of Medicine

Human Dissection, Part 2 – Murderers, Body Snatchers and Burkers

September 17, 2011 | By Elizabeth Roberts, MA, CPC | 2 Comments

The history of medical students using human cadavers for dissection is a long and choppy one (no pun intended). Before Christianity, mutilation and use of human corpses was widespread. It is common knowledge that ancient Egyptians mummified their dead, dissecting and preserving specific organs. After Christianity became a widespread influence, however, the practice of dissecting human cadavers to study was considered taboo.

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