All Articles by Tony Brown, BA, EMT
Mr. Brown graduated cum laude from Harvard University. He served as an EMT in the US Army stationed in Germany.
What is a D.O.?
A Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) just might be your family practitioner, cardiologist or even your obstetrician. Surprise! They are not all M.D.s.The increasingly growing hand of biopsychosocial medicine is pulling back the curtain on various types of medical fields. An example is osteopathic medicine. If you'd like to see a physician for your illness, there are only two fully-licensed choices in America who are are authorized to do everything from prescribe medicine and deliver babies to serving as your family practitioner.
Interview with Carol, a Stroke Survivor
BRAIN BLOGGER (TONY): Hello Carol, On behalf of Brain Blogger and the GNIF, I'd like to welcome you to our forum entitled Anti-Stigmatization.Our intent is to analyze and resist the societal tendency to stigmatize neurological and psychiatric patients. Further, we'd like to focus on how you have improvised, adapted and overcome your neurological challenges to regain some sense of normality and contribute to society. So, if you don't mind Carol, please tell us a little about your stroke.
Parkinson’s Disease and Deep Brain Stimulation – Good Idea or Not?
There is a lot of buzz in the science literature about Deep Brain Stimulation, most recently a nicely written December 2005 correspondence reply article in the Journal of the American Medical Association entitled, "What Is Deep Brain Stimulation "Failure" and How Do We Manage Our Own Failures?" However, thanks to our fellow Brain Blogger "Always Learning," I found the most interesting article of the last half-decade to be an excerpt from a speech made by the neurosurgeon Dr. Andreas Lozano,
Welcome back to the GNIF Brain Blogger!
Welcome back to Brain Blogger. A few things have changed since your last visit, the most apparent being that I am your new host Tony Brown. First of all, I would like to thank the former host and project co-founder Ray McIntyre, who, along with our Executive Director Shaheen Lakhan, did a great job in making this project happen. These two guys were able to take an idea and turn it into action, faster than a basal ganglia! Good job guys and thanks for setting the bar so high.
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- Mind Games - Science's Attempts at Thought Control
- The Science of Stuttering
- Risks of Personalized Medicine
- Intelligence - Are You Holding Back Your Brain?
- Is Grief a Mental Illness?
- The Brain's Buying Power
- The Cost of a Good Night's Sleep
- Inside Your Brain on Holiday
- Risk Factors for Recurrence of Depression
- Salvia Divinorum - DEA Control over Magic in the Mint
Future Posts
Latest Posts
- Intelligence – Do You Need it to be Successful?
- A Trip for Terminal Patients
- Memory Ain’t What It Used to Be – And That’s Good for Psychotherapy
- The Science of Stuttering
- Are Your Friends Making You Fat?
- Beer – The Smarter Drink
- Macroeconomics and Suicide
- From Nymphomania to Hypersexuality
- Commitment – It’s the new Love
- Religion and Depression – Cause or Effect?
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