Brain Blogger
Editor’s Note
To Our Readers,
When we started blogging a few years ago, there were excellent science and medicine blogs, but none that truly captured the multidimensional aspects of health from biological, psychological, sociological, technological, and economical perspectives. Brain Blogger essentially challenged the traditional biomedical model and its associated web reporting by appointing Dr. Engel’s influential biopsychosocial model as a guiding principle.
As we began to dismantle medical subjects and scrutinize them under different lights, we found our place on the web. We were among the first to systematically address mental health stigmatization and discrimination in the blogosphere. Moreover, we gave a voice to individuals living with a brain disorder without segregating neurological from mental health disorders. As our writing team broadened when psychotherapists, parents, neurosurgeons, patients, nurses, lawyers, and scientists became either regular or guest contributors, Brain Blogger joined the top health and medicine blog ranks.
Nowadays, we all too often encounter blogs that have taken the path of greed that ultimately compromise their editorial content — most damaging (and revolting), paid reviews. However, with several hundred original articles and thousands of comments from our readers, we can proudly say that Brain Blogger adheres to ethical principles and journalistic integrity.
I thank you for your readership and support. Let’s embrace the transformation underway for medical blogging and look forward to biomedical discovery and invention!
Sincerely,
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| SHAHEEN E LAKHAN, MS, MEd, AFACB, MICR, PhD, MD (c.) |
Saturday, July 4, 2009
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- Autism - No Need For A Cure?
- Are Humans Hard-Wired to Torture?
- Free Will and the Philosophy of Science
- Therapy and Medication - Where's the Breaking News?
- Emotions and the Brain
- Clearing the Haze - Is Marijuana Addictive?
- How Many Babies Is Too Many?
- Is Sugar the New Cocaine?
- What is Free Will?
- Reflections on Plasticity
- Recent Drug Warnings About Suicide
- Lithium as a Neuroprotectant?
- Logistical Barriers to Stem Cell Research
- Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Industry
- Topical Morphine - An Experimental Approach to Chronic Pain
- Be a Doctor! The Hours are Great!
- Time for a Change - Gender Reassignment
- Is Obesity Contagious?
- The Hidden Dangers of Soy
- Why Do Schizophrenics Smoke Cigarettes?
- Prevention of Adolescent Depression
- Drugs and Pharmacology, Sixteenth Edition
- Get By With a Little Help From Your Friends
- Communication is Key to Appropriate Antibiotic Use
- Time for a Change – Gender Reassignment
- Common Treatment Ineffective for Autism
- Marijuana Withdrawal Syndrome
- NSAIDs – Prevention or Just Delay of Dementia?
- What is Proprioception?
- Who Should Decide the Survivability of Newborns?
- Reflections on Plasticity
- Death and Dying in Tough Economic Times
- Medicate or Educate? – Just Pop a Polypill
- Dressing for Success? – the White Coat Dilemma
- What is Free Will?
- Clearing the Haze – Is Marijuana Addictive?
- Migraine Uncovered – Interview with Dr. Cady, Headache Expert
- Brain Blogging, Forty-Fifth Edition
- Barriers to Emergency Contraception
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