Author Archive for Sudip Ghosh, MD
BioPsychoSocial Health | By February 06, 2008 | By Sudip Ghosh, MD | 1 Comment
Can You Teach the Pursuit of Happiness Online?
William McDougall, Harvard social psychologist, wrote that people can be happy while in pain and unhappy while experiencing pleasure. While the philosophical and semantic ramifications of the term “happiness” are still far away from being well-defined on a universal basis, it is generally accepted that while short-term happiness are more to do with positive feelings like pleasure or victory, long-term happiness tends to be more value based and goal-oriented. Read more →
- Green Tea and the Fight Against Parkinson’s Disease
- The Huckabee Diet: A Flawed Model of Health Advocacy
- Big Tobacco’s Stealth Tactics and the Pellet Technology
- A Step Closer to the Great “Gene” Sale?
- How “False” Memories Appear True
- Aloysius “Alois” Alzheimer
- DNA Pioneer’s Astonishing Rant
- A Compelling Reason to Finish High School?
- Ethnic Medicine - Beyond Bidil
- SICKO - Reality and Rhetoric
- Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Eating Disorder Expose
Parkinson’s disease is the second commonest neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s, affecting 1% of the over-65 population and 2% of the over-80’s. Recent research (1) published in Biological Psychiatry from the Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica in Beijing indicates that... Read more →
Mike Huckabee, ex-Governor of Arkansas, might not be a Universal Healthcare advocate, but his stance on tackling the obesity epidemic might need closer scrutiny than many of the professional nutrition programs out there. Beyond the rhetoric of his advocacy of a slimmer America, there is one important... Read more →
Well, if you think that the anti-tobacco lobby has won the war, think again. Do the Wall Street charts show a downtrend - I don’t think so. It’s true that conventional advertising for cigarettes through magazines and billboards is down at its all time low, but recent statistics from the Federal... Read more →
The Human Genome Project completed nearly 7 years ago may have been a slight disappointment for the “genetic technology” industry, as far fewer genes that we once thought exist on the human chromosome. Worse, this implies that there are possibly far fewer single gene disorders than we once... Read more →
A new study conducted by neuroscientists at Duke University explains how we can feel confident and certain about events that never occurred. It all depends upon the area of the brain that is processing the memory. Read more → Read More →
On November 3, 1906, a key paper from a German physician at the Royal Psychiatric Clinic at Munich University, described a case of dementia and altered behavior in Frau Auguste Deter, who had died 7 months earlier. Although dementia was a commonly diagnosed symptom of the day, the paper was unique because... Read more →
If James Watson’s chemistry won him a Nobel Prize for unraveling the double helix, his recent interview published from Britain in the Sunday Times promoting his new book “Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science” demonstrates how the pseudoscience trap can generate appalling... Read more →
A new Finnish study published in Neurology, the official journal of the American Academy of Neurology, concludes that not finishing high school is an independent risk factor for developing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) later on in life, compared to those who entered higher education. The... Read more →
While Bidil’s patent for general use runs out in 2007, its FDA approval for “selective” use on people of African origin runs out in 2020. Despite being hailed by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2005 as a step towards the “promise of personalized medicine,” the question... Read more →
As Michael Moore ventures deeper and deeper into politics, his film-making abilities are getting better and better. I enjoyed Sicko for its slick cinematography and the powerful use of disturbing images and stories. Since its release in June 29, 2007, it is clear that it will be overwhelmingly successful... Read more →
To my utter delight, at last there is a book that lashes out at the spectra of thinness and beauty that sets off millions of our young girls, on an obsessive path of starvation and self-punishment. Perfecting oneself has been mainly a matter of self-discipline and education for the most major part of... Read more →
Friday, August 8, 2008
- The Anti-Psychiatry Movement
- Vaccines - A Two-Edged Sword
- Should Doctors Have Guns?
- Extremist Muslim Doctors Do More Than Heal
- Woman Comparable to Men in Domestic Violence: Stereotypes and their Consequences
- The Bipolar Trend
- The Implications of Implanted Chips
- Anti-Smoking Campaign Doesn't Mess Around
- The Biopsychosocial Model of Health & Illness
- Unhinging from Theory: Autism and Opinions
- The Science of Brain Freeze
- Encephalon, Thirty-Third Edition
- Meditation for Troubled Minds: Can the Mind Heal the Mind?
- God And Religion: Is It All In Our Heads?
- Mind-Body: We Want Evidence, Don't We?
- Usually It's Cheaper to Pay Than to Go To Court
- Acknowledging Vaccination Concerns
- Integrating Schizophrenia Management
- Is War A Psychosis?
- Rabies Virus Helps Deliver Drugs into the Brain
- Public Health Needs a Shot in the Arm
- Medical Students Can Make A Difference
- What Makes A Good Doctor? - A Patient’s Perspective
- Can this Economic Downturn Lead to Better Psychosocial Health?
- Fall Prevention - Who is Ultimately Responsible?
- Anti-Epileptic Drugs and the Risk of Suicide
- Real Life Medicine in Nepal - The Headache Phenomenon
- The Trans Fat Ban - Is High-Fructose Corn Syrup Next?
- The Lighter Side of Medicine
- Viruses Cause Cancer?
- There Is No Sham In Acupuncture
- Finding New Ways to Treat Depression
- Medicine and the Law - Part 5: Abandonment
- Brain Blogging, Thirty-Seventh Edition
- Why Your City Planner Is Making You Fat
- A Bad Mix - Cell Phones and Children?
- Emergency Rooms - Overcrowded and Understaffed
- Which Came First - Depression or Diabetes?
- A Fatal Lack of Data
- When Age Is Just A Number
- Your title should be the "Pharmaceuticals Industry is looking to new ways to pr...
- Thanks for the great information, especially about how postpartum depression is ...
- [...]Over at Brain Blogger, What Makes A Good Doctor? - A Patient’s Perspective,...
- I do believe that the DSM has been used as a replacement for causes and effects....
- A shocking video. And I see that it has sparked a lively debate. I believe that ...
- As a patient, I agree with your list except I would add another.
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- At first good bedside manners are the most important attributes for a physician....
- Know that compassion pushes away depression. Sometimes it is necessary to brake ...
- The problem with HFCS is that, because it is utilized differently in the body, i...
- I believe as long as a physician is capable to make appropriate decisions, and i...
- It is my understand that the final rule from CMS includes 12 events for no-pay a...
- Addictive potential? Marijuana has no addictive potential. Don't be taken in by ...
- Yay! Interesting......
- Basically we all need to take more control of our lives. There are some rather ...
- Thanks for the post...
- I am not opposed to biometric technology. My own hospital requires multiple pass...
- Thanks for ur article ..i read it and love it.....very touchy...hope these so c...
- I was under the impression that the latest research found high-fructose corn syr...
- Greetings from Japan.
Yes, Kampo is a "Japanese invention" that has A LOT OF go...
- I agree with Kristen, who wrote so well.
Being a German acupuncturist with 25 y...














