Articles Tagged ‘survey’
Articles & Studies | By July 25, 2008 | By J. R. White | 5 Comments
A Bad Mix - Cell Phones and Children?
Do you remember a time when most people on the roads just drove their car? Let me be more explicit. Do you remember a time when the main activities drivers engaged in were talking to a passenger, singing, and eating or drinking something?
Today it’s not often that I simply see someone driving; a good third or so of the people are talking on their cell phones. Now I realize that my percentage is far from accurate data but the fact that a large number of people talk (via cell) and drive is common knowledge. Read more →
- Are Placebos A Betrayal?
- Ah, Looks Familiar! Deja Vu and the Dentate Gyrus
- Pain May Mask Depression Around the World
In recent years, there’s been a resurgence of interest in placebos. Not the kind that are used to minimize bias in clinical trials, but the kind that doctors knowingly give to patients. In a recent survey of more than 200 doctors practicing in academic medical centers, 45% reported that they had... Read more →
The human brain recognizes “patterns” as a natural way of looking at places and things. The feeling of deja vu is the result of such a pattern match; although we might not actually have been in a similar situation, the brain thinks it has, and produces a feeling of familiarity. New research... Read more →
In medicine, we often see patients with chronic neck and back pain. I previously posted about patients who present with neuropathic pain and how they can be some of the most difficult patients to treat. Often, the etiology of their pain is unknown and treatment often involves a long trial and error approach. Health... Read more →
Sunday, September 7, 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 Science of Brain Freeze
- The Biopsychosocial Model of Health & Illness
- Unhinging from Theory: Autism and Opinions
- God And Religion: Is It All In Our Heads?
- Encephalon, Thirty-Third Edition
- Is War A Psychosis?
- Meditation for Troubled Minds: Can the Mind Heal the Mind?
- 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
- Rabies Virus Helps Deliver Drugs into the Brain
- Are You Vegetarian? How Do You Get Enough Protein?
- A Baby’s Smile - Mom’s Natural High
- When “Alternative” Isn’t Anymore - The Ketogenic Diet in Epilepsy
- Life in a Bubble - The Dangers of Triclosan
- The Dark Side of Antibiotics
- Stroke’s Little Known Complication - Pain
- Laughter is the Best - and Possibly Oldest - Medicine
- Epilepsy - Social and Cognitive Considerations
- New Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease?
- When the Doctor is the Patient
- The Gift of Life - Part 2
- Drugs and Pharmacology, Tenth Edition
- Are Drug Reps Really Necessary?
- Can Drug Therapy Prevent Parkinson’s Disease?
- Medicine and the Law - Part 6: Third Party Liability
- Go For The Gold, It May Prolong Your Life
- When It Comes to Health, Adults Shortchange Kids
- Is Seeing Into the Future More Than an Optical Illusion?
- Malignant Medicine
- Putting an End to Medicare Fraud
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